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The Flash is an American superhero.
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"text": "The Flash (1990 TV series) The Flash is a 1990 American television series developed by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo that aired on CBS . It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash , a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds . The Flash starred John Wesley Shipp as Allen , along with Amanda Pays , Alex Désert , and Paula Marshall . It was the first-ever live-action portrayal of the DC superhero .",
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"text": "Flash (Barry Allen) The Flash ( Barry Allen ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Barry Allen is the second character to be known as the Flash . The character first appeared in Showcase # 4 ( October 1956 ) , created by writer Robert Kanigher and penciler Carmine Infantino . His name combines talk show hosts Barry Gray and Steve Allen . Barry Allen is a reinvention of a previous character called The Flash that had appeared in 1940s comic books as the character Jay Garrick . His power consists mainly of superhuman speed . Various other effects such as intangibility are also attributed to his ability to control the speed of molecular vibrations . The Flash wears a distinct red and gold costume treated to resist friction and wind resistance , traditionally storing the costume compressed inside a ring . Barry 's classic stories introduced the concept of the Multiverse to DC Comics , and this concept played a large part in DC 's various continuity reboots over the years . The Flash has traditionally always had a significant role in DC 's major company-wide reboot stories , and in 1985 's crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths , Barry died saving the Multiverse , removing the character from the regular DC lineup for 23 years . His return to regular comics occurred subsequently in 2008 within the pages of Grant Morrison 's Final Crisis crossover story and Geoff Johns ' accompanying The Flash : Rebirth limited series . He has since played a pivotal role in the crossover stories Blackest Night ( 2009 ) , Flashpoint ( 2011 ) , Convergence ( 2015 ) , and DC Rebirth ( 2016 ) . Allen has appeared in various adaptations in other media . John Wesley Shipp played the character in the 1990 CBS television series and Grant Gustin currently plays him in the 2014 The CW television series . The character is played by Ezra Miller in the DC Extended Universe , beginning with Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad in 2016 , followed by Justice League in 2017 , and a standalone film in the future .",
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"text": "Superman/Fantastic Four Superman/Fantastic Four , subtitled `` The Infinite Destruction , '' is an intercompany comic book jointly published by DC Comics and Marvel Comics in July 1999 . The tale unites DC 's first superhero Superman and Marvel 's first superhero team , the Fantastic Four -- pitting them against the Cyborg Superman ( who gained notoriety in 1993 during DC 's `` Reign of the Supermen '' story arc ) and the longtime FF foe Galactus . It was written by Dan Jurgens , with art by Jurgens and Art Thibert . The cover features painted art by Alex Ross , based on a layout by Jurgens .",
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"text": "The New Avengers (comics) The New Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics . The title has been used for four American comic book series . The first two were written by Brian Michael Bendis and depicted a version of Marvel 's premiere superhero team , the Avengers . The third was written by Jonathan Hickman and depicted a group of characters called the Illuminati ( formerly introduced in New Avengers Vol . 1 # 7 -LSB- July 2005 -RSB- ) . The fourth is written by Al Ewing and depicts the former scientific terrorist group A.I.M. , reformed as `` Avengers Idea Mechanics '' , whose field team has appropriated the name `` New Avengers '' for itself .",
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"text": "Blue Valley (comics) Blue Valley is a fictional city in the DC Comics universe . It was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino as the home town of the original Kid Flash . It was first mentioned in The Flash # 110 ( December 1959 ) .",
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"text": "List of The Flash episodes The Flash is an American action television series developed by Greg Berlanti , Andrew Kreisberg , and Geoff Johns , airing on The CW . It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash , a costumed crimefighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds . It is a spin-off from Arrow , existing in the same fictional universe . The series follows Barry Allen , portrayed by Grant Gustin , a crime scene investigator who gains superhuman speed , which he uses to fight criminals , including others who have also gained superhuman abilities . The Flash was renewed in March 2016 for a third season , which premiered on October 4 , 2016 . On January 8 , 2017 , The CW renewed the series for a fourth season .",
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"text": "Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Captain Marvel , also known as Shazam , is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939 . Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz Comics # 2 ( cover-dated Feb. 1940 ) , published by Fawcett Comics . He is the alter ego of Billy Batson , a boy who , by speaking the magic word `` SHAZAM '' ( acronym of 6 Greek `` immortal elders '' - Solomon , Hercules , Atlas , Zeus , Achilles , and Mercury ) , can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength , speed , flight , and other abilities . Based on book sales , the character was the most popular superhero of the 1940s , outselling even Superman . Fawcett expanded the franchise to include other `` Marvels '' , primarily Marvel Family associates Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. , who can harness Billy 's powers as well . Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film , in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled Adventures of Captain Marvel . Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953 , partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics , alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman . In 1972 , DC licensed the Marvel Family characters from Fawcett , and returned them to publication . By 1991 , DC had acquired all rights to the characters . DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe and has attempted to revive the property several times , with mixed success . Due to trademark conflicts over another character named `` Captain Marvel '' owned by Marvel Comics since 1967 , DC chose to publish the character 's adventures in a comic book titled Shazam ! for many years , leading many to assume that this was the character 's name . DC later officially renamed the character `` Shazam '' when relaunching its comic book properties in 2011 . In addition , since 1972 , the character has been featured in two television series adaptations , one live action and one animated , by Filmation , and an upcoming Warner Bros. . Shazam ! feature film scheduled for release in 2019 as part of the DC Extended Universe . Captain Marvel was ranked as the 55th greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine . IGN also ranked Captain Marvel as the 50th greatest comic book hero of all time , stating that the character will always be an enduring reminder of a simpler time . UGO Networks ranked him as one of the top heroes of entertainment , saying , `` At his best , Shazam has always been Superman with a sense of crazy , goofy fun '' .",
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"text": "Lightning (comics) Lightning , in comics , may refer to : Lightning ( DC Comics ) , a DC Comics character Lightning , one of the duo Thunder and Lightning Lightning , a member of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents It may also refer to : Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash , a DC Comics character , one of the new Forever People",
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"text": "Arrow (season 2) The second season of the American television series Arrow premiered on The CW on October 10 , 2013 and concluded on May 14 , 2014 with a total of 23 episodes . The series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow , a costumed crime-fighter created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp . The showrunners for this season were Greg Berlanti , Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg . This season introduces characters from The Flash , which was being developed as a potential spin-off at the time .",
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"text": "The Flash (2014 TV series) The Flash is an American television series developed by Greg Berlanti , Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns , airing on The CW . It is based on the DC Comics character Barry Allen / Flash , a costumed superhero crime-fighter with the power to move at superhuman speeds . It is a spin-off from Arrow , existing in the same fictional universe . The series follows Allen , portrayed by Grant Gustin , a crime scene investigator who gains super-human speed , which he uses to fight criminals , including others who have also gained superhuman abilities . Initially envisioned as a backdoor pilot , the positive reception Gustin received during two appearances as Barry on Arrow led to executives choosing to develop a full pilot to make use of a larger budget and help flesh out Barry 's world in more detail . Colleen Atwood , costume designer for Arrow , was brought in to design the Flash 's suit . The creative team wanted to make sure that the Flash would resemble his comic book counterpart , and not simply be a poor imitation . The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . The Flash premiered in North America on October 7 , 2014 , where the pilot became the second-most watched premiere in the history of The CW , after The Vampire Diaries in 2009 . It has been well received by critics and audiences , and won the People 's Choice Award for `` Favorite New TV Drama '' in 2014 . The series was renewed for a third season in March 2016 , which premiered on October 4 , 2016 . The series , together with Arrow , has spun characters out to their own show , Legends of Tomorrow , which premiered on January 21 , 2016 . On January 8 , 2017 , The CW renewed the show for a fourth season .",
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"text": "Blowback (FlashForward) `` Blowback '' is the thirteenth episode of the American television series FlashForward . The episode 's teleplay was written by Lisa Zwerling and Barbara Nance and was directed by Constantine Makris , and was originally aired in the United States on ABC on March 25 , 2010 .",
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"text": "Geoff Johns Geoff Johns ( born January 25 , 1973 ) is an American comic book and television writer , film producer , and television producer . He is the president and Chief Creative Officer at DC Comics ; he has served in the latter position since 2010 . His most notable work in different media has used the DC Comics characters Green Lantern , Aquaman , Flash , and Superman . He is well known for his work on The WB/The CW 's Smallville , Arrow and The Flash . He is also a comic book retailer who co-owns Earth-2 Comics in Northridge , California with Carr D'Angelo and Jud Meyers .",
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"text": "Legion of Super-Heroes The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team appearing in books published by DC Comics . Created by writer Otto Binder and artist Al Plastino , the Legion is a group of superpowered beings living in the 30th and 31st centuries of the , and first appears in Adventure Comics # 247 ( April 1958 ) . Initially , the team was closely associated with the original Superboy character ( Superman when he was a teenager ) , and was portrayed as a group of time travelers . Later , the Legion 's origin and back story were fleshed out , and the group was given its own monthly comic . Eventually , Superboy was removed from the team altogether and appeared only as an occasional guest star . The team has undergone two major reboots during its run . The original version was replaced with a new rebooted version following the events of the `` Zero Hour '' storyline in 1994 and another rebooted team was introduced in 2004 . A fourth version of the team , nearly identical to the original version , was introduced in 2007 .",
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"text": "Operation Fast Forward Operation Fast Forward is a major test of emergency plans to evacuate large numbers of people from the downtown area of Washington , DC . It is conducted in conjunction with the end of the annual fireworks display on the National Mall on 4 July . A large number of people traditionally leaves the area in the fifteen minutes following the show , and so it was decided to use this annual phenomenon to test the emergency plan . The plan funnels motorists and pedestrians towards the I-695 Beltway along the designated emergency evacuation routes . Traffic signals are modified so motorists traveling on these evacuation routes receive `` green lights '' for 240 seconds instead of 90 seconds . The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority runs additional subway cars and buses to aid the movement of people away from the National Mall . The coordinators monitor and gather data on the movement of individuals for future evacuation planning .",
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"text": "Space opera Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare , melodramatic adventure , interplanetary battles , as well as chivalric romance , and often risk-taking . Set mainly or entirely in outer space , it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities , futuristic weapons , and other sophisticated technology . The term has no relation to music but is instead a play on the terms `` soap opera '' and `` horse opera '' , the latter of which was coined during the 1930s to indicate clichéd and formulaic Western movies . Space operas emerged in the 1930s and they continue to be produced in literature , film , comics , and video games . Notable space opera novels include the Foundation series ( 1942 -- 1999 ) by Isaac Asimov , the Lensman series ( 1948-1954 ) by E. E. Smith and the Ender 's Game series ( 1985 -- present ) by Orson Scott Card . An early notable space opera film was Flash Gordon ( 1936 -- present ) created by Alex Raymond . In the late 1970s , the Star Wars franchise ( 1977 -- present ) created by George Lucas brought a great deal of attention to the subgenre .",
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"text": "Dick Grayson Richard John `` Dick '' Grayson is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly in association with Batman . Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger and illustrator Jerry Robinson , he first appeared in Detective Comics # 38 in April 1940 as the original incarnation of Robin . In Tales of the Teen Titans # 44 ( July 1984 ) the character retires his role as Robin and assumes the superhero persona of Nightwing , created by Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez . The youngest in a family of acrobats known as the `` Flying Graysons '' , Dick watches a mafia boss kill his parents in order to extort money from the circus that employed them . Batman ( Bruce Wayne ) takes him in as a legal ward ( retconned as an adopted son in some cases ) and the crime-fighting partner Robin . He is written by many authors as the first son of Batman . As well as being Batman 's crime-fighting partner , Dick establishes himself as the leader of the Teen Titans , a team of teenage superheroes . As a young man , he retires as Robin and takes on his own superhero identity to assert his independence , becoming Nightwing . As Nightwing , he continues to lead the Teen Titans and later the Outsiders . In the first volume of his eponymous series ( 1996 -- 2009 ) , he becomes the protector of Blüdhaven , Gotham 's economically troubled neighboring city , the locale the character is most closely associated with . He has also served stints protecting the streets of New York , Chicago and Gotham in other runs over the years . Dick Grayson has taken on the identity of Batman on a few occasions . Following `` Batman : Knightfall '' , Grayson declines taking up the mantle of Batman while the original was recovering from a broken back as he feels Nightwing is a hero in his own right and not Batman 's understudy , but after the events of the Zero Hour miniseries later that year , he replaces Bruce Wayne as Batman , beginning in Robin # 0 ( 1994 ) and extending throughout the Batman : Prodigal storyline in 1995 . Dick again assumes the mantle following the events of `` Batman R.I.P. '' ( 2008 ) and Final Crisis ( 2008 -- 9 ) . As Batman , Dick moves to Gotham City following his mentor 's apparent death and partners with the fifth Robin , Damian Wayne . On Bruce 's return , both men maintained the Batman identity until 2011 , when Dick returned to the Nightwing identity with DC 's The New 52 continuity reboot . In a 2014 comic story , Dick is forced to abandon the Nightwing identity after being unmasked on TV and faking his death , setting up Tim Seeley 's Grayson comic book , Dick becomes Agent 37 , Batman 's mole in the nefarious spy organization Spyral . Following the conclusion of the Grayson series , and the restoration of his secret identity in the series ' final issue , Dick returns to being Nightwing as part of the DC Rebirth relaunch in 2016 . Dick Grayson has appeared as Robin in several other media adaptations : the 1943 serial played by Douglas Croft , the 1949 serial played by Johnny Duncan , the 1966 -- 1968 live action Batman television series and its motion picture portrayed by Burt Ward , played by Chris O'Donnell in the 1995 film Batman Forever and its 1997 sequel Batman & Robin . Loren Lester voiced the character as Robin in Batman : The Animated Series and later as Nightwing 's first screen adaptation in The New Batman Adventures . In May 2011 , IGN ranked Dick Grayson # 11 on their list of the `` Top 100 Super Heroes of All Time '' . In 2013 , ComicsAlliance ranked Grayson as Nightwing as # 1 on their list of the `` 50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics '' .",
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"text": "Flash and Dash Race-Tin : Flash and Dash , is a 2007 Chinese animated series created by Auldey and based on their line of radio-controlled cars . The original series ran for 26 episodes and saw distribution in various countries across the world . There are two theme songs : the Chinese theme song is the original theme `` Flash ! Dash ! '' and the English version is the unleashed theme `` Feel the Fire ! Feel the Speed ! '' written by John Mitchell and Tom Keenlyside . An English version , created by Ocean Productions , began airing in the United Kingdom on Cartoon Network Too on November 7 , 2009 . The broadcast was produced in a partnership between Danbar , a company distributing the toyline in Europe , and Turner Media Innovations . The series received two followups , the 40-episode sequel Race-Tin : Flash & Dash 2 in 2007 and the 26 episode reboot Race-Tin : Flash & Dash S in 2012 . The latter entries saw limited distribution outside of Asia , with only Flash & Dash S receiving an English dub with local actors . All three seasons are available to stream across Auldey 's various Youtube channels .",
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"text": "Flash (Jeff Beck album) Flash is the fourth studio album by guitarist Jeff Beck , released in July 1985 through Epic Records . The album reached No. 39 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart as well as reaching the top 60 in four other countries . Two singles also charted : the first being a reunion with singer Rod Stewart ( from the Jeff Beck Group ) for a cover of `` People Get Ready '' by The Impressions , which reached No. 5 on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock and No. 48 on the Hot 100 , as well as the top 40 in four other countries . The second single , `` Gets Us All in the End '' , reached No. 20 on Mainstream Rock . The instrumental `` Escape '' went on to win the award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance at the 1986 Grammys , which was to be Beck 's first of many such awards .",
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"text": "Flash rob A flash rob , also known as a multiple offender crime or flash mob robbery , is an organized form of theft in which a group of participants enter a retail shop or convenience store en masse and steal goods and other items . Typically , store workers and employees in these cases quickly become overwhelmed by the large number of participants and thus , are unable to stop the theft . The National Retail Federation does not classify these crimes as `` flash mobs '' but rather `` multiple offender crimes '' that utilize `` flash mob tactics '' . In a report , the NRF noted , `` multiple offender crimes tend to involve groups or gangs of juveniles who already know each other , which does not earn them the term `` flash mob '' . ''",
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"text": "Events from the Modern Age of Comic Books One of the key aspects of the Modern Age of Comic Books was that it was the beginning of big events . In 1984 , Marvel Comics debuted the first large crossover , Secret Wars , a storyline featuring the company 's most prolific superheroes , which overlapped into a 12-issue limited series and many monthly comic books . A year later , DC Comics introduced its first large scale crossover , Crisis on Infinite Earths , which had long-term effects on the `` DC Universe '' continuity . In the early and mid-1990s , big events were regularly published by Marvel and DC , often leading to extra publicity and sales . These events helped fend-off competition from Image Comics , and such events were more likely to become `` collector 's items . '' Some events , such as DC 's `` Zero Hour '' and Marvel 's `` Onslaught saga '' spanned a publisher 's entire line while others only affected a `` family '' of interrelated titles . The X-Men and Batman franchises featured crossovers almost annually . Some of the most significant mid-1990s events , such as Spider-Man 's `` Clone Saga , '' Batman 's `` Batman : Knightfall '' and particularly , `` The Death of Superman '' caused dramatic changes to long-running characters and received coverage in the mainstream media . These events led to significant sales boosts and publicity , but many fans began to criticize them as excessive and lacking compelling storytelling . They also complained that monthly series had become inaccessible because one had to follow a number of comics to understand the full storyline . By the end of the 1990s , the number of large crossovers decreased , but they were still launched sporadically .",
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"text": "Flamingo (comics) Flamingo is the name of a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly as an adversary of the Batman .",
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"text": "The Flash (video game) The Flash is an action video game based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name . It was developed and manufactured by Sega and Probe Entertainment for the Sega Master System in 1993 . The game 's release followed approximately two years after the cancellation of the Flash TV series on CBS .",
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David Schwimmer graduated from Northwestern University.
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"text": "David Schwimmer David Lawrence Schwimmer ( born November 2 , 1966 ) is an American actor , director , and producer . He was born in Flushing , Queens , New York , and his family moved to Los Angeles when he was 2 . He began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School . In 1988 , he graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theater and speech . After graduation , Schwimmer co-founded the Lookingglass Theatre Company . For much of the late 1980s , he lived in Los Angeles as a struggling , unemployed actor . He starred in the television movie A Deadly Silence in 1989 and appeared in a number of television roles , including on L.A. Law , The Wonder Years , NYPD Blue , and Monty , in the early 1990s . Schwimmer later gained worldwide recognition for playing Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends , for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1995 . His first leading film role was in The Pallbearer ( 1996 ) , followed by roles in Kissing a Fool ( 1998 ) , Six Days , Seven Nights ( 1998 ) , Apt Pupil , and Picking Up the Pieces ( 2000 ) . He was then cast in the miniseries Band of Brothers ( 2001 ) as Herbert Sobel . After the series finale of Friends in 2004 , Schwimmer was cast as the title character in the 2005 drama Duane Hopwood . Other film roles include the voice of Melman the Giraffe in the computer-animated Madagascar film franchise , the dark comedy Big Nothing ( 2006 ) , and the thriller Nothing But the Truth ( 2008 ) . Schwimmer made his West End stage debut in the leading role in Some Girl ( s ) in 2005 . In 2006 , he made his Broadway debut in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial . Schwimmer made his feature film directorial debut with the 2007 comedy Run Fatboy Run . The following year he made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in the 2008 production , Fault Lines . In 2016 , he starred as lawyer Robert Kardashian in American Crime Story , for which he received his second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie .",
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"text": "Netherlands Worldwide Students Netherlands Worldwide Students ( Nederlandse Wereldwijde Studenten ) , NWS for short , is a Dutch student organisation NWS forms a worldwide network of Dutch students currently , formerly and prospectively enrolled at foreign universities or professional schools . It offers a platform for joint activities and bridges the gap to the government , private sector , academic sector and society of the Netherlands . Most importantly , NWS tries to maintain a strong connection between Dutch students abroad and the Netherlands , and vice versa . Integral to this mission is making sure that the voices of Dutch students abroad are being heard in policy debates and that the value of studying abroad is appreciated from an individual , economic and societal perspective . NWS Clubs form an integral part of the NWS network , offering local activities , seminars , borrels and Dutch gezelligheid at universities outside of the Netherlands . NWS Clubs are active at Harvard , Cornell , Oxford , Cambridge , LSE , Paris and Bruges , amongst others . In addition , NWS maintains an online database of Dutch students currently or formerly enrolled at foreign universities . This network provides its participants access to local contacts , knowledge and advice in any sector or country to facilitate studying abroad or returning to the Netherlands . NWS also has its own Wiki-based site , for user-generated information on studying abroad , foreign universities , financial aid and such . NWS was founded in 2007 by and for students and is completely run by volunteers . It is registered as a charity and receives support from Nuffic , the IB-Group , as well as several Dutch multinationals through sponsorship for events . As part of their activities , NWS conducts research on studying abroad through surveys among its members . The findings are presented in the `` NWS-onderzoek '' research report , which is published every other year . After publicatiosen , the report is presented to a representative of the Dutch government . Previous representatives to receive the report include Sybrand Haersma Buma and former State Secretary of Education Halbe Zijlstra . In past years , the research report has focused on obstacles for Dutch students in going abroad and returning to the Netherlands . Over the past few years , NWS has increasingly become involved in informing Dutch secondary school and university students about the opportunities for studying abroad .",
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"text": "Dave Schnell David `` Dave '' Schnell ( July 15 , 1966 - May 22 , 2011 ) was an American football player . He attended Elkhart Central High School in Elkhart , Indiana , and he was selected by Sports Illustrated in 1985 as the best high school football player in the United States . He then played college football at the quarterback position for the Indiana University Hoosiers football team . He led the 1987 Indiana Hoosiers football team to victories over both Michigan and Ohio State , becoming the only Indiana quarterback to record victories against both teams in the same year . The following year , he was selected by the conference coaches as the second-team quarterback on the 1988 All-Big Ten Conference football team . Schnell was diagnosed with leukemia in 2007 and died from the disease in May 2011 at age 44 . He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in May 2010 . He is survived by three sons and a daughter : Samuel , Spencer , Vincent and Brook . His mother Margaret ( Peg ) Everingham , his brother Doug ( Jackie ) Schnell , his half-brothers Tim and Jerry O'Neill , and his half-sister Kathleen ( O'Neill ) Bollero also remain . Now , each year in August , there is a golf-outing held at Christiana Creek Country Club in Elkhart , Indiana in his honor to raise money for the David E. Schnell Scholarship fund . This scholarship fund serves to provide local high school seniors with a scholarship if they are to continue to play football in college .",
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"text": "Philip Meyer Philip Meyer is professor emeritus and former holder of the Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He researches in the areas of journalism quality , precision journalism , civic journalism , polling , the newspaper industry , and communications technology . Meyer was a Nieman Fellow in 1966-1967 . He blogs at http://philipmeyer.authorsxpress.com . Meyer was a member of the Board of Contributors for USA TODAY 's Forum Page , part of the newspaper 's Opinion section . Before becoming a professor in 1981 , Meyer was employed in the newspaper industry for a total of 26 years , the last 23 with Knight Ridder Inc. , where he started as a reporter for the Miami Herald . In 1962 , he became the Washington correspondent for the Akron Beacon Journal , then a national correspondent , and finally , from 1978-1981 the director of news research at company headquarters in Miami , where he worked on Knight Ridder 's pioneering Viewtron online service . One of the earliest examples of computer assisted reporting was in 1967 , after riots in Detroit , when Meyer , on temporary assignment with the Detroit Free Press , used survey research , analyzed on a mainframe computer , to show that people who had attended college were equally likely to have rioted as were high school dropouts . Meyer 's most recent book is Paper Route : Finding My Way to Precision Journalism , a memoir of his newspaper career . He has also written The Vanishing Newspaper : Saving Journalism in the Information Age , Precision Journalism , Ethical Journalism : a Guide for Students , Practitioners and Consumers , and The Newspaper Survival Book . The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting hosts annual Philip Meyer Journalism Award , which `` recognize excellent journalism done using social science research methods '' . The Summer 2008 Carolina Communicator includes a profile of Meyer http://issuu.com/jomcadmin/docs/ccsummer08 , written by one of his former students , John Bare .",
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"text": "The Nth Degree The nth degree may refer to : The degree of a polynomial , where n represents a natural number `` The Nth Degree '' ( Star Trek : The Next Generation ) `` Nth Degree '' ( song ) , a song by New York City band Morningwood A mathematically specious phrase ( solecism ) intended to convey that something is raised to a very high level ( as in `` to the Nth degree '' ) , where `` n '' is assumed to be a relatively high number even though by definition it is unspecified and may be large or small An English saying referring to an unspecified term of a sequence MEANING Nth degree , or nth degree , are two words expressing a number to a certain level . In the first word , ` Nth ' or ` nth ' , is a word expressing a number , in two parts , ` n ' and ` th ' , but where that number is not known , ( hence the use of ` n ' ) and a correlatory factoring , ` th ' , ( exponential amplification , usually from four onwards ( fourth , fifth ) ) , is used to multiply the ` n ' ( number ) , to arrive at a number , concomitant to subject matter . The ` degree ' is used as a noun , expressing the level or amount of the final multiplicated number .",
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"text": "Nemmers Prize in Mathematics The Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics is awarded biennially from Northwestern University . It was initially endowed along with a companion prize , the Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics , as part of a $ 14 million donation from the Nemmers brothers . They envisioned creating an award that would be as prestigious as the Nobel prize . To this end , the majority of the income earned from the endowment is returned to the principal in order to increase the size of the award . Even so , it is still `` believed to be the largest monetary awards in the United States designated specifically for academic excellence in mathematics . Currently , the award carries a $ 200,000 stipend and the scholar spends several weeks in residence at Northwestern University .",
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"text": "1987 Northwestern Wildcats football team The 1987 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their second year under head coach Francis Peay , the Wildcats compiled a 2 -- 8 -- 1 record ( 2 -- 6 against Big Ten Conference opponents ) and finished in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference . The team 's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Greenfield with 1,265 passing yards , Byron Sanders with 778 rushing yards , and George Jones with 668 receiving yards .",
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"text": "Northwestern Wildcats baseball For information on all Northwestern University sports , see Northwestern Wildcats The Northwestern Wildcats baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Northwestern University in Evanston , Illinois , United States . The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I and are members of the Big Ten Conference .",
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"text": "Pritzker School of Medicine The Pritzker School of Medicine is the M.D.-granting unit of the Biological Sciences Division of the University of Chicago . It is located on the university 's main campus in the historic Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago and matriculated its first class in 1927 . The medical school offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree program , joint degree programs , graduate medical education , and continuing medical education . As one of the most selective medical schools in the United States , it is currently ranked 15th among research universities for medical education by the US News & World Report .",
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"text": "David Schweickart David Schweickart ( born 1942 ) is an American mathematician and philosopher . He holds a BS in Mathematics from University of Dayton , a PhD in Mathematics from University of Virginia , and a PhD in Philosophy from Ohio State University . He currently is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago . He has taught at Loyola since 1975 . He was a visiting professor of mathematics at the University of Kentucky from 1969 to 1970 , and a visiting professor of philosophy at the University of New Hampshire from 1986 to 1987 . He has also lectured in Spain , Cuba , El Salvador , Italy , and the Czech Republic , as well as throughout the United States . In 1999 , Schweickart was named Faculty Member of the Year at Loyola University Chicago . He is an editor and contributing writer to SolidarityEconomy.net , an online journal dedicated to economic democracy .",
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"text": "Ben Schwietert Ben Schwietert ( born 16 February 1997 ) is a Dutch competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle .",
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"text": "Efraim Benmelech Efraim Benmelech is an economist . Benmelech is the Harold L. Stuart Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University , USA . He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research ( NBER ) . He is a winner of the 2011 Brattle Prize for his article `` Bankruptcy and Collateral Channel '' . In 2013 , Benmelech was associate editor of the Journal of Finance and editor of the Review of Corporate Finance Studies . Benmelech earned his BA and MBA from Hebrew University and his PhD in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business .",
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"text": "David S. Wiley (conductor) David Stewart Wiley ( born 1966 in Princeton , NJ ) is the Conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and was the Conductor and Music Director of the Long Island Philharmonic from 2001 until its demise in 2016 . He has previously served as Assistant Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra . He also served as Artistic Director of the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival from 1999 to 2006 . Wiley first gained national attention when he won the Aspen Conducting Prize in 1993 , which led to his being named as Assistant Conductor for the 1994 Aspen Music Festival . Wiley holds a Doctor of Music degree ( in conducting ) and a Master of Music degree from Indiana University , and holds a degree in piano performance with honors from the New England Conservatory of Music and a bachelor 's degree in Religion from Tufts , where he was also one of the founders of the award-winning a cappella group , The Amalgamates of Tufts University .",
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"text": "David E. Tolchinsky David E. Tolchinsky ( born David Jan Edelson ) is a screenwriter , playwright , sound designer , and academic . He is Chair of Northwestern University 's Department of Radio-TV-Film and Founder/Director of Northwestern University School of Communication 's MFA in Writing for the Screen + Stage . As a screenwriter , his feature film Girl is distributed by iTunes and has been seen internationally . He has been commissioned by such studios as Touchstone/Disney , MGM , Ivan Reitman 's Montecito Pictures , USA Networks , Edward R. Pressman Film Corp , and Addis-Wechsler & Assoc. / Industry Entertainment to write feature screenplays . He is the author of original screenplays such as The Last Crash and Reflections on a Teenage Anti-Christ featured in a New York Times article about home offices . Some of his work centers on teen subcultures such as heavy-metal fans , Florida surfer teens , teen groupies , and female football players , particularly in relation to social decay . He is also interested in horror , both psychological and physical . As a sound designer , he has designed the sound for interactive computer environments and video installations which have been exhibited internationally . In 2003 , he was nominated for a Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild Golden Reel Award for his sound design for Dolly . In 2008 , he was appointed as a Northwestern University Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence . In 2009 , he co-curated The Horror Show at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs in New York City which explored horror in film , video , installation , photography , sculpture and painting and which was featured as a The Village Voice `` Voice Choice for Art '' and on their blog , and which was accompanied by a 32-page catalog . In 2011 , he co-produced Debra Kahn Tolchinsky 's Fast Talk , which investigates the accelerated speed of argumentation in college debate and which is available on iTunes and Amazon instant . Recently , he published `` Where 's the Rest of Me ? '' a reflective essay about Spalding Gray in Paraphilia Magazine and co-curated with Debra Kahn Tolchinsky The Presence of Absence sponsored by the Contemporary Arts Council at Hairpin Arts Center in Chicago , chosen by Chicago Magazine as one of the `` 16 best art gallery shows to see now in Chicago '' and described in The Huffington Post as `` The space is gorgeous , the art solid , challenging , yet accessible . This is a wonderfully odd , powerful , thoughtful show '' . He was also ranked # 14 on New City 's Film 50 2013 : Chicago 's Screen Gems , was the recipient of a 2014 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Literature , and was voted Best Director for his play , Where 's the Rest of Me ? ( which was nominated for Best Play and which was an adaptation of his essay ) , at the 2015 Riant Theatre One-Act Play Festival in New York City . Most recently , his play Clear was published in Issue 3 2015 of Proscenium Journal , he was ranked number 8 with Debra Kahn Tolchinsky on New City 's Film 50 2015 : Chicago 's Screen Gems , and he co-curated Sick by Seven ( seven plays/films about mental health in the modern world ) at A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago as part of its Incubator Series . He is a graduate of Yale ( 1985 , BA , magna cum laude ) and USC School of Cinematic Arts/School of Cinema-Television ( 1988 , MFA ) . He continues to collaborate often with his spouse , the media artist Debra Kahn Tolchinsky .",
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"text": "1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team The 1994 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their third year under head coach Gary Barnett , the Wildcats compiled a 3 -- 7 -- 1 record ( 2 -- 6 against Big Ten Conference opponents ) and finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference . The team 's offensive leaders were quarterback Steve Schnur with 899 passing yards , Dennis Lundy with 1,189 rushing yards , and Mike Senters with 385 receiving yards . Paul Burton was selected by the Associated Press as the first-team punter on the 1994 All-Big Ten Conference football team .",
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"text": "David Evans (Yale professor) David Evans is an American professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University . He works on quantitative reconstruction of supercontinents . He is involved in the Snowball Earth theory of Precambrian ice ages by demonstrating that the magnetic latitudes of ancient ice deposits were tropical .",
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"text": "Michael Dickinson (biologist) Michael H. Dickinson ( born 1963 ) is an American fly bioengineer and neuroscientist , and Zarem Professor of Biology and Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology . He studies Drosophila flight control systems and sensory processing . He graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in 1984 , and from University of Washington with a Ph.D. in 1989 . He was previously part of the faculty at the University of Chicago , the University of California , Berkeley , and the University of Washington . He is a Monitoring Editor at the Journal of Experimental Biology . He was a course director of the Neural Systems and Behavior course at the Marine Biological Laboratory .",
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"text": "David Gewirtz David Allen Gewirtz is an American journalist , author , and U.S. policy advisor who has written more than 900 articles about technology , competitiveness , and national security policy . Gewirtz was featured on The History Channel television special The President 's Book of Secrets , which detailed secret information privy only to the President of the United States . He currently serves as director of the U.S. Strategic Perspective Institute . Gewirts grew up in Fair Lawn , New Jersey . Gewirtz is a CNN contributor , a CBS contributing editor , and the ZDNet Government blogger . He is best known for his non-partisan investigative reporting on the Bush White House e-mail controversy . He is the author of the book Where Have All The E-mails Gone ? How Something as Seemingly Benign as White House E-mail Can Have Freaky National Security Consequences ( ISBN 978-0945266204 ) , which explores the controversy from a technical perspective and , according to The Intelligence Daily , is `` the definitive account about the circumstances that led to the loss of administration emails . '' Gewirtz is the cyberwarfare advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals , a columnist for The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security , and has been a guest commentator for the Nieman Watchdog of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University . He is also a member of the FBI InfraGard program and is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute . Gewirtz has been awarded the Sigma Xi Research Award in Engineering . He is the author of five books including How To Save Jobs and Where Have All The E-mails Gone ? . Gewirtz is an advisory board member for the Technical Communications and Management Certificate program and a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California , Berkeley extension . Gewirtz is also a former professor of computer science and has lectured at Princeton University , the University of California , Berkeley , UCLA , and Stanford . He is also the editor-in-chief of ZATZ Publishing , an independent digital magazine and book publisher .",
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"text": "David Leinweber David Leinweber heads the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Computational Research Division 's Center for Innovative Financial Technology , created to help build a bridge between the computational science and financial markets communities . He was a Haas Fellow in Finance at the University of California , Berkeley , from 2008-2010 . Dr. Leinweber graduated from MIT , in physics and computer science . He also has a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University . He came to Harvard planning to study computer graphics , but discovered that the computer graphics courses there were no longer being taught ; his `` de facto advisor '' , Harry R. Lewis , encouraged him to study more broadly , and he ended up taking financial mathematics courses from the Harvard Business School . Later , Lewis 's connections with the RAND Corporation helped him find a place there as his first post-graduate employer . He wrote the book `` Nerds on Wall Street : Math , Machines and Wired Markets '' ( Wiley 2009 ) . Leinweber is internationally known for ironically showing that S&P 500 could be `` predicted '' by looking at the butter production in Bangladesh . Adding cheese in USA , and the population of sheep , the prediction was at 99 % . Leinweber thus illustrated how overfitting and apophenia may affect market predictions .",
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"text": "Paul Frommer Paul R. Frommer ( -LSB- ˈfroʊmər -RSB- born September 17 , 1944 ) is an American communications professor at the University of Southern California ( USC ) and a linguistics consultant . He is the former Vice President , Special Projects Coordinator , Strategic Planner , and Writer-Researcher at Bentley Industries in Los Angeles , California . From 2005 to 2008 , he served as Director of the Center for Management Communication at the USC Marshall School of Business .",
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"text": "David Hammerstein Mintz David Hammerstein Mintz ( born 23 September 1955 ) is a Spanish politician and former Member of the European Parliament for Los Verdes , part of the European Greens . He used to sit on the European Parliament 's Committee on Industry , Research and Energy and its Committee on Petitions . He also worked for an international consumer advocacy group , the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue ( TACD ) , but is now working for the commons network . Mintz was born in Los Angeles , and graduated in sociology from the University of California in 1978 . From 1991 to 1999 , he worked as a Natural economy and geography teacher at secondary level ( in Godella )",
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"text": "TD Garden TD Garden , often called `` Boston Garden '' and `` The Garden '' , is a multi-purpose arena in Boston . It is named after its sponsor , TD Bank , a subsidiary of Canada 's Toronto-Dominion Bank . It opened in 1995 as a replacement for the original Boston Garden and has been known as Shawmut Center , FleetCenter , and TD Banknorth Garden . TD Garden is the home arena for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association . It is owned by Delaware North , whose CEO , Jeremy Jacobs , also owns the Bruins . It is the site of the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament , and hosts the annual Hockey East Championships . The arena has also hosted many major national sporting events including the 1999 and 2003 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball regional first and second rounds , the 2009 and 2012 Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight , the 1998 Frozen Four , the 2004 Frozen Four , the 2014 United States Figure Skating Championships , the 2006 Women 's Final Four , and the 2015 Frozen Four . It hosted games 3 , 4 , and 6 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals and the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals for the Bruins , and games 1 , 2 , and 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals and games 3 , 4 , and 5 of the 2010 NBA Finals for the Celtics . It is located directly above Boston 's North Station .",
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"text": "1966 Memorial Cup The 1966 Memorial Cup was the 48th annual Memorial Cup competition , organized by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ( CAHA ) to determine the champion of `` junior A '' ice hockey . The George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association in Eastern Canada competed against the Abbott Cup champions Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League in Western Canada . Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto , Ontario hosted the Final , which featured Bobby Orr , the Generals captain . It was the last of 18 Memorial Cup series to be played at the Gardens . In a best-of-seven series , Edmonton won their second Memorial Cup , defeating Oshawa four games to two . Orr was injured and played sparingly .",
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"text": "1977–78 Boston Bruins season The 1977 -- 78 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins ' 54th season in the NHL . The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals .",
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"text": "London Ice House The London Ice House was an arena in London , Ontario , Canada . It was originally built in 1963 and was home to the London Knights ice hockey team from 1965 to 2002 . The arena had a capacity of approximately 5,000 and was designed as a one level Boston Garden . The arena was originally named Treasure Island Gardens as the building was a part of the Treasure Island Plaza mall complex located in south London . The arena also included a second ice pad but was eventually closed . In 1994 , the London Knights and the building were purchased by new owner Doug Tarry , who renamed building as the London Ice House . Tarry upgraded the building in 1994 , including replacing the seats on the sides and adding more emergency exits to bring the building up to the fire code , but once the refurbishing was complete the team and building went downhill steadily , as Tarry preferred to allow the building to deteriorate as part of his lobbying the city for a new arena , given that they were the only team in the OHL who owned their own building without municipal assistance and taxes in excess of $ 125,000 per year in 1999 . The team was sold as the city warmed up to building a new facility . The London Knights underwent a renaissance after being purchased by Dale and Mark Hunter in a deal brokered by George Georgopoulos who was negotiating with the City for a multi-purpose entertainment centre and arena in Downtown London . The team would leave the Gardens/Ice House after the 2001-02 season and relocate to the newly built John Labatt Centre later renamed to Budweiser Gardens on the former Talbot Block in Downtown London the following season . The last goal ever scored at the London Ice House was scored in overtime by Carlo Colaiacovo of the Erie Otters in the 2002 OHL Playoffs . The Rolling Stones played the arena on April 26 , 1965 , but due to rioting in the audience , the show was shut down by police after only 15 minutes . Since the concert , only Bill Wyman ( from the 1965 Stones - who is no longer with the band ) returned to London and performed at the London Ice Gardens with his band in 2001 . Also , one other highlight from the concert was that former NHL player and head coach Pat Quinn promoted the event and brought the Rolling Stones to London . Another one of the arena 's most famous moments came in February 1968 , when singer Johnny Cash proposed onstage to his longtime partner , June Carter Cash , during a concert at the building . After the Ice House 's closure it was purchased by investors who turned it into a motocross facility called the London Motoplex ; however , the investment group were not making payments during their ownership . The ownership of the building returned to the Hunter brothers afterward . Most of the old seats and all of the hockey memorabilia was sold at auction . The 1994-era seats were purchased by the Windsor Spitfires organization , who installed them at the Windsor Arena . Since 2004 , a group of investors ( made up of business , community , and government investment ) converted the former hockey arena and motocross track into an indoor cycling track and became the Forest City Velodrome . The Forest City Velodrome Association ( a non-profit organization ) operates the races , clinics , and other activities at the track .",
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"text": "List of Montreal Canadiens players This is a complete list of ice hockey players who have played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . It includes players that have played at least one regular season or playoff game for the Montreal Canadiens since the team joined the NHL in 1917 . Founded in 1909 as one of the founding members of the National Hockey Association ( NHA ) , the Montreal Canadiens were also one of the founding members of the NHL . Since the formation of the NHL , 709 different players have played with the Canadiens As of April 3 , 2008 , 71 goaltenders and 638 skaters ( forwards and defensemen ) have appeared in at least one regular-season and/or playoff game with the Montreal Canadiens since the formation of the league in the 1917 -- 18 NHL season . The 709 all-time members of the Canadiens are listed below , with statistics complete through the end of the 2013 -- 14 NHL season . This list does not include members of the Montreal Canadiens while the team was a member of the NHA from 1909 until 1917 . 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 -- 01 season would be listed as playing with the team from 2000 -- 2001 , regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within .",
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"text": "Veterans Memorial Stadium (Quincy, Massachusetts) Veterans Memorial Stadium is a multipurpose outdoor stadium in Quincy , Massachusetts . Built from 1937-1938 under the Works Progress Administration , it seats 3,000 spectators for football , soccer and lacrosse . The stadium underwent a $ 1.2 million renovation in 2006 , including accessibility improvements and new synthetic turf as well as making the stadium usable as a lacrosse and soccer field . It is the home to both Quincy High School and North Quincy High School . With the historic main grandstand and iconic brick walls , it is known affectionately as `` The Stadium '' to student athletes throughout the City of Quincy . The grounds have most notably held the annual intracity Thanksgiving Day Game between QHS and NQHS , dubbed by SI.com as one of the best in America , since 1932 . In 1976 it served as a home stadium for the Boston Minutemen of the North American Soccer League .",
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"text": "1972–73 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season The 1972 -- 73 NCAA Division I men 's ice hockey season began in November 1972 and concluded with the 1973 NCAA Division I Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament 's championship game on March 17 , 1973 at the Boston Garden in Boston , Massachusetts . This was the 26th season in which an NCAA ice hockey championship was held and is the 79th year overall where an NCAA school fielded a team . After the season Denver 's participation in the NCAA tournament was vacated due to violations of NCAA regulations . After the season Army was classified as a Division II squad as part of the NCAA 's numerical classification system . Lake Superior State began to sponsor their ice hockey program and the team was promptly admitted into the CCHA .",
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"text": "2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The 2015 NCAA Men 's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the national championship tournament for men 's college ice hockey in the United States in 2015 . The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champion at the Division I level of the NCAA , the highest level of competition in college hockey . The tournament 's Frozen Four -- the semifinals and final -- were hosted by Hockey East at the TD Garden in Boston , Massachusetts . Providence defeated Boston University 4 -- 3 to win the program 's first NCAA title .",
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"text": "Agganis Arena Agganis Arena is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Boston , Massachusetts , United States , on the campus of Boston University , built on the location of the former Commonwealth Armory . It is home to the five-time national champion Boston University Terriers men 's ice hockey team . It is named after Harry Agganis , an outstanding football and baseball athlete for BU and the Boston Red Sox , who died at the age of 26 from a massive pulmonary embolism . A life-size bronze statue of Agganis sculpted by Armand LaMontagne stands outside the arena at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Harry Agganis Way . The hockey rink is named Jack Parker Rink , after the legendary BU hockey player and coach . The arena is part of Boston University 's John Hancock Student Village , which also includes dormitories and the university 's five-story Fitness and Recreation Center . Agganis was dedicated in 2004 and hosted its first event in 2005 . It replaced Walter Brown Arena , located at the Case Athletic Center , as the home of BU Men 's Ice Hockey , though Walter Brown Arena is still in use as the home of BU Women 's Ice Hockey . In the arena 's first decade , Boston University basketball played select home games at Agganis , with the remainder being played at Case Gym . The school made the decision before the 2015-2016 season to move all home games back to Case Gym due to poor attendance at Agganis . The last BU basketball game played at Agganis was a 77-70 loss to rival Holy Cross on Feb. 28 , 2015 . It serves as a regional auditorium for large events , including concerts , ceremonies of other schools such as Berklee College of Music , musicals , awareness events , and appearances by speakers such as Barack Obama and Dave Chappelle . Since 2008 , Agganis has hosted the annual CRASH-B World Indoor Rowing Championship . It hosted the first rounds of the 2007 America East Men 's Basketball Tournament and the finals in 2011 . It also hosted the 2009 Women 's Frozen Four and has been selected to host the 2020 Women 's Frozen Four as well . The arena hosted TNA Wrestling 's anniversary show Slammiversary on June 2 , 2013 .",
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"text": "1970 Memorial Cup The 1970 Memorial Cup was the 52nd annual Memorial Cup competition , organized by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association ( CAHA ) to determine the champion of junior A ice hockey . It was a best-of-seven series between the Montreal Jr. . Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Weyburn Red Wings of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal , Quebec . Montreal won their third Memorial Cup , defeating Weyburn four games to none .",
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"text": "Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre The Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre ( formerly UBC Winter Sports Centre , also known as UBC Thunderbird Arena ) is a LEED Silver certified indoor arena in Greater Vancouver , on the campus of the University of British Columbia . Located in the University Endowment Lands , it is just outside the city limits of Vancouver , British Columbia . The arena is home to the UBC Thunderbirds men 's and women 's ice hockey teams , and contains one international-size 61 m × 30 m ( 200 ft × 98.4 ft ) ice rink . The facility was built around an older hockey facility , the historic Father Bauer Arena , which opened in October 1963 . This was named after the late Rev. Father David Bauer , who , together with Bob Hindmarch , established Canada 's first national hockey team at UBC in 1963 in preparation for the 1964 Winter Olympics . The UBC Thunderbird Arena replaced the Father Bauer Arena as the home of the UBC Thunderbirds ice hockey team . It is also the practice facility for Vancouver 's NHL team , the Vancouver Canucks . The main ice rink has 7,500 seats and can expand to 8,000 for concerts . The other rinks are Father Bauer Arena and Protrans Arena with spectator capacities of 980 and 200 , respectively . Construction began in April 2006 with the refurbishment of the Father Bauer Arena and the addition of a new practice arena . The new stadium arena was opened on July 7 , 2008 . On August 21 , 2009 , the Thunderbird Sports Centre was renamed Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in honour of Doug Mitchell , an UBC alumnus , lawyer , and amateur and professional sports leader .",
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"text": "1927 Stanley Cup Finals The 1927 Stanley Cup Finals was an NHL championship series played by the Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins . It was the first time the Cup was solely contested by National Hockey League teams , owing to the demise of the Western Hockey League the previous year . It was won by the Ottawa Senators , coached by Dave Gill , over the Boston Bruins , coached by Art Ross . This was the Senators ' fourth win since 1920 , and eleventh overall , but it marked the end of the dynasty . The original Senators would not win another . It would be the last time a team from Ottawa would play in the Finals until the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals , and the first Stanley Cup Final to have games played in both Canada and the United States .",
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"text": "1970 Long Beach State 49ers football team The 1970 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State College , Long Beach California State University , Long Beach was officially known as California State College , Long Beach , from 1964 -- 1971 . In common usage it is also sometimes known as Long Beach State . See : Cal State Long Beach during the 1970 University Division football season . Cal State Long Beach competed in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987 . See : Big West Conference The team was led by second year head coach Jim Stangeland , and played the majority of home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach , California . One game was played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim , California . They finished the season as Co-Champions of the PCAA , with a record of eight wins and three losses ( 9 -- 2 -- 1 , 5 -- 1 PCAA ) . As co-champions , and since they had beaten the other co-champion ( San Diego State ) , the 49ers qualified for a postseason bowl game . The 1970 Pasadena Bowl was played in Pasadena , California on Dec. 19 . The game against the Missouri Valley Conference champion Louisville Cardinals ended in a tie , 24 -- 24 .",
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"text": "1987–88 Boston Bruins season The 1987 -- 88 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins ' 64th season . The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals .",
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"text": "1970 Tangerine Bowl The 1970 Tangerine Bowl was held on December 28 , 1970 , at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando , Florida . The game pitted the # 15 AP-ranked Toledo Rockets against the William & Mary Indians ( now the Tribe ) , and ended with a 40 -- 12 victory for the Rockets . This was the 25th playing of the Tangerine Bowl , a former name of what is now called the Citrus Bowl .",
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"text": "NHL on CBS The NHL on CBS is the branding used for broadcasts of National Hockey League ( NHL ) games produced by CBS Sports , the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States , for three separate periods from 1957 to 1960 , 1967 to 1972 and 1979 to 1980 . With the original 1957 game telecasts , CBS became the first American television network to broadcast NHL games .",
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"text": "List of Toronto Maple Leafs seasons The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto , Ontario . They are members of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) and are known as one of the Original Six teams of the league . Founded in 1917 , the club had no nickname in their first season , and were known as the Toronto Arenas for their second season . From the 1919 -- 20 season they were known as the Toronto St. Patricks , until in February 1927 when the club was purchased by Conn Smythe . Smythe changed the name of the club to the Maple Leafs and they have been known by that name ever since . The 2016 -- 17 season is the 100th for the franchise and since their founding the Leafs have won 2794 regular season games , accumulated 5 division championships , led the league in points 6 times , appeared in the playoffs 65 times , gained 8 O'Brien Cup championships , and won 13 Stanley Cup titles .",
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"text": "Atlanta Gladiators The Atlanta Gladiators are a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Duluth , Georgia ( in the Atlanta metropolitan area ) . The Gladiators play in the South Division of the ECHL 's Eastern Conference . The Gladiators play their home games at the Infinite Energy Arena . The franchise originated as the Mobile Mysticks in 1995 . The team suspended operations in 2002 and moved to Duluth in 2003 . They have qualified for the Kelly Cup playoffs for 9 out of their 12 seasons of play as the Gladiators . They were the South Division and American Conference champions in 2006 , falling one game to four to the Alaska Aces in the finals . On August 6 , 2015 , the Gladiators announced a two-year affiliation deal with the Boston Bruins and their AHL affiliate the Providence Bruins . On September 9 , 2015 , the Gladiators announced they were changing their name from the Gwinnett Gladiators to the Atlanta Gladiators .",
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"text": "Boston Braves (AHL) The Boston Braves were a professional ice hockey team in Boston , Massachusetts . They were a member of the American Hockey League from 1971 to 1974 . The early 1970s saw an unprecedented boom in the popularity of hockey in the greater Boston area , fuelled by the success of the Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito-led Boston Bruins . The Bruins had sold out all of their home games at the Boston Garden for years , and the team owners thought that placing their minor-league affiliate in the same arena , made sense on several levels . Previously , the Bruins ' top affiliates were the Hershey Bears of the AHL and the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League . The team was named after the eponymous National League baseball team that had played in Boston until 1953 -- which had been owned by Charles F. Adams , founder of the Bruins , during the 1930s . The first season of the AHL Braves , under coach Bep Guidolin , was wildly successful . Behind a powerful club led by future NHLstars Dan Bouchard and Rich Leduc , and with other veteran minor-leaguers and future NHL players such as Doug Roberts , Ross Brooks , Nick Beverley , Garry Peters and Don Tannahill , the club tied for first place in its division with the powerful Nova Scotia Voyageurs with a 41-21-14 mark , while proving popular enough in Boston to set league records for single-game and single-season attendance that survived for decades . In its second season , however , competition from the WHA 's New England Whalers served to saturate the market . Furthermore , NHL expansion cost the team its best player , Bouchard , who had been picked by the Atlanta Flames , while WHA defections caused the recall of Brooks to the parent club and the departure of Roberts and Peters to the rival league . While scoring declined only slightly , the defense was notably poorer . The team still finished second in the division with a 34-29-13 mark , but attendance had nearly halved . In the Braves ' third and final season , the defense collapsed to the point where the team finished out of the playoffs after a 23-40-13 record . With attendance dwindling further and the ebbing of the hockey boom itself in New England , Bruins ' management decided to suspend the team ; the next season saw the Bruins affiliating with the Rochester Americans . The Bruins maintained the franchise 's existence for many years , paying a nominal fee to the league to keep it dormant , finally selling its rights to the Winnipeg Jets in 1987 so that the Jets could move it to the Maritimes to become the Moncton Hawks .",
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"text": "Budweiser Gardens Budweiser Gardens is a sports-entertainment centre , in London , Ontario , Canada -- the largest such centre in southwestern Ontario . Until 2012 , it was known as the John Labatt Centre , usually referred to as the `` JLC '' . The John Labatt Centre , which opened on October 11 , 2002 , was named after John Labatt , founder of the Labatt brewery in London . Labatt still has a large brewery in London to the present day , although its head office was moved to Toronto in the early 1990s . The John Labatt Centre 's name was changed to Budweiser Gardens in Fall 2012 , as approved by London City Council on Tuesday , June 26 , 2012 with a vote of 12-3 . The centre was built , in part , to be the new downtown home of London 's Ontario Hockey League team , the London Knights , replacing the 40-year-old London Ice House in the south end of the city , near Highway 401 . Since 2011 , it is home to London 's National Basketball League of Canada team , the London Lightning .",
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"text": "Troy Mallette Troy Matthew Mallette ( born February 25 , 1970 ) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player . Mallette played in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers , Edmonton Oilers , New Jersey Devils , Ottawa Senators , Boston Bruins and the Tampa Bay Lightning .",
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"text": "Thomas Haden Church Thomas Haden Church ( born Thomas Richard McMillen ; June 17 , 1960 ) is an American actor , director , and writer . After co-starring in the 1990s sitcom Wings , Church became known for his film roles , including his Academy Award-nominated performance in Sideways and his role as the Sandman in Spider-Man 3 . He also made his directorial debut with Rolling Kansas .",
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"text": "Thomas Circle Singers Thomas Circle Singers ( TCS ) is an independent chamber chorus located in Washington , D.C. . It donates concert ticket proceeds to nonprofit organizations . TCS has raised over $ 100,000 for various Washington D.C.-based charitable causes , including Thrive DC , the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing , and Calvary Women 's Services . The group was founded in 1976 with the support of Luther Place Memorial Church , and is currently located at National City Christian Church on Thomas Circle in Washington , D.C. TCS was named Washingtonian of the Year 2000 by Washingtonian Magazine and artistic director James Kreger was honored in 2001 with WETA-FM 's Hometown Hero award .",
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"text": "Thomas Grant (bishop) Thomas Grant ( 1816 -- 1870 ) was a Catholic bishop . Born at Ligny-les-Aires , Arras , France , on 25 November 1816 , the son of Bernard Grant , an Irishman who enlisted in the British army , became sergeant , and finally purchased a commission . His mother , Ann MacGowan , was also Irish by birth . In January 1829 he was sent to Ushaw College , where he studied until 1836 , when he went to the English College at Rome . There he was ordained priest on 28 November 1841 , was created doctor of divinity and appointed as secretary to Cardinal Acton , a position in which he acquired a knowledge of canon law , and acquaintance with the method of conducting ecclesiastical affairs at Rome . In October 1844 , at the early age of twenty-eight , he became rector of the English College , Rome , and was made agent for the English bishops . In this capacity he assisted William Bernard Ullathorne , who was then negotiating for the restoration of the English hierarchy . He also translated for Propaganda all English documents relating to the matter , and furnished the materials for the historical preface to the Decree of 1850 . A year later , he was appointed to the new Diocese of Southwark , and was consecrated bishop on 6 July 1851 . Though he came to England almost as a stranger , he soon won the confidence of Catholics and others . As the Government was shy of transacting business directly with Cardinal Wiseman , many negotiations were carried on by Dr. Grant , who was specially successful in obtaining from the Government the appointment of military and naval chaplains , as well as prison chaplains . To the newly appointed hierarchy he was , as Bishop Ullathorne testified , most useful : `` His acuteness of learning , readiness of resource and knowledge of the forms of ecclesiastical business made him invaluable to our joint counsels at home , whether in synods or in our yearly episcopal meetings ; and his obligingness , his untiring spirit of work , and the expedition and accuracy with which he struck off documents in Latin , Italian , or English , naturally brought the greater part of such work on his shoulders . '' In the administration of his diocese he proved equal to the task of organization , which was necessary in an age of rapid expansion , while the remarkable sanctity of his private life led to his being generally regarded as a saint , and caused Pius IX , when he learned of his death , to exclaim `` Another saint in heaven ! '' The virtues of charity and humility in particular were practised by him in an heroic degree . The last years of his life were spent in great suffering , caused by cancer , and when he set out to attend the First Vatican Council at Rome in 1870 , he knew that he would not return . He was appointed member of the Congregation for the Oriental Rites and the Apostolic Missions , but was too ill to take an active part in the proceedings . He died in Rome on 1 June 1870 . After death his body was brought back to England for burial . Category :1816 births Category :1870 deaths Category : French emigrants to England Category : Alumni of Ushaw College Category : English College , Rome alumni Category :19 th-century Roman Catholic bishops Category : Rectors of the English College , Rome Category : French people of Irish descent Category : People from Arras",
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"text": "Two by Twos Two by Twos is one of the names used to denote an international , home-based church that has its origins in Ireland at the end of the 19th century . Among members , the church is typically referred to as `` The Truth '' or `` The Way '' . Those outside the church refer to it as `` Two by Twos '' , `` No-name Church '' , `` Cooneyites '' , `` Workers and Friends '' or `` Christians Anonymous . '' Church ministers are itinerant and work in groups of two , hence the name `` Two by Twos '' . The church 's registered names include `` Christian Conventions '' in the United States , `` Assemblies of Christians '' in Canada , `` The Testimony of Jesus '' in the United Kingdom , `` Kristna I Sverige '' in Sweden , and `` United Christian Conventions '' in Australia . These organization names are used only for registration purposes and are not used by members . The church was founded in 1897 in Ireland by William Irvine , an evangelist with the interdenominational Faith Mission . Irvine began independently preaching a return to the method of itinerant ministry he claimed was set forth in the 10th chapter of Matthew . Church growth was rapid , spreading outside Ireland . Irvine eventually began preaching a new order in which the hierarchy that had developed within the church would have no placement . This teaching became controversial within the church and led to his expulsion by church overseers around 1914 . One of the church 's most prominent evangelists , Edward Cooney , was expelled a decade after Irvine . The church then became much less visible to outsiders for the next half-century . Publication of several articles and books , increased news coverage , and the appearance of the Internet have since opened the church to wider scrutiny . The church does not explicitly publish any doctrinal statements , claiming these must be orally imparted by its ministers , referred to as `` workers '' . Doctrine of the church teaches that salvation is available only by accepting the preaching of its homeless , penniless ministry workers and by attending the group 's home meetings . The orthodox Christian Trinitarian doctrine is rejected , and members are told to deny any church name . Baptism by immersion as performed by one of the church 's workers is required for full participation . Some in the church claim it is a direct continuation of the 1st-century Christian church , although some believe that a restoration of some sort may have occurred in the late 19th century . Members hold regular weekly worship gatherings in local homes on Sunday and in the middle of the week . The church holds annual regional conventions and public Gospel meetings . The church claims no official headquarters or official publications . Its hymnbook and various other materials for internal use are produced by outside publishers and printing firms . Printed invitations and advertisements for its open gospel meetings are the only written materials which those outside the church are likely to encounter .",
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"text": "List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands The Churches Conservation Trust , which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund , is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk , those that have been made redundant by the Church of England . The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968 . The legally defined object of the Trust is `` the preservation , in the interests of the nation and the Church of England , of churches and parts of churches of historic and archaeological interest or architectural quality vested in the Fund ... together with their contents so vested '' . The charity cares for over 350 churches . The Trust is financed partly by the Department for Culture , Media and Sport and the Church Commissioners , but grants from those bodies were frozen in 2001 , since when additional funding has come from other sources , including the general public . In the 12 months ending 31 March 2010 the charity 's income was # 6,161,653 , and its spending was # 6,035,871 . During that year it had 44 employees , and used the services of 2,000 volunteers . The charity is run by a board of trustees , who delegate the day-to-day management to a chief executive and his senior management team . The Trust 's primary aim is to ensure that the buildings in its care are weatherproof and to prevent any deterioration in their condition . The majority of the churches remain consecrated , and many are occasionally still used for worship . Local communities are encouraged to use them for appropriate activities and events , and the buildings provide an educational resource , allowing children and young people to study history and architecture . Nearly 2 million people visit the Trust 's churches each year . As most of the churches remain consecrated , they are used for occasional services where this is practical , and some are venues for concerts and other purposes . This list describes the 74 churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands , consisting of those in the counties of Derbyshire , Nottinghamshire , Shropshire , Staffordshire , Leicestershire , Rutland , Herefordshire , Worcestershire , Warwickshire , Northamptonshire , and Gloucestershire . The ages of the churches spread from St Andrew 's Church , Wroxeter , which contains fabric from the Anglo-Saxon period , to the newest church in the list , St John the Baptist 's Church , Avon Dassett , which was built in 1868 ; the greatest proportion of the churches date from the 12th and 13th centuries . All the churches have been designated by English Heritage as listed buildings , almost all of them at the highest Grades I and II * . Some of the churches stand in the centres of cities or towns , and their functions have been taken over by nearby churches ; these include St Peter 's Church , Northampton , All Saints Church , Leicester , St Mary 's Church , Shrewsbury , St Nicholas ' Church , Gloucester , St Swithun 's Church , Worcester , and St Werburgh 's Church , Derby . Others stand in remote or isolated positions in the countryside . Some of these became unused because the village they served was deserted , or the local population moved elsewhere ; examples of these include St Cuthbert 's Church , Holme Lacy , St Bartholomew 's Church , Furtho , Pendock Church , and St Peter 's Church , Wolfhampcote . In other cases the church served the estate of a country house and it is no longer used for that purpose ; examples include All Saints Church , Kedleston , St Andrew 's Church , Cranford , and Withcote Chapel . In some cases only part of the church has been conserved . Only the tower of St Oswald 's Church , Lassington has survived , the body of St Mary 's Church , Brentingby has been converted into a house , leaving the preserved tower , and in the case of St Werburgh 's Church , Derby , the tower and former chancel are preserved , while the rest of the church has been converted for commercial use . As most of the churches remain consecrated , they are used for occasional services where this is practical , and some are venues for concerts and other purposes .",
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"text": "Free Church of England The Free Church of England ( FCE ) is an episcopal church based in England . The church was founded when a number of congregations separated from the established Church of England in the middle of the 19th century . The doctrinal basis of the FCE , together with its episcopal structures , organisation , worship , ministry and ethos are recognisably `` Anglican '' although it is not a member of the Anglican Communion . Its worship style follows that of the Book of Common Prayer or conservative modern-language forms that belong to the Anglican tradition . The Church of England acknowledges the FCE as a church with valid orders and its canons permit a range of shared liturgical and ministerial activities .",
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"text": "Thomas Muentzer (film) Thomas Muentzer is a 1956 East German film about the life of the 16th-century Protestant theologian and peasant leader Thomas Muentzer , directed by Martin Hellberg .",
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"text": "National church This article discusses ` national churches ' in the ethnic sense . See state church for church organizations at a national level . For Catholic churches in Rome associated with various countries , see National churches in Rome . A national church is a Christian church associated with a specific ethnic group or nation state . The idea was notably discussed during the 19th century , during the emergence of modern nationalism . Samuel Taylor Coleridge , in a draft discussing the question of church and state around 1828 wrote that `` a National Church might exist , and has existed , without -LSB- Christianity -RSB- , because before the institution of the Christian Church - as -LSB- ... -RSB- the Levitical Church in the Hebrew Constitution , -LSB- and -RSB- the Druidical in the Celtic , would suffice to prove '' . John Wordsworth , Bishop of Salisbury , wrote about the National Church of Sweden in 1911 , interpreting the Church of Sweden and the Church of England as national churches of the Swedish and the English peoples , respectively . Lake ( 1987 ) traces the development of Presbyterianism in 16th-century England from the status of a `` godly minority '' which saw itself surrounded by the corrupt or hostile mass of the population , into a `` genuine national church '' . The concept of a national church remains alive in the Protestantism of England and Scandinavia in particular . While , in a context of England , the national church remains a common denominator for the Church of England , some of the Lutheran `` folk churches '' of Scandinavia , characterized as national churches in the ethnic sense as opposed to the idea of a state church , emerged in the second half of the 19th century following the lead of Grundtvig . However , in countries in which the state church ( also known as the established church ) has the following of the majority of citizens , the state church may also be the national church , and may be declared as such by the government e.g. Church of Denmark , Church of Greece , Church of Iceland .",
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"text": "Richard Christiansen (critic) Richard Christiansen ( born c. 1932 ) is an American theatre and film critic , who was `` the chief theatre reviewer of The Chicago Tribune '' from 1978 to 2002 and the `` leading critical voice in Chicago theatre for more than three decades '' . He became the chief critic and senior writer of the newspaper . He previously worked for the Chicago Daily News from 1957 to 1978 . Studio space at the Victory Gardens Theater was named after him in 2010 . Christiansen is the author of the book A Theatre of Our Own .",
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"text": "P. J. Thomas, Parackanal Rev. Painnumoottil John Thomas ( April 15 , 1914 -- March 24 , 1998 ) was an Indian pastor . Pastor Thomas 's father Pastor P V John ( Ayyapilla Sar ) came to know the Lord through a native missionary ( Kappiar Upadesi ) who taught him John 3:16 . The love of a living God so compelled his young mind that he left his Hindu Brahmin background . He married Sossamma and they had five boys ( John , Daniel , Thomas , Jacob , George ) and one girl ( Leelaamma ) . P J Thomas is the third oldest among the siblings . Pastor Thomas attended Seampore University and earned a Diploma in Theology . He became the principal of the IPC free School . Following his marriage to Aleyamma ( Keezhvaipur , Mallappally ) , he left for Australia for higher studies . He went to England from Australia and to the U.S , where he attended Wheaton College ( Illinois ) and got a Master 's degree in Comparative Religion . He taught at Wheaton for a short time before returning to India in 1952 . Before he went back to India , he was instrumental in bringing the then three senior Indian Pentecostal Church pastors , Pastor K.E. Abraham , K.C. Cherian , and P.M. Samuel to the U.S. . He also traveled with Pastor K.E. Abraham and interpreted for him across the U.S. Following his return to India , the late Pastor J. Varghese ( Kochusar ) Persuaded him to settle down at Tiruvalla . Pastor and Mrs. Thomas purchased the present Sharon property in March 1953 and made it their home . The fame of `` Sharon '' came with two revival meetings and the opening of the Bible College at Sharon compound . On Nov. 30 , 1953 missionaries arrived who conducted 30 days of revival and healing ministry , the last week 's attendance was over 100,000 a night . These meeting were conducted without any foreign money only from the free will offering of the people who attended . Hundreds turned to the Lord and were baptized . Many were healed of their illnesses . Rev. John E.Douglas and Rev R. W. Schambach who were instrumental for this meetings . With the completion of the Sharon Hall , Sharon Bible College was born in 1955 where several pastors have been trained . Unfortunately the 1950s were a period of unrest within the Indian Pentecostal Church . During the split in Indian Pentecostal Church , the Sharon Hall was often used as a place of mediation , but Pastor Thomas remained neutral . Several independent churches approached Pastor Thomas to help them with building churches and buying burial grounds and to give them a hand in common fellowship . As a result Pastor Thomas decided to remain independent . Although it had a small beginning the church began to grow in leaps and bounds beginning the middle of the 60 's He called it a fellowship of churches thus it is called Sharon Fellowship Churches of India , but commonly called as Sharon Church . Pastor Thomas was a man of God with a vision , faith , honesty , humility , integrity and compassion . He was a prophet for the modern day with practicing theology .",
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"text": "Center for Civic Media The MIT Center for Civic Media ( formerly the Center for Future Civic Media ) is a research and practical center that develops and implements tools that support political action and `` the information needs of -LSB- civic -RSB- communities '' . Its mission reads in part : The MIT Center for Civic Media creates and deploys technical and social tools that fill the information needs of communities . We are inventors of new technologies that support and foster civic media and political action ; we are a hub for the study of these technologies ; and we coordinate community-based test beds both in the United States and internationally . It was founded in 2007 as a joint effort of the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Comparative Media Studies program . Its initial funding , a four-year grant from the Knight Foundation , was won in a contest `` to foster blogs and other digital efforts that seek to bring together residents of a city or town in ways that local newspapers historically have done . '' The founders planned to `` develop new technologies and practices to help newspapers attract readers as a greater number of Americans use the Internet as their primary news source . '' It expanded in 2011 . Staffed by academic , technical , and professional staff , the Center was originally led by Christopher Csikszentmihályi , along with the Media Lab 's Mitchel Resnick and Comparative Media Studies ' Henry Jenkins . Ethan Zuckerman was announced as the Center 's new director in June 2011 . Others affiliated with the center include Sasha Costanza-Chock , Benjamin Mako Hill , William Uricchio , Jing Wang , and Jeffrey Warren .",
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"text": "Church of England The Church of England ( C of E ) is the state church of England . The Archbishop of Canterbury ( currently Justin Welby ) is the most senior cleric , although the monarch is the supreme governor . The Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion . It dates its establishment as a national church to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury . The English church renounced papal authority when Henry VIII failed to secure an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon in the 1530s . The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI 's regents before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip . The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course whereby the English church was to be both Catholic and Reformed : Catholic in that it views itself as a part of the universal church of Jesus Christ in unbroken continuity with the early apostolic church . This is expressed in its emphasis on the teachings of the early Church Fathers , as formalised in the Apostles ' , Nicene , and Athanasian creeds . Reformed in that it has been shaped by some of the doctrinal principles of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation , in particular in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion and the Book of Common Prayer . In the earlier phase of the English Reformation there were both Catholic martyrs and radical Protestant martyrs . The later phases saw the Penal Laws punish Roman Catholic and nonconforming Protestants . In the 17th century , political and religious disputes raised the Puritan and Presbyterian faction to control of the church , but this ended with the Restoration . Papal recognition of George III in 1766 led to greater religious tolerance . Since the English Reformation , the Church of England has used a liturgy in English . The church contains several doctrinal strands , the main three known as Anglo-Catholic , Evangelical and Broad Church . Tensions between theological conservatives and progressives find expression in debates over the ordination of women and homosexuality . The church includes both liberal and conservative clergy and members . The governing structure of the church is based on dioceses , each presided over by a bishop . Within each diocese are local parishes . The General Synod of the Church of England is the legislative body for the church and comprises bishops , other clergy and laity . Its measures must be approved by both Houses of Parliament .",
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"text": "Churches Militant, Penitent, and Triumphant In Christian theology , the Christian Church is traditionally divided into : the Church Militant , which consists of Christians on earth who struggle as soldiers of Christ against sin , the devil , and `` the rulers of the world of this darkness , against the spirits of wickedness in the high places '' ; the Church Penitent , also called the Church Suffering or the Church Expectant , which in the theology of certain churches , especially that of the Catholic Church , consists of those Christians presently in Purgatory ; and the Church Triumphant , which consists of those who have the beatific vision and are in Heaven . These divisions are known as the three states of the Church , especially within Catholic ecclesiology . In systems of theology which reject the doctrine of Purgatory , such as Low-Church Lutheranism , the Churches Militant and Triumphant are together known as the two states of the Church . These divisions are often discussed in the context of the doctrine of the communion of saints ; although Christians may be physically separated from each other by the barrier of death , they nonetheless remain united to each other in one Church , and support each other in prayer .",
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"text": "Holy Trinity Brompton Holy Trinity Brompton with St Paul 's , Onslow Square and St Augustine 's , South Kensington , often referred to simply as HTB , is an Anglican church in London , England . The church consists of four centres ; HTB Brompton Road , HTB Onslow Square ( formerly St Paul 's , Onslow Square ) , HTB Queen 's Gate ( formerly St Augustine 's , South Kensington ) and HTB Courtfield Gardens ( formerly St Jude 's , Courtfield Gardens - officially in the parish of St Mary of the Boltons but part of HTB ) , as well as being the home for Worship Central , the St Paul 's Theological Centre and the Alpha Course . It is where the Alpha Course was first developed and is one of the most influential churches in the Church of England . The church buildings accommodate Alpha , other courses , conferences and meetings during the week and ten services each Sunday . With total Sunday service attendance at around 4,500 people and the Alpha course attracting several hundred guests during the week , HTB oversees a diverse range of activities . HTB 's vision statement is the `` evangelisation of the nations and the transformation of society '' . HTB 's aim is for an Alpha Course to be accessible to anyone who would like to attend the course . In this way HTB seeks to spread the teachings of Christianity . Nicky Gumbel , the pioneer of the Alpha course , took over as vicar of HTB from Sandy Millar in July 2005 . The associate clergy are Nicky Lee ( since July 2007 ) and David Walker ( since July 2014 ) . Pete Greig , co-founder of 24-7 Prayer , joined HTB in 2008 as Director of Prayer .",
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"text": "Heart of the Beholder Heart of the Beholder is a 2005 drama film that was written and directed by Ken Tipton . It is based on Tipton 's own experience as the owner of a chain of videocassette rental stores in the 1980s . Tipton and his family had opened the first videocassette rental stores in St. Louis in 1980 ; their business was largely destroyed by a campaign of Christian fundamentalists who objected to the chain 's carrying the film The Last Temptation of Christ for rental . The film won `` Best Feature Film '' awards at several film festivals . Critic Ryan Cracknell summarized the film , `` There 's no shortage of material for writer-director Ken Tipton to work with here . That alone makes Heart of the Beholder a film of interest . It is in many ways a politically charged film as it touches on issues of freedom of speech , religious beliefs and all out fanaticism . Still , I did n't think it was charged with enough balance and I think a large part had to do with the film 's inconsistent pacing . ''",
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"text": "Reed Benson Reed Amussen Benson ( born 1928-died 2016 ) is a retired Brigham Young University ( BYU ) professor of religion who at one time was the national director of public relations for the John Birch Society and is noted for his extreme political conservatism and his advocacy of homeschooling . Benson is the son of Ezra Taft Benson and his wife , the former Flora Amussen . Benson was born in Salt Lake City but raised in Whitney and Boise , Idaho and in Washington , D.C. . He began his studies as a student at BYU in 1945 . From 1947 to 1949 he served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) in Great Britain . Benson wrote his 1981 Ed.D. dissertation at BYU on the development of a home school . This was one of the first doctoral dissertations written in the United States on the subject of homeschooling . From 1975 to 1978 , Benson served as president of the Louisville Kentucky Mission of the LDS Church . He was also an LDS Chaplain during the Korean War . Benson resides in the Pleasant View neighborhood of Provo , Utah . In 2001 Benson and his wife , May Hinckley Benson , were honored with the Elijah Award for their contribution to the advancement of Homeschooling . Benson is the father of nine children , all of whom were home schooled .",
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"text": "Catholic Church and HIV/AIDS The Church 's position on AIDS prevention has attracted controversy due to its opposition to condom use . In 2010 Pope Benedict XVI said that the use of condoms could sometimes be considered a first step toward moral behavior , but a spokesperson for the church later clarified that the use of condoms was still considered immoral and that the pope had not intended to take a position `` on the problem of condoms in general . '' In relation to the sexual transmission of the disease , the Church teaches that sexual abstinence before marriage , and monogamy inside marriage , are a better means of limiting the spread of the epidemic than the use of condoms . United Nations bodies have criticised the Church for its stance against condom use , on the basis that condoms are the best available means to prevent infections among sexually active people . UN bodies co-operate closely with the Church on the provision of patient care , and in eliminating infections in children . The Church provides approximately one quarter of all HIV treatment and care . Following the election of Pope Francis in 2013 , UNAIDS wrote that the Church `` provides support to millions of people living with HIV around the world '' and that `` Statistics from the Vatican in 2012 indicate that Catholic Church-related organizations provide approximately a quarter of all HIV treatment , care , and support throughout the world and run more than 5,000 hospitals , 18,000 dispensaries , and 9,000 orphanages , many involved in AIDS-related activities . '' UNAIDS co-operates closely with the Church on critical issues such as the elimination of new HIV infections in children , and keeping their mothers alive , as well as increasing access to antiretroviral medication . Caritas Internationalis is the Church 's main international aid and development body , operating in over 200 countries and territories , and is among the strategic partners of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) . Pope Paul VI issued the Humanae vitae Encyclical Letter on the Regulation of Birth in 1968 , which outlined opposition to `` artificial birth control '' on the basis that it would open a `` wide and easy a road ... towards conjugal infidelity and the general lowering of morality '' . The AIDS epidemic emerged from the 1980s . In 2010 , Pope Benedict XVI characterized condom use as not a `` real or moral solution '' to the spread of AIDS , but in the case of homosexual prostitution , a potentially lesser-evil `` first step '' in the direction of moralization and responsibility , when used with `` the intention of reducing the risk of infection '' . A 2014 report by The U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child called on the Church to `` overcome all the barriers and taboos surrounding adolescent sexuality that hinder their access to sexual and reproductive information , including on family planning and contraceptives '' . Globally , well over thirty million people have died from HIV/AIDS . The Church 's condom ban was largely ignored in industrialised countries , in which public awareness campaigns encouraged condom use . The church 's stance against condoms has been blamed for the prevalence of AIDS in Africa .",
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"text": "National Review Board The National Review Board ( full name : National Review Board for the Protection of Children and Young People ) is a committee created in 2002 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in order to monitor the implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in the wake of the clerical abuse scandal in the United States . The Board was also charged with investigating the scandal , which it did in part by commissioning the John Jay College to conduct a survey of Church records in order to define the nature and scope of the abuse committed by priests over the period between 1950 and 2002 . The results of that survey were released in 2004 in what has come to be known as the `` John Jay Report '' or `` Nature and Scope report . '' In parallel with the John Jay College survey the Board conducted interviews with a variety of people , both inside and outside the Church , who were well placed to comment on the scandal , and on the basis of these interviews prepared a more broad-ranging report of its own . Whereas the John Jay College report was ( as intended ) primarily a factual summary of the data collected in the College 's survey of Church records , the Board 's own report sought to interpret these data and its other findings in order to explain why the `` epidemic '' of clerical abuse had occurred and to identify the appropriate steps to avoid any repetition .",
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"text": "Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film . The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .",
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"text": "Affinity (Christian organisation) Affinity describes itself as `` a growing network of many hundreds of Bible-centred churches and Christian agencies throughout Britain and Ireland '' . It was founded in 1953 as the British Evangelical Council and in 1981 numbered over 2,000 churches . The organization stagnated in the 1980s following the death of Martyn Lloyd-Jones . The rebranding and relaunch happened in 2004 . Affinity provides networking and support to conservative evangelical churches in the United Kingdom and Ireland . There are currently about 1300 church congregations linked to Affinity . The organisation 's subtitle is `` Church-centred Partnership for Bible-centred Christianity '' . The British Evangelical Council focussed , in reaction to the 1967 Keele University conference , `` to draw in churches predicated on Scriptural ecumenicity . '' It was opposed to the World Council of Churches . Many churches linked with Affinity would consider `` Bible-centred Christianity '' to be reformed , Calvinist , and non-charismatic , although some in the affiliation would disagree . Thus , many member churches are defined by a rigorous theology , adopting a separatist outlook . They regard churches with differing viewpoints as being in error and refuse to associate with them . For this reason they rarely join the Evangelical Alliance , a similar but larger organisation with a broader membership . Groups of churches linked to Affinity include the Apostolic Church , the Association of Grace Baptist Churches ( South East ) , the Association of Grace Baptist Churches ( East Anglia ) , the Evangelical Movement of Wales , the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches , the Free Church of Scotland , the Free Church of Scotland ( Continuing ) , the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches , the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales and Ireland and the Evangelical Connexion of the Free Church of England . As of 2008 , the director of Affinity was Jonathan Stephen .",
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"text": "Church Growth Church Growth is a movement within evangelical Christianity which aims to develop methods to grow churches based on business marketing strategies . Various church leaders have proposed different ways to grow churches . One prominent example is the `` seeker-sensitive '' approach , which aims to make churches more accessible and sensitive to the needs of spiritual seekers .",
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"text": "Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson ( born June 26 , 1970 ) also known as P.T. Anderson , is an American filmmaker . Interested in film-making since a young age , Anderson was encouraged by his father to become a filmmaker . In 1993 , he wrote and directed a short film titled Cigarettes & Coffee on a budget of $ 20,000 . After he attended the Sundance Institute , Anderson had a deal with Rysher Entertainment to direct his first feature film , a neo-noir crime thriller titled Hard Eight , in 1996 . Anderson received critical and commercial success for his film Boogie Nights ( 1997 ) , set during the Golden Age of Porn in the 1970s and 1980s . His third feature , Magnolia ( 1999 ) , takes place over a single day in the San Fernando Valley , following the interconnected lives of several characters in search of happiness and resolution . It received strongly positive reviews despite struggling at the box office . In 2002 , the romantic comedy-drama Punch-Drunk Love , Anderson 's fourth feature , was released to generally favorable reviews . The epic drama There Will Be Blood ( 2007 ) , set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries , centers on a silver miner 's efforts to capitalize on the Southern California oil boom . Released after a five-year absence , it garnered wide acclaim from critics . Anderson 's sixth film , the drama The Master ( 2012 ) , was released to critical acclaim . His seventh film , the crime comedy-drama Inherent Vice , based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon , was released in 2014 , to general acclaim . His eighth film , Junun , is a documentary about the making of an album of the same name . His ninth film , Phantom Thread , which will reunite him with actor Daniel Day-Lewis , will be released on December 25 , 2017 . Anderson has been nominated for six Academy Awards over the course of his career , while his works have earned a further fourteen Academy Award nominations and two wins for cast and crew . There Will Be Blood has been named by several critics as the best film of the 2000s . It later ranked , along with The Master and Inherent Vice , in the BBC 's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century .",
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"text": "Masters of the Universe: The Movie Masters of the Universe : The Movie is an action-adventure game developed by Gremlin Graphics , and published in 1987 . It is based on the American film Masters of the Universe ( 1987 ) , directed by Gary Goddard . The film and the game are part of the Masters of the Universe media franchise . A promotional photo of Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor illustrates the video game packaging . The MSX version of the game is titled Masters of the Universe . Two other Masters of the Universe video games were published in the same year : Masters of the Universe : The Arcade Game and Masters of the Universe : The Super Adventure .",
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"text": "Miles Anderson Miles Anderson ( born 23 October 1947 ) is a Zimbabwean stage and television actor , who has appeared in television serials both in the United Kingdom , and North America . He recently appeared as Martin Millar , in the BBC soap opera Doctors . Born in 1947 in Rhodesia , now Zimbabwe , Anderson was educated at Prince Edward School . His father commanded the Rhodesian Army and his mother Daphne , wrote a memoir of her difficult childhood in Rhodesia . He has appeared in the US television series , Criminal Minds , as well as the ongoing show Ultimate Force as Colonel Aiden Dempsey . He had previously played Lt. Col. Dan Fortune in ITV 's Soldier Soldier ( series 1 and 2 only , 1991 -- 92 ) . He was awarded the 1982 London Critics ' Circle Drama Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor of 1981 for his performances in The Twin Rivals and The Witch of Edmonton . His numerous performances for television include Fall of Eagles , Z-Cars , The Sweeney . Campion , House of Cards , Oliver 's Travels , Every Woman Knows a Secret and Holby City . Anderson has also appeared in two episodes of Midsomer Murders entitled `` Death In Disguise '' and `` Last Year 's Model '' , and was the voice of Poseidon in the 1997 TV adaptation of The Odyssey . Most recently he was seen as Major Marchbanks in the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman 's The Ruby in the Smoke and he appeared in 2007 in the sixth series of the crime-drama Waking the Dead . In 2008 , he made a brief appearance as Edward Tunstall in the BBC 's EastEnders . He narrated the Sky1 version of the New Zealand documentary The Lion Man and appeared in an episode of A Touch of Frost . In 2010 , Anderson appeared as the title character in The Madness of George III mounted by director Adrian Noble at San Diego 's Old Globe Theatre . He won the San Diego 's Critics ' Circle award for Best Actor . In 2011 , he played Prospero in The Tempest and Salieri in Amadeus , both directed by Noble . In 2013 he again won the San Diego Critic 's Circle Award for his Shylock in Adrian Noble 's production of Shakespeare 's The Merchant of Venice . In 2015 he appeared as Renard in the BBC TV series The Musketeers episode 2.5 `` The Return '' . His film credits include roles in The Thirty Nine Steps ( 1978 ) , The Shillingbury Blowers ( 1980 ) , Sky Bandits ( 1986 ) and Cry Freedom ( 1987 ) , among others . He is an associate member of RADA and the father of actor Joe Anderson and Max Anderson the 2006 and 2011 World Streetboard Champion .",
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"text": "School Master (1958 film) School Master is a 1958 Indian Kannada language film , which was simultaneously dubbed as Tamil language film as Engal Kudumbam Perisu . It was released in 1958 . It was later remade into various other languages including Telugu , Malayalam and Hindi . Movie is a classic film starring Dikki Madhav Rao , Udaykumar , Sivaji Ganesan , Gemini Ganesan and B. Saroja Devi . It was the first Kannada film to complete Silver Jubilee Celebration . B. R. Panthulu came up with film versions of this story in various languages . In 1958 School Master ( Kannada ) and Engal Kudumbam Perisu ( Tamil ) were directed by him , dubbed into Telugu as Badi Pantulu . In 1959 ALS Productions remade the story in Hindi as School Master , again directed by B. R. Panthulu . The Malayalam version School Master was released on 3 April 1964 directed by Puttanna Kanagal starring : Prem Nazir , K. Balaji , Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair , Sivaji Ganeshan , Ragini , Ambika , Sowcar Janaki , Aranmula Ponnamma , Bahadur etc. . The lyrics were by Vayalar Ramavarma , music by G. Devarajan and the dialogues by - Ponkunnam Varki . The film was a super hit . In 1972 the movie was remade in Telugu as Badi Pantulu starring NTR . In 1973 once again the same story was filmed in Tamil . The concept of the movie is based on the 1937 movie Make Way for Tomorrow which was already adapted into Marathi in 1954 as Oon Paus directed by Raja Paranjpe and also went on to be adapted in Tamil as Varavu Nalla Uravu .",
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"text": "Eighth Doctor comic stories Eighth Doctor comic stories are two ranges of comic series that featured the adventures of the eighth incarnation of the Doctor , the protagonist of the hit sc-fi series , Doctor Who . Two separate series of original comic strips featuring the Eighth Doctor ( and thus the likeness of actor Paul McGann ) were published during the character 's original tenure . The Radio Times published a weekly comic strip for a time . There was also the standard Doctor Who Magazine strip . The two series introduced brand-new companions , although the Eighth Doctor 's only on-screen companion , Grace Holloway , also appeared twice . There were also cameo appearances by companions from past DWM series . The Master was also resurrected . During the latter period of the DWM 's comic stories the stories switched from black and white strips to full colour . One of the strip 's most noted fans was Russell T Davies , the future executive producer and head writer of the revived Doctor Who series . Davies had proposed that the Magazine 's strip regenerate McGann 's Doctor at the conclusion of The Flood . Whilst a draft was prepared to include the regeneration , the idea was abandoned as the Magazine team had reservations about taking such an important element from the television series should McGann ever be used in the series for flashback purposes . Eventually the decision was taken to simply end `` The Flood '' on a note similar to Survival , with The Eighth Doctor and Destrii 's later adventures left a mystery to the readers . It has been speculated that Davies loosely adapted elements from The Flood in his later DW storylines The Parting of the Ways and Army of Ghosts ( in particular the Doctor absorbing the time/space vortex to save Rose Tyler 's life , triggering his regeneration and the ghost-shifting infiltration of The Cybermen on an unsuspecting public )",
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"text": "A Mad World, My Masters A Mad World , My Masters is a Jacobean stage play written by Thomas Middleton , a comedy first performed around 1605 and first published in 1608 . The title is proverbial , and was used by a pamphleteer , Nicholas Breton , in 1603 . The title later became the basis for the title of Stanley Kramer 's 1963 film , `` It 's a Mad , Mad , Mad , Mad World '' . The play was entered into the Stationers ' Register on 4 October 1608 , and first published in quarto later that year by the bookseller Walter Burre . In the play 's final two Acts in the 1608 text , some characters have different names than in the prior three Acts ( Penitent Brothel is Penitent Once-Ill ; Harebrain is Hargrave , or Shortrod ) -- which suggests that the extant text is a revised version . A second quarto appeared in 1640 , issued by the bookseller James Becket ; the title page of Q2 states that the play had been `` often acted '' by Queen Henrietta 's Men at the Salisbury Court Theatre . The play was revived at least twice in the Restoration era ( 1661 -- 2 ) , and was adapted for other productions in the later 18th century .",
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"text": "From The Doctor to my son Thomas `` From The Doctor to my son Thomas '' is a viral video recorded by actor Peter Capaldi and sent to Thomas Goodall , an autistic nine-year-old boy in England , to console the child over grief from the death of Goodall 's grandmother . Capaldi filmed the 42-second video in character as the 12th incarnation of The Doctor in the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who . Capaldi 's message had a positive effect on Thomas ; his father said that the boy smiled for the first time since learning of his grandmother 's death , and gained the courage to go to her funeral . Thomas ' father Ross Goodall posted the video to YouTube on 6 November 2014 . He later explained to media that he wanted to make the video available to his family and had no idea it would become popular online . CNN reported that after its appearance on YouTube , the video was viewed over 200,000 times in its first 48 hours online . This more than doubled the next day , and less than a week later it had over 900,000 total views . BBC News observed that Capaldi 's message had become a viral video , and ITV News described response to the video as a global phenomenon . The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph called the recording by Capaldi a touching video to a young child suffering from grief . CNN and MTV characterised the video similarly , as did Spanish and Dutch media . The Independent wrote that Capaldi displayed a kinder face of his personality by sending the message . BT commented it was Capaldi 's best contribution as the character of the Doctor to date . The video had a positive impact on those with mental health problems . Autism Daily Newscast reported favourably on the Doctor 's actions . The Hollywood Reporter observed that as his character the Doctor , Capaldi was using his role to support mental health . Hollywood Life said their reporters were moved to tears after watching Capaldi 's video . Peter Harness , writer of the episode `` Kill the Moon '' , said that Capaldi 's video was his favourite highlight from ten years of Doctor Who .",
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"text": "Scott Masters Scott Masters is a gay pornographic film director and studio owner active in adult film since the mid-1960s . Masters used the pseudonym `` Robert Walters '' when he directed his early films , which include Greek Lightning . when he founded Nova Studios . He later shuttered Nova Studio and became head of production at Catalina Video . In 1992 , he co-founded gay adult film studio Studio 2000 . In 2006 , Masters sold Studio 2000 to former Falcon Entertainment consultant David McKay .",
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"text": "Compton Bennett Herbert William `` Bob '' Compton Bennett ( 15 January 1900 -- 11 August 1974 ) , better known as Compton Bennett , was an English film director , writer and producer . He is perhaps best known for directing the 1945 film The Seventh Veil and the 1950 version of the film King Solomon 's Mines , an adaptation of an Allan Quatermain story . Bennett was born in Tunbridge Wells , England . At the beginning of his career , he worked as a band leader and a commercial artist before trying his hand at amateur filmmaking . One of these early films helped him land a job at Alexander Korda 's London Films in 1932 . There , he became a film editor ; later he would help make instructional and propaganda films for the British armed forces during World War II . Bennett 's films tended to be sombre , but were very popular with the moviegoing public . In 1947 , Bennett accepted an invitation to go to Hollywood , but his directing style appeared to suffer in the American studio system of the era . It was , however , during this time that he directed King Solomon 's Mines . Bennett eventually returned to the UK . From 1954 to 1957 , he left film work to pursue interests in the theatre and television , but produced four films in 1957 , After the Ball , Man-Eater , That Woman Opposite and The Flying Scot . Although he continued to write and direct for film and television , his subsequent productions were not as well received . Bennett died in Sussex , England at the age of 74 .",
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"text": "Lindsay Anderson Lindsay Gordon Anderson ( 17 April 1923 -- 30 August 1994 ) was a British feature film , theatre and documentary director , film critic , and leading light of the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave . He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if ... , which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and was Malcolm McDowell 's cinematic debut . He is also notable , though not a professional actor , for playing a minor role in the Academy Award winning film Chariots of Fire . Malcolm McDowell produced a 2007 documentary about his experiences with Lindsay Anderson , Never Apologize .",
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"text": "Mr. Monk and the Candidate `` Mr. Monk and the Candidate '' is the two-part pilot episode of the American comedy-drama detective television series Monk . It introduces the character of Adrian Monk ( Tony Shalhoub ) , a private detective with obsessive -- compulsive disorder and multiple phobias , and his assistant Sharona Fleming ( Bitty Schram ) , as well as police officers Leland Stottlemeyer ( Ted Levine ) and Randy Disher ( Jason Gray-Stanford ) . In this episode , Monk investigates an assassination attempt on a mayoral candidate . First envisioned in 1998 , Monk went through development hell due to difficulties to find an actor to the main role . After successfully casting Shalhoub , the series ' first episode was shot in Vancouver , British Columbia in 2001 . `` Mr. Monk and the Candidate '' was written by Andy Breckman and directed by Dean Parisot . When the episode first aired in the United States on the USA Network on July 12 , 2002 , it was watched by 4.8 million viewers . The episode was generally well received by critics , with most of the praise regarding Shalhoub 's performance as the title character .",
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"text": "Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge Puppet Master III : Toulon 's Revenge is a 1991 direct-to-video horror film written by Charles Band , C. Courtney Joyner and David Schmoeller , and directed by David DeCoteau . It is the third film in the Puppet Master franchise , a prequel to 1989 's Puppet Master and 1991 's Puppet Master II , and stars Guy Rolfe as a puppeteer whose ability to animate lifeless material attracts the attention of the Nazis , whose members are played by Richard Lynch , Ian Abercrombie , and Walter Gotell . Toulon 's Revenge , as well as the second , fourth , and fifth installments of the series , are only available in DVD format through a Full Moon Features box set that has since been discontinued . However , in 2007 , Full Moon Features reacquired the rights to the first five films , and the box set has since been reissued and is available directly from Full Moon , as well as through several online retailers . The film is also available on DVD along with the first two films on a triple feature `` Midnight Horror Collection '' at a budget price . A remastered edition Blu-ray and DVD of the film was released on September 18 , 2012 .",
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"text": "Enrique Anderson Imbert Enrique Anderson-Imbert ( February 12 , 1910 -- December 6 , 2000 ) was an Argentine novelist , short-story writer and literary critic . Born in Córdoba , Argentina , Anderson-Imbert graduated from the University of Buenos Aires . From 1940 until 1947 he taught at the University of Tucumán . In 1947 , he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan . He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1954 . He became the first Victor S. Thomas Professor of Hispanic Literature at Harvard University in 1965 . Anderson-Imbert remained at Harvard until his retirement in 1980 . He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1967 . Anderson-Imbert is best known for his brief `` microcuentos '' in which he blends fantasy and magical realism . His story `` Sala de espera '' is taken from The Cheshire Cat , written in 1965 ; he is also the author of the 1966 short story entitled `` Taboo . '' He also penned the short stories `` El Leve Pedro '' , `` El Fantasma '' , and `` Vudu '' . He died on December 6 , 2000 in Buenos Aires .",
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"text": "Blake Masters Blake Masters is an American writer , director , and producer of films and television series . He is the creator of the Showtime television series Brotherhood , developer of the NBC television series Law & Order : LA , and co-executive producer and writer of the NBC television series Crossbones .",
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"text": "Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film . The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .",
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"text": "Top Gun Top Gun is a 1986 American romantic military action drama film directed by Tony Scott , and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer , in association with Paramount Pictures . The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps , Jr. , and was inspired by an article titled `` Top Guns '' published in California magazine three years earlier . The film stars Tom Cruise , Kelly McGillis , Val Kilmer , Anthony Edwards , and Tom Skerritt . Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete `` Maverick '' Mitchell , a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier . He and his Radar Intercept Officer ( RIO ) Nick `` Goose '' Bradshaw ( Edwards ) are given the chance to train at the Navy 's Fighter Weapons School at Miramar in San Diego . Top Gun was released on May 16 , 1986 . Upon its release , the film received generally mixed reviews from film critics but many particularly praised the action sequences , the effects , the aerial stunts , and the acting performances with Cruise and McGillis receiving the most praise . Four weeks after release , the number of theaters showing it increased by 45 % . Despite its initial mixed critical reaction , the film was a huge commercial hit grossing $ 356 million against a production budget of only $ 15 million . With its success , the film became a cult film over the years and earned an IMAX 3D re-release in 2013 . Additionally , the film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for `` Take My Breath Away '' performed by Berlin . In 2015 , the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry , finding it `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' .",
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"text": "The Critic The Critic is an American prime time animated series revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman , voiced by actor Jon Lovitz . It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss , who had previously worked as writers and showrunners ( seasons 3 and 4 ) on The Simpsons . The Critic had 23 episodes produced , first broadcast on ABC in 1994 , and finishing its original run on Fox in 1995 . According to PopMatters , `` the creators -LSB- said -RSB- they intended the series as their ` love letter to New York . ' '' Episodes featured movie parodies with notable examples including a musical version of Apocalypse Now , Howard Stern 's End ( Howards End ) , Honey , I Ate the Kids ( Honey , I Shrunk the Kids/The Silence of the Lambs ) , The Cockroach King ( The Lion King ) , Abe Lincoln : Pet Detective ( Ace Ventura : Pet Detective ) , Scent of a Jackass and Scent of a Wolfman ( Scent of a Woman ) . The show often referenced popular movies such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Godfather , and routinely lampooned actor Marlon Brando and actor/director Orson Welles . They also spoofed Dudley Moore , usually as his character Arthur Bach from the 1981 film Arthur . Despite the ratings improving , The Critic was cancelled after two seasons . It continued to air through reruns on Comedy Central and then on Locomotion . From February 1 , 2000 to 2001 , ten webisodes were later produced using Adobe Shockwave , and were broadcast on AtomFilms.com and Shockwave.com . In 2004 , the DVD box set was released , which includes all 23 TV episodes ( in their original production order ) and the webisodes . In the late 2000s , reruns of the show aired again on ReelzChannel in the US and on Teletoon 's programming block Teletoon at Night in Canada . As of 2016 , the first season can be viewed for free on Crackle .",
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"text": "Gerry Anderson Gerry Anderson , MBE ( born Gerald Alexander Abrahams ; 14 April 1929 -- 26 December 2012 ) was an English television and film producer , director , writer and occasional voice artist . He remains famous for his futuristic television programmes , especially his 1960s productions filmed with `` Supermarionation '' ( marionette puppets containing electric moving parts ) . Anderson 's first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh children 's series The Adventures of Twizzle . Supercar ( 1961 -- 62 ) and Fireball XL5 ( 1962 ) followed later , both series breaking into the US television market in the early 1960s . In the mid-1960s Anderson produced his most successful series , Thunderbirds . Other television productions of the 1960s include Stingray and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons . Anderson also wrote and produced several feature films whose box office performance was unexceptional . Following a shift towards live action productions in the 1970s , he had a long and successful association with media impresario Lew Grade and Grade 's company ITC , continuing until the second series of Space : 1999 . After a career lull when a number of new series concepts failed to get off the ground , his career began a new phase in the early 1980s when audience nostalgia for his earlier Supermarionation series ( prompted by Saturday morning re-runs in Britain and Australia ) led to new Anderson productions being commissioned . Later projects include a 2005 CGI remake of Captain Scarlet entitled Gerry Anderson 's New Captain Scarlet .",
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"text": "Alexander Masters Alexander Masters is an author , screenwriter , and worker with the homeless . He lives in Cambridge , United Kingdom . Masters is the son of authors Dexter Masters and Joan Brady . He was educated at Bedales School , and took a first in physics from King 's College London . He then went to St Edmund 's College , Cambridge for a further degree in maths , and then the beginnings of a PhD in the philosophy of quantum mechanics . He was studying for an MSc degree in mathematics with the Open University , and working as an assistant at a hostel for the homeless in Cambridge , when he wrote his first book . He is the writer and illustrator of Stuart : A Life Backwards ( ISBN 0-00-720037-4 ) , the biography of Stuart Shorter . It explores how a young boy , somewhat disabled from birth , became mentally unstable , criminal and violent , living homeless on the streets of Cambridge . As the title suggests , the book starts from Shorter 's adult life , tracing it back in time through his troubled childhood , examining the effects his family , schooling and disability had on his eventual state . Masters wrote the book with Shorter 's active and enthusiastic help . Alexander Masters won an Arts Council Writers ' Award for Stuart and went on to win the Guardian First Book Award and the Hawthornden Prize . The book was also shortlisted ( in the biography category ) for the Whitbread Book-of-the-Year Award , the Samuel Johnson Prize , and the National Book Critics Circle Award in the United States . He also wrote a screenplay adaptation , filmed in 2006 for the BBC and HBO , and broadcast in September 2007 . It won the Royal Television Society Award in the Single Drama category and the Reims International Television award for the Best TV Screenplay . In 2007 , he collaborated with photographer Adrian Clarke on the book Gary 's Friends , chronicling the lives of drug and alcohol abusers in North East England . Masters is also the author of The Genius In My Basement ( ISBN 9780007243389 ) , a biography of mathematician Simon P. Norton . In 2016 , Masters published A Life Discarded : 148 Diaries Found in the Trash ( ISBN 9780374178185 ) Alexander Masters has been portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in Stuart : A Life Backwards , the 2007 BBC dramatization of his biography of Stuart Shorter .",
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"text": "Gil Masters Gilbert ` Gil ' Masters is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering ( emeritus ) at Stanford University . Though he officially retired in 2002 , he continues to teach two classes at the university . He is the author of six books , including the leading environmental science textbook Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science ( Prentice Hall ) , now in its third edition . He also recently published Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems ( Wiley ) and Energy for Sustainability : Technology , Planning , Policy ( Island Press ) . Within the broad field of environmental engineering , Gil Masters specializes in the interrelationships between environmental quality and energy consumption . His main focus is on the design and evaluation of renewable energy systems and energy efficient buildings , including photovoltaics , wind turbines , distributed generation , combined heat-and-power systems , fuel cells , passive solar design , and solar-thermal technologies . Masters taught environmental courses at Stanford since the mid-1970s , including CE170 , Man and the Environment . Masters earned a number of teaching awards at Stanford , including the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching , and the Tau Beta Pi teaching award from the School of Engineering .",
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"text": "Mastertapes Mastertapes is a BBC Radio 4 programme , presented by John Wilson , which discusses the making of significant rock albums . The featured artists are interviewed , in front of an audience , and perform exclusive live tracks , many of which are available on the programme 's website . Each album is discussed over two half-hour programmes : the `` A side '' programme features the artist being interviewed by Wilson , with the `` B side '' programme featuring questions from the studio audience .",
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"text": "Bob Arum Robert Arum ( born December 8 , 1931 ) is an American lawyer , boxing promoter and businessman . He is the founder and CEO of Top Rank , a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas . He also worked for the US Attorney 's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division during his legal career before moving into boxing promotion .",
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"text": "Acorn Computers Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge , England , in 1978 . The company produced a number of computers which were especially popular in the UK , including the Acorn Electron and the Acorn Archimedes . Acorn 's BBC Micro computer dominated the UK educational computer market during the 1980s . It is more known for its computer than for its other products . Though the company was broken up into several independent operations in 1998 , its legacy includes the development of reduced instruction set computing ( RISC ) personal computers . One of its operating systems , , continues to be developed by RISC OS Open . Some of Acorn 's former subsidiaries lived on : ARM Holdings technology is dominant in the mobile phone and personal digital assistant ( PDA ) microprocessor market . Acorn is sometimes referred to as the `` British Apple '' and has been compared to Fairchild Semiconductor for being a catalyst for start-ups . In 2010 , the company was listed by David Meyer in ZDNet as number nine in a feature of top ten fallen `` Dead IT giants '' . Many British IT professionals gained their early experiences on Acorns , which were often more technically advanced than commercially successful US hardware .",
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"text": "Uptime On Uptime On Corporation ( Uptime On ) is an American technology and consulting corporation founded in 2011 and incorporated in 2012 as a Maryland Corporation , with headquarters in Baltimore , Maryland , US . Uptime On manufactures and markets computer hardware and software , and offers infrastructure , hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from PCs to business systems . The name of the company is derived using industry accepted terminology for `` uptime '' referring to a system 's status of being `` on '' or `` off '' . Uptime On is primarily focused on backups and supports most backup software in use today .",
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"text": "Solidum Systems Solidum Systems was a fabless semiconductor company founded by Feliks Welfeld and Misha Nossik in Ottawa , Ontario Canada in 1997 . It developed a series of rule-based network classification semiconductor devices . Some of their devices could be in systems which supported 10 Gbit/s interfaces . Solidum was acquired in October 2002 by Integrated Device Technology . IDT Closed the Ottawa offices supporting the product in March 2009 . Misha Nossik was also the second chairman of the Network Processing Forum . The NPF also released the Look-Aside Interface which is an important specification for Network Search Elements such as Solidum 's devices .",
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"text": "Dell Technologies Dell Technologies is a multinational information technology corporation based in Round Rock , Texas . It was formed as a result of the merger of Dell Inc. and EMC Corporation . Dell 's products include personal computers , servers , smartphones , televisions , computer software , computer and network security , as well as information security services .",
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"text": "Aeon Labs Aeon Labs is a home automation and electronics company based in Silicon Valley , California known both as Aeon Labs and Aeotec . As a company , Aeon Labs ' core focus is on the development and sale of Z-Wave compatible accessories which it makes available under its own name , its Aeotec sub-brand , and as white labelled goods . Its products are available in over 80 countries globally and include Z-Wave interpretations of motion sensors , thermometers , remotes , key fobs , and wall switches .",
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"text": "Alereon Alereon , Inc , is a fabless semiconductor company . It uses ultrawideband ( UWB ) radio technology to develop Certified Wireless USB and WiMedia Alliance-compliant UWB integrated circuits ( ICs ) . Headquartered in Austin , Texas , Alereon also has offices in Korea and Hong Kong . Alereon was spun off from Time Domain Corporation of Huntsville , Alabama , in August 2003 taking with it a number of engineers , executives , and patents from its parent company . An early investor was Austin Ventures . It initially backed the multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing approach taken by the MultiBand OFDM Alliance . A number of competing technologies were discussed by the IEEE 802.15 standards committee in 2004 . In October 2005 , $ 20 million in financing included investors Centennial Ventures and Pharos Capital . After the IEEE effort was abandoned , the venture arm of Samsung Electronics invested $ 4 million in December 2006 . By 2009 , Eric Brookman was still chief executive . In June 2012 , an addition $ 6 million of funding was announced with investors Pharos Capital Partners and Duchossois Technology Partners and led by Enhanced Capital Partners .",
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"text": "Core International Core International , Inc. commonly known as Core , was a multinational computer and technology corporation headquartered in Boca Raton , Florida , United States . The company is now part of Sony and no longer exists as stand-alone identity . The company was founded in 1979 by Hal Prewitt as a technology firm to develop , market and support computer related products and services . They were best known for supporting IBM 's first business microcomputers such as the 5100 , 5110 and 5120 . With the introduction of the IBM PC and PC AT , the company provided an extensive line of disk drives , backup and personal computer products . Core became very well known as a leading industry developer of disk array and computer data storage . Many of Core 's products were the first of their kind , had no direct competition and were widely regarded for their superior performance and reliability . Users and the computer press raved about Core 's products . Infoworld described Core 's ATplus `` is built like a Sherman tank , offering exceptional performance and reliability . '' PC Magazine called them `` Workhorses of Performance Computing '' and `` High-quality construction . . breaks the speed barrier for access times '' and asked `` Will other manufactures follow suit ? '' Core was known for their advertising and perhaps produced a few of the PC Industry 's greatest promotions . The 1985 and 1986 rebate and recall Ad for IBM PC AT hard disk drives . So successful and controversial , there was a rumor it was a topic at an IBM board of directors meeting . And the time where they gave away a free IBM PC AT when purchasing one of Core 's ATplus 72 MB drives . Core remained a private company solely owned by Prewitt until 1993 when purchased by Aiwa , which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony .",
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"text": "Polycom Polycom is an American multinational corporation that develops video , voice and content collaboration and communication technology . The firm employs approximately 3,800 employees and had annual revenues of approximately $ 1.4 billion in 2013 . It is the largest pure-play collaboration company in its industry . The company also licenses : H. 264 video codecs , Siren codecs , session initiation protocol , native 1080p high-definition cameras and displays , native 720p and 1080p high-definition encoding/decoding , low-latency architecture and low bandwidth utilization , wideband advanced audio coding with low delay ( AAC-LD ) , multichannel spatial audio with echo cancellation and interference filters to eliminate feedback from mobile devices , and inter-operation with legacy video conferencing . In July 2016 , it was announced that the company was being taken private by private equity firm Siris Capital Group .",
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"text": "Art Technology Group Art Technology Group ( ATG ) was an independent Internet technology company specializing in eCommerce software and on-demand optimization applications until its acquisition by Oracle on January 5 , 2011 . ATG continues to be based in Cambridge , Massachusetts and operates under its own name as a subsidiary of Oracle . The company is a provider of eCommerce software and related on-demand commerce optimization applications . ATG 's solutions provide merchandising , marketing , content personalization , automated recommendations , and live-help services .",
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"text": "AudioBoom AudioBoom PLC is a global on-demand audio and podcasting distribution platform . AudioBoom offers business-to-business services to the radio , media and podcast industries , as well as an Audioboom direct-to-consumer app and website to website . AudioBoom 's platform has been used to power on-demand audio for businesses including BBC , Associated Press , NBC Sports , Yahoo! , Cumulus Media and Westwood One . The company is based in London with offices in New York , Melbourne and Mumbai . It became AIM-listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2014 as Audioboo Group Limited ( AIM : BOOM ) .",
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"text": "Founder Technology Founder Technology Group Corporation , a subsidiary of Founder Group from Peking University , is an information technology state-owned enterprise in Shanghai , China . It is engaged in the development of personal computers and computer peripherals , under the brand of `` Fang Zheng '' , and printed circuit boards .",
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"text": "Concord Consortium The Concord Consortium was founded in 1994 as an educational research and development organization to create large-scale improvements in K-14 teaching and learning through technology . The company conducts research on improving science , math and engineering education with the use of technology . It developed the Vernier Software & Technology probeware for classrooms and mobile computers , created modeling software for genetics and molecular education , and developed a Web-based high school . Located in Concord , Massachusetts , and Emeryville , California , the Concord Consortium employs 30 software engineers , scientists , education developers and other staff . President and CEO Chad Dorsey has led the organization since 2008 , following the longtime tenure of founder Robert F. Tinker . The Concord Consortium is overseen by a 10-member Board of Directors that includes educators and business people . The organization works in partnership with universities , museums and other educational organizations , including Tufts University , New York Hall of Science , University of Illinois at Chicago , McGraw-Hill Education and National Geographic Society . The Concord Consortium is supported primarily by grants from the National Science Foundation ( NSF ) , the U.S. Department of Education ( DOE ) , the Noyce Foundation and Google.org .",
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"text": "Product Development Technologies Product Development Technologies , Inc. is a global product development consultancy founded in 1995 . PDT is headquartered in Lake Zurich , Illinois , United States , with regional studios in Austin , Chicago , Fort Lauderdale , Los Angeles and Minneapolis . The company maintains an international presence in the United Kingdom , Ukraine and China . PDT works in these various disciplines : product strategy , design research , industrial design , user experience , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , software development , prototyping , quality assurance and global sourcing . The company specializes in the development of new products within the medical , consumer and defense sectors . Product Development Technologies is ISO 9001:2008 , ISO 13485 certified and ITAR registered . In 2000 , Inc. . Magazine named PDT as the 22nd fastest growing company in the United States . The PDT portfolio includes projects with clients including : Motorola , Dell , Qualcomm , Iridium , Texas Instruments and Cardinal Health . In 2011 , PDT announced its partnership with a major U.S. university and Dr. Peter Belafsky , M.D. , M.P.H. , Ph.D. to create a new swallow enhancement device for sufferers of dysphagia . In 2009 , PDT was also selected to work with Copenhagen-based Æsir , developing the Æ + Y mobile phone concepted by international designer Yves Béhar . After more than 7,000 hours of engineering , the phone launched in 2011 . The firm also earned a 2010 Good Design Award for its work on the Invitrogen MAGic Sample Processor .",
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"text": "Western Digital Western Digital Corporation ( commonly referred to as Western Digital and often abbreviated as WDC or WD ) is an American computer data storage company and one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers in the world , along with Seagate Technology . Western Digital Corporation has a long history in the electronics industry as an integrated circuit maker and a storage products company . Western Digital was founded on April 23 , 1970 , by Alvin B. Phillips , a Motorola employee , as General Digital , initially ( and briefly ) a manufacturer of MOS test equipment . It rapidly became a speciality semiconductor maker , with start-up capital provided by several individual investors and industrial giant Emerson Electric . Around July 1971 , it adopted its current name and soon introduced its first product , the WD1402A UART .",
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"text": "Buildium Buildium is an American property management software company . It was founded in 2004 and headquartered in Boston , Massachusetts , providing cloud-based ( software as a service ) , real estate software solutions . Its property management software allows real estate professionals to manage property portfolios , including leasing , accounting and operations .",
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"text": "Integrated Device Technology Integrated Device Technology , Inc. is a publicly traded American corporation headquartered in San Jose , California , that designs , manufactures , and markets low-power , high-performance mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for the advanced communications , computing , and consumer industries . The company markets its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers ( OEMs ) . Founded in 1980 , the company began as a provider of complementary metal-oxide semiconductors ( CMOS ) for the communications business segment and computing business segments . The company is focused on three major areas : communications infrastructure ( wireless and wired ) , high-performance computing , and advanced power management .",
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"text": "Bob Rau Bantwal Ramakrishna `` Bob '' Rau ( 1951 -- December 10 , 2002 ) was a computer engineer and HP Fellow . Rau was a founder and chief architect of Cydrome , where he helped develop the Very long instruction word technology that is now standard in modern computer processors . Rau was the recipient of the 2002 Eckert -- Mauchly Award .",
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"text": "O'Reilly Media O'Reilly Media ( formerly O'Reilly & Associates ) is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics . Their distinctive brand features a woodcut of an animal on many of their book covers .",
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"text": "Technology company A technology company ( often tech company ) is a type of business entity that focuses primarily on the development and manufacturing of technology . Apple , IBM , Lenovo , Huawei , Microsoft , BLOCK X and Oracle , among others , are considered prototypical technology companies . Information technology ( IT ) companies and high tech companies are subsets of technology companies .",
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"text": "Music World Corporation Music World Corporation is an American music production and music publishing company , representing hundreds of song and music cue titles for a small clientele of composers and lyricists including the company founder . The company was founded in 1958 by Academy Award-winning songwriter Robert B. Sherman . The company is based in Beverly Hills , California and is affiliated with the performance rights organization BMI .",
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The Bourne Supremacy was unable to cast Julia Stiles.
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"text": "The Bourne Supremacy (film) The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 American-German action spy thriller film starring Robert Ludlum 's Jason Bourne character . Though it takes the name of the second Bourne novel , its plot is entirely different . The film was directed by Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Tony Gilroy . Universal Pictures released the film to theaters in the United States on July 23 , 2004 . It is the second in the Jason Bourne film series . It is preceded by The Bourne Identity ( 2002 ) and followed by The Bourne Ultimatum ( 2007 ) , The Bourne Legacy ( 2012 ) , and Jason Bourne ( 2016 ) . The Bourne Supremacy continues the story of Jason Bourne , a former CIA assassin suffering from psychogenic amnesia . Bourne is portrayed by Matt Damon . The film focuses on his attempt to learn more of his past as he is once more enveloped in a conspiracy involving the CIA and Operation Treadstone . The film also stars Brian Cox as Ward Abbott , Joan Allen as Pamela Landy and Julia Stiles as Nicky Parsons .",
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"text": "Unfinished Business (2015 film) Unfinished Business is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Ken Scott and written by Steven Conrad . The film stars Vince Vaughn , Tom Wilkinson , Dave Franco , Sienna Miller , Nick Frost , and James Marsden . It was released on March 6 , 2015 . The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb .",
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"text": "The Things We Bury `` The Things We Bury '' is the eighth episode of the second season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. ( Strategic Homeland Intervention , Enforcement and Logistics Division ) , revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they search for a hidden alien city , and discover secrets about their enemies . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) , sharing continuity with the films of the franchise . The episode was written by DJ Doyle and directed by Milan Cheylov . Clark Gregg reprises his role as Coulson from the film series , and is joined by principal cast members Ming-Na Wen , Brett Dalton , Chloe Bennet , Iain De Caestecker , Elizabeth Henstridge , and Nick Blood . Hayley Atwell reprises her role from other MCU projects in flashbacks with connections to the television series Agent Carter and the films Captain America : The First Avenger and Captain America : The Winter Soldier . `` The Things We Bury '' originally aired on ABC on November 18 , 2014 , and according to Nielsen Media Research , was watched by 4.58 million viewers . The episode received a mostly positive critical response , with the episode 's flashback sequences , and the performance of MacLachlan , praised , but an issue of ` over-crowding ' of storylines was frequently brought up by critics .",
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"text": "BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards , representing the best films of 1947 , but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source . It is possible for films from any country to be nominated , although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and ( since 1983 ) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language . As such , there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories . There has been one tie for the Best Film award when , in 1962 , Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source . Until 1981 , the award was given to the director , except in 1976 and 1977 , when it was given to the producers . From 1981 to 1985 , it was given solely to the producers , and then in 1986 , it was shared between the Director and Producer . In 1998 , it was once again given to only the producers . In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .",
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"text": "Julia Mallam Julia Mallam ( born Julia Oglesby , 1982 in Doncaster , South Yorkshire ) is a British actress , best known for playing Dawn Woods in Emmerdale . In 2007 , she appeared in Soapstar Superchef with Sherrie Hewson . They got into the final , where they lost out to Hayley Tamaddon and Mathew Bose . She later starred in the children 's television show Captain Mack ( 2008 ) .",
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"text": "Jessica Chastain Jessica Michelle Chastain ( born March 24 , 1977 ) is an American actress and film producer . Born in Carmichael , California , and raised in Sacramento , Chastain developed an interest in acting from a young age . In 1998 , she made her professional stage debut as Shakespeare 's Juliet . After studying acting at the Juilliard School , she was signed to a talent holding deal with the television producer John Wells . She was a recurring guest star in several television shows , including Law & Order : Trial by Jury . She also took on roles in the stage productions of Anton Chekhov 's play The Cherry Orchard in 2004 and Oscar Wilde 's tragedy Salome in 2006 . Chastain made her film debut in the drama Jolene ( 2008 ) , and gained wide recognition in 2011 for starring roles in half a dozen films , including the dramas Take Shelter and The Tree of Life . Her performance as an aspiring socialite in The Help earned her an Academy Award nomination . In 2012 , she won a Golden Globe Award and received a second Oscar nomination for playing a CIA agent in the thriller Zero Dark Thirty . Chastain made her Broadway debut in a revival of The Heiress in the same year . Her highest-grossing releases came with the science fiction films Interstellar ( 2014 ) and The Martian ( 2015 ) , as she continued to draw praise for her performances in the dramas The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby ( 2013 ) , A Most Violent Year ( 2014 ) , and Miss Sloane ( 2016 ) . Chastain 's accolades include two Academy Award and British Academy Film Award nominations . She is known to prepare extensively for her roles . Chastain is the founder of the production company Freckle Films , which was created to promote diversity in film . She is vocal about social issues such as gender and racial equality , and mental health . Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 .",
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"text": "Die Hard with a Vengeance Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action film and the third in the Die Hard film series . It was co-produced and directed by John McTiernan ( who directed Die Hard ) , written by Jonathan Hensleigh , and stars Bruce Willis as New York City Police Department Lieutenant John McClane , Samuel L. Jackson as McClane 's reluctant partner Zeus Carver , and Jeremy Irons as Simon Peter Gruber . It was released on May 19 , 1995 , five years after Die Hard 2 , becoming the highest-grossing film at the worldwide box-office that year , but received mixed reviews . It was followed by Live Free or Die Hard and A Good Day to Die Hard in 2007 and 2013 , respectively .",
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"text": "Samantha Morton Samantha Jane Morton ( born 13 May 1977 ) is an English actress , screenwriter and director . She has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades throughout her career , including one BAFTA Award , one BIFA Award , one Golden Globe Award and has been nominated twice for an Academy Award and once for an Emmy Award . She has been described as one of the greatest actresses of her generation . Brought up in Nottingham , Morton joined the Central Junior Television Workshop , and soon began her career in British television in 1991 . She guest-starred in Soldier Soldier and Cracker and appeared from 1995 to 1996 in the ITV series Band of Gold . She made the transition to film with lead roles in the dramas Emma ( 1996 ) , Jane Eyre ( 1997 ) and the well-received Under the Skin ( 1997 ) . The latter made director Woody Allen cast Morton in Sweet and Lowdown ( 1999 ) , which earned her nominations for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress . In the 2000s , Morton continued to draw critical praise for her performances in numerous arthouse and independent films . Her role in Morvern Callar ( 2002 ) garnered her the BIFA Award for Best Actress , and she received her second Academy Award nomination , this time in the Best Actress category , for In America ( 2003 ) . She also found mainstream success with the science fiction thriller Minority Report ( 2002 ) . For her role in 2006 's television biopic Longford , she received BAFTA and Emmy Award nominations and won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress -- Television Film . Morton starred in the dramas Control ( 2007 ) , Synecdoche , New York ( 2008 ) and The Messenger ( 2009 ) , and she made her directorial debut with the British television film The Unloved ( 2009 ) , winning the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama . Her most recent acting credits include the science fiction action film John Carter ( 2012 ) , the thriller Cosmopolis ( 2012 ) , the drama Decoding Annie Parker ( 2013 ) , the period film Miss Julie ( 2014 ) , the European limited series The Last Panthers ( 2015 ) and the film adaptation Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ( 2016 ) .",
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"text": "Julia Wong (film editor) Julia Wong is an American assistant/additional film editor for over a dozen films , such as Unfaithful ( 2002 ) , Honey ( 2003 ) , and After the Sunset ( 2004 ) . She has also branched out into editing TV series and made-for-television films such as The Pulse ( 2002 ) and Santa 's Slay ( 2005 ) . She also co-edited Brett Ratner 's film , X-Men : The Last Stand ( 2006 ) , with Mark Helfrich and Mark Goldblatt , for which they won a Satellite Award for Best Film Editing . In 2016 , she was invited into the Academy along with 683 new members in a push for more diversity .",
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"text": "Catch .44 Catch .44 is a 2011 American crime thriller film starring Forest Whitaker , Bruce Willis , Malin Åkerman , Nikki Reed , Deborah Ann Woll , and Brad Dourif . The film is written and directed by Aaron Harvey .",
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"text": "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction fantasy film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg , and written by Melissa Mathison . It features special effects by Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren , and stars Henry Thomas , Dee Wallace , Robert MacNaughton , Drew Barrymore , Peter Coyote and Pat Welsh . It tells the story of Elliott ( Thomas ) , a lonely boy who befriends an extraterrestrial , dubbed `` E.T. '' , who is stranded on Earth . He and his siblings help it return home while attempting to keep it hidden from their mother and the government . The concept was based on an imaginary friend Spielberg created after his parents ' divorce in 1960 . In 1980 , Spielberg met Mathison and developed a new story from the stalled sci-fi horror film project Night Skies . It was shot from September to December 1981 in California on a budget of US$ 10.5 million . Unlike most films , it was shot in rough chronological order , to facilitate convincing emotional performances from the young cast . Released on June 11 , 1982 by Universal Pictures , E.T was an immediate blockbuster , surpassing Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of all time -- a record it held for eleven years until Jurassic Park , another Spielberg-directed film , surpassed it in 1993 . It is the highest-grossing film of the 1980s . Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time , critics acclaimed it as a timeless story of friendship , and it ranks as the greatest science fiction film ever made in a Rotten Tomatoes survey . In 1994 , it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . It was re-released in 1985 , and then again in 2002 to celebrate its 20th anniversary , with altered shots and additional scenes .",
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"text": "Mission: Impossible 2 Mission : Impossible 2 ( stylized as M : I-2 ) is a 2000 American action spy film directed by John Woo and starring Tom Cruise , who also served as the film 's producer . It is the second installment in the Mission : Impossible film series . In the film , Ethan Hunt is recruited by the Impossible Missions Force ( IMF ) to find and destroy a dangerous biological weapon called `` Chimera '' from a rogue IMF agent named Sean Ambrose with the help of his new girlfriend , Nyah Nordoff-Hall . . Mission : Impossible 2 was released in theaters worldwide on May 24 , 2000 . It grossed more than $ 546.4 million worldwide , becoming the highest grossing film of 2000 . But the critical response was mixed ; praise was directed at Tom Cruise 's performance and the action sequences , but the plot and dialogue were criticized .",
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"text": "Dark Streets Dark Streets is a 2008 film adaptation of the play by Glenn M. Stewart . Directed by Rachel Samuels ( The Suicide Club ) from a screenplay by Wallace King . The film stars Gabriel Mann ( The Bourne Supremacy ) , Bijou Phillips ( Choke ) , Izabella Miko ( Coyote Ugly ) , Elias Koteas ( The Thin Red Line ) Michael Fairman ( Thirteen Days ) and Toledo Diamond ( Don 's Plum ) . The film is produced by Andrea Balen ( American Night ) , Claus Clausen ( The Lucky Ones ) , Corina Danckwerts ( American Night ) and Glenn M. Stewart ( The Lucky Ones ) ; and executive produced by Steffen Aumueller ( The Lucky Ones ) . The film 's rich blues score is composed by George Acogny ( Blood Diamond ) , featuring B.B. King .",
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"text": "Wicked (1998 film) Wicked is a 1998 American thriller film starring Julia Stiles as a disturbed teenage girl .",
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"text": "Without Limits Without Limits is a 1998 biographical sports film . It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman , who later co-founded Nike , Inc. . Billy Crudup plays Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland plays Bowerman . It also stars Monica Potter , Jeremy Sisto , Judith Ivey , Matthew Lillard and William Mapother . Without Limits was produced by Tom Cruise ( Cruise and Mapother are cousins ) and Paula Wagner , and released and distributed by Warner Bros. . Due to a very low-key promotional campaign , the $ 25 million film grossed only $ 777,000 at the box office , although it received good reviews from many major critics . Sutherland received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor .",
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"text": "Page Eight Page Eight is a 2011 British political thriller/action drama , written and directed for the BBC by the British writer David Hare , his first film as director since the 1989 film Strapless . The cast includes Bill Nighy , Rachel Weisz , Michael Gambon , Tom Hughes , Ralph Fiennes , and Judy Davis . The film was followed by Turks & Caicos ( 2014 ) and Salting the Battlefield ( 2014 ) , which were broadcast on BBC Two in March 2014 . The three films are collectively known as The Worricker Trilogy .",
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"text": "Edmond (film) Edmond is a 2005 American drama film directed by Stuart Gordon and starring William H. Macy , based on the 1982 play Edmond by David Mamet . Mamet also wrote the screenplay for the film . Edmond features Julia Stiles , Rebecca Pidgeon , Denise Richards , Mena Suvari , Joe Mantegna , Bai Ling , Jeffrey Combs , Dylan Walsh and George Wendt in supporting roles . It was screened at several film festivals from September 2005 to May 2006 , and had a limited release on July 14 , 2006 .",
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"text": "The Bourne Betrayal (film)",
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"text": "Annihilation Earth Annihilation Earth is a 2009 science fiction television film for Syfy , directed by Nick Lyon , written by Rafael Jordan , and starring Luke Goss , Marina Sirtis , and Colin Salmon . It follows the attempts by an energy scientist to determine the causes of a deadly explosion at a particle collider and mitigate its aftereffects . It premiered on December 12 , 2009 . According to the IMDB review , the film was criticised for its tragic ending , where humanity went into extinction thanks to the two main characters of the film , David and Paxton .",
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"text": "Alien (film) Alien is a 1979 British-American science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott , and starring Sigourney Weaver , Tom Skerritt , Veronica Cartwright , Harry Dean Stanton , John Hurt , Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto . The film 's title refers to a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature that stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship . Dan O'Bannon wrote the screenplay from a story he wrote with Ronald Shusett , drawing influence from previous works of science fiction and horror . The film was produced by Gordon Carroll , David Giler and Walter Hill through their Brandywine Productions and distributed by 20th Century Fox . Giler and Hill made revisions and additions to the script . Shusett was executive producer . The eponymous Alien and its accompanying elements were designed by Swiss artist H. R. Giger , while concept artists Ron Cobb and Chris Foss designed the human aspects of the film . Alien launched the Alien franchise and is chronologically the first of the main series , with the prequel series set in an earlier timeframe . Alien received both critical acclaim and box office success , receiving an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects , Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film , Best Direction for Scott , and Best Supporting Actress for Cartwright , and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , along with numerous other award nominations . It has remained highly praised in subsequent decades , being considered one of the greatest films of all time . In 2002 , the film was deemed `` culturally , historically or aesthetically significant '' by the Library of Congress and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry . In 2008 , it was ranked as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre by the American Film Institute , and as the 33rd greatest film of all time by Empire magazine . The success of Alien spawned a media franchise of novels , comic books , video games , and toys . It also launched Weaver 's acting career by providing her with her first lead role , and the story of her character Ellen Ripley 's encounters with the Alien creatures became the thematic thread that ran through the sequels Aliens ( 1986 ) , Alien 3 ( 1992 ) and Alien : Resurrection ( 1997 ) . , a crossover with the Predator franchise produced the Alien vs. Predator series , which includes Alien vs. Predator ( 2004 ) and Aliens vs. Predator : Requiem ( 2007 ) , and also a prequel series of films , which includes Prometheus ( 2012 ) and Alien : Covenant ( 2017 ) .",
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"text": "Being Julia Being Julia is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by István Szabó and starring Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons . The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the novel Theatre ( 1937 ) by W. Somerset Maugham . The original film score was composed by Mychael Danna .",
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Ryan O'Neal was born on April 20, 1941.
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"text": "Ryan O'Neal Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal ( born April 20 , 1941 ) , known professionally as Ryan O'Neal , is an American actor and former boxer . O'Neal trained as an amateur boxer before beginning his career in acting in 1960 . In 1964 , he landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime soap opera Peyton Place . The series was an instant hit and boosted O'Neal 's career . He later found success in films , most notably Love Story ( 1970 ) , for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations as Best Actor , What 's Up , Doc ? ( 1972 ) , Paper Moon ( 1973 ) , Stanley Kubrick 's Barry Lyndon ( 1975 ) , and A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 ) . Since 2007 , he has had a recurring role in the TV series Bones as Max , the father of the series ' protagonist .",
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"text": "Justin O'Conner Justin Douglass O'Conner ( born March 31 , 1992 ) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization .",
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"text": "I-20 (rapper) Bobby Sandimanie , better known by his stage name I-20 , is an American rapper . He was originally known as Infamous 2-0 ( in Ludacris 's debut album `` Incognegro '' / `` Back for the First Time '' ) , but changed his name to reflect the interstate route that runs through the Southeastern United States . He was discovered by Ludacris , who signed him to the Disturbing tha Peace record label . In 2002 , he appeared on 6 songs from Disturbing Tha Peace 's 1st album Golden Grain ( `` Break Somethin' '' , `` Smokin ' Dro '' , `` Ca n't Be Stopped ( I Know ) '' , `` A-Town Hatz '' , `` N.S.E.W. '' & `` Outro On Ya Ass '' ) and in 2004 , I-20 released his debut album , Self Explanatory . It peaked at number forty-two on the Billboard 200 and number five on the Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums . I-20 later appears on Ludacris ' 7th album `` Battle Of The Sexes '' on the song `` B.O.T.S. Radio '' along with Shawnna .",
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"text": "Pablo Ryan Pablo Ryan ( born February 21 , 1983 ) is an Argentine cricketer . He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler . Ryan 's cricketing career began at the age of just sixteen , with a series of Youth One-day Internationals in the Under-19 World Cup in January 2000 , though , since 2002 , he has represented Argentina at national level . Ryan has been selected for the Americas Championship tournaments of 2002 and 2004 . He made three appearances for Argentina in 2006 , in the newly formed World Cricket League . Ryan , along with team-mate Estaban Nino and , latterly , Esteban MacDermott , is a tailender for the Argentine team .",
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"text": "Hank Finkel Henry J. Finkel ( born April 20 , 1942 ) is an American basketball player whose professional career lasted from 1966 to 1975 . Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in Round 2 of the 1966 NBA draft he remained with the team through 1966 -- 67 , then played with the San Diego Rockets from 1967 to 1969 and spent the remaining years with the Boston Celtics , when , during his next to last season , the Celtics won the 1974 NBA Championship .",
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"text": "1941 National Invitation Tournament The 1941 National Invitation Tournament was the 1941 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition .",
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"text": "1941 Philadelphia Phillies season The 1941 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball . The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 43 wins and 111 losses . On July 1 , the Phillies played the Dodgers in Brooklyn ; the game was televised by WNBT in New York ( now WNBC ) , making the ballgame the first program aired by a commercial TV station in the United States . Although the Phillies had an unsuccessful season and the Dodgers later won the pennant , the Philadelphia won the game 6-4 .",
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"text": "William O'Connell (actor) William O'Connell ( born William L. O'Connell Jr. on August 20 , 1933 ) is an American film and television actor .",
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"text": "Teledyne Ryan 410 __ NOTOC __ The Teledyne Ryan Model 410 was a surveillance UAV designed in the United States in the late 1980s . In configuration , it was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with twin tails carried on booms and linked by a common horizontal stabilizer . The engine was mounted pusher-fashion at the rear of the fuselage , between the booms . The nosewheel of the tricycle undercarriage was retractable . Construction throughout was of composite materials . In 1993 , the Model 410 was submitted to the UAV Joint Projects Office in response to a RFP for a Tier II system . In January 1994 , the contract was awarded to General Atomics for what would eventually become the RQ-1 Predator .",
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"text": "Ryan O'Quinn Ryan O'Quinn ( born March 6 , 1972 ) is an American television , film and voice actor , author and comedian .",
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"text": "Blondy Ryan John Collins `` Blondy '' Ryan ( January 4 , 1906 -- November 28 , 1959 ) was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who is remembered primarily for his fielding and his starring for the New York Giants ' 1933 World Series winners .",
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"text": "Ron Perry (basketball, born 1958) Ronald K. `` Ron '' Perry ( born March 20 , 1958 ) is an American former basketball and baseball player . He is known particularly for his standout college career at Holy Cross . Perry , the son of former Holy Cross athletic director Ron S. Perry , was a high school star at Catholic Memorial in West Roxbury , Massachusetts . While there , Perry set a Massachusetts state scoring record with 2,481 points in his career , averaging 35 points per game as a senior . He followed in his father 's footsteps , playing both basketball and baseball at Holy Cross . As a freshman shooting guard for the Crusaders , Perry led all freshmen nationally in scoring , netting 23 points per game . Over the course of his four-year career , Perry set the school scoring record with 2,524 points ( 23.2 per game ) . He was named ECAC North co-Player of the Year with Maine 's Rufus Harris as a senior and earned All-American recognition in all four of his varsity seasons . In addition to his basketball career , Perry also excelled as a baseball player for the Crusaders at shortstop . He was also recognized for his achievements in the classroom , earning first team Academic All-American honors in each of his last three seasons in both baseball and basketball . He was inducted into the Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 1996 . Following his graduatiuon from Holy Cross , perry was drafted by both the Chicago White Sox in the 1980 Major League Baseball Draft and by the Boston Celtics in the third round ( 54th pick overall ) of the 1980 NBA draft . After failing to make the Celtics ' roster , Perry opted to try his hand at baseball , playing for the White Sox ' AA affiliate in Glens Falls , New York . He hit .260 in his two seasons with the club .",
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"text": "Paul Neumann (basketball) Paul R. Neumann ( born January 30 , 1938 ) is a retired American National Basketball Association player .",
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"text": "1940",
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"text": "Harold O'Neal Harold Mujahid O'Neal ( born March 27 , 1981 ) is a Tanzanian-born American pianist , composer , record producer , actor , and dancer . He has worked with Bono , Aloe Blacc , Jerry Wonda , Busta Rhymes , Bob Geldof , Lil ' Ronnie , Ne-Yo , Damon Dash , Ski Beatz , Damien Rice , Lupe Fiasco , and many of the industry 's finest artists .",
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"text": "Darren Morningstar Darren Morningstar ( born April 22 , 1969 ) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Boston Celtics in the second round ( 47th overall ) of the 1992 NBA Draft . A 6 ' 10 '' and 235 lb center , Morningstar played in only one NBA season , splitting time with the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz . He played collegiately at both the United States Naval Academy and at the University of Pittsburgh .",
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"text": "Ronnie Brewer Ronnie Brewer ( born March 20 , 1985 ) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Santa Cruz Warriors of the NBA Development League . Brewer played collegiately at the University of Arkansas , where his father Ron Brewer was a star in the late 1970s . Brewer is known for having an unorthodox shooting technique , the result of a childhood water slide injury . The Utah Jazz selected him with the 14th pick of the 2006 NBA draft .",
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"text": "Donnie Walsh Joseph Donald `` Donnie '' Walsh , Jr. ( born March 1 , 1941 ) is a front office adviser of the Indiana Pacers and a former professional basketball coach . He is also the former President of Basketball Operations for the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers .",
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"text": "1941–42 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team The 1941 -- 42 Michigan Wolverines men 's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate basketball during the 1941 -- 42 season . The team finished the season in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference with an overall record of 6 -- 14 and 5 -- 10 against conference opponents . Bennie Oosterbaan was in his fourth year as the team 's head coach . James Mandler broke Michigan 's single-season scoring record with 230 points in 20 games for an average of 11.5 points per game . William Cartmill was the team captain .",
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"text": "Sleeping at Last Sleeping at Last is an alternative rock musical project led by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan O'Neal . The project initially began in Wheaton , Illinois as a three-piece band with Ryan O'Neal as the lead singer and guitarist , his brother Chad O'Neal as the drummer , and Dan Perdue as the bassist . The band independently recorded their debut album , Capture in 2000 , which they used to attract the attention of Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan , who helped them get signed to a major record label Interscope Records . The band released their first and only major label album , Ghosts in 2003 , before going independent again and releasing Keep No Score in 2006 , and Storyboards in 2009 . In the years following the release of their first four albums , both Chad O'Neal and Perdue would both leave the band to pursue other interests . Ryan O'Neal chose to retain the use of the band 's name for his solo work from that point on , but opted to focus on single songs and short EPs than any further traditional albums .",
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"text": "1941–42 New York Rangers season The 1941 -- 42 New York Rangers season was the 16th season for the team in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . In the regular season , New York led the NHL in points with 60 , and compiled a 29 -- 17 -- 2 record . The Rangers lost in the NHL semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs , four games to two .",
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The Crazies was written by a cobra.
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"text": "Scott Kosar Scott Kosar is a screenwriter whose films include The Machinist , the 2003 remake of the classic horror film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre , and the 2005 remake of The Amityville Horror .",
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"text": "The Crazies (2010 film) The Crazies is a 2010 American science fiction horror film directed by Breck Eisner , with a screenplay by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright . The film is a remake of the 1973 film of the same name by George A. Romero , who is an executive producer of the remake . The Crazies stars Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell . The film takes place in the fictional town of Ogden Marsh , Pierce County , Iowa , `` friendliest place on Earth , '' whose town water supply is accidentally infected with the `` Trixie '' virus . After an incubation period of 48 hours , this virus gradually transforms the mental state of the infected into that of cold , calculating , depraved , bloodthirsty killers , who then prey on family and neighbors alike . The film was released on February 26 , 2010 to positive reviews from critics , and was a modest box office success .",
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"text": "Rancid (2000 album) Rancid ( also known as Rancid 5 or Rancid 2000 ) is the eponymously titled fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Rancid . It is the second eponymous album and was released on August 1 , 2000 , through frontman Tim Armstrong 's label , Hellcat Records . It was the band 's first album released through Hellcat . It is Rancid 's most hardcore offering to date , which was released as a follow-up to the more ska and reggae oriented Life Wo n't Wait . It spans 22 tracks in under 40 minutes , resulting in over 3/4 of the songs clocking at under 2 minutes . The Japanese version includes one bonus track , `` Sick Sick World '' . Songs on the album make reference to famous gangster Al Capone , as well as Norse God Loki , John Brown , Ulysses S. Grant , Nelson Mandela , Charles Van Doren , Geoffrey Chaucer 's Canterbury Tales and Don Giovanni . Brett Gurewitz ( Bad Religion ) reunited with Rancid and became their producer for this album . It was 6 years since he co-produced the band 's second album Let 's Go ( 1994 ) , although he engineered the band 's third album , ... And Out Come the Wolves ( 1995 ) . Rancid and Gurewitz would continue their collaboration for their next three albums , Indestructible , Let the Dominoes Fall and Honor Is All We Know . On the record released to the public , there was a mastering error on the track `` Poison '' on the first run of CDs pressed , but was fixed in subsequent pressings and is not present on the vinyl copies of the record .",
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"text": "Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories Mad Dog Summer and Other Stories , is a collection of short stories by Joe R. Lansdale , first published in 2004 in a limited edition by Subterranean Press . It was reissued in paperback in 2006 by Golden Gryphon Press . Both Subterranean Press editions have long sold out . It contains : `` Mad Dog Summer '' ( won a Bram Stoker Award and was originally published in 999 : New Stories of Horror & Suspense , ed Al Sarrantonio ) ( 1999 ) `` The Mule Rustlers '' ( originally published in The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology , ed . Freed and Malloy ) ( 2001 ) `` O'Reta : Snapshot Memories '' ( originally published in Mothers and Sons , ed . Jill Morgan ) ( 2000 ) `` Rainy Weather '' ( it won a Bram Stoker Award , and was a shorter version of what became The Big Blow ; originally published in Cemetery Dance # 30 ) ( 1998 ) `` Screwup '' ( co-written by Karen Lansdale ; originally published in Till Death Do Us Part , ed . Jill M. Morgan & Martin H. Greenberg ) ( 1999 ) `` The Steam Man of the Prairie and the Dark Rider Get Down '' ( originally published in The Long Ones ) ( 2000 ) `` Veil 's Visit '' ( a Hap and Leonard short story co-written with Andrew Vachss ) ( originally published in Veil 's Visit : A Taste of Hap and Leonard ) ( 2001 ) `` Way Down There '' ( first publication ) An early , extremely limited pressing had the script for the graphic novel Red Range , as well as the other Hap and Leonard story `` Death by Chili '' .",
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"text": "Black Metal (Venom album) Black Metal is the second album by English heavy metal band Venom . It was released in November 1982 , during the great flourishing of metal music in the UK that was the new wave of British heavy metal , and is considered a major influence on the thrash metal , death metal and black metal scenes that emerged in the 1980s and early 1990s . Although lending its name to the latter subgenre of heavy metal , today it is still debated if the album 's music is thrash metal or black metal . AllMusic has described it as `` extreme metal '' , while Moynihan & Søderlind in their book affirm that the album `` carved in stone some of -LSB- black metal 's -RSB- essential features '' . Nevertheless , its lyrics and imagery were a major influence on the early Norwegian black metal scene . The cover art was made by the band 's bassist and singer Conrad `` Cronos '' Lant .",
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"text": "Rock Python Rock Python ( M'Gula ) is a fictional character , a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is usually depicted as a member of the Serpent Society . He first appeared in Captain America vol . 1 # 341 in May 1988 , created by writer Mark Gruenwald and artist Kieron Dwyer . He has super hard bones , skin and muscles and uses specially designed handgrenades that entangle his opponents in steel ribbons . He was first introduced as a henchman of Viper as she took control of the Serpent Society , deposing Sidewinder as the leader of the Society . Viper 's ploy to take control of the United States was foiled by Captain America and members of the Society still loyal to Sidewinder . Rock Python was allowed to remain with the Society after Viper was defeated . He became a member of Serpent Solutions when the Society was reorganized .",
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"text": "Panthers (band) Panthers is an American rock band from Brooklyn , New York . The Village Voice described them as `` groundbreaking dissonant HC ( hardcore ) with Rolling Stones swagger . '' Three members were previously in the hardcore band Orchid . Panthers have released four records . The most recent two , The Trick and Things Are Strange were released on Vice Records . Prior to that they released via Dim Mak Records and Troubleman Unlimited . They began as a side project by members of the bands Orchid , Turing Machine , and The Red Scare . Kip Uhlhorn went on to form the band Cloudland Canyon with Simon Wojan of King Khan & the Shrines .",
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"text": "Disasterpiece Theatre Disasterpiece Theatre was a comedy television program that aired in the early 1980s on XETV , a station in Tijuana , Mexico owned by Mexican media company Grupo Televisa which broadcasts in English across the border to neighboring San Diego , California . The show 's title is both a play on the long-running PBS anthology program Masterpiece Theatre and a reference to the low-budget , campy science fiction and horror films that were lampooned each week . At the time of Disasterpiece Theatre '' 's run , XETV was an independent station ; today it serves as the San Diego affiliate of The CW network . The premise of the show was simple : show the worst movies ever made and make fun of them . Among the films shown were Shriek of the Mutilated , Monster on Campus , The Thing That Could n't Die , The Mummy 's Hand , Born to Speed , Big Boy Rides Again , First Spaceship on Venus and Curse of the Undead . Comments would be written as subtitles during the movie ; for example , in Track of the Moonbeast a character says , `` I 'm somewhat of an ... ( laughs ) an adventurer , '' and the word `` IDIOT '' appeared on screen during the pause in the middle of the sentence . Sometimes music would be added and , in some cases , redubbing by the writers would occur . On a showing of First Spaceship on Venus , the soundtrack was replaced by the writers ' voices arguing about which television show they are going to watch , similar to the overdubbing idea in What 's Up , Tiger Lily?Jay Curtis hosted the show as Sal U. Lloyd , a play on the word celluloid . Bruce Mueller played `` The Other Guy '' and would often dress up as The Mummy , A Lion Tamer , and the Network Producer . Curtis and Mueller wrote and produced the show . Fred Stern was a constant contributor and served as the show 's musical director . Stern chose popular music that was added to scenes for comic punctuation . As an example , during the film Beginning of the End , giant grasshoppers are attacking Chicago , scientists decide to use the grasshopper mating call to lure the creatures into Lake Michigan but instead of the mating call coming from a boat loudspeaker , the audience hears At the Hop by Danny and the Juniors and the monsters hop in and drown . San Diego radio announcer Gary Cocker appeared on the show many times . Guests included Whoopi Goldberg , Richard Simmons , and J. Michael Straczynski . The show was done so cheaply , the producers would tape over the same reels , thus erasing the previous episode . In the show , Curtis and Mueller 's microphone cords are easily visible , but it is the poor production quality that makes the show more humorous . Sal U. Lloyd was portrayed as a big loser who hates his job . In one episode , he explains his position : `` I 'm sick of television ... I wan na be a rock and roll star . I wan na make some money . '' He is often seen receiving some kind of brain damage after showing a movie . Several times , Lloyd has a run-in with the network producer , George Mucas ( obviously a parody of George Lucas ) , who hates the show . In reality , Curtis had a strong rivalry with the actual network producer of XETV , who eventually cancelled the show . The show became quite successful , generating a loyal following and beating Saturday Night Live in the ratings several times . However , the show was eventually cancelled due to creative control with the station . Although the show is not widely acclaimed , it is mentionable for inspiring a generation of cult television shows that used the same premise , such as Mystery Science Theater 3000 . In 1991 , the Beetlejuice episode `` Moby Richard '' had Lydia staging a television dramatization of `` Moby Dick '' for the Neitherworld program `` Disasterpiece Theatre . '' In 1993 , Animaniacs had an episode of the same title . In 2009 , the creators of Disasterpiece Theatre '' created a YouTube Page posting archival footage of the show .",
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"text": "While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets While the City Sleeps , We Rule the Streets is the debut studio album by Cobra Starship . It was released on October 10 , 2006 in the US , and on October 17 , 2006 in Canada . A rough clip of `` Send My Love to the Dancefloor , I 'll See You In Hell ( Hey Mister DJ ) '' , a finished version of `` Snakes on a Plane ( Bring It ) '' , and `` The Church of Hot Addiction '' were uploaded onto Cobra Starship 's PureVolume site . `` The Church of Hot Addiction '' was also used as the theme song for the WWE 's Great American Bash 2007 . It has sold more than 69,000 copies to date .",
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"text": "DNA Publications DNA Publications was an American publishing company which existed from 1993 to 2007 and was run by the husband-and wife team of Warren Lapine and Angela Kessler , who met at a science fiction convention in Virginia . Initially based in Massachusetts , DNA Publications relocated to Radford , Virginia . As of 2004 it was the second-largest genre magazine publisher in the US . Its first publication , in 1993 , was the magazine Harsh Mistress , which Lapine produced in collaboration with Kevin Rogers and Tim Ballon . DNA Publication distributed or published Aboriginal SF , Absolute Magnitude , Artemis , Dreams of Decadence , Fantastic Stories , Mythic Delirium , The Official KISS Magazine , Science Fiction Chronicle , and The Whole Cat Journal . It also published the book imprints Spyre Books and Wilder Publications . For their work on the magazines , DNA Publications was a 2000 World Fantasy Award nominee , in the `` special award : professional '' category . Absolute Magnitude was a 2002 Hugo Award nominee in the semiprozine category . Notable authors published by the DNA Publications magazines include Chris Bunch , Hal Clement , Harlan Ellison , Alan Dean Foster , and Allen Steele . DNA Publications collapsed in early 2007 . Weird Tales had been bought in 2005 by Wildside Press and Mythic Delirium , which parted with DNA Publications around the same time . Wilder Publications is now part of Tir Na Nog Press .",
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"text": "Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton ( -LSB- ˈkraɪtən -RSB- October 23 , 1942 -- November 4 , 2008 ) was an American best-selling author , screenwriter , film director and producer best known for his work in the science fiction , medical fiction and thriller genres . His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide , and many have been adapted into films . In 1994 , Crichton became the only creative artist ever to have works simultaneously charting at No. 1 in U.S. television ( ER ) , film ( Jurassic Park ) , and book sales ( Disclosure ) . His literary works are usually within the action genre and heavily feature technology . His novels epitomize the techno-thriller genre of literature , often exploring technology and failures of human interaction with it , especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology . Many of his future history novels have medical or scientific underpinnings , reflecting his medical training and science background . He wrote , among other works , The Andromeda Strain ( 1969 ) , Congo ( 1980 ) , Sphere ( 1987 ) , Travels ( 1988 ) , Jurassic Park ( 1990 ) , Rising Sun ( 1992 ) , Disclosure ( 1994 ) , The Lost World ( 1995 ) , Airframe ( 1996 ) , Timeline ( 1999 ) , Prey ( 2002 ) , State of Fear ( 2004 ) , Next ( 2006 ; the final book published before his death ) , Pirate Latitudes ( 2009 ) , an unfinished techno-thriller , Micro , which was published in November 2011 , and Dragon Teeth , a historical novel set during the `` Bone Wars '' , published worldwide in May 2017 .",
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"text": "Tortured Souls: Animae Damnatae Tortured Souls is a novelette written by Clive Barker and included with the Tortured Souls series of collectible figures that he designed with Todd McFarlane in 2001 . Each chapter was included separately with the series 1 figures . Clive Barker designed a second series of these figures in 2002 , and they were also released by Todd McFarlane . The story was broken into six parts , each corresponding to the figure with which it was packaged . The order is as follows : Book 1 - Agonistes : The Secret Face of Genesis Book 2 - Scythe Meister : The Assassin Transformed Book 3 - Lucidique : The Avenger Book 4 - Talisac : The Surgeon of the Sacred Heart Book 5 - Venal Anatomica : The Hunter of Primordium Book 6 - Mongroid : The Second Coming",
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"text": "The Kiesha'ra Series The Kiesha ` ra Series is a set of five fantasy novels written by the young adult author , Amelia Atwater-Rhodes , which focus on several races of shapeshifters , including the avians ( bird people ) , the serpiente ( snake people ) , and the shm ` Ahnmik ( falcon people ) . The series title , which is in a language from the series called ha'Shmla , translates as `` Children of Kiesha . '' Kiesha is the first cobra serpiente , from whom the royal line of the Cobriana descends .",
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"text": "Joe Kane Joe Kane is an American author of two books and is also a journalist who writes for numerous publications such as The New Yorker , National Geographic , and Esquire . Kane is best known for his book Running the Amazon ( 1989 ) , a firsthand account of the only expedition ever to travel the entire 4,200-mile Amazon River from its source in Peru to the Atlantic Ocean , which took place between August 1985 and February 1986 . The book is listed on Outside Magazine 's `` 25 Best Adventure Books of the Last 100 Years '' and National Geographic 's `` The 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time '' . In 1991 , Kane traveled to Ecuador to learn about the Huaorani Indians and their struggles with international oil companies who were exploiting the Amazon with poor environmental practices such as setting off explosive charges , building new roads and oil rigs , and causing oil spills . Based on his experiences there he wrote Savages ( 1995 ) .",
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"text": "Francis Moraes Francis Moraes ( born February 10 , 1964 , Santa Rosa , California ) , whose online pseudonym is Dr. H , is an American writer , author of three opiate-related non-fiction books and hundreds of articles . Moraes trained as a research physicist and chemist and attained a PhD in physics . He became interested in the heroin subculture in Portland , Oregon -- the number two most vibrant heroin city in the United States , at that time ( according to DEA statistics ) . After that , he expanded his perspective , spending numerous years studying the heroin subcultures in New York City , Seattle , and the San Francisco Bay area . Francis Moraes has been a notable part of the harm reduction movement , particularly as it relates to heroin and other opioids . He writes from this perspective with the stated intent of neither demonizing nor glorifying opioids , aiming only to provide drug users , scholars , and other curious readers alike an objective perspective on the issue . His work is generally considered neutral in content and calm in tone , but he has his detractors who point out biases and inconsistency . Moraes differs from other authors in stressing the comparatively minor effects of opioid use and the profound pain associated with opioid withdrawal . Heroin in particular , is commonly considered an extremely potent euphoric ; Moraes stresses that the euphoria of heroin is actually rather subtle and very often overwhelmed by the nausea that is also produced by the drug . Moraes also counters common descriptions of the withdrawal that opioid addicts experience when they stop using . Many authors compare opioid withdrawal to a bad flu ; Moraes counters this idea -- particularly in his later work where he stresses the importance of a dysfunctional endorphin system on the management of pain ( e.g. Little Book of Opium ) . Currently , Francis Moraes continues to write for Heroin Helper and is in the process of publishing the second edition of Heroin User 's Handbook with his new company Frankly Curious Media . Most of his writing now centers on grammar , books , and philosophy and can be found at Frankly Curious . He generally uses the first name `` Frank '' for his non-drug related writing .",
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"text": "Iron cobra In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game , the iron cobra is a construct .",
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"text": "Theatre of Cruelty (Discworld) `` Theatre of Cruelty '' is a short Discworld story by Terry Pratchett written in 1993 . The name derives from a concept of Antonin Artaud ( Theatre of Cruelty ) . It was originally written for W. H. Smith Bookcase magazine and was then slightly modified and extended , being published again in the programme of the OryCon 15 convention , and then again in The Wizards of Odd , a compilation of fantasy short stories . It has since been made available on the Internet along with dozens of translations by fans , with Pratchett having stated , `` I do n't want to see it distributed in print anywhere but do n't mind people downloading it for their own enjoyment . '' The story involves both the Ankh-Morpork City Watch and a parallel of Punch and Judy . A murder has been committed : a street entertainer , found apparently battered to death with a very small blunt object , on him bite marks from a very small crocodile . Investigating the incident in his typically direct manner , Carrot Ironfoundersson discovers the death was an accident , the man having choked on a swazzle . It emerges that the entertainer had invented a parallel , live-action version of Punch and Judy , using -- and abusing -- a troupe of gnomes as the live cast . Carrot asserts that such brutal theatre could never find favour in Ankh-Morpork : `` That 's not the way to do it '' .",
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"text": "Crocodylus megarhinus `` Crocodylus '' megarhinus is an extinct species of crocodile from the Eocene of Egypt . A partial skull was found by British paleontologist Charles William Andrews in the Fayum Depression . Andrews named Crocodylus megarhinus in 1905 on the basis of the holotype skull . A complete skull was also uncovered from Egypt in 1907 but was not recognized as `` C. '' megarhinus until 1927 . `` C. '' megarhinus shares many features with living crocodiles like the Nile crocodile ( C. niloticus ) , including a robust triangular skull that is shorter than most other crocodiles . Similarities are also seen in the teeth of the two species . Like living crocodiles , `` C. '' megarhinus has several constricted areas along the upper jaw that provide spaces for the teeth of the lower jaw when the mouth is closed . The proportions of `` C. '' megarhinus and C. niloticus are so similar that American paleontologist Charles C. Mook considered it `` very probable that C. megarhinus is a direct ancestor of C. niloticus . '' A second Fayum crocodilian , `` Crocodylus '' articeps , was named alongside `` C. '' megarhinus . Andrews distinguished `` C. '' articeps from `` C. '' megarhinus on the basis of its narrower snout , which is more similar to the slender-snouted crocodile than the Nile crocodile . `` C. '' articeps has recently been synonymized with `` C. '' megarhinus , and may represent a less mature form in the species ' population . Although it has traditionally been described as a species of Crocodylus , `` C. '' megarhinus has been placed outside the genus in many recent phylogenetic analyses . A new genus has not yet been erected for the species . `` C. '' megarhinus is usually found to be a basal crocodyline outside the genus but still more closely related to it than the false gharial or mekosuchines . Below is a cladogram modified from Puértolas et al. ( 2011 ) showing its phylogenetic placement among crocodiles :",
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"text": "Darlingtonia californica Darlingtonia californica -LSB- dɑːrlɪŋˈtoʊniə_kælᵻˈfɔːrnᵻkə -RSB- , also called the California pitcher plant , cobra lily , or cobra plant , is a species of carnivorous plant , the sole member of the genus Darlingtonia in the family Sarraceniaceae . It is native to Northern California and Oregon , growing in bogs and seeps with cold running water . This plant is designated as uncommon due to its rarity in the field . The name `` cobra lily '' stems from the resemblance of its tubular leaves to a rearing cobra , complete with a forked leaf - ranging from yellow to purplish-green - that resemble fangs or a serpent 's tongue . The plant was discovered in 1841 by the botanist William D. Brackenridge at Mount Shasta . In 1853 it was described by John Torrey , who named the genus Darlingtonia after the Philadelphian botanist William Darlington ( 1782 -- 1863 ) .",
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"text": "Coluber Coluber is a genus of thin-bodied , fast-moving , colubrid snakes commonly known as racers . They are widespread around the world and vary greatly in habitat and behaviour . In the past , Coluber was a catch-all genus which included almost all snake species known at the time . Even the cobra was once classified as Coluber naja . As presented here , the genus is limited to its `` modern '' content of racers and whipsnakes . Still , some of these species ( namely the whipsnakes ) are increasingly separated as Dolichophis and others probably also do not really belong here .",
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"text": "COBRA (consumer theory) COBRA ( consumer 's online brand related activities ) is a theoretical framework related to understanding consumer 's behavioural engagement with brands on social media . COBRA in literature is defined as `` set of brand-related online activities on the part of the consumer that vary in the degree to which the consumer interacts with social media and engages in the consumption , contribution , and creation of media content . '' ( Schivinski , Christodoulides , & Dabrowski , 2016 , p. 66 ) Conceptually , the COBRAs concept draws from the work of Shao ( 2009 ) . The author explored boundaries , in which consumers engage with user-generated media . Shao ( 2009 ) suggested that people engage with such media in three ways : by consuming , by participating , and by producing brand-related media . The concept was further investigated in a qualitative research conducted by Muntinga , Moorman , and Smit in 2011 . In their study , the researchers had analyzed data from 20 consumers and suggested three dimensions of analysis : consumption , contribution , and creation . To validate the COBRAs framework , Schivinski , Christodoulides , and Dabrowski ( 2016 ) developed a survey instrument to measure the consumer 's engagement with brand-related social-media content , based on three dimensions ( i.e. , consumption , contribution , and creation ) established by Muntinga , Moorman , and Smit ( 2011 ) . Examples of the application of COBRAs follows : Consumption : when consumers see a picture or watch a YouTube video displaying a specific brand e.g. , Harley Davidson or Coca-Cola . Doing so , consumers are consuming brand-related media ; Contribution : when consumers engage with online brand-related media by commenting on a post or `` Liking '' a piece of content , they are moving from the stage of `` observer '' to a `` media contributor '' ; Creation : when consumers decide to upload a picture of a brand or product on Facebook , they are creating brand-related content .",
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"text": "Sshhh ... `` Sshhh ... '' is a science fiction short story by David Brin about humanity 's first contact with an alien race . It was first published in Amazing Stories in 1988 and appears in the Brin 's 1997 anthology Otherness . The story opens with 2 Earth Survey vessels escorting Lentili starships to Earth . The Lentili are a race of tall , long-lived aliens who are far more technologically and philosophically advanced than humans , who have only recently ventured to the stars . While the Lentili are en route to Earth , Earth President Tridden makes a planetwide announcement . He reveals that an eminent psychologist has discovered that the Lentili , for all their power , lack a certain talent possessed by humans . This talent is apparently rare and almost unthinkable among galactic races . Tridden will not reveal exactly what this talent is , but describes it as `` something so mundane to us that few human beings ever bother even thinking about it past the age of ten ! '' This talent can wreak `` untold psychic harm '' among the Lentili and he asks the people of Earth to join him in making a `` great sacrifice . '' Tridden asks the human race to remove all mention of this talent from literature and from daily life . But since lingering references and , indeed , copies of his broadcast will survive , the human race must also provide a good `` cover story '' to explain away this situation . Tridden announces that it will be recorded that he has gone insane . There is no talent and the chaos will be the result of Tridden 's insanity . Tridden , seeing that he is about to be removed from the air , puts his finger to his lips in one final gesture of secrecy . The story is open-ended , leaving the reader to wonder whether Tridden pulled off a marvelous scheme to help humanity weather an ego crisis when faced with the superior Lentili , or whether humanity really does have a unique talent .",
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"text": "RuPaul RuPaul Andre Charles ( born November 17 , 1960 ) , known professionally by the mononym RuPaul , is an American actor , drag queen , television personality , and singer/songwriter . Since 2009 , he has produced and hosted the reality competition series RuPaul 's Drag Race , for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award in 2016 . RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego and later moved to Atlanta to study performing arts . He settled in New York City where he became a popular fixture on the nightclub scene . RuPaul achieved international fame as a drag queen with the release of his debut single , `` Supermodel ( You Better Work ) '' , which was included on his debut studio album Supermodel of the World ( 1993 ) . In 1996 , he became a spokesperson for MAC Cosmetics , raising money for the Mac AIDS Fund and becoming the first drag queen to land a major cosmetics campaign . That year , he received his own talk show on VH1 , The RuPaul Show , which ran for two seasons before he began co-hosting the morning radio show on WKTU with Michelle Visage . He has had continued success as a recording artist , releasing eleven studio albums to date , including Foxy Lady ( 1996 ) , Champion ( 2009 ) , Glamazon ( 2011 ) , Born Naked ( 2014 ) and American ( 2017 ) . As an actor , RuPaul has made appearances in films including Crooklyn ( 1994 ) , The Brady Bunch Movie ( 1995 ) , To Wong Foo , Thanks for Everything ! Julie Newmar ( 1995 ) , But I 'm a Cheerleader ( 1999 ) , Hurricane Bianca ( 2016 ) and the Netflix original series Girlboss ( 2017 ) . He has also published two books : Lettin ' It All Hang Out ( 1995 ) and Workin ' It ! RuPaul 's Guide to Life , Liberty , and the Pursuit of Style ( 2010 ) . Additionally , RuPaul 's Drag Race has produced nine seasons to date and has inspired several spin-off series , including RuPaul 's Drag U and RuPaul 's Drag Race : All Stars on LGBTQ network Logo TV . He is also featured as a host on series such as Skin Wars , Good Work and Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul . RuPaul is noted among drag queens for his indifference toward the gender-specific pronouns used to address him -- both `` he '' and `` she '' have been deemed acceptable , as stated in his autobiography : `` You can call me he . You can call me she . You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee ; I do n't care ! Just as long as you call me . '' RuPaul has also played men in a number of roles , and makes public appearances both in and out of drag . In 1999 , RuPaul was awarded the Vito Russo Award at the GLAAD Media Awards for work in promoting equality in the LGBT community .",
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"text": "Ultracity 6060 UltraCity 6060 was a six-part animated short series which was shown as part of MTV 's teen/adult-themed cartoon variety show Cartoon Sushi . Writers included Matt Harrigan , Mike DeSeve , Dave Hughes , Ben Gruber and Daria 's head writer Anne Bernstein . It consisted of anime scenes that were dubbed with humorously incorrect dialogue for comedic reasons . Most of the anime used in this cult classic was taken from the OAV series Genocyber which is released by U.S. Manga Corps . Another U.S. Manga Corps title was used for another UltraCity episode starred Iria in a parody of her own anime Iria : Zeiram the Animation . For the episode `` Planet Jackson '' , footage from ADV Films ' Mighty Space Miners was lampooned . The young boy in the film was made to be Michael Jackson and the rest of the cast as the Jackson family , Quincy Jones , Donny Osmond , Andrew Jackson and other people looking for handouts . The only non-anime cartoon used in UltraCity was from Cartoon Network 's `` Cartoons That Never Made It '' produced by AmPnyc in early-1997 under the supervision of Amperio Lux . One of them was Fast Driver , an obvious Speed Racer parody poking fun at everything . Other shorts featured two news reporters bemoaning the mainstream use of profanity in society ( the irony of course was that they swore very frequently ) , as well as a man named Hirogani , who was having problems trying to stop his severe flatulence around people ( taken from Genocyber ) . Another short was when they announced that their `` animation budget has been completely exhausted by excessive robot battles '' , which made them ban all lip-synching to save money ( a remake of a scene from the first Mobile Police Patlabor movie ) .",
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"text": "Uncle Ruckus Herby Pierre ( known as Rev. Uncle Ruckus , Rev. Fr . Uncle Ruckus , and Uncle Ruckus , no relation ) is the main antagonist from the comic strip The Boondocks and the television series based on the comic . An old angry man who claims to have had a disease that started when he was a baby turning his skin color from white to black , he disassociates himself from other African Americans as much as possible as a result of this excuse , and is outspoken in his support of what Huey calls the `` white supremacist power structure . '' He is voiced by Gary Anthony Williams .",
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"text": "Rupa Dash Rupa Dash is an Indian entrepreneur and filmmaker . She was born in Cuttack , Odisha and lives in Los Angeles . An ardent advocate for social entrepreneurship , democracy building and leadership development for women , she was the first Indian American Managing Director of World 's Largest Women Entrepreneurship Network . She has been leading eWomenNetwork , Los Angeles to assist women in building business relationships and finding new ways scaling business.She holds a bachelor 's degree in Business Management from Utkal University and Executive Program in International Business , International Trade from IIFT , New Delhi . She also studied Entrepreneurship from Anderson School Management , UCLA , Los Angeles . She is the youngest woman to receive the National Award for the Best Telecom Brand Market , 2012 by the Ministry of Telecom and United Nation , International Telecom Union ( ITU ) in India . She runs two successful media and entertainment companies in Los Angeles . In 2014 she Co-Founded World Woman Foundation with Upendra K. Kar . The Foundation is widely recognized `` Premier Women 's Leadership Institute '' to support , promote and build legacy of women leadership in areas of Business , Entertainment , Science and Technology for gender harmony .",
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"text": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 2) The second season of RuPaul 's Drag Race premiered on February 1 , 2010 , and aired its final episode on April 26 , 2010 . On May 1 , 2009 , the casting website for the series opened , allowing prospective contestants to create user profiles and upload videos of themselves to be voted on by viewers ; the applicant collecting the most votes being invited to become a contestant of the second season . At the end of the online casting period , Jessica Wild had collected the most votes and was announced as being a season two contestant . Filming took place during the summer of 2009 . For season two , the number of contestants was increased from nine to twelve , and the prizes were slightly modified : a lifetime supply of NYX Cosmetics and be the face of nyxcosmetics.com , an exclusive one year public relations contract with LGBT firm Project Publicity , be featured an LA Eyeworks campaign , join the Logo Drag Race tour , and a cash prize of $ 25,000 . A new tradition of writing a farewell message , in lipstick on their workstation mirror , was started by the first eliminated queen of the season . Each week 's episode is followed by a behind-the-scenes show , RuPaul 's Drag Race Untucked . The theme song playing during the runway and the end credits every episode is `` Jealous of My Boogie '' from RuPaul 's album Champion . The winner of the second season of RuPaul 's Drag Race was Tyra Sanchez with Raven being the Runner-Up . Shangela Laquifa Wadley returned to Season 3 as a surprise to compete with the other 12 drag queens . She placed 6th overall . Jujubee , Pandora Boxx and Raven competed on the first season of All Stars . Pandora placed 11/12th with fellow season 3 contestant Mimi Imfurst , Jujubee placed 3rd/4th with fellow season 1 contestant Shannel and Raven was the runner-up . Tatianna competed on the second season of All Stars and initially finished in 8th place . She returned to the competition after winning re-entry with Alyssa Edwards and placed 6th overall . On December 6 , 2011 , Amazon.com released this season on DVD via their CreateSpace program .",
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"text": "Heather Rutman Heather Rutman is a screen writer , producer , and the author of The Girls Guide to Depravity .",
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"text": "Louie Rankin Louie Rankin ( born Leonard Ford ) is a Jamaican dancehall reggae artist and actor . Leonard Ford was born in St. Thomas , Jamaica and grew up in Rockfort , Warika Hill and East Kingston . His most successful song was the single `` Typewriter , '' released in 1992 . In his lyrics , Rankin often refers to himself as the `` Original Don Dada , '' a term used by many of his dancehall competitors , such as Super Cat . Rankin also performed in noticeable acting roles as a Jamaican `` gangsta '' , in the movies Shottas and Belly . Rankin is a member of the Screen Actors Guild .",
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"text": "Movin' Out (Glee) `` Movin ' Out '' is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee , and the ninety-fourth episode overall . It was written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by Brad Falchuk , and it aired on Fox in the United States on November 21 , 2013 . The episode is a tribute to the music of Billy Joel , and features seven of his songs . The episode features special guest star Tyra Banks as Bichette , the head of a modeling agency .",
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"text": "Freaks and Geeks Freaks and Geeks is an American teen comedy-drama television series , created by Paul Feig , with Judd Apatow as executive producer , that aired on NBC during the 1999 -- 2000 television season . Eighteen episodes were completed , but the series was canceled after only 12 had aired . A fan-led campaign persuaded NBC to broadcast three more episodes in July 2000 ; the three remaining unaired episodes , for a total of 18 , aired that September on the cable network Fox Family Channel . The series appeared on Time magazine 's 2007 `` 100 Greatest Shows of All Time '' list , and placed third on the magazine 's list of greatest television shows of the 2000s ( decade ) . In 2007 , Freaks and Geeks ranked # 21 on TV Guides Top Cult Shows Ever . In 2008 , Entertainment Weekly ranked it the 13th-best series of the past 25 years . The same year , AOL TV named it the Best School Show of All Time . In 2013 TV Guide included it in its list of The 60 Greatest Dramas of All Time , and ranked it # 1 on their list of 60 shows that were `` Cancelled Too Soon '' . It launched several of its young actors into successful television and film careers .",
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"text": "Gary Anthony Williams Gary Anthony Williams ( born March 14 , 1966 ) is an American actor and comedian who provided the voice of Uncle Ruckus on The Boondocks , Yancy Westridge in the video game Alpha Protocol , and Horace Warfield in StarCraft II : Wings of Liberty . He appeared on the television series Weeds , Boston Legal , Blue Collar TV , and as `` Abe '' Kenarban in Malcolm in the Middle . Williams co-founded and is Artistic Director of the L.A. Comedy Shorts film festival in Hollywood , California . He also starred alongside Cedric the Entertainer on the hit TV Land sitcom The Soul Man . Williams is currently a regular on Whose Line is it Anyway ? .",
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"text": "Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho , also known as VH-1 Presents RuPaul : Ho Ho Ho , is a 1997 Christmas album and third overall by American singer and drag queen RuPaul . It was released on October 28 , 1997 by Rhino ; it is RuPaul 's first album featuring Christmas music and serves as a follow-up to Foxy Lady ( 1996 ) . RuPaul co-produced the album with American music producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato , who both work for the production company World of Wonder . Ho Ho Ho consists of ten tracks , including eleven covers of Christmas standards and carols , and three original songs written by Joe Carrano and the singer . The album was frequently referenced as an example of camp though RuPaul did specify that he recorded several more serious covers , specifically `` All Alone on Christmas '' and `` Hard Candy Christmas '' . Upon release , critics gave generally positive reviews of the album , praising its cheerful and humorous composition . However , some commentators responded negatively to the record 's use of humor and the clarity of its overall message . It was also included in a parody list discussing the alt-right , the `` War on Christmas '' , and bathroom bills . The album was moderately successful in the United States , peaking at number 27 on the Heatseekers Albums Billboard chart . It sold a little over 4,000 copies in one week . In support of the record , RuPaul filmed a television special as a part of his VH1 talk show The RuPaul Show ( 1996 ) .",
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"text": "Motion Picture Association of America film rating system The Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) film rating system is used in the United States and its territories to rate a film 's suitability for certain audiences based on its content . The MPAA rating system is a voluntary scheme that is not enforced by law ; films can be exhibited without a rating , although many theaters refuse to exhibit non-rated or NC-17 rated films . Non-members of MPAA may also submit films for rating . Other media , such as television programs and video games , is rated by other entities such as the ESRB and the TV Parental Guidelines . The MPAA rating system is one of various motion picture rating systems that are used to help parents decide what films are appropriate for their children . It is administered by the Classification & Ratings Administration ( CARA ) , an independent division of the MPAA .",
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"text": "Unsimulated sex Unsimulated sex is the presentation in a film of sex scenes where the actors engage in an actual sex act , and are not just miming or simulating the actions . At one time in the United States such scenes were restricted by law and self-imposed industry standards such as the Motion Picture Production Code . Films showing explicit sexual activity were confined to privately distributed underground films , such as stag films or `` porn loops '' . Beginning in the late 1960s , most notably with Blue Movie by Andy Warhol , mainstream cinemas began pushing boundaries in terms of what was presented on screen . Although the vast majority of sexual situations depicted in mainstream cinema are simulated ( in early pornography , the main actors engaged in simulated sex , with inserts placed in the film ) , on rare occasions actors engage in real sex . The difference between these films and pornography is that , while such scenes might be considered erotic , the intent of these films is not solely pornographic . Notable examples include two of the eight Bedside-films and the six Zodiac-films from the 1970s , all of which were produced in Denmark and had many pornographic sex scenes , but were nevertheless considered mainstream films ( they all had mainstream casts and crews , and premiered in mainstream cinemas ) . The last of these films , Agent 69 Jensen i Skyttens tegn , was made in 1978 . From the end of the 1970s until the late 1990s it was rare to see hardcore scenes in mainstream cinema , but this changed with the success of Lars von Trier 's The Idiots ( 1998 ) , which heralded a wave of art-house films with explicit content , such as Romance ( 1999 ) , Baise-moi ( 2000 ) , Intimacy ( 2001 ) , Vincent Gallo 's The Brown Bunny ( 2003 ) , and Michael Winterbottom 's 9 Songs ( 2004 ) . Some simulated sex scenes are sufficiently realistic that critics mistakenly believe that they are real , such as the cunnilingus scene in the 2006 film Red Road .",
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"text": "Ian Brennan (writer) Ian Brennan ( born April 23 , 1978 ) is a television writer , actor , producer and director . He is best known for his work on the American television shows Glee and Scream Queens .",
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"text": "Rupkothar Golpo Rupkothar Golpo : A Fairy Tale is October 25 , 2006 released Bangladeshi film directed by Toukir Ahmed . Impress Telefilm Limited produced and distributed the film .",
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"text": "Scott Rudin Scott Rudin ( born July 14 , 1958 ) is an American film producer and a theatrical producer . Rudin started to work as a theatre production assistant aged 16 . In lieu of college , he took a job as a casting director and then started his own company . His firm cast many Broadway shows . Rudin moved to Los Angeles in 1980 and started to work at Edgar J. Scherick Associates . He formed his own company , Scott Rudin Productions , and his first film was Gillian Armstrong 's Mrs. Soffel . Soon after , he joined 20th Century-Fox as an executive producer , and eventually became president of production by 1986 , at the age of 29 . He entered into a producing deal with Paramount , where he stayed for almost 15 years . He eventually moved to Disney , where he made movies under the Touchstone Pictures , Walt Disney Pictures , Hollywood Pictures and Miramax Films labels . In 2012 , Rudin became one of the few people who have won an Emmy , Grammy , Oscar and Tony Award , and the first producer to do so .",
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"text": "Scream Awards The Scream Awards were an award show dedicated to the horror , sci-fi , and fantasy genres of feature films . Originally only having Scream Queen and Heroic Performance awards for actors , the personnel awards have expanded to include actors and actresses of all three recognized genres . In addition , comic books awards were also given and have been recently expanded . It is broadcast on Spike TV and has been branded in the past as the Spike TV Scream Awards . Subsequently , the show was relabeled simply Scream with the respective year , i.e. Scream 2009 . The show was created by executive producers Michael Levitt , Cindy Levitt , and Casey Patterson . The Scream Awards ceremonies were cancelled following the 2011 Scream Awards .",
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"text": "30th Young Artist Awards The 30th Young Artist Awards ceremony , presented by the Young Artist Association , honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film , television and theater for the 2008 season , and took place on March 29 , 2009 at Universal Studios ' Globe Theatre in Universal City , California . Special guest performers for the ceremony that year included Russian musical artists , `` Street Magic '' and Las Vegas father and son acrobat team , `` The Kalinins . '' Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Maureen Dragone , the Young Artist Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film , television , theater and music .",
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"text": "Michael Rudman Michael Rudman ( born 14 February 1939 ) is an American theatre director .",
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"text": "Caul A caul or cowl ( Caput galeatum , literally , `` helmeted head '' ) is a piece of membrane that can cover a newborn 's head and face . Birth with a caul is rare , occurring in fewer than 1 in 80,000 births . The caul is harmless and is immediately removed by the physician or midwife upon delivery of the child . The `` en-caul '' birth , not to be confused with the `` caul '' birth , occurs when the infant is born inside the entire amniotic sac . The sac balloons out at birth , with the amniotic fluid and child remaining inside the unbroken or partially broken membrane .",
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"text": "Procedural drama A procedural drama is a genre of television programming which focuses on how crimes are solved or some other aspect of a law enforcement agency , legislative body , or court of law . Some dramas include a lab or conference room with high-tech or state-of-the-art equipment where the main characters meet to work out the problem . Shows usually have an episodic format that does not require the viewer to have seen previous episodes . Episodes typically have a self-contained , also referred to as stand-alone , plot that is introduced and resolved within the same episode . The procedural format is popular around the world . In 2011 , the director of a TV consultancy said , `` The continuing trend is for procedurals because they use a predictable structure . '' Due to their stand-alone episodic nature , they are more accessible to new viewers than serials . Self-contained episodes also make it easier for viewers to return to a show if they have missed some episodes . In general , procedural dramas can usually be re-run with little concern for episode order . Procedurals are often criticized for being formulaic . Procedurals are also generally less character-driven than serialized shows . However , some procedurals have more character emphasis than is typical of the format . Some may occasionally feature a storyline stretching over several episodes . A popular variant is the police procedural .",
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"text": "Azerbaijan Azerbaijan ( -LSB- æzərbaɪˈʒɑːn -RSB- ; Azərbaycan ) , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan ( Azərbaycan Respublikası ) , is a country in the South Caucasus region , situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe . It is bound by the Caspian Sea to the east , Russia to the north , Georgia to the northwest , Armenia to the west and Iran to the south . The exclave of Nakhchivan is bound by Armenia to the north and east , Iran to the south and west , while having an 11 km border with Turkey in the north west . The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence in 1918 and became the first democratic state in the Muslim orient world . The country was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1920 as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic . The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991 , prior to the official dissolution of the USSR in December 1991 . In September 1991 , the Armenian majority of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region seceded to form the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic . The region and seven adjacent districts outside it became de facto independent with the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994 . These regions are internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan pending a solution to the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh , found through negotiations facilitated by the OSCE . Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic . The country is a member state of the Council of Europe , the OSCE and the NATO Partnership for Peace ( PfP ) program . It is one of six independent Turkic states , an active member of the Turkic Council and the TÜRKSOY community . Azerbaijan has diplomatic relations with 158 countries and holds membership in 38 international organizations . It is one of the founding members of GUAM , the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons . A member of the United Nations since 1992 after its independence , Azerbaijan was elected to membership in the newly established Human Rights Council by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 May 2006 . Its term of office began on 19 June 2006 . Azerbaijan is also a member state of the Non-Aligned Movement , holds observer status in World Trade Organization and is a correspondent at the International Telecommunication Union . The Constitution of Azerbaijan does not declare an official religion and all major political forces in the country are secularist . However , the majority of the population are of a Shiite Muslim background . Most Azerbaijanis however , do not actively practice any religion , and the country has been seen to be one of the most irreligious countries in the Muslim world , with 53 % stating religion has little to no importance in their lives , according to Pew Research Center and Gallup polls . Azerbaijan has a high level of human development which ranks on par with most Eastern European countries . It has a high rate of economic development and literacy , as well as a low rate of unemployment . According to the Davos World Economic Forum , Azerbaijan 's economy has scored 37th place within 138 countries in 2016 . Global Competitiveness Index 2015 indicates that Azerbaijan scores highest in its region . ASAN services , established with Presidential Decree , are countrywide known for eliminating bribery and corruption in the provision of public services . ASAN Service has been awarded with United Nations ' Public Service Award 2015 , which is the most prestigious award in the world in the field of public service delivery . The ruling party , the New Azerbaijan Party , has been accused of authoritarianism and human rights abuses .",
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"text": "Beer in Azerbaijan Beer in Azerbaijan is typified by lighter lagers . Of the domestically produced beers , the most widely distributed is Xirdalan , formerly brewed by Baki-Castel ( BGI ) but bought by Baltika in 2008 . As a sponsor of Baku 's Eurovision Song Contest , Xirdalan issued special commemorative Eurovision cans and bottles in 2012 . Other relatively widespread brands include Novxanı ( brewed by Bakı-Praqa ) and draft-only NZS . Beer drinking is growing in popularity in Azerbaijan . Unlike almost all CIS countries , the beer bottles in Azerbaijan are marked with excise duty sticker .",
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"text": "Beer in Armenia Beer is produced in Armenia since ancient times . In the 5th century BC , after arriving in a village in Ancient Armenia ( possibly in the territory of Artsakh ) , Xenophon wrote in the Anabasis that `` There were stored wheat , barley , vegetables , and barley wine in the craters ( clay pots ) . In upper level of vessels with the edges in the wine floated barley , and there was stuck a reed , large and small sizes and who wanted to drink , had to taken a reed in his mouth and pull it through the wine . Not mixed with water , the wine was very strong , but for local people it was a very pleasant drink '' .",
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"text": "Nakhchivan (city) The city of Nakhchivan ( Naxçıvan , Нахчыван , ناخجیوان ) is the capital of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan , located 450 km west of Baku . The municipality of Nakhchivan consists of the city of Nakhchivan , the settlement of Əliabad and the villages of Başbaşı , Bulqan , Haciniyyət , Qaraçuq , Qaraxanbəyli , Tumbul , Qarağalıq , and Daşduz . It is spread over the foothills of Zangezur Mountains , on the right bank of the Nakhchivan River at an altitude of 873 m above sea level . Since June 9 , 2009 , by the decree of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic , the Bulqan , Garachug , Garakhanbeyli , Tumbul and Haciniyyət villages of the Babek Rayon are included in the scope of the administrative territorial unit of the Nakhchivan city .",
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"text": "Economy of Armenia The economy of Armenia is ranked 132nd in the world , with a nominal gross domestic product ( GDP ) of $ 10.561 billion per annum . It is also the 129th largest in the world by purchasing power parity ( PPP ) , at $ 25.329 billion per annum . Armenia is the second-most densely populated of the post-Soviet states because of its small size . It is situated between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea , bordered on the north and east by Georgia and Azerbaijan and on the south and west by Iran and Turkey . Until independence , Armenia 's economy was based largely on industry -- chemicals , electronic products , machinery , processed food , synthetic rubber and textiles ; it was highly dependent on outside resources . Agriculture accounted for only 20 % of net material product and 10 % of employment before the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 . Armenian mines produce copper , zinc , gold and lead . The vast majority of energy is produced with imported fuel , including gas and nuclear fuel from Russia ( for its one nuclear power plant . ) The main domestic energy source is hydroelectric . Small amounts of coal , gas and petroleum have not yet been developed . Like other former states , Armenia 's economy suffers from the legacy of a centrally planned economy and the breakdown of former Soviet trading patterns . Soviet investment in and support of Armenian industry has virtually disappeared , so that few major enterprises are still able to function . In addition , the effects of the 1988 earthquake , which killed more than 25,000 people and made 500,000 homeless , are still being felt . Although a cease-fire has held since 1994 , the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh has not been resolved . The consequent blockade along both the Azerbaijani and Turkish borders has devastated the economy , because of Armenia 's dependence on outside supplies of energy and most raw materials . Land routes through Azerbaijan and Turkey are closed ; routes through Georgia and Iran are adequate and reliable . In 1992-93 , the GDP had fallen nearly 60 % from its 1989 level . The national currency , the dram , suffered hyperinflation for the first few years after its introduction in 1993 . Armenia has registered strong economic growth since 1995 and inflation has been negligible for the past several years . New sectors , such as precious stone processing and jewelry making and communication technology ( primarily Armentel , which is left from the USSR era and is owned by external investors ) . This steady economic progress has earned Armenia increasing support from international institutions . The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , World Bank , EBRD , as well as other international financial institutions ( IFIs ) and foreign countries are extending considerable grants and loans . Total loans extended to Armenia since 1993 exceed $ 800 million . These loans are targeted at reducing the budget deficit , stabilizing the local currency ; developing private businesses ; energy ; the agriculture , food processing , transportation , and health and education sectors ; and ongoing rehabilitation work in the earthquake zone . Continued progress will depend on the ability of the government to strengthen its macroeconomic management , including increasing revenue collection , improving the investment climate , and accelerating privatization . A liberal foreign investment law was approved in June 1994 , and a law on privatization was adopted in 1997 , as well as a program on state property privatization . The government has made major strides toward joining the World Trade Organization . By 1994 , however , the Armenian government had launched an ambitious IMF-sponsored economic liberalization program that resulted in positive growth rates in 1995-2005 . Armenia joined the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) in January 2003 . Armenia also has managed to slash inflation , stabilize its currency , and privatize most small - and medium-sized enterprises . Armenia 's unemployment rate , however , remains high , despite strong economic growth . The chronic energy shortages Armenia suffered in the early and mid-1990s have been offset by the energy supplied by one of its nuclear power plants at Metsamor . Armenia is now a net energy exporter , although it does not have sufficient generating capacity to replace Metsamor , which is under international pressure to close . The electricity distribution system was privatized in 2002 . Armenia 's severe trade imbalance has been offset somewhat by international aid , remittances from Armenians working abroad , and foreign direct investment . Economic ties with Russia remain close , especially in the energy sector . The government has made some improvements in tax and customs administration in recent years , but anti-corruption measures have been more difficult to implement .",
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"text": "State awards of the Azerbaijani Republic State awards of the Azerbaijani Republic include the orders , decorations , and medals . The following is a list of these awards of Azerbaijan .",
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"text": "Türkan Türkan ( also , Turkyany , Tyurkend , Tyurkyan , and Tyurkyany ) is a settlement and municipality in Baku , Azerbaijan . It has a population of 10,108 . It means beautiful in Turkish .",
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"text": "Turkmens The Turkmens ( Türkmenler Түркменлер ) are a Turkic people located primarily in Central Asia , in the state of Turkmenistan , as well as in Iran , Afghanistan , North Caucasus ( Stavropol Krai ) , and northern Pakistan . They speak the Turkmen language , which is classified as a part of the Eastern Oghuz branch of the Turkic languages . Examples of other Oghuz languages are Turkish , Azerbaijani , Qashqai , Gagauz , Khorasani , and Salar .",
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"text": "Subdivisions of Azerbaijan There are two trees of Subdivisions of Azerbaijan : Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan - 59 rayons , 11 cities , 1 autonomous republic Regions of Azerbaijan - 10 regions",
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"text": "Caucasus The Caucasus -LSB- ˈkɔ : kəsəs -RSB- or Caucasia -LSB- kɔ : ˈkeɪʒə -RSB- is a region at the border of Europe and Asia , situated between the Black and the Caspian seas . It is home to the Caucasus Mountains , which contain Europe 's highest mountain , Mount Elbrus , 5642 m. Politically , the Caucasus region is separated between northern and southern parts . While the northern parts are under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation , the southern parts consist of independent sovereign states . These include Georgia , Armenia , Azerbaijan . The southern Caucasus mountain range ( the Lesser Caucasus ) extends eastwards to the Caspian Sea in northwestern Iran , and into northeastern Turkey . The region is known for its linguistic diversity : aside from Indo-European and Turkic languages , the Kartvelian , Northwest Caucasian , and Northeast Caucasian families are indigenous to the area .",
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"text": "Russian Orthodox Church in Azerbaijan The Russian Orthodox Church is the main group of Eastern Orthodoxy in Azerbaijan . Many of its members are Russians . Azerbaijan is a mainly Shiite Muslim country which used to be part of the Russian Empire and the USSR . The Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral , the Church of Michael Archangel and at least one further Russian Orthodox church exist in Baku .",
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"text": "Azerbaijan at the 2017 World Games Azerbaijan is scheduled to compete at the World Games 2017 in Wroclaw , Poland , from 20 July 2017 to 30 July 2017 .",
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"text": "Islam in Georgia (country) Islam in Georgia was introduced in 654 when an army sent by the Third Caliph of Islam , Uthman , conquered Eastern Georgia and established Muslim rule in Tbilisi . Currently , Muslims constitute approximately 9.9 % of the Georgian population . According to other sources , Muslims constitute 10-13 % of Georgia 's population . In July 2011 , Parliament of Georgia passed new law allowing religious minority groups with `` historic ties to Georgia '' to register . The draft of the law specifically mentions Islam and four other religious communities . Mosques in Georgia operate under the supervision of the Georgian Muslim Department , established in May 2011 . Until then the affairs of Georgia 's Muslims had been governed from abroad by the Baku-based Caucasus Muslims Department . In 2010 , Turkey and Georgia signed an agreement by which Turkey will provide funding and expertise to rehabilitate three mosques and to rebuild a fourth one in Georgia . While Georgia will rehabilitate four Georgian monasteries in Turkey . The Georgia-Turkey agreement will allow the reconstruction of the historical Azize mosque in Batumi , Ajaria demolished in the middle of the last century . Turkey will rehabilitate the mosques at Samtskhe-Javakheti and Akhaltsikhe regions , Kobuleti District , build the Azize mosque burned down in 1940 and restore the Turkish bathhouse in Batumi .",
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"text": "Qabala Gabala ( Qəbələ , Гәбәлә , قبه له ; Кьвепеле , Q̇wepele , قوه په له ) , also known as Qabala , is a city in Azerbaijan and the capital of the Qabala Rayon . The municipality consists of the city of Gabala and the village of Küsnat . Before 1991 the city was known as Kutkashen , but after Azerbaijan 's independence the town was renamed in honour of the much older city of Gabala , the former capital of Caucasian Albania , the archaeological site of which is about 20 km southwest .",
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"text": "Chess in Azerbaijan Chess is one of the most popular sports in Azerbaijan , where it is governed by the Azerbaijan Chess Federation ( ACF ) . On May 5 , 2009 Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev , who is also the chairman of the National Olympic Committee , signed an executive order initiating a state-supported chess development program , covering the years 2009 -- 2014 .",
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"text": "LGBT rights in Armenia Lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgender ( LGBT ) rights in Armenia are not legislated in both the legal and social spheres . Homosexuality has been legal in Armenia since 2003 . However , even though it has been decriminalized , the situation of local lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgender ( LGBT ) citizens has not changed substantially . Many LGBT Armenians fear being socially outcast by their friends and families , causing them to keep their sexual orientation or gender identity private . Recently , the LGBT community in Armenia has become better connected due to social media , although a sense of fear and a desire for anonymity remains due to the nation 's conservative culture . Homosexuality remains a taboo topic in many parts of Armenian society . In a 2012 study , 55 % of correspondents in Armenian stated that they would cease their relationship with a friend or relative if they were to come out as gay . Furthermore , this study found that 70 % of Armenians find LGBT people to be `` strange . '' There is , moreover , no legal protection for LGBT persons whose human rights are violated regularly . Armenia has been ranked 47th out of 49 European countries for LGBT rights , with Russia and neighboring Azerbaijan taking the 48th and 49th positions , respectively . The younger generation of Armenians still remain very unknowledgeable about many LGBT issues , likely attributed to the family culture where young people live at home until they reach the primary goal for many Armenians , heterosexual marriage . Many LGBT claim to fear violence in their workplace or from their family , and therefore , are said to not file complaints of claimed human rights violations or of criminal offences .",
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"text": "Geography of Iran Geographically , Iran is located in West Asia and borders the Caspian Sea , Persian Gulf , and Gulf of Oman . Its mountains have helped to shape both the political and the economic history of the country for several centuries . The mountains enclose several broad basins , on which major agricultural and urban settlements are located . Until the 20th century , when major highways and railroads were constructed through the mountains to connect the population centers , these basins tended to be relatively isolated from one another . Typically , one major town dominated each basin , and there were complex economic relationships between the town and the hundreds of villages that surrounded it . In the higher elevations of the mountains rimming the basins , tribally organized groups practiced transhumance , moving with their herds of sheep and goats between traditionally established summer and winter pastures . There are no major river systems in the country , and historically transportation was by means of caravans that followed routes traversing gaps and passes in the mountains . The mountains also impeded easy access to the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea . With an area of 1648000 km2 , Iran ranks eighteenth in size among the countries of the world . Iran shares its northern borders with three post-Soviet states : Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Turkmenistan . These borders extend for more than 2000 km , including nearly 650 km of water along the southern shore of the Caspian Sea . Iran 's western borders are with Turkey in the north and Iraq in the south , terminating at the Arvand Rud . The Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman littorals form the entire 1770 km southern border . To the east lie Afghanistan on the north and Pakistan on the far south . Iran 's diagonal distance from Azerbaijan in the northwest to Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast is approximately 2333 km .",
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"text": "Zakatala State Reserve The reserve of Zakatala , located in the north of Azerbaijan , was created in 1929 . It consists of an area of 25.218 ha on the southern slopes of the Caucasus mountains .",
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"text": "Baku State Circus Baku State Circus ( Bakı Dövlət Sirki ) - is the main arena circus of Baku , capital of Azerbaijan . In 1945 , a collective of Azerbaijani circus was organized in the Azerbaijan SSR , it included estrade actors , who performed tricks in the circus and amateur participants with artistic skills . Famous Azerbaijani composers , poets , ballet masters and artists worked along with the collective of the circus . Starting from 1946 , troupe of Baku Circus had regular tours in cities of the USSR , the collective performed programs `` We are from Baku '' and `` Dawn over the Rock '' . Besides the USSR they had tours in Southern Europe , Asia , Africa and the United States . In 1967 , a new building of Baku Circus equipped with necessary equipment for full operation of the circus was built according to architects E. Ismayilov and F. Leontyev 's project . There are 2000 seats in the new building .",
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"text": "Azeri style The `` Azerbaijani style '' or `` Azeri style '' is a style ( sabk ) of architecture when categorizing Iranian architecture development in Iranian Azerbaijan history . Landmarks of this style of architecture span from the late 13th century ( Ilkhanate ) to the appearance of the Safavid Dynasty in the 16th century CE . Examples of this style are Dome of Soltaniyeh , Arg e Tabriz , Jameh Mosque of Varamin , Goharshad Mosque , Bibi Khanum mosque in Samarqand , tomb of Abdas-Samad , Gur-e Amir , Jameh mosque of Yazd and Jameh Mosque of Urmia .",
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"text": "Shahdag National Park Shahdag National Park ( Şahdağ Milli Parkı ) -- is a national park of Azerbaijan . It was established by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev , on an area of 115900 ha in the Quba Rayon , Qusar Rayon , İsmayıllı Rayon , Qəbələ Rayon , Oğuz Rayon and Şamaxı Rayon administrative districts on December 8 , 2006 . It was enlarged by presidential decree on July 8 , 2010 from 115900 ha to 130508.1 ha . It is located in northern Azerbaijan , close to the border with Russia at the Greater Caucasus Mountains . Mount Bazardüzü , the highest mountain of Azerbaijan is located in Shadag National Park . The Shahdag National Park is the largest national park not only Azerbaijan but in the whole Caucasus . The World Bank has allocated a $ 17 million loan and $ 8 million grant for the national park 's creation , while the government of Japan has provided $ 8 million as a grant for the project implementation . The Shakhdag National Park will help address ecological issues and build a tourist infrastructure in the Caucasus for visitors .",
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"text": "London London -LSB- ˈlʌndən -RSB- is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it Londinium . London 's ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its 1.12 sqmi medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , `` London '' has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , See also : Independent city § National capitals . governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.The London Mayor is not to be confused with the Lord Mayor of London who heads the City of London Corporation , which administers the City of London . London is a leading global city in the arts , commerce , education , entertainment , fashion , finance , healthcare , media , professional services , research and development , tourism , and transportation . It is crowned as the world 's largest financial centre and has the fifth - or sixth-largest metropolitan area GDP in the world.Rankings of cities by metropolitan area GDP can vary as a result of differences in the definition of the boundaries and population sizes of the areas compared , exchange rate fluctuations and the method used to calculate output . London and Paris are of broadly similar size in terms of total economic output which can result in third party sources varying as to which is the fifth-largest city GDP in the world . A report by the McKinsey Global Institute published in 2012 estimated that London had a city GDP of US$ 751.8 billion in 2010 , compared to US$ 764.2 billion for Paris , making them respectively the sixth - and fifth-largest in the world . A report by PricewaterhouseCoopers published in November 2009 estimated that London had a city GDP measured in purchasing power parity of US$ 565 billion in 2008 , compared to US$ 564 billion for Paris , making them respectively the fifth - and sixth-largest in the world . The McKinsey Global Institute study used a metropolitan area with a population of 14.9 million for London compared to 11.8 million for Paris , whilst the PricewaterhouseCoopers study used a metropolitan area with a population of 8.59 million for London compared to 9.92 million for Paris . London is a world cultural capital . It is the world 's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the world 's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic . London is the world 's leading investment destination , hosting more international retailers and ultra high-net-worth individuals than any other city . London 's universities form the largest concentration of higher education institutes in Europe . In 2012 , London became the first city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympic Games three times . London has a diverse range of people and cultures , and more than 300 languages are spoken in the region . Its estimated mid-2015 municipal population ( corresponding to Greater London ) was 8,673,713 , the largest of any city in the European Union , and accounting for 12.5 % of the UK population . London 's urban area is the second most populous in the EU , after Paris , with 9,787,426 inhabitants at the 2011 census . The city 's metropolitan area is the most populous in the EU with 13,879,757 inhabitants , while the Greater London Authority states the population of the city-region ( covering a large part of the south east ) as 22.7 million . London was the world 's most populous city from around 1831 to 1925 . London contains four World Heritage Sites : the Tower of London ; Kew Gardens ; the site comprising the Palace of Westminster , Westminster Abbey , and St Margaret 's Church ; and the historic settlement of Greenwich ( in which the Royal Observatory , Greenwich marks the Prime Meridian , 0 ° longitude , and GMT ) . Other famous landmarks include Buckingham Palace , the London Eye , Piccadilly Circus , St Paul 's Cathedral , Tower Bridge , Trafalgar Square , and The Shard . London is home to numerous museums , galleries , libraries , sporting events , and other cultural institutions , including the British Museum , National Gallery , Natural History Museum , Tate Modern , British Library , and West End theatres . The London Underground is the oldest underground railway network in the world .",
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"text": "Daniel Day-Lewis Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis ( born 29 April 1957 ) is an English actor who holds both British and Irish citizenship . Born and raised in London , he excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre , before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School , which he attended for three years . Despite his traditional actor training at the Bristol Old Vic , he is considered to be a method actor , known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles . He often remains completely in character for the duration of the shooting schedules of his films , even to the point of adversely affecting his health . He is one of the most selective actors in the film industry , having starred in only five films since 1998 , with as many as five years between roles . Protective of his private life , he rarely gives interviews and makes very few public appearances . Day-Lewis shifted between theatre and film for most of the early 1980s , joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and playing Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Flute in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , before appearing in the 1984 film The Bounty . He starred in My Beautiful Laundrette ( 1985 ) , his first critically acclaimed role , and gained further public notice with A Room with a View ( 1985 ) . He then assumed leading man status with The Unbearable Lightness of Being ( 1988 ) . One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation , Day-Lewis has earned numerous awards , including three Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances in My Left Foot ( 1989 ) , There Will Be Blood ( 2007 ) and Lincoln ( 2012 ) , making him the only male actor in history to have three wins in the lead actor category and one of only three male actors to win three Oscars . He was also nominated in this category for In the Name of the Father ( 1993 ) and Gangs of New York ( 2002 ) . He has also won four BAFTA Awards for Best Actor , three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards . In November 2012 , Time named Day-Lewis the `` World 's Greatest Actor . '' In June 2014 , he received a knighthood at Buckingham Palace for services to drama .",
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"text": "City of London (disambiguation) The City of London is the historic centre and main financial district of London , England . City of London may also refer to : London , the capital city of England London , Ontario , Canada City of London Corporation , the governing body of the City of London , England",
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"text": "A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain A tour thro ' the whole island of Great Britain is an account of his travels by English author Daniel Defoe , first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727 . Other than Robinson Crusoe , Tour was Defoe 's most popular and financially successful work during the eighteenth century . Pat Rogers notes that in Defoe 's use of the `` literary vehicle ( the ` tour ' or ` circuit ' ) that could straddle the literal and the imaginative , '' `` Nothing ... anticipated Defoe 's Tour '' . Thanks in part to his extensive travels and colourful background as a soldier , businessman , and spy , Defoe had `` hit on the best blend of objective fact and personal commentary '' in his descriptions of locations and trips around Britain .",
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"text": "History of Chester The history of Chester extends back nearly two millennia , covering all periods of British history in between then and the present day . The city of Chester was founded as a fort , known as Deva , by the Romans in AD 79 . The city was the scene of battles between warring Welsh and Saxon kingdoms throughout the post-Roman years until the Saxons strengthened the fort against raiding Danes . Following the Norman Conquest in 1066 , Chester came under the Earl of Chester . It became a centre of the defense against Welsh raiders and a launch point for raids on Ireland . The city grew as a trading port until the power of the Port of Liverpool overtook it . However the city did not decline and during the Georgian and Victorian periods was seen as a place of escape from the more industrial cities of Manchester and Liverpool .",
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"text": "Portsmouth Portsmouth ( -LSB- ˈpɔrtsməθ -RSB- ) is a port city in Hampshire , England , mainly on Portsea Island , 70 mi south-west of London and 19 mi south-east of Southampton . It is the United Kingdom 's only island city and has a population of 205,400 . The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area , which also covers Southampton and the towns of Havant , Waterlooville , Eastleigh , Fareham , and Gosport . The city 's history can be traced to Roman times . A significant naval port for centuries , Portsmouth has the world 's oldest dry dock and was England 's first line of defence during the French invasion in 1545 . Special Palmerston Forts were built in 1859 in anticipation of another invasion from continental Europe . By the early-19th century , Portsmouth was the most heavily fortified city in the world , and was considered `` the world 's greatest naval port '' at the height of the British Empire throughout Pax Britannica . The world 's first mass production line was set up in the city , making it the most industrialised site in the world . During the Second World War , the city was a pivotal embarkation point for the D-Day landings and was bombed extensively in the Portsmouth Blitz , which resulted in the deaths of 930 people . In 1982 , a large proportion of the task force dispatched to liberate the Falkland Islands deployed from the city 's naval base . Her Majesty 's Yacht Britannia left the city to oversee the transfer of Hong Kong in 1997 , which marked for many the end of the empire . Portsmouth is one of the world 's best known ports . HMNB Portsmouth is considered to be the home of the Royal Navy and is home to two-thirds of the UK 's surface fleet . The city is home to some famous ships , including HMS Warrior , the Tudor carrack Mary Rose and Horatio Nelson 's flagship , HMS Victory ( the world 's oldest naval ship still in commission ) . The former HMS Vernon naval shore establishment has been redeveloped as a retail park known as Gunwharf Quays . Portsmouth is among the few British cities with two cathedrals : the Anglican Cathedral of St Thomas and the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John the Evangelist . The waterfront and Portsmouth Harbour are dominated by the Spinnaker Tower , one of the United Kingdom 's tallest structures at 560 feet . Nearby Southsea is a seaside resort with a pier amusement park and medieval castle . Portsmouth F.C. , the city 's professional football club , play their home games at Fratton Park . The city has several mainline railway stations that connect to London Waterloo amongst other lines in southern England . Portsmouth International Port is a commercial cruise ship and ferry port for international destinations . The port is the second busiest in the United Kingdom after Dover , handling around three million passengers a year . The city formerly had its own airport , Portsmouth Airport , until its closure in 1973 . The University of Portsmouth enrols 23,000 students and is ranked among the world 's best modern universities . Portsmouth is also the birthplace of author Charles Dickens and engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel .",
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"text": "History of Southampton Southampton is a city in Hampshire , England . The area has been settled since the stone age . Its history has been affected by its geographical location , on a major estuary on the English Channel coast with an unusual double high-tide , and by its proximity to Winchester and London ; the ancient and modern capitals of England . Having been an important regional centre for centuries , Southampton was awarded City status by The Queen in 1964 . Southampton became an important port in medieval times , experiencing several hundred years of fluctuating fortunes until it was expanded by the Victorians . As a centre of commerce , an industrial town and an important military embarkation point , Southampton was a strategic target for the Luftwaffe and was severely damaged in World War II . Post-war re-development and the need to accommodate 20th century innovations such as the motor car has significantly altered the character of Southampton .",
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"text": "Grade II listed buildings in Liverpool-L7 Liverpool is a city and port in Merseyside , England , which contains many listed buildings . A listed building is a structure designated by English Heritage of being of architectural and/or of historical importance and , as such , is included in the National Heritage List for England . There are three grades of listing , according to the degree of importance of the structure . Grade I includes those buildings that are of `` exceptional interest , sometimes considered to be internationally important '' ; the buildings in Grade II * are `` particularly important buildings of more than special interest '' ; and those in Grade II are `` nationally important and of special interest '' . Very few buildings are included in Grade I -- only 2.5 % of the total . Grade II * buildings represent 5.5 % of the total , while the great majority , 92 % , are included in Grade II . Liverpool contains more than 1,550 listed buildings , of which 28 are in Grade I , 109 in Grade II * , and the rest in Grade II . This list contains the Grade II listed buildings in the L7 postal district of Liverpool . The district stretches from buildings used by the University of Liverpool in the area around Abercromby Square in the west of the district , to the suburbs of Edge Hill and Kensington in the east . It is mainly residential , and a high proportion of the buildings in the list are houses . Residential development started in 1819 -- 20 in Abercromby Square , and many of the houses here and elsewhere date from the 1820s , 1830s , and 1840s . To the east , the district includes Edge Hill railway station , the world 's first railway station , and there are three Grade II listed buildings relating to it . Also in the district is Wavertree Botanic Gardens , which contains two Grade II listed buildings , the lodge and a fountain . In addition to these , this list contains three churches and a chapel ( some of which have been converted into other uses ) , a library , a bank , a public house , a former hospital , the entrance to a cemetery , a students ' union , a war memorial , and a pillar box . Grade II listed buildings from other areas in the city can be found through the template on the right , along with the lists of the Grade I and Grade II * buildings in the city .",
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"text": "Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London , England , 9.5 mi south of Charing Cross . The principal settlement in the London Borough of Croydon , it is one of the largest commercial districts outside Central London , with an extensive shopping district and night-time economy . Its population of 52,104 at the 2011 census includes the wards of Addiscombe , Broad Green and Fairfield . Historically part of the hundred of Wallington in the county of Surrey , at the time of the Norman conquest of England Croydon had a church , a mill , and around 365 inhabitants , as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 . Croydon expanded in the Middle Ages as a market town and a centre for charcoal production , leather tanning and brewing . The Surrey Iron Railway from Croydon to Wandsworth opened in 1803 and was the world 's first public railway . Later nineteenth century railway building facilitated Croydon 's growth as a commuter town for London . By the early 20th century , Croydon was an important industrial area , known for car manufacture , metal working and Croydon Airport . In the mid 20th century these sectors were replaced by retailing and the service economy , brought about by massive redevelopment which saw the rise of office blocks and the Whitgift Centre , the largest shopping centre in London until 2008 . Croydon was amalgamated into Greater London in 1965 . Croydon lies on a transport corridor between central London and the south coast of England , to the north of two gaps in the North Downs , one followed by the A23 Brighton Road through Purley and Merstham and the main railway line and the other by the A22 from Purley to the M25 Godstone interchange . Road traffic is diverted away from a largely pedestrianised town centre , mostly consisting of the North End . East Croydon is a major hub of the national railway transport system , with frequent fast services to central London , Brighton and the south coast . The town is unique in Greater London for its Tramlink light rail transport system .",
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"text": "St Paul's Cathedral St Paul 's Cathedral , London , is an Anglican cathedral , the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London . It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grade 1 listed building . Its dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site , founded in AD 604 . The present cathedral , dating from the late 17th century , was designed in the English Baroque style by Sir Christopher Wren . Its construction , completed in Wren 's lifetime , was part of a major rebuilding programme in the City after the Great Fire of London . The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London . Its dome , framed by the spires of Wren 's City churches , dominated the skyline for 300 years . At 365 ft high , it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1967 . The dome is among the highest in the world . St Paul 's is the second-largest church building in area in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral . St Paul 's Cathedral occupies a significant place in the national identity . It is the central subject of much promotional material , as well as of images of the dome surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz . Services held at St Paul 's have included the funerals of Lord Nelson , the Duke of Wellington , Sir Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher ; jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria ; peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars ; the wedding of Charles , Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer ; the launch of the Festival of Britain ; and the thanksgiving services for the Silver , Golden and Diamond Jubilees and the 80th and 90th birthdays of Elizabeth II . St Paul 's Cathedral is a working church with hourly prayer and daily services . The tourist entry fee at the door is # 18 for adults ( March 2017 , cheaper online ) , but no charge is made to worshippers .",
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"text": "London (novel) London is a historical novel by Edward Rutherfurd published in 1997 , which charts the history of London from 54 B.C. to 1997 . The novel begins with the birth of the River Thames and moves to 54 B.C. , detailing the life of Segovax , a curious character with slightly webbed hands and a flash of white hair . Seqovax becomes the ancestor of the Ducket and Dogget families , prominent fictional families woven into the novel . Historical figures , such as Julius Caesar , Geoffrey Chaucer , William Shakespeare , and Pocahontas , make appearances alongside fictional characters and historical kings and queens of England .",
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"text": "Centre points of the United Kingdom There has long been debate over the exact location of the geographical centre of the United Kingdom , and its constituent countries , due to the complexity and method of the calculation , such as whether to include offshore islands , and the fact that erosion will cause the position to change over time . There are two main methods of calculating this `` centre '' : either as the centroid of the two-dimensional shape made by the country ( projected to the Airy ellipsoid then flattened using the Transverse Mercator projection ) , or as the point farthest from the boundary of the country ( either the sea , or , in the case of constituent countries , a land border ) . These two methods give quite different answers .",
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"text": "Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port -LSB- ˈɛlzmɪərpɔrt -RSB- is a large town and port in Cheshire , England , south of the Wirral . The town had a population of 55,715 in 2011 . As well as a service sector economy , the town has retained large industries including Stanlow oil refinery , a chemical works and the Vauxhall Motors car factory . There are also a number of tourist attractions : the National Waterways Museum , the Blue Planet Aquarium and Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet .",
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"text": "History of the Port of Southampton The Port of Southampton is a major passenger and cargo port located in the central part of the south coast of England . It has been an important port since the Roman occupation of Britain nearly two thousand years ago , and has a multifaceted history . From the Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century , it was a centre for naval shipbuilding and a departure point for soldiers going to war . The port also played a role in the development of hovercraft , flying boat services , seaplanes and the Spitfire fighter plane . Before the advent of jet travel , Southampton was Britain 's gateway to the world . The port also played a minor role in the history of Britain 's canals .",
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"text": "History of education in England The history of education in England can be documented to the Anglo-Saxons ' settlement of England . During the Middle Ages , schools were established to teach Latin grammar to the sons of the aristocracy , as part of preparation also for the entry of some into the clergy and religious orders . The church preserved literacy and learning during this period , and education was closely tied to the religious vocation , in order to read the Bible and related documents . Apprenticeship was the main way for youths to enter practical occupations . Two universities were established in affiliation with the church : the University of Oxford , followed by the University of Cambridge , both related closely to training for clergy . A reformed system of `` free grammar schools '' was established in the reign of Edward VI . The Protestant Reformation had a major influence on education and literacy in England , as it encouraged the reading of the Bible in the vernacular of the people . ( Formerly , the Bible was printed only in Latin , the official language of the Catholic Church . ) Counties in the east of England , which had frequent interaction with the Low Countries , where the Reformation movement had flourished , developed a higher rate of literacy in the early years of the Reformation than did other areas of England . In the 19th century the Church of England sponsored most formal education until the government established free , compulsory education towards the end of that century . University College London was established as the first secular college in England , open to students of all religions ( or none , ) followed by King 's College London ; the two institutions formed the University of London . Durham University was also established in the early nineteenth century . Towards the end of the century , the `` redbrick '' universities , new public universities , were founded . The 1944 Education Act established the Tripartite System of grammar schools and secondary modern schools . The school leaving age was raised to 16 in 1972 .",
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"text": "Grade II* listed buildings in Brighton and Hove There are 70 Grade II * listed buildings in the city of Brighton and Hove , England . The city , on the English Channel coast approximately 52 mi south of London , was formed as a unitary authority in 1997 by the merger of the neighbouring towns of Brighton and Hove . Queen Elizabeth II granted city status in 2000 . In England , a building or structure is defined as `` listed '' when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of `` special architectural or historic interest '' by the Secretary of State for Culture , Media and Sport , a Government department , in accordance with the Planning ( Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas ) Act 1990 . English Heritage , a non-departmental public body , acts as an agency of this department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues . There are three grades of listing status . Grade I , the highest , is defined as being of `` exceptional interest '' ; Grade II * is used for `` particularly important buildings of more than special interest '' ; and Grade II , the lowest , is used for buildings of `` special interest '' . Brighton was founded on top of the sea-facing cliffs where the South Downs meet the English Channel . A series of valleys allowed transport routes to develop towards Lewes , London and other important settlements . Although Neolithic settlement has been confirmed , the Anglo-Saxons were the first permanent settlers ; the population was about 400 by the time of the Domesday survey in 1086 . Its neighbour Hove , on flatter , more fertile land to the west , developed concurrently but independently : its existence was recorded in 1288 , and two separate prebends ( similar to benefices ) existed by 1291 . Fishing , farming and smuggling drove the economy , but decline set in during the Middle Ages and persisted until the 19th century . Coastal flooding destroyed buildings on many occasions , the parish church fell into ruins , and the population -- almost all poor -- numbered about 100 in 1801 . Brighton became fashionable as a holiday destination and health resort in the mid-18th century , and royal patronage ( particularly by the flamboyant Prince Regent ) increased its popularity with high society and the upper classes . Day-trippers and longer-term visitors from other social classes soon followed , and by the early 19th century the town was Britain 's foremost seaside resort . Developments such as Royal Crescent , Regency Square , Oriental Place and Park Crescent characterised the bold architectural vision of the town 's new residents ; the design triumvirate of Amon Wilds , Amon Henry Wilds and Charles Busby were instrumental in realising these plans . Hove 's fortunes improved in line with Brighton 's success , and developments such as Palmeira Mansions and Sir Isaac Goldsmid 's Adelaide Crescent covered the fields between the ancient village of Hove and Brighton 's continuous westward expansion . The Vicar of Brighton , Rev. Henry Michell Wagner -- a wealthy , progressive clergyman with strong Anglo-Catholic views and an interest in architecture -- and his son and successor Rev. Arthur Wagner were responsible for an array of new churches throughout Brighton and Hove ( especially in poorer residential areas ) ; many are listed at Grade I , and the Grade II * - listed examples of St Martin 's and St Paul 's merely add to a stock of Victorian places of worship which has been described as one of the best outside London . Elsewhere during the Victorian era , the former parish churches of both Brighton and Hove were rebuilt ; an elaborate synagogue was provided for the Jewish population ; Roman Catholic worship became established at the Classical-style St John the Baptist 's Church ; a new parish church was established in the form of Charles Barry 's St Peter 's ; and several other churches were established . Both towns were incorporated as boroughs : Brighton in 1854 , Hove in 1898 . Expansion in the 20th century , as the urban area became a large regional centre , resulted in ancient villages being absorbed into the boroughs . Hangleton , West Blatchington , Ovingdean , Rottingdean and others had historic buildings and long-established churches of their own ; by 1928 , Acts of Parliament had brought them into `` Greater Brighton and Hove '' . In 1997 , the towns were officially united as a unitary authority ; three years later , city status was secured . Some listings include contributory fixtures such as surrounding walls or railings in front of the building . These are summarised by notes alongside the building name .",
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"text": "Festival of Britain The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951 . Historian Kenneth O. Morgan says the Festival was a `` triumphant success '' as people : flocked to the South Bank site , to wander around the Dome of Discovery , gaze at the Skylon , and generally enjoy a festival of national celebration . Up and down the land , lesser festivals enlisted much civic and voluntary enthusiasm . A people curbed by years of total war and half-crushed by austerity and gloom , showed that it had not lost the capacity for enjoying itself ... Above all , the Festival made a spectacular setting as a showpiece for the inventiveness and genius of British scientists and technologists . Labour cabinet member Herbert Morrison was the prime mover ; in 1947 he started with the original plan to celebrate the centennial of the Great Exhibition of 1851 . However it was not to be another World Fair , for international themes were absent , as was the British Commonwealth . Instead the 1951 festival focused entirely on Britain and its achievements ; it was funded chiefly by the government , with a budget of # 12 million . The Labour government was losing support and so the implicit goal of the festival was to give the people a feeling of successful recovery from the war 's devastation , as well as promoting British science , technology , industrial design , architecture and the arts . The Festival 's centrepiece was in London on the South Bank of the Thames . There were events in Poplar ( Architecture ) , Battersea ( The Festival Pleasure Gardens ) , South Kensington ( Science ) and Glasgow ( Industrial Power ) . Festival celebrations took place in Cardiff , Stratford-upon-Avon , Bath , Perth , Bournemouth , York , Aldeburgh , Inverness , Cheltenham , Oxford , Norwich , Canterbury and elsewhere and there were touring exhibitions by land and sea . The Festival became a `` beacon for change '' that proved immensely popular with thousands of elite visitors and millions of popular ones . It helped reshape British arts , crafts , designs and sports for a generation . Journalist Harry Hopkins highlights the widespread impact of the `` Festival style '' . They called it `` Contemporary '' . It was : clean , bright and new ... . It caught hold quickly and spread first across London and then across England ... In an island hitherto largely given up to gravy browns and dull greens , `` Contemporary '' boldly espoused strong primary colors .",
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"text": "Lyon Lyon ( -LSB- liːˈɒn -RSB- or -LSB- ˈliːɒn -RSB- -LSB- ljɔ̃ -RSB- , locally : -LSB- lijɔ̃ -RSB- Liyon -LSB- - frpʎjɔ̃ -RSB- ) is a city in east-central France , in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , about 470 km from Paris , 320 km from Marseille and 55 km from Saint-Etienne . Inhabitants of the city are called Lyonnais . Lyon had a population of 506,615 in 2014 and is France 's third-largest city after Paris and Marseille . Lyon is the capital of the Metropolis of Lyon and the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . The metropolitan area of Lyon had a population of 2,237,676 in 2013 , the second-largest in France after Paris . The city is known for its cuisine and gastronomy and historical and architectural landmarks and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Lyon was historically an important area for the production and weaving of silk . It played a significant role in the history of cinema : Auguste and Louis Lumière invented the cinematographe in Lyon . The city is also known for its famous light festival , Fête des Lumières , which occurs every 8 December and lasts for four days , earning Lyon the title of Capital of Lights . Economically , Lyon is a major centre for banking , as well as for the chemical , pharmaceutical , and biotech industries . The city contains a significant software industry with a particular focus on video games , and in recent years has fostered a growing local start-up sector . Lyon hosts the international headquarters of Interpol , Euronews , and International Agency for Research on Cancer . Lyon was ranked 19th globally and second in France for innovation in 2014 . It ranked second in France and 39th globally in Mercer 's 2015 liveability rankings .",
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"text": "Lytham St Annes Lytham St Annes ( -LSB- ˈlɪðəm_sənt_ˈænz -RSB- ) is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire , England . The neighbouring towns of Lytham and St. Annes-on-the-Sea ( nearly always abbreviated to St Annes ) have grown together and now form a seaside resort . The towns are situated on the Fylde coast , south of Blackpool at the point where the coastline turns east to form the estuary of the River Ribble leading inland to Preston . St Annes is situated on the northern side of the turning and , like Blackpool , overlooks the Irish Sea , whereas Lytham is on the eastern side and overlooks the Ribble Estuary . The population of Lytham St Annes taken at the 2011 census was 42,954 . Lytham St Annes is internationally renowned for golf and has four courses and links , the most notable being the Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club , one of the host courses for the Open Championship , also known as the `` British Open '' , which has been a competition course since first hosting the Open in 1926 . Approximately once every ten years , the coming of The Open -- a major sporting event -- brings a major influx of visitors , including the world 's media , into a fairly peaceful community . Lytham St Annes is considered to be a wealthy area with residents ' earnings among the highest in the North of England .",
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"text": "King's Lynn King 's Lynn -LSB- ˌkɪŋz_ˈlɪn -RSB- , known until 1537 as Bishop 's Lynn , is a seaport and market town in Norfolk , England , 97 mi north of London and 44 mi west of Norwich . The population of the town is 42,800 . The town has two theatres , museums and other cultural and sporting venues . There are three secondary schools and one college . The service sector , information and communication technologies and creative industries , provide employment for the population of King 's Lynn and the surrounding area .",
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"text": "Economy of Devon Devon has the 19th largest economy in England out of 46 ceremonial counties . Situated in the region of South West England , it is a maritime county . Like neighbouring Cornwall to the west , Devon is disadvantaged economically compared to other parts of southern England , owing to the decline of a number of core industries , notably fishing , mining and farming . Consequently , most of Devon has qualified for the European Community 's Objective 2 status , particularly around Exmoor , Bideford Bay and the Hartland Point peninsula which is somewhat cut off from industrial Britain due to poor road and rail transport links . These areas of North Devon are , however , only around 50 mi by boat from Swansea in Wales . A proposal which has the backing of both the Welsh Assembly Government and the South West Regional Assembly , as well as Devon County Council , is a year-round ferry service from either Ilfracombe or Bideford to Swansea , which it is hoped would stimulate economic growth in both South West Wales and the North coast of Devon and Cornwall . The 2001 UK foot and mouth crisis harmed the farming community severely . The attractive lifestyle of the area is drawing in new industries which are not heavily dependent upon geographical location ; Dartmoor , for instance , has recently seen a significant rise in the percentage of its inhabitants involved in the financial services sector . In 2003 , the Met Office , the UK 's national and international weather service , moved to Exeter . Devon is one of the rural counties , with the advantages and challenges characteristic of these . Despite this , the county 's economy is also heavily influenced by its two main urban centres , Plymouth and Exeter . Nearly half of the holdings of the Duchy of Cornwall are in Devon , including a large area of farmland . Since the rise of seaside resorts with the arrival of the railways in the 19th century , Devon 's economy has been heavily reliant on tourism . The county 's economy has followed the declining trend of British seaside resorts since the mid 20th century , with some recent revival . This revival has been aided by the designation of much of Devon 's countryside and coastline as the Dartmoor and Exmoor national parks , and the Jurassic Coast and Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Sites . In 2004 the county 's tourist revenue was # 1.2 billion . The Met Office is in Exeter as is Connaught plc , and Pennon Group , the water company . The Wrigley Company ( chewing gum ) and HMNB Devonport ( the largest naval base in western Europe ) are in Plymouth . Torquay was home to Beverage Brands , the producers of WKD Original Vodka . Britannia Royal Naval College is at Dartmouth .",
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"text": "Winchester Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire , England . The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester , a local government district , and is located at the western end of the South Downs National Park , along the course of the River Itchen . It is situated 61 mi south-west of London and 13.6 mi from Southampton , its closest city . At the time of the 2011 Census , Winchester had a population of 45,184 . The wider City of Winchester district which includes towns such as Alresford and Bishop 's Waltham has a population of 116,800 . Winchester developed from the Roman town of Venta Belgarum , which in turn developed from an Iron Age oppidum . Winchester 's major landmark is Winchester Cathedral , one of the largest cathedrals in Europe , with the distinction of having the longest nave and overall length of all Gothic cathedrals in Europe . The city is home to the University of Winchester and Winchester College , the oldest public school in the United Kingdom still to be using its original buildings .",
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"text": "Kung Fu Panda 3 Kung Fu Panda 3 is a 2016 Chinese-American 3D computer-animated action-comedy martial arts film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox . It is the third installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise , and the sequel to Kung Fu Panda 2 ( 2011 ) . In the film , Po enters the panda village and reunites with his birth father and other pandas , but problems arise when a villainous spirit warrior , named Kai , returns to the mortal realm and steals chi from the kung fu masters . To prevent Kai from taking chi from all kung fu masters and pandas , Po forms the army of pandas to battle Kai 's jade minions and Po must become a master of chi to defeat him and save his friends . The film was directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni , written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger , produced by Melissa Cobb , and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro . Jack Black , Dustin Hoffman , Angelina Jolie , Lucy Liu , Seth Rogen , David Cross , Jackie Chan and James Hong reprise their roles from the previous films with Randall Duk Kim reprising his role of Oogway from the first Kung Fu Panda film ( 2008 ) . They are joined by Bryan Cranston , J. K. Simmons and Kate Hudson in the roles of Li Shan , Kai , and Mei Mei , respectively . Kung Fu Panda 3 received a limited release in China on January 23 for a special three-hour sneak preview and was released starting from January 28 in South Korea and Russia . It was released in theatres across the United States and Canada on January 29 in 3D , and on March 11 in the United Kingdom . The film grossed $ 521 million worldwide .",
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"text": "Angelina Jolie Angelina Jolie Pitt ( -LSB- dʒoʊˈliː -RSB- ; née Voight ; born June 4 , 1975 ) is an American actress , filmmaker , philanthropist and humanitarian . She has received an Academy Award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards , and three Golden Globe Awards , and has been cited as Hollywood 's highest-paid actress . Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father , Jon Voight , in Lookin ' to Get Out ( 1982 ) . Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2 ( 1993 ) , followed by her first leading role in a major film , Hackers ( 1995 ) . She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical cable films George Wallace ( 1997 ) and Gia ( 1998 ) , and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl , Interrupted ( 1999 ) . Jolie 's starring role as the video game heroine Lara Croft in Lara Croft : Tomb Raider ( 2001 ) established her as a leading Hollywood actress . She continued her successful action-star career with Mr. & Mrs. Smith ( 2005 ) , Wanted ( 2008 ) , and Salt ( 2010 ) , and received critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas A Mighty Heart ( 2007 ) and Changeling ( 2008 ) , which earned her a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress . Beginning in the 2010s , she expanded her career into directing , screenwriting , and producing , starting with the wartime dramas In the Land of Blood and Honey ( 2011 ) and Unbroken ( 2014 ) . Her biggest commercial success came with the fantasy picture Maleficent ( 2014 ) . In addition to her film career , Jolie is noted for her humanitarian efforts , for which she has received a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and an honorary damehood of the Order of St Michael and St George ( DCMG ) , among other honors . She promotes various causes , including conservation , education , and women 's rights , and is most noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) . As a public figure , Jolie has been cited as one of the most influential and powerful people in the American entertainment industry , as well as the world 's most beautiful woman , by various media outlets . Her personal life is the subject of wide publicity . Divorced from actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton , she separated from her third husband , actor Brad Pitt , in September 2016 . They have six children together , three of whom were adopted internationally .",
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"text": "Dawn Maxey Dawn Maxey ( born August 18 , 1966 ) , is an American former actress , known for her side starring roles in several 1990s movies .",
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"text": "Faye Yu Yu Feihong ( born 1971 ) , also known as Faye Yu , is a Chinese actress and an occasional film director and producer , best known in the west for Wayne Wang 's award-winning American films A Thousand Years of Good Prayers ( 2007 ) and The Joy Luck Club ( 1992 ) . In the Chinese-speaking world she is best known for starring in a number of popular Chinese television series .",
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"text": "Kung Fu Panda 2 Kung Fu Panda 2 is a 2011 3D American computer-animated comedy-drama martial arts film , directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson , produced by DreamWorks Animation , and distributed by Paramount Pictures . It is the sequel to the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda and the second installment in the Kung Fu Panda franchise . Jack Black , Angelina Jolie , Dustin Hoffman , Seth Rogen , Lucy Liu , David Cross , James Hong , and Jackie Chan reprise their character roles from the original film . They are joined by Gary Oldman , Michelle Yeoh and Danny McBride . In the film , Po and the Furious Five battle an evil peacock named Lord Shen who has a powerful weapon that he plans to conquer China with . However Po discovers a terrifying secret about his past in the process . The film was released in theatres May 26 , 2011 in Real D 3D and Digital 3D . Kung Fu Panda 2 grossed $ 665 million worldwide against its $ 150 million budget . The film was the highest-grossing animated feature film of the year and was nominated for the 2011 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards . A sequel , titled Kung Fu Panda 3 , and directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni , was released on January 29 , 2016 .",
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"text": "Suzanne Friedline Suzanne Friedline ( Born January 14 , 1970 ) is an American actress and voice artist . She has appeared in numerous movies and TV series , as well as in theater dramas .",
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"text": "Trevor Wright Trevor Christopher Wright ( born August 23 , 1980 in San Diego , California ) is an American actor .",
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"text": "Sandra Luesse Sandra Carolina Luesse ( born June 16 , 1982 ) is an American actress with a Peruvian and German background . Luesse got her start in 2007 when she was cast as the lead girl in the Latin Rock sensation , MANA , Manda una Señal music video which shot to # 1 position of the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart .",
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"text": "Amy Okuda Amy Kei Okuda ( born March 6 , 1989 ) is an American actress , best known for her portrayal of Tinkerballa in the web series The Guild .",
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"text": "Leslie Andrews Leslie Andrews ( Phoenix , Arizona , United States , August 18 , 1981 ) is an American motion picture and television actress .",
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"text": "Gia Mantegna Gina `` Gia '' Cristine Mantegna ( born April 17 , 1990 ) is an American actress .",
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"text": "Yuan Quan Yuan Quan ( born October 16 , 1977 ) , also known as Yolanda Yuan , is a Chinese actress and singer .",
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"text": "Caitlin Dulany Caitlin Dulany is an American actress .",
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"text": "Annabella Sciorra Annabella Gloria Philomena Sciorra ( -LSB- ˈʃoʊrə -RSB- , ; born March 29 , 1960 ) is an Italian-American actress . Her film roles include Cadillac Man ( 1990 ) , Jungle Fever ( 1991 ) , The Hand That Rocks the Cradle ( 1992 ) , Cop Land ( 1997 ) and What Dreams May Come ( 1998 ) . She was nominated for a 2001 Emmy Award for playing Gloria Trillo in The Sopranos ( 2001 -- 04 ) .",
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"text": "Joyce Ching Joyce Giselle Palad Ching ( born January 5 , 1995 ) , better known as Joyce Ching , is a Chinese-Filipino actress and commercial model .",
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"text": "Doran Clark Doran Clark ( born August 8 , 1954 ) is an American actress .",
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"text": "Claudia Wells Claudia Grace Wells ( born July 5 , 1966 ) is an American actress .",
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"text": "Maggie Han Maggie Han ( born 1959 ) is an American actress . Her career began with modeling jobs in the United States and France , and progressed to acting in film and television productions . She is best known for playing Yoshiko Kawashima in The Last Emperor and Cheryl the lawyer in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld .",
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"text": "Pam Potillo Pamela `` Pam '' Potillo ( born April 30 , 1974 in Trenton , New Jersey ) is an American actress .",
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"text": "Money Lo Money Lo Man Yee ( 盧敏儀 , born 18 November 1960 ) is a Hong Kong actress .",
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"text": "Kali Rocha Kali Michele Rocha ( born December 5 , 1971 ) is an American actress . She is known for portraying Karen Rooney , the mother of four Rooney children and school 's vice principal , in the Disney Channel sitcom , Liv and Maddie . She has also co-written four episodes of the show .",
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"text": "Etsuko Shihomi , now known by her married name , ( born October 29 , 1955 in Okayama City , Japan as ) is a Japanese actress who appeared in several Japanese martial arts films of the 1970s and 1980s .",
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In 2016, A Monster Calls was released.
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"text": "A Monster Calls (film) A Monster Calls is a 2016 dark fantasy drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Patrick Ness , based on his novel of the same name . The film stars Sigourney Weaver , Felicity Jones , Toby Kebbell , Lewis MacDougall , and Liam Neeson , and tells the story of Conor ( MacDougal ) , a child whose mother ( Jones ) is terminally ill ; one night , he is visited by a giant tree-like monster ( Neeson ) , who states that he will come back and tell him three stories . A Monster Calls premiered on September 10 , 2016 , at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival . It was then released in Spain on October 7 , 2016 , and in the United Kingdom on January 1 , 2017 . In the United States , the film began a limited release in on December 23 , 2016 , followed by a wide release on January 6 , 2017 . It received positive reviews , being praised for its themes , directing , performances and visual effects . The film has grossed $ 45.6 million worldwide .",
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"text": "The Neon Demon The Neon Demon is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn , co-written by Mary Laws , Polly Stenham , and Refn , and starring Elle Fanning . The plot follows an aspiring model in Los Angeles whose beauty and youth generate intense fascination and jealousy within the industry . Supporting roles are played by Karl Glusman , Jena Malone , Bella Heathcote , Abbey Lee , Desmond Harrington , Christina Hendricks , and Keanu Reeves . An international co-production between France , Denmark , and the United States , the film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival , the third consecutive film directed by Refn to do so , following Drive ( 2011 ) and Only God Forgives ( 2013 ) . In the United States , the film was released theatrically on 24 June 2016 by Amazon Studios and Broad Green Pictures . It opened to polarized reviews and was a box office failure , grossing a little over $ 3 million from a $ 7 million budget .",
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"text": "Creature Features Creature Features was a generic title for a genre of horror TV format shows broadcast on local U.S. television stations throughout the 1960s , 1970s and 1980s . The movies broadcast on the various shows were generally classic and cult horror movies of the 1930s to 1950s , the horror and science-fiction films of the 1950s , British horror films of the 1960s , and the Japanese `` giant monster '' movies of the 1960s and 1970s .",
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"text": "Metallica: This Monster Lives Metallica : This Monster Lives is a book written by Joe Berlinger and Greg Milner about how Berlinger filmed the feature-length movie Some Kind of Monster with the legendary heavy metal band Metallica . The book follows the emotional roller-coaster both he and his film partner Bruce Sinofsky and the band Metallica went through during the creation film . The book takes in the time from Berlinger and Sinofsky 's first meeting with Metallica in 1999 to the 2003 Summer Sanitarium Tour . Berlinger and Sinofsky 's relationship was at an all time low , exacerbated by Berlinger 's decision to direct the disastrous sequel to the Blair Witch . At the start of filming the relationship between the band members , especially between vocalist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich , is in a similarly perilous position after bassist Jason Newsted quit the band and long standing grudges between the remaining members threaten to escalate past the point of no return . It also follows the creative side of the film , after amassing over 1,600 hours of footage for what was originally supposed to be a short promo for the band 's new album the film 's editing team had to rapidly change plans as the footage changed from the promo to a TV series and eventually to a feature film . The book 's title is reference to a line in the band 's song `` Some Kind of Monster '' which the film was named after . Category : Books about film Category : Show business memoirs Category : Metallica",
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"text": "Disasterpiece Theatre Disasterpiece Theatre was a comedy television program that aired in the early 1980s on XETV , a station in Tijuana , Mexico owned by Mexican media company Grupo Televisa which broadcasts in English across the border to neighboring San Diego , California . The show 's title is both a play on the long-running PBS anthology program Masterpiece Theatre and a reference to the low-budget , campy science fiction and horror films that were lampooned each week . At the time of Disasterpiece Theatre '' 's run , XETV was an independent station ; today it serves as the San Diego affiliate of The CW network . The premise of the show was simple : show the worst movies ever made and make fun of them . Among the films shown were Shriek of the Mutilated , Monster on Campus , The Thing That Could n't Die , The Mummy 's Hand , Born to Speed , Big Boy Rides Again , First Spaceship on Venus and Curse of the Undead . Comments would be written as subtitles during the movie ; for example , in Track of the Moonbeast a character says , `` I 'm somewhat of an ... ( laughs ) an adventurer , '' and the word `` IDIOT '' appeared on screen during the pause in the middle of the sentence . Sometimes music would be added and , in some cases , redubbing by the writers would occur . On a showing of First Spaceship on Venus , the soundtrack was replaced by the writers ' voices arguing about which television show they are going to watch , similar to the overdubbing idea in What 's Up , Tiger Lily?Jay Curtis hosted the show as Sal U. Lloyd , a play on the word celluloid . Bruce Mueller played `` The Other Guy '' and would often dress up as The Mummy , A Lion Tamer , and the Network Producer . Curtis and Mueller wrote and produced the show . Fred Stern was a constant contributor and served as the show 's musical director . Stern chose popular music that was added to scenes for comic punctuation . As an example , during the film Beginning of the End , giant grasshoppers are attacking Chicago , scientists decide to use the grasshopper mating call to lure the creatures into Lake Michigan but instead of the mating call coming from a boat loudspeaker , the audience hears At the Hop by Danny and the Juniors and the monsters hop in and drown . San Diego radio announcer Gary Cocker appeared on the show many times . Guests included Whoopi Goldberg , Richard Simmons , and J. Michael Straczynski . The show was done so cheaply , the producers would tape over the same reels , thus erasing the previous episode . In the show , Curtis and Mueller 's microphone cords are easily visible , but it is the poor production quality that makes the show more humorous . Sal U. Lloyd was portrayed as a big loser who hates his job . In one episode , he explains his position : `` I 'm sick of television ... I wan na be a rock and roll star . I wan na make some money . '' He is often seen receiving some kind of brain damage after showing a movie . Several times , Lloyd has a run-in with the network producer , George Mucas ( obviously a parody of George Lucas ) , who hates the show . In reality , Curtis had a strong rivalry with the actual network producer of XETV , who eventually cancelled the show . The show became quite successful , generating a loyal following and beating Saturday Night Live in the ratings several times . However , the show was eventually cancelled due to creative control with the station . Although the show is not widely acclaimed , it is mentionable for inspiring a generation of cult television shows that used the same premise , such as Mystery Science Theater 3000 . In 1991 , the Beetlejuice episode `` Moby Richard '' had Lydia staging a television dramatization of `` Moby Dick '' for the Neitherworld program `` Disasterpiece Theatre . '' In 1993 , Animaniacs had an episode of the same title . In 2009 , the creators of Disasterpiece Theatre '' created a YouTube Page posting archival footage of the show .",
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"text": "Pandora (2016 film) Pandora is a 2016 South Korean disaster film written and directed by Park Jung-woo , starring Kim Nam-Gil . The film was released in South Korea on December 7 , 2016 .",
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"text": "4th Platino Awards The 4th Platino Awards will be presented at Caja Mágica in Madrid , Spain on July 22 , 2017 to honour the best in Ibero-American films of 2016 . A Monster Calls received the most nominations with seven .",
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"text": "Abattoir (film) Abattoir is a 2016 American horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Christopher Monfette . It premiered on June 7 , 2016 at the Los Angeles Film Festival .",
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"text": "Monster movie (disambiguation) Monster Movie may refer to : Monster movie , a film genre that centers on the struggle of human beings against one or more monsters Monster Movie ( band ) , a dream pop band Monster Movie ( album ) , album by Can Monster Movie ( film ) , a 2008 horror comedy film `` Monster Movie '' ( Supernatural ) , an episode of the television series Supernatural",
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"text": "Phantom Detective Phantom Detective ( ; lit . Detective Hong Gil-Dong : Disappeared Village ) is a 2016 South Korean film noir comedy action film directed and written by Jo Sung-hee . Its central protagonist is a modern iteration of the classic Korean folk hero Hong Gildong . It was released in South Korea on May 4 , 2016 . It was released in U.S. and Canada on 20 May 2016 .",
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"text": "Gamera Gamera is a fictional giant monster or kaiju originating from a series of Japanese tokusatsu films of the same name . He first appeared in Daiei Film 's 1965 film Gamera : The Giant Monster , which was initially produced to rival the success of Toho 's Godzilla ; however , Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own right . The character has appeared in other media such as comic books and video games . In the United States , Gamera attained prominence during the 1970s due to the burgeoning popularity of UHF television stations featuring Saturday afternoon matinee showcases like Creature Double Feature and later in the 1990s when five Gamera films were featured on the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 .",
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"text": "Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House Mostly Ghostly : One Night in Doom House is a 2016 horror comedy fantasy film directed by Ron Oliver and the sequel to Mostly Ghostly : Have You Met My Ghoulfriend ? ( 2014 ) . The film is based on the third book of the same name by R. L. Stine and the third installment of the Mostly Ghostly film series . The film was released on DVD on September 6 , 2016 .",
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"text": "Monsters and Mysteries in America Monsters and Mysteries in America is an American documentary television series that premiered March 24 , 2013 , on Destination America . Repeats air on the network 's sister-station , the Discovery Channel . It also sometimes airs on Animal Planet , particularly during one of their `` Monster weeks '' . In the United Kingdom , the series airs on the Sky-owned television channel Pick as Monsters and Mysteries .",
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"text": "List of Scream episodes Scream is an American slasher horror television series developed by Jill Blotevogel , Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie for MTV and is based on the slasher film series of the same name created by Kevin Williamson . The series premiered of June 30 , 2015 , following the airing of the second episode of the fifth season of Teen Wolf , to mixed reviews from critics , though it has slowly earned a strong fan base throughout its run . As of October 18 , 2016 , 24 episodes of Scream have aired , concluding the second season . Following the airing of the second season finale , it was announced that a two-hour Halloween special would air on October 18 , 2016 . On October 14 , 2016 , MTV renewed the series for a third season to consist of 6 episodes , which will premiere in 2017 .",
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"text": "2016 in film 2016 in film is an overview of events , including the highest-grossing films , award ceremonies , festivals , and a list of films released and deaths .",
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"text": "Monster (Exo song) `` Monster '' is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Exo for their third studio album Ex ` Act . It was released in Korean and Chinese versions by S.M. Entertainment on June 9 , 2016 as the second single for the album .",
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"text": "Manhattan Night Manhattan Night is a 2016 American crime film written and directed by Brian DeCubellis . It is based on the 1996 novel Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison . The film stars Adrien Brody , Yvonne Strahovski , Jennifer Beals , Campbell Scott , Linda Lavin and Steven Berkoff . The film was released on May 20 , 2016 , by Lionsgate Premiere .",
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"text": "Deadman Apocalypse Deadman Apocalypse is a 2016 science fiction film .",
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"text": "Monster Cable Monster Inc. is an American company that manufactures and markets 6,000 different products , but is best known for audio and video cables . It also produces speakers , headphones , power strips , mobile accessories and audio devices for automobiles . The company was founded by an audiophile and engineer , Noel Lee , in 1979 by experimenting with different ways to build audio cables . It grew by doing demonstrations to convince the industry that audio cables made a difference in audio quality and by establishing relationships with retailers that were attracted to the cable 's profit margins . Over the years it created new divisions like Monster Music , Monster Game , Monster Mobile , Monster Photo and Monster Power . In the 2000s , Monster had legal trademark disputes regarding other companies or products that have `` Monster '' in their name , such as Monster.com and the film Monsters , Inc. . Monster said it needed to defend its premium brand , while critics said it was pursuing litigation against companies that do not have confusingly similar products . It began manufacturing headphones in a partnership with Dr. Dre in 2008 , which ended in 2012 , and it created other celebrity branded or Monster-branded headphone products . Several tests done by audiophile publications , news reporters and academics have conflicting viewpoints on whether more expensive audio or video cables like those from Monster make a difference in audio or video quality when compared to generic cables . Instead of advertising , Monster offers incentives to retailers and their salespeople to sell the cables . Retailers bundle high profit-margin cables with larger purchases that have smaller margins in order to improve profitability .",
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"text": "Jay Wade Edwards Jay Wade Edwards ( born September 12 , 1968 ) is an American film director and editor . Edwards ' filmmaking career began when he wrote , directed , and edited three short science fiction films -- Mountain of Terror Day of Dread ( 1998 ) , Project : Tiki Puka Puka ( 1999 ) , and Esta Noche We Ride ! ( 2001 ) -- known collectively as The Monster Trilogy . The Monster Trilogy has been shown at film festivals in Liverpool , England ; Ontario , Canada ; and Austin , Texas . Edwards has overseen promotion for the film , which has received positive reviews . Edwards co-produced and edited Y’ all Come ! The Hell Hole Swamp Festival , a 2002 documentary profiling Jamestown , South Carolina , home of the annual Hell Hole Swamp Festival . The film has screened in ten film festivals , including The Rural Route Film Festival in New York City , The Maryland Film Festival , and Detroit Docs , receiving two Best-of awards . The beach-party rock - 'n' - roll monster movie Stomp ! Shout ! Scream ! , Edwards 's first feature film as writer/director , premiered at the Austin Film Festival in October 2005 to more good reviews . The film has gone on to screen at more than twenty film festivals . Awards include Best Feature Film at the Toofy Film Festival and The Magnolia Independent Film Festival , and nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Set Design at the B-movie Film Festival . A professional television and film editor since 1991 , Edwards is the senior editor and producer of the animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force for Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim and the feature Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters . Edwards 's television credits also include documentaries for CNN and TBS , Cartoon Network 's Space Ghost Coast to Coast , and numerous promotional campaigns .",
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"text": "A Violent Prosecutor A Violent Prosecutor is a 2016 South Korean crime film directed by Lee Il-hyung , produced by Guk Su Ran and starring Hwang Jung-min , Kang Dong-won , Lee Sung-min and Park Sung-woong . It was released in South Korea on February 3 , 2016 by Showbox .",
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WeChat is a social media app including chat and payment services.
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"text": "WeChat WeChat is a Chinese social media ( instant messaging , commerce and payment services ) application developed by Tencent . It was first released in 2011 and by 2017 it was one of the largest standalone messaging apps by monthly active users , with over 938 million active users . However , as of 2017 , WeChat has not been successful in penetrating international markets outside of China .",
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"text": "Instant messaging Instant messaging ( IM ) is a type of online chat that offers real-time text transmission over the Internet . A LAN messenger operates in a similar way over a local area network . Short messages are typically transmitted bi-directionally between two parties , when each user chooses to complete a thought and select `` send '' . Some IM applications can use push technology to provide real-time text , which transmits messages character by character , as they are composed . More advanced instant messaging can add file transfer , clickable hyperlinks , Voice over IP , or video chat . Non-IM types of chat include multicast transmission , usually referred to as `` chat rooms '' , where participants might be anonymous or might be previously known to each other ( for example collaborators on a project that is using chat to facilitate communication ) . Instant messaging systems tend to facilitate connections between specified known users ( often using a contact list also known as a `` buddy list '' or `` friend list '' ) . Depending on the IM protocol , the technical architecture can be peer-to-peer ( direct point-to-point transmission ) or client-server ( an Instant message service center retransmits messages from the sender to the communication device ) .",
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"text": "New Payments Platform The New Payments Platform ( NPP ) is an industry-wide payments platform for Australia currently in development . It was announced in July 2013 by APCA . The new platform for real-time low value payments was in response to the Reserve Bank of Australia 's Payment System Board 's Conclusions to the Strategic Review of the Innovation in Payments System publication . The New Payments Platform is new national infrastructure for fast , flexible , data rich payments in Australia . In December 2014 , the Program proceeded to the third phase , `` design , build and test '' . In 2015 a contract was signed with SWIFT to design , build and operate the platform . The NPP is expected to be operational in second half 2017 .",
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"text": "Evernote Evernote is a cross-platform , freemium app designed for note taking , organizing , and archiving . It is developed by the Evernote Corporation , a private company headquartered in Redwood City , California . The app allows users to create a `` note '' which can be a piece of formatted text , a full webpage or webpage excerpt , a photograph , a voice memo , or a handwritten `` ink '' note . Notes can also have file attachments . Notebooks can be added to a stack while notes can be sorted into a notebook , tagged , annotated , edited , given comments , searched , and exported as part of a notebook . Evernote supports the majority of popular operating system platforms ( including macOS , iOS , Chrome OS , Android , Microsoft Windows , Windows Phone , BlackBerry 10 , and webOS ) and also offers online synchronization and backup services . Evernote is available in a paid version or a more restricted free version . Use of the online service is free up to a certain monthly usage limit , with additional monthly use reserved for Plus subscribers , and unlimited monthly use for Premium customers .",
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"text": "Mobile backend as a service Mobile backend as a service ( MBaaS ) , also known as `` backend as a service '' ( BaaS ) , is a model for providing web app and mobile app developers with a way to link their applications to backend cloud storage and APIs exposed by back end applications while also providing features such as user management , push notifications , and integration with social networking services . These services are provided via the use of custom software development kits ( SDKs ) and application programming interfaces ( APIs ) . BaaS is a relatively recent development in cloud computing , with most BaaS startups dating from 2011 or later . Although a fairly nascent industry , trends indicate that these services are gaining mainstream traction with enterprise consumers .",
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"text": "WeeWorld WeeWorld is a game and messaging content company based in Glasgow , Scotland , with offices in London and Boston , USA . The company is the creator of WeeWorld.com , a social network targeted towards teens and tweens . The company is also well known for its brand of instant messaging and chat-based avatars , WeeMees . Which the company has released on a variety of digital platforms and services . Approximately 182 million WeeMees have been created worldwide . WeeWorld is currently funded by Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital .",
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"text": "Clover (mobile app) Clover is a mobile dating app which connects with a user 's Facebook account , or their email address , to create a new Clover profile . It is available for download for the iPhone , iPad , iPod Touch , as well as , Android devices . Users can choose to turn their GPS location on or off and browse other users ' profiles anonymously . Users can interact with each other by liking each other , sending text and multimedia chat messages , sending gifts , requesting dates using the `` On Demand Dating '' feature , or setup chat groups or group events using the `` Mixers '' feature . Users can also dislike other users which will remove them from future search results . Finally , users can exclude other users from contacting them based on their age , gender , or location in their privacy settings .",
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"text": "Conversations (software) Conversations is a free instant messaging client for Android . It supports the exchange of encrypted text and picture messages . It is largely based on accepted open standards like the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ( XMPP ) , Transport Layer Security ( TLS ) , and Off-the-Record Messaging . Development is focused on secure communication and implementation of XMPP extensions that are important for mobile usage . Specialist publications praised the decentralized and open transmission network and simple , intuitive usage with a workflow that is familiar from other applications . It is regarded as a serious attempt to improve the usability of XMPP-based messaging to a competitive level . The source code of the software is managed on GitHub and governed by the terms of version 3 of the GNU General Public License ( GPL ) . The software can be installed either free of charge ( or rather donation-based ) from F-Droid or against a fee from the Google Play store . Google counted over 10,000 paid installations as of 2016 .",
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"text": "NewsWhip NewsWhip is a technology company which tracks and predicts the spread of stories on social networks . As of July 2014 , the company 's technology tracked the spread of stories on Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn and Pinterest , including content published in 12 languages : English , French , German , Portuguese , Spanish , Flemish , Estonian , Finnish , Swedish , and Italian . The company provides content discovery and monitoring services to news companies , blogs , PR firms , marketers and other media producers .",
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"text": "Followap Followap was the leading provider and pioneer of mobile Messenger - Instant Messaging and Presence solutions to the mobile industry . It was founded in 1999 and managed by Dotan Volach and Ben Volach when mobile Internet was just born . By the time it was acquired , it had over 20 mobile operators many of them tier-ones , serving a combined user base of over 200 million subscribers . The company headquarters were in London , UK . Followap 's products enabled operators to establish advanced , interoperable mobile Messenger and presence-enhanced services , which were key for next-generation networks . Followap held numerous patents and was actively contributing to industry standardization efforts in forums including OMA , XMPP , IETF , 3GPP and the GSM Association . Followap cooperated with device manufacturers including Samsung , Nokia and LG . Followap has launched the first commercial mobile Messenger service in the year 2000 in partnership with Eircell , Ireland 's largest mobile network . Other key customers of Followap included the Vodafone Group , Hutchison 3G Group , BT Group , Turkcell , Telecom Italia , Wind and Vimpelcom . The mobile Messenger which Followap pioneered evolved into extremely popular services following the introduction of the iPhone and App stores for wide-market distribution . These include Whatsapp , Line , QQ , WeChat and KakaoTalk . The company was acquired by NeuStar for approx . $ 140M in cash , in November 2006 . Investors included Sequoia Capital and Carmel Ventures .",
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"text": "Social network automation Social Network Automation refers to tools that are used to semi/automate the process of posting content to social networking and social bookmarking websites . Tools can range from mostly manual and free to semi-automated tools which are either commercial standalone software or paid subscriptions .",
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"text": "Moneythink Moneythink is an American educational non-profit organization that aims to increase the financial capability of American youth by training college volunteers to serve as financial mentors for low-income high school students . The organization is self-described as `` the only movement of young people working to restore the economic health of America through financial education . '' Moneythink 's curriculum involves the use of a mobile app to help students demonstrate their financial skills . In 2014 , Moneythink began licensing this technology to other partners as a means of providing more students with financial empowerment tools . Over the course of the year-long Financial Capability Curriculum , mentors teach weekly classes covering a wide range of basic financial practices and business strategies . The program also offers pre-professional activities for students to engage in , including business pitching competitions , job shadows , and visits to professional workplaces .",
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"text": "Uber (company) Infobox company | name = Uber Technologies Inc. . | logo = Uber logo.svg | type = Privately held company | founders = | hq_location = San Francisco , California | area_served = Worldwide , 570 cities | key_people = Uber Technologies Inc. is a transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco , California , United States , operating in 570 cities worldwide . It develops , markets and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery mobile apps . Uber drivers use their own cars , although drivers can rent a car to drive with Uber . The name `` Uber '' is a reference to the common ( and somewhat slangy ) word `` uber '' , meaning `` topmost '' or `` super '' , and having its origins in the German word über , meaning `` above '' . Uber has been a pioneer in the sharing economy and the changes in industries as a result of the sharing economy have been referred to as `` Uberification '' or `` Uberisation '' . Uber has also been the subject of protests and legal actions .",
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"text": "Facebook like button The Facebook like button is a feature on the social networking website Facebook . It was first enabled on February 9 , 2009 . The like button enables users to easily interact with status updates , comments , photos , links shared by friends , and advertisements . Once clicked by a user , the designated content appears in the News Feeds of that user 's friends , and the button also displays the number of other users who have liked the content , including a full or partial list of those users . The like button was extended to comments in June 2010 . After extensive testing and years of questions from the public about whether it had an intention to incorporate a `` Dislike '' button , Facebook officially rolled out `` Reactions '' to users worldwide on February 24 , 2016 , letting users long-press on the like button for an option to use one of five pre-defined emotions , including `` Love '' , `` Haha '' , `` Wow '' , `` Sad '' , or `` Angry '' . Reactions were also extended to comments in May 2017 . The like button is one of Facebook 's social plug-ins , in which the button can be placed on third-party websites . Its use centers around a form of an advertising network , in which it gathers information about which users visit what websites . This form of functionality , a sort of web beacon , has been significantly criticized for privacy . Privacy activist organizations have urged Facebook to stop its data collection through the plug-in , and governments have launched investigations into the activity for possible privacy law violations . Facebook has stated that it anonymizes the information after three months , and that the data collected is not shared or sold to third parties . Additionally , the like button 's potential use as a measurement of popularity has caused some companies to sell likes through fake Facebook accounts , which in turn have sparked complaints from some companies advertising on Facebook that have received an abundance of fake likes that have distorted proper user metrics . Facebook states in its Terms of Service agreement that users may only create one personal page , and it has ongoing efforts against the spread of fake accounts . In the United States , pressing the `` like '' button on a page is protected as freedom of speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution .",
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"text": "Snap Inc. Snap Inc. is an American technology and social media company , founded on September 16 , 2011 by Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy and based in Venice , Los Angeles . It has three products : Snapchat , Spectacles , and Bitmoji . The company was originally named Snapchat Inc. upon its inception , but it was rebranded on September 24 , 2016 as Snap Inc. in order to include the Spectacles product under a single company .",
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"text": "Moments (social networking) Moments ( Chinese : 朋友圈 pinyin : péngyǒu quān ) is a function of the smartphone app WeChat , which is launched on 19 April 2012 in the WeChat version 4.0 . It serves new social-networking functions for Wechat users . The Chinese translation of Moment is known as `` Friends ' circle '' , which means users can share and get access to accepted WeChat friends ' information , creating an intimate and private communicating circle within the users ' choice of close friends . Moments mainly focuses on sharing pictures with captions , while sharing statuses and sharing websites are also permitted .",
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"text": "MChat! MChat ! ( -LSB- ˈɛmtʃæt -RSB- ) is a Swedish software application that allows users to make voice and calls over the Internet . Calls to other users within the MChat ! service are free , while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a nominal fee using a debit-based user account system . MChat ! has also become popular for their additional features which include instant messaging . MChat ! was developed by Estonian developers Marck Alan , Johan Smithe , who had also developed applications . The MChat ! Group , founded by eazysoft-w entrepreneur Adam Brayen has its headquarters in USA , with offices in California . One of the initial names for the project was `` MChat ! peer-to-peer '' , which was then abbreviated to `` MChat ! '' . However , some of the sub-domain names associated with `` MChat ! '' were already taken . MChat ! was posed as an open source using an ocx of chat video but now is not open source , however , everyone using it must have a permission for it .",
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"text": "WEX Inc. WEX Inc. is a provider of payment processing and information management services to the United States commercial and government vehicle fleet industry . The Company provides services in the United States , Canada , New Zealand , and Australia .",
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"text": "Alternative financial service An alternative financial service ( AFS ) is a financial service provided outside traditional banking institutions , on which many low-income individuals depend . In developing countries , these services often take the form of microfinance . In developed countries , the services may be similar to those provided by banks and include payday loans , rent-to-own agreements , pawnshops , refund anticipation loans , some subprime mortgage loans and car title loans , and non-bank check cashing , money orders , and money transfers . It also includes traditional moneylending by door-to-door collection . In New York City , these are called check-cashing stores , and they are legally exempted from the 25 percent criminal usury cap . Alternative financial services are typically provided by non-bank financial institutions , although person-to-person lending and crowd funding also play a role . These alternative financial service providers are estimated to process about 280 million transactions per year , representing roughly $ 78 billion in revenue . Customers include the unbanked . Alternative financial services in the United States , for example via payday loans , are more extensive than in some other countries , because the major banks in the U.S. are less willing to lend to people with marginal credit ratings than their counterparts in many other countries . In the United Kingdom , alternative financial services include payday loans and money lending , the latter termed `` home collected credit '' or `` home credit '' . Organizations such as Debt on our Doorstep campaign for improved regulation .",
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"text": "Tweet Tweet may refer to : Tweet ( bird call ) , a type of bird vocalization `` Tweet '' , a message sent using Twitter",
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"text": "SMS.ac, Inc. Founded in 2001 , SMS.ac Inc. is a mobile data and Internet communications company based in San Diego , California . With a worldwide connectivity to more than 400 mobile operators , the company offers a platform MMSbox for interpole exchange of MMS and SMS and claims to turn its mobile payment platform into a software solution for its content providers . The company ( and its spinoff subsidiary FanBox , now rebranded as empowr ) has claimed to serve over 14 billion mobile text messages in 2003 , and 25 billion in 2004 where they were widely criticized for charging unrequested SMS services from consumers and for failing to respond to the complaints of users and for FanBox 's e-mail activities . The company provides distribution and billing to people buying and selling digital content ( video , music , and applications ) through ( SMS ) mobile services and web-based applications . SMS.ac 's website integrates its mobile billing technology with various social networking services like photos , videos , music , and comments . SMS.ac claims over 50 million registered users in more than 180 countries . The SMS.ac website domain name uses the . ac top-level domain for Ascension Island .",
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"text": "COBRA (consumer theory) COBRA ( consumer 's online brand related activities ) is a theoretical framework related to understanding consumer 's behavioural engagement with brands on social media . COBRA in literature is defined as `` set of brand-related online activities on the part of the consumer that vary in the degree to which the consumer interacts with social media and engages in the consumption , contribution , and creation of media content . '' ( Schivinski , Christodoulides , & Dabrowski , 2016 , p. 66 ) Conceptually , the COBRAs concept draws from the work of Shao ( 2009 ) . The author explored boundaries , in which consumers engage with user-generated media . Shao ( 2009 ) suggested that people engage with such media in three ways : by consuming , by participating , and by producing brand-related media . The concept was further investigated in a qualitative research conducted by Muntinga , Moorman , and Smit in 2011 . In their study , the researchers had analyzed data from 20 consumers and suggested three dimensions of analysis : consumption , contribution , and creation . To validate the COBRAs framework , Schivinski , Christodoulides , and Dabrowski ( 2016 ) developed a survey instrument to measure the consumer 's engagement with brand-related social-media content , based on three dimensions ( i.e. , consumption , contribution , and creation ) established by Muntinga , Moorman , and Smit ( 2011 ) . Examples of the application of COBRAs follows : Consumption : when consumers see a picture or watch a YouTube video displaying a specific brand e.g. , Harley Davidson or Coca-Cola . Doing so , consumers are consuming brand-related media ; Contribution : when consumers engage with online brand-related media by commenting on a post or `` Liking '' a piece of content , they are moving from the stage of `` observer '' to a `` media contributor '' ; Creation : when consumers decide to upload a picture of a brand or product on Facebook , they are creating brand-related content .",
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Hawaii is one of the most densely populated states.
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"text": "Hawaii Hawaii ( -LSB- langpronaudio = en-us-Hawaii . ogghəˈwaɪ.i , _ - ji , _ - ʔi -RSB- ; Hawai -LSB- - hawhəˈvɐjʔi -RSB- ) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States of America , having received statehood on August 21 , 1959 . Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one composed entirely of islands . It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia , occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean . Hawaii is the only U.S. state not located in the Americas . The state encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago , which comprises hundreds of islands spread over 1500 mi . At the southeastern end of the archipelago , the eight main islands are -- in order from northwest to southeast : Niihau , Kauai , Oahu , Molokai , Lānai , Kahoolawe , Maui , and the Island of Hawaii . The last is the largest island in the group ; it is often called the `` Big Island '' or `` Hawaii Island '' to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago . The archipelago is physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania . Hawaii 's diverse natural scenery , warm tropical climate , abundance of public beaches , oceanic surroundings , and active volcanoes make it a popular destination for tourists , surfers , biologists , and volcanologists . Because of its central location in the Pacific and 19th-century labor migration , Hawaii 's culture is strongly influenced by North American and Asian cultures , in addition to its indigenous Hawaiian culture . Hawaii has over a million permanent residents , along with many visitors and U.S. military personnel . Its capital is Honolulu on the island of Oahu . Hawaii is the 8th-smallest and the 11th-least populous , but the 13th-most densely populated of the fifty U.S. states . It is the only state with an Asian plurality . The state 's coastline is about 750 mi long , the fourth longest in the U.S. after the coastlines of Alaska , Florida , and California .",
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"text": "Haiku Valley Haikū Valley is an amphitheater-shaped valley on the windward side of the Koolau Range behind Kāneohe , Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands . The valley was the site of a United States Navy radio transmitting station ( later taken over by the Coast Guard as an OMEGA Navigation System station ) and is part of the route of Hawaii 's Interstate H-3 . The valley is most noteworthy today for the recently refurbished Haikū Stairs ( also known as `` Stairway to Heaven '' ) , a foot trail of 3,922 metal stairs that ascends to Puu Keahiakahoe , a 2800 ft peak above the east valley wall . The stairs were originally constructed as a means of reaching the radio antenna attachment points high on the surrounding ridgeline . The trail starts at an elevation of 480 ft and covers an approximate horizontal distance of 4500 ft for an average slope of about 30 degrees ( however , some sections are nearly vertical ) . The Haikū Stairs are currently closed to the public , although people still trespass to experience the nearly two-hour climb . The facility initially was built following the attack on Pearl Harbor as a means of communicating with U.S. Navy ships as far away as Tokyo Bay . The facility had a massive antenna system consisting of five massive cable antennas draped from atop one mountain ridge , and across the mountain valley to the top of the other ridge . The ridges formed a horseshoe shape around the valley . The natural height of the mountain ridges made for an excellent means of having an elevated antenna system . The construction and use of the facility was initially a classified military secret . The walls of the main building were over 5 ft thick and made of concrete . The building was designed to withstand a 500 lb . bomb being dropped on the top of the building , allowing people inside to survive .",
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"text": "Maunawili, Hawaii Maunawili is a residential census-designated place ( CDP ) in the City & County of Honolulu , Koolaupoko District , Island of Oahu , Hawaii , United States . As of the 2010 Census , the CDP had a population of 2,040 . Situated mauka ( inland or mountain side ) of Kalanianaole Highway between Castle Junction and Castle Hospital , Maunawili is nearly all private homes , schools , and a few churches ; horse stables complete the rural setting . There are no commercial establishments . However , residents are only minutes ( by car or bus ) from Kailua . Maunawili Valley extends behind the prominent windward peak known as Olomana . The residential developments extend only part way back into the valley , which is quite large and fairly wet , supporting limited agriculture ( mostly banana growing ) behind the housing . Water from the numerous streams is diverted by a ditch to much drier Waimānalo to support agricultural activities there . A golf course and agricultural research station ( HSPA ) are located in the valley . An attraction of increasing popularity is the Maunawili Demonstration Trail , a state-maintained trail that traverses the breadth of upper Maunawili Valley from the Pali Highway ( access at the `` Horseshoe Curve '' ) to Waimānalo . A connecting side trail ( Maunawili Falls Trail ) is accessible from the neighborhood in upper Maunawili . The U.S. postal code for Maunawili is the same as for Kailua : 96734 .",
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"text": "Kaneohe, Hawaii Kāneohe is a census-designated place ( CDP ) included in the City and County of Honolulu and located in Hawaii state District of Koolaupoko on the island of Oahu . In the Hawaiian language , kāne ohe means `` bamboo man '' . According to an ancient Hawaiian story a local woman compared her husband 's cruelty to the sharp edge of cutting bamboo ; thus the place was named Kāneohe or `` Bamboo man '' . The population was 34,597 at the 2010 census . Kāneohe is the largest of several communities along Kāneohe Bay and one of the two largest residential communities on the windward side of Oahu ( the other is Kailua ) . The commercial center of the town is spread mostly along Kamehameha Highway . From ancient times , Kāneohe was important as an agricultural area , owing to an abundance of rainfall . Today , Kāneohe is mostly a residential community , with very little agriculture in evidence . The only commercial crop of any consequence in the area is banana . Features of note are Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden and the new Hawaii National Veterans Cemetery . Access to Kāneohe Bay is mainly from the public pier and boat ramp located at nearby Heeia Kea . Access to Coconut Island ( restricted ) is from the state pier off Lilipuna Road . Marine Corps Base Hawaii lies across the south end of Kāneohe Bay from the central part of Kāneohe , although the town stretches along Kāneohe Bay Drive to the base perimeter . The ZIP code for Kaneohe is 96744 . There are three golf courses in Kāneohe : Pali Golf Course ( public ) , Koolau Golf Club ( privately owned but open to the public ) , and Bayview Golf Park ( privately owned but open to the public ) .",
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"text": "2012 Hawaii hailstorm On the morning of March 9 , 2012 , a particularly devastating and long-lived hailstorm hit the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Lanai , during a severe supercell thunderstorm . This event produced the largest hailstone ever recorded in Hawaii since records began in 1950 . The hailstone was measured at 4.5 inches long , 2.25 inches tall , and 2 inches wide . National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Birchard stated that the event was `` unprecedented . '' In addition to spectacular early-morning lightning storms and flooding from the four feet ( 3.3 meters ) of rainfall received , a tornadic waterspout formed off the coast of Oahu during the morning of March 9 , 2012 . Non-supercullar waterspouts are not uncommon ( the State of Hawaii records an average of one waterspout/tornado per year ) , this mesocyclone-induced waterspout tracked inland for 1.5 miles , becoming an EF0 tornado that caused minor damage to the Enchanted Lakes subdivision of Kailua at 7:10 am Hawaiian-Aleutian Time .",
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"text": "List of airports in Hawaii This is a list of airports in Hawaii ( a U.S. state ) , grouped by type and sorted by location . It contains all public-use and military airports in the state . Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable , such as airports that were previously public-use , those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code .",
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"text": "LGBT history in Hawaii In Hawaii , the LGBT laws have been evolving for the past hundred years . In the pre-19th century , the influence of Polynesian culture led to a more open-minded state . After the first Christian missionaries began arriving in Hawaii , strict sodomy laws were enacted . Territory v. Bell ( 1958 ) was the last sodomy case argued in Hawaii . After the turn of the 20th century , LGBT issues began being taken to and decided by the Supreme Court . In 2013 , Hawaii voted in favor of gay marriage , and marriage licenses began to be issued to LGBT couples .",
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"text": "Geography of Fiji -RSB- Fiji is a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific , lying about 4,450 km ( 2,775 mi ) southwest of Honolulu and 1,770 km ( 1,100 mi ) north of New Zealand . Of the 332 islands and 522 smaller islets making up the archipelago , about 106 are permanently inhabited . Viti Levu , the largest island , covers about 57 % of the nation 's land area , hosts the two official cities ( the capital Suva , and Lautoka ) and most other major towns , such as Nausori , Vaileka , Ba , Tavua , Kororvou , Nasinu , and Nadi ( the site of the international airport ) , and contains some 69 % of the population . Vanua Levu , 64 km to the north of Viti Levu , covers just over 30 % of the land area though is home to only some 15 % of the population . Its main towns are Labasa and Savusavu . In the northeast it features Natewa Bay , carving out the Loa peninsula . Both islands are mountainous , with peaks up to 1300 m rising abruptly from the shore , and covered with tropical forests . Heavy rains ( up to 304 cm or 120 inches annually ) fall on the windward ( southeastern ) side , covering these sections of the islands with dense tropical forest . Lowlands on the western portions of each of the main islands are sheltered by the mountains and have a well-marked dry season favorable to crops such as sugarcane . Other islands and island groups , which cover just 12.5 % of the land area and house some 16 % of the population , include Taveuni southeast off Vanua Levu and Kadavu Island , south off Viti Levu ( the third and fourth largest islands respectively ) , the Mamanuca Group ( just off Nadi ) and Yasawa Group ( to the north of the Mamanucas ) , which are popular tourist destinations , the Lomaiviti Group ( just off Suva ) with Levuka , the former capital and the only major town on any of the smaller islands , located on the island of Ovalau , and the remote Lau Group over the Koro Sea to the east near Tonga , from which it is separated by the Lakeba Passage . Two outlying regions are Rotuma , 400 km to the north , and the uninhabited coral atoll and cay Ceva-i-Ra or Conway Reef , 450 km to the southwest of main Fiji . Culturally conservative Rotuma with its 2000 people on 44 km2 geographically belongs to Polynesia , and enjoys relative autonomy as a Fijian dependency . Fiji Television reported on 21 September 2006 that the Fiji Islands Maritime and Safety Administration ( FIMSA ) , while reviewing its outdated maritime charts , had discovered the possibility that more islands could lie within Fiji 's Exclusive Economic Zone . More than half of Fiji 's population lives on the island coasts , either in Suva or in smaller urban centers . The interior is sparsely populated because of its rough terrain .",
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"text": "Gun laws in Hawaii Gun laws in Hawaii regulate the sale , possession , and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Hawaii , United States .",
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"text": "Urban area An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment . Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities , towns , conurbations or suburbs . In urbanism , the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets and in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment . The creation of early predecessors of urban areas during the urban revolution led to the creation of human civilization with modern urban planning , which along with other human activities such as exploitation of natural resources leads to human impact on the environment . The world 's urban population in 1950 of just 746 million has increased to 3.9 billion in the decades since . In 2009 , the number of people living in urban areas ( 3.42 billion ) surpassed the number living in rural areas ( 3.41 billion ) and since then the world has become more urban than rural . This was the first time that the majority of the world 's population lived in a city . In 2014 there were 7.25 billion people living on the planet , of which the global urban population comprised 3.9 billion . The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs at that time predicted the urban population would grow to 6.4 billion by 2050 , with 37 % of that growth to come from three countries : China , India and Nigeria . Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of urbanization . Urban areas are measured for various purposes , including analyzing population density and urban sprawl . Unlike an urban area , a metropolitan area includes not only the urban area , but also satellite cities plus intervening rural land that is socio-economically connected to the urban core city , typically by employment ties through commuting , with the urban core city being the primary labor market .",
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"text": "List of belt regions of the United States The belt regions of the United States are portions of the country that share certain characteristics . The `` belt '' terminology was first applied to growing regions for various crops , which often follow lines of latitude because those are more likely to have similar climates . The allusion was to a long clothing belt , as seen on a map . The usage has expanded to other climatic , economic , and cultural concentrations . These regions are not formally defined ; they frequently overlap and have vague borders . The terminology is also used outside the U.S. ( e.g. , India 's Hindi Belt ) .",
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"text": "Rulers of the Hawaiian Islands The rulers of the Hawaiian islands ( noho aliʻi o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻAina ) are a line of native Hawaiians who were independent rulers of various subdivisions of the land and islands of Hawaii . Their genealogy is traced to Hānalaʻanui and others . The caste system of ancient Hawaiian society was established around 1200 AD and separated the people into 4 distinct ranks that were all below the supreme ruler ( ali`i nui ) of the island . The ali`i nui would distribute the land to the lower ranking chiefs who would run the land and collect offerings and taxes . The ali`i nui would also ultimately be responsible for the sacred kapu , a system of rules designed to control social order . The noho ali`i were known for their brightly colored and intricately constructed battle regalia of feathered capes and helmets called a mahiole ( helmet ) and ʻahu ʻula ( cloak or cape ) .",
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"text": "List of urbanized areas in Florida (by population) The United States Census Bureau defines an Urbanized Area to be `` one or more places ( ` central place ' ) and the adjacent densely settled surrounding territory ( ` urban fringe ' ) that together have a minimum of 50,000 persons . '' There are a number of rules specifying what is included in the urban fringe , but it `` generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile '' . Urbanized Areas often form the cores of Metropolitan Statistical Areas , and as they comprise census tracts rather than local political subdivisions ( counties , in Florida ) , they are generally smaller than the corresponding Metropolitan Statistical Area . A Metropolitan Statistical Area may have more than one Urbanized Area within its boundaries , and an Urbanized Area may extend into more than one Metropolitan Statistical Area . As of 2010 , the US Census Bureau has defined thirty Urbanized Areas in Florida .",
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"text": "North Shore (Oahu) The North Shore , in the context of geography of the Island of Oahu , refers to the north-facing coastal area of Oahu between Kaena Point and Kahuku Point . The largest settlement is Haleiwa . This area is best known for its massive waves , attracting surfers from all around the globe .",
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"text": "Demographics of Alaska As of 2005 , Alaska has an estimated population of 663,661 , which is an increase of 5,906 , or 0.9 % , from the prior year and an increase of 36,730 , or 5.9 % , since the year 2000 . This includes a natural increase since the last census of 36,590 people ( 53,132 births minus 16,542 deaths ) , and an increase due to net migration of 1,181 people into the state . Immigration from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 5,800 people , and migration within the country produced a net loss of 4,619 people . More than half of the state 's population lives in Anchorage , Juneau and Fairbanks , with two-fifths in Anchorage alone . As of 1 January 2012 Alaska had a population of 731,449 , and its 2017 population is estimated at 739,818 . With a population of 710,231 , according to the 2010 U.S. census , Alaska is the 48th most populous and least densely populated state . For purposes of the federal census , the state is divided into artificial divisions defined geographically by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only . The center of population of Alaska is located approximately 64.37 km east of Anchorage at 61.399882 N. latitude , -148.873973 W. longitude . In 2006 , Alaska had a larger percentage of tobacco smokers than the national average , with 24 % of Alaskan adults smoking .",
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"text": "Hawaiian tropical rainforests The Hawaiian tropical rainforests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands . They cover an area of 6700 km2 in the windward lowlands and montane regions of the islands . Coastal mesic forests are found at elevations from sea level to 300 m. Mixed mesic forests occur at elevations of 750 to , while wet forests are found from 1250 to . Moist bogs and shrublands exist on montane plateaus and depressions . For the 28 million years of existence of the Hawaiian Islands , they have been isolated from the rest of the world by vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean , and this isolation has resulted in the evolution of an incredible diversity of endemic species , including fungi , mosses , snails , birds , and other wildlife . In the lush , moist forests high in the mountains , trees are draped with vines , orchids , ferns , and mosses . This ecoregion includes one of the world 's wettest places , the slopes of Mount Waialeale , which average 460 in of rainfall per year .",
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"text": "1852 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii The Constitution of 1852 served as the Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1852 through 1864 . It was passed during the reign of King Kamehameha III . It heavily liberalized the structure of the Hawaiian government compared to the previous 1840 constitution , introducing new elements of democracy into the government and reducing the influence of the monarch in kingdom affairs . The 1852 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii was divided into seven parts . The seven parts were : 1 . Declaration of Rights 2 . Form of Government 3 . Of the Executive Power a. Section I : The King , His Prerogatives b. Section II : Of the Kuhina Nui c. Section III : Of the Privy Council d. Section IV : Of the King 's Ministers e. Section V : Of the Governors 4 . Of the Legislative Power a. Of the House of Nobles b. Of the House of Representatives 5 . Of the Judiciary 6 . General Provisions 7 . More Amending of the Constitution The Declaration of Rights stated that the Hawaiians were a free people . The Form of Government stated that Hawaii was a Constitutional Monarchy . The section `` Of the Executive Power '' declared the powers of the executive power . The section `` Of the Legislative Power '' declared the powers of the legislative power . The section `` Of the Judiciary '' declared the powers of the judiciary . The General Provisions stated anything unmentioned earlier besides the amending power . The final section allowed for amending of the constitution .",
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"text": "Hawaii's congressional districts The U.S. state of Hawaii is divided into two congressional districts for representation in the United States House of Representatives .",
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"text": "United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 4 , 2008 throughout all 50 states and D.C. , which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election . Voters chose 4 representatives , or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President . Hawaii , the state where Barack Obama was born , gave him 71.9 % of the vote with a 45.3 % margin of victory in 2008 . Prior to the election , all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win , or otherwise considered as a safe blue state . Hawaii has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1988 . Obama 's margin of victory in this state is only surpassed by that of the District of Columbia and is the only actual state that gave either candidate more than 70 % of the vote . Turnout here was much higher than previous elections .",
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"text": "Consolidated city-county In United States local government , a consolidated city-county is a city and county that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction . As such it is simultaneously a city , which is a municipal corporation , and a county , which is an administrative division of a state . It has the powers and responsibilities of both types of entities . A consolidated city-county is different from an independent city , although the latter may result from consolidation of a city and a county and may also have the same powers as a consolidated city-county . An independent city is a city not deemed by its state to be located within the boundary of any county and recognized by its state as a legal territorial entity separate from surrounding or adjoining counties . A consolidated city-county differs from an independent city in that the city and county both nominally exist , although they have a consolidated government , whereas in an independent city , the county does not even nominally exist . Not considering Hawaii , which has no independent cities , the Midwest and Upper South have the highest concentration of large consolidated city-county governments in the United States , including Indianapolis , Indiana ; Nashville , Tennessee ; Jacksonville , Florida ; Louisville , Kentucky ; Kansas City , Kansas ; and Lexington , Kentucky . Currently , the largest consolidated city-county in the United States by population is Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , while the largest by land-area is Sitka , Alaska .",
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"text": "Kamehameha Highway Kamehameha Highway is one of the main highways serving suburban and rural O`ahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii . Starting from Nimitz Highway near Pearl Harbor and Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu , it serves the island 's older western suburbs , turning north across the O`ahu Central Valley to the North Shore . At the North Shore , Kamehameha Highway heads northeast around the northern tip of O`ahu , then southeast to and just beyond Kāne`ohe Bay on the windward coast . Note that Kamehameha Highway is a `` fractured '' roadway and that the discussion below is for its more well-known route as State Highway 99 . Kamehameha Highway actually starts east of the southern terminus noted below , at the intersection of Dillingham Boulevard and Puuhale Road near the Oahu Community Correctional Center in Kalihi continuing west until the H-1 Viaduct . It is said that this very short segment of Kamehameha Highway is a remnant left over from the days before construction of the elevated H-1 Freeway Airport Viaduct . Indeed , some long-time locals will maintain that the east-bound section of roadway under the Viaduct is Nimitz Highway whereas the west-bound section is Kamehemeha Highway . Since there are no businesses or other addresses along the west-bound section under the Viaduct , there is nothing to support this assertion .",
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"text": "24 (2016 film) 24 is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language science fiction thriller film written and directed by Vikram Kumar . Based on the concept of time-travel , the film stars actor Suriya in triple roles , with actresses Samantha Ruth Prabhu , Nithya Menen and Saranya Ponvannan in lead roles . The development dates back to 2009 , where the film was to feature actors Vikram and Ileana D'Cruz in lead roles . However , in February 2010 , the project was dropped due to difference in opinions between director , producer and actor , facing rejection of the refined script . In August 2014 , Suriya agreed to produce and act in the film , with principal photography commencing in Mumbai in April 2015 , continuing in Nasik , Goregaon and Pune . The second phase of filming was done in Poland by end-September 2015 . Filming was completed in Chennai by November 2015 . Produced by 2D Entertainment , the film has cinematography by S. Tirru . The soundtrack and film score are composed by A. R. Rahman , with lyrics by Vairamuthu and Madhan Karky . The film along with the dubbed Telugu version having the same title was released on 6 May 2016 . It is also dubbed in Hindi as Time Story . The film won two awards at the 64th National Film Awards Best Cinematography and Best Production Design .",
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"text": "Art film An art film is typically a serious , independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience . An art film is `` intended to be a serious artistic work , often experimental and not designed for mass appeal '' ; they are `` made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit '' , and they contain `` unconventional or highly symbolic content '' . Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing `` formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films '' , which can include , among other elements , a sense of social realism ; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director ; and a focus on the thoughts , dreams , or motivations of characters , as opposed to the unfolding of a clear , goal-driven story . Film scholar David Bordwell describes art cinema as `` a film genre , with its own distinct conventions '' . Art film producers usually present their films at specialty theatres ( repertory cinemas , or , in the U.S. , `` arthouse cinemas '' ) and film festivals . The term art film is much more widely used in the United States , the UK and Australia than in Europe , where the term is more associated with `` auteur '' films and `` national cinema '' ( e.g. , German national cinema ) . Because they are aimed at small niche market audiences , they can rarely get the financial backing that will permit large production budgets , expensive special effects , costly celebrity actors , or huge advertising campaigns , as are used in widely released mainstream blockbuster films . Art film directors make up for these constraints by creating a different type of film , which typically uses lesser-known film actors ( or even amateur actors ) and modest sets to make films that focus much more on developing ideas or exploring new narrative techniques or film-making conventions . A certain degree of experience and knowledge are required to fully understand or appreciate such films . One mid-1990s art film was called `` largely a cerebral experience '' that one enjoys `` because of what you know about film '' . This contrasts sharply with mainstream `` blockbuster '' films , which are geared more towards escapism and pure entertainment . For promotion , art films rely on the publicity generated from film critics ' reviews , discussion of their film by arts columnists , commentators and bloggers , and `` word-of-mouth '' promotion by audience members . Since art films have small initial investment costs , they only need to appeal to a small portion of the mainstream viewing audiences to become financially viable .",
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"text": "Film series A film series ( also referred to as a film franchise ) is a collection of related films in succession that share the same fictional universe , or are marketed as a series . Sometimes the work is conceived from the beginning as a multiple-film work , for example the Three Colours series , but in most cases the success of the original film inspires further films to be made . Individual sequels are relatively common , but are not always successful enough to spawn further installments . The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the highest grossing film series in unadjusted US Dollar figures surpassing the Harry Potter , Star Wars , James Bond , and Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings series . However , `` Star Wars '' has the highest when adjusted for inflation .",
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"text": "Final 24 Final 24 is a Canadian documentary series which airs on the Discovery Channel , Global Television Network , and OWN . Released in Canada in 2006 , the series chronicles the last 24 hours of the lives of famous celebrities of the late 20th century . The series was narrated by Canadian voice artist Dave McRae for a US release in 2007 on the biography channel and by Danny Wallace in the UK .",
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"text": "Cinema of Africa African cinema is film production in Africa . It dates back to the early 20th century , when film reels were the primary cinematic technology in use . The Nigerian film industry is the largest in Africa in terms of value , number of annual films , revenue and popularity . It is also the second and third largest national film industry in the world , based on the number of annual films and revenue respectively .",
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"text": "BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards , representing the best films of 1947 , but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source . It is possible for films from any country to be nominated , although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and ( since 1983 ) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language . As such , there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories . There has been one tie for the Best Film award when , in 1962 , Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source . Until 1981 , the award was given to the director , except in 1976 and 1977 , when it was given to the producers . From 1981 to 1985 , it was given solely to the producers , and then in 1986 , it was shared between the Director and Producer . In 1998 , it was once again given to only the producers . In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .",
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"text": "The Film Review The Film Review ( formerly Film 24 ) is a 10-minute film related programme shown on BBC News each Friday evening at 5.45 pm . It reviews three new films each week . Jane Hill serves as the main host , and Mark Kermode as the regular film critic . The programme was renamed The Film Review on 22 March 2013 , following BBC News 24 's rebrand to BBC News and move to Broadcasting House .",
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"text": "CP24 CablePulse 24 ( CP24 ) is a Canadian English language Category A specialty cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE , Inc. . Based in Toronto , the channel focuses on local news from the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario , and also covers national and international news . It is distributed through cable in Southern Ontario and direct broadcast satellite nationally .",
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"text": "Cinema of India The cinema of India consists of films produced across India . Cinema as a medium has gained immense popularity in the country and as many as 1,600 films in various languages of India are produced annually . Indian films have also come to be followed throughout South Asia , the Greater Middle East , Southeast Asia and other countries . Dadasaheb Phalke is known as the `` father of Indian cinema '' . The Dadasaheb Phalke Award , for lifetime contribution to cinema , was instituted in his honour , by the Government of India in 1969 , and is the most prestigious and coveted award in Indian cinema . In the 20th century , Indian cinema , along with the Hollywood and Chinese film industries , became a global enterprise . As of 2013 , in terms of annual film output , India ranks first , followed by Nollywood , Hollywood and China . In 2012 , India produced 1,602 feature films . The Indian film industry reached overall revenues of $ 1.86 billion ( 93 billion ) in 2011 . This is projected to rise to $ 3 billion ( 200 billion ) in 2016 . In 2015 , India had a total box office gross of , the fourth largest in the world outside North America . Enhanced technology paved the way for upgrading from established cinematic norms of delivering product , altering the manner in which content reached the target audience . Biopics like Dangal and CGI-laden epics like Baahubali emerged as transnational blockbusters grossing over $ 200 million each in early 21st century . Indian cinema found markets in over 90 countries where films from India are screened . The Indian government extended film delegations to foreign countries such as the United States of America and Japan while the country 's Film Producers Guild sent similar missions through Europe . The provision of 100 % foreign direct investment has made the Indian film market attractive for foreign enterprises such as 20th Century Fox , Sony Pictures , Walt Disney Pictures and Warner Bros. . Indian enterprises such as AVM Productions , Prasad 's Group , Sun Pictures , PVP Cinemas , Zee , UTV , Suresh Productions , Eros Films , Ayngaran International , Pyramid Saimira , Aascar Films and Adlabs also participated in producing and distributing films . Tax incentives to multiplexes have aided the multiplex boom in India . By 2003 as many as 30 film production companies had been listed in the National Stock Exchange of India , making the commercial presence of the medium felt . The South Indian film industry defines the four film cultures of South India as a single entity . They are the Telugu , the Tamil , the Malayalam and the Kannada industries . Although developed independently over a long period , gross exchange of film performers and technicians as well as globalisation helped to shape this new identity . The Indian diaspora consists of millions of Indians overseas for which films are made available both through media such as DVDs and by screening of films in their country of residence wherever commercially feasible . These earnings , accounting for some 12 % of the revenue generated by a mainstream film , contribute substantially to the overall revenue of Indian cinema , the net worth of which was found to be 1.3 billion in 2000 . Music in Indian cinema is another substantial revenue generator with the music rights alone accounting for 4 -- 5 % of the net revenues generated by a film in India .",
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"text": "The Hours (film) The Hours is a 2002 British-American drama film directed by Stephen Daldry , and starring Meryl Streep , Julianne Moore and Nicole Kidman . Supporting roles are played by Ed Harris , John C. Reilly , Stephen Dillane , Jeff Daniels , Miranda Richardson , Allison Janney , Toni Collette and Claire Danes . The screenplay by David Hare is based on Michael Cunningham 's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title . The plot focuses on three women of different generations whose lives are interconnected by the novel Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf . These are Clarissa Vaughan ( Streep ) , a New Yorker preparing an award party for her AIDS-stricken long-time friend and poet , Richard ( Harris ) in 2001 ; Laura Brown ( Moore ) , a pregnant 1950s California housewife with a young boy and an unhappy marriage ; and Virginia Woolf ( Kidman ) herself in 1920s England , who is struggling with depression and mental illness while trying to write her novel . The film was released in Los Angeles and New York City on Christmas Day 2002 , and was given a limited release in the United States and Canada two days later on December 27 , 2002 . It did not receive a wide release in North America until January 2003 , and was then released in British cinemas on Valentine 's Day that year . Critical reaction to the film was mostly positive , with nine Academy Award nominations for The Hours including Best Picture , and a win for Nicole Kidman as Best Actress .",
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"text": "Set piece In film production , a set piece is a scene or sequence of scenes whose execution requires serious logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money . The term set piece is often used more broadly to describe any important dramatic or comedic highpoint in a film or story , particularly those that provide some kind of dramatic payoff , resolution , or transition . Thus the term is often used to describe any scenes that are so essential to a film that they can not be edited out or skipped in the shooting schedule without seriously damaging the integrity of the finished product . Often , screenplays are written around a list of such set pieces , particularly in high-budget `` event movies '' . Set pieces are very often planned meticulously using storyboards , screentests , and rehearsals , in contrast to smaller scenes where the director and actors may be more improvisational . Each action requires the combined efforts of different departments : set builders , physical effects , and special visual effects . On most films , different groups of people will work on different set pieces individually since they can take a long time to prepare before shooting . For example , the car chase in The Matrix Reloaded took months to prepare and cost $ 30 million , including $ 5 million to build the freeway set .",
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"text": "Aaron Pierce (24 character) Aaron Pierce is a fictional character on the television series 24 , played by actor Glenn Morshower . Pierce is a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service , tasked with leading the teams guarding , at various times , David Palmer and Charles Logan . Pierce has one son , who , when last he was mentioned , was serving in the U.S. Navy . Aside from Jack Bauer , Pierce is the only character to have appeared in each of the first seven seasons of 24 , and is also one of the few long standing characters to survive his tenure in the show .",
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"text": "24 Hour Design 24 Hour Design is an American reality television series involving a team consisting of a host and designer , design assistant and a carpenter that help homeowners transform a single room . The show is shot in a single day ( usually less than 10 hours ) , with a budget around $ 2,000 . Original episodes of 24 Hour Design began to air on HGTV October 6 , 2006 . The program 's second season began July 10 , 2007 . In each episode of 24 Hour Design , the host meets with the homeowners to discuss the redesign of their room . The team and homeowners work on the space together up until the final hour . In the final hour the designer transforms the room for the final reveal . The redesign usually consists of painting of the room and the construction a furniture piece .",
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"text": "Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film . The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .",
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"text": "Main Street (1923 film) Main Street is a 1923 silent film drama based on the 1920 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis . It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Harry Beaumont . A Broadway play version of the novel was produced in 1921 .",
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"text": "25th Academy Awards The 25th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 19 , 1953 . It took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood , California , and the NBC International Theatre in New York City . It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised , and the first ceremony to be held in Hollywood and New York City simultaneously . It was also the only year that the New York ceremonies were to be held in the NBC International Theatre on Columbus Circle , which was shortly thereafter demolished and replaced by the New York Coliseum convention center . A major upset occurred in the category of Best Picture . The heavily favored High Noon lost to Cecil B. DeMille 's The Greatest Show on Earth , eventually considered among the worst films to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture . The American film magazine Premiere placed the movie on its list of the 10 worst Oscar winners and the British film magazine Empire rated it # 3 on their list of the 10 worst Oscar winners . It has the lowest spot on Rotten Tomatoes ' list of the 81 films to win Best Picture . Of all the films nominated for the Oscar this year , only High Noon and Singin ' in the Rain would show up 46 years later on the American Film Institute list of the greatest American films of the 20th Century . For a film that only received two nominations , Singin ' in the Rain went on to be named as the greatest American musical film of all time and in the 2007 American Film Institute updated list as the fifth greatest American film of all time , while High Noon was ranked twenty-seventh on the same 2007 list , as well . The Bad and the Beautiful won five awards , the most wins ever for a film not nominated for Best Picture . It was also the second Academy Awards in which a film not nominated for Best Picture received the most awards of the evening , excluding years where there were ties for the most wins . The only other film to do this was The Thief of Bagdad at the 13th Academy Awards ; as of the 87th Academy Awards , it has not happened since . Until Spotlight won only Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay at the 88th Academy Awards , this was the last year in which the Best Picture winner won just two Oscars . It was also the second of three years to date in which two films not nominated for Best Picture received more nominations than the winner ( The Bad and the Beautiful and Hans Christian Andersen , both with six ) . This occurred again at the 79th Academy Awards . Shirley Booth also became the last person to win an Oscar in a Leading Role to be born in the 19th century . She also holds the distinction of being the first woman in her 50s to win the award , at the age of 54 ( the second woman in her 50s to win , Julianne Moore , was 54 when awarded at the 87th Academy Awards ) . John Ford 's fourth win for Best Director set a record for the most wins in this category that remains unmatched to this day . For the first time since the introduction of Supporting Actor and Actress awards in 1936 , Best Picture , Best Director , and all four acting Oscars went to six different films . This has happened only three times since , at the 29th Academy Awards for 1956 , the 78th for 2005 , and the 85th for 2012 .",
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"text": "Major film studio A major film studio is a production and film distributor that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant share of box office revenue in a given market . In the North American , Western , and global markets , the major film studios , often simply known as the majors , are commonly regarded as the six diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85 percent of U.S. and Canadian box office revenue . The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate . The `` Big Six '' majors , whose operations are based in or around the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood , are all centered in film studios active during Hollywood 's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s . In three cases -- 20th Century Fox , Warner Bros. , and Paramount -- the studios were one of the `` Big Five '' majors during that era as well . In two cases -- Columbia and Universal -- the studios were also considered majors , but in the next tier down , part of the `` Little Three '' . In the sixth case , Walt Disney Studios was an independent production company during the Golden Age ; it was an important Hollywood entity , but not a major . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , United Artists , and RKO were majors . Today , Disney is the only member of the Big Six whose parent entity is still located near Los Angeles ( actually , on Disney 's studio lot and in the same building ) . The five others report to conglomerates headquartered in New York City , Philadelphia , and Tokyo . Of the Big Six , Paramount is the only one still based in Hollywood , and Paramount and Fox are the only ones still located within the Los Angeles city limits , while Disney and Warner Bros. are located in Burbank , Columbia in Culver City , and Universal in the unincorporated area of Universal City . Most of today 's Big Six control subsidiaries with their own distribution networks that concentrate on arthouse pictures ( e.g. Fox Searchlight Pictures ) or genre films ( e.g. Sony 's Screen Gems ) ; several of these specialty units were shut down or sold off between 2008 and 2010 . The six major studios are contrasted with smaller production and/or distribution companies , which are known as independents or `` indies '' . The leading independent producer/distributors -- Lionsgate Films , The Weinstein Company , and former major studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- are sometimes referred to as `` mini-majors '' . From 1998 through 2005 , DreamWorks SKG commanded a large enough market share to arguably qualify it as a seventh major , despite its relatively small output . In 2006 , DreamWorks was acquired by Viacom , Paramount 's corporate parent . In late 2008 , DreamWorks once again became an independent production company ; its films were distributed by Disney 's Touchstone Pictures until 2016 , at which point distribution switched to Universal . The Big Six major studios are today primarily backers and distributors of films whose actual production is largely handled by independent companies -- either long-running entities or ones created for and dedicated to the making of a specific film . The specialty divisions often simply acquire distribution rights to pictures in which the studio has had no prior involvement . While the majors still do a modicum of true production , their activities are focused more in the areas of development , financing , marketing , and merchandising . Those business functions are still usually performed in or near Los Angeles , even though the runaway production phenomenon means that most films are now mostly or completely shot on location at places outside Los Angeles . Since the dawn of filmmaking , the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry . U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cultural appeal . Today , the Big Six majors routinely distribute hundreds of films every year into all significant international markets ( that is , where discretionary income is high enough for consumers to afford to watch films ) . It is very rare , if not impossible , for a film to reach a broad international audience on multiple continents and in multiple languages without first being picked up by one of the majors for distribution .",
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"text": "25th Golden Globe Awards The 25th Golden Globe Awards , honoring the best achievements in 1967 , were held on 12 February 1968 . 25th Golden Globe Awards February 12 , 1968 Film - Drama : In The Heat of the Night Film - Musical or Comedy : The Graduate TV Show : Mission : Impossible",
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"text": "Sin City (film) Sin City ( also known as Frank Miller 's Sin City ) is a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film written , produced , and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez . It is based on Miller 's graphic novel of the same name . Much of the film is based on the first , third and fourth books in Miller 's original comic series . The Hard Goodbye is about a man who embarks on a brutal rampage in search of his one-time sweetheart 's killer , killing anyone , even the police , that gets in his way of finding and killing her murderer . The Big Fat Kill focuses on an everyman getting caught in a street war between a group of prostitutes and a group of mercenaries , the police and the mob . That Yellow Bastard follows an aging police officer who protects a young woman from a grotesquely disfigured serial killer . The intro and outro of the film are based on the short story `` The Customer is Always Right '' , which is collected in Booze , Broads & Bullets , the sixth book in the comic series . The film stars an ensemble cast led by Jessica Alba , Benicio del Toro , Brittany Murphy , Clive Owen , Mickey Rourke , Bruce Willis , and Elijah Wood , and featuring Alexis Bledel , Michael Clarke Duncan , Rosario Dawson , Carla Gugino , Rutger Hauer , Jaime King , Michael Madsen , and Nick Stahl , among others . Sin City opened to wide critical and commercial success , gathering particular recognition for the film 's unique color processing , which rendered most of the film in black and white but retained or added coloring for selected objects . The film was screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival in competition and won the Technical Grand Prize for the film 's `` visual shaping '' .",
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"text": "Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development is one of fifty titles comprising the United States Code of Federal Regulations ( CFR ) , containing the principal set of rules and regulations issued by federal agencies regarding housing and urban development . It is available in digital and printed form , and can be referenced online using the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations ( e-CFR ) .",
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"text": "I (film) I ( also known as Shankar 's I ) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Shankar and co-written by Subha . Produced and distributed by V. Ravichandran under his production company , Aascar Films , the film features Vikram and Amy Jackson in lead roles while Suresh Gopi , Upen Patel , Santhanam and Ramkumar Ganesan portray pivotal roles . The soundtrack and film score were composed by A. R. Rahman . Production design was handled by T. Muthuraj . P. C. Sreeram was the film 's cinematographer and editing was done by Anthony . The visual effects were designed by V. Srinivas Mohan through Rising Sun Pictures . Weta Workshop had worked on the digital and prosthetic make-up and background arts for the film . Principal photography commenced on 15 July 2012 . The filming lasted for two years and eight months , during which shooting was done extensively in China . Further schedules were filmed in locations in Chennai , Bangkok , Jodhpur , Kodaikanal , Pollachi , Bangalore and Mysore . The film was dubbed and released in Telugu and Hindi along with the Tamil version . The film , released on Pongal 2015 , tells the story of a body builder turned supermodel , played by Vikram , who after being deformed , exacts revenge upon those who were responsible for his predicament . Critics praised Vikram 's performance , the technical aspects of the film - especially the costume design and makeup , and A.R. Rahman 's soundtrack and score but criticised the ` wafer-thin ' writing and screenplay and the film 's excessive length ( 188 minutes ) . However , the film was a commercial success , grossing worldwide , becoming the fourth-highest grossing Tamil film and Vikram 's highest-grossing film at the time . Vikram won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor -- Tamil for the movie .",
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"text": "Anniyan Anniyan ( English : Outsider or Stranger ) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films . The plot centres on a disillusioned everyman whose frustration at what he sees as increasing social apathy and public negligence leads to a split personality that attempts to right the system . Vikram stars as Ramanujam , an idealistic , law-abiding lawyer who suffers from multiple personality disorder and develops two other identities : a metrosexual fashion model Remo and a vigilante serial killer named Anniyan . Sadha plays his love interest , Nandini . Actors Vivek , Prakash Raj , Nedumudi Venu and Nassar also feature in the film . Shankar conceived the film in mid-2003 during the post-production period of his previous film , Boys . He based the film on his own life experiences during his formative years when he was disturbed by what he saw around him , and his eventual displeasure with society . Pre-production for Anniyan began in November 2003 and principal photography in March 2004 . The making of the film , which included numerous production delays , took 14 months . The film was shot at Hyderabad , Thanjavur , Villupuram and Chennai , and the song sequences were filmed in Amsterdam , Mumbai , Malaysia and Tenkasi . The film was notable for its recreation of the Tyagaraja Aradhana music festival and the extensive use of time slice photography in an action sequence . Cinematographer V. Manikandan abandoned the project halfway through , until he was replaced with Ravi Varman . The technical departments were headed by V. T. Vijayan ( editing ) , Sabu Cyril ( production design ) , and Peter Hein ( stunt choreography ) , and the soundtrack was composed by Harris Jayaraj , who was in his first collaboration with the director . The film was touted as the director 's magnum opus and was budgeted at 263.8 million , making it at the time of its release the most expensive South Indian film ever made . Notably , it was the first South Indian film to obtain institutional finance , and it had the highest insurance coverage available for films at that time . Originally filmed in Tamil , and released simultaneously in the four South Indian states on 17 June 2005 , The film was dubbed into Telugu as Aparichithudu and in Hindi as Aparichit was released a year later on 19 May 2006 . Further , the film was also dubbed into French and released in French-speaking countries worldwide by Columbia Tristar . While the film was a commercial success across South India , the Hindi version received a lukewarm response and was a box-office failure . Anniyan received positive responses from critics and audience alike and , together with its dubbed versions , grossed 570 million in its lifetime run . In addition to winning eight Filmfare Awards and six State Film Awards , the film won a National Award in the Special Effects category .",
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"text": "Raavanan Raavanan ( English : Ravana ) is a 2010 Indian Tamil epic adventure film co written , co produced , and directed by Mani Ratnam . The film features Vikram , Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Prithviraj in the lead roles , with a supporting cast led by Karthik , Prabhu and Priyamani . The film was also made simultaneously in Hindi as Raavan , with a slightly different cast . Furthermore , the film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Villain , with all three versions releasing simultaneously on 18 June 2010 . The film follows the crux of the epic Ramayana , with a ruthless police officer on the chase to find a tribal leader and lawbreaker , who has kidnapped his wife . Veeraiya , the kidnapper and his motive for the kidnap has been led on by the death of his sister , as a result of police custodial torture and brutal rape . The film explores the search by the officer , whilst exploring the changing emotions that the three protagonists experience with each other , leading to a riveting climax , situated in the jungle . This film is based on stockholm syndrome . Raavanan was announced in February 2008 , amidst much hype of the celebrated director , Mani Ratnam 's return to Tamil films , whilst Vikram 's and Aishwarya Rai 's selection in the lead roles , creating more anticipation . Shooting began soon after , and took place in various locations with a record number of extras in areas including Chalakudy , Kerala and Ooty , Tamil Nadu amongst other regions throughout India . The film received mixed to positive reviews , and performed average at the box office .",
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"text": "Vikram (actor) Kennedy John Victor , known professionally as Vikram or Chiyaan Vikram , is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil language films and has won seven Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the People 's University of Milan in May 2011 . He made his debut in the 1990 film En Kadhal Kanmani , which was followed by a series of small-budget Tamil , Malayalam and Telugu films in the 1990s , many of which went unnoticed . However , the success of Bala 's tragedy film Sethu ( 1999 ) , in which Vikram appeared as a rogue turned lover , started Vikram 's successful career as an actor . In the early 2000s , Vikram appeared in a series of masala films , with Dhill ( 2001 ) , Gemini ( 2002 ) , Dhool ( 2003 ) and Saamy ( 2003 ) becoming commercially successful ventures . During the period , Vikram also appeared in diverse roles and received critical acclaim for his performance as a blind villager in Kasi and a Robin Hood-esque figure in Samurai . In 2003 , Vikram 's performance as a gravedigger with autism spectrum disorders in Bala 's Pithamagan saw him win the National Film Award for Best Actor , with his character only speaking a couple of lines of dialogue in the entire film . His appearance as an idealistic lawyer with multiple personality disorder in Shankar 's blockbuster Anniyan ( 2005 ) also won critical acclaim , as did his appearance as a superhero in Kanthaswamy ( 2009 ) . Vikram 's portrayal of Veeraiya , a tribal leader inspired by the Ramayana character Ravana , in Mani Ratnam 's Raavanan saw him secure further accolades , as did his appearance as a mentally challenged adult with the maturity of a six-year-old boy in Deiva Thirumagal ( 2011 ) . He consequently appeared in multiple get-ups as a bodybuilder and a crippled hunchback , losing up to 35 kilograms for sequences , during the making of Shankar 's romantic thriller I ( 2015 ) and won rave reviews from critics for his performance . It is currently the fourth highest-grossing Tamil film of all time . Vikram has promoted various social causes and appeared as the Youth Envoy for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in 2011 . He has been a brand ambassador of Sanjeevani Trust and a school for special children , Vidya Sudha , which he stayed at during the making of Deiva Thirumagal as well as having long-term associations with the Kasi Eye Care and running his own welfare association through the Vikram Foundation . In 2016 , he produced and directed the video to the flood relief anthem , Spirit of Chennai , as a tribute to the city 's volunteers following the -LSB- -LSB- 2015 South Indian floods -RSB-",
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"text": "Pithamagan Pithamagan ( Son of Ancestors ) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Bala . The film stars Vikram , Suriya , Laila and Sangeetha in the lead and Simran making a cameo as herself . Produced by V. A. Durai , the film has cinematography by Balasubramaniem , lyrics are by Vaali , Pazhani Bharathi and Na . Muthukumar , dance has been choreographed by Brindha , editing by Suresh Urs , fights by Stun Siva and art direction by A. C. Pillai . The film 's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilayaraaja . The film plot is based on Jayakanthan 's Nandhavanathil Oru Andi , the story of an undertaker . Upon release , the film met with critical acclaim and Vikram won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role as Chithan . Owing to the success , the film was dubbed into Telugu and released as Sivaputrudu ( The son of Siva ) on 2 April 2004 . The film was also remade in Kannada as Anatharu ( 2007 ) with Upendra and Darshan playing the roles of Vikram and Suriya respectively .",
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"text": "Indraprastham (film) Indraprastham is 1996 Malayalam movie made in India , by Haridas , starring Mammootty , Simran , Prakash Raj and Vikram in the lead roles . The movie was dubbed into Tamil as Delhi Durbar and Telugu as Indraprastham .",
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"text": "Manam (film) Manam ( Us ) is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language fantasy drama film written and directed by Vikram Kumar and produced by Akkineni Family under the Annapurna Studios banner . Nagarjuna appears alongside Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Naga Chaitanya , Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Shriya Saran . Amitabh Bachchan , Amala , and Nagarjuna 's younger son Akkineni Akhil made cameo appearances along with other personalities . The film is set in various time periods , over the course of a hundred years up until 2013 , and deals with the concepts of rebirth and eternal love . The plot features a wealthy businessman , Nageswara Rao , attempting to bring a young couple together resembling his deceased parents and the elderly Chaitanya 's attempts to bring the businessman and a doctor together . They resemble Chaitanya 's deceased parents who died because of a mistake committed by him in his childhood . The film was made with a budget of 280 million . Harsha Vardhan wrote the film 's dialogues , while Anup Rubens composed the film 's music . P. S. Vinod handled the film 's cinematography . Production began on 3 June 2013 . Principal photography began on 7 June 2013 and was shot in and around Hyderabad , Coorg and Mysore till mid April 2014 . Manam was the last film of Nageswara Rao , who died on 22 January 2014 during the film 's production phase . The film was promoted as a `` befitting send off '' and a tribute from his son , Nagarjuna . The film was released worldwide on 23 May 2014 to positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful , collecting 365 million in its lifetime . The film was screened at the 45th International Film Festival of India in the Homage to ANR section on 29 November 2014 . The film garnered the Filmfare Award for Best Film - Telugu .",
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"text": "Indian (2001 film) Indian is a 2001 Hindi crime drama film directed by N. Maharajan and starring Sunny Deol , Shilpa Shetty , Raj Babbar and Mukesh Rishi . A remake of Tamil film Vallarasu starring Vijayakanth , the film had dialogues written by Sanjay Masoom . It opened on 26 October 2001 to excellent collections .",
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"text": "Vikram Dhillon Vikram Dhillon ( born September 5 , 1973 ) is an Indo-Canadian film producer , director , actor and a former VJ .",
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"text": "Vishwanath (1978 film) Vishwanath is a 1978 Indian Bollywood film directed by Subhash Ghai and produced by Pawan Kumar . It stars Shatrughan Sinha and Reena Roy in pivotal roles . The film was remade in Telugu as Lawyer Vishwanath with N. T. Rama Rao .",
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"text": "Miley Somehow Miley Somehow is a 2013 independent Hindi romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Vikram Yoganand and shot in and around Bangalore by a crew of young Bangalorean filmmakers .",
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"text": "Vikram Aur Betaal Vikram Aur Betaal was a television programme that aired on DD National . The series contained stories from Indian mythology that aim at teaching kids life lessons while entertaining them . The concept of the program was based on Baital Pachisi , a collection of tales about the legendary King Vikram ( identified as Vikramāditya ) and the Vaitaala , a ghost analogous to a vampire in Western literature .",
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"text": "List of films released by Yash Raj Films Yash Raj Films ( abbreviated as YRF ) is an Indian entertainment company , established by Yash Chopra in 1970 , that produces and distributes motion pictures . As of 2017 , the company has produced 71 Hindi films , including three that are yet-to-be-released , and one Tamil film . Yash Raj Films started a film distribution business in 1997 , and in addition to distributing their own productions , the company has handled the domestic and international distribution of 35 films from other companies . Yash Raj Films ' first release came in 1973 with the Chopra-directed Daag : A Poem of Love , a drama about bigamy , starring Rajesh Khanna , Raakhee and Sharmila Tagore . The company had four more releases in the 1970s , including the family drama Kabhie Kabhie and the action film Kaala Patthar , both of which starred Amitabh Bachchan . Yash Raj Films ' sole commercial success in the 1980s was the Sridevi-starring romance Chandni . The year 1995 marked the directorial debut of Yash Chopra 's son , Aditya Chopra , with the highly successful romantic drama Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge . Starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol , the film has the longest theatrical run in Indian cinema history . Other successful releases of the 1990s were Darr ( 1993 ) and Dil To Pagal Hai ( 1997 ) , both starring Khan . In the 2000s , Yash Raj Films produced a larger number of films . In addition to directorial ventures from Yash and Aditya Chopra , the company launched several new directors , including Sanjay Gadhvi , Vijay Krishna Acharya , Kunal Kohli , Siddharth Anand , and Shaad Ali . Some of the company 's top-grossing films in that decade include Gadhvi 's action thrillers Dhoom ( 2004 ) and Dhoom 2 ( 2006 ) , Kohli 's romantic thriller Fanaa ( 2006 ) , Ali 's comedy film Bunty Aur Babli ( 2005 ) , Yash Chopra 's romance Veer-Zaara ( 2004 ) , and Aditya Chopra 's dramas Mohabbatein ( 2000 ) and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi ( 2008 ) . Beginning in 2008 , the company introduced a number of new actors such as Anushka Sharma , Ranveer Singh , Parineeti Chopra , and Arjun Kapoor . Yash Raj Films ' highest-grossing films came in the 2010s with the Kabir Khan-directed action thriller Ek Tha Tiger ( 2012 ) , starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif , the third installment of the Dhoom franchise , entitled Dhoom 3 ( 2013 ) , featuring Aamir Khan , Uday Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan , and the sports drama Sultan ( 2016 ) , starring Salman Khan and Sharma . All three films rank among the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time . The most frequent collaborations of the company have been with the actors Rani Mukerji , Rishi Kapoor , Shah Rukh Khan , and Saif Ali Khan .",
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"text": "Vikram Shankar Vikram Shankar ( born 17 December 1980 ) is an Indian director and producer who is known for his work in the Indian film and television industry . His first film , as a producer was Naya Pata was released on 27 June 2014 . Vikram 's directorial career consists of film ' 1920 : Evil Returns ' in 2012 as chief Assistant Director and upcoming situational comedy Jab tum Kaho ( 2016 ) which he eventually produced with Rajiv Kumar starring Ambalika Sarkar , Shirin Guha and Parvin Dabas . In the television industry , he is known for his directorial work in Mahavir Hanuman ( 2012 ) .",
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"text": "Aaghaat Aaghat is a 2010 Marathi film directed by veteran movie and stage actor Vikram Gokhale . Produced by Sprint Arts Creations Pvt. Ltd. and producers Mohan Damle , Sanjay Sathaye and Shriram Dandekar , the film is based on a story written by Dr Nitin Lavangare . The cast of the film includes actors Vikram Gokhale , Mukta Barve , Kadambari Kadam and Dr Amol Kolhe . The film was shot in Pune and was released in theatres on 24 December 2010 . The film deals with the bureaucratic structure in major private hospitals , the administration 's approach towards patients and their relatives and ego issues of reputed medical practitioners .",
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"text": "Kanasugara Kanasugara is a 2001 Indian Kannada language romance-drama film starring V. Ravichandran , Prema and Shashikumar in the lead roles . The film , a remake of Tamil blockbuster film Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen ( 1998 ) , is directed by Karan and features soundtrack from Rajesh Ramanath . The original version was directed by Vikraman and featured Karthik and Roja in lead roles . Released on 3 August 2001 , the film met with very good positive response at the box-office . Prema won the Filmfare Best Actress award for this film .",
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"text": "Kayal (film) Kayal ( English : Fish like eyes ) is a 2014 Tamil romance film directed by Prabhu Solomon and produced by Madhan of Escape Artists Motion Pictures . The film features newcomers Chandran , Anandhi and Vincent in the lead roles , while D. Imman composed the film 's music . The film , set against the backdrop of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami , released on 25 December 2014 . The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Tholi Premalo in 2016 .",
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"text": "Vijaypath Vijaypath ( Path of Victory ) is a 1994 Bollywood action drama film starring Ajay Devgan , Tabu and Danny Denzongpa . The film was one of the hits of 1994 in India mainly due to its soundtrack composed by Anu Malik which became an instant superhit . Divya Bharti was originally meant to be the female lead but was replaced by Tabu after her death .",
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"text": "Ankahee Ankahee may refer to : Ankahee ( 1985 film ) , a 1985 Indian Hindi film Ankahee ( 2006 film ) , an Indian film directed by Vikram Bhatt",
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"text": "Kill Dil Kill Dil ( English : Kill Heart , stylized as : Kill/Dil ) is a 2014 Indian romantic action comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner . The film stars Ranveer Singh , Ali Zafar and Parineeti Chopra in lead roles , with Govinda portraying the antagonist . The film was released on 14 November 2014 .",
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"text": "Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam is a 1993 Tamil language drama film directed by Vikraman . The film features Anand Babu and Mohini in lead roles . The film had musical score by Sirpy and was released on 9 July 1993 , and It was a super hit .",
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"text": "Vikram (1986 Tamil film) Vikram is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language action-adventure film directed by Rajasekhar , starring Kamal Haasan , Sathyaraj , Amjad Khan , Ambika , Dimple Kapadia , Lizy , Charuhasan and Janagaraj . The First Indian movie to use computer for recording the songs",
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"text": "Apthamitra Apthamitra ( Close friend ) is a 2004 Indian Kannada psychological thriller film directed by P. Vasu , and starring Vishnuvardhan , Ramesh Arvind , Soundarya , Avinash and others . This was actress Soundarya 's last film . It is an official remake of the 1993 Malayalam film Manichithrathazhu.The movie was dubbed in Telugu as '' Soundharya Chandramukhi '' . The film ran for one year in the main theaters across Karnataka . Apthamitra was later followed by its sequel , Aptharakshaka ( 2010 ) . The movie will be soon dubbed into Hindi .",
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"text": "Vikramōrvaśīyam Vikramōrvaśīyam ( , meaning Urvashi Won by Valour ) is a five-act Sanskrit play by ancient Indian poet Kalidasa who flourished in the 4th Century CE , on the Vedic love story of king Pururavas and an Apsara , a celestial nymph named Urvashi . As per the tradition , while the basic plot has taken elements from the sources such as the Samvada Sukta of the Rigveda , Mahabharata and others , Kalidasa has made significant adaptations to make the presentation more appealing while establishing his prowess as a playwright . Vikramorvashiyam is the second of the three plays written by Kalidasa , the first being Mālavikāgnimitram and the third being the celebrated Abhijñānaśākuntalam . According to one theory , `` Vikram '' in the title alludes to Kalidasa 's patron king Vikramaditya ; however , there is no evidence for this . It simply means `` Valour '' .",
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"text": "Naveena Vikramadityan Naveena Vikramadityan ( English : Modern Vikramadithyan ) is a 1940 Indian Tamil language film produced by N. S. Krishnan and directed by K. S. Mani . The film featured N. S. Krishnan , T. A. Mathuram , T. S. Durairaj and M. R. Swaminathan in the lead roles .",
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"text": "A Game of Thrones A Game of Thrones is the first novel in A Song of Ice and Fire , a series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin . It was first published on August 1 , 1996 . The novel won the 1997 Locus Award and was nominated for both the 1997 Nebula Award and the 1997 World Fantasy Award . The novella Blood of the Dragon , comprising the Daenerys Targaryen chapters from the novel , won the 1997 Hugo Award for Best Novella . In January 2011 the novel became a New York Times bestseller and reached # 1 on the list in July 2011 . In the novel , recounting events from various points of view , Martin introduces the plot-lines of the noble houses of Westeros , the Wall , and the Targaryens . The novel has inspired several spin-off works , including several games . It is also the basis for the first season of Game of Thrones , an HBO television series that premiered in April 2011 . A March 2013 paperback TV tie-in re-edition was also titled Game of Thrones , excluding the indefinite article `` A '' .",
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"text": "Genre Genre ( -LSB- ˈʒɒ̃rə -RSB- , -LSB- ˈʒɒnrə -RSB- or -LSB- ˈdʒɒnrə -RSB- from French genre -LSB- ʒɑ̃ʁ -RSB- , `` kind '' or `` sort '' , from Latin genus ( stem gener - ) , Greek γένος , génos ) is any form or type of communication in any mode ( written , spoken , digital , artistic , etc. ) with socially-agreed upon conventions developed over time . Genre is most popularly known as a category of literature , music , or other forms of art or entertainment , whether written or spoken , audio or visual , based on some set of stylistic criteria , yet genres can be aesthetic , rhetorical , communicative , or functional . Genres form by conventions that change over time as new genres are invented and the use of old ones is discontinued . Often , works fit into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions . Stand alone texts , works , or pieces of communication may have individual styles , but genres are amalgams of these texts based on agreed upon or socially inferred conventions . Some genres may be rigid with strictly adhered to guidelines while others may be very flexible . Genre began as an absolute classification system for ancient Greek literature . Poetry , prose , and performance each had a specific and calculated style that related to the theme of the story . Speech patterns for comedy would not be appropriate for tragedy , and even actors were restricted to their genre under the assumption that a type of person could tell one type of story best . In later periods genres proliferated and developed in response to changes in audiences and creators . Genre became a dynamic tool to help the public make sense out of unpredictable art . Because art is often a response to a social state , in that people write/paint/sing / dance about what they know about , the use of genre as a tool must be able to adapt to changing meanings . Genre suffers from the same ills of any classification system . Genre is to be reassessed and scrutinized and to weigh works on their unique merit . It has been suggested that genres resonate with people because of the familiarity , the shorthand communication , as well as the tendency of genres to shift with public mores and to reflect the zeitgeist . While the genre of storytelling has been relegated as lesser form of art because of the heavily borrowed nature of the conventions , admiration has grown . Proponents argue that the genius of an effective genre piece is in the variation , recombination , and evolution of the codes .",
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"text": "Game of Thrones: Season 3 (soundtrack) The soundtrack album of the third season of HBO series Game of Thrones , titled Game of Thrones : Season 3 , was released digitally on June 4 , 2013 , and on CD on July 2 , 2013 . The album was composed by Ramin Djawadi .",
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"text": "Legal fiction A legal fiction is a fact assumed or created by courts which is then used in order to apply a legal rule . Typically , a legal fiction allows the court to ignore a fact that would prevent it from exercising its jurisdiction , by simply assuming that the fact is different . This is the case with the Bill of Middlesex where the Court of King 's Bench could only exercise jurisdiction over cases which took place in the historic English county of Middlesex . To allow the Court , which was the central court of the land , to take jurisdiction over other cases , parties began to plead that , along with the other facts , there had also been a trespass which occurred in Middlesex . This allowed the King 's Bench to rule on the whole of the case . Legal fictions are different from legal presumptions which assume a certain state of facts until the opposite is proved , such as the presumption of legitimacy . They are different from hypothetical examples , such as the ` reasonable person ' which serve as tools for the court to express its reasoning . They are also different from legal principles which create a legal state of affairs that is different from the underlying facts , such as corporate personhood although these are sometimes wrongly called legal fictions . The term `` legal fiction '' is not usually used in a pejorative way , and has been likened to scaffolding around a building under construction .",
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"text": "The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company . The series is a satirical depiction of working-class life epitomized by the Simpson family , which consists of Homer , Marge , Bart , Lisa , and Maggie . The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture , society , television , and the human condition . The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks . Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family , substituting Bart for his own name . The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19 , 1987 . After a three-season run , the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and became an early hit for Fox , becoming the network 's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season ( 1989 -- 90 ) . Since its debut on December 17 , 1989 , episodes of The Simpsons have been broadcast . Its 28th season began on September 25 , 2016 . It is the longest-running American sitcom and the longest-running American animated program , and , in 2009 , it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running American scripted primetime television series . The Simpsons Movie , a feature-length film , was released in theaters worldwide on July 27 , 2007 , and grossed over $ 527 million . On November 4 , 2016 , the series was renewed for a twenty-ninth and thirtieth season of 22 episodes each , extending the show to 2019 . The Simpsons received widespread critical acclaim throughout its first nine seasons , which are generally considered its `` Golden Age '' . Time named it the 20th century 's best television series , and Erik Adams of The A.V. Club named it `` television 's crowning achievement regardless of format '' . On January 14 , 2000 , the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . It has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series , including 31 Primetime Emmy Awards , 30 Annie Awards , and a Peabody Award . Homer 's exclamatory catchphrase `` D'oh ! '' has been adopted into the English language , while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms . Despite this , the show has also been criticized for what many perceive as a decline in quality over the years .",
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"text": "Eunuchs in popular culture Eunuchs have appeared many times in popular culture . The Eunuch , a comedy by Roman playwright Terence . In The Country Wife , the main character , Mr. Horner , pretends to be a man turned eunuch by impotence caused by syphilis in order to gain access to the bedrooms of married women . Being proud of not being a eunuch is the subject of the song `` At Least You 're Not a Eunuch '' in the play Life and Death in Jaffna ( The Musical ! ) '' by Edward Cress Eunuchs appear often as villains in Hong Kong kung fu and wuxia films set in ancient China . For example , the films `` Dragon Inn ( Xin long men ke zhan ) '' , `` Butterfly and Sword ( Xin liu xing hu die jian ) '' , and `` A Touch of Zen ( Hsia nu ) '' all feature a eunuch or a group of eunuchs as the main villain . A popular eunuch villain used in ancient China stories is Eunuch Wei , who is based on a historical figure named Wei Zhongxian . Eunuch villains are usually in charge of powerful political posts , such as being the leader of the East Chamber . The Queen Salmissra , in David Eddings ' The Belgariad and The Malloreon , is only allowed to be served by eunuchs . Her Chief Eunuch Sadi becomes a principal character in The Malloreon , and is referred to in `` The Prophecy '' as `` The Man who is no Man . '' The character and narrator Taita in Wilbur Smith 's `` Egyptian '' ( 1991 - ) series of novels is a eunuch ( performed as a punishment while a slave ) . Bagoas was the eunuch favorite of Alexander the Great ( referenced above ) . Bagoas is the main character and narrator of The Persian Boy , a 1972 historical novel by Mary Renault . Punk rock band the Descendents wrote a song about a eunuch called `` Eunuch Boy '' , which was on their 1996 comeback album Everything Sucks . Eunuchs feature prominently in Montesquieu 's 1722 novel Lettres persanes , supposedly about Persian visitors to eighteenth-century France . Varys , a character in George R. R. Martin 's series A Song of Ice and Fire , later made into the HBO series Game of Thrones , is a eunuch by castration . A historical mystery series written by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer , beginning in 1999 , details investigations carried out by John , the eunuch Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian I , in and around the sixth-century imperial court in Constantinople . In the 2006 film One Night With the King , Hadassah 's ( Esther 's ) would-be boyfriend , Jesse , is captured by the Persian empire and castrated . The 2002 historical science fiction novel The Years of Rice and Salt features many eunuchs in its opening section , including the character Kyu and the historical Chinese admiral Zheng He . Three best-selling novels by Jason Goodwin , The Janissary Tree , The Snake Stone and The Bellini Card , chronicle the investigations of Yashim Togalu , a Turkish eunuch detective to the Sultan 's royal court , in the Ottoman Empire of the 1830s . The historical novel Memoirs of a Byzantine Eunuch , by Christopher Harris ( 2002 Dedalus Books , ISBN 1-903517-03-6 ) The Japanese novel ( and later anime series ) Ai no Kusabi has within their caste system `` Furniture '' , or eunuchs who act as servants to the highest social class . The character Katze was once Furniture , but now works on the black market . In the Japanese anime Code Geass : Lelouch of the Rebellion ( R2 ) the de facto rulers of the communist Chinese Federation are a group of eight eunuchs called `` High Eunuchs . '' The character Naboo the Enigma from the British comedy act and television series The Mighty Boosh is a eunuch . For the greater part of Iain Banks 's 1984 novel The Wasp Factory , the 16-year-old narrator Frank Cauldhame claims to be a eunuch , the result of being savaged by a dog when he was an infant . At the novels climax , Frank discovers that she was in fact born female . In the TV show Major Dad , a eunuch was in charge of the Security wives of Emir of Katodd . One of the characters that Voltaire 's Candide meets on his adventures is a eunuch . The Vampire Eli in John Ajvide Lindqvist 's novel Let The Right One In is a eunuch . However , this detail is not made abundantly clear in the book 's 2008 Film adaptation of the same title . The Yellow Bastard of the Sin City franchise . In the Red Dwarf episode `` Quarantine '' , Rimmer is said to have been Alexander the Great 's chief eunuch in a past life . In the manga `` Red River ( manga ) '' one of the main villains , Urhi , is a eunuch . The eunuch Manan is a major character in The Tombs of Atuan , the second book from Ursula K. Le Guin 's Earthsea series . The story largely takes place in a large convent where no men are allowed , so a number of other eunuchs are mentioned . In Robert E. Howard 's short story The Scarlet Citadel , the main antagonist has a eunuch prison guard named Shukeli . It is stated that in him , normal human passions have been replaced by extreme sadism . In William Shakespeare 's play `` Twelfth Night '' , Viola initially decides to disguise herself as a eunuch named Cesario in order to serve Duke Orsino . In the 2015 video game The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt , the loyal servant and bookie of head Redanian Intelligence Sigismund Dijkstra is a eunuch , called Happen the Eunuch . He takes care of the Bathhouse in Novigrad , which is open to both sexes . Category : Topics in popular culture",
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"text": "Fictional universe of The Hunger Games The Hunger Games universe is a fictional world appearing in The Hunger Games trilogy written by Suzanne Collins . It consists primarily of the fictional nation of Panem , its Capitol where the totalitarian government resides , and the outlying districts , numbered 1 to 12 , each with a different economy . In addition , there is the secretive District 13 , where a rebel force is building strength . The Hunger Games themselves are an annual event in which citizens from the districts , selected through a process called `` reaping '' , are forced to participate in a battle to the death . The universe also contains fictional flora and fauna , such as the Mockingjay , a bird whose mimicry is used as a plot device , and after whom the third book in the series is named .",
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"text": "Essay of Dramatick Poesie Essay of Dramatic Poesy by John Dryden was published in 1668 . It was probably written during the plague year of 1666 . Dryden takes up the subject that Philip Sidney had set forth in his Defence of Poesie ( 1580 ) and attempts to justify drama as a legitimate form of `` poetry '' comparable to the epic , as well as defend English drama against that of the ancients and the French . The treatise is a dialogue between four speakers : Eugenius , Crites , Lisideius , and Neander . The four speakers represented , respectively Charles Sackville ( Lord Buchhurst and later sixth Earl of Dorset ) , Sir Robert Howard -LSB- playwright and Dryden 's brother-in-law -RSB- , Sir Charles Sedley ( Edward Malone identified him as Lisideius ) and Dryden himself ( neander means `` new man '' and implies that Dryden , as a respected member of the gentry class , is entitled to join in this dialogue on an equal footing with the three older men who are his social superiors ) . On the day that the English fleet encounters the Dutch at sea near the mouth of the Thames , the four friends take a barge downriver towards the noise from the battle . Rightly concluding , as the noise subsides , that the English have triumphed , they order the bargeman to row them back upriver as they begin a dialogue on the advances made by modern civilization . They agree to measure progress by comparing ancient arts with modern , focusing specifically on the art of drama ( or `` dramatic poesy '' ) . The four men debate a series of three topics : ( 1 ) the relative merit of classical drama ( upheld by Crites ) vs. modern drama ( championed by Eugenius ) ; ( 2 ) whether French drama , as Lisideius maintains , is better than English drama ( supported by Neander , who famously calls Shakespeare `` the greatest soul , ancient or modern '' ) ; and ( 3 ) whether plays in rhyme are an improvement upon blank verse drama -- a proposition that Neander , despite having defended the Elizabethans , now advances against the skeptical Crites ( who also switches from his original position and defends the blank verse tradition of Elizabethan drama ) . Invoking the so-called unities from Aristotle 's Poetics ( as interpreted by Italian and refined by French scholars over the last century ) , the four speakers discuss what makes a play `` a just and lively imitation '' of human nature in action . This definition of a play , supplied by Lisideius/Orrery ( whose rhymed plays had dazzled the court and were a model for the new drama ) , gives the debaters a versatile and richly ambiguous touchstone . To Crites ' argument that the plots of classical drama are more `` just , '' Eugenius can retort that modern plots are more `` lively '' thanks to their variety . Lisideius shows that the French plots carefully preserve Aristotle 's unities of action , place , and time ; Neander replies that English dramatists like Ben Jonson also kept the unities when they wanted to , but that they preferred to develop character and motive . Even Neander 's final argument with Crites over whether rhyme is suitable in drama depends on Aristotle 's Poetics : Neander says that Aristotle demands a verbally artful ( `` lively '' ) imitation of nature , while Crites thinks that dramatic imitation ceases to be `` just '' when it departs from ordinary speech -- i.e. prose or blank verse . A year later , the two brothers-in-law quarreled publicly over this third topic . See Dryden 's `` Defense of An Essay of Dramatic Poesy '' ( 1669 ) , where Dryden tries to persuade the rather literal-minded Howard that audiences expect a play to be an imitation of nature , not a surrogate for nature itself .",
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"text": "Gilly (A Song of Ice and Fire) Gilly is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin , and its television adaptation Game of Thrones . Introduced in 1998 's A Clash of Kings , she is a wildling from the wild lands north of the Wall . She subsequently appeared in Martin 's A Storm of Swords , A Feast for Crows , A Dance with Dragons and will appear in the upcoming novel The Winds of Winter . Gilly is portrayed by Hannah Murray in the HBO television adaptation .",
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"text": "List of A Song of Ice and Fire characters George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire novels feature a massive cast of characters . The series follows three interwoven plotlines : a dynastic war for control of Westeros by several families ; the rising threat of the superhuman Others beyond Westeros 's northern border ; and the ambition of Daenerys Targaryen , the exiled heir of the previous ruling dynasty . Each chapter is narrated in the third person limited point of view through the eyes of a single character . Beginning with nine POV characters in A Game of Thrones ( 1996 ) , the number grows to thirty-one by A Dance with Dragons ( 2011 ) .",
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"text": "Entertainment Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience , or gives pleasure and delight . It can be an idea or a task , but is more likely to be one of the activities or events that have developed over thousands of years specifically for the purpose of keeping an audience 's attention . Although people 's attention is held by different things , because individuals have different preferences in entertainment , most forms are recognisable and familiar . Storytelling , music , drama , dance , and different kinds of performance exist in all cultures , were supported in royal courts , developed into sophisticated forms and over time became available to all citizens . The process has been accelerated in modern times by an entertainment industry that records and sells entertainment products . Entertainment evolves and can be adapted to suit any scale , ranging from an individual who chooses a private entertainment from a now enormous array of pre-recorded products ; to a banquet adapted for two ; to any size or type of party , with appropriate music and dance ; to performances intended for thousands ; and even for a global audience . The experience of being entertained has come to be strongly associated with amusement , so that one common understanding of the idea is fun and laughter , although many entertainments have a serious purpose . This may be the case in the various forms of ceremony , celebration , religious festival , or satire for example . Hence , there is the possibility that what appears as entertainment may also be a means of achieving insight or intellectual growth . An important aspect of entertainment is the audience , which turns a private recreation or leisure activity into entertainment . The audience may have a passive role , as in the case of persons watching a play , opera , television show , or film ; or the audience role may be active , as in the case of games , where the participant/audience roles may be routinely reversed . Entertainment can be public or private , involving formal , scripted performance , as in the case of theatre or concerts ; or unscripted and spontaneous , as in the case of children 's games . Most forms of entertainment have persisted over many centuries , evolving due to changes in culture , technology , and fashion . Films and video games , for example , although they use newer media , continue to tell stories , present drama , and play music . Festivals devoted to music , film , or dance allow audiences to be entertained over a number of consecutive days . Some activities that were once considered entertaining , particularly public punishments , have been removed from the public arena . Others , such as fencing or archery , once necessary skills for some , have become serious sports and even professions for the participants , at the same time developing into entertainment with wider appeal for bigger audiences . In the same way , other necessary skills , such as cooking , have developed into performances among professionals , staged as global competitions and then broadcast for entertainment . What entertainment is for one group or individual may be regarded as work by another . The familiar forms of entertainment have the capacity to cross over different media and have demonstrated a seemingly unlimited potential for creative remix . This has ensured the continuity and longevity of many themes , images , and structures .",
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"text": "Game of Thrones (2014 video game) Game of Thrones is an episodic graphic adventure fantasy drama video game based on Game of Thrones , the TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series , released in December 2014 for Android , iOS , Microsoft Windows , OS X , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360 , and Xbox One . The game was developed by Telltale Games and follows the episodic format found in other Telltale titles , such as The Walking Dead , The Wolf Among Us , and Tales from the Borderlands , where player choices and actions influence later events across the 6-episode arc . The story revolves around the northern House Forrester , rulers of Ironrath , whose members , including the five playable characters , attempt to save their family and themselves after ending up on the losing side of the War of the Five Kings . The game includes settings , characters and voice actors from the novels and TV series . The game was generally well received , and Telltale is currently working on a second season of the game .",
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"text": "Books of the Art Books of the Art or The Art Trilogy is an incomplete trilogy of novels by Clive Barker , of which only the first two have been published . The first book , The Great and Secret Show , was first published in 1989 and was followed by the second book , Everville , in 1994 . The third book has yet to be written and there is currently no schedule for its release . Of plans for the third book , Barker has stated that the book will be `` a big book when it comes '' and that he wants to write it with `` as much feeling as possible . '' The trilogy has been cited as an example of Barker 's use of magic as a motif to `` comment upon the work of the creator of art '' and Barker himself has used the term to describe transformative magic that is used as `` windows through which to glimpse the miraculous '' . The series thus far has been compared to J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings .",
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"text": "Character (arts) A character ( sometimes known as a fictional character ) is a person or other being in a narrative work of art ( such as a novel , play , television series , or film ) . The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person , in which case the distinction of a `` fictional '' versus `` real '' character may be made . Derived from the ancient Greek word χαρακτήρ , the English word dates from the Restoration , although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749 . From this , the sense of `` a part played by an actor '' developed . Character , particularly when enacted by an actor in the theatre or cinema , involves `` the illusion of being a human person . '' In literature , characters guide readers through their stories , helping them to understand plots and ponder themes . Since the end of the 18th century , the phrase `` in character '' has been used to describe an effective impersonation by an actor . Since the 19th century , the art of creating characters , as practiced by actors or writers , has been called characterisation . A character who stands as a representative of a particular class or group of people is known as a type . Types include both stock characters and those that are more fully individualised . The characters in Henrik Ibsen 's Hedda Gabler ( 1891 ) and August Strindberg 's Miss Julie ( 1888 ) , for example , are representative of specific positions in the social relations of class and gender , such that the conflicts between the characters reveal ideological conflicts . The study of a character requires an analysis of its relations with all of the other characters in the work . The individual status of a character is defined through the network of oppositions ( proairetic , pragmatic , linguistic , proxemic ) that it forms with the other characters . The relation between characters and the action of the story shifts historically , often miming shifts in society and its ideas about human individuality , self-determination , and the social order .",
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"text": "Camelot (TV series) Camelot is a 2011 historical-fantasy-drama television series which premiered on 1 April 2011 . It was co-produced by the Starz cable network and GK-TV which began production during the summer of 2010 . The series , based on the Arthurian legend , was produced by Graham King , Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst . A special preview showing of the pilot episode `` Homecoming '' was aired on Starz Friday night , 25 February 2011 . On 30 June 2011 Starz announced it was not going to order new seasons of Camelot , citing significant production challenges , predominantly scheduling conflicts with some members of the cast , including Joseph Fiennes , Jamie Campbell Bower and Eva Green .",
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"text": "Mhysa `` Mhysa '' is the third season finale of the American medieval epic fantasy television series Game of Thrones , and its 30th episode overall . Written by executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss , and directed by David Nutter , it originally aired on on HBO in the United States . The episode revolves on the aftermath of the events instigated by `` The Red Wedding '' : House Frey receives the Seat of Riverrun , Roose Bolton is appointed the new `` Warden of the North '' , while House Greyjoy begins a new military campaign . In the North , Maester Aemon sends out ravens to alert the whole of Westeros about the arrival of the White Walkers . And across the narrow sea , the freed slaves of Yunkai hail Daenerys as their `` mhysa '' , the Ghiscari language 's word for `` mother '' . According to Nielsen Media Research , `` Mhysa '' was seen by 5.4 million household viewers in the United States , a twenty-eight percent increase compared to the second season finale , `` Valar Morghulis '' . After its broadcast , the episode received generally positive reviews from television critics , with some of them addressing its anti-climactic closure of the series ' third season , and its establishment of potential storylines for the fourth season , such as through the final scene 's `` glimmer of hope '' . The episode received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series at the 65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards .",
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"text": "Knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch or other political leader for service to the monarch or country , especially in a military capacity . Historically , in Europe , knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors . During the High Middle Ages , knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility . By the Late Middle Ages , the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry , a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior . Often , a knight was a vassal who served as a fighter for a lord , with payment in the form of land holdings . The lords trusted the knights , who were skilled in battle on horseback . Since the early modern period , the title of knight is purely honorific , usually bestowed by a monarch , as in the British honours system , often for non-military service to the country . The modern female equivalent in the United Kingdom is Dame . Historically , the ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval literature , especially the Matter of Britain and Matter of France , the former based on Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia Regum Britanniae ( History of the Kings of Britain ) which introduced the legend of King Arthur , written in the 1130s . Sir Thomas Malory 's Le Morte d'Arthur ( The Death of Arthur ) , written in 1485 , was important in defining the ideal of chivalry , which is essential to the modern concept of the knight , as an elite warrior sworn to uphold the values of faith , loyalty , courage , and honour . Furthermore , Geoffroi de Charny 's `` Book of Chivalry '' expounded upon the importance of Christian faith in every area of a knight 's life . During the Renaissance , the genre of chivalric romance became popular in literature , growing ever more idealistic and eventually giving rise to a new form of realism in literature popularised by Miguel de Cervantes ' Don Quixote . This novel explored the ideals of knighthood and their incongruity with the reality of Cervantes ' world . In the late medieval period , new methods of warfare began to render classical knights in armour obsolete , but the titles remained in many nations . Some orders of knighthood , such as the Knights Templar , have become the subject of legend ; others have disappeared into obscurity . Today , a number of orders of knighthood continue to exist in several countries , such as the English Order of the Garter , the Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim , and the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav . Each of these orders has its own criteria for eligibility , but knighthood is generally granted by a head of state or monarch to selected persons to recognise some meritorious achievement . Knighthood in the Middle Ages was closely linked with horsemanship ( and especially the joust ) from its origins in the 12th century until its final flowering as a fashion among the high nobility in the Duchy of Burgundy in the 15th century . This linkage is reflected in the etymology of chivalry , cavalier and related terms ( see Etymology section below ) . The special prestige accorded to mounted warriors finds a parallel in the furusiyya in the Muslim world , and the Greek hippeus and Roman eques of classical antiquity .",
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"text": "Récit Récit is a term for a subgenre of the French novel , describing a work in which the narrative calls attention to itself . Literary critic Roger Shattuck explains , `` During a récit , we are conscious of being at one remove from the action ; the very act of narration interferes and calls attention to itself . '' Examples of the récit include works by Benjamin Constant and Eugene Fromentin , Andre Gide , Maurice Blanchot , and Michel Leiris . According to Shattuck , The discomfort of the narrator in confronting his own effort of composition ( by now it should be apparent that narrator and author become indistinguishable ) has been inherited as one of the principal features of the recit . Critic Geoffrey Hartman describes the récit as `` a confessional narrative , a kind of dramatic monologue in prose ... '' Daniel Just writes of an ambiguity in the nature of the récit : For literary critics , the récit as a category became ... elusive -- at once too broad and too specific . Meaning a `` narrative '' in general , récit has been used as an indefinite notion embracing many prose genres , to the point when it ceases to be clear if it does not coincide with narrative literature as such . At the same time , it has also served to identify a stylistic specificity found in the select works of only a few writers . This latter use finds perhaps its most exemplary illustrations in André Gide 's L'Immoraliste and Albert Camus 's La Chute . Gide , in particular , was quite meticulous in differentiating between his novels and their complex view of life , and his récits that portray life from a single perspective . Blanchot 's insistence on the difference between the novel and the récit is equally scrupulous , but for other reasons . His emphasis on a strong generic meaning of the term récit -- which is evident in spite of the semantic overload this notion sometimes undergoes in his theoretical texts -- has nothing to do with the number of points of view represented in the story . For Blanchot , the récit is a distinct literary form whose uniqueness resides in its not merely stylistic but `` essential '' difference from the genre of the novel . Maurice Blanchot describes the récit as follows : If we regard the récit as the true telling of an exceptional event which has taken place and which someone is trying to report , then we have not even come close to sensing the true nature of the récit . The récit is not the narration of an event , but the event itself , the approach to that event , the place where that event is made to happen-an event which is yet to come and through whose power of attraction the récit can come into being , too .",
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"text": "Novel in Scotland The novel in Scotland includes all long prose fiction published in Scotland and by Scottish authors since the development of the literary format in the eighteenth century . The novel was soon a major element of Scottish literary and critical life . Tobias Smollett 's picaresque novels , such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle mean that he is often seen as Scotland 's first novelist . Other Scots who contributed to the development of the novel in the eighteenth century include Henry Mackenzie and John Moore . There was a tradition of moral and domestic fiction in the early nineteenth century that included the work of Elizabeth Hamilton , Mary Brunton and Christian Johnstone . The outstanding literary figure of the early nineteenth century was Walter Scott , whose Waverley is often called the first historical novel . He had a major worldwide influence . His success led to a publishing boom in Scotland . Major figures that benefited included James Hogg , John Galt , John Gibson Lockhart , John Wilson and Susan Ferrier . In the mid-nineteenth century major literary figures that contributed to the development of the novel included David Macbeth Moir , John Stuart Blackie , William Edmondstoune Aytoun and Margaret Oliphant . In the late nineteenth century , a number of Scottish-born authors achieved international reputations , including Robert Louis Stevenson and Arthur Conan Doyle , whose Sherlock Holmes stories helped found the tradition of detective fiction . In the last two decades of the century the `` kailyard school '' ( cabbage patch ) depicted Scotland in a rural and nostalgic fashion , often seen as a `` failure of nerve '' in dealing with the rapid changes that had swept across Scotland in the industrial revolution . Figures associated with the movement include Ian Maclaren , S. R. Crockett and J. M. Barrie , best known for his creation of Peter Pan , which helped develop the genre of fantasy , as did the work of George MacDonald . Among the most important novels of the early twentieth century was The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown , which broke with the Kailyard tradition . John Buchan played a major role in the creation of the modern thriller with The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle . The Scottish literary Renaissance attempted to introduce modernism into art and create of a distinctive national literature . It increasingly focused on the novel . Major figures included Neil Gunn , George Blake , A. J. Cronin , Eric Linklater and Lewis Grassic Gibbon . There were also a large number of female authors associated with the movement , who included Catherine Carswell , Willa Muir , Nan Shepherd and Naomi Mitchison . Many major Scottish post-war novelists , such as Robin Jenkins , Jessie Kesson , Muriel Spark , Alexander Trocchi and James Kennaway spent most of their lives outside Scotland , but often dealt with Scottish themes . Successful mass-market works included the action novels of Alistair MacLean and the historical fiction of Dorothy Dunnett . A younger generation of novelists that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s included Allan Massie , Shena Mackay and Alan Spence . Working class identity continued to be explored by Archie Hind , Alan Sharp , George Friel and William McIlvanney . From the 1980s Scottish literature enjoyed another major revival , with figures including Alasdair Gray , James Kelman , Irvine Welsh , Alan Warner , Janice Galloway , A. L. Kennedy , Iain Banks , Candia McWilliam , Frank Kuppner and Andrew O'Hagan . In genre fiction Iain Banks , writing as Iain M. Banks , produced ground-breaking science fiction and Scottish crime fiction has been a major area of growth with the success of novelists including Frederic Lindsay , Quintin Jardine , Val McDermid , Denise Mina , Christopher Brookmyre , and particularly Ian Rankin and his Inspector Rebus novels . The most successful author of Scottish origins in recent years has been J. K. Rowling , author of the Harry Potter series .",
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"text": "Teen drama A teen drama is a genre or type of drama series with a major focus on teenage and young adult characters . It came into prominence in the early 1990s , especially with the popularity of the Fox series Beverly Hills , 90210 . After 90210 became a success , television writers and producers realized the potential for this new genre to reach out to a previously ignored demographic . In the past , most series that maintained a focus on teenagers had been sitcoms , while adolescents in drama series were usually part of a larger ensemble that included adults and children . More often than not , teen dramas have soap opera elements , incorporating one or more ongoing story arcs spanning several episodes . The young characters must deal with the dramatic ups and downs of their friendships and romances while facing an array of issues thought to be typical of adolescence . There have also been many successful teen-based series with major science fiction , fantasy and action/adventure themes .",
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"text": "Game of Thrones (season 6) The sixth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 24 , 2016 , and concluded on June 26 , 2016 . It consists of ten episodes , each of approximately 50 -- 60 minutes , largely of original content not found in George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire series . Some material is adapted from the upcoming sixth novel The Winds of Winter and the fourth and fifth novels , A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons . The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss . HBO ordered the season on April 8 , 2014 , together with the fifth season , which began filming in July 2015 primarily in Northern Ireland , Spain , Croatia , Iceland and Canada . Each episode cost over $ 10 million . The season follows the continuing struggle between the Starks and other noble families of Westeros for the Iron Throne . The Starks defeat the Bolton forces in battle , and Jon Snow is proclaimed the King in the North . Tyrion attempts to rule Meereen while Daenerys is held captive by a Dothraki tribe . At King 's Landing , the Tyrell army attempts to liberate Margaery and Loras , but Margaery capitulates to the High Sparrow , who becomes more powerful by influencing King Tommen . At her trial , Cersei burns the Great Sept , killing her rivals , while Tommen kills himself . Unopposed , Cersei is crowned Queen of Westeros . Ellaria Sand and three of Oberyn Martell 's daughters kill Doran and Trystane Martell and seize control of Dorne , and Olenna discusses an alliance with Ellaria . In Essos , Daenerys Targaryen is captured by Khal Moro who takes her before the khals ; she burns them alive and takes command of the Dothraki . Game of Thrones features a large ensemble cast , including Peter Dinklage , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Lena Headey , Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington . The season introduced new cast members , including Max von Sydow , Pilou Asbæk and James Faulkner . Critics praised its production values , writing , plot development , and cast . Game of Thrones received most nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards , with 23 nominations , and won twelve , including that for Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row . U.S. viewership rose compared to the previous season , and by approximately 13 % over its course , from 7.9 million to 8.9 million by the finale .",
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"text": "Michael Winterbottom Not to be confused with the classical scholar Michael Winterbottom ( academic ) . Michael Winterbottom ( born 29 March 1961 ) is an English filmmaker . He began his career working in British television before moving into features . Three of his films -- Welcome to Sarajevo , Wonderland and 24 Hour Party People -- have competed for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . Winterbottom often works with the same actors ; many faces can be seen in several of his films , including Shirley Henderson , Paul Popplewell , John Simm , Steve Coogan , Rob Brydon , Raymond Waring and Kieran O'Brien .",
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"text": "Pole to Pole Pole to Pole is an eight-part television documentary travel series made for the BBC , and first broadcast on BBC1 in 1992 . The presenter is Michael Palin , this being the second of Palin 's major journeys for the BBC . The first was Around the World in 80 Days , a 7-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1989 , and the third was Full Circle with Michael Palin , a 10-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1997 . The trip from the North Pole to the South Pole went via Scandinavia , the Soviet Union , parts of Europe , and through the heart of Africa . The intention was to follow the 30 degree east line of longitude , which would cover the most land . A last-minute diversion to Chile included South America in the series . Using aircraft as little as possible , the whole trip lasted 5 1/2 months . The programme has been sold to many television stations around the world . It was also released on video tape and later on DVD . Following the trip Michael Palin wrote Pole to Pole describing the trip . This book contains much more detail than could be presented in the TV programme , and Palin 's personal views are also more clearly evident . The book contains many pictures from the trip , almost all taken by Basil Pao , the stills photographer on the team .",
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"text": "Threads Threads is a 1984 British television drama jointly produced by the BBC , Nine Network and Western-World Television Inc. . Written by Barry Hines and directed by Mick Jackson , it is a docudrama account of nuclear war and its effects on the city of Sheffield in Northern England . The plot centres on two families as a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union erupts . As the nuclear exchange between NATO and the Warsaw Pact begins , the film depicts the medical , economic , social and environmental consequences of nuclear war . Shot on a budget of # 250,000 -- 350,000 , the film was the first of its kind to depict a nuclear winter . Certain reviewers nominated Threads as the `` film which comes closest to representing the full horror of nuclear war and its aftermath , as well as the catastrophic impact that the event would have on human culture '' . It has been compared to the earlier programme The War Game produced in Britain in the 1960s and its contemporary The Day After , a 1983 ABC television film depicting a similar scenario in the United States . It was nominated for seven BAFTA awards in 1985 and won for Best Single Drama , Best Design , Best Film Cameraman and Best Film Editor .",
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"text": "Genova (2008 film) Genova ( released in the US as A Summer in Genoa ) is a film directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring Colin Firth , Catherine Keener , and Hope Davis . It was filmed in the titular city of Genoa ( Genova in Italian ) during the summer of 2007 . It was written by Wonderland screenwriter Laurence Coriat and Winterbottom . It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and won the best director 's award in the San Sebastián International Film Festival .",
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"text": "Paul Popowich Paul Popowich is a Canadian actor . Popowich made his beginning in the cinematography at age of 15 , when he received his first professional role as Cass in the movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller . Beside his theatre appearances , he has performed in many television series ( such as Beverly Hills , 90210 ) and features . Paul is best known for his portrayal of Mr. Smith in Season 2 of Twice in a Lifetime , where he played an angel who had to help people change their past for a better future . He also starred as drummer Jesse alongside Neve Campbell on the Canadian TV show Catwalk , about a struggling band of musicians , and as Joe Hardy in the 1995 The Hardy Boys television series . He made a Star Trek appearance in the Star Trek : Deep Space Nine episode `` Valiant '' , in which he played Tim Watters , a Starfleet cadet who received a field promotion to Captain , which makes Popowich one of the few actors to record a Captain 's Log on Star Trek . In 2012 , he appeared in Season 12 of Degrassi : The Next Generation as Clare Edwards ' boss , Asher Shostak . In addition , Paul has worked on projects including Angela 's Eyes ( 2006 ) , I Me Wed ( 2007 ) , the Bridge ( CTV , 2010 ) , My Daughter Must Live , Cracked ( 2010 ) , and Hemlock Grove ( 2013 ) .",
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"text": "Weird Paul Petroskey Weird Paul Petroskey ( born November 21 , 1970 ) is a lo-fi musician in the Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania area . He has been writing and recording music since 1984 , and has written or co-written over 700 songs and appeared on over 50 released albums . Petroskey has played as part of an ensemble and has performed in the bands The Blazing Bulkheads , The Blissful Idiots ( which later changed their name to Revenge of the Nerds ) , `` 57 Big End Halos ( Scott Fry ) and The Weird Paul Rock Band . Petroskey formed his label Rocks & Rolling Records in 1987 , through which he released his first album In Case of Fire Throw This In on cassette tape . He initially called himself `` Off-the-Wall Paul '' in an effort to differentiate himself from `` Weird Al '' Yankovic . In 1990 Petroskey began performing with drummer Manny Theiner and in 1991 , signed with New York record label Homestead Records . Through Homestead Records the two released the album Lo Fidelity , Hi Anxiety , but was not picked up for a second album . Between the years 2001 to 2004 , Petroskey filmed a documentary with Chicago filmmaker Stacey Goldschmidt , who was creating a film about his music . Weird Paul : A Lo Fidelity Documentary was completed in 2005 and was released in April 2006 , where it went on to show at the Chicago Underground Film Festival and Leeds International Film Festival . In 2015 , Petroskey hosted and starred in the weekly local television series The Weird Paul Variety Show on WEPA-CD in the Pittsburgh area . The first airing was June 11 , 2015 . A new documentary about Petroskey will be released in 2017 , called Will Work for Views : The Lo-Fi Life of Weird Paul '' which is described as `` a documentary film 30 years in the making . ''",
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"text": "Family and Kinship in East London Family and Kinship in East London was a 1957 sociological study of an urban working class tight-knit community , and the effects of the post-war governments ' social housing policy leading to their rehousing . Many East Londoners by rigid slum clearance moved out into the new estates of the Home Counties ( some of which is now outer Greater London ) . The study was carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green , in the East End of London and a new housing estate in Essex . The research was carried out by Michael Young and Peter Willmott , who had been an integral part of building the welfare state in Britain during the tenure of Clement Attlee and the Labour government between 1945-51 . The study itself has been acknowledged by many sociologists and in its authors ' critiques as being one of the most influential sociological studies of the twentieth century . It is argued by some that it has inspired British sociology to take new paths away from the more traditional broad Functionalist versus Marxist dichotomy . It used social observation as its means to do so , going away from statistical information that had been previously preferred . In this sense , it counters the Structuralist ( Positivist ) model that posits statistics can always be found to prove cause and effect within society . The idea was to interact and understand a post-war community , to determine its aspirations , worries , doubts and insecurities . This key understanding moves the study into a more Interactionist line , about each individual 's role within society . Indeed , it could also be linked to Max Weber 's idea of empathy and `` going deep '' to comprehend the complexity of communities . In 1992 , Michael Young and the Institute of Community Studies he founded commenced on a new survey of the area to examine the changes to the area and in particular to examine the conflict between the white working class and Bangladeshi immigrants which had become a major feature of the area . This was eventually published in 2005 after his death as The New East End : Kinship , Race and Conflict by Michael Young , Kate Gavron , Geoff Dench . On Wednesday 25 April 2007 , The Guardian society section reported on the 50th Anniversary of the study . Madeleine Bunting expressed how `` the voices they found described a world rich in social relationships , networks of dependence and mutual support that were central to the people 's resilience in facing the adversity of insecure and low paid employment . '' Bunting also mentions how the pair were amongst the first to discover `` social capital '' and its role in shaping community life . It was the first British sociological study that really investigated deeply people 's attitudes , beliefs and feelings . Using detailed prose and limited statistical analysis , it charted how decisions from the top affected ordinary people in their day-to-day and prospective lives . ISBN 978-0-14-020595-4",
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"text": "Paul Roland Paul Roland ( born 6 September 1959 in Kent , England ) , is a singer-songwriter , author , journalist and paranormal researcher . Since the release of his first ( shared ) single `` Oscar Automobile '' in 1979 , Roland has been spinning his tales against a backdrop of gothic rock , psychedelic pop , folk and , occasionally , baroque strings . His character creations include a Regency magistrate , various 19th Century murderers , a retired executioner , an opium addict , and an entire court of medieval grotesques . Paul has been called `` the male Kate Bush '' by one-time label-mate Robyn Hitchcock , and `` The Lord Byron of Rock '' by influential French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles . `` Paul Roland has remained a cherished figure on the gothic rock and psychedelic pop periphery for 30 years ... a treasury of detail and eloquence ... Roland 's impeccable narratives ( and ) formal , baroque instrumentation ... creates the antiquated yet timeless ambience his songs deserve '' ( Marco Rossi , Record Collector , May 2010 ) . Joshua Pfeiffer of Vernian Process is quoted as saying `` As for Paul Roland , if anyone deserves credit for spearheading steampunk music , it is him . He was one of the inspirations I had in starting my project . He was writing songs about the first attempt at manned flight , and an Edwardian airship raid in the mid-80s long before almost anyone else ... . '' `` Paul Roland writes nice melodies and has a very particular personality but he is too intellectual for me ! '' ( Frank Zappa , 1988 ) .",
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"text": "Edward Higginbottom Edward Higginbottom , DPhil ( Oxon ) , BMus ( Cantab ) , is a music scholar , organist , choirmaster , conductor and choral composer . Most of his career has been as organist at New College Oxford , where he led their choir for more than 35 years and produced a large number of choral recordings .",
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"text": "Mick Talbot Michael `` Mick '' Talbot ( born 11 September 1958 ) is an English keyboardist , songwriter , composer and record producer . In a career spanning more than 30 years , Talbot is probably best known as a founder of The Style Council . Talbot has been a member of Dexys Midnight Runners , The Merton Parkas , and The Bureau .",
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"text": "Our London Lives Our London Lives is a 2016 auto-biographical documentary film made by Paul Atherton , who initially began collecting footage as a way to memorialize his time spent with his son . The film premiered at the Museum of London on 8 January 2016 as part of its exhibition `` Recording A Life '' before being interned into the Museum 's permanent collection . The movie examines Atherton 's relationship with his son Charles , who lives in Cardiff and was shot in an attempt to prove that London can be a good place to bring up a child , contrary to some opinions that the city was isolating and anti-family . Footage was shot over a sixteen-year period and was edited from over 200 hours of video footage of Charles 's visits with his father on regular holidays . Filming took place entirely in London using a variety of cameras , predominantly the Sony AEX Camcorder , which he placed on display as part of the exhibition at the Museum of London . While shooting the film Atherton had to deal with issues surrounding his chronic fatigue syndrome , with which he was diagnosed in his twenties . The film was taken into the permanent collection of the Museum of London following its screening in February 2016 and became part of the Museum 's online collection in September 2016",
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"text": "The Trip to Italy The Trip to Italy is a 2014 British comedy film , written and directed by Michael Winterbottom . It is the sequel of Winterbottom 's TV series The Trip , whose second series also titled The Trip to Italy broadcast on BBC Two , following the film 's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival . The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 20 January 2014 .",
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"text": "John A. Walker (art critic) John Albert Walker ( born 1938 ) is a British art critic and historian who has written over 15 books on modern and contemporary art with an emphasis on mass media . He has also written on design history methodology . Walker 's books include Art since Pop ( 1975 ) , Design History and the History of Design with Judy Attfield ( 1990 ) , John Latham : The Incidental Person - His Art and Ideas ( 1994 ) , Cultural Offensive : America 's Impact on British Art since 1945 ( 1998 ) , Art & Outrage ( 1999 ) , Supercollector : A Critique of Charles Saatchi with Rita Hatton ( 2000 ) , Left Shift : Radical Art in 1970s Britain ( 2001 ) , Art in the Age of Mass Media ( 3rd ed. : 2001 ) , Art and Celebrity ( 2003 ) , and Firefighters in Art and Media : A Pictorial History ( 2009 ) . Walker was a Reader in Art and Design History at Middlesex University near London until retiring in 1999 . He was trained as a painter at Newcastle upon Tyne . With regard to John Latham : The Incidental Person - His Art and Ideas ( 1994 ) , John A. Walker wrote a contentious article on Artnet.com after John Latham 's death . In it , Walker revealed that there was a legal conflict with Latham concerning the book . The article is titled `` The Perils of Publishing '' . He also released legal letters concerning the conflict , in which he is quoted : `` Latham acts as if he is the commissioner or patron of the book rather than its subject matter ... He tries to treat me like a slave whose function is to write down exactly what he dictates . This is not on ... '' . In Art in the Age of Mass Media ( 2001 ) , Walker writes thematic essays including how ` art uses mass culture ' , ` the mass media use art ' , for example , direct references to art in advertisements , ` art and new media technologies ' and ` art and mass media 1990-2000 ' . In this last-mentioned chapter , for example , he refers to ` the artist as media celebrity : Damien Hirst ' , and writes : `` During the 1990s , Damien Hirst -LSB- b. 1965 -RSB- became Britain 's most famous , young , living sculptor and painter , in part because of his own flair for self-promotion and the publicity skills of his primary patron Charles Saatchi ... Saatchi , of course , was an expert at expoiting the mass media because of his long career in advertising . '' In Art and Celebrity , Walker offers five thematic chapters including ` Celebrities as Art Collectors and Artists ' showing artworks by Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones , and actors Anthony Quinn and Dennis Hopper , and shows Madonna awarding artist Martin Creed the UK 's Turner Prize in 2001 . Other chapters include ` Artists depict Celebrities ' , ` Simulation and Celebrities ' , ` Alternative Heroes ' including the artwork The Dinner Party ( 1979 ) by Judy Chicago and Che ( 2000 ) depicting Che Guevara by Gavin Turk . The final chapter focuses on ` Art Stars ' about the cult of the artist and the celebrity artist . This refers back to artists in the Italian Renaissance , to Rembrandt , and van Gogh . Particular attention is given to 20th/21st century artists : Picasso , Salvador Dalí , Jackson Pollock , Francis Bacon , David Hockney , Yoko Ono , Andy Warhol , Joseph Beuys , Gilbert & George , Julian Schnabel , Jean-Michel Basquiat , Jeff Koons , Damien Hirst , and Tracey Emin . In the conclusion , Walker lists out his view of the advantages and disadvantages of becoming an art star . In June 2009 , Walker produced a limited edition Saatchi branding iron . Artnet.com reported that the iron is `` an actual implement that can be used to burn the collector 's name into wooden stretcher bars , if not into `` artist 's flesh , dead cows , sheep and sharks , etc. . . Promised soon are ` GOGO ' ( art gallerist Larry Gagosian ) and ` JAY JOP ' ( art gallerist Jay Jopling ) branding irons as well '' .",
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"text": "Joel Whitburn Joel Carver Whitburn ( born November 29 , 1939 ) is an American author and music historian . Whitburn founded Record Research Inc. in Menomonee Falls , Wisconsin , in 1970 and put together a team of researchers to examine in detail all of Billboards music and video charts . Record Research publishes reference books based on data from the various popular music charts and to date has published over 200 books , 50 of which are currently in the Record Research catalogue . His flagship publication is Top Pop Singles , which covers the history of Billboards popular music charts . Featuring each recording 's peak position , date charted , weeks charted , label and information , and trivia on recordings and artists , Whitburn 's books are used extensively by the entertainment industry ( especially radio DJs ) and music fans worldwide . His research extends from 1890 to the present and covers many genres . Whitburn is also the author of the series Top 40 Hits , published by Billboard Books . Most recently published was the ninth edition of The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits 1955 -- 2009 , published in 2010 . In 2014 Paul Haney of Record Research reported , `` there are no plans for a 10th edition and I doubt there will ever be one '' . The 1955 -- 2015 edition of Top Pop Singles has been released , according to the company 's website . Whitburn is an avid collector of phonograph records , with one of the world 's largest collections in his underground vault . His collection includes a copy of nearly every 78-rpm record , 45-rpm single , LP , and compact disc to reach the Billboard charts . In collaboration with Rhino Records , Whitburn has produced over 150 CD compilations , which are typically compiled according to their Billboard chart performance . Whitburn 's Record Research is Billboard 's longest-running licensee , with a relationship extending over 40 years .",
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"text": "Winter (TV series) Winter is an Australian mystery-drama-thriller television series which premiered on the Seven Network on 4 February 2015 , and concluded on 11 March 2015 . The series is a spin off of the 2014 telemovie , The Killing Field . It stars Rebecca Gibney and Peter O'Brien reprising their roles from the telemovie .",
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"text": "Close to the Bone (Thompson Twins album) Close to the Bone is the sixth album by the British pop group Thompson Twins , and was released in March 1987 . Now only the duo of Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie remaining , this was the first album the Thompson Twins made without Joe Leeway . Produced by Bailey and Rupert Hine , the band commented that they wrote and recorded the album quickly , in an exercise to see how fast they could produce a complete LP . Ending their run of top 5 albums in the UK , the album was a commercial failure , peaking at number 90 on the UK album charts and failing to yield any hit singles . It fared a little better in the US , peaking at number 76 , with the single `` Get That Love '' peaking at number 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . Although the original release of album remains out-of-print , the album was re-issued as part of the 2012 Thompson Twins set Original Album Classics , which featured the albums In the Name of Love , Quick Step and Side Kick , Into the Gap , Here 's to Future Days and Close to the Bone .",
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"text": "Last Christmas `` Last Christmas '' is a song by English pop duo Wham ! , released on Epic Records in 1984 , on a double A-side with `` Everything She Wants '' . Originally written and produced by George Michael , it has been covered by many artists since its original release .",
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"text": "Michael Paul Mason Michael Paul Mason ( born May 29 , 1971 , in Tulsa , Oklahoma ) , sometimes credited as Michael Mason , is an American writer , author , editor , and journalist .",
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"text": "Michael Wandmacher Michael Wandmacher ( born October 29 , 1967 ) is an American composer of music for film , television , and video games . He has worked on well-known numerous projects , including Piranha 3D , Punisher : War Zone , Bloodborne , Twisted Metal , and The Goldbergs . Most recently , he has worked on Underworld : Blood Wars , succeeding previous series composers Paul Haslinger and Marco Beltrami .",
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"text": "Winter (Tori Amos song) `` Winter '' is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos , first released in 1992 . The song was written about Amos ' relationship with her father , who is a minister . `` Winter '' was Amos ' first single to reach the top 40 in any country , peaking at # 25 in the UK in March 1992 .",
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"text": "Livi Michael Livi Michael , also known as Olivia Michael ( 15 March 1960 , Manchester ) , is a British fiction writer who publishes children and adult novels .",
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"text": "Jason Sudeikis Daniel Jason Sudeikis ( -LSB- sʊˈdeɪkɪs -RSB- ; born September 18 , 1975 ) is an American actor , comedian , screenwriter , and producer . He began his career in improvisational comedy and was a member of The Second City . In 2003 , he was hired as a sketch writer for Saturday Night Live and was a cast member from 2005 to 2013 . He has appeared on the television shows 30 Rock , The Cleveland Show , Eastbound & Down , The Last Man on Earth , Son of Zorn , and other shows . He is best known for his film roles in Hall Pass ( 2011 ) , A Good Old Fashioned Orgy ( 2011 ) , Horrible Bosses ( 2011 ) , We 're the Millers ( 2013 ) , Horrible Bosses 2 ( 2014 ) , Sleeping with Other People ( 2015 ) , The Angry Birds Movie ( 2016 ) , and Colossal ( 2017 ) .",
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"text": "Son of Zorn Son of Zorn is an American live-action/animated sitcom television series created by Reed Agnew and Eli Jorné . It aired on Fox from September 11 , 2016 , to February 19 , 2017 . The series stars Cheryl Hines , Johnny Pemberton , Tim Meadows , Artemis Pebdani , and Jason Sudeikis as the voice of Zorn . On May 11 , 2017 , the series was canceled after one season .",
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"text": "Steve Guttenberg Steven Robert `` Steve '' Guttenberg ( born August 24 , 1958 ) is an American actor , author , businessman , producer , and director . He starred in 1984 's Police Academy , and went on to perform in lead roles in Hollywood films of the 1980s , including Cocoon , Three Men and a Baby , and Short Circuit .",
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"text": "Child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in motion pictures or television , but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child ; to avoid confusion , the latter is also called a former child actor . Closely associated is teenage actor or teen actor , an actor who reached popularity as a teenager . Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults . Lindsay Lohan and Macaulay Culkin are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young age ; Lohan 's career resumed after an interruption of several years . Many child actors also become successful adult actors as well , an example being Mickey Rooney 's career that included both the popular 1935 film A Midsummer Night 's Dream and the popular 2011 film The Muppets .",
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"text": "Jason Alexander Jay Scott Greenspan ( born September 23 , 1959 ) , known by his stage name Jason Alexander , is an American actor , voice actor , comedian and director . Alexander is best known for his prominent role as George Costanza in the television series Seinfeld . Other well-known roles include Phillip Stuckey in the film Pretty Woman ( 1990 ) and the title character in the animated series Duckman ( 1994 -- 1997 ) . Alexander has had an active career on stage , appearing in several Broadway musicals including Jerome Robbins ' Broadway in 1989 , for which he won the Tony Award as Best Leading Actor in a Musical . He appeared in the Los Angeles production of The Producers . He was the Artistic Director of `` Reprise ! Broadway 's Best in Los Angeles '' , where he has directed several musicals .",
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"text": "Stagecraft Stagecraft is the technical aspect of theatrical , film , and video production . It includes constructing and rigging scenery ; hanging and focusing of lighting ; design and procurement of costumes ; make-up ; stage management ; audio engineering ; and procurement of props . Stagecraft is distinct from the wider umbrella term of scenography . Considered a technical rather than an artistic field , it is primarily the practical implementation of a scenic designer 's artistic vision . In its most basic form , stagecraft may be executed by a single person ( often the stage manager of a smaller production ) who arranges all scenery , costumes , lighting , and sound , and organizes the cast . Regional theatres and larger community theatres will generally have a technical director and a complement of designers , each of whom has a direct hand in their respective designs . Within significantly larger productions , for example a modern Broadway show , effectively bringing a show to opening night requires the work of skilled carpenters , painters , electricians , stagehands , stitchers , wigmakers , and the like . Modern stagecraft is highly technical and specialized : it comprises many sub-disciplines and a vast trove of history and tradition .",
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"text": "Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry , and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions . It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC , from October 3 , 2004 to May 13 , 2012 . Executive producer Cherry served as showrunner . Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily , George W. Perkins , John Pardee , Joey Murphy , David Grossman , and Larry Shaw . Set on Wisteria Lane , a street in the fictional town of Fairview in the fictional Eagle State , Desperate Housewives follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their late friend and neighbor who committed suicide in the pilot episode . The storyline covers 13 years of the women 's lives over eight seasons , set between the years 2004 -- 2008 , and later 2013 -- 2017 ( the story arc includes a five-year passage of time , as well as flashbacks ranging from the 1980s to the 2020s ) . They work through domestic struggles and family life , while facing the secrets , crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their -- on the surface -- beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood . The series features an ensemble cast , headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer , Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo , Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp , and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis . Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young , appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences . Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike . It won multiple Primetime Emmy , Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards . From the 2004 -- 05 through the 2008 -- 09 television seasons , its first five seasons were rated amongst the top ten most-watched series . In 2007 , it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide , with an audience of approximately 120 million and was also reported as the third most watched television series in a study of ratings in twenty countries . In 2012 , it remained the most-watched comedy series internationally based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide , which measured ratings across five continents ; it has held this position since 2006 . Moreover , it was the third highest revenue earning series for 2010 , with $ 2.74 million per half an hour . The show was ranked at number fifty-six on Entertainment Weekly `` New TV Classics '' list . In 2011 , it was confirmed that Desperate Housewives would conclude after its eighth season ; the series finale aired on May 13 , 2012 . By the end of the series , it had surpassed Charmed as the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads by two episodes .",
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"text": "Michael Landon Jr. Michael Graham Landon Jr. ( born June 20 , 1964 ) is an American actor , director , writer , and producer .",
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"text": "Matt Damon Matthew Paige Damon ( -LSB- ˈdeɪmən -RSB- born October 8 , 1970 ) is an American actor , film producer , and screenwriter . He is ranked among Forbes magazine 's most bankable stars and is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time . Damon has received various accolades , including an Academy Award from five nominations , two Golden Globe Awards from eight nominations , and has been nominated for two British Academy Film Awards and six Emmy Awards . Born and raised in Cambridge , Massachusetts , Damon began his acting career by appearing in high school theater productions and he made his professional acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza ( 1988 ) . He came to prominence in 1997 when he wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting alongside Ben Affleck , which won them the Academy and Golden Globe awards for Best Screenplay , and earned Damon a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor . He continued to garner praise from critics for his roles as the eponymous character in Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) , the antihero in The Talented Mr. Ripley ( 1999 ) , a fallen angel in Dogma ( 1999 ) , an energy analyst in Syriana ( 2005 ) , and a corrupt Irish-American police officer in The Departed ( 2006 ) . Damon is also known for his starring roles as Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise ( 2002 -- 16 ) and as a con man in the Ocean 's Trilogy ( 2001 -- 07 ) . For his supporting role as the rugby player Francois Pienaar in Invictus ( 2009 ) and his leading role as an astronaut stranded on Mars in The Martian ( 2015 ) , Damon received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor , respectively . The latter also won him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor . Damon has received Emmy Award nominations for his portrayal of Scott Thorson in the biopic Behind the Candelabra ( 2013 ) and for producing the reality series Project Greenlight . He also received an Oscar nomination for producing Manchester by the Sea ( 2016 ) . In addition to acting in films , Damon has performed voice-over work in both animated and documentary films and has established two production companies with Affleck . He has been involved in charitable work , including the ONE Campaign , H2O Africa Foundation , Feeding America , and Water.org . Damon is married to Luciana Bozán Barroso , and they have three daughters together .",
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"text": "Jake Busey William Jacob `` Jake '' Busey ( born June 15 , 1971 ) is an American actor , musician and film producer . He is sometimes credited as Jacob Busey or William Busey . Busey was born in Los Angeles , and raised in Malibu , California , the son of photographer Judy Lynn Helkenberg , and actor Gary Busey . Busey spent his childhood on film sets and touring with bands in which his father played . He began considering his career choices at the age of five when he took up the two hobbies that grew into professions : acting and playing drums .",
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"text": "Joseph Ashton (actor) Joseph Ashton Valencia ( born November 18 , 1986 ) is an American film actor and voice actor .",
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"text": "Jason Mewes Jason Edward Mewes ( born June 12 , 1974 ) is an American television and film actor , film producer and internet radio show host . He has played Jay , the vocal half of the duo Jay and Silent Bob , in longtime friend Kevin Smith 's films .",
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"text": "Jeff Garlin Jeffrey Todd `` Jeff '' Garlin ( born June 5 , 1962 ) is an American comedian , actor , producer , voice artist , director , writer , podcast host and author . He has acted in many television shows and some movies , is an expert in magic , and is known for his role as Jeff Greene on the HBO show Curb Your Enthusiasm , for which he was nominated for seven Emmys in his role as Executive Producer and two wins for Producing from the PGAs . He currently stars in the ABC sitcom The Goldbergs .",
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"text": "Greg Pitts Greg Pitts ( born January 21 , 1970 ) is an American actor . He is best known for his role as Drew in the film Office Space . He has taken bit roles in films and television series , including Grey 's Anatomy and Sons & Daughters , and was featured as `` Vincent '' in Allstate Insurance advertisements with sidekick Andrew Hawtrey as `` Bergwood '' . Pitts graduated from the University of South Florida in 1992 with a degree in Theatre . He was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of South Florida .",
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"text": "Tone Bell Michael Anthony `` Tone '' Bell , II . ( born August 10 , 1983 ) is an American stand-up comedian and actor .",
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"text": "Superstar Superstar is a term used to refer to some one who has great popular appeal and is widely known , prominent , or successful in some field . Celebrities referred to as `` superstars '' may include individuals who work as actors , actresses , musicians , athletes , and other media-based professions .",
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"text": "Jeff Ross Jeffrey Ross Lifschultz ( born September 13 , 1965 ) , known professionally as Jeff Ross , is an American stand-up comedian , writer , and actor . His skill in doing high-profile celebrity roasts and his appearances in Comedy Central 's Roasts , have led him to be dubbed `` The Roastmaster General . '' He has appeared in various film , television , and cartoon projects . He has made appearances at events for U.S. soldiers and directed a documentary film covering his experiences touring U.S. bases in Iraq .",
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"text": "Joseph D. Reitman Joseph David Reitman ( born May 25 , 1968 ) is an American actor , film producer , film director , and writer .",
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"text": "Christopher Hanke Christopher Jason Hanke , often credited as Christopher J. Hanke , ( born 1976 ) is an American actor known for his roles on Broadway and television .",
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"text": "Todd Holoubek Todd Holoubek ( born September 10 , 1969 ) is an American film and television actor ; comedian ; and sketch-comedy writer . He is also an academic .",
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"text": "Michael Schultz Michael Schultz ( born November 10 , 1938 ) is an American director and producer of film and television .",
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"text": "Roger Guenveur Smith Roger Guenveur Smith ( born July 27 , 1955 ) is an American actor , director , and writer .",
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Lymelife was directed by Derick Martini.
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"text": "Lymelife Lymelife is a 2008 independent comedy-drama film written by brothers Derick Martini and Steven Martini , and directed by Derick Martini , depicting aspects of their life in 1970s Long Island from the perspective of a teenager . The film stars Alec Baldwin , Rory Culkin , and Emma Roberts . Martin Scorsese served as an executive producer . The film debuted at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival , in September 2008 and won the International Federation of Film Critics Award ( FIPRESCI ) . After its theatrical release in 2009 , writer director Derick Martini was nominated for a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Director .",
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"text": "Music of Life Music of Life is a British independent dance music label formed in 1986 by two influential DJ remixers , Froggy and Simon Harris , managed by Chris France . Following several successful productions , one of which reached No. 3 in the UK pop music charts ( The Real Thing 's ` You to me are Everything ' ) Harris and Froggy decided to launch their own label , they were offered a label deal by Morgan Khan ( Streetwave ) and the first release was a remix by the duo of Cerrone 's ` Supernature ' ( his ` Music of Life song was the inspiration for the label name ) . Within a few months Froggy left the label and Streetwave went out of business . Harris being active in remixing and production for many other artists and labels financed the label with his remix income . After the demise of Streetwave Harris and France decided to re-launch as a British hip-hop ( usually UK Hip Hop , ) music label . Music of Life opened an office in London 's Soho at 22 Hanway Street , Chris France and his sister Michelle spent their days in the busy Soho office whilst Simon could usually be found in his home studio ` The Bunker ' producing many of the Music of Life releases . At first the label licensed new rap music from US production company Powerplay for the first compilation album ` Def Beats 1 ' but as an addition to the US material Harris produced an extra track , under his own ` Music of Life Productions ' recorded in London by the label 's A&R man Derek Boland . ` Rock the Beat ' by Derek B created a demand for British hip-hop and the demo tapes started to arrive , Music of Life signed the best artists instead of licensing more US material and Harris would produce many new songs featuring artists including M.C Duke , The Demon Boyz ( Million Dan ) , Thrashpack , Asher D and Daddy Freddy , CJ Macintosh & Einstein , She Rockers ( Betty Boo ) , Hijack and many more . Many of these recordings broke ground and are still considered to be highly innovative , the first reggae/hip-hop combination ( Asher D & Daddy Freddy 's ` Ragamuffin Hip Hop ) and Derek B 's album would be licensed to US label ` Profile ' ( Run DMC ) , Hijack would be signed to Ice-T 's Rhyme syndicate label and many more . Music Week wrote that Music of Life was `` the most successful hip hop label in the UK right now '' , in 1988 . Record Mirror identified Music of Life as one of the few hip hop labels `` to believe in home grown talent '' . In 1989 , Studio Week magazine called Music of Life `` the foremost rap label in this country at the moment . '' So far the Music of Life catalog of recordings and copyrights under Music of Life Productions and released on many labels worldwide including Music of Life have exceeded 2000 titles and include music videos and documentary TV shows ( ` Kings of Rap ' - MTV ) . Music of Life is one of the UK 's longest running independent dance music labels ( 1986 -- present day ) and the catalog has been licensed and released in over 70 countries with many chart hits including the UK , Germany , Japan , France and the USA ( Harris 's ` Bass ' how low can you go ? was a No. 1 Billboard US chart hit ) and many Grammy award winning artists ( Luthor Vandross , REM , Beastie Boys , Beck ) have licensed from the Music of Life catalog . Sister label ` Living Beat ' was launched in 1989 and would release many dance music , house and pop recordings with chart success including ` Supermarioland ' reaching No. 6 in the UK pop charts with Harris 's AKA ` Ambassadors of Funk ' in association with Nintendo , Samantha Fox 's Song for Europe entry ` Go for the Heart ' and was instrumental in helping Prince achieve his first UK No1 pop single ` The Most Beautiful Girl in the World ' . Harris also produced the world 's best selling series of ` Breakbeat ' albums used by DJs and producers , ` Beats Breaks and Scratches ' in 12 volumes and worked with top artists Norman Cook ( Fatboy Slim ) , Paul Oakenfold , Afrika Bambaataa and George Clinton to produce and release similar albums that are part of the Music of Life catalog . Music of Life is now a registered trademark . The Music of Life catalog includes songs from : M.C. Duke & D.J. Leader 1 Thrashpack She Rockers ( featuring * Betty Boo ) Daddy Freddy Asher D Tenor Fly Nitty Gritty Derek B Hijack Hardnoise 3 Knights DJ Daddy Leslie Lyrics Norman Cook Paul Oakenfold George Clinton Simon Harris ( label founder ) Einstein Ambassadors of Funk Afrika Bambaataa Demon Boyz Professor Griff Clyde Stubblefield Killa Instinct S.L. Troopers First Frontal Assault Kobalt 60 Overlord X",
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"text": "ReLIFE (film) is an upcoming Japanese film directed by Takeshi Furusawa , starring Taishi Nakagawa and based on the manga series of the same name by Yayoiso . It is scheduled for release in Japan by Shochiku on 15 April 2017 .",
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"text": "M. David Lee III M. David Lee III ( born September 14 , 1965 , Champaign , Illinois ) is an award-winning American film director , producer , writer , editor and director of photography . Lee is noted for his use of a version of the Dogme95 principals originally developed by Lars Von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg in his films . His production company , Triple Sticks Productions , has produced four feature films since 1997 and several short films dating back to the late '70s . Triple Sticks Productions is also distributing their film , Slow Down ... You 're Dating Too Fast ! . Lee has also spent time as a sports anchor with Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic , SNY , WHBQ , KNTV , KDOC , and KCOY . In 2009 , `` Dog Me : Potluck , '' was selected for distribution on Netflix .",
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"text": "A Season of Giants A Season of Giants ( La primavera di Michelangelo , also known as Michelangelo : The Last Giant ) is a 1990 American-Italian biographical drama television film directed by Jerry London . Based on the Vincenzo Labella 's book Una stagione di giganti , it depicts real life events of Michelangelo , his youth , his approach with art , his friendship with Leonardo and Raphael and his involvement in great political and religious events .",
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"text": "Life imitating art Anti-mimesis is a philosophical position that holds the direct opposite of Aristotelian mimesis . Its most notable proponent is Oscar Wilde , who opined in his 1889 essay The Decay of Lying that , `` Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life '' . In the essay , written as a Platonic dialogue , Wilde holds that anti-mimesis `` results not merely from Life 's imitative instinct , but from the fact that the self-conscious aim of Life is to find expression , and that Art offers it certain beautiful forms through which it may realise that energy . '' . What is found in life and nature is not what is really there , but is that which artists have taught people to find there , through art . As in an example posited by Wilde , although there has been fog in London for centuries , one notices the beauty and wonder of the fog because `` poets and painters have taught the loveliness of such effects ... They did not exist till Art had invented them . '' . McGrath places the antimimetic philosophy in a tradition of Irish writing , including Wilde and writers such as Synge and Joyce in a group that `` elevate blarney ( in the form of linguistic idealism ) to aesthetic and philosophical distinction '' , noting that Terry Eagleton observes an even longer tradition that stretches `` as far back in Irish thought as the ninth-century theology of John Scottus Eriugena '' and `` the fantastic hyperbole of the ancient sagas '' . Wilde 's antimimetic idealism , specifically , McGrath describes to be part of the late nineteenth century debate between Romanticism and Realism . Wilde 's antimimetic philosophy has also had influence on later Irish writers , including Brian Friel . Halliwell asserts that the idea that life imitates art derives from classical notions that can be traced as far back as the writings of Aristophanes of Byzantium , and does not negate mimesis but rather `` displace -LSB- s -RSB- its purpose onto the artlike fashioning of life itself '' . Halliwell draws a parallel between Wilde 's philosophy and Aristophanes ' famous question about the comedies written by Menander : `` O Menander and Life ! Which of you took the other as your model ? '' , noting , however , that Aristophanes was a precursor to Wilde , and not necessarily espousing the positions that Wilde was later to propound . In George Bernard Shaw 's preface to Three Plays he wrote , `` I have noticed that when a certain type of feature appears in painting and is admired as beautiful , it presently becomes common in nature ; so that the Beatrices and Francescas in the picture galleries of one generation come to life as the parlor-maids and waitresses of the next . '' He stated that he created the aristocratic characters in Cashel Byron 's Profession as unrealistically priggish even without his later understanding that `` the real world does not exist ... men and women are made by their own fancies in the image of the imaginary creatures in my youthful fictions , only much stupider . '' Shaw , however , disagreed with Wilde on some points . He considered most attempts by life to imitate art to be reprehensible , in part because the art that people generally chose to imitate was idealistic and romanticized . An example of life imitating art is that of singer/actress Miley Cyrus , whose role as the famous fictional popstar Hannah Montana in the Disney Channel sitcom of the same name gave rise to her own singing career . Hannah 's fictional popularity translated into a real-life fan-base for Cyrus as several singles credited to the character charted on the Billboard Hot 100 ( including `` The Best of Both Worlds '' , `` Life 's What You Make It '' , `` He Could Be the One '' , etc , though all of the songs were performed by Cyrus ) and when she embarked on her sold-out Best of Both Worlds Tour in 2007 , where she performed the first set of songs as Hannah Montana and the second set as herself . Cyrus ' song `` The Climb '' was the first song , credited to herself instead of the character , from an official Hannah Montana soundtrack album to become a hit single ( peaking at # 4 on the Billboard charts , making it her `` crossover song '' into mainstream pop , while Hoedown Throwdown ( off the same soundtrack album ) was her first Top 10 . Cyrus also performed several duets on the show while in-character as Hannah with real-life singers such as Sheryl Crow , David Archuleta , The Jonas Brothers , Iyaz and her real-life father Billy Ray Cyrus , as well as an unofficial duet with her real-life godmother country singer Dolly Parton .",
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"text": "Sleight Sleight is a 2016 American drama film about a street magician in Los Angeles . The film is directed by J.D. Dillard , written by Dillard and Alex Theurer and stars Jacob Latimore , Seychelle Gabriel , Dulé Hill , Storm Reid , Sasheer Zamata and Michael Villar . The film was released on April 28 , 2017 , by WWE Studios and BH Tilt . The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $ 3 million worldwide , against its $ 250,000 budget .",
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"text": "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night `` Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night '' was the title of a 1976 New York Magazine article by British rock journalist Nik Cohn . It was the basis for the plot and characters in the movie Saturday Night Fever . Originally , the article was published as a piece of factual reporting . However , around the time of the twentieth anniversary of the film , Cohn revealed that the article was actually a work of fiction . After persuading New York editor Clay Felker to let him write an article about the 1970s disco scene , Cohn , a newcomer to the United States , set about researching the American working-class subculture he was trying to cover . One night he travelled to Bay Ridge , Brooklyn , to visit the disco 2001 Odyssey . However when he arrived a drunken fight was taking place outside the club , and one of the participants rolled over in the gutter and threw up on Cohn 's trouser leg , leading him to return to Manhattan . Despite this brief visit , Cohn did notice that the scene was surveyed by one clubgoer , standing in the doorway and calmly watching events . Cohn returned to the club subsequently but the young man was n't there . To overcome his lack of familiarity with the New York disco scene , Cohn combined the image of the figure outside the club with people he knew from his youth , including a gang member from the Northern Irish city of Derry , where Cohn had grown up , and a young man he knew in England . `` My story was a fraud , '' he wrote . `` I 'd only recently arrived in New York . Far from being steeped in Brooklyn street life , I hardly knew the place . As for Vincent , my story 's hero , he was largely inspired by a Shepherd 's Bush mod whom I 'd known in the Sixties , a one-time king of Goldhawk Road . '' For additional detail Cohn returned to Bay Ridge during the day to get a better feel for the area . On the fortieth anniversary of the article 's publication in 2016 , Cohn said that he thought that such a fictionalised piece would not be published in the contemporary press : `` It reads to me as obvious fiction , albeit based on observation and some knowledge of disco culture . No way could it sneak past customs now . In the 60s and 70s , the line between fact and fiction was blurry ... Few editors asked tough questions . For the most part it was a case of ` do n't ask , do n't tell ' '' .",
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"text": "Tick Tock Lullaby Tick Tock Lullaby is a British indie comedy-drama film of 2007 written and directed by Lisa Gornick .",
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"text": "Martini In The Morning Martini In The Morning is an internet radio station based in Los Angeles . Martini in the Morning , often shortened to `` MITM '' to resemble traditional radio station call letters , was created when Los Angeles radio station Fabulous 690 XETRA ( originally Fabulous 570 KLAC ) was sold in February 2006 , to become a Spanish language station . Brad ` Martini ' Chambers who created the new , more contemporary `` Adult Standards '' format for his then employers , Clear Channel Radio is the Program Director and principal host along with ` Mother ' Miriam Garfield . The station broadcasts 24 hours a day and is based in Studio City , Ca . Their broadcast format is similar to what is commonly referred to as `` Adult Standards '' , featuring Jazz Standards , primarily songs from what is often referred to as `` The Great American Songbook '' . The station is active in promoting the genre that the `` Great American Songbook '' represents and ensuring this musical genre does not disappear from the air . There were once hundreds of American radio stations programming similar music . There are now fewer than 200 , and many of those are a mix of `` Great American Songbook '' tunes with a larger percentage of more current `` Adult Contemporary '' music . Martini in the Morning features music written by the likes of Hoagy Carmichael , Cole Porter , Irving Berlin , Rodgers and Hart , Rodgers and Hammerstein , Johnny Mercer , Henry Mancini , Jimmy McHugh , Dorothy Fields , Fats Waller , Jerome Kern , Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen , and many others , performed by the historical greats like Ella Fitzgerald , Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , Sammy Davis Jr. , Billie Holiday , Bobby Darin , Dinah Washington as well as the more modern `` crooners '' like Steve Tyrell , Tony Bennett , Diana Krall , Michael Bublé , Michael Feinstein , and established pop/rock and R&B artists crossing over into the genre , such as Sting , Paul McCartney , Rod Stewart , Queen Latifah , Lady Gaga and others . The station is available on-line through various means , using iTunes ( Golden Oldies ) , mobile apps including TuneIn Radio , StreamS HiFi , Reciva , vTuner , Radio Loyalty and others available through the App Store or Marketplace , or you can connect directly via internet address : http://martiniinthemorning.com or watch live in studio on-line during the stations 's `` Morning Show '' 6:00 AM -- 10:00 AM Pacific time at http://www.martiniinthemorning.com/martinivision.html or via Ustream.tv - http://ustream.tv/mitm .",
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"text": "Simon Fields Simon Fields is a native of London and received his education at Stowe School . After graduation , he worked his way through the television commercial production ranks in London to become production manager for the Moving Picture Company . In 1978 , Fields became a producer for Jon Roseman Productions and moved to L.A. within a year to join its U.S. division . He , producer Paul Flattery and director Bruce Gowers . soon left to form Gowers , Fields , Flattery . In 1982 , Gowers Fields Flattery started representing director Steve Barron , of the UK company Limelight in the U.S. . In 1983 Fields left Gowers , Fields , Flattery with Barron to form the US version of Limelight , a company focused on music video , commercial and feature film production , with operations in Los Angeles and London . As president and CEO , Fields oversaw a television commercial division whose accounts included Calvin Klein , Nike and Budweiser , as well as producing the feature film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . Limelight also became distinguished as a leader in music video production , working on projects with Michael Jackson , Madonna , Prince , Peter Gabriel , A-ha , David Bowie and others . Toward the end of his twelve-year tenure with Limelight , Fields teamed with director Peter Chelsom in developing and producing feature films . Together they shepherded the Ned Beatty romantic comedy Hear My Song , the Buena Vista distributed Funny Bones starring Oliver Platt and Jerry Lewis ( which earned Fields and Chelsom a London Critics Circle Film Award for British Producer of the Year ) , The Mighty starring Elden Henson , Kieran Culkin and Sharon Stone , Miramax 's romantic comedy Serendipity starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale , and the romantic comedy Shall We Dance , starring Richard Gere , Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez . Through Nuyorican , Fields has produced several feature films and served as Executive Producer on many television productions : The crime drama Bordertown , starring Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas , the Picture House release of El Cantante , the story of salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe , starring Lopez and Marc Anthony , and the Sony Pictures release of Feel the Noise , a drama set in New York & Puerto Rico . The company has also produced Dancelife , a dance competition reality series for MTV . Nuyorican also has non-scripted/reality division , and had its first series South Beach Tow premiere on TruTV in July 2011 . Simon Fields currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Melanie and two children .",
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"text": "Opiate Films Opiate Films ( or ` Opiate of the People Films ' ) was created in 2000 in reaction to the British film industry 's output of very little other than period and gangster films . Running as more of a collective of filmmakers , rather than a formal company , it took 3 years for the company to raise the capital to buy its own equipment , members are now free to create films , music promos and TV shows of their own devising , whether live-action , animated , CGI-heavy or musical . With 15 members who work on films regularly , and around 25 members who pitch in occasionally , it is one of the fastest growing film companies in the UK , and the only one to work in its unique way . Members are not picked because of impressive CVs or previous experience , but of excitement and enthusiasm for film . Some come burdened with ideas , looking for an outlet , whilst others have a particular field they want to work in . Either way , nobody is turned down if they are willing to pitch in , whether helping on other people 's films , or providing their own ideas . The first film to find success was the 2005 short film `` Early Retirement '' which screened at the Cannes Film Festival . It was written and produced by Paul Cannon , a gifted filmmaker who died in May 2007 Since that success , another short has screened in Cannes , not to mention over 30 films seen at festivals since 2003 . Opiate of the People films have also completed three feature films , the latest of which is Simon & Emily",
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"text": "Tattoos (album) Tattoos is the third studio album by American singer Jason Derulo . The album was released on September 20 , 2013 through Beluga Heights Records and Atlantic Records and its affiliated record labels . Incorporating a base core of R&B , pop and electronic dance music , Derulo wanted the album to be `` totally different '' from his previous albums and show the growth in his writing and his overall performance saying `` there are so many twists and turns on the album ... It 's important when someone thinks they 've figured you out to flip them '' . A deluxe edition of the album featuring 3 bonus tracks , was released simultaneously alongside the eleven-track standard edition , which will only be made available in some European and Oceania countries . Derulo co-wrote every song on the album , also its production was handled by RedOne , Ricky Reed , DJ Frank E , Jonas Jeberg and Martin Johnson as well as others , to handle production for the album . This was the first album not to feature production from J.R. Rotem , who previously produced every song on Derulo 's debut album and three songs on his second album , Future History . In total Derulo had written over 300 songs and recorded between 100 and 120 songs for the album over a one-year period . Amongst those included are collaborations with rappers 2 Chainz , The Game and Pitbull , in addition to his longtime girlfriend Jordin Sparks who features on a song called `` Vertigo '' . Occasionally the album dips into other genres such adult contemporary and soul music . Tattoos was promoted with live renditions of the album 's songs during The Tattoos World Tour . The album was also preceded by the release of the lead single , a Joshua `` Ammo '' Coleman and Martin Johnson production called `` The Other Side '' , which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart . A second single , `` Talk Dirty '' , featuring American rapper 2 Chainz , was released on August 2 , 2013 , it has since topped the charts in the United Kingdom and 13 other countries . Follow-up singles `` Marry Me '' was released a month before the album and reached the top-ten in Australia and top-twenty in New Zealand , whilst `` Trumpets '' was released in November 2013 , peaking at number one in Australia and on the UK R&B Chart . `` Stupid Love '' was released on March 24 , 2014 , as the fifth overall single and is currently impacting charts . Upon its release , the album received generally mixed reviews from music critics , some noting that the album helped Derulo bring out his more `` sensitive side '' compared to previous his work . Tattoos debuted at number five on the Australian Albums Chart and the UK Albums Chart , where it became his highest-charting album in that country . Only a five track extended play under the same title , was released in the United States , while the full length repackaged version of the album was released on April 15 , 2014 under the new title , Talk Dirty . During that same week , a special edition of Tattoos was released in the UK and Australia , featuring all of the newly recorded material from Talk Dirty in addition to the original album .",
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"text": "The Damned United The Damned United is a 2009 British biographical sports drama film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace 's bestselling novel The Damned Utd , a largely fictional book based on the author 's interpretation of Brian Clough 's ill-fated tenure as football manager of Leeds United in 1974 . It was produced by BBC Films and Left Bank Pictures with additional funding from Screen Yorkshire and Columbia Pictures . Sony Pictures Entertainment distributed the film . The film was originally proposed by Stephen Frears but he pulled out of the project in November 2007 . Hooper took his place and film was shot from May to July 2008 . The film marks the fifth collaboration between screenwriter Peter Morgan and actor Michael Sheen who plays Clough . The film was released in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2009 and in North America on 25 September . The film grossed $ 4.1 million worldwide against a $ 10 million production budget . The film received nominations for the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor , the ALFS Award for British Supporting Actor of the Year , the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture , Drama and Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Writers ' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Feature Film Screenplay .",
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"text": "Chemical Wedding (film) Chemical Wedding ( released in the U.S. as Crowley ) is a British supernatural horror/science fiction film produced by Bill & Ben Productions in conjunction with the London-based Focus Films . It is directed by Julian Doyle . The story is based on an original screenplay by Bruce Dickinson , frontman of heavy metal band Iron Maiden . Dickinson released a solo album entitled The Chemical Wedding in 1998 , which , despite sharing the title and title track from the film 's soundtrack , is otherwise unrelated .",
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"text": "Westlife (album) Westlife is the self-titled debut studio album by Irish boy band Westlife . The album was released on 1 November 1999 through RCA . The album spawned the five UK number-one hit singles `` Swear It Again '' , `` If I Let You Go '' , `` Flying Without Wings '' , the double A-side `` I Have a Dream '' / `` Seasons in the Sun '' , and `` Fool Again '' .",
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"text": "Last Words (film) Last Words ( Letzte Worte ) is a 1968 short film by Werner Herzog shot in Crete and on the island of Spinalonga . The film was shot in two days during the filming of Herzog 's feature Signs of Life , and edited in one day . The film tells a story of the last man to leave the abandoned island of Spinalonga , which had been used as a leper colony . The man refused to leave , and so was forcibly removed . He now lives in Crete , where he plays the lyre at nights in a bar , and refuses to speak . The film 's narrative style is very unconventional , with most characters speaking their lines several times repeatedly in long takes . The man from the island has the most spoken lines of any character , as he repeatedly explains that he refuses to speak , even a single word .",
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"text": "Lemon La Vida Loca Lemon La Vida Loca is a British spoof reality show created and written by , and starring , comedian Leigh Francis and actress Laura Aikman . The show 's title is a parody of Ricky Martin 's 1999 hit single `` Livin ' la Vida Loca '' . The series follows the character of television personality Keith Lemon , capturing his home and work life , and everything in between . The series began airing on 2 August 2012 on ITV2 , and concluded its first series on 23 August 2012 . Whilst on Let 's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel , Lemon announced that a Christmas special of Lemon La Vida Loca would air in December . He confirmed this news on his Twitter page as well . A second series began airing on 6 June 2013 . Aikman announced that she would not be returning to the show for the second series , but she did make an appearance on episode 1 . It was announced in January 2014 that Lemon La Vida Loca would not be renewed for a third series .",
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"text": "Louise Delamere Louise Alexandra Delamere ( born 17 June 1969 ) is an English actress , best known for her roles as Lia in the Channel 4 comedy drama No Angels and Colette Sheward in the BBC medical drama Holby City .",
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"text": "The Cell The Cell is a 2000 American science fiction horror film directed by Tarsem Singh in his directorial debut , and starring Jennifer Lopez , Vince Vaughn and Vincent D'Onofrio . It received mixed reviews upon its release , with critics praising its visuals , direction , make-up , costumes and D'Onofrio 's performance , while criticizing its Silence of the Lambs-inspired plot , an emphasis on style rather than substance , and masochistic imagery .",
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"text": "Lewis Costello Lewis Costello ( born 7 February 1993 ) is an English comedian , writer , and actor . His style involves storytelling and discussing popular culture . Stuart Holmes of CityLife commented ; `` Running through a mixture of laddish humour , original observations , and a particularly clever deconstruction of Biblical events ... He has both the confidence and material to go far in a competitive industry , and is certainly a talent to watch out for in the near future . ''",
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"text": "John Heard (actor) John Matthew Heard , Jr. ( born March 7 , 1945 ) is an American film and television actor . He is probably best known for his lead roles in several films , including Chilly Scenes of Winter , Heart Beat , Cutter 's Way , Cat People , and C.H.U.D. , as well as supporting roles in After Hours , Big , Beaches , Awakenings , Rambling Rose , The Pelican Brief , My Fellow Americans , Snake Eyes , and Animal Factory . He also played Peter McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2 : Lost in New York , as well as appearing in Sharknado . Heard won an Emmy Award for guest starring on The Sopranos .",
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"text": "Snake Eyes (film) Snake Eyes is a 1998 American conspiracy thriller film directed by Brian De Palma , featuring his trademark use of long tracking shots and split screens . It starred Nicolas Cage , Gary Sinise and Carla Gugino . The film was written by David Koepp and De Palma , and was released to theaters on August 7 , 1998 . It costed an estimated $ 73 million to produce and returned $ 103 million worldwide , but received mixed to negative reviews from critics .",
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"text": "The Humanity Bureau The Humanity Bureau is an upcoming American thriller directed by Rob W. King . It stars Nicolas Cage and Sarah Lind .",
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"text": "Tenebrae (film) Tenebrae ( also known as Tenebre ) is a 1982 English-language Italian giallo film written and directed by Dario Argento . The film stars Anthony Franciosa as American author Peter Neal , who -- while in Rome promoting his latest murder-mystery novel -- becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who may have been inspired to kill by the novel . John Saxon and Daria Nicolodi co-star as Neal 's agent and assistant ; Giuliano Gemma and Carola Stagnaro appear as detectives investigating the murders . John Steiner , Veronica Lario and Mirella D'Angelo also feature . The film has been described as exploring themes of dualism and sexual aberration , and has strong metafictional elements ; some commentators consider Tenebrae to be a direct reaction by Argento to criticism of his previous work , most especially his depictions of murders of beautiful women . After Argento had experimented with pure supernatural horror with 1977 's Suspiria and 1980 's Inferno , Tenebrae represented the filmmaker 's return to the giallo horror subgenre , which he had helped popularize in the 1970s . Argento was inspired by a series of incidents which saw an obsessed fan telephone the director to criticise him for the damaging psychological effects of his previous work . The telephone calls culminated in death threats towards Argento , who channelled the experience into the writing of Tenebrae . The director also wanted to explore the senselessness of killings he had witnessed and heard about while staying in Los Angeles in 1980 , and his feeling at the time that true horror came from those who wanted `` to kill for nothing '' . Shot on location in Rome and at Elios Studios , Tenebrae utilised mostly modern-looking locations and sets to help Argento realise his intent that the film reflect a near-future with a diminished population ; the director filmed none of the historical landmarks that usually featured in films set in Rome . Employing director of photography Luciano Tovoli , Argento also intended that the film simulate the stark , realistic lighting featured in television police shows at the time ; production designer Giuseppe Bassa created supporting environments that were cold and austere , with sharp angles and modernistic spaces . Several former members of Italian rock band Goblin provided Tenebraes music , a synth-heavy score inspired by rock and disco music . Tenebrae was a modest success in Italy ; it reached theatres with little controversy after Argento made cuts to one of the most violent scenes . However , in the United Kingdom , it was added to the infamous list of `` video nasties '' and banned from sale until 1999 . The film 's theatrical distribution in the United States was delayed until 1984 , when it was released in a heavily censored version under the title Unsane . In its cut form , Tenebrae received a mostly negative critical reception , but the original , fully restored version later became widely available for reappraisal ; it is considered by some to be one of Argento 's best thrillers . The film critic and author Maitland McDonagh said that it was `` in many respects ... the finest film that Argento has ever made '' .",
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"text": "The Croods The Croods is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated adventure comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox . It stars the voices of Nicolas Cage , Emma Stone , Ryan Reynolds , Catherine Keener , Clark Duke , and Cloris Leachman . The film is set in a fictional prehistoric Pliocene era known as `` The Croodaceous '' ( a prehistoric period which contains fictional prehistoric creatures ) when a caveman 's position as a `` Leader of the Hunt '' is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions as they trek through a dangerous but exotic land in search of a new home . The Croods was written and directed by Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders , and produced by Kristine Belson and Jane Hartwell . The film premiered at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 15 , 2013 , and was released in the United States on March 22 , 2013 . As part of the distribution deal , this is the first film from DreamWorks Animation to be distributed by 20th Century Fox , since the end of their distribution deal with Paramount Pictures . The Croods received generally positive reviews , and proved to be a box office success , earning more than $ 587 million on a budget of $ 135 million . The film launched a new franchise , with a television series , Dawn of the Croods , which debuted on December 24 , 2015 , on Netflix . A sequel was announced for a 2018 release , but was later cancelled .",
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"text": "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance ( also known as Ghost Rider 2 ) is a 2011 American 3D supernatural superhero film based on the Marvel Comics antihero Ghost Rider . It is the stand-alone sequel to the 2007 film Ghost Rider and features Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider with supporting roles portrayed by Ciarán Hinds ( replacing Peter Fonda ) , Violante Placido , Johnny Whitworth , Christopher Lambert , and Idris Elba . The film was directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor , from a screenplay written by David S. Goyer , Scott M. Gimple and Seth Hoffman . Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance was released in theaters on February 17 , 2012 in 3D and 2D . Critical reception was largely negative ; critics and fans criticized the script , CGI , and acting . Despite this , the film grossed more than $ 132 million against its $ 57 million budget . Nicolas Cage has said that he is `` done '' with the Ghost Rider films and a planned sequel was canceled . By May 2013 , the film rights to Ghost Rider had reverted to Marvel Studios and the Robbie Reyes version of Ghost Rider appears in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.",
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"text": "Lady in a Cage Lady in a Cage is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Walter Grauman , written and produced by Luther Davis , and released by Paramount Pictures . It stars Olivia de Havilland and features James Caan in his first substantial film role .",
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"text": "Flying Tigers (film) Flying Tigers ( a.k.a. Yank Over Singapore and Yanks Over the Burma Road ) is a 1942 black-and-white World War II film from Republic Pictures , produced by Edmund Grainger , directed by David Miller , that stars John Wayne , John Carroll , and Anna Lee . Flying Tigers dramatizes the exploits of the American Volunteer Group ( AVG ) , Americans already fighting the enemy in China prior to the U. S. entry into the second world war . It is unabashedly a wartime propaganda film that was well received by a 1940s populace looking for a patriotic `` flagwaver '' .",
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"text": "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson Unforgivable Blackness : The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson is a documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Geoffrey C. Ward ( 2004 ) . In Burns ' signature style the 220-minute film serves as a biography of Jack Johnson , the first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World , as well as a documentary of racism and social inequality during the Jim Crow era against which Jack Johnson lived in defiant opposition . The documentary was first broadcast on PBS in two parts on January 17 and January 18 , 2005 . The film is narrated by Keith David and features a soundtrack by Wynton Marsalis and Samuel L. Jackson as the voice of Jack Johnson . Alan Rickman also contributed his voice to the documentary . Stanley Crouch appears offering commentary , including a quote from Johnson responding a question from a white woman about black people , `` We eat cold eels and think distant thoughts . '' In 2005 , the film earned Burns an Emmy Award for Directing for Non-Fiction Programming . David won an Emmy for Best Voice Over Performance . The film was produced by David Schaye , Paul Barnes and Ken Burns ( Executive Producer ) for Florentine Films .",
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"text": "Part-talkie A part-talkie is a partly , and most often primarily , silent film which includes one or more synchronous sound sequences with audible dialog or singing . During the silent portions lines of dialog are presented as `` titles '' -- printed text briefly filling the screen -- and the soundtrack is used only to supply musical accompaniment and sound effects . In the case of feature films made in the United States , nearly all such hybrid films date to the 1927-1929 period of transition from `` silents '' to full-fledged `` talkies '' with audible dialog throughout . It took about a year and a half for a transition period for American movie houses to move from almost all silent to almost all equipped for sound . In the interim period , studios reacted by improvising four solutions : fast remakes of recent productions , `` goat gland '' pictures with one or two sound sequences spliced into already finished productions , dual sound and silent versions produced simultaneously , and part-talkies . The famous so-called `` first talking picture '' , The Jazz Singer ( 1927 ) , starring Al Jolson , is in fact a part-talkie . It features only about fifteen minutes of singing and talking , interspersed throughout the film , while the rest is a typical silent film with `` titles '' and only a recorded orchestral accompaniment .",
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"text": "Cool Hand Luke Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg , starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance . Newman stars in the title role as Luke , a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system . The film , set in the early 1950s , is based on Donn Pearce 's 1965 novel of the same name . Pearce sold the story to Warner Bros. , who then hired him to write the script . Due to Pearce 's lack of film experience , the studio added Frank Pierson to rework the screenplay . Newman 's biographer Marie Edelman Borden states that the `` tough , honest '' script drew together threads from earlier movies , especially Hombre , Newman 's earlier film of 1967 . The film has been cited by Roger Ebert as an anti-establishment film which was shot during the time of the Vietnam War , in which Newman 's character endures `` physical punishment , psychological cruelty , hopelessness and equal parts of sadism and masochism . '' His influence on his prison mates and the torture that he endures is compared to that of Jesus , and Christian symbolism is used throughout the film , culminating in a photograph superimposed over crossroads at the end of the film in comparison to the crucifixion . Filming took place on the San Joaquin River Delta , and the set , imitating a southern prison farm , was built in Stockton , California . The filmmakers sent a crew to Tavares Road Prison in Tavares , Florida , to take photographs and measurements . Upon its release , Cool Hand Luke received favorable reviews and became a box-office success . The film cemented Newman 's status as one of the era 's top box-office actors , while the film was described as the `` touchstone of an era . '' Newman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor , George Kennedy won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , Pearce and Pierson were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , and the score by Lalo Schifrin was also nominated for the Best Original Score . In 2005 , the United States Library of Congress selected it for the National Film Registry , considering it to be `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant . '' It has a 100 % rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes . The quotation used by the prison warden ( Strother Martin ) in the film , which begins with `` What we 've got here is failure to communicate , '' was listed at No. 11 on the American Film Institute 's list of the 100 most memorable movie lines .",
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"text": "Saw V Saw is a 2008 Canadian-American horror film directed by David Hackl and written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan and stars Tobin Bell , Costas Mandylor , Scott Patterson , Betsy Russell , Mark Rolston , Julie Benz , Carlo Rota , and Meagan Good . It is the fifth installment of the Saw franchise , and was released on October 23 , 2008 in Australia and October 24 , 2008 in North America . David Hackl , who served as the production designer of Saw , Saw , and Saw IV , and second-unit director for Saw and Saw IV made his directorial debut with Saw . Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan , the writers of the previous film , returned to write the film . Charlie Clouser , who provided the score for all previous Saw films , also returned to compose the score for the film . Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell served as executive producers . The film focuses primarily on the events that led up to Detective Mark Hoffman becoming an apprentice of the Jigsaw Killer , as well as his efforts to prevent anyone else from learning his secret .",
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"text": "Art film An art film is typically a serious , independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience . An art film is `` intended to be a serious artistic work , often experimental and not designed for mass appeal '' ; they are `` made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit '' , and they contain `` unconventional or highly symbolic content '' . Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing `` formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films '' , which can include , among other elements , a sense of social realism ; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director ; and a focus on the thoughts , dreams , or motivations of characters , as opposed to the unfolding of a clear , goal-driven story . Film scholar David Bordwell describes art cinema as `` a film genre , with its own distinct conventions '' . Art film producers usually present their films at specialty theatres ( repertory cinemas , or , in the U.S. , `` arthouse cinemas '' ) and film festivals . The term art film is much more widely used in the United States , the UK and Australia than in Europe , where the term is more associated with `` auteur '' films and `` national cinema '' ( e.g. , German national cinema ) . Because they are aimed at small niche market audiences , they can rarely get the financial backing that will permit large production budgets , expensive special effects , costly celebrity actors , or huge advertising campaigns , as are used in widely released mainstream blockbuster films . Art film directors make up for these constraints by creating a different type of film , which typically uses lesser-known film actors ( or even amateur actors ) and modest sets to make films that focus much more on developing ideas or exploring new narrative techniques or film-making conventions . A certain degree of experience and knowledge are required to fully understand or appreciate such films . One mid-1990s art film was called `` largely a cerebral experience '' that one enjoys `` because of what you know about film '' . This contrasts sharply with mainstream `` blockbuster '' films , which are geared more towards escapism and pure entertainment . For promotion , art films rely on the publicity generated from film critics ' reviews , discussion of their film by arts columnists , commentators and bloggers , and `` word-of-mouth '' promotion by audience members . Since art films have small initial investment costs , they only need to appeal to a small portion of the mainstream viewing audiences to become financially viable .",
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"text": "Histoire(s) du cinéma Histoire ( s ) du cinéma ( -LSB- is.twaʁ dy si.ne.ma -RSB- ) is an 8-part video project begun by Jean-Luc Godard in the late 1980s and completed in 1998 . The longest , at 266 minutes , and one of the most complex of Godard 's films , Histoire ( s ) du cinéma is an examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century ; in this sense , it can also be considered a critique of the 20th century and how it perceives itself . The project is considered by many the most important work of the late period of Godard 's career . Histoire ( s ) du cinéma is always referred to by its French title , because of the word play it implies : histoire means both `` history '' and `` story , '' and the s in parentheses gives the possibility of a plural . Therefore , the phrase Histoire ( s ) du cinéma simultaneously means The History of Cinema , Histories of Cinema , The Story of Cinema and Stories of Cinema . Similar double or triple meanings , as well as puns , are a recurring motif throughout Histoire ( s ) and much of Godard 's work . The film was screened out of competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival . Nine years later , it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Festival . The soundtrack was released as a 5-CD boxed set on the ECM record label .",
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"text": "John Huston John Marcellus Huston ( -LSB- ˈhjuːstən -RSB- August 5 , 1906 -- August 28 , 1987 ) was an American film director , screenwriter and actor . He wrote the screenplays for most of the 37 feature films he directed , many of which are today considered classics : The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ) , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ( 1948 ) , The Asphalt Jungle ( 1950 ) , The African Queen ( 1951 ) , The Misfits ( 1961 ) , Fat City ( 1972 ) and The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ) . During his 46-year career , Huston received 15 Oscar nominations , won twice , and directed both his father , Walter Huston , and daughter , Anjelica Huston , to Oscar wins in different films . Huston was known to direct with the vision of an artist , having studied and worked as a fine art painter in Paris in his early years . He continued to explore the visual aspects of his films throughout his career : sketching each scene on paper beforehand , then carefully framing his characters during the shooting . While most directors rely on post-production editing to shape their final work , Huston instead created his films while they were being shot , making them both more economical and cerebral , with little editing needed . Most of Huston 's films were adaptations of important novels , often depicting a `` heroic quest , '' as in Moby Dick , or The Red Badge of Courage . In many films , different groups of people , while struggling toward a common goal , would become doomed , forming `` destructive alliances , '' giving the films a dramatic and visual tension . Many of his films involved themes such as religion , meaning , truth , freedom , psychology , colonialism and war . Before becoming a Hollywood filmmaker , he had been an amateur boxer , reporter , short-story writer , portrait artist in Paris , a cavalry rider in Mexico , and a documentary filmmaker during World War II . Huston has been referred to as `` a titan '' , `` a rebel '' , and a `` renaissance man '' in the Hollywood film industry . Author Ian Freer describes him as `` cinema 's Ernest Hemingway '' -- a filmmaker who was `` never afraid to tackle tough issues head on . '' Worked for Ethos Group .",
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"text": "Dr. John Malcolm John `` Mac '' Rebennack ( born November 21 , 1940 ) , better known by the stage name Dr. John , is an American singer , songwriter , voice actor , pianist , and guitarist , whose music combines blues , pop , jazz , zydeco , boogie woogie , and rock and roll . Active as a session musician since the late 1950s , he gained a cult following in the late 1960s following the release of his album Gris-Gris and his appearance at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music . He performed a wildly theatrical stage show inspired by medicine shows , Mardi Gras costumes , and voodoo ceremonies . Rebennack has recorded more than 20 albums and in 1973 scored a top-20 hit with `` Right Place Wrong Time '' . The winner of six Grammy Awards , Rebennack was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer John Legend on March 14 , 2011 . In May 2013 , Rebennack was the recipient of an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Tulane University . He was jokingly referred to by Tulane 's president , Scott Cowen , as `` Dr. Dr. John '' .",
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"text": "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (film score) Like its predecessor , The Lost World : Jurassic Park was scored by famed composer John Williams ( a longtime collaborator with director Steven Spielberg ) , orchestrated by Conrad Pope and John Neufeld , and recorded in Los Angeles . Notably , Williams did not write a stereotypical sequel score , but instead developed a wildly different style for the different location , cast , and darker tone of the second Jurassic Park film . The original soundtrack album -- released by MCA Records on April 30 , 1997 -- features over seventy minutes of the film 's music , including some material that was unused in the film 's final cut ( e.g. `` The Hunt '' ) . The single disc is packaged in a paper case that opens to reveal dioramas of jungle scenery and dinosaurs from the film . A John Williams collection edition , joint with the soundtrack to the first movie , was released by La-La Land Records on November 29 , 2016 , remastered and featuring additional unreleased music .",
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"text": "Hear the Silence Hear the Silence is a 2003 semi-fictional TV drama based on the MMR vaccine controversy , which started when Andrew Wakefield published a paper claiming a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism . It debuted on December 15 , 2003 at 9 PM on the British network Five . The film , produced at a cost of about 1 million pounds , stars Hugh Bonneville as Wakefield and Juliet Stevenson as Christine Shields , a fictional mother who discovers the possible MMR-autism link when her son is diagnosed as autistic . Stevenson 's character begins telling doctor after doctor that her son seemed to develop autism soon after he received the MMR vaccine , but she does not receive any sympathy from them , nor does she receive any from her boss , or even her husband . However , this all changes when she meets Dr. Wakefield , who believes her statements about the MMR vaccine causing her son 's autism . The film then shows fictional government officials `` plotting '' Wakefield 's `` demise '' , which they intend to bring about by portraying his research as flawed . Although never documented in reality , the film depicts Wakefield being targeted by the government : his phone is tapped and his files are stolen . The film attracted 1.2 million viewers on the first night it screened , considerably fewer than usual for Channel Five 's films that debut at 9 PM , which often get more than 2 million viewers .",
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"text": "Top Gun Top Gun is a 1986 American romantic military action drama film directed by Tony Scott , and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer , in association with Paramount Pictures . The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps , Jr. , and was inspired by an article titled `` Top Guns '' published in California magazine three years earlier . The film stars Tom Cruise , Kelly McGillis , Val Kilmer , Anthony Edwards , and Tom Skerritt . Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete `` Maverick '' Mitchell , a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier . He and his Radar Intercept Officer ( RIO ) Nick `` Goose '' Bradshaw ( Edwards ) are given the chance to train at the Navy 's Fighter Weapons School at Miramar in San Diego . Top Gun was released on May 16 , 1986 . Upon its release , the film received generally mixed reviews from film critics but many particularly praised the action sequences , the effects , the aerial stunts , and the acting performances with Cruise and McGillis receiving the most praise . Four weeks after release , the number of theaters showing it increased by 45 % . Despite its initial mixed critical reaction , the film was a huge commercial hit grossing $ 356 million against a production budget of only $ 15 million . With its success , the film became a cult film over the years and earned an IMAX 3D re-release in 2013 . Additionally , the film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for `` Take My Breath Away '' performed by Berlin . In 2015 , the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry , finding it `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' .",
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"text": "Goodfellas Goodfellas ( stylized as GoodFellas ) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese . It is an adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi , who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese . The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980 . Scorsese initially named the film Wise Guy and postponed making it ; later , he and Pileggi changed the name to Goodfellas . To prepare for their roles in the film , Robert De Niro , Joe Pesci , and Ray Liotta often spoke with Pileggi , who shared research material left over from writing the book . According to Pesci , improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted . The director made transcripts of these sessions , took the lines he liked best , and put them into a revised script , which the cast worked from during principal photography . Made on a budget of $ 25 million , Goodfellas grossed $ 46.8 million . It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Director , with Pesci winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role . The film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , including Best Film and Best Director . Additionally , Goodfellas was named the year 's best film by various critics ' groups . Goodfellas is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in the crime genre . In 2000 , it was deemed `` culturally , historically , and aesthetically significant '' and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress . Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television shows .",
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"text": "Xenia Cage Xenia Cage ( born Xenia Andreyevna Kashevaroff , August 15 , 1913 -- September 26 , 1995 ) was an American painter , sculptor , bookbinder , conservator , and musician notable for her surrealist mobiles and artistic collaborations . Cage 's work has been described as on the `` cutting edge of surrealism in sculpture '' for her time . From 1935 to 1945 , Cage was married to the musician and composer John Cage and performed in his percussion ensemble throughout their marriage . Cage is believed to have been the `` female performer '' who smashed a lime ricky bottle into a can of broken glass at the culmination of John Cage 's Construction in Metal . In 1943 , Cage exhibited an abstract mobile in Peggy Guggenheim 's show Exhibition by 31 Women at the Guggenheim Museum in New York . The next year , Cage had a solo exhibition of her mobiles at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York . Cage notably collaborated with artists Joseph Cornell and Marcel Duchamp as a bookbinder , and designed a chess table in tandem with a set created by Max Ernst . Cage also worked as a conservator at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York . Xenia was the daughter of Very Reverend Andrew Petrovich Kashevarof and Marfa E. `` Marta '' Kashevarof ( Bolshanin ) , and sister of Cyril Andrew Kashevarof , Sr , Nina Kashevarof , Mary Sasha Andrevna Calvin ( Kashevarof , Lydia Brewer ( Kashevarof ) , Nadja Vestal Triplet ( Kashevaroff ) and Natalya ( Kashevarof ) Lovejoy . She is the great aunt of Alex Kashevaroff ( composer and musician ) , and great great aunt of David Kashevaroff ( film editor ) Xenia 's grave in Alaska , USA",
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"text": "Reds (film) Reds is a 1981 American epic drama film co-written , produced and directed by Warren Beatty . The picture centers on the life and career of John Reed , the journalist and writer who chronicled the Russian Revolution in his book Ten Days That Shook the World . Beatty stars in the lead role alongside Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant and Jack Nicholson as Eugene O'Neill . The supporting cast includes Edward Herrmann , Jerzy Kosinski , Paul Sorvino , Maureen Stapleton , Gene Hackman , Ramon Bieri , Nicolas Coster and M. Emmet Walsh . The film also features , as `` witnesses , '' interviews with the 98-year-old radical educator and peace activist Scott Nearing , author Dorothy Frooks , reporter and author George Seldes , civil liberties advocate Roger Baldwin , and the American writer Henry Miller , among others . Beatty was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director and the film was nominated for Best Picture , but lost to Chariots of Fire . Beatty , Keaton , Nicholson and Stapleton were nominated for Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress , respectively . Stapleton was the only one of the four to win . Beatty was also nominated , along with co-writer Trevor Griffiths , for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay , but lost to Chariots of Fire . Beatty became the third person to be nominated for Academy Awards in the categories Best Actor , Director and Original Screenplay for a film nominated for Best Picture . In June 2008 , the American Film Institute revealed its `` Ten Top Ten '' -- the best ten films in ten `` classic '' American film genres -- after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community . Reds was acknowledged as the ninth best film in the epic genre .",
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"text": "Jim Carrey James Eugene Carrey ( -LSB- ˈkæri -RSB- born January 17 , 1962 ) is a Canadian-American actor , comedian , impressionist , screenwriter , and producer . He is known for his highly energetic slapstick performances . Carrey first gained recognition in 1990 after landing a recurring role in the sketch comedy television series In Living Color . His first leading roles in major productions came with Ace Ventura : Pet Detective ( 1994 ) , Dumb and Dumber ( 1994 ) , The Mask ( 1994 ) , and Ace Ventura : When Nature Calls ( 1995 ) , as well as a supporting role in Batman Forever ( 1995 ) and a lead role in Liar Liar ( 1997 ) . He then starred in The Truman Show ( 1998 ) and Man on the Moon ( 1999 ) , with each garnering him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor . In the 2000s , he gained further recognition for his portrayal of the Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 ) , as well as Bruce Almighty ( 2003 ) , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ( 2004 ) for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role , Lemony Snicket 's A Series of Unfortunate Events ( 2004 ) , Fun with Dick and Jane ( 2005 ) , Yes Man ( 2008 ) , Horton Hears a Who ! ( 2008 ) and A Christmas Carol ( 2009 ) . In the 2010s , he has starred in Mr. Popper 's Penguins ( 2011 ) and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone ( 2013 ) . In 2013 , he appeared in Kick-Ass 2 as Colonel Stars and Stripes . He retracted support for the film two months prior to its release . He issued a statement via his Twitter account that , in light of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary , '' -LSB- N -RSB- ow in all good conscience I can not support that level of violence . '' Carrey reprised his role as Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber To ( 2014 ) .",
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"text": "Deliverance Deliverance is a 1972 American rural horror film produced and directed by John Boorman , and starring Jon Voight , Burt Reynolds , Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox , with the latter two making their feature film debuts . The film is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey , who has a small role in the film as the Sheriff . The screenplay was written by Dickey and an uncredited Boorman . It was a critical success , earning three Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe nominations . Widely acclaimed as a landmark picture , the film is noted both for the music scene near the beginning , with one of the city men playing `` Dueling Banjos '' on guitar with a banjo-playing country boy , that sets the tone for what lies ahead -- a trip into unknown and potentially dangerous wilderness -- and for its visceral and notorious male rape scene . In 2008 , Deliverance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' .",
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"text": "The Simpsons (season 25) The Simpsons '' ' twenty-fifth season began airing on Fox on September 29 , 2013 and ended on May 18 , 2014 . In this season , Homer sells his Mapple stock to buy a bowling ball ; Marge blames herself and Kiss for Bart 's rebellious streak ( `` Four Regrettings and a Funeral '' ) ; Lisa becomes a cheerleader for Springfield 's football team ; and Homer delivers a baby ( `` Labor Pains '' ) . Guest stars for this season include Judd Apatow , Will Arnett , Anderson Cooper , Harlan Ellison , Zach Galifianakis , Stan Lee , Eva Longoria , Rachel Maddow , Elisabeth Moss , Joe Namath , Daniel Radcliffe , Aaron Sorkin , and Kristen Wiig . This is Al Jean 's 13th consecutive season as showrunner and 15th overall . Matt Groening , James L. Brooks , Matt Selman , and John Frink serve as executive producers . Executive producer Al Jean stated that Edna Krabappel will be retired from the show following the death of Marcia Wallace on October 25 , 2013 . February 2014 held back Simpsons episodes , due to the transmission of the Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford , New Jersey , United States ; the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia ; the 2014 Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach , Florida , US ; and the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood , Los Angeles , California . This season The Simpsons '' won three Primetime Emmy Awards out of four nominations , including an Primetime Emmy Award for Character Voice-Over Performance to Harry Shearer , who was the last member of the main cast to earn the award .",
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"text": "Stroker Ace Stroker Ace is a 1983 American action comedy film , directed by Hal Needham and filmed in North Carolina and Georgia . Burt Reynolds stars as the eponymous Stroker Ace , a NASCAR driver . The co-stars were Jim Nabors , Loni Anderson , Ned Beatty , Parker Stevenson , and Bubba Smith , with appearances by many NASCAR drivers , such as : Dale Earnhardt , Richard Petty , Neil Bonnett , Harry Gant , Terry Labonte , Kyle Petty , Benny Parsons , Tim Richmond , Ricky Rudd , Cale Yarborough , and announcers Ken Squier , David Hobbs , and Chris Economaki . The movie was filmed on location at Charlotte Motor Speedway , Talladega Superspeedway and the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton , Georgia . The theme song was performed by Charlie Daniels . Burt Reynolds turned down the role of astronaut Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment to do this film . The role went to Jack Nicholson , who went on to win an Academy Award . Reynolds said he made this decision because `` I felt I owed Hal more than I owed Jim '' but that it was a turning point in his career from which he never recovered . `` That 's where I lost them , '' he says of his fans . The movie was adapted from the 1974 novel Stand On It , an autobiography of fictional driver `` Stroker Ace . '' The novel 's joint authors , William Neely and Robert K. Ottum , based the book on actual events from the racing world but with their protagonist as the subject .",
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"text": "The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy `` The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy '' is an article published in the premiere issue of Scanlan 's Monthly in March 1970 , written by Hunter S. Thompson . The subject of the article is Jean-Claude Killy , the alpine skiing champion who , in the 1968 Winter Olympics , became the second alpine skier ever to win three gold medals in a single olympic games . By the time of the article Killy , then 26 , was retired from skiing and had embarked on the next phase of his career -- endorsements . Thompson 's article follows Killy around the United States during his marketing tour for the Chevrolet automotive company . As he attends automotive shows , holds press conferences , and makes appearances for television ( all in conjunction with fellow Chevrolet spokesman , O.J. Simpson ) Thompson chronicles the newly flush world of celebrity sports endorsements . Though endorsement by a sports figure was not an entirely new concept , the world-wide magnitude of Killy 's stardom made his Chevrolet contract something of a fascination for Thompson . The article 's focus on the relative depths of the new pitch-man status obtained by Killy so shortly after the incredible heights he had achieved develops through acerbic descriptions of the settings Killy finds himself in , the automotive executives that profit by him , and the fans and onlookers who make him such a valuable spokesman . Through it all , Killy 's focus on his own enormous profit is a source of worry to Thompson . The trend he sees developing is one of larger-than-life stars -- athletes of the highest physical standards who have achieved feats unimaginable by normal people -- demeaning themselves and their accomplishments by agreeing to shill for a few extra dollars . An enormous sports fan himself , Thompson is distraught by this turn of events and wonders that Killy was never quite sure `` why I was embarrassed for him in those scenes . '' Thompson compares Killy to F. Scott Fitzgerald 's Gatsby : although , unlike that character , Killy 's dollars are earned honestly , the author concludes while watching Killy 's selling of himself that `` nothing in his narrow , high-powered experience can allow him to understand how I can watch his act and say that it looks , to me , like a very hard dollar -- maybe the hardest . '' The article was later included in Thompson 's collection The Great Shark Hunt ( 1979 ) .",
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"text": "JFK and the Unspeakable JFK and the Unspeakable : Why He Died and Why It Matters is a book by theologian and Catholic Worker James W. Douglass ( Orbis Books , 2008 ; Touchstone Books , an imprint of Simon & Schuster , 2010 ) that analyzes the presidency of John F. Kennedy as well as the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy . The book is drawn from many sources , including the Warren Report . The book 's central thesis is that Kennedy was a cold warrior who turned to peace-making , and that as a result he was killed by his own security apparatus . Published by the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers , it received an award from the Catholic Press Association and coverage in the religious press ; sales shot up after Oliver Stone recommended the book , with it featuring in Amazon.com 's Top 100 for a week . The 2013 edition of the book was endorsed by Kennedy 's nephew Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. , who said it had moved him to visit Dealey Plaza for the first time .",
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"text": "Ace Ventura Ace Ventura is a fictional character created by screenwriter Jack Bernstein . Ace was played by Jim Carrey in the films Ace Ventura : Pet Detective , released in 1994 , and Ace Ventura : When Nature Calls , released in 1995 , and was voiced by Michael Daingerfield ( credited as Michael Hall ) in the Ace Ventura : Pet Detective animated series .",
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"text": "Boscolo Exedra Roma The Boscolo Exedra Roma is a 5-star luxury hotel in Piazza della Repubblica , Rome . The hotel is part of the Italian Boscolo Hotels chain and has since 2013 been a member of the Autograph Collection by Marriott . On June 19 , 2013 actor James Gandolfini died of a heart attack in the hotel .",
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"text": "Patricia McQueeney Patricia Noonan McQueeney ( born Bridgeport , Connecticut , September 16 , 1927 ; died Santa Monica , California September 4 , 2005 ) was an American actress , television personality , and talent agent perhaps best known as Harrison Ford 's manager . At the age of seventeen , she married fellow Bridgeport native and actor Robert McQueeney , and they had three children together . Their marriage was annulled in the mid-1950s , and Robert later became a Roman Catholic priest ; he died in 2002 . Patricia never remarried . After early work as a model and actress in television commercials under the name `` Patricia Scott '' , McQueeney was hired for The Today Show by first host Dave Garroway and appeared frequently on the show until 1964 . In 1970 , McQueeney met Harrison Ford and began to work for him , first as his agent and later also as his personal manager . In 1973 , she launched her own agency , which represented many rising Hollywood stars , including Teri Garr , Mackenzie Phillips , Cindy Williams , and Candy Clark . She continued to represent Ford until her death in 2005 . She served on a California state commission tasked with recommending changes in the laws governing talent representation . She has been memorialized by the Talent Manager 's Association with a service award in her name .",
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"text": "Jim Runyon Jim Runyon ( 1931 -- April 13 , 1973 ) was an American radio announcer , disc jockey , and sometime actor from the late 1950s to 1973 . He was in plays at Cain Park in the early 70 's Jim Runyon was loved by his radio audience and was known for playing the many love songs of the late 60 's and early 70 's in his evening time slot . There was many a teenaged girl listening to him every night , and falling asleep to his signature sign-off song , '' Good Night My Love '' and his signature closing : '' from a Runyon named Jim . ''",
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"text": "James Goldstone James Goldstone ( born June 8 , 1931 in Los Angeles , California ; died November 5 , 1999 in Shaftsbury , Vermont ) was an American film and television director whose career spanned over thirty years . Goldstone was noted for the momentum and `` fifteen-minute cliffhangers '' that he brought to TV pilots such as Star Trek ( `` Where No Man Has Gone Before '' , 1966 ) , Ironside , and The Bold Ones : The Senator . His later career helped pioneer the concept of `` thirty-second attention span '' pacing over detailed content in his dramatizations of Rita Hayworth , Calamity Jane , and the Kent State shootings for which he won the Emmy . During his Hollywood career , he directed Paul Newman , Robert De Niro , Robert Shaw , James Garner , Richard Dreyfuss and Sidney Poitier and collaborated with composer and musician , Lalo Schifrin . He `` discovered '' Tiny Tim . In addition to his work in film and television , Goldstone was a longtime leader in the Director 's and Writers Guilds . In his later life , he taught both at Bennington College and in the masters program at Columbia University . During the 1990s he directed a number of theatrical productions in New England . He was also central in the establishment of National Public Radio presence in Vermont and was the moving force behind the creation of the Vermont Arts Council which named its award for new talent the James Goldstone Award . Goldstone was the son of Hollywood agent and early television producer , Jules Goldstone .",
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"text": "Country Music Association The Country Music Association ( CMA ) was founded in 1958 in Nashville , Tennessee . It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre . The objectives of the organization are to guide and enhance the development of Country Music throughout the world ; to demonstrate it as a viable medium to advertisers , consumers , and media ; and to provide a unity of purpose for the Country Music industry . However the CMA may be best known to most country music fans for its annual Country Music Association Awards broadcast live on network television each fall ( usually October or November ) . Initially , CMA 's Board of Directors included nine directors and five officers . Wesley Rose , president of Acuff-Rose Publishing , Inc. , served as CMA 's first chairman of the board . Broadcasting entrepreneur and executive Connie B. Gay was the founding president . Originally there were nine individual membership categories . The current 15 categories represent all facets of the music industry . Organizational memberships are also available . CMA membership is composed of those persons or organizations that are involved in Country Music , directly and substantially . The first CMA Awards ceremony was held in 1967 in Nashville . Sonny James and Bobbie Gentry hosted the event , which was not televised . The winner of the first `` Entertainer of the Year '' award was singer Eddy Arnold . `` Male Vocalist of the Year '' went to Jack Greene and `` Female Vocalist of the Year '' to Loretta Lynn . In 1968 , Roy Rogers and Dale Evans hosted the awards , which were presented at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville . ( The ceremony was filmed and televised on NBC a few weeks later . ) The first live telecast of the show was in 1969 . Annual awards are given in the following twelve categories : Entertainer of the Year , Male Vocalist , Female Vocalist , New Artist of the Year ( formerly the Horizon Award ) , Vocal Group , Vocal Duo , Single , Album , Song , Music Event , Music Video , and Musician . The CMA also gives a `` CMA Broadcast Award '' to country-formatted radio stations each year . Broadcast Awards are segmented based on market size , major market ( Arbitron Ranking 1 -- 25 ) , large market ( Arbitron Ranking 26 -- 50 ) , medium market ( Arbitron Ranking 51 -- 100 ) , and small market ( All other Markets ) . A single station can not win the award in consecutive years . In honor of the association 's 50th anniversary , MCA Nashville released a song called `` Forever Country '' .",
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"text": "Gary Cooper filmography The filmography of Gary Cooper chronicles the film appearances of American actor Gary Cooper . After starting his career in 1925 as a film extra and stuntman , Cooper made his official cinematic debut in 1926 in the Samuel Goldwyn production The Winning of Barbara Worth . He went on to become a contract player with Paramount Pictures where he established himself as a popular leading man prior to the end of the silent film era . Cooper 's future in the sound era was assured with the release of The Virginian ( 1929 ) , his first all-talkie film . For the next 32 years , he would be one of cinema 's top money-making stars . From 1936 to 1957 , Cooper ranked 18 times among the top ten box office attractions -- a record when he died in 1961 , and later surpassed only by John Wayne , who ranked among the top ten 25 times , Clint Eastwood ( 21 times ) and Tom Cruise ( 20 times ) . Cooper was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award five times and won twice , for Sergeant York ( 1942 ) and High Noon ( 1952 ) . The latter film boosted his popularity , resulting in him being the number one box office attraction in 1953 . Cooper received a third Academy Award -- an honorary one -- just prior to his death in 1961 . His final film , The Naked Edge , was released shortly after his death . As of February 2008 , more than half of Gary Cooper 's feature films are available on DVD , while others not yet on home video are available for television broadcast . Unfortunately , at least two of his silent films -- Beau Sabreur ( 1928 ) and The Legion of the Condemned ( 1928 ) -- are now considered lost films . Another of his silent films , Wolf Song ( 1929 ) , was originally released as a part talkie , but survives only as a silent film . One of Cooper 's earliest talkies , Paramount on Parade ( 1930 ) , survives incomplete . The prints that are available for television are missing all but one of the film 's Technicolor scenes -- a partial restoration of these scenes was done by the UCLA Film Archives . This filmography contains sections for Cooper 's work as an extra in the earliest part of his film career , his feature film appearances , his occasional appearances in short films , and a section for a compilation film . Due to its length ( 92 films ) , the listing of his feature films is divided in four sections . Cooper 's film roles are listed , as well as the names of each film 's director and co-stars . Cooper 's awards and nominations are also listed . Except where noted , all of his films were shot in 35mm black and white . All films released prior to Lilac Time ( 1928 ) are silent films and all from The Virginian ( 1929 ) onward are sound films . The films made during the silent-to-sound transition are noted as being either silent or sound films . As an addendum , Cooper 's handful of television appearances are also listed .",
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"text": "Jim Thorpe James Francis Thorpe ( Sac and Fox ( Sauk ) : Wa-Tho-Huk , translated as `` Bright Path '' ; May 22 or 28 , 1887March 28 , 1953 ) was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist . A member of the Sac and Fox Nation , Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for his home country . Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports , he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon , and played American football ( collegiate and professional ) , professional baseball , and basketball . He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics , thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place . In 1983 , 30 years after his death , the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) restored his Olympic medals . Thorpe grew up in the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma , and attended Carlisle Indian Industrial School , where he was a two-time All-American for the school 's football team . After his Olympic success in 1912 , which included a record score in the decathlon , he added a victory in the All-Around Championship of the Amateur Athletic Union . In 1913 , Thorpe signed with the New York Giants , and he played six seasons in Major League Baseball between 1913 and 1919 . Thorpe joined the Canton Bulldogs American football team in 1915 , helping them win three professional championships ; he later played for six teams in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played as part of several all-American Indian teams throughout his career , and barnstormed as a professional basketball player with a team composed entirely of American Indians . From 1920 to 1921 , Thorpe was nominally the first president of the American Professional Football Association ( APFA ) , which became the NFL in 1922 . He played professional sports until age 41 , the end of his sports career coinciding with the start of the Great Depression . He struggled to earn a living after that , working several odd jobs . He suffered from alcoholism , and lived his last years in failing health and poverty . He was married three times and had eight children , before suffering from heart failure and dying in 1953 . Thorpe has received various accolades for his athletic accomplishments . The Associated Press named him the `` greatest athlete '' from the first 50 years of the 20th century , and the Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted him as part of its inaugural class in 1963 . A Pennsylvania town was named in his honor and a monument site there is the site of his remains , which were the subject of legal action . Thorpe was portrayed in the 1951 film Jim Thorpe -- All-American , and appeared in several films himself .",
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"text": "This Is the End This Is the End is a 2013 American disaster comedy film directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and stars Rogen , James Franco , Jonah Hill , Jay Baruchel , Danny McBride , Craig Robinson , Michael Cera and Emma Watson . The story features real life actors playing fictionalized versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global biblical apocalypse . The film premiered at the Fox Village Theater on June 3 , 2013 and was released in the United States on June 14 , 2013 by Columbia Pictures , before being re-released on September 6 , 2013 . The film grossed $ 126 million on a $ 32 million budget . The film makes references to the past movies of the cast , including Spider-Man , Million Dollar Baby , Forrest Gump , Superbad , Pineapple Express , Moneyball , Your Highness , The Green Hornet , 127 Hours and the Harry Potter film series .",
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"text": "George Randolph Hearst Jr. George Randolph Hearst Jr. ( July 13 , 1927 -- June 25 , 2012 ) was chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation from 1996 through to his death in 2012 , succeeding his uncle Randolph Apperson Hearst . He was a director at the company for over forty years . Non-family executives are a majority on the trust that controls the corporation , and this trust will not dissolve until all grandchildren alive at the death of William Randolph Hearst have died . George Jr. was one of the oldest grandchildren . However , there are five family seats among the 13 trustees , and George represented his branch of the family .",
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"text": "Jim Turner (comedian) Jim Turner ( born 1952 ) is an American actor and comedian .",
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"text": "Jim Thurman James `` Jim '' George Thurman ( March 15 , 1935 -- April 14 , 2007 ) , was an Emmy-winning American writer , actor , photographer , director , cartoonist , and producer . He is best known for the writings of TV gags for the likes of Bob Hope , Bob Newhart , Carol Burnett , Bill Cosby , and Dean Martin .",
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"text": "List of people diagnosed with colorectal cancer This article lists notable people who were or have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer . Audrey Hepburn died January 20 , 1993 Babe Didrikson Zaharias , American athlete Bob Jenkins , Auto racing broadcaster Bobby Moore , England Football Captain and World Cup winner 1966 , died February 24 , 1993 . The Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK is committed to beating bowel cancer in his memory . Carmen Marc Valvo , American Evening-wear designer Charles M. Schulz , creator of Peanuts , died at age 77 ; 60 days after diagnosis . Claude Debussy , French composer Corazon Aquino , 11th president of the Philippines who died 1 Aug 2009 , aged 76 . Eartha Kitt died December 25 , 2008 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Developed colon cancer at age 66 , died 2002 aged 101 Elizabeth Montgomery , American actress , died at age 62 , 8 weeks after diagnosis . Harold Wilson , former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Howard Marks , Welsh drug smuggler and author Jay Monahan , husband of news anchor Katie Couric , died of colon cancer in 1998 at the age of 42 ; Couric became a spokesperson for colon cancer and an increase in screening rates is attributed to publicity generated by her . Joel Siegel , Emmy award winning film critic and Entertainment Editor of ABC 's Good Morning America John Foster Dulles , U.S. Secretary of State under Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower . José Ferrer , Puerto Rican actor , theater , and film director ; died 26 January 1992 at the age of 80 . John Bain , Video game commentator . Lynn Faulds Wood , former BBC Watchdog presenter , survived advanced bowel cancer and founded the charities Beating Bowel Cancer and Lynn 's Bowel Cancer Campaign . Sara Murray Jordan , gastroenterologist ; diagnosed herself with colon cancer and died in 1959 at the age of 75 . Malcolm Marshall , West Indian and Hampshire Cricketer Robin Gibb , singer , musician and producer , member of the Bee Gees . Rod Roddy - second announcer for The Price is Right , died on October 27 , 2003 , 2 years after being diagnosed with colon cancer . Ronald Reagan , 40th US President . Sam Simon , Co-creator of the TV series The Simpsons ; died 8 March 2015 at the age of 59 . Sid Waddell , darts commentator ( 10 August 1940 - 11 August 2012 ) . Died 11 months after diagnosis Simon MacCorkindale , actor ; first diagnosed in 2006 ; died 14 October 2010 . Tony Snow , newscaster and former Press Secretary under President George W. Bush ; died 12 July 2008 at the age of 53 . Vince Lombardi ( June 11 , 1913-September 3 , 1970 ) , American football coach of Green Bay Packers and Washington Redskins . The Super Bowl trophy was renamed in his honor shortly after his death , as his Packers won the first two Super Bowls . Peggy Prescott , mother of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott . Jackie Gleason , American actor known for portraying Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners .",
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"text": "James Carr (wrestler) James Emmet Carr ( born 28 January 1955 - August 15 , 2013 ) was an American wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics Carr died August 15 , 2013 from complications from a motor vehicle accident .",
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"text": "Ford Rainey Ford Rainey ( August 8 , 1908 -- July 25 , 2005 ) was an American film , stage and television actor .",
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"text": "Sunburn (film) Sunburn is a 1979 British-American comedy film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and written by James Booth , John Daly and Stephen Oliver . It is based on the novel The Bind by Stanley Ellin . The film stars Farrah Fawcett , Charles Grodin , Art Carney , Joan Collins , William Daniels and John Hillerman . The film was released on August 10 , 1979 , by Paramount Pictures .",
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"text": "Style (visual arts) In the visual arts , style is a '' ... distinctive manner which permits the grouping of works into related categories '' . or '' ... any distinctive , and therefore recognizable , way in which an act is performed or an artifact made or ought to be performed and made '' . It refers to the visual appearance of a work of art that relates it to other works by the same artist or one from the same period , training , location , `` school '' , art movement or archaeological culture : `` The notion of style has long been the art historian 's principal mode of classifying works of art . By style he selects and shapes the history of art '' . Style is often divided into the general style of a period , country or cultural group , group of artists or art movement , and the individual style of the artist within that group style . Divisions within both types of styles are often made , such as between `` early '' , `` middle '' or `` late '' . In some artists , such as Picasso for example , these divisions may be marked and easy to see , in others they are more subtle . Style is seen as usually dynamic , in most periods always changing by a gradual process , though the speed of this varies greatly , between the very slow development in style typical of prehistoric art or ancient Egyptian art to the rapid changes in modern art styles . Style often develops in a series of jumps , with relatively sudden changes followed by periods of slower development . After dominating academic discussion in art history in the 19th and early 20th centuries , so-called `` style art history '' has come under increasing attack in recent decades , and many art historians now prefer to avoid stylistic classifications where they can .",
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"text": "Heartburn (novel) Heartburn is an autobiographical novel based on Nora Ephron 's life story about her marriage to and divorce from Carl Bernstein , her second husband . Originally published in 1983 , the novel largely focuses on his affair with Margaret Jay , the daughter of former British Prime Minister James Callaghan . Ephron also wrote the screenplay for the film based on the novel starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson . The novel is a vivid depiction of the breakdown of a marriage . Its strong autobiographical content provides insight into one of the `` power couples '' of the late 1970s . It is Nora Ephron 's first published novel but in it she mentions subjects that she would go on to feature in future work such as When Harry Met Sally and Julie & Julia . The narrator of the novel is Rachel Samstat , a food writer who is married to Mark Feldman , a political journalist . Rachel is a Jewish New Yorker who has moved to Washington , D.C. , to support her husband 's career . They have one son and Rachel is pregnant with their second child as the book begins . The book wittily describes the life of an upper middle class intellectual couple replete with neuroses -- Rachel is in group therapy , Mark agonizes over the mystifying disappearance of his socks . Threaded through the whole are recipes and anecdotes which drive the story along and humanize Samstat . In a New Yorker piece on novels that include recipes , Adam Gopnik writes , `` in Heartburn , the recipes serve both as a joke about what a food writer writing a novel would write and as a joke on novel-writing itself by someone who anticipates that she will not be treated as a ` real ' novelist . '' Rachel 's self-esteem takes a huge battering as Mark has an affair with Thelma Rice ( Margaret Jay ) and she takes her revenge by telling the Washington grapevine that Thelma has a venereal disease . The diamond engagement ring that is stolen from Rachel when she is at group therapy is pivotal to the plot . Remarkably she gets it back when the police catch the robber . The stone is loose in its setting and she takes it back to the `` family '' jeweler to get it fixed . Here she discovers that while she had been in the hospital giving birth , Mark had bought an expensive necklace for his lover Thelma . She sells the ring and the money enables her to go back to New York and start afresh .",
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"text": "Captain Carvallo Captain Carvallo is a traditional comedy play in three acts by Denis Cannan , telling the story of a philandering young army officer , Captain Carvallo . The comedy was an immediate success when it opened at the St. James Theatre on 9 August 1950 , as the second production under Sir Laurence Olivier 's management . The play was first tried out in March 1950 at the Bristol Old Vic , where Cannan was acting at the time . A few months later , Laurence Olivier boldly restaged the play -- billed as a `` traditional comedy '' -- at the St James 's theatre in London , with James Donald in the lead role , opposite Diana Wynyard . It was a great success , although Cannan preferred the Bristol production . `` His play shimmers with ideas wittily juxtaposed , and it is funnier than the Crazy Gang '' , wrote the critic Harold Hobson . A television production of the play was broadcast on the BBC the following year , with Patrick Macnee in the lead . Cannan adapted the play himself for a Rediffusion production later that decade . In 1988 the play was revived at the Greenwich Theatre . A version aired on Australian television in 1958 .",
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"text": "Walkin' in the Sun Walkin ' in the Sun is the forty-sixth album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell , released in 1990 ( see 1990 in music ) . It includes the single `` She 's Gone Gone Gone '' , Campbell 's last Top 10 hit on the country music charts . The single itself was released via Universal Records , a short-lived label founded by Jimmy Bowen , instead . This album , however , marked his return to Capitol Records .",
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"text": "Tapout (clothing brand) Tapout is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures sports clothing , casual apparel , and accessories headquartered in Baltimore , Maryland . It is one of the largest sportswear manufacturers in the United States , and one of the biggest in the world . Tapout was registered in 1997 in San Bernardino County , California , by Charles Lewis , Jr. , Dan Caldwell and Tim Katz . The company was founded after the trio began selling mixed martial arts clothing from the back of their Ford Mustang . Selling the merchandise during a period where MMA solely reached a niche market , Lewis , Caldwell and Katz branded the company around the sport , distributing the merchandise in cities where the sport was prevalent . However , following the growing popularity of mixed martial arts in the United States , and its later nationwide mainstream acceptance , the company became the largest MMA-related merchandise company in the world , accruing revenues of over $ 22.5 million . In March 2015 , the company was relaunched following its joint-ventured acquisition by pro-wrestling company WWE , and development firm Authentic Brands Group . The venture saw the former MMA-related brand transformed into a more general `` lifestyle fitness '' one . The apparel , for men and women , is expected to be released in spring of 2016 . Throughout 2015 , WWE marketed the brand through various products , including beverages , supplements and gyms . WWE will hold a 50 % stake in the brand , and so will advertise it regularly across all its platforms , hoping to give it one billion impressions a month , and attempting to rival sports-clothing giant , Under Armour . All employees and students of the WWE Performance Center will also wear the clothing .",
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"text": "Removal jurisdiction In the United States , removal jurisdiction refers to the right of a defendant to move a lawsuit filed in state court to the federal district court for the federal judicial district in which the state court sits . This is a general exception to the usual American rule giving the plaintiff the right to make the decision on the proper forum . Removal occurs when a defendant files a `` notice of removal '' in the state court where the lawsuit is filed and the federal court to which the defendant would like to remove the case . Removal is governed by statute , et seq. . With rare exceptions , a case may be removed only if , at the time of the initial filing , the case could have been filed in federal court . Removal requires an independent ground for subject-matter jurisdiction such as diversity jurisdiction or federal question jurisdiction . A case must be removed to the federal district court that encompasses the state court where the action was initiated . Once removed , the case can be transferred to , or consolidated in , another federal court , despite the plaintiff 's original intended venue . Ordinarily , defendants face no difficulty removing claims based on federal law if every defendant desires removal ( the unanimity rule ) . Removal of claims under state law , even when a federal court indisputably has diversity jurisdiction , is more restricted . Except in certain class actions governed by the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 ( CAFA ) , a plaintiff can successfully object to removal in diversity actions if any defendant is a citizen of the forum state where the suit is taking place .",
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"text": "Art film An art film is typically a serious , independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience . An art film is `` intended to be a serious artistic work , often experimental and not designed for mass appeal '' ; they are `` made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit '' , and they contain `` unconventional or highly symbolic content '' . Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing `` formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films '' , which can include , among other elements , a sense of social realism ; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director ; and a focus on the thoughts , dreams , or motivations of characters , as opposed to the unfolding of a clear , goal-driven story . Film scholar David Bordwell describes art cinema as `` a film genre , with its own distinct conventions '' . Art film producers usually present their films at specialty theatres ( repertory cinemas , or , in the U.S. , `` arthouse cinemas '' ) and film festivals . The term art film is much more widely used in the United States , the UK and Australia than in Europe , where the term is more associated with `` auteur '' films and `` national cinema '' ( e.g. , German national cinema ) . Because they are aimed at small niche market audiences , they can rarely get the financial backing that will permit large production budgets , expensive special effects , costly celebrity actors , or huge advertising campaigns , as are used in widely released mainstream blockbuster films . Art film directors make up for these constraints by creating a different type of film , which typically uses lesser-known film actors ( or even amateur actors ) and modest sets to make films that focus much more on developing ideas or exploring new narrative techniques or film-making conventions . A certain degree of experience and knowledge are required to fully understand or appreciate such films . One mid-1990s art film was called `` largely a cerebral experience '' that one enjoys `` because of what you know about film '' . This contrasts sharply with mainstream `` blockbuster '' films , which are geared more towards escapism and pure entertainment . For promotion , art films rely on the publicity generated from film critics ' reviews , discussion of their film by arts columnists , commentators and bloggers , and `` word-of-mouth '' promotion by audience members . Since art films have small initial investment costs , they only need to appeal to a small portion of the mainstream viewing audiences to become financially viable .",
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"text": "Take Hart Take Hart is a British children 's television show about art , presented by Tony Hart . It took over from Vision On , and ran from 1977 until 1983 . The show featured Hart and the animated Plasticine character Morph , and other characters created by David Sproxton like ` Smoulder the Moulder ' , which was a lump of mould which would create props by ` spraying ' them out of a spray can . The only other human to appear on a regular basis was Mr Bennett , the caretaker , played by Colin Bennett . The programme won a BAFTA award for Hart in 1984 . As well as demonstrating small-scale projects ( the type that viewers might be able to do ) , Hart also created large-scale artworks on the TV studio floor , and even used beaches and other open spaces as ` canvases ' ( to be viewed from a camera-crane ) . This idea was later adopted by Art Attack , which began in 1990 . A regular feature of the show was ` The Gallery ' , which displayed artworks sent in by young viewers . The easy-listening vibraphone music accompanying this feature - `` Left Bank Two '' , composed by Wayne Hill - has passed into British TV musical lore . In later series , `` Left Bank Two '' alternated with John Williams ' recording of `` Cavatina '' , which is also well-remembered by many viewers . By the end of the eighth series in December 1983 , Hart felt that the format of the show , which essentially continued with much of the format of its predecessor Vision On , had become somewhat outdated and routine . Despite the award of a BAFTA in early 1984 , viewing figures for Take Hart by 1983 had gradually fallen since the series ' heyday in the late 1970s . In an attempt to update the image of the series , Take Hart was dropped in December 1983 , and replaced by the relatively more popular series Hartbeat . Some 2 inch Quadruplex videotape master copies of Take Hart episodes were irretrievably junked by Adam Lee of the BBC archives in 1993 on the assumption that they were ` no use ' and that examples of some other episodes were sufficient . A few months later , access to the material was requested by the head of Children 's BBC 's light entertainment department for a documentary on Tony Hart .",
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"text": "Insight Out Insight Out is the third album by the American pop band The Association and was released in June 1967 on Warner Bros. . Records . It was the band 's first album release for the Warner Brothers label and it became one of the top selling LPs of the year in America , peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and being certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in December 1967 . The album 's success was largely attributable to the inclusion of the U.S. hits `` Windy '' and `` Never My Love '' , which reached number 1 and number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart respectively and were among the most-played records on AM radio during the late 1960s . However , the album was less successful outside of North America and failed to chart in the United Kingdom . Insight Out was the first Association album to feature guitarist and vocalist Larry Ramos , who joined the band just prior to the album recording sessions , as a replacement for departed lead guitarist Jules Alexander . The album also saw The Association working with record producer and recording engineer Bones Howe for the first time . Howe , who had previously worked with The Mamas & the Papas and The Turtles , was brought in by the band 's manager and Warner Bros. . Records in an attempt to steer the group in a more commercial direction . As a result of Howe 's focus on obtaining a radio-friendly sound , The Association ceded much of the instrumental playing on Insight Out to a team of top L.A. session musicians , including drummer Hal Blaine , bassist Joe Osborn , keyboardist Larry Knechtel , guitarist Al Casey , and guitarist/sitarist Mike Deasy . The group also elected to record some songs written by non-band members for Insight Out , in stark contrast to their previous album Renaissance , on which the band had written and performed all of their own music . Insight Out saw the band mixing their textured vocal harmonies with an eclectic blend of influences , including Baroque pop , folk rock , sunshine pop , psychedelia and even elements of garage punk . Along with the hit singles `` Windy '' and `` Never My Love '' , music critics Richie Unterberger and Bruce Eder have cited songs such as P. F. Sloan 's reflective `` On a Quiet Night '' , the Addrisi Brothers ' `` Happiness Is '' , and the band originals `` We Love Us '' , `` When Love Comes to Me '' , and `` Requiem for the Masses '' as standout tracks on the album . The latter song in particular was an ambitious and somber piece written by multi-instrumentalist Terry Kirkman , featuring layered Latin vocals and anti-war lyrics , which use the story of a matador dying alone in the bullring , miles away from his home , as an analogy for the plight of U.S. soldiers serving in the Vietnam War . According to Kirkman , the idea for the song came to him while caught in a frightening snowstorm during a chartered flight to a concert in Milwaukee , Wisconsin .",
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"text": "American Beauty (1999 film) American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball . Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham , a 42-year-old advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenaged daughter 's best friend , Angela ( Mena Suvari ) . Annette Bening co-stars as Lester 's materialistic wife , Carolyn , and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter , Jane . Wes Bentley , Chris Cooper , and Allison Janney also feature . The film is described by academics as a satire of American middle-class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction ; analysis has focused on the film 's explorations of romantic , and paternal love , sexuality , beauty , materialism , self-liberation , and redemption . Ball began writing American Beauty as a play in the early 1990s , partly inspired by the media circus around the Amy Fisher trial in 1992 . He shelved the play after realizing the story would not work on stage . After several years as a television screenwriter , Ball revived the idea in 1997 when attempting to break into the film industry . The modified script had a cynical outlook that was influenced by Ball 's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms . Producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen took American Beauty to DreamWorks ; the then-fledgling film studio bought Ball 's script for $ 250,000 , outbidding several other production bodies . DreamWorks financed the $ 15 million production and served as its North American distributor . American Beauty marked acclaimed theater director Mendes ' film debut ; courted after his successful productions of the musicals Oliver ! and Cabaret , Mendes was , nevertheless , only given the job after 20 others were considered and several `` A-list '' directors turned down the opportunity . Spacey was Mendes ' first choice for the role of Lester , though DreamWorks had urged the director to consider better-known actors ; similarly , the studio suggested several actors for the role of Carolyn until Mendes offered the part to Bening without DreamWorks ' knowledge . Principal photography took place between December 1998 and February 1999 on soundstages at the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank , California , and on location in Los Angeles . Mendes ' dominant style was deliberate and composed ; he made extensive use of static shots and slow pans and zooms to generate tension . Cinematographer Conrad Hall complemented Mendes ' style with peaceful shot compositions to contrast with the turbulent on-screen events . During editing , Mendes made several changes that gave the film a less cynical tone than the script . Released in North America on September 17 , 1999 , American Beauty was positively received by critics and grossed over $ 356 million worldwide . Reviewers praised most aspects of the production , with particular emphasis on Mendes , Spacey , and Ball ; criticism focused on the familiarity of the characters and setting . DreamWorks launched a major campaign to increase the film 's chances of Academy Award success ; at the 72nd Academy Awards the following year , the film won Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor ( for Spacey ) , Best Original Screenplay , and Best Cinematography . It was nominated for and won many other awards and honors , mainly for the direction , writing , and acting .",
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"text": "An American Prayer An American Prayer is the ninth and final studio album by the Doors . In 1978 , seven years after lead singer Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up , Ray Manzarek , Robby Krieger , and John Densmore reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison 's poetry ( originally recorded in 1969 and 1970 ) . Other pieces of music and spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage , such as dialogue from Morrison 's film HWY : An American Pastoral and snippets from jam sessions . Despite managing a RIAA platinum certification in the US , the album received mixed reviews and still divides critics . When the album was originally released , longtime Doors ' producer Paul A. Rothchild labeled the album a `` rape of Jim Morrison . '' Rothchild claimed that he had heard all of the reels of master tapes from both the 1969 and the 1970 poetry sessions , insisting that the three remaining Doors failed to realize Morrison 's original intent for an audio presentation of the poetry . Prior to leaving for Paris , Morrison had approached composer Lalo Schifrin as a possible contributor for the music tracks meant to accompany the poetry , with no participation from any of the other Doors members . Additionally , he had developed some conception of the album cover art work by January 1971 , and was in correspondence with artist T. E. Breitenbach to design this cover in the form of a triptych . However , John Haeny ( who recorded the original session tapes with Morrison in 1970 and safeguarded them before the project was resurrected as An American Prayer ) insisted that the album `` was made by those people who were closest to Jim , both personally and artistically '' and `` everyone had the best intentions , '' stating : `` Jim would be pleased . Jim would have understood our motivation and appreciated our dedication and heartfelt handling of his work . '' The album also includes a composite live version of `` Roadhouse Blues , '' splicing together performances at New York City 's Felt Forum and Detroit 's Cobo Hall , both captured during the Doors ' 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour . This version of the song later appeared on the In Concert compilation .",
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"text": "The Colgate Sports Newsreel The Colgate Sports Newsreel was a radio program focusing on sports . It has been called `` one of the most successful and most listened-to shows in radio history '' and `` one of radio broadcasting 's most entertaining and engaging programs . '' However , much of the information reported as fact was actually fiction . The program was first broadcast in October 1939 , on NBC Blue . Although Colgate dropped its sponsorship in June 1951 , the show continued on NBC as Bill Stern 's Sports Newsreel through September 1953 . It then switched to ABC , where it ran until June 1956 . During World War II , the Newsreel was among the programs that NBC rebroadcast by transcription to members of the United States armed forces stationed abroad . Bill Stern , the star , made the program memorable with his enthusiastic , dramatized delivery . He was already both the narrator of MGM 's News of the Day newsreels , and a sports announcer . Thus , the format of this program came naturally . For most of its run , the show was sponsored by Colgate brushless shave cream . The opening theme `` was sung in barbershop quartet style to the tune of Mademoiselle from Armentieres '' and mentioned the sponsoring product prominently . Although the singing group was not named in the program , a news brief announcing the show 's launch in 1939 identified it as the Armchair Quartette . The theme 's lyrics varied a bit over the years , but the basic form was as follows : Bill Stern the Colgate shave-cream man is on the air . Bill Stern the Colgate shave-cream man with stories rare . Take his advice and you 'll look keen . You 'll get a shave that 's smooth and clean . You 'll be a Colgate brushless fan . From September 14 , 1953 , through December 10 , 1954 , Budweiser sponsored the program . Its final sponsor was Allstate , from December 13 , 1954 through June 22 , 1956 .",
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"text": "Ross LaManna Ross LaManna is an American screenwriter and author . He is best known for creating the Rush Hour series starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker . His first novel , Acid Test , was published in the U.S. and Canada by Ballantine Books . The geopolitical thriller was chosen as an Amazon.com `` Penzler Pick '' and as The Mysterious Bookshop 's selection for `` Best First Fiction '' . It was published in several foreign territories and as an audiobook . He attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles , graduating cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in screenwriting , and also holds a Master of Arts from Arizona State University in dramatic writing . He began in the entertainment industry working on international legal affairs at the independent studio Embassy Pictures . Columbia Pictures purchased a speculative script he had written while at Embassy , and soon thereafter he was hired by United Artists under a two-picture writing deal . Carolco Pictures later hired him under a unique , two-year `` in-house screenwriter '' arrangement , where he worked on a number of their projects . He has written original screenplays , adaptations or rewrites for Fox , Disney , Paramount , Columbia , Universal , HBO Films and many independent companies . As of June , 2013 , he is Chairman of the Undergraduate and Graduate Film Departments at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena , California , and also on the Board of Directors for the United States Air Force Entertainment Liaison Office . At Art Center , he brought in a number of notable filmmakers as part-time instructors , including the cinematographer Affonso Beato , ASC , the storyboard artist Tim Burgard , the director/producer Jeremiah Chechik , the cinematographer Allen Daviau , ASC , the screenwriter Doug Eboch , the director David Kellogg , the composer Dennis McCarthy , the title designer Dan Perri , the director/producer Richard Pearce , the entertainment attorney Lee Rosenbaum , the writer/director Bobby Roth , the director/actor Mark Rydell , the producer/director John Suits , the director Ron Underwood and the editor Billy Weber .",
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"text": "The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond is G. K. Chesterton 's final collection of detective stories , published after his death in 1936 . Of the eight mysteries , seven were first printed in the Storyteller magazine . The Unmentionable Man was unique to the book . The stories revolve around a civil servant named Mr. Pond ( we are not told his first name ) . He is described as a very ordinary and fish-like man who has a habit of startling those who meet him with outrageous paradoxical statements . He seems unaware of the oddness of his remarks , and his friend Sir Hubert Wotton explains : `` he looks a very sedentary , scientific little cuss ... but he 's really had very extraordinary experiences . He does n't talk about them ; he does n't want to talk about them ... but when , in the course of talking in the abstract he comes on some concrete thing that he has actually done -- well , I can only say he crumples it up . He tries to crush it into a small space and it simply sounds contradictory . Almost every one of those crazy sentences simply stands for one of the adventures in what would be called by most people a very unadventurous life . '' Chesterton himself was well known for using paradox in his writings , but in one story he explains that his kind of paradox is different from Mr. Pond 's : Paradox has been defined as `` Truth standing on her head to get attention . '' Paradox has been defended ; on the ground that so many fashionable fallacies still stand firmly on their feet , because they have no heads to stand on . But it must be admitted that writers , like other mendicants and mountebanks , frequently do try to attract attention . They set out conspicuously , in a single line in a play , or at the head or tail of a paragraph , remarks of this challenging kind ; as when Mr. Bernard Shaw wrote : `` The Golden Rule is that there is no Golden Rule '' ; or Oscar Wilde observed : `` I can resist everything except temptation '' ; or a duller scribe ( not to be named with these and now doing penance for his earlier vices in the nobler toil of celebrating the virtues of Mr. Pond ) said in defence of hobbies and amateurs and general duffers like himself : `` If a thing is worth doing , it is worth doing badly . '' To these things do writers sink ; and then the critics tell them that they `` talk for effect '' ; and then the writers answer : `` What the devil else should we talk for ? Ineffectualness ? '' In four of the stories Pond is induced to tell the dramatic tale which lies behind a baffling paradox ; in another , `` Pond the Pantaloon '' , Wotton tells the story . In two more , `` The Crime of Captain Gahagan '' and `` The Terrible Troubadour '' , Pond 's keen mind arrives at the truth when his friend Gahagan is accused of murder . In `` Ring of Lovers '' Gahagan tells a true story and trusts to Pond to guess the secret behind it . These stories written at the end of Chesterton 's career contain narrative stretches and improbabilities , but they do not lack his familiar flashes of insight . In the story The Crime of Captain Gahagan Chesterton observes , through the character of Mr. Pond , that `` Love never needs time . But friendship always needs time . More and more time , until up past midnight . ''",
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"text": "Sunshine in the Courtroom Act The Sunshine in the Courtroom Act is a bill to allow the broadcasting of U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals proceedings . The name of the bill is an apparent reference to Louis Brandeis ' remark that `` sunshine is the best disinfectant '' for ill-doings . The proposed act relates to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53 , which states , `` Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules , the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom . '' The bill was introduced in 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , and 2009 . The 2009 bill was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee . The Senate version is S. 657 , and the House version is H.R. 3054 . In 2009 , the Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit expressed interest in televising certain proceedings . In Congressional testimony , Ted Poe stated : When I was Assistant District Attorney , I spent my career trying criminal cases , and based on my experiences , I actually feel the cameras in the courtroom benefit a defendant . A public trial ensures fairness . That is the purpose of a public trial . It ensures professionalism by the lawyers and the judge , and a camera in the courtroom protects the defendant 's right to a public trial . Poe also opined that lawyers play to the jury , not to the camera , and that jurors stated they liked the camera inside the courtroom because they wanted the public to know what they heard `` instead of waiting to hear a 30-second sound bite from a newscaster who may or may not have the facts correct . '' Judge John R. Tunheim opposed the bill , stating that it could deny some defendants a fair trial ; e.g. a defendant corporation might forgo its right to a trial because it does not want its president to be cross-examined on television . He also expressed concern that televising trials could increase the incidence of threats against federal judges .",
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"text": "Out Last Night `` Out Last Night '' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Chesney . It was released on April 6 , 2009 as the only new track on his album Greatest Hits II . The song is Chesney 's forty-second single release , and his thirty-eighth top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs . Chesney wrote the song with Brett James .",
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"text": "Virgil Rayburn Virgil Homer `` Van '' Rayburn ( August 4 , 1910 -- June 15 , 1991 ) was an American football end in the National Football League ( NFL ) . Rayburn played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee , where he was selected All-Southern . Rayburn was also selected a second-team All-American by the New York Sun . He played one year for the Brooklyn Dodgers .",
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"text": "Leave Him Out of This `` Leave Him Out of This '' is a song written by Walt Aldridge and Susan Longacre , and recorded by American country music artist Steve Wariner . It was released in September 1991 as the first single from the album I Am Ready . The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart .",
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"text": "Harvest of Shame Harvest of Shame was a 1960 television documentary presented by broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow on CBS that showed the plight of American migrant agricultural workers . It was Murrow 's final documentary for the network ; he left CBS at the end of January 1961 , at John F. Kennedy 's request , to become head of the United States Information Agency . An investigative report intended `` to shock Americans into action , '' it was `` the first time millions of Americans were given a close look at what it means to live in poverty '' by their televisions . The program was an installment of the television documentary series CBS Reports , widely seen as the successor to Murrow 's highly regarded 1951 -- 1958 CBS program See It Now . Murrow 's close associate , Fred W. Friendly , who coproduced See It Now , was the executive producer of CBS Reports . Their colleague , Edward P. Morgan , had taken up the issue of migrant labor in his CBS Radio Network commentaries . Morgan 's assistant had visited Senator Harry F. Byrd 's Northern Virginia farm during the apple harvest and was outraged by the conditions of the migrant laborers working there . According to Murrow biographer Joseph Persico , Friendly decided that the issue was a natural for Murrow , long seen as a champion of the oppressed . While Murrow and Friendly are often seen as the forces behind the show , broadcast historians such as the late Edward Bliss , Jr. have also given credit to `` Harvest of Shame '' producer/reporter David Lowe . Lowe did much of the legwork , including a number of the interviews featured on the installment . The program originally aired just after Thanksgiving Day in November 1960 . The December 5 , 1960 edition of Time quoted producer Lowe as saying , We felt that by scheduling the program the day after Thanksgiving , we could stress the fact that much of the food cooked for Thanksgiving throughout the country was picked by migratory workers . We hoped that the pictures of how these people live and work would shock the consciousness of the nation .",
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"text": "Russell Chatham Russell Chatham ( born October 27 , 1939 ) is a contemporary American landscape artist who spent most of his career living in Livingston , Montana . The artist is the grandson of landscape painter Gottardo Piazzoni , though he is essentially a self-taught artist . His work has been exhibited in over 400 one man shows and in museums and galleries over the last five decades . Notable art critic Robert Hughes is numbered one of Chatham 's collectors and there are others as diverse as Paul Allen and actor Jack Nicholson . Chatham 's work eschews the narrative tendency of much western art and presents landscapes that stand in intimate relationship towards the human figure even in the absence of it . In the early 1980s Chatham began making lithographs and now stands as one of the world 's foremost practitioners of that craft . In addition to Lithography , Chatham also produces original oil paintings . His oil paintings currently sell for tens of thousands of dollars , and there is a multi-year waiting list for commissions , but according to his dealers , he prefers printing lithographs as the more challenging art form . ( Longtime Livingston residents can recall a time when early in his career Chatham traded his canvases for essential services in a barter arrangement . ) Despite being a print , Chatham 's lithographs have little to do with modern process lithography , which always starts from a photograph and typically only uses 4 colors . His art lithographs may have 30 or 40 different layers of color , all of which have to be hand drawn on to the printing plate , and the colors selected for the final effect . To see some of the early proofs of one of his prints is to see a study in vivid and unusual colors from which it is almost impossible to conceive of the final subtle shadings and quiet colors . In addition to his work as a painter , Chatham has also published a series of short stories `` Dark Waters '' in which he details the exploits of his hunting friends , like the author Jim Harrison . The stories are Rabelaisian , vulgar , and exquisitely written ( one suspects with a little help from his literary friends ) . William Hjortsberg disputed this during a presentation in Livingston on 9/12/2008 . `` He is quite a good writer in his own right , '' Hjortsberg said . They center on hunting , fly fishing , food , wine and life changes.One story centers around preparing roast duck on an annual outing devoted solely to excess . Many of Chatham 's painted works have adorned the covers of Harrison 's works . In 2011 , Chatham moved from Livingston back to California . He has a studio in Marshall , California .",
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"text": "Rock music Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as `` rock and roll '' in the United States in the early 1950s , and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll , a style which drew heavily on the African-American genres of blues and rhythm and blues , and from country music . Rock music also drew strongly on a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other musical styles . Musically , rock has centered on the electric guitar , usually as part of a rock group with electric bass and drums and one or more singers . Typically , rock is song-based music usually with a 4/4 time signature using a verse-chorus form , but the genre has become extremely diverse . Like pop music , lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political . By the late 1960s `` classic rock '' period , a number of distinct rock music subgenres had emerged , including hybrids like blues rock , folk rock , country rock , raga rock , and jazz-rock , many of which contributed to the development of psychedelic rock , which was influenced by the countercultural psychedelic and hippie scene . New genres that emerged included progressive rock , which extended the artistic elements ; glam rock , which highlighted showmanship and visual style ; and the diverse and enduring subgenre of heavy metal , which emphasized volume , power , and speed . In the second half of the 1970s , punk rock reacted by producing stripped-down , energetic social and political critiques . Punk was an influence in the 1980s on new wave , post-punk and eventually alternative rock . From the 1990s alternative rock began to dominate rock music and break into the mainstream in the form of grunge , Britpop , and indie rock . Further fusion subgenres have since emerged , including pop punk , rap rock , and rap metal , as well as conscious attempts to revisit rock 's history , including the garage rock/post-punk and synth-pop revivals at the beginning of the 2000s ( decade ) . Rock music has also embodied and served as the vehicle for cultural and social movements , leading to major subcultures including mods and rockers in the UK and the hippie counterculture that spread out from San Francisco in the US in the 1960s . Similarly , 1970s punk culture spawned the goth and emo subcultures . Inheriting the folk tradition of the protest song , rock music has been associated with political activism as well as changes in social attitudes to race , sex and drug use , and is often seen as an expression of youth revolt against adult consumerism and conformity .",
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"text": "Marilyn Manson (band) Marilyn Manson is an American rock band formed by singer Marilyn Manson and guitarist Daisy Berkowitz in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , in 1989 . Originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids , they gained a local cult following in South Florida in the early 1990s with their theatrical live performances . In 1993 , they were the first act signed to Trent Reznor 's Nothing Records label . Until 1996 , the name of each member was created by combining the first name of an iconic female sex symbol and the last name of an iconic serial killer , for example Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson . Their lineup has changed between many of their album releases ; the current members of Marilyn Manson are the eponymous lead singer ( the only remaining original member ) , bassist Twiggy Ramirez , guitarists Paul Wiley and Tyler Bates , keyboardist/percussionist Daniel Fox , and drummer Gil Sharone . In the past , band members dressed in outlandish makeup and costumes , and engaged in intentionally shocking behavior both onstage and off . Their lyrics often received criticism for their anti-religious sentiment and references to sex , violence and drugs , while their live performances were frequently called offensive and obscene . On several occasions , protests and petitions led to the group being blocked from performing , with at least three US states passing legislation banning the group from performing at state-owned venues . They released a number of platinum-selling albums , including Antichrist Superstar ( 1996 ) and Mechanical Animals ( 1998 ) . These albums , along with their highly-stylized music videos and worldwide touring , brought public recognition to Marilyn Manson . In 1999 , news media falsely blamed the band for influencing the perpetrators of the Columbine massacre . As this controversy began to wane throughout the 2000s , so did the band 's mainstream popularity . Despite this , Jon Wiederhorn of MTV , in June 2003 , referred to Marilyn Manson as `` the only true artist today '' . Marilyn Manson is widely regarded as being one of the most iconic and controversial figures in heavy metal music , with the band and its lead singer influencing numerous other groups and musicians , both in metal-associated acts and also in wider popular culture . VH1 ranked Marilyn Manson as the seventy-eighth best rock band on their 100 Great Artists of Hard Rock . They were inducted into the Kerrang ! Hall of Fame in 2000 , and have been nominated for four Grammy Awards . In the US , the band has seen eight of its releases debut in the top ten , including two number-one albums . Marilyn Manson have sold in excess of 60 million records worldwide .",
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"text": "Criminal World `` Criminal World '' is a song written by Duncan Browne , Peter Godwin and Sean Lyons of the band Metro . They released it on their debut album in 1977 . David Bowie recorded it in 1982 for the album Let 's Dance . Stevie Ray Vaughan played lead guitar on it . This version was also released as the B-side of the single `` Without You '' in November 1983 . When first released it was banned from the Radio One playlist for its ` suggestive ' lyrical content . It is rumoured that the US military played it through a large PA system as a form of aural encouragement whilst trying to dislodge General Manuel Noriega from his office during their invasion of Panama in 1989 . There is also a cover on The Tenth Stage 's self-titled 2006 album .",
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"text": "Doppelherz Doppelherz ( or Doppleherz ) is a short , surrealist film by Marilyn Manson that runs for 26 minutes and was included on a Bonus DVD that came with some releases of Marilyn Manson 's fifth studio album , The Golden Age of Grotesque , released in 2003 .",
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"text": "Dub music Dub is a genre of music that grew out of reggae in the 1960s , and is commonly considered a subgenre , though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae . Music in this genre consists predominantly of instrumental remixes of existing recordings and is achieved by significantly manipulating and reshaping the recordings , usually by removing the vocals from an existing music piece , and emphasizing the drum and bass parts ( this stripped-down track is sometimes referred to as a riddim ) . Other techniques include dynamically adding extensive echo , reverb , panoramic delay , and occasional dubbing of vocal or instrumental snippets from the original version or other works . It was an early form of popular electronic music . Dub was pioneered by Osbourne `` King Tubby '' Ruddock , Lee `` Scratch '' Perry , Errol Thompson and others in the late 1960s . Augustus Pablo is credited with bringing the melodica to dub , and is also among the pioneers and creators of the genre . Similar experiments with recordings at the mixing desk outside of the dancehall environment were also done by producers Clive Chin and Herman Chin Loy . These producers , especially Ruddock and Perry , looked upon the mixing console as an instrument , manipulating tracks to come up with something new and different . Dub has influenced many genres of music , including rock ( most significantly the subgenre of post-punk and other kinds of punk ) , pop , hip hop , disco , and later house , techno , ambient , electronic dance music , and trip hop . Dub has become a basis for the genres of jungle and drum and bass Traditional dub has survived , and some of the originators , such as Lee `` Scratch '' Perry and Mad Professor , continue to produce new material .",
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"text": "Joe's Garage Joe 's Garage is a three-part rock opera recorded by American musician Frank Zappa in 1979 . Originally released as two separate studio albums on Zappa Records , the project was later remastered and reissued as a triple album box set , Joe 's Garage , Acts I , II & III , in 1987 . The LPs initially received mixed to positive reviews , with critics praising its innovative and original music , but criticizing the scatological , sexual and profane nature of the lyrics . Since its original release , Joe 's Garage has been reappraised in a better light by some critics . Zappa self-deprecatingly described the album as a `` stupid little story about how the government is going to do away with music . '' The story is told by a character identified as the `` Central Scrutinizer '' narrating the story of Joe , an average adolescent male who forms a garage rock band , has unsatisfying relationships with women , gives all of his money to a government assisted and insincere religion , explores sexual activities with appliances , and is imprisoned . After being released from prison into a dystopian society in which music itself has been criminalized , he lapses into insanity . The album encompasses a large spectrum of musical styles , while its lyrics often feature satirical or humorous commentary on American society and politics . It addresses themes of individualism , free will , censorship , the music industry and human sexuality , while criticizing government and religion , and satirizing Catholicism and Scientology . Joe 's Garage is noted for its use of xenochrony , a recording technique that takes guitar solos from older live recordings and overdubs them onto new studio recordings . All of the guitar solos on the album are xenochronous except for `` Crew Slut '' and `` Watermelon in Easter Hay '' , a signature song that Zappa has described as the best song on the album , and according to his son Dweezil , the best guitar solo his father ever played .",
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"text": "Marilyn Manson discography American industrial metal band Marilyn Manson has released nine studio albums , one live album , one compilation album , two EPs , twenty-four singles , nine promo singles , five DVDs , and thirty-four music videos . After forming in 1989 and signing a contract with Nothing Records and Interscope in 1993 , the band released their first studio album , Portrait of an American Family ( 1994 ) . Although initially not a commercial success , the album would eventually be certified gold by the RIAA for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies . Spurred by their hit single -- a version of the Eurythmics 's `` Sweet Dreams ( Are Made of This ) '' -- the band 's first EP , Smells Like Children ( 1995 ) , became a commercial success , selling over a million copies in the US alone . In 1996 , the band released their second studio album , Antichrist Superstar , which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and has sold over 1.9 million copies in the US . The album went on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide , and was supported by the release of 1997 's Remix & Repent EP . Their third studio album , Mechanical Animals ( 1998 ) , was a commercial and critical success , reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 , as well topping the charts in as Australia and Canada . Mechanical Animals was later followed by their first live album , The Last Tour on Earth ( 1999 ) , which included the promotional single `` Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes '' . In 2000 , the band released Holy Wood ( In the Shadow of the Valley of Death ) , which managed to sell more than 9 million copies worldwide . Their fifth studio album , The Golden Age of Grotesque ( 2003 ) , was a modest commercial success in their native US , debuting at No. 1 with sales of 118,000 copies . As of November 2008 , the album has sold 526,000 copies in the US . In contrast , the album was , by far , Manson 's most successful internationally , peaking within the top five in most of the major European markets . Their sixth album , Eat Me , Drink Me , was released in 2007 and debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 . The High End of Low ( 2009 ) , reached No. 4 on both the US and Canadian album charts , but was their last album released by Interscope . After signing a deal with Cooking Vinyl , the band released Born Villain in 2012 . Their ninth studio album , The Pale Emperor , was released on January 20 , 2015 , debuting at No. 8 in the US with their highest first week sales since Eat Me , Drink Me in 2007 .",
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"text": "KMFDM KMFDM ( originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid , `` loosely '' translated by the band as `` no pity for the majority '' ) is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko , who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project . The group 's earliest incarnation included German drummer En Esch and British vocalist Raymond Watts , the latter of whom left and rejoined the group several times over its history . The trio recorded the band 's earliest albums in Germany before Konietzko and Esch moved to the United States , where they found much greater success with seminal industrial record label Wax Trax ! . German guitarist Günter Schulz joined in 1990 ; both he and Esch continued with the band until KMFDM broke up in 1999 . Konietzko resurrected KMFDM in 2002 ( Esch and Schulz declined to rejoin ) on Metropolis Records , and by 2005 he had assembled a consistent line-up that included American singer Lucia Cifarelli , British guitarists Jules Hodgson and Steve White , and British drummer Andy Selway . Konietzko and Cifarelli moved back to Germany in 2007 , while the rest of the band stayed in the U.S. . In addition to these core members , dozens of other musicians have worked with the group across its nineteen studio albums and two dozen singles , with sales totaling in excess of two million records worldwide . Critics consider KMFDM to be one of the first bands to bring industrial music to mainstream audiences , though Konietzko refers to the band 's music as `` The Ultra-Heavy Beat '' . The band incorporates heavy metal guitar riffs , electronic music , samples , and both male and female vocals in its music , which encompasses a variety of styles including industrial rock and electronic body music . The band is fiercely political , with many of its lyrics taking stands against violence , war , and oppression . KMFDM normally tours at least once after every major release , and band members are known for their accessibility to and interaction with fans , both online and at concerts . Members , singly or working together and with other musicians , have recorded under many other names , primarily Watts ' Pig , Konietzko 's Excessive Force , and Esch and Schulz 's Slick Idiot .",
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"text": "Elvis Presley's guitars Elvis Presley 's guitars were a major component of the iconic rock and roll image created by Elvis Presley that revolutionized popular culture in the 1950s and 1960s . It is impossible to gauge the impact of that image on millions of young people around the world who were inspired to learn to play guitar after watching Presley in performance , on television , or in films . Although not known for his abilities as a guitarist , Presley had a profound musical influence on some of the most important rock and roll artists to emerge since the 1950s , including Buddy Holly , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison , Bob Dylan , and Bruce Springsteen . The extent of Presley 's impact on their lives and music is captured in John Lennon 's famous quote : `` Before Elvis , there was nothing . '' According to his first lead guitarist , Scotty Moore , Presley was not `` an accomplished musician '' , yet he possessed `` an uncanny and amazing sense of timing and rhythm . '' In the early years of his career , Presley 's rhythm guitar accompaniment played a major role in the sound of his early performances and recordings . Moore noted that as Presley began to learn to move on stage and to work the audience with his physical performance , his guitar became more of a `` prop '' . Presley was not known to treat his instruments in a gentle manner . His very aggressive strumming style would frequently break strings during his performances . The lack of a microphone on his guitar throughout those years contributed to the development of his `` aggressive style in attempt to be heard '' . As his career progressed , he became even more aggressive toward his instruments , frequently tossing his guitar to Charlie Hodge , who sometimes failed to catch it . The impact of the large belt buckles and jewelry he wore left their marks on most of his instruments .",
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"text": "Weathermaker Music Weathermaker Music is the record label owned by the American rock band Clutch and their manager Jack Flanagan . Weathermaker Music LLC was formed in June 2008 . Weathermaker Music was mostly known to work with Clutch and their side project , the psychedelic jazz-rock alter ego The Bakerton Group . In 2012 Weathermaker signed and released product by The Company Band , and The Mob . Both groups include Weathermaker Music principal owners . On March 19th , 2013 Weathermaker Music released the Clutch record '' Earth Rocker '' on CD and vinyl . At the end of 2013 Weathermaker Music released `` Earth Rocker Live '' which is a double 12 inch vinyl picture disc version of the `` Earth Rocker '' studio release on one LP , and the same track listing recorded live from various cities on their 2013 USA tour on the second LP . In 2013 Weathermaker Music signed Deep Swell , featuring Clutch member Tim Sult on guitar . Their record , `` Lore of the Angler '' was released October 15th , 2013 . Weathermaker Music signed the Maryland-based group Lionize in 2013 as well . Entitled `` Jetpack Soundtrack '' , this Lionize record was released on February 18th , 2014 in North America , April 11th , 2014 in Europe , and February 14th , 2014 in the UK . The Lionize signing marks the label 's first signing of an independent artist to Weathermaker Music . In the summer of 2014 Weathermaker Music completed the Earth Rocker release cycle with a very special Double Vinyl 12 '' Picture Disc for collectors and released `` Earth Rocker Deluxe '' , a 2xCD / DVD set . CD1 of the deluxe version features the original studio recordings with two previously unreleased songs , CD2 is a live version of all ER songs recorded at various stops on the Earth Rocker World Tour during the summer of 2013 and the DVD is a recording of Clutch 's Denver , CO show from ( 11/14/13 ) . As a bonus , the DVD contains three promotional videos , two of which were directed by Aisha Tyler . Clutch released their 11th studio record `` Psychic Warfare '' on October 2nd , 2015 via Weathermaker Music . The first video from the album was `` X-Ray Visions '' , Directed by Dan Winters . The album reached # 11 on the Top 100 Billboard chart and # 1 on both the Hard Rock and Rock Billboard charts . The second video from `` Psychic Warfare '' was `` A Quick Death in Texas '' , directed and shot by My Good Eye ( David Brodsky / Allison Woest ) . Clutch also participated in '' 10 Bands 1 Cause '' breast cancer awareness program with a limited edition pink vinyl offering released September 18th , 2015 distributed via RED . This vinyl will be reissued by Weathermaker Music on black vinyl on October 7th , 2016 . On Saturday April 16th 2016 Weathermaker Music will be releasing a Clutch special limited edition 12 '' vinyl release for Record Store Day . The album will contain two previously unreleased tracks from the Psychic Warfare sessions : `` Mad Sidewinder '' and `` Outland Special Clearance '' . These two tracks , specifically mastered for this vinyl configuration by Paul Logus , will be on side A . The reverse side will have a large scale etching taken from the Psychic Warfare CD booklet design created by Dan Winters . The jacket is hand numbered thick clear plastic showing the full art design , thus making this piece for Record Store Day 2016 a unique collectors ' item for all Clutch fans . On September 20th , 2016 Weathermaker Music re-issued their first ever official release '' WM001 , Full Fathom Five , Audio Field Recordings '' on a 2x disc vinyl Gatefold offering . Weathermaker Music has signed distribution agreements with Sony/RED in North America , as well as international distribution agreements with Rough Trade Distribution in Europe , including the UK , and Rocket Distribution in Australia . Weathermaker Music Label Manager is Stefan Koster .",
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"text": "1950s in jazz By the end of the 1940s , the nervous energy and tension of bebop was replaced with a tendency towards calm and smoothness , with the sounds of cool jazz , which favoured long , linear melodic lines . It emerged in New York City , as a result of the mixture of the styles of predominantly white swing jazz musicians and predominantly black bebop musicians , and it dominated jazz in the first half of the 1950s . The starting point were a series of singles on Capitol Records in 1949 and 1950 of a nonet led by trumpeter Miles Davis , collected and released first on a ten-inch and later a twelve-inch as the Birth of the Cool . Cool jazz recordings by Chet Baker , Dave Brubeck , Bill Evans , Gil Evans , Stan Getz and the Modern Jazz Quartet usually have a `` lighter '' sound which avoided the aggressive tempos and harmonic abstraction of bebop . Cool jazz later became strongly identified with the West Coast jazz scene , but also had a particular resonance in Europe , especially Scandinavia , with emergence of such major figures as baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin and pianist Bengt Hallberg . The theoretical underpinnings of cool jazz were set out by the blind Chicago pianist Lennie Tristano , and its influence stretches into such later developments as Bossa nova , modal jazz , and even free jazz . See also the list of cool jazz and West Coast musicians for further detail . Hard bop , an extension of bebop ( or `` bop '' ) music that incorporates influences from rhythm and blues , gospel music , and blues , especially in the saxophone and piano playing , developed in the mid-1950s , partly in response to the vogue for cool jazz in the early 1950s . The hard bop style coalesced in 1953 and 1954 , paralleling the rise of rhythm and blues . Miles Davis ' performance of `` Walkin ' '' the title track of his album of the same year , at the very first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 , announced the style to the jazz world . The quintet Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers , fronted by Blakey and featuring pianist Horace Silver and trumpeter Clifford Brown , were leaders in the hard bop movement along with Davis . ( See also List of Hard bop musicians ) Modal jazz recordings , such as Miles Davis 's Kind of Blue , became popular in the late 1950s . Popular modal standards include Davis 's `` All Blues '' and `` So What '' ( both 1959 ) , John Coltrane 's `` Impressions '' ( 1963 ) and Herbie Hancock 's `` Maiden Voyage '' ( 1965 ) . Later , Davis 's `` second great quintet '' , which included saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock , recorded a series of highly acclaimed albums in the mid-to-late 1960s . Standards from these sessions include Shorter 's `` Footprints '' ( 1966 ) and Eddie Harris 's `` Freedom Jazz Dance '' ( 1966 ) . In Brazil , a new style of music called bossa nova evolved in the late 1950s . The free jazz movement , coming to prominence in the late 1950s , spawned very few standards . Free jazz 's unorthodox structures and performance techniques are not as amenable to transcription as other jazz styles . However , `` Lonely Woman '' ( 1959 ) a blues by saxophonist Ornette Coleman , is perhaps the closest thing to a standard in free jazz , having been recorded by dozens of notable performers .",
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"text": "Human Radio Human Radio is an American rock band originally from Memphis , Tennessee . The group was formed in late 1988 by lead singer Ross Rice , and in 1990 they released a self-titled LP on Columbia Records . The single `` Me and Elvis '' was a hit in the US , reaching # 32 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart . The band did a club tour of the U.S. , plus a residency in New England , before closing with a SRO show at The Lone Star Roadhouse in NYC . When the subsequent release of the second single was cancelled , the departure of the band from Columbia was inevitable . After moving to Nashville , the group broke with Columbia and recorded demos while searching for a new label . After two more years of touring -- mostly in the Southeast US -- with an unreleased second record , the band called it quits in 1992 . To honor their Memphis roots and fans , Human Radio played a farewell show at The South End in Memphis , the bar where they got their start . Rice went on to record a solo album called Umpteen in 1997 . Steve Arnold later went on to tour as bass guitarist with Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt on their `` Double Trouble '' tour . More recently , the group 's Facebook page indicated that they had been `` in a room trying to find brand new music together . '' An October 4th , 2013 entry read , in part : `` Good week in Nashville with Human Radio , getting solid with what we have already , finding some new things in combustion mode . Moving slowly towards an inevitable future . '' On May 9th , 2015 the band played a well-received reunion gig at The Basement in Nashville . A successful Indiegogo campaign later in 2015 resulted in the independent production of Samsara ( Human Radio Records , 2016 ) with all new material written and performed by all original members of the band .",
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"text": "Cultural impact of Elvis Presley Since the beginning of his career , Elvis Presley has had an extensive cultural impact . According to Rolling Stone , `` it was Elvis who made rock 'n' roll the international language of pop . '' Rolling Stone encyclopedia of Rock and Roll describes Presley as `` an American music giant of the 20th century who single-handedly changed the course of music and culture in the mid-1950s . '' His recordings , dance moves , attitude and clothing came to be seen as embodiments of rock and roll . His music was heavily influenced by African-American blues , Christian gospel , and Southern country . In a list of the greatest English language singers , as compiled by Q Magazine , Presley was ranked first , and second in the list of greatest singers of 20th century by BBC Radio . Presley sang both hard driving rockabilly , rock and roll dance songs and ballads , laying a commercial foundation upon which other rock musicians would build their careers . African-American performers like Big Joe Turner , Wynonie Harris and Fats Domino came to national prominence after Presley 's acceptance among mass audiences of White American adults . Singers like Jerry Lee Lewis , the Everly Brothers , Chuck Berry , Bo Diddley , Little Richard , Buddy Holly , Johnny Cash , Roy Orbison and others immediately followed in his wake . John Lennon later observed , `` Before Elvis , there was nothing . '' During the post-WWII economic boom of the 1950s , many parents were able to give their teenage children much higher weekly allowances , signaling a shift in the buying power and purchasing habits of American teens . During the 1940s bobby soxers had idolized Frank Sinatra , but the buyers of his records were mostly between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two . Presley triggered a lot of demand for his records by near-teens and early teens aged ten and up . Along with Presley 's `` ducktail '' haircut , the demand for black slacks and loose , open-necked shirts resulted in new lines of clothing for teenage boys whereas a girl might get a pink portable 45 rpm record player for her bedroom . Meanwhile , American teenagers began buying newly available portable transistor radios and listened to rock 'n' roll on them ( helping to propel that fledgling industry from an estimated 100,000 units sold in 1955 to 5,000,000 units by the end of 1958 ) . Teens were asserting more independence and Presley became a national symbol of their parents ' consternation . Presley 's impact on the American youth consumer market was noted on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on December 31 , 1956 when business journalist Louis M. Kohlmeier wrote , `` Elvis Presley today is a business , '' and reported on the singer 's record and merchandise sales . Half a century later , historian Ian Brailsford ( University of Auckland , New Zealand ) commented , `` The phenomenal success of Elvis Presley in 1956 convinced many doubters of the financial opportunities existing in the youth market . ''",
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"text": "Lateralus Lateralus ( -LSB- ˌlætəˈræləs -RSB- ) is the third studio album by American rock band Tool . It was released on May 15 , 2001 through Volcano Entertainment . The album was recorded at Cello Studios in Hollywood and The Hook , Big Empty Space , and The Lodge , in North Hollywood , between October 2000 and January 2001 . David Bottrill , who had produced the band 's two previous releases Ænima and Salival , produced the album along with the band . On August 23 , 2005 , Lateralus was released as a limited edition two-picture-disc vinyl LP in a holographic gatefold package . The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart , selling more than 555,200 copies in its first week of release . It was certified double platinum by the RIAA on August 5 , 2003 . On August 30 , 2004 , the album was certified silver by the BPI . It was also certified platinum in Australia , and double platinum in Canada . The band won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the song `` Schism '' in 2002 . Lateralus was ranked No. 123 on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's `` Definitive 200 '' list .",
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"text": "Mummer (album) Mummer is the sixth studio album by the English band XTC , released on 30 August 1983 . It reached No. 51 on the UK album chart and No. 145 on the U.S. Billboard album charts . The album title refers to a Mummers play . It spawned three UK singles ; `` Great Fire '' ( released 22 April 1983 ) , `` Wonderland '' ( released 24 June 1983 ) and `` Love on a Farmboy 's Wages '' ( released 19 September 1983 and reached No. 50 on the UK singles chart ) . The album was delayed many months by Virgin Records . It was originally supposed to be released by Epic Records on 26 May 1983 in the U.S.A. ( it was assigned a catalog number : BFE 38516 ) , but the label thought it was too acoustic and pastoral for American audiences . It was finally issued in the U.S. by Geffen Records ( who subsequently issued all of XTC 's Virgin releases ) in February 1984 . `` Wonderland '' was the only single issued by Geffen from the album . The only promotional public appearance made by the band for this album was in late 1983 when they appeared on the BBC-TV show Pebble Mill At One where they lip-synced to `` Love on a Farmboy 's Wages '' . A promotional video was made for the `` Wonderland '' single . Five more videos were also made in July 1983 for the television documentary program Play At Home . This was the final album that drummer Terry Chambers appeared on with XTC , as he quit the group during the recording sessions . He was replaced by Peter Phipps .",
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"text": "Classic Albums Live Classic Albums Live is a concert series based in Toronto , Ontario , in which musicians perform a classic rock album in its entirety . The series was founded in 2003 by Craig Martin , a musician who had previously produced a series of boutique cabaret shows as well as composed music for television and film . The musicians go to great lengths to faithfully recreate every sound on the original album . They have performed with orchestras , sitarists , choirs and schools . The shows are treated like recitals with the album being performed in its entirety followed by a ` greatest hits ' set of the featured artist . Albums that have been performed include Led Zeppelin 's Led Zeppelin , Led Zeppelin II and Led Zeppelin IV , Bruce Springsteen 's Born to Run , Supertramp 's Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America , the Rolling Stones ' Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. , Fleetwood Mac 's Rumours , Eagles ' Hotel California , Guns N ' Roses ' Appetite for Destruction , Pink Floyd 's The Dark Side of the Moon , Wish You Were Here , The Wall and Animals , Queen 's A Night at the Opera , and the Beatles albums Rubber Soul , Revolver , Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band , The Beatles ( AKA the `` White Album '' ) , and Abbey Road . In recent years , the series has presented concerts in a variety of cities , including Orlando , Florida , Los Angeles , Philadelphia , Akron , La Mirada , Jacksonville , Gainesville , Lakeland , Coral Springs , New York , New Jersey , Dallas , Houston , Uncasville , Connecticut , Las Vegas , Nevada , and Rochester , New York . On December 17 , 2006 , Classic Albums Live performed the entire 213-song Beatles song catalogue in one 13-hour concert at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto . A different lineup performs each album . There is a group of core musicians who are frequently part of the performances , including Nick Hildyard , Rob Phillips , Lindsay Clark , Leslea Keurvorst , Troy Feener , Clifton David , Dom Polito and Marty Morin . Occasionally , more famous Canadian musicians are brought in as well , including Mia Sheard , Kim Bingham , Nicholas Walsh , and ex-members of Moist . In some venues , they will bring in local musicians to fill needed spots . For example , on June 16 , 2006 , the group performed the Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper album at the Hard Rock Live in Orlando ; they brought in the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra to fill in on the orchestral parts . When performing in Toronto , they usually play at Massey Hall . The producer of Classic Albums Live has created a musical called Gig which will run in 2016 . List of albums performed : The Beatles ' catalogue Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin IV Houses of the Holy Physical Graffiti In Through the Out Door Meddle The Dark Side of the Moon Animals Wish You Were Here The Wall A Night at the Opera Who 's Next Are You Experienced Boston Crime of the Century Breakfast in America The Last Waltz Rust Never Sleeps Harvest The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars OK Computer Ten Nevermind Regatta de Blanc Outlandos d'Amour The Joshua Tree London Calling Band on the Run Texas Flood Let It Bleed Sticky Fingers Some Girls Exile on Main St. Appetite for Destruction Highway to Hell Back in Black Born to Run Hotel California Rumours The Doors L.A. Woman Legend Pearl Paranoid Van Halen Thriller Purple Rain Nothing 's Shocking Woodstock 2112 Saturday Night Fever A Very Lennon Christmas Elton John Greatest Hits",
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"text": "Music Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time . The common elements of music are pitch ( which governs melody and harmony ) , rhythm ( and its associated concepts tempo , meter , and articulation ) , dynamics ( loudness and softness ) , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ( which are sometimes termed the `` color '' of a musical sound ) . Different styles or types of music may emphasize , de-emphasize or omit some of these elements . Music is performed with a vast range of instruments and vocal techniques ranging from singing to rapping ; there are solely instrumental pieces , solely vocal pieces ( such as songs without instrumental accompaniment ) and pieces that combine singing and instruments . The word derives from Greek μουσική #Ancient Greek ( mousike ; `` art of the Muses '' ) . In its most general form , the activities describing music as an art form or cultural activity include the creation of works of music ( songs , tunes , symphonies , and so on ) , the criticism of music , the study of the history of music , and the aesthetic examination of music . Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers defined music as tones ordered horizontally as melodies and vertically as harmonies . Common sayings such as `` the harmony of the spheres '' and `` it is music to my ears '' point to the notion that music is often ordered and pleasant to listen to . However , 20th-century composer John Cage thought that any sound can be music , saying , for example , `` There is no noise , only sound . '' The creation , performance , significance , and even the definition of music vary according to culture and social context . Indeed , throughout history , some new forms or styles of music have been criticized as `` not being music '' , including Beethoven 's Grosse Fuge string quartet in 1825 , early jazz in the beginning of the 1900s and hardcore punk in the 1980s . There are many types of music , including popular music , traditional music , art music , music written for religious ceremonies and work songs such as chanteys . Music ranges from strictly organized compositions -- such as Classical music symphonies from the 1700s and 1800s , through to spontaneously played improvisational music such as jazz , and avant-garde styles of chance-based contemporary music from the 20th and 21st centuries . Music can be divided into genres ( e.g. , country music ) and genres can be further divided into subgenres ( e.g. , country blues and pop country are two of the many country subgenres ) , although the dividing lines and relationships between music genres are often subtle , sometimes open to personal interpretation , and occasionally controversial . For example , it can be hard to draw the line between some early 1980s hard rock and heavy metal . Within the arts , music may be classified as a performing art , a fine art or as an auditory art . Music may be played or sung and heard live at a rock concert or orchestra performance , heard live as part of a dramatic work ( a music theater show or opera ) , or it may be recorded and listened to on a radio , MP3 player , CD player , smartphone or as film score or TV show . In many cultures , music is an important part of people 's way of life , as it plays a key role in religious rituals , rite of passage ceremonies ( e.g. , graduation and marriage ) , social activities ( e.g. , dancing ) and cultural activities ranging from amateur karaoke singing to playing in an amateur funk band or singing in a community choir . People may make music as a hobby , like a teen playing cello in a youth orchestra , or work as a professional musician or singer . The music industry includes the individuals who create new songs and musical pieces ( such as songwriters and composers ) , individuals who perform music ( which include orchestra , jazz band and rock band musicians , singers and conductors ) , individuals who record music ( music producers and sound engineers ) , individuals who organize concert tours , and individuals who sell recordings and sheet music and scores to customers .",
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"text": "Charles Manson Superstar Charles Manson Superstar is a documentary film about Charles Manson , directed by Nikolas Schreck in 1989 . Most of the documentary ( the entire interview ) was filmed inside San Quentin Prison . Schreck and Zeena narrated the segments while images were shown , and music played in the background . There was brief footage of Spahn Ranch , and a short clip of James M. Mason being interviewed about the Universal Order , and Manson . Olivier Messiaen 's `` Death and Resurrection , '' Bobby Beausoleil 's `` Lucifer Rising , '' Krzysztof Penderecki 's `` Apocalypsis , '' Biff Rose 's `` Fill Your Heart '' ( Tiny Tim 's version ) and Anton LaVey 's `` The Satanic Mass , '' and Manson 's own songs `` Clang Bang Clang '' and `` Mechanical Man '' from the album Lie : The Love and Terror Cult , were played during the film .",
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"text": "Characteristics of progressive rock Progressive rock is a term that refers to a musical style . The term was originally referred to as `` classical rock '' ( in which a band performed together with an orchestra ) , but the term 's use has expanded in recent years to include other fusions of music styles including jazz fusion , metal and folk rock musics . The term does not refer to one particular music style but to an approach that combines elements of diverse styles . Jerry Ewing , editor of Prog Magazine , explains that `` Prog is not just a sound , it 's a mindset . '' Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci outlines that Progressive rock is defined by its very lack of stylistic boundaries . The advent of the concept album , plus the genre 's roots in psychedelia , led albums and performances to be viewed as combined presentations of music , lyrics , and visuals . Bands abandoned the short pop single in favor of instrumentation and compositional techniques more frequently associated with jazz or classical music as part of an effort to give rock music the same level of musical sophistication and critical respect . Progressive rock abandons the danceable beat that defines earlier rock styles and is more likely than other types of popular music to experiment with compositional structure , instrumentation , harmony and rhythm , or lyrical content . It may demand more effort on the part of the listener than other types of music . Musicians in progressive rock typically display a high degree of instrumental skill , although this is not always the case . Virtuoso instrumental skills are so closely associated with progressive rock that authors such as Bill Martin consider it as a defining element and exclude bands such as Pink Floyd from consideration . It is not uncommon for musicians to have received a higher-than-average level of formal training . Players from the genre frequently appear in readers ' polls of publications that cater to musicians .",
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"text": "Cupid Carries a Gun `` Cupid Carries a Gun '' is a song by American rock band Marilyn Manson , released as the third single from their ninth studio album , The Pale Emperor ( 2015 ) .",
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"text": "Dolly Dagger `` Dolly Dagger '' is a song written and recorded by Jimi Hendrix . On October 9 , 1971 , it was released on the posthumous album Rainbow Bridge , followed by a single on October 23 . Backed with a multi-tracked studio solo rendition of the `` Star Spangled Banner '' , the single peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it the last Hendrix single to appear in the charts . The album was used to fulfill manager Michael Jeffery 's obligation to give Reprise Records a soundtrack album for the film Rainbow Bridge . Although labeled `` Original Soundtrack '' , the album did not feature any music performed in the original film . However , most of the tracks on the album were used as incidental music for the film . The song was inspired by Hendrix 's sometimes girlfriend , groupie Devon Wilson .",
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"text": "Backbiter Backbiter is a protopunk band from Los Angeles , California that has received national recognition . They played their first show October 23 , 1991 , at the Shamrock Bar in Hollywood , CA on a bill with Dicktit , the Jack Brewer Band and The Drills ( whose organist , Jeff Muendel , later joined Backbiter for a few years and one album ) . Singer/guitarist Jonathan Hall had been playing in Texorcist ( the Los Angeles band with Linda `` Texacala '' Jones , formerly of Tex and the Horseheads , not the Texas band of the same name ) and the Angry Samoans with and bassist Heath Seifert . They jammed with drummer Bob Lee ( one of the Devo Bob drummers ) and the power trio came together , playing local clubs such as the notable post-punk hangout , Raji 's . The band released their first CD , Get Together in 1994 . A second effort in 2001 , a split-CD with Swedish band Elope on Man 's Ruin Records ( MR-2015 ) featured Muendel on Hammond B3 organ . Hall does n't sing about warlocks and unicorns , nor does the group sludge it up in an overtly Black Sabbath fashion , but the association with Man 's Ruin has associated them with the Stoner rock movement . That release is arguably their heaviest . The band released a third album in 2006 , once again as power trio sans the organ . The band continues to play live shows throughout California . They received LA Weeklys Heavy Metal Band of the Year award , which was presented to them by musician Ronnie James Dio .",
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"text": "Robert Chase Robert Chase , MBBS is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House . He is portrayed by Jesse Spencer . His character was a part of the team of diagnosticians who worked under Gregory House until the end of the third season when House fires him . However , he resumed work at the hospital as a surgeon , and was re-hired by House in season 6 . Robert Chase is the longest-serving member of House 's staff . Chase has been attracted to Allison Cameron since the beginning of the show and embarks on a romantic relationship with her in `` Human Error . '' In `` Post Mortem , '' he left the Diagnostic Team after realizing he was in the same position as he was 10 years earlier , unlike all of the other former members of the team . However , in the series finale , he rejoins the hospital as the new Head of Diagnostic Medicine , replacing House , who is thought to have died .",
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"text": "Gregory House Gregory House , M.D. , commonly referred to by his surname House , is the title character of the American medical drama series House . Created by David Shore and portrayed by English actor Hugh Laurie , he leads a team of diagnosticians as the Head of Diagnostic Medicine at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in Princeton , New Jersey ( based on the real-life Yale -- New Haven Hospital in New Haven , Connecticut ) . House 's character has been described as a misanthrope , cynic , narcissist , and curmudgeon , the last of which was named one of the top television words of 2005 in honor of the character . He is the only character to appear in all 177 episodes and , except for Wilson 's brief appearance , is the only regular character to appear in the season six premiere . In the series , the character 's unorthodox diagnostic approaches , radical therapeutic motives , and stalwart rationality have resulted in much conflict between him and his colleagues . House is also often portrayed as lacking sympathy for his patients , a practice that allots him time to solve pathological enigmas . The character is partly inspired by Sherlock Holmes . A portion of the show 's plot centers on House 's habitual use of Vicodin to manage pain stemming from a leg infarction involving his quadriceps muscle some years earlier , an injury that forces him to walk with a cane . This addiction is also one of the many parallels to Holmes , who was a habitual user of cocaine . Throughout the series ' run , the character received generally positive reviews and was included in several best lists . Tom Shales of The Washington Post called House `` the most electrifying character to hit television in years '' . For his portrayal , Laurie has won various awards , including two Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Television Series -- Drama , two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor from Drama Series , two Satellite Awards for Best Actor in a Television Series -- Drama , two TCA Awards for Individual Achievement in Drama , and a total of six Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series .",
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"text": "House (TV series) House ( also called House , M.D. ) is an American television medical drama that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons , from November 16 , 2004 to May 21 , 2012 . The series ' main character is Dr. Gregory House ( Hugh Laurie ) , an unconventional , misanthropic medical genius who , despite his dependence on pain medication , leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton -- Plainsboro Teaching Hospital ( PPTH ) in New Jersey . The series ' premise originated with Paul Attanasio , while David Shore , who is credited as creator , was primarily responsible for the conception of the title character . The series ' executive producers included Shore , Attanasio , Attanasio 's business partner Katie Jacobs , and film director Bryan Singer . It was filmed largely in Century City . House often clashes with his fellow physicians , including his own diagnostic team , because many of his hypotheses about patients ' illnesses are based on subtle or controversial insights . His flouting of hospital rules and procedures frequently leads him into conflict with his boss , hospital administrator and Dean of Medicine Dr. Lisa Cuddy ( Lisa Edelstein ) . House 's only true friend is Dr. James Wilson ( Robert Sean Leonard ) , head of the Department of Oncology . During the first three seasons , House 's diagnostic team consists of Dr. Robert Chase ( Jesse Spencer ) , Dr. Allison Cameron ( Jennifer Morrison ) , and Dr. Eric Foreman ( Omar Epps ) . At the end of the third season , this team disbands . Rejoined by Foreman , House gradually selects three new team members : Dr. Remy `` Thirteen '' Hadley ( Olivia Wilde ) , Dr. Chris Taub ( Peter Jacobson ) , and Dr. Lawrence Kutner ( Kal Penn ) . Kutner makes an appearance late in season five and then reappears in season 8 episode 22 . Chase and Cameron continue to appear in different roles at the hospital until early in season six . Cameron then departs the hospital , and Chase returns to the diagnostic team . Thirteen takes a leave of absence for most of season seven , and her position is filled by medical student Martha M. Masters ( Amber Tamblyn ) . Cuddy and Masters depart before season eight ; Foreman becomes the new Dean of Medicine , while Dr. Jessica Adams ( Odette Annable ) and Dr. Chi Park ( Charlyne Yi ) join House 's team . House was among the top 10 series in the United States from its second through fourth seasons . Distributed to 66 countries , House was the most-watched television program in the world in 2008 . The show received numerous awards , including five Primetime Emmy Awards , two Golden Globe Awards , a Peabody Award , and nine People 's Choice Awards . On February 8 , 2012 , Fox announced that the eighth season , then in progress , would be its last . The series finale aired on May 21 , 2012 , following an hour-long retrospective .",
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"text": "Racconti romani Racconti romani ( Roman Tales ) is a series of sixty-one short stories written by the Italian author , Alberto Moravia . Written and published initially in the Italian newspaper , Il Corriere della Sera , they were published as a collection in 1954 by Bompiani . All of the stories are set in Rome or its surroundings after World War II and focus on ` the common people of Rome ' ( Roma popolana ) . The characters in these stories tend to be the unemployed , ex-convicts , waiters , drivers , con artists , thieves and petty criminals , the average man ( or woman ) and the lower classes aspiring to climb out of poverty . All the stories are told in the first person with the narrator often unnamed , although details are usually furnished to provide a clue to the narrator 's identity , such as their occupation , motivations and social status . Moravia 's Racconti Romani provide a snapshot on life in Rome after World War II , revealing much about the inhabitants of Rome in the early 1950s .",
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"text": "Nuklo Nuklo ( Robert Frank , Jr. ) is a fictional character , a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe .",
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"text": "Eric Chase Anderson Eric Chase Anderson ( born 1973 ) is an American author , illustrator and actor .",
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"text": "Peter Corbeau Peter Corbeau is a fictional character that appears in Marvel Comics .",
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"text": "Edward Page Mitchell Edward Page Mitchell ( 1852 -- 1927 ) was an American editorial and short story writer for The Sun , a daily newspaper in New York City . He became that newspaper 's editor in 1897 , succeeding Charles Anderson Dana . Mitchell was recognized as a major figure in the early development of the science fiction genre . Mitchell wrote fiction about a man rendered invisible by scientific means ( `` The Crystal Man '' , published in 1881 ) before H.G. Wells 's The Invisible Man , wrote about a time-travel machine ( `` The Clock that Went Backward '' ) before Wells 's The Time Machine , wrote about faster-than-light travel ( `` The Tachypomp '' ; now perhaps his best-known work ) in 1874 , a thinking computer and a cyborg in 1879 ( `` The Ablest Man in the World '' ) , and also wrote the earliest known stories about matter transmission or teleportation ( `` The Man without a Body '' , 1877 ) and a superior mutant ( `` Old Squids and Little Speller '' ) . `` Exchanging Their Souls '' ( 1877 ) is one of the earliest fictional accounts of mind transfer . Mitchell retired in 1926 , a year before dying of a cerebral hemorrhage . The gradual rediscovery of Mitchell and his work is a direct result of the publication in 1973 of a book-length anthology of his stories , compiled by Sam Moskowitz with a detailed introduction by Moskowitz giving much information about Mitchell 's personal life . Because Mitchell 's stories were not by-lined on original publication , nor indexed , Moskowitz expended major effort to track down and collect these works by an author whom Moskowitz cited as `` the lost giant of American science fiction '' . Mitchell 's stories show the strong influence of Edgar Allan Poe . Among other traits , Mitchell shares Poe 's habit of giving a basically serious and dignified fictional character a humorous name , such as `` Professor Dummkopf '' in Mitchell 's `` The Man Without a Body '' . Since Mitchell 's fictions were originally published in newspapers , typeset in the same format as news articles and not identified as fiction , he may possibly have used this device to signal to his readers that this text should not be taken seriously .",
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"text": "Christ figure A Christ figure , also known as a Christ-Image is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus . More loosely , the Christ Figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus , or other spiritual or prophetic figures . In general , a character should display more than one correspondence with the story of Jesus Christ as depicted in the Bible . For instance , the character might display one or more of the following traits : performance of miracles , manifestation of divine qualities , healing others , displaying kindness and forgiveness , fighting for justice , being guided by the spirit of the character 's father , and the character 's own death and resurrection . Christ figures are often martyrs , sacrificing themselves for causes larger than themselves . In postmodern literature , the resurrection theme is often abandoned , leaving us with the image of a martyr sacrificing himself for a greater good . It is common to see Christ figures displayed in a manner suggestive of crucifixion as well .",
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"text": "Desert island joke Desert island jokes are jokes about a person or group of people stranded on a desert island . This setting is typically used to play on stereotypes of the people present . This may refer to their profession , religion or nationality , or the people involved may be famous figures . The island setting highlights the absurdity of the stereotypical behaviour and prejudices of the protagonists , suggesting that they will find a way to express their own particular foibles even in a hostile setting . This setting is also popular in cartoons . Bob Mankoff , cartoon editor of The New Yorker attributes the strips , which began appearing in the publication in the 1930s , to the popularity of Robinson Crusoe . He describes earlier cartoons as having a large island with a ship sinking in the distance , and later cartoons merely showing one or two people on a tiny island with a single palm tree .",
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"text": "John Kirowan Professor John Kirowan is a fictional character from Robert E. Howard 's contributions to H.P. Lovecraft 's story cycle `` the Cthulhu Mythos '' . Kirowan is often partnered with the character John Conrad , to the extent that these stories are often referred to under the group title Conrad & Kirowan . Professor Kirowan is a younger son of a titled Irish family and a scholar of the Mythos who travelled widely in search of forbidden knowledge . His ancestor , Sir Michael Kirowan was a medieval knight famous for killing a particularly fierce and notorious villain , whose ghost Kirowan will meet and escape from . In Budapest he studied with a man called Yosef Vrolok but refused to `` descend to the foul depths of forbidden occultism and diabolism to which -LSB- he -RSB- sank '' . In revenge , Vrolok used his `` vile arts '' to turn '' the only woman Kirowan ever loved '' , against him and `` debauched '' her . In order to have his own revenge , Kirowan travelled the world seeking greater knowledge of the occult but became sickened by what he learned and renounced this knowledge . In later life he joined the Wanderer 's Club , `` which is composed of the drift of the world , travelers , eccentrics , and all manner of men whose paths lie outside the beaten tracks of life . '' The story The Haunter of the Ring provides much of Kirowan 's background as well as establishing a link to Howard 's Conan stories . The ring of the title is Thoth-Amon 's Serpent Ring of Set , first mentioned in the short story The Phoenix on the Sword . Kirowan states that it has been `` handed down by foul cults of sorcerers since the days of forgotten Stygia . ''",
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"text": "Charles James Apperley Charles James Apperley ( 1777 -- 19 May 1843 ) , English sportsman and sporting writer , better known as Nimrod , the pseudonym under which he published his works on the chase and on the turf , was born at Plasgronow , near Wrexham , in Denbighshire , North Wales in 1777 .",
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"text": "The Ransom of Red Chief `` The Ransom of Red Chief '' is a 1910 short story by O. Henry first published in The Saturday Evening Post . It follows two men who kidnap and attempt to ransom a wealthy Alabaman 's son ; eventually , the men are driven crazy by the boy 's spoiled and hyperactive behavior , and end up having to pay the boy 's father to take him back . The story and its main idea have become a part of popular culture , with many children 's television programs using a version of the story as one of their episodes . The tale is a light-hearted example of the ultimate in `` poetic justice '' and fortuitous intervention for the public good : the crooks had intended to use the ransom money to fund an even larger and much more elaborate scam that would likely have caused widespread monetary damage to the local populace , and so having their plans `` foiled in their infancy '' by Red Chief 's shrewd father saves countless other honest folks from financial ruin . It has also been often used as a classic example of two ultimate comic ironies -- a supposed `` hostage '' actually liking his abductors and enjoying being captured , and his captors getting their just deserts by having the tables turned on them , and being compelled to pay to be rid of him .",
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"text": "A. J. Raffles (character) Arthur J. Raffles is a character created in the 1890s by E. W. Hornung , brother-in-law to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , the creator of Sherlock Holmes . Raffles is , in many ways , a deliberate inversion of Holmeshe is a `` gentleman thief '' , living at the Albany , a prestigious address in London , playing cricket for the Gentlemen of England and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries . He is called the `` Amateur Cracksman '' , and often , at first , differentiates between himself and the `` professors `` professional criminals from the lower classes . As Holmes has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures , Raffles has Harry `` Bunny '' Mandersa former schoolmate saved from disgrace and suicide by Raffles , whom Raffles persuaded to accompany him on a burglary . While Raffles often takes advantage of Manders ' relative innocence , and sometimes treats him with a certain amount of contempt , he knows that Manders ' bravery and loyalty are to be relied on utterly . In several stories , Manders saves the day for the two of them after Raffles gets into situations he can not get out of on his own . One of the things that Raffles has in common with Holmes is a mastery of disguiseduring his days as an ostensible man-about-town , he maintains a studio apartment in another name in which he keeps the components of various disguises . He can imitate the regional speech of many parts of Britain flawlessly , and is fluent in Italian .",
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"text": "David Chase David Chase ( born August 22 , 1945 ) is an American writer , director and television producer . Chase has worked in television for 40 years ; he has produced and written for such shows as The Rockford Files , I 'll Fly Away , and Northern Exposure . He has created two original series ; the first , Almost Grown , aired for 10 episodes in 1988 and 1989 . Chase is best known for his second original series , the influential and critically acclaimed HBO drama The Sopranos , which aired for six seasons between 1999 and 2007 . A prominent figure in American television , Chase has won seven Emmy Awards .",
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"text": "Tecumseh Fox Tecumseh Fox was a fictional private detective created by Rex Stout to provide some diversity from his housebound and opinionated rival Nero Wolfe . Although the character 's name sounds native American , he is not . In Double for Death , he explains that his full name is William Tecumseh Sherman Fox , so he was supposedly named for the American Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman . It seems probable that Stout chose this name in order to justify Fox 's nickname , `` Tec , '' which is also a slang term for detective . ( A similar motive was presumably behind the naming of another Stout detective , the beautiful Theodolinda `` Dol '' Bonner . ) The surname `` Fox '' was presumably chosen as an analogy to `` Wolf ( e ) . '' Fox 's Westchester County is located in the same universe as Wolfe 's New York City . Even though the two men seem to be unaware of each other 's existence , both are acquainted with operatives from Bonner & Raffray and the Bascom Agency . Characters in both series dine at Rusterman 's , dance at the Flamingo Club , frequent the Churchill Hotel , read the Gazette , and drive Wethersill convertibles . Stout created just three mystery novels with this title character ( two of which were adapted to Nero Wolfe stories ) , before devoting himself exclusively to writing Nero Wolfe books : Double for Death Bad for Business The Broken Vase Fox , Tecumseh Category : Rex Stout",
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"text": "The American Senator The American Senator is a novel written in 1875 by Anthony Trollope . Although not one of Trollope 's better-known works , it is notable for its depictions of rural English life and for its many detailed fox hunting scenes . In its anti-heroine , Arabella Trefoil , it presents a scathing but ultimately sympathetic portrayal of a woman who has abandoned virtually all scruples in her quest for a husband . Through the eponymous Senator , Trollope offers comments on the irrational aspects of English life .",
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"text": "Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Edgar Rice Burroughs , Inc. is an American company founded in 1923 by author Edgar Rice Burroughs . It is based in Tarzana , California . The company holds the rights to the literary works of Burroughs that are still protected by copyright ( a number of Burroughs ' early works have passed out of copyright and consequently are in the public domain ) . Burroughs was one of the first artists to incorporate , which he did for tax reasons and for more control over his works . Burroughs ' books were published through the company from 1931 ( Tarzan the Invincible ) through 1948 ( Llana of Gathol ) , with one additional title ( I Am a Barbarian ) appearing in 1967 . The company remains in the ownership of the Burroughs family and manages and licenses Burroughs ' works and characters , including Tarzan and John Carter of Mars .",
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"text": "Robert Reuland Robert Charles Reuland ( born 1963 ) is an American novelist and attorney . He commenced his legal career in 1990 in the litigation department of the Wall Street law firm of Winthrop , Stimson , Putnam & Roberts and later Brown & Wood . A graduate of Cambridge University and the Vanderbilt School of Law , Reuland specialized in international law and authored several law review articles on various topics of international jurisdiction and litigation . In 1996 he left private practice to join the District Attorney 's Office in Brooklyn , New York , where he served as Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Homicide Bureau . Since 2001 Reuland has had a parallel career as a novelist . He is the author of five novels , including a series originating with his first novel , Hollowpoint ( Random House 2001 ) , which was nominated for a Dashiell Hammett Award in 2002 , and followed by Semiautomatic ( Random House 2004 ) , and Represent '' ( 2011 ) . All three books are set in the Brooklyn D.A. 's office , where Reuland worked an assistant district attorney between 1996 and 2001 . Influenced by Graham Greene and James Salter , Reuland 's hard-edged but elegant writing is known for its gritty realism and has drawn praise from Dennis Lehane , Alan Furst , and George Pelecanos . A reviewer for the Washington Post referred to Semiautomatic as `` the best-written legal thriller I 've ever read , hands down . '' Marilyn Stasio of the New York Times called Reuland `` a daring writer . His cityscapes are ugly to the point of insult , his characters have no hearts , and his abrasive dialogue will rub you raw . It 's an irritating voice for a new writer -- too quick and smart to toy with civilizing subtleties -- and I like it a lot . '' Of Reuland 's second novel , `` Semiautomatic , '' Kirkus , in a starred review wrote , `` Reuland is a real-life ADA , and if he prosecutes as effectively as he writes , Brooklyn is a lucky borough . '' Following the critical success of his first two novels , Reuland wrote `` Way of the World , '' a fictionalized account of the Abner Louima affair in Brooklyn , told from the perspective of a police union representative . `` Way of the World , '' Reuland 's first novel after the completion of his two-book contract with Random House , was rejected by his publisher as too difficult and remains unpublished . In 2006 , in something of a literary departure , Reuland completed `` The Convict Maiden , '' a sprawling historical novel set in the penal colony of New South Wales in 1827 . Written in the voice of the female protagonist , `` The Convict Maiden '' is Reuland 's first work of historical fiction and first to be set outside his home of Brooklyn , New York . Reuland gained additional national notoriety in 2001 when fired from his position in the Brooklyn D.A. 's office shortly after the publication of his first book , Hollowpoint . In an interview with New York Magazine '' , Reuland observed that Brooklyn had `` more bodies per square inch than anyplace else , '' which angered Brooklyn District Attorney , Charles J. Hynes . Hynes demoted then fired Reuland , who brought a federal lawsuit claiming infringement of his First Amendment rights . Reuland prevailed after trial in 2004 . Upon leaving the D.A. 's Office in 2001 , Reuland established himself in private practice specializing in state and federal criminal defense . As a member of the Homicide Panel of the Mayor 's Assigned Counsel Program , he represents indigent or poor persons accused of homicide or other serious felonies . Reuland is the first criminal defense attorney ever to successfully assert an alibi defense to a felony charge based upon his client 's use of Facebook at the time of the crime . Born in Dallas , Texas and raised in Dubuque , Iowa , Reuland has lived in Park Slope , Brooklyn since 1990 .",
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"text": "The Red Rover The Red Rover is a novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper . It was originally published in Paris on November 27 , 1827 , before being published in London three days later on November 30 . It was not published in the United States until January 9 , 1828 , in Philadelphia . Soon after its publication it was adapted for theater both in the United States and in England . The novel follows the activities of the sailor Dick Fid , free black sailor Scipio Africanus and Royal Navy officer James Wilder as they encounter the famous pirate , `` The Red Rover '' . A contemporary reviewer in the North American Review noted how Cooper was particularly good at writing sea novels such as The Red Rover , the sea being his more natural element than what the author calls wilderness novels which focused on an Indian introducing a white man to the wilderness , like The Last of the Mohicans . In addition , The Red Rover presents some of the first serious depictions of characters of African lineage in American literature .",
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"text": "James Steerforth James Steerforth is a character in the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens . He is a handsome young man noted for his wit and romantic charm . Though he is well liked by his friends , he proves himself to be lacking in consideration for others .",
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"text": "Cormac Fitzgeoffrey Cormac Fitzgeoffrey is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard . He is a half-Norman , half-Gael taking part in the Third Crusade . Howard wrote two short stories featuring the character and a synopsis that was later completed by another author . Although Howard was most famous for his fantasy fiction , especially Conan the Barbarian , the Cormac stories have a purely historical setting , albeit one with a heroic theme .",
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"text": "Jacob Marley Jacob Marley is a fictional character who appears in Charles Dickens ' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol . He is Scrooge 's deceased business partner , now a chained and tormented ghost , damned to wander the earth forevermore as punishment for his greedy , selfish and uncaring attitude towards mankind . Marley roams restlessly , witnessing the hardships others suffer and lamenting that he has lost his chance to help them forever . Through unknown means , it is Marley who arranges for the three spirits to visit Scrooge and gives him his opportunity for redemption , which Marley tells him was '' ... a chance and hope of my procuring . ''",
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"text": "Psychology Psychology is the science of behavior and mind , embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought . It is an academic discipline and a social science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases . In this field , a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist and can be classified as a social , behavioral , or cognitive scientist . Psychologists attempt to understand the role of mental functions in individual and social behavior , while also exploring the physiological and biological processes that underlie cognitive functions and behaviors . Psychologists explore behavior and mental processes , including perception , cognition , attention , emotion ( affect ) , intelligence , phenomenology , motivation ( conation ) , brain functioning , and personality . This extends to interaction between people , such as interpersonal relationships , including psychological resilience , family resilience , and other areas . Psychologists of diverse orientations also consider the unconscious mind . Psychologists employ empirical methods to infer causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables . In addition , or in opposition , to employing empirical and deductive methods , some -- especially clinical and counseling psychologists -- at times rely upon symbolic interpretation and other inductive techniques . Psychology has been described as a `` hub science '' , with psychological findings linking to research and perspectives from the social sciences , natural sciences , medicine , humanities , and philosophy . While psychological knowledge is often applied to the assessment and treatment of mental health problems , it is also directed towards understanding and solving problems in several spheres of human activity . By many accounts psychology ultimately aims to benefit society . The majority of psychologists are involved in some kind of therapeutic role , practicing in clinical , counseling , or school settings . Many do scientific research on a wide range of topics related to mental processes and behavior , and typically work in university psychology departments or teach in other academic settings ( e.g. , medical schools , hospitals ) . Some are employed in industrial and organizational settings , or in other areas such as human development and aging , sports , health , and the media , as well as in forensic investigation and other aspects of law .",
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"text": "Biologist A biologist , is a scientist who has specialized knowledge in the field of biology , the scientific study of life . Biologists involved in fundamental research attempt to explore and further explain the underlying mechanisms that govern the functioning of living matter . Biologists involved in applied research attempt to develop or improve more specific processes and understanding , in fields such as medicine , industry and agriculture . While `` biologist '' can apply to any scientist studying biology , most biologists research and specialise in specific fields . In this way , biologists investigate large-scale organism interactions ( ecology ) , whole multicellular organisms , organs , tissues , cells , and small-scale cellular and molecular processes . Other biologists study less direct aspects of life , such as phylogeny and evolution . Biologists conduct research based on the scientific method , to test the validity of a theory , with hypothesis formation , experimentation and documentation of methods and data . There are many types of biologists . Some work on microorganisms , while others study multicellular organisms . There is much overlap between different fields of biology such as botany , zoology , microbiology , genetics and evolutionary biology , and it is often difficult to classify a biologist as only one of them . Many jobs in biology as a field require an academic degree . A doctorate or its equivalent is generally required to direct independent research , and involves a specialization in a specific area of biology . Many biological scientists work in research and development . Some conduct fundamental research to advance our knowledge of living organisms , including bacteria and other pathogens . This research enhances understanding and adds to the scientific database of literature . Furthermore , it often aids the development of solutions to problems in areas such as human health and the natural environment . These biological scientists mostly work in government , university , and private industry laboratories . Many expand on specialized research that they started in post-graduate qualifications , such as a doctorate .",
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"text": "Language of thought hypothesis The language of thought hypothesis ( LOTH ) , sometimes known as Thought Ordered Mental Expression ( TOME ) , is a view in linguistics , philosophy of mind and cognitive science , forwarded by American philosopher Jerry Fodor . It describes the nature of thought as possessing `` language-like '' or compositional structure ( sometimes known as mentalese ) . On this view , simple concepts combine in systematic ways ( akin to the rules of grammar in language ) to build thoughts . In its most basic form , the theory states that thought , like language , has syntax . Using empirical data drawn from linguistics and cognitive science to describe mental representation from a philosophical vantage-point , the hypothesis states that thinking takes place in a language of thought ( LOT ) : cognition and cognitive processes are only ` remotely plausible ' when expressed as a system of representations that is `` tokened '' by a linguistic or semantic structure and operated upon by means of a combinatorial syntax . Linguistic tokens used in mental language describe elementary concepts which are operated upon by logical rules establishing causal connections to allow for complex thought . Syntax as well as semantics have a causal effect on the properties of this system of mental representations . These mental representations are not present in the brain in the same way as symbols are present on paper ; rather , the LOT is supposed to exist at the cognitive level , the level of thoughts and concepts . The LOTH has wide-ranging significance for a number of domains in cognitive science . It relies on a version of functionalist materialism , which holds that mental representations are actualized and modified by the individual holding the propositional attitude , and it challenges eliminative materialism and connectionism . It implies a strongly rationalist model of cognition in which many of the fundamentals of cognition are innate .",
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"text": "Environmental social science Environmental social science is the broad , transdisciplinary study of interrelations between humans and the natural environment . Environmental social scientists work within and between the fields of anthropology , communication studies , economics , geography , history , political science , psychology , and sociology ; and also in the interdisciplinary fields of environmental studies , human ecology and political ecology , among others .",
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"text": "Theoretical foundations of evolutionary psychology The theoretical foundations of evolutionary psychology are the general and specific scientific theories that explain the ultimate origins of psychological traits in terms of evolution . These theories originated with Charles Darwin 's work , including his speculations about the evolutionary origins of social instincts in humans . Modern evolutionary psychology , however , is possible only because of advances in evolutionary theory in the 20th century . Evolutionary psychologists say that natural selection has provided humans with many psychological adaptations , in much the same way that it generated humans ' anatomical and physiological adaptations . As with adaptations in general , psychological adaptations are said to be specialized for the environment in which an organism evolved , the environment of evolutionary adaptedness , or EEA . Sexual selection provides organisms with adaptations related to mating . For male mammals , which have a relatively fast reproduction rate , sexual selection leads to adaptations that help them compete for females . For female mammals , with a relatively slow reproduction rate , sexual selection leads to choosiness , which helps females select higher quality mates . Charles Darwin described both natural selection and sexual selection , but he relied on group selection to explain the evolution of self-sacrificing behavior . Group selection is a weak explanation because in any group the less self-sacrificing animals will be more likely to survive and the group will become less self-sacrificing . In 1964 , William D. Hamilton proposed inclusive fitness theory , emphasizing a `` gene 's - eye '' view of evolution . Hamilton noted that individuals can increase the replication of their genes into the next generation by helping close relatives with whom they share genes survive and reproduce . According to `` Hamilton 's rule '' , a self-sacrificing behavior can evolve if it helps close relatives so much that it more than compensates for the individual animal 's sacrifice . Inclusive fitness theory resolved the issue of how `` altruism '' evolved . Other theories also help explain the evolution of altruistic behavior , including evolutionary game theory , tit-for-tat reciprocity , and generalized reciprocity . These theories not only help explain the development of altruistic behavior but also account for hostility toward cheaters ( individuals that take advantage of others ' altruism ) . Several mid-level evolutionary theories inform evolutionary psychology . The r/K selection theory proposes that some species prosper by having many offspring while others follow the strategy of having fewer offspring but investing much more in each one . Humans follow the second strategy . Parental investment theory explains how parents invest more or less in individual offspring based on how successful those offspring are likely to be , and thus how much they might improve the parents ' inclusive fitness . According to the Trivers-Willard hypothesis , parents in good conditions tend to invest more in sons ( who are best able to take advantage of good conditions ) , while parents in poor conditions tend to invest more in daughters ( who are best able to have successful offspring even in poor conditions ) . According to life history theory , animals evolve life histories to match their environments , determining details such as age at first reproduction and number of offspring . Dual inheritance theory posits that genes and human culture have interacted , with genes affecting the development of culture and culture , in turn , affecting human evolution on a genetic level ( see also the Baldwin effect ) . Critics of evolutionary psychology have sometimes challenged its theoretical underpinnings , saying that humans never developed powerful social instincts through natural selection and that the hypotheses of evolutionary psychologists are merely just-so-stories .",
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"text": "Online research methods Online research methods ( ORMs ) are ways in which researchers can collect data via the internet . They are also referred to as Internet research , Internet science or iScience , or Web-based methods . Many of these online research methods are related to existing research methodologies but re-invent and re-imagine them in the light of new technologies and conditions associated with the internet . The field is relatively new and evolving . With the growth of social medias a new level of complexity and opportunity has been created . Inclusion of social media research can provide unique insights into consumer and societal segments and gaining an `` emotional '' measure of a population on issues of interest . Some specific types of method include : Cyber-ethnography Online content analysis Online focus groups Online interviews Online qualitative research Online questionnaires Social network analysis Web-based experiments Online clinical trials -- or see below",
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"text": "Hard and soft science Hard science and soft science are colloquial terms used to compare scientific fields on the basis of perceived methodological rigor , exactitude , and objectivity . Roughly speaking , the natural sciences are considered `` hard '' , whereas the social sciences are usually described as `` soft '' .",
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"text": "Making Social Science Matter Making Social Science Matter : Why Social Inquiry Fails and How It Can Succeed Again is a 2001 book by Bent Flyvbjerg , who is critical of social sciences . First , he argues that social sciences have failed as science . Second , he develops an argument that in order to matter again , social sciences must model themselves after phronesis ( as opposed to episteme , which is at the core of natural science ) . Finally , he develops methodological guidelines and shows practical examples of how a phronetic social science may be employed for research purposes . Flyvbjerg rejects the natural science model as an ideal for the social sciences and suggests that social sciences are more relevant to people , e.g. , ordinary citizens and policy makers . Flyvbjerg argues that to gain relevance , social science must inform practical reason ; accordingly , this is best done by a focus on values and power . In terms of philosophy and history of science , Flyvbjerg is influenced by Aristotle rather than by Socrates and Plato . Flyvbjerg 's book Rationality and Power : Democracy in Practice is an example of the methodology and theory developed in Making Social Science Matter employed in practice .",
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"text": "Phenotype A phenotype is the composite of an organism 's observable characteristics or traits , such as its morphology , development , biochemical or physiological properties , behavior , and products of behavior ( such as a bird 's nest ) . A phenotype results from the expression of an organism 's genetic code , its genotype , as well as the influence of environmental factors and the interactions between the two . When two or more clearly different phenotypes exist in the same population of a species , the species is called polymorphic . A well-documented polymorphism is Labrador Retriever coloring ; while the coat color depends on many genes , it is clearly seen in the environment as yellow , black and brown . This genotype-phenotype distinction was proposed by Wilhelm Johannsen in 1911 to make clear the difference between an organism 's heredity and what that heredity produces . The distinction is similar to that proposed by August Weismann , who distinguished between germ plasm ( heredity ) and somatic cells ( the body ) . The genotype-phenotype distinction should not be confused with Francis Crick 's central dogma of molecular biology , which is a statement about the directionality of molecular sequential information flowing from DNA to protein , and not the reverse . Richard Dawkins in 1978 and then again in his 1982 book The Extended Phenotype suggested that bird nests and other built structures such as caddis fly larvae cases and beaver dams can be considered as `` extended phenotypes '' .",
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"text": "Branches of science The branches of science ( also referred to as `` sciences '' , `` scientific fields '' , or `` scientific disciplines '' ) are commonly divided into three major groups : Natural sciences : the study of natural phenomena ( including fundamental forces and biological life ) Formal sciences : the study of mathematics and logic , which use an a priori , as opposed to factual , methodology ) Social sciences : the study of human behavior and societies . Natural and social sciences are empirical sciences , meaning that the knowledge must be based on observable phenomena and must be capable of being verified by other researchers working under the same conditions . Natural , social , and formal science make up the fundamental sciences , which form the basis of interdisciplinary and applied sciences such as engineering and medicine . Specialized scientific disciplines that exist in multiple categories may include parts of other scientific disciplines but often possess their own terminologies and expertises .",
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"text": "Science book A science book is a work of nonfiction , usually written by a scientist , researcher , or professor like Stephen Hawking ( A Brief History of Time ) , or sometimes by a non-scientist such as Bill Bryson ( A Short History of Nearly Everything ) . Usually these books are written for a wide audience presumed to have a general education rather than a specifically scientific training , as opposed to the very narrow audience that a scientific paper would have , and are therefore referred to as popular science . As such , they require considerable talent on the part of the author to sufficiently explain difficult topics to people who are totally new to the subject , and a good blend of storytelling and technical writing . In the UK , the Royal Society Prizes for Science Books are considered to be the most prestigious awards for science writing . In the US , the National Book Awards briefly had a category for science writing in the 1960s , but now they just have the broad categories of fiction and nonfiction . There are many disciplines that are well explained to lay people through science books . A few examples include Carl Sagan on astronomy , Jared Diamond on geography , Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins on evolutionary biology , David Eagleman on neuroscience , Donald Norman on usability and cognitive psychology , Steven Pinker , Noam Chomsky , and Robert Ornstein on linguistics and cognitive science , Donald Johanson and Robert Ardrey on paleoanthropology , and Desmond Morris on zoology and anthropology , and Fulvio Melia on black holes .",
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"text": "Human behavioral ecology Human behavioral ecology ( HBE ) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity . HBE examines the adaptive design of traits , behaviors , and life histories of humans in an ecological context . One aim of modern human behavioral ecology is to determine how ecological and social factors influence and shape behavioral flexibility within and between human populations . Among other things , HBE attempts to explain variation in human behavior as adaptive solutions to the competing life-history demands of growth , development , reproduction , parental care , and mate acquisition . HBE overlaps with evolutionary psychology , human or cultural ecology , and decision theory . It is most prominent in disciplines such as anthropology and psychology where human evolution is considered relevant for a holistic understanding of human behavior or in economics where self-interest , methodological individualism , and maximization are key elements in modeling behavior . It has been resisted in fields such as sociology and political science where the findings on human evolution are either ignored or regarded as irrelevant .",
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"text": "Harvard Department of Social Relations The Department of Social Relations for Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies , more commonly known as the `` Department of Social Relations '' was an interdisciplinary collaboration among three of the social science departments at Harvard University ( anthropology , psychology , and sociology ) beginning in 1946 . Originally , the program was headquartered in Emerson Hall at Harvard before moving to William James Hall in 1965 . While the name `` Social Relations '' is often associated with the program 's long-time chair and guiding spirit , sociologist Talcott Parsons , many major figures of mid-20th-century social science also numbered among the program 's faculty , including psychologists Gordon Allport ( personality and motivation ) , Jerome Bruner ( cognitive psychology and narrative analysis ) , Roger Brown ( social psychology and psycholinguistics ) , and Henry Murray ( personality ) ; anthropologists Clyde and Florence Kluckhohn ( value orientations ) , John and Beatrice Whiting ( cross-cultural child development ) , Evon Z. Vogt ( comparative religion ) ; and sociologist Alex Inkeles ( Soviet studies and national character ) . Many of its graduate students also went on to be major figures in U.S. social sciences during the latter part of the twentieth century ; their work tends towards strong interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches . Allport and Boring discussed the origins of the department 's name in the April 1946 issue of the American Psychologist : While -LSB- academic -RSB- departmental lines have remained rigid , there has been developing during the last decade , a synthesis of socio-cultural and psychological sciences which is widely recognized within the academic world in spite of the fact that there is no commonly accepted name to designate the synthesis . We propose that Harvard adopt , and thus help establish , the term Social Relations to characterize the emerging discipline which deals not only with the body of fact and theory traditionally recognized as the subject matter of sociology , but also with that portion of psychological science that treats the individual within the social system , and that portion of anthropological science that is particularly relevant to the social and cultural patterns of literate societies . Social Relations sponsored or collaborated in a number of research studies characterized by explicit cross-cultural comparisons and multidisciplinary approaches to problems of policy or social theory . Major projects included the Six Cultures Study ( headed by John and Beatrice Whiting , an anthropological study of child development in six different cultures , including a New England Baptist community ; a Philippine barrio ; an Okinawan village ; an Indian village in Mexico ; a northern Indian caste group ; and a rural tribal group in Kenya ) ; a multidisciplinary analysis of Soviet culture and society , published in part as How the Soviet System Works ; and the Comparative Study of Values in Five Cultures during the 1950s , which examined five very different communities living in the same region of Texas : Zuni , Navajo , Mormon ( LDS ) , Spanish-American ( Mexican-American ) , and Texas Homesteaders . The curriculum of the Harvard Social Relations had four inter-related components : Sociology ; Social Psychology ; Social Anthropology ; and Personality Theory . The program disaggregated into its component departments around 1972 , though a certain interdisciplinarity remained throughout the 1970s . A similar program at Yale , the Institute for Human Relations , also now disbanded , developed the Human Relations Area Files ( HRAF ) , a cross-cultural database for comparative research , administered by Carol and Melvin Ember .",
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"text": "Natural selection Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype . It is a key mechanism of evolution , the change in heritable traits of a population over time . Charles Darwin popularised the term `` natural selection '' , and compared it with artificial selection . Variation exists within all populations of organisms . This occurs partly because random mutations arise in the genome of an individual organism , and offspring can inherit such mutations . Throughout the lives of the individuals , their genomes interact with their environments to cause variations in traits . The environment of a genome includes the molecular biology in the cell , other cells , other individuals , populations , species , as well as the abiotic environment . Individuals with certain variants of the trait may survive and reproduce more than individuals with other , less successful , variants ; therefore , the population evolves . Factors that affect reproductive success are also important , including sexual selection ( now often included in natural selection ) and fecundity selection . Natural selection acts on the phenotype , or the observable characteristics of an organism , but the genetic ( heritable ) basis of any phenotype that gives a reproductive advantage may become more common in a population . Over time , this process can result in populations that specialise for particular ecological niches ( microevolution ) and may eventually result in speciation ( the emergence of new species , macroevolution ) . In other words , natural selection is a key process in the evolution of a population . Natural selection can be contrasted with artificial selection , in which humans intentionally choose specific traits , whereas in natural selection there is no intentional choice . Natural selection is one of the cornerstones of modern biology . The concept , published by Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in a joint presentation of papers in 1858 , was elaborated in Darwin 's influential 1859 book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection , or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life , which described natural selection as analogous to artificial selection , a process by which animals and plants with traits considered desirable by human breeders are systematically favoured for reproduction . The concept of natural selection originally developed in the absence of a valid theory of heredity ; at the time of Darwin 's writing , science had yet to develop modern theories of genetics . The union of traditional Darwinian evolution with subsequent discoveries in classical genetics formed the modern synthesis of the mid-20th century . The addition of molecular genetics has led to evolutionary developmental biology , which explains evolution at the molecular level . While genotypes can slowly change by random genetic drift , natural selection remains the primary explanation for adaptive evolution .",
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"text": "Social Science History Association The Social Science History Association , formed in 1976 , brings together scholars from numerous disciplines interested in social history . Statement of Purpose : To bring together members of various disciplines ( including economics , sociology , demography , anthropology , and history ) who work with historical materials . Social Science History is a quarterly , peer-reviewed academic journal . It is the official journal of the Social Science History Association . Its articles bring an analytic , theoretical , and often quantitative approach to historical evidence . The journal 's founders intended to `` improve the quality of historical explanation '' with `` theories and methods from the social science disciplines '' and to make generalizations across historical cases . The first issue came out in the fall of 1976 . The journal 's articles that are most-accessed and cited through JSTOR are about social and political movements and associated narratives . The `` Social Science History Association '' was formed in 1976 as an interdisciplinary group with a journal Social Science History and an annual convention . The goal was to incorporate in historical studies perspectives from all the social sciences , especially political science , sociology and economics . The pioneers shared a commitment to quantification . However , by the 1980s the first blush of quantification had worn off , as critics complained that quantification undervalued the role of contingency , and warned against a naive positivism . Meanwhile quantification became well-established inside economics , in the field of cliometrics , as well as in political science . In history , quantification remained central to demographic studies , but slipped behind in political and social history .",
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"text": "Social Psychological and Personality Science Social Psychological and Personality Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in social and personality psychology . Its editor-in-chief is Simine Vazire ( University of California , Davis ) . It was established in 2010 and is published by Sage Publications . The journal is jointly owned by four different societies : the Association for Research in Personality , European Association of Social Psychology , Society of Experimental Social Psychology , and Society for Personality and Social Psychology .",
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"text": "Natural landscape A natural landscape is the original landscape that exists before it is acted upon by human culture . `` The area prior to the introduction of man 's activity is represented by one body of morphologic facts . The forms that man has introduced are another set . We may call the former , with reference to man , the original , natural landscape . In its entirety it no longer exists in many parts of the world , but its reconstruction and understanding are the first part of formal morphonology . '' Carl O. Sauer , `` The Morphology of Landscape '' . University of California Publications in Geography , vol . 2 , No. 2 , 12 October 1925 , p. 37 . The natural landscape and the cultural landscape are separate parts of the landscape . `` The cultural landscape is fashioned from a natural landscape by a culture group . Culture is the agent , the natural area is the medium , the cultural landscape the result . '' Carl O. Sauer , `` The Morphology of Landscape '' , p. 46 . However , in the twenty-first century landscapes that are totally untouched by human activity no longer exist , so that reference is sometimes now made to degrees of naturalness within a landscape.The European Environment Agency 's planned forest naturalness index is an example of an attempt to define one type of natural landscape in Europe . The Agency lists forests in three categories : ( 1 ) Plantations ; ( 2 ) Semi-natural ; and ( 3 ) Naturally dynamic . The latter are `` forests whose structure , composition and function have been shaped by natural dynamics without substantial anthropogenic influence over a long period of time '' . In Silent Spring ( 1962 ) Rachel Carson describes a roadside verge as it used to look : `` Along the roads , laurel , viburnum and alder , great ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler 's eye through much of the year '' and then how it looks now following the use of herbicides : `` The roadsides , once so attractive , were now lined with browned and withered vegetation as though swept by fire '' . Even though the landscape before it is sprayed is biologically degraded , and may well contains alien species , the concept of what might constitute a natural landscape can still be deduced from the context . The phrase `` natural landscape '' was first used in connection with landscape painting , and landscape gardening , to contrast a formal style with a more natural one , closer to nature . Alexander von Humboldt ( 1769 -- 1859 ) was to further conceptualize this into the idea of a natural landscape separate from the cultural landscape . Then in 1908 geographer Otto Schlüter developed the terms original landscape ( Urlandschaft ) and its opposite cultural landscape ( Kulturlandschaft ) in an attempt to give the science of geography a subject matter that was different from the other sciences . An early use of the actual phrase `` natural landscape '' by a geographer can be found in Carl O. Sauer 's paper `` The Morphology of Landscape '' ( 1925 ) .",
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"text": "Environmental science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical , biological and information sciences ( including ecology , biology , physics , chemistry , zoology , mineralogy , oceanology , limnology , soil science , geology , atmospheric science , and geodesy ) to the study of the environment , and the solution of environmental problems . Environmental science emerged from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment . Today it provides an integrated , quantitative , and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental systems . Related areas of study include environmental studies and environmental engineering . Environmental studies incorporates more of the social sciences for understanding human relationships , perceptions and policies towards the environment . Environmental engineering focuses on design and technology for improving environmental quality in every aspect . Environmental scientists work on subjects like the understanding of earth processes , evaluating alternative energy systems , pollution control and mitigation , natural resource management , and the effects of global climate change . Environmental issues almost always include an interaction of physical , chemical , and biological processes . Environmental scientists bring a systems approach to the analysis of environmental problems . Key elements of an effective environmental scientist include the ability to relate space , and time relationships as well as quantitative analysis . Environmental science came alive as a substantive , active field of scientific investigation in the 1960s and 1970s driven by ( a ) the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to analyze complex environmental problems , ( b ) the arrival of substantive environmental laws requiring specific environmental protocols of investigation and ( c ) the growing public awareness of a need for action in addressing environmental problems . Events that spurred this development included the publication of Rachel Carson 's landmark environmental book Silent Spring along with major environmental issues becoming very public , such as the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill , and the Cuyahoga River of Cleveland , Ohio , `` catching fire '' ( also in 1969 ) , and helped increase the visibility of environmental issues and create this new field of study .",
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"text": "Health psychology Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health , illness , and healthcare . It is concerned with understanding how psychological , behavioral , and cultural factors contribute to physical health and illness . Psychological factors can affect health directly . For example , chronically occurring environmental stressors affecting the hypothalamic -- pituitary -- adrenal axis , cumulatively , can harm health . Behavioral factors can also affect a person 's health . For example , certain behaviors can , over time , harm ( smoking , excessive alcohol consumption ) or enhance health ( exercise , diet low in saturated fat ) . Health psychologists take a biopsychosocial approach . In other words , health psychologists understand health to be the product not only of biological processes ( e.g. , a virus , tumor , etc. ) but also of psychological ( e.g. , thoughts and beliefs ) , behavioral ( e.g. , habits ) , and social processes ( e.g. , socioeconomic status and ethnicity ) . By understanding psychological factors that influence health , and constructively applying that knowledge , health psychologists can improve health by working directly with individual patients or indirectly in large-scale public health programs . In addition , health psychologists can help train other healthcare professionals ( e.g. , physicians and nurses ) to take advantage of the knowledge the discipline has generated , when treating patients . Health psychologists work in a variety of settings : alongside other medical professionals in hospitals and clinics , in public health departments working on large-scale behavior change and health promotion programs , and in universities and medical schools where they teach and conduct research . Although its early beginnings can be traced to the field of clinical psychology , four different divisions within health psychology and one related field , occupational health psychology ( OHP ) , have developed over time . The four divisions include clinical health psychology , public health psychology , community health psychology , and critical health psychology . Professional organizations for the field of health psychology include Division 38 of the American Psychological Association ( APA ) , the Division of Health Psychology of the British Psychological Society ( BPS ) , and the European Health Psychology Society . Advanced credentialing in the US as a clinical health psychologist is provided through the American Board of Professional Psychology .",
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"text": "Phenomenology (philosophy) Phenomenology ( from Greek phainómenon `` that which appears '' and lógos `` study '' ) is the philosophical study of the structures of experience and consciousness . As a philosophical movement it was founded in the early years of the 20th century by Edmund Husserl and was later expanded upon by a circle of his followers at the universities of Göttingen and Munich in Germany . It then spread to France , the United States , and elsewhere , often in contexts far removed from Husserl 's early work . Phenomenology should not be considered as a unitary movement ; rather , different authors share a common family resemblance but also with many significant differences . Accordingly : A unique and final definition of phenomenology is dangerous and perhaps even paradoxical as it lacks a thematic focus . In fact , it is not a doctrine , nor a philosophical school , but rather a style of thought , a method , an open and ever-renewed experience having different results , and this may disorient anyone wishing to define the meaning of phenomenology.Phenomenology , in Husserl 's conception , is primarily concerned with the systematic reflection on and study of the structures of consciousness and the phenomena that appear in acts of consciousness . Phenomenology can be clearly differentiated from the Cartesian method of analysis which sees the world as objects , sets of objects , and objects acting and reacting upon one another . Husserl 's conception of phenomenology has been criticized and developed not only by himself but also by students , such as Edith Stein and Roman Ingarden , by hermeneutic philosophers , such as Martin Heidegger , by existentialists , such as Nicolai Hartmann , Gabriel Marcel , Maurice Merleau-Ponty , Jean-Paul Sartre , and by other philosophers , such as Max Scheler , Paul Ricoeur , Jean-Luc Marion , Michel Henry , Emmanuel Levinas , Jacques Derrida , and sociologists Alfred Schütz and Eric Voegelin .",
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"text": "Scientific theory A scientific theory is an explanation of some aspect of the natural world that can , in accordance with the scientific method , be repeatedly tested , using a predefined protocol of observations and experiments . Established scientific theories have withstood rigorous scrutiny and are a comprehensive form of scientific knowledge . It is important to note that the definition of a `` scientific theory '' ( often ambiguously contracted to `` theory '' for the sake of brevity , including in this page ) as used in the disciplines of science is significantly different from the common vernacular usage of the word `` theory '' . Per NAS 2008 : `` The formal scientific definition of theory is quite different from the everyday meaning of the word . It refers to a comprehensive explanation of some aspect of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence . '' In everyday non-scientific speech , `` theory '' can imply that something is an unsubstantiated and speculative guess , conjecture , idea , or , hypothesis ; such a usage is the opposite of the word `` theory '' in science . These different usages are comparable to the differing , and often opposing , usages of the term `` prediction '' in science versus `` prediction '' in vernacular speech , denoting a mere hope . The strength of a scientific theory is related to the diversity of phenomena it can explain . As additional scientific evidence is gathered , a scientific theory may be rejected or modified if it does not fit the new empirical findings ; in such circumstances , a more accurate theory is then desired . In certain cases , the less-accurate unmodified scientific theory can still be treated as a theory if it is useful ( due to its sheer simplicity ) as an approximation under specific conditions ( e.g. , Newton 's laws of motion as an approximation to special relativity at velocities that are small relative to the speed of light ) . Scientific theories are testable and make falsifiable predictions . They describe the causal elements responsible for a particular natural phenomenon , and are used to explain and predict aspects of the physical universe or specific areas of inquiry ( e.g. , electricity , chemistry , astronomy ) . Scientists use theories as a foundation to gain further scientific knowledge , as well as to accomplish goals such as inventing technology or curing disease . As with other forms of scientific knowledge , scientific theories are both deductive and inductive in nature and aim for predictive power and explanatory capability . Paleontologist , evolutionary biologist , and science historian Stephen Jay Gould said , `` ... facts and theories are different things , not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty . Facts are the world ′ s data . Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts . ''",
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"text": "Kiefer Sutherland Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland ( born 21 December 1966 ) is a British born Canadian actor , producer , director , and singer-songwriter . One of his better-known roles was Jack Bauer on the Fox drama series 24 ( 2001 -- 2010 ) , for which he earned an Emmy Award , a Golden Globe Award , two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Satellite Awards . He has also starred as Martin Bohm in the Fox drama Touch , and provided the facial motion capture and English voices for Big Boss and Venom Snake in the video games Metal Gear Solid V : Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain . He currently stars as President Tom Kirkman in the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor . Sutherland got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama The Bay Boy ( 1984 ) , which earned him a Genie Award nomination . Since that time he has had a successful movie career , starring in films like Stand by Me ( 1986 ) , The Lost Boys ( 1987 ) , Young Guns ( 1988 ) , Flatliners ( 1990 ) , A Few Good Men ( 1992 ) , The Three Musketeers ( 1993 ) , A Time to Kill ( 1996 ) , Dark City ( 1998 ) , Phone Booth ( 2002 ) , Melancholia ( 2011 ) , Pompeii ( 2014 ) and Forsaken ( 2016 ) . Sutherland has been inducted to Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canada 's Walk of Fame , and further has been bestowed with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Zurich Film Festival .",
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"text": "Marvel Productions Marvel Productions Ltd. , later known as New World Animation Ltd. , was the television and film studio subsidiary of the Marvel Entertainment Group , based in Hollywood , Los Angeles , California . It later became a subsidiary of New World Entertainment and eventually of News Corporation ( Fox Entertainment Group ) . Marvel Productions produced animated television series , motion pictures , and television specials such as Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends , The Incredible Hulk , My Little Pony : The Movie , The Transformers : The Movie , and G.I. Joe : The Movie as well as the Transformers and G.I. Joe : A Real American Hero television series . Most of Marvel Productions ' back catalog ( mostly non-Hasbro related productions ) is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company .",
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"text": "Golden Boot Awards The Golden Boot Awards is an American acknowledgment of achievement honoring actors , actresses , and crew members who have made significant contributions to the genre of Western television and movies . The award is sponsored and presented by the Motion Picture & Television Fund . Money raised at the award banquet is used to help finance various services offered by the Fund to those in the entertainment industry . Actor Pat Buttram conceived the idea of the Golden Boot Award , and the first ones were presented in 1983 . The awards appear to have been discontinued since 2007 .",
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"text": "Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film . The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .",
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"text": "Scream Awards The Scream Awards were an award show dedicated to the horror , sci-fi , and fantasy genres of feature films . Originally only having Scream Queen and Heroic Performance awards for actors , the personnel awards have expanded to include actors and actresses of all three recognized genres . In addition , comic books awards were also given and have been recently expanded . It is broadcast on Spike TV and has been branded in the past as the Spike TV Scream Awards . Subsequently , the show was relabeled simply Scream with the respective year , i.e. Scream 2009 . The show was created by executive producers Michael Levitt , Cindy Levitt , and Casey Patterson . The Scream Awards ceremonies were cancelled following the 2011 Scream Awards .",
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"text": "Mandeville Films Mandeville Films is an American independent film production company headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios . Founded in 1995 by film producer David Hoberman , the company re-formed as Mandeville Films and Television in 2002 after a short hiatus , with Hoberman and Todd Lieberman as partners and co-owners .",
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"text": "Grant Heslov Grant Heslov ( born May 15 , 1963 ) is an American actor , film producer , screenwriter and director , known for his producing and writing collaborations with George Clooney , which have earned him three Academy Award nominations . As a co-producer of Argo ( 2012 ) , he received the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2013 . As an actor , he has appeared in films including True Lies ( 1994 ) , Black Sheep ( 1996 ) , Enemy of the State ( 1998 ) and The Scorpion King ( 2002 ) , as well as performing supporting roles in several films made with Clooney .",
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"text": "Paul Sutherland Paul Sutherland is the name of : Paul Sutherland ( TV producer ) ( 1930 -- 2004 ) , Canadian television producer Paul Sutherland ( politician ) ( born c. 1955 ) , Canadian politician Paul Sutherland ( dancer ) ( born 1935 ) The Joffrey Ballet and The Harkness Ballet , sole repétiteur authorized to teach Agnes deMille 's Rodeo ( ballet )",
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"text": "Sandy Stern Sandy Stern is an American film producer , best known for his work on the films Pump Up the Volume ( 1990 ) , Being John Malkovich ( 1999 ) and Saved ! ( 2004 ) .",
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"text": "Kevin Kearney Kevin Kearney ( born August 22 , 1936 in Campsie , New South Wales ) is an Australian analogue location sound recordist , film producer , director , actor and digital producer , director and editor .",
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"text": "Producers Guild of America Awards 2007 19th PGA Awards 2 February 2008 Best Producer - Motion Picture : No Country for Old Men Best Producer - Animated Feature : Ratatouille The 19th Producers Guild of America Awards was given on 2 February 2008 , honouring the best film and television producers of 2007 .",
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"text": "Producers Guild of America Award The Producers Guild of America Award was originally established in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America as the Golden Laurel Awards , created by PGA Treasurer Joel Freeman with the support of Guild President Leonard Stern , in order to honor the visionaries who produce and execute motion picture and television product . The ceremony has been hosted each year by celebrity host/presenters , including Nick Clooney , Michael Douglas , Robert Guillaume , James Earl Jones , Jack Lemmon , Shirley MacLaine , Garry Marshall , Walter Matthau , Ronald Reagan , Marlo Thomas , Grant Tinker , and Ted Turner , among others .",
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"text": "Rossif Sutherland Rossif Sutherland ( born September 25 , 1978 ) is a Canadian actor .",
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"text": "BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards , representing the best films of 1947 , but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source . It is possible for films from any country to be nominated , although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and ( since 1983 ) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language . As such , there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories . There has been one tie for the Best Film award when , in 1962 , Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source . Until 1981 , the award was given to the director , except in 1976 and 1977 , when it was given to the producers . From 1981 to 1985 , it was given solely to the producers , and then in 1986 , it was shared between the Director and Producer . In 1998 , it was once again given to only the producers . In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .",
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"text": "To End All Wars To End All Wars is a 2001 war film starring Robert Carlyle , Kiefer Sutherland and Sakae Kimura and directed by David L. Cunningham .",
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"text": "Karen Johnson (producer) Karen Johnson is an American television soap opera director , producer , writer and editor .",
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"text": "FenceSitter Films FenceSitter Films is a film production and television production company founded by Kyle Schickner an American film producer , writer , director , actor and a bisexual civil rights activist , devoted to creating entertainment for women , and sexual and ethnic minorities .",
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"text": "Jeb Rand Jeb Rand ( born October 22 , 1965 ) is an American live show writer , producer and director . He specializes in creating , developing and producing original theatrical ice shows , extreme sports productions , and branded content special events around the world . Rand is the president and executive producer of Rand Enterprises And Productions , Inc. , a Las Vegas , Nevada based production company .",
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"text": "Line producer A line producer is a type of film producer who is the key manager during daily operations of a feature film , television film , or an episode of a TV program . A line producer works on one film at a time . They are responsible for human resources and handling any problems that come up during production .",
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"text": "Carolyn Pfeiffer Carolyn Pfeiffer is an American film producer .",
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"text": "Orion Pictures Orion Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture producer and distributor that produced and released films from 1978 until 1999 , and was also involved in television production and syndication throughout the 1980s until the early 1990s . It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists . Although it was never a large motion picture producer , Orion achieved a comparatively high reputation for Hollywood quality . Woody Allen , James Cameron , Jonathan Demme , Oliver Stone , and several other prominent directors worked with Orion during its most successful years from 1978 to 1992 . Of the films distributed by Orion , four won Academy Awards for Best Picture : Amadeus ( 1984 ) , Platoon ( 1986 ) , Dances with Wolves ( 1990 ) , and The Silence of the Lambs ( 1991 ) . Two other Orion films , Hannah and Her Sisters ( 1986 ) and Mississippi Burning ( 1988 ) , were nominated for that same category . In 2013 , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer revived the Orion name for television ; a year later Orion Pictures was quietly relaunched by the studio .",
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"text": "The Ren & Stimpy Show The Ren & Stimpy Show , often simply called Ren & Stimpy , is an American children 's / adult animated television series created by John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon . The series follows the adventures of title characters Ren , an emotionally unstable chihuahua , and Stimpy , a good-natured , dimwitted cat . It premiered on August 11 , 1991 as one of the original three Nicktoons , along with Rugrats and Doug . Throughout its run , the show was controversial for its off-color humor , sexual innuendo , dark humor , adult jokes , and violence , similar to Rocko 's Modern Life . This controversy contributed to the production staff 's altercations with Nickelodeon 's Standards and Practices department . The show ended on December 16 , 1995 , with a total of five seasons and 52 episodes . Ren & Stimpy received mixed to very positive reviews during its original run then later widespread critical acclaim after its run , and has developed a cult following . The series is often cited as paving the way for animated shows like Beavis and Butt-Head and South Park . A spin-off for adult audiences , Ren & Stimpy `` Adult Party Cartoon '' , aired in 2003 on Spike , but was cancelled soon after its debut .",
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"text": "It Hits the Fan `` It Hits the Fan '' is the first episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series South Park , and the 66th episode of the series overall . It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on June 20 , 2001 . In the episode , the word `` shit '' is said uncensored on television on the crime show Cop Drama . After this , everyone starts saying `` shit '' over and over , which eventually brings over a mysterious plague that unleashes the ancient Knights of Standards and Practices , and only Chef and the boys can save the world . The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and is rated TV-MA-LV in the United States . Throughout the episode , the profanity `` shit '' or `` shitty '' are exclaimed uncensored a total of 162 separate times ; in syndicated or re-aired versions of this episode , a counter in the bottom left corner of the screen counts the number of times the word has been uttered . The written occurrences are not counted , but `` shit '' is written 38 times , which puts the `` shit `` s up to an even 200 . `` Shit '' is uttered roughly once every eight seconds ; one such count includes the episode 's theme song in the calculation .",
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"text": "The Looney Tunes Show The Looney Tunes Show is an American animated sitcom that ran from May 3 , 2011 , through August 31 , 2014 , on Cartoon Network . The show consist of two series , each containing 26 episodes , and features characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical cartoons updated for the 21st century . It is produced by Warner Bros. . Animation . On July 29 , 2014 , producer Tony Cervone confirmed that the series would not be renewed for a third season in light of Wabbit . Looney Tunes : Rabbits Run is an animated direct-to-video spin-off film released on August 4 , 2015 .",
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"text": "The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series , a.k.a. . The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series or The Wally Gator Show , was a syndicated television package of animated cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions , starting in 1962 . The series included three unrelated short cartoon segments featuring funny animal characters : Wally Gator Touché Turtle and Dum Dum Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har The package consisted of Fifty-two episodes , each with three individual segments and no bridge animation . Each individual cartoon segment , had its own opening theme and closing title . The title The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon series was an off-screen promotional title to distinguish this package from other Hanna-Barbera cartoons ( such as Ruff and Reddy , Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear all of which had bridge animation between the cartoons . ) available at the time . For example , WGN-Channel 9 in Chicago ran the three segments in a half-hour timeslot under the name Wally Gator . In New York , WPIX-TV originally used the segments for a local series , Cartoon Zoo , featuring Milt Moss as host and `` Zookeeper '' , with life-sized cutouts of the characters in `` cages '' as a backdrop . The package was originally syndicated by Screen Gems , the TV division of Columbia Pictures . The Hanna-Barbera studio was later purchased by Taft Broadcasting Company , which distributed the studio 's product first through Taft-HB Program Sales , and later through Worldvision Enterprises . Over time , the studio regained control of many of its earlier productions and distributed them through Worldvision . The elements of The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series were split up , with Wally Gator airing as a segment on Magilla Gorilla and Friends on USA Network 's Cartoon Express from 1987 through 1991 . Meanwhile , Touche Turtle and Lippy the Lion were part of another package of cartoons aired on The Family Channel . Following the purchase of the Hanna-Barbera library by Turner Entertainment , these shorts eventually appeared on Cartoon Network and later Boomerang . The cartoons were put on DVD with Saturday Morning Cartoons : Vol . 2 . Strangely , the Lippy the Lion cartoon was of noticeably better quality than the other two on the DVD . Very likely due to the cartoon coming from a better quality film print then the others .",
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"text": "The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show is an American animated television program produced by Filmation for MGM Television in 1980 , on CBS for Saturday mornings . The show lasted two seasons ( with season two consisting of reruns ) and the individual episodes were eventually added to syndicated Tom and Jerry packages , and also occasionally appeared on Cartoon Network and Boomerang , as well as , in 2013 , airing on UK satellite channel Pop . Most voices were done by Frank Welker ( mainly Tom and Jerry ) and Filmation head Lou Scheimer provided the voice of Nibbles ( erroneously giving him an adult voice ) .",
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"text": "Philip Morris Playhouse Philip Morris Playhouse is a 30-minute old-time radio dramatic anthology series . The program '' -LSB- g -RSB- enerally ... featured straight and crime drama , '' radio historian John Dunning wrote . He noted that one of the directors was William Spier , who `` had directed Suspense in its salad days and brought to The Philip Morris Playhouse the same slick production '' that was used in Suspense . Philip Morris Playhouse was broadcast on CBS June 30 , 1939 -- February 18 , 1944 , then returned to the air ( again on CBS ) November 5 , 1948 -- July 29 , 1949 . The 1948 edition replaced a giveaway show , Everybody Wins . Its third and final incarnation on radio was a bit more complicated , as explained on The Digital Deli Too website : The emerging popularity of between three and five other popular playhouse formats of the early 1950s persuaded Philip Morris to resurrect its Philip Morris Playhouse a third time as Phillip Morris Playhouse On Broadway , beginning with its initial CBS run on March 15 , 1951 . Emphasizing Broadway productions , the subsequent series ran over CBS for twenty-six installments , only to jump to NBC on September 11 , 1951 . The series ran on NBC for the remainder of 1951 , jumping back to CBS on January 13 , 1952 . CBS aired the remainder of the canon through September 2 , 1953 . In 1951 , a trade publication reported that the program 's annual budget was $ 1 million .",
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"text": "30-Second Bunnies Theatre 30-Second Bunnies Theatre is a Flash cartoon series featuring films re-enacted by anthropomorphic animated bunnies in 30 seconds . The series is produced by Angry Alien Productions , the one-woman company of creator Jennifer Shiman . The series debuted in 2004 , when Shiman sought to create a humorous web series . She unveiled a version of The Exorcist , re-enacted by animated bunnies in 30 seconds . It received an overwhelmingly positive response online from a global audience , prompting Shiman to create more re-enactments . In 2005 , the `` bunny troupe '' was commissioned by Starz ! to make new shorts . Each Starz-commissioned re-enactment premiered on Starz on Demand before moving online . The series take on Star Wars was featured on CNN on April 16 , 2006 . Angry Alien Productions released a selection of the shorts on DVD on October 20 , 2009 . Previously , the Titanic short was included on that film 's 4-Disc Special Collector 's Edition DVD , released in 2005 . In 2007 , Crackle became a distributing partner . In 2008 , the site won two Webby Awards for Online Film and Video/Animation , as well as the People 's Voice award in that category . On June 13 , 2010 , Shiman announced on the 30-Second Bunnies Theatre Website that , after six years and 68 shorts , she was placing the series on hiatus to move on to other pursuits . The final short at the time was a re-enactment of the film Evil Dead II . As of October 2011 , Shiman completed three more re-enactments : Alfred Hitchcock 's The Birds , Freaks ( 1932 ) and Michael Dougherty 's Trick ' r Treat . Shiman teamed up with FEARnet in 2012 to make more horror movie shorts . The first season of shorts is complete , and the second season is in production as of September 16 , 2013 . In mid-March 2014 , Angry Alien Productions ventured into new bunny territory by re-enacting the life of Kevin Spacey ( with bunny voices by Kevin Spacey himself ) to celebrate the launch of his new website . In Spring 2015 the staff of Angry Alien Productions informed that they would indefinitely stop making re-enactments after Blade Runner .",
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"text": "PB&J Otter PB&J Otter is an American animated children 's television series which premiered on Playhouse Disney on March 15 , 1998 . A total of 65 episodes were produced during the course of its three season run , with the `` farewell '' episode airing on September 24 , 2000 ( although a Halloween episode was the last aired episode , on October 15 , 2000 ) . The series centered on the Otter family who lived in the rural fishing community of Lake Hoohaw . Most stories revolved around the Otter kids : older brother Peanut , younger sister Jelly and diapered baby Butter ( named after the peanut butter and jelly sandwich ) , as well as their friends and neighbors . Supporting characters included gossipy Cranes , overly hygienic raccoons , a junk-collecting mayor and some very wealthy poodles . The show was created by Jim Jinkins and executive-produced by David Campbell in close conjunction with Harvard University 's Cognitive Skills Group , `` Project Zero '' . The Group 's job was to monitor each and make sure the material had a positive educational message . This show features songs by Dan Sawyer and Fred Newman . PB&J Otter was nominated for an Annie Award for outstanding music in an animated show in 2000 . The show aired in reruns on Playhouse Disney from 2001-2005 and on Disney Junior from 2012-2013 .",
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"text": "Sesame Street research In 1969 , the children 's television show Sesame Street premiered on the National Educational Television network ( later succeeded by PBS ) in the United States . Unlike earlier children 's programming , the show 's producers used research and over 1,000 studies and experiments to create the show and test its impact on its young viewers ' learning . By the end of the program 's first season , the organization founded to oversee Sesame Street production , Children 's Television Workshop ( CTW ) , had developed what came to be called `` the CTW model '' : a system of planning , production , and evaluation that combined the expertise of researchers and early childhood educators with that of the program 's writers , producers , and directors . CTW conducted research in two ways : in-house formative research that informed and improved production , and independent summative evaluations conducted by the Educational Testing Service ( ETS ) during the show 's first two seasons to measure the program 's educational effectiveness . CTW researchers invented tools to measure young viewers ' attention to the program . Based on these findings , the researchers compiled a body of data and the producers changed the show accordingly . The formative research on Sesame Street was the first time children 's television viewing was studied scientifically . Summative research conducted over the years , including two landmark evaluations in 1970 and 1971 , demonstrated that viewing the program had positive effects on young viewers ' learning , school readiness , and social skills . Subsequent studies have replicated these findings , such as the effect of the show in countries outside of the US , several longitudinal studies , the effects of war and natural disasters on young children , and studies about how the show affected viewers ' cognition . As CTW researcher Gerald S. Lesser stated in 1974 , early tests conducted on the show ( both formative and summative ) `` suggested that Sesame Street was making strides towards teaching what it had set out to teach '' .",
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"text": "Toon-Us-In Toon-Us-In is a Korean animation studio that has animated episodes of The Ren and Stimpy Show , Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys , Watership Down : Home on the Down , some Peanuts specials , and Love Story of Juliet . In addition , they animated the main titles for Hey Arnold ! .",
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"text": "Super Milk Chan is an anime comedy directed by Hideyuki Tanaka and produced by Genco , Suplex , framegraphics and Geneon Entertainment for the 24-hour channel Animax . The show pre-began as 14 eight-minute segment episodes which aired on Fuji Television 's Flyer TV block from June 18 , 1998 to September 24 , 1998 from 24:45 to 24:55 , with the animation being produced by Tokyo Kids . The full-length show , entitled , ran for 12 twenty-four-minute episodes which aired on WOWOW 's Space Shower TV block from January 27 , 2000 to April 13 , 2000 at 19:00 and then 18:00 . In Canada , 14 episodes of Super Milk Chan aired on Teletoon in 1998 . The North American DVD release by A.D. Vision features two different English-dubbed versions : a straight translation of the Japanese version ( which aired on Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim block on October 31 , 2004 with the original vintage episodes before making its official series premiere a week later ) and an Americanized version with western pop culture references and short live-action skits featuring ADV voice cast members .",
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"text": "The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show is an American animated web television series that is produced by DreamWorks Animation and Jay Ward Productions . The series is based on the 1960s segments , called `` Peabody 's Improbable History '' , that aired as part of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show , and the 2014 film , Mr. Peabody & Sherman , which was also produced by DreamWorks Animation . The series premiered on October 9 , 2015 , on Netflix . The second season was released on March 18 , 2016 . The third season was released on October 21 , 2016 . The fourth season was released on April 21 , 2017 . The series is digitally hand-drawn , with the Vancouver-based DHX Media providing the animation . Mr. Peabody is voiced by Chris Parnell , while Max Charles reprises his role as Sherman from the film . According to The Animation Guild , I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 , 78 episodes of the television series have been ordered .",
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"text": "The Beatles (TV series) The Beatles is an American animated television series featuring representations of the popular English rock band of the same name . It ran from 1965 to 1969 on ABC in the U.S. ( only 1965 to 1967 was first run ; later transmissions were reruns ) . The series debuted on September 25 , 1965 and ended on September 7 , 1969 . A total of 39 episodes were produced . The series was shown on Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM EST until the 1967 third season when it was moved to 12:00 PM EST. . For the fourth season , which consisted of reruns , the series was shown at 9:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings . Each episode has a name of a Beatles song , so the story is based on its lyrics and it is also played at some time in the episode . The original series was rebroadcast in syndication by MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on the Disney Channel beginning in 1989 on Fridays at 5 PM . The series was a historical milestone as the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real , living people .",
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"text": "It's About Time! (Phineas and Ferb) `` It 's About Time ! '' is the twenty-first broadcast episode of the animated television series Phineas and Ferbs first season . It originally aired on Disney Channel on March 1 , 2008 . The episode concerns stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb fixing a time machine on display in a museum and using it to travel back to prehistoric times . Meanwhile , Perry the Platypus deals with being replaced with a panda bear as the nemesis of the mad scientist Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz . `` It 's About Time ! '' was written and directed by series co-creators Dan Povenmire , and storyboards were constructed by multiple artists in the show 's production staff . The writers purposely left the time machine available to the boys at the end of the episode in order to reuse it later in the series , which they did in the season 2 episode `` Phineas and Ferb 's Quantum Boogaloo . '' Critical reception was generally positive , and multiple reviewers applauded Perry and Doofenshmirtz 's relationship in the episode , which they noted was portrayed with possible homosexual subtext .",
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"text": "The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company . The series is a satirical depiction of working-class life epitomized by the Simpson family , which consists of Homer , Marge , Bart , Lisa , and Maggie . The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture , society , television , and the human condition . The family was conceived by Groening shortly before a solicitation for a series of animated shorts with producer James L. Brooks . Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family , substituting Bart for his own name . The shorts became a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19 , 1987 . After a three-season run , the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show and became an early hit for Fox , becoming the network 's first series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season ( 1989 -- 90 ) . Since its debut on December 17 , 1989 , episodes of The Simpsons have been broadcast . Its 28th season began on September 25 , 2016 . It is the longest-running American sitcom and the longest-running American animated program , and , in 2009 , it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running American scripted primetime television series . The Simpsons Movie , a feature-length film , was released in theaters worldwide on July 27 , 2007 , and grossed over $ 527 million . On November 4 , 2016 , the series was renewed for a twenty-ninth and thirtieth season of 22 episodes each , extending the show to 2019 . The Simpsons received widespread critical acclaim throughout its first nine seasons , which are generally considered its `` Golden Age '' . Time named it the 20th century 's best television series , and Erik Adams of The A.V. Club named it `` television 's crowning achievement regardless of format '' . On January 14 , 2000 , the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . It has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a series , including 31 Primetime Emmy Awards , 30 Annie Awards , and a Peabody Award . Homer 's exclamatory catchphrase `` D'oh ! '' has been adopted into the English language , while The Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms . Despite this , the show has also been criticized for what many perceive as a decline in quality over the years .",
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"text": "You're Getting Old `` You 're Getting Old '' is the seventh episode and the mid-season finale of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series South Park , and the 216th episode of the series overall . It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on June 8 , 2011 . In the episode , Stan begins to develop a profound sense of cynicism after celebrating his tenth birthday , where he is literally seeing everything as `` crap '' . Meanwhile , Randy latches onto a new music genre , `` tween wave , '' in an attempt to fit in , which causes problems in his marriage with Sharon . The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker and was produced at the end of the show 's `` spring '' run . He and co-creator Matt Stone had created the idea of Stan 's existential crisis as a parallel with their own real-life aging . `` You 're Getting Old '' ends abruptly ; Stan 's parents separate and his problem remains unresolved . The conclusion was inspired by modern television dramas , which are often serialized and are less likely to have the standard `` happy ending . '' The episode created significant media attention , and was interpreted by some critics as a metaphor for the frustration experienced by creators Parker and Stone stemming from the show 's continued production ; other critics , and several viewers , speculated on whether the episode was meant as a series finale . The episode received very positive reviews from contemporary television critics , who praised the episode 's ending and overarching theme on growing older . According to Nielsen Media Research , the episode was seen by 2.29 million viewers the week it was broadcast . The episode 's ending is continued in the mid-season premiere , `` Ass Burgers '' , which aired in October 2011 . `` You 're Getting Old '' was released on DVD and Blu-ray along with the rest of the fifteenth season on March 27 , 2012 .",
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"text": "DJ & the Fro DJ & the Fro is an animated series that aired on MTV . The show focuses on two co-workers , DJ and The Fro , who work at the fictitious company Oppercon Industries . They rarely do work , and instead look for funny videos on the Internet , which they comment on ( similar to Beavis and Butthead with music videos ) . Within weeks of its debut , DJ & the Fro was moved from its 5:00 pm ( est ) time slot to 12:30 am ( est ) time slot due to the Parents Television Council deeming it `` too racy for daytime t.v. ''",
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"text": "The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981 ; it was shown right after Super Friends on the ABC Network . It featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man . The show features many adventures in different segments : Plastic Man , Baby Plas , Plastic Family , Mighty Man and Yukk , Fangface and Fangpuss , and Rickety Rocket . The show was repackaged by Arlington Television into 130 half-hour episodes , and released into national , first-run-off-network daily syndication in 1984 . The Plastic Man Comedy Show was produced and directed by Steve Whiting and featured a live-action `` Plastic Man '' , played by Taylor Marks .",
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"text": "Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears Disney 's Adventures of the Gummi Bears is a Disney animated television series that first aired in the United States from 1985 to 1991 . The series was the first animated production by Walt Disney Animation Television , and loosely inspired by the gummy bear candies ; Disney CEO Michael Eisner was struck with inspiration for the show when his son requested the candies one day . The series premiered on NBC on September 14 , 1985 , and aired there for four seasons . The series moved to ABC for one season from 1989 to 1990 ( airing alongside The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as the Gummi Bears-Winnie the Pooh Hour ) , and concluded on September 6 , 1991 as part of the Disney Afternoon television syndication package . Of the series ' 65 shows , 30 were double-features , consisting of two 11-minute cartoons , thereby bringing the series total to 94 distinct episodes overall . The show is well-remembered for its theme music , written by Michael and Patty Silversher and creation of `` gummiberry juice '' which was a type of magic potion , granting abilities , which allowed them to bounce away from their hunters . The theme was memorably performed by Joseph Williams , son of composer John Williams and one-time lead singer of Toto . The series was later rebroadcast on the syndicated Disney Afternoon block , and rerun on the Disney Afternoon through the summer of 1991 . In later years , it was shown on The Disney Channel ( from October 7 , 1991 to at least January 1997 ) , and later on Toon Disney , with its most recent televised airing occurring on December 28 , 2001 . Seasons 1 to 3 of the series were released on DVD on November 14 , 2006 featuring commentary from producers Eric Wong and Daniel Weinstein .",
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"text": "The Tomfoolery Show The Tomfoolery Show is an American cartoon comedy television series made and first broadcast in 1970 , based on the works of Edward Lear . The animation was done at the Halas and Batchelor Studios in London and Stroud . Though the works of other writers were also used , notably Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash , Lear 's works were the main source , and characters like the Yongy-Bonghy-Bo and the Umbrageous Umbrella Maker were all Lear creations . Other regular characters included the Enthusiastic Elephant , the Fizzgiggious Fish , and the Scroobious Snake . Some original material was also written based on characters created by Lear , although much of the material was a straight recital of poems and limericks or songs using Lear 's poems set to music . A recurring joke had a delivery boy running around trying to deliver a large plant and shouting ` Plant for Mrs Discobolus ! ' . Some of the gags were based on Abbott and Costello skits which involved one of the regular characters in troubling situations . A cooking lesson for a silly recipe was presented in each episode . The series was produced by Rankin/Bass , and Videocraft International , who also made the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman television specials . The series was made in England , featuring the voices of Peter Hawkins , Bernard Spear , and the Maury Laws Singers . The series received mostly mixed and negative reviews for not using original material . The series was not renewed after one year on the air . Original air : September 12 , 1970 - September 4 , 1971",
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"text": "Sesame Street Sesame Street is a long-running American children 's television series , produced by Sesame Workshop ( formerly known as the Children 's Television Workshop ) and created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett . The program is known for its educational content , and images communicated through the use of Jim Henson 's Muppets , animation , short films , humor , and cultural references . The series premiered on November 10 , 1969 , to positive reviews , some controversy , and high viewership ; it has aired on the U.S. 's national public television provider ( PBS ) since its debut , with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16 , 2016 . The show has undergone significant changes throughout its history . The format of Sesame Street consists of a combination of commercial television production elements and techniques which have evolved to reflect the changes in American culture and the audience 's viewing habits . With the creation of Sesame Street , producers and writers of a children 's television show used , for the first time , educational goals and a curriculum to shape its content . It was also the first time a show 's educational effects were studied . Shortly after creating Sesame Street , its producers developed what came to be called the `` CTW model '' ( after the production company 's previous name ) , a system of television show planning , production , and evaluation based on collaborations between producers , writers , educators , and researchers . The show was initially funded by government and private foundations but has become somewhat self-supporting due to revenues from licensing arrangements , international sales , and other media . By 2006 , there were independently produced versions , or `` co-productions '' , of Sesame Street broadcast in twenty countries . In 2001 there were over 120 million viewers of various international versions of Sesame Street , and by the show 's 40th anniversary in 2009 , it was broadcast in more than 140 countries . By its 40th anniversary in 2009 , Sesame Street was the fifteenth-highest-rated children 's television show in the United States . A 1996 survey found that 95 % of all American preschoolers had watched the show by the time they were three years old . In 2008 , it was estimated that 77 million Americans had watched the series as children . As of 2014 , Sesame Street has won 167 Emmy Awards and 8 Grammy Awards -- more than any other children 's show .",
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"text": "Stagira (ancient city) Stagira ( -LSB- stəˈdʒaɪrə -RSB- ) , Stagirus ( -LSB- stəˈdʒaɪrəs -RSB- ) , or Stageira ( Στάγειρα or Στάγειρος ) was an ancient Greek city , located in central Macedonia , near the eastern coast of the peninsula of Chalkidice , and is chiefly known for being the birthplace of Aristotle , who was a Greek philosopher and polymath , a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great . The city lies approximately 8 km north northeast of the present-day village of Stagira , close to the town of Olympiada . Stagira was founded in 655 BC by Ionian settlers from Andros . Xerxes I of Persia occupied it in 480 BC . The city later joined the Delian League , led by Athens , but left in 424 BC : as a result , the Athenian demagogue Cleon laid siege to it in 422 BC . However , Cleon was a poor strategist and his conduct of the siege was very inefficient : so much so that the ancient Greek comedy writer Aristophanes satirised him in the play The Knights . Cleon died in the same year , in the battle of Amphipolis . Later , during the Peloponnesian War , Stagira sided with Sparta against the Athenians . In 348 BC , Philip II of Macedon occupied and destroyed the city . In return for Aristotle 's tutoring of his son Alexander , Philip later rebuilt the city and resettled the old city 's inhabitants , who had been enslaved . Many new structures were built at this time , including an aqueduct , two shrines to Demeter , and many houses .",
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"text": "Urban area An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment . Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities , towns , conurbations or suburbs . In urbanism , the term contrasts to rural areas such as villages and hamlets and in urban sociology or urban anthropology it contrasts with natural environment . The creation of early predecessors of urban areas during the urban revolution led to the creation of human civilization with modern urban planning , which along with other human activities such as exploitation of natural resources leads to human impact on the environment . The world 's urban population in 1950 of just 746 million has increased to 3.9 billion in the decades since . In 2009 , the number of people living in urban areas ( 3.42 billion ) surpassed the number living in rural areas ( 3.41 billion ) and since then the world has become more urban than rural . This was the first time that the majority of the world 's population lived in a city . In 2014 there were 7.25 billion people living on the planet , of which the global urban population comprised 3.9 billion . The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs at that time predicted the urban population would grow to 6.4 billion by 2050 , with 37 % of that growth to come from three countries : China , India and Nigeria . Urban areas are created and further developed by the process of urbanization . Urban areas are measured for various purposes , including analyzing population density and urban sprawl . Unlike an urban area , a metropolitan area includes not only the urban area , but also satellite cities plus intervening rural land that is socio-economically connected to the urban core city , typically by employment ties through commuting , with the urban core city being the primary labor market .",
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"text": "Neighborhoods of Accra The city of Accra is officially divided into four geographical regions - North , West , East , Central - and eleven sub-metropolitan areas : Osu Klottey , Ablekuma North , Ablekuma South , Ayawaso Central , Ayawaso East , Ayawaso North , Ayawaso West , La , Okaikoi North , Okaikoi South , Abossey Okai , and Ashiedu Keteke . The word `` neighborhood '' can take on various official and unofficial meanings . There are , however , 50 official neighborhoods ( i.e. planned and unplanned anchor neighborhoods ) within the city limits of Accra . `` Neighborhoods '' exist on both large and small scales . Osu , Jamestown and Usshertown , established during the colonial era have well-defined boundaries by virtue of their siting around the respective forts of Christiansborg , James Fort , and Ussher Fort . The unplanned nature of the city has resulted in the development of slums and much smaller communities within officially recognized neighborhoods with a well-defined center but poorly identified extremities .",
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"text": "St. Louis, Michigan St. Louis is a city in Gratiot County in the U.S. state of Michigan . As of the 2010 census the population was 7,482 .",
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"text": "Midwest High Speed Rail Association The Midwest High Speed Rail Association was founded in 1993 and is based in Chicago , Illinois . The association is a 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit , member-supported organization that primarily advocates for world-class 220-mph high-speed trains linking major Midwestern cities , and supports fast , frequent and dependable trains on other routes that connect with 220-mph corridors to form a true modern regional and national rail network . The Midwest High Speed Rail Association 's executive director , Richard Harnish , believes it is time for America to `` catch up '' with European and Asian countries in terms of using high-speed rail systems . The Association is an active member of fourbillion.com , a coalition of advocacy organizations working to secure a $ 4 billion appropriation in 2010 for high-speed rail in the U.S. . The effort began after the US House of Representatives passed a bill that included $ 4 billion for high-speed rail . The Senate cut the allocation down to $ 1.2 billion in their version . The two bills will now move to a conference committee . In June 2009 , The Midwest High Speed Rail Association released the first-ever transportation engineering study of a 220-mph rail corridor in the Midwest . The 220-mph high-speed link would cut the trip from Chicago to St. Louis to 1 hour and 52 minutes , and also serve O'Hare International Airport as well as key Illinois business , university and government centers in Kankakee , Champaign , Decatur , Springfield and Edwardsville . The line would cost between 12 and 13 billion dollars . The MHSRA views the Chicago-St . Louis link as the first of a regional 220-mph high-speed rail network that would link Chicago , St. Louis , the Twin Cities , Milwaukee , Detroit , Indianapolis , Cincinnati , Cleveland , Columbus and Pittsburgh , putting more than 35 million people within a three-hour train ride of Chicago . In a proposal to the U.S. Department of Transportation , SNCF , operator of the TGV high-speed rail network in France , estimated that a Midwestern 220-mph high-speed rail network would create 677,000 permanent jobs and 316,000 construction jobs . Automobile trips would be reduced by 4.3 billion vehicle miles each year , saving 3 million barrels of oil each year , and additionally reduce CO2 and other pollutant emissions by 1.4 million tons in 2030 . The total estimated cost for the network is $ 68.5 billion . Advocates for high-speed rail put that cost in perspective by pointing out that the Interstate Highway System cost 450 billion in 2008 dollars . The Midwest High Speed Rail Association has been a vocal critic of libertarian and conservative activists who view MHSRA as distorting the record and facts on high-speed rail . In July 2009 , it released a document responding to statements by the Cato Institute and the Reason Foundation about high-speed rail .",
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"text": "Architecture of Philadelphia The architecture of Philadelphia is a mix of historic and modern styles that reflect the city 's history . The first European settlements appeared within the present day borders of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in the 17th century with most structures being built from logs . By the 18th century brick structures had become common . Georgian and later Federal style buildings dominated much of the cityscape . In the first half of the 19th century , Greek revival appeared and flourished with architects such as William Strickland , John Haviland , and Thomas U. Walter . In the second half of the 19th century , Victorian architecture became popular with the city 's most notable Victorian architect being Frank Furness . Steel and concrete skyscrapers appeared in the first decades of the 20th century and glass and granite skyscrapers towards the end of the century . Construction continued into the 21st century with the city tallest building , the Comcast Center . Philadelphia made significant contributions in the architecture of the United States . The row house was introduced to the United States via Philadelphia in the 17th century , the United States ' first International style skyscraper was built in Philadelphia , and one of the most important examples of Postmodern architecture , Robert Venturi 's Guild House , is located in the city .",
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"text": "Strawberry Hill (Kansas City, Kansas) Strawberry Hill is a Kansas City , Kansas neighborhood on the bluffs overlooking the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers . It is now a mainly South Slavic community . Strawberry Hill was previously known as Splitlog Hill , after Mathias Splitlog , a wealthy Indian mill owner who purchased the area and built a mansion on it in 1870 . He later sold parcels to the Catholic church and to railroad interests . After the area was subdivided , the new Strawberry Hill neighborhood was established in the late 19th century Immigrants from Croatia , Slovenia , Serbia and Russia found a home along the river 's hillside . They built a community where people could worship , celebrate and prosper while maintaining their distinct Slavic heritage . Strawberry Hill is still home to the churches the Slavic immigrants built . Croatian Catholics founded St. John Church in 1900 and Slovenian Catholics founded Holy Family Church in 1908 . To the south , Serbian Orthodox founded St. George Church in 1906 and Russian Orthodox founded Holy Trinity Church in 1917 . Both have moved to Johnson County , KS . St George Church is now in Lenexa , KS and Holy Trinity Church is in Overland Park , KS . The neighborhood is bordered by I-70 , 7th St , Central and Minnesota . In 2013 , Kansas City author James Marinovich published On Strawberry Hill And Other Croatian-American Tales , a collection of magic-realist stories that take place on Strawberry Hill .",
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"text": "Specialized Technology Resources Specialized Technology Resources ( STR ) is an American corporation headquartered in Enfield , Connecticut . STR has two divisions -- Solar Cell Encapsulant Manufacturing and Quality Assurance Services for Consumer Products .",
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"text": "Itagüí Itagüí ( -LSB- itaˈɣwi -RSB- ) is a city of Colombia , located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department . It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley .",
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"text": "SoNo, Atlanta SoNo ( South of North Avenue ) is a sub-district of downtown Atlanta , Georgia , just south of Midtown . The area was defined and named by Central Atlanta Progress in 2005 in order to better establish an identity for the area and give it a hipper image , although Atlanta natives have never given credence to the name of the neighborhood . SoNo refers to the area of Downtown bounded by North Avenue on the north , Central Park Place on the east and the Downtown Connector ( Interstate-75 / 85 ) on the west and south . Ongoing urban renewal efforts in the new neighborhood seek to establish a chic cultural identity for the underdeveloped area , as well as reunite the Midtown and Downtown commercial districts ( which have remained mostly divided since the construction of the Downtown Connector through the heart of the city ) , including a proposed `` interstate cap '' over the highway that would extend Mayor 's Park south along Peachtree Street to Baker Street . SoNo is home to several attractions , including Emory University Hospital Midtown , the Atlanta Civic Center , Shakespeare Tavern and the Bank of America Plaza , the city 's tallest building . It also is home to the historic Baltimore Block and Rufus M. Rose House . SoNo 's centerpiece Renaissance and Central Parks were also the site of Atlanta 's annual Music Midtown festival , before moving to Piedmont Park . The controversial Peachtree-Pine Shelter is located in SoNo . Public transportation is provided by MARTA with buses and with the north-south rail line serving the Civic Center station .",
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"text": "Amerikamura Amerikamura ( also America mura ; アメリカ村 , American Village ) is a sizable retail and entertainment area near Shinsaibashi in the Chūō-ku district of Osaka , Japan . It is usually referred to by locals as `` Ame-mura . '' Amerikamura is identifiable by a small-scale reproduction of the Statue of Liberty that peers down on the streets . It is a well-known haunt of expatriates , and centres on Triangle Park , a concrete rest area surrounded by retail outlets of Western fashions , bars and nightclubs , some of which are run by Westerners . Its reputation as a hangout for foreigners is a matter of degree . Osaka 's registered foreign population is a small fraction of the total population ; the makeup of the crowds and retail space in Ame-mura is predominantly Japanese . Locally , Ame-mura is known for being a place for observing some of the more `` fashion intense '' manifestations of Japanese pop culture .",
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"text": "Tonawanda (city), New York Tonawanda ( formally City of Tonawanda , from Tahnawá • teh meaning `` confluent stream '' in Tuscarora ) is a city in Erie County , New York , United States . The population was 15,130 at the 2010 census . It is located at the northern edge of Erie County , south across the Erie Canal ( Tonawanda Creek ) from North Tonawanda , and north of Buffalo , New York . It is part of the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area .",
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"text": "City-state A city-state is a sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories . Historically , this included cities such as Rome , Athens , Carthage , and the Italian city-states during the Renaissance -- but today only a handful of sovereign city-states exist , with some disagreement as to which are city-states . A great deal of consensus exists that the term properly applies to Singapore , Monaco , and Vatican City . A number of other small states share similar characteristics , and therefore are sometimes also cited as modern city-states . Namely , Qatar , Brunei , Kuwait , Bahrain , and Malta , which each have an urban center comprising a significant proportion of the population , though , all have several distinct settlements and a designated or de facto capital city . Occasionally , other small states with high population densities , such as San Marino , are also cited , despite lacking a large urban centre characteristic of traditional city-states . Several non-sovereign cities enjoy a high degree of autonomy , and are sometimes considered city-states . Hong Kong and Macau , along with independent members of the United Arab Emirates , most notably Dubai and Abu Dhabi , are often cited as such .",
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"text": "Lodi, New York Lodi ( -LSB- ˈloʊ.daɪ -RSB- ) is a town in Seneca County , New York , United States . The population was 1,550 at the 2010 census . The Town of Lodi is in the southwest part of the county and is northwest of Ithaca , New York . The town contains a village also named Lodi . Both owe their names to the Italian city of Lodi .",
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"text": "Tango Lorca Tango Lorca is an American tango ensemble from Kansas City , Missouri , United States .",
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"text": "List of metropolitan areas in the Americas This is a list of the fifty most populous metropolitan areas in the Americas as of 2015 , the most recent year for which official census results , estimates or projections are available for every major metropolitan area in the Americas . Where available , it uses official definitions of metropolitan areas based on the concept of a single urban core and its immediate surroundings , as opposed to polycentric conurbations . Figures refer to mid-2015 populations except in the case of Mexican metropolitan areas , whose figures derive from the 2015 Intercensal Survey conducted by INEGI with a reference date of 15 March 2015 .",
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"text": "Angelo Parra Angelo Parra is an American playwright . He was born in Manhattan and grew up in the Bronx , New York City . After graduating from Fordham University , his career included work as a reporter/photographer , public relations professional , politician , free-lance writer , and PR and journalism teacher at New York University before turning to theatre in 1986 . His first produced play , Casino , was presented at T. Schreiber Studio , and won a 1989 New York Foundation for the Arts ( NYFA ) Fellowship in Playwriting and an Arts International grant ( sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts , U.S. Information Agency , Rockefeller Foundation , and The Pew Charitable Trusts ) . His work , The Devil 's Music : The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith , with music on the life of Bessie Smith , was named `` one of the top-10 Off-Broadway experiences of 2001 '' by the New York Daily News , `` Best Solo Show '' by Florida 's Broward/Palm Beach New Times , and won a second NYFA Playwriting Fellowship ( 2000 ) . The show , conceived by and originally directed by Joe Brancato and originally staged by Penguin Rep Theatre , Stony Point , NY , was invited to give six performances during the 2012 Montreal International Jazz Festival , making The Devil 's Music the first play ever presented in the music festival 's 30-year history ! Parra has production credits in New York , Los Angeles , Chicago , Washington , D.C. ; at Florida Stage ( Palm Beach ) , The Hartford Stage ( Hartford , Connecticut ) , Theatre Memphis , at the Cape Playhouse ( Cape Cod ) ; George Street Playhouse , Florida Rep , and , at the Edinburgh International Festival . Parra also is the author of Playwriting for Dummies , part of the popular international series of how-to books . Among Parra 's other prize-winning plays is the hospital drama , `` Journey of the Heart '' , winner of the Jewel Box Theatre , Mixed Blood Theatre , and David James Ellis national play awards in 1998-99 . Also in 1998 , `` Song of the Coquí '' , his Hispanic family drama with humor and dance , won the Chicano/Latino Literary Award ( University of California , Irvine ) and an `` American Dream '' prize by Repertorio Español in New York City . Parra is a member of the Dramatists Guild , member emeritus of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop , and member of the Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Unit . He was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the 2000 Sewanee Writers Conference , teaches playwriting , performing arts , and English at SUNY Rockland Community College . In addition to his BA in Communication Arts at Fordham , he earned an MA in Political Science at the New School in New York , and MFA in Playwriting at Brooklyn College . He is currently president of the Penguin Rep Theatre Board of Trustees and director of the Hudson Valley Professional Playwright 's Lab . Along with the children 's musical Percy T. Penguin Comes to America , Parra 's other plays include : The Mnemonist Canvases The Price of Honor Prickasaurus The Slope Warmflesch A Waltz Without Turns Midnight Kiss What is it With Me ?",
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"text": "Laurentide Ice Sheet The Laurentide Ice Sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square kilometers , including most of Canada and a large portion of the northern United States , multiple times during the Quaternary glacial epochs -- from 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present . < ref name = `` ICS2013 '' > </ref> The last advance covered most of northern North America between c. 95,000 and c. 20,000 years before the present day , and among other geomorphological effects , gouged out the five Great Lakes and the hosts of smaller lakes of the Canadian shield . These lakes extend from the eastern Northwest Territories , through most of northern Canada , and the upper Midwestern United States ( Minnesota , Wisconsin , and Michigan ) to the Finger Lakes , through Lake Champlain and Lake George areas of New York , across the northern Appalachians into and through all of New England and Nova Scotia . At times , the ice sheet 's southern margin included the present-day sites of northeastern coastal towns and cities such as Portsmouth , New Hampshire , Boston , New York City , and Great Lakes coastal cities and towns as far south as Chicago and St. Louis , Missouri -- and then followed quite precisely the present course of the Missouri River up to the northern slopes of the Cypress Hills , beyond which it merged with the Cordilleran Ice Sheet . The ice coverage extended approximately as far south as 38 degrees latitude in the mid-continent .",
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"text": "List of place names of French origin in the United States Several thousand place names in the United States have names of French origin , some a legacy of past French exploration and rule over much of the land and some in honor of French help during the American Revolution and the founding of the country ( see also : New France and French in the United States ) . Others were named after early Americans of French , especially Huguenot , ancestry ( Marion , Revere , Fremont , Lanier , Sevier , Macon , Decatur , etc. ) . Some places received their names as a consequence of French colonial settlement ( e.g. Baton Rouge , Detroit , New Orleans , Saint Louis ) . Nine state capitals are French words or of French origin ( Baton Rouge , Boise , Des Moines , Juneau , Montgomery , Montpelier , Pierre , Richmond , Saint Paul ) - not even counting Little Rock ( originally `` La Petite Roche '' ) or Cheyenne ( a French rendering of a Lakota word ) , compared to only two that are Spanish ( Sacramento and Santa Fe ) . Fifteen state names are either French words / origin ( Delaware , New Jersey , Louisiana , Maine , Oregon , Vermont ) or Native American words rendered by French speakers ( Arkansas , Illinois , Iowa , Kansas , Michigan , Mississippi , Mississippi , Ohio , Wisconsin ) , versus nine state names that are Spanish or Spanish rendered ( Montana , California , Colorado , Florida , Montana , Nevada , New Mexico , Texas , Utah ) . The suffix '' - ville , '' from the French word for `` city '' is common for town and city names throughout the United States . Many originally French place names , possibly hundreds , in the Midwest and Upper West were replaced with directly translated English names once American settlers became locally dominant ( e.g. `` La Petite Roche '' became Little Rock ; `` Baie Verte '' became Green Bay ; `` Grandes Fourches '' became Grand Forks ) . In contrast , Spanish place names in the Southwest were generally not replaced by English names .",
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"text": "New York City ethnic enclaves Since its founding in 1625 by Dutch traders as New Amsterdam , New York City has been a major destination for immigrants of many nationalities who have formed ethnic enclaves , neighborhoods dominated by one ethnicity . Freed African American slaves also moved to New York City in the Great Migration and the later Second Great Migration and formed ethnic enclaves . These neighborhoods are set apart from the main city by differences such as food , goods for sale , or even language . Ethnic enclaves provide inhabitants security in work and social opportunities , but limit economic opportunities , do not encourage the development of English speaking , and keep immigrants in their own culture . , 36 % of the population of New York City are immigrants . African Americans , Haitian Americans , Jamaican Americans , Indo-Caribbean Americans , and Trinidadian Americans have all formed Caribbean ethnic enclaves in New York . Asian ethnic groups with enclaves in New York include Chinese Americans , Japanese Americans , Filipino Americans , Indian Americans , Indo-Caribbean Americans , Afghan Americans , Burmese Americans , Bangladeshi Americans , Nepalese Americans , Sri Lankan Americans , Bhutanese Americans , Thai Americans , Pakistani Americans , Indonesian Americans , Malaysian Americans , Taiwanese Americans , and Korean Americans . European ethnic groups with ethnic enclaves include Greek Americans , Irish Americans , Italian Americans , Albanian Americans , Jewish Americans , Polish Americans , and Russian Americans . Latin American groups with ethnic enclaves include Dominican Americans , Guyanese , Salvadoran American , Ecuadorian American , Mexican Americans , and Puerto Ricans . Middle Eastern ethnic groups that have formed ethnic enclaves include Palestinian Americans , Jordanian Americans , Egyptian Americans , Syrian Americans and Lebanese Americans . As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York , making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world .",
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"text": "List of cities and towns in Croatia An urbanized area in Croatia can gain the status of grad ( which can be translated as town or city as there is no distinction between the two terms in Croatian ) if it meets one of the following requirements : is the center of a county ( županija ) , or has more than 10,000 residents , or is defined by an exception ( where the necessary historical , economic or geographic reasons exist ) A city ( town ) represents an urban , historical , natural , economic and social whole . The suburbs comprising an economic and social whole with the city , connected with it by daily migration movements and daily needs of the population of local significance , may also be included into the composition of a city as unit of local self-government . Grad ( city/town ) is the local administrative equivalent of općina ( translated as `` municipality '' ) , with the only distinction being that the former usually comprise urban areas whereas the latter commonly consist of a group of villages . Note that both municipalities and city/towns often comprise more than one settlement , as the administrative territory of a grad may include suburban villages or hamlets near the city/town in question . Individual settlement ( or naselje in Croatian ) are the smallest statistical unit counted by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics but are not administrative entities , i.e. they are governed by the municipal or city/town council of the local administrative unit they belong to . Croatian cities are administratively subdivided into `` city districts '' ( gradski kotari ) and/or `` local committee areas '' ( mjesni odbori ) with elected councils . The City of Zagreb , as the capital , not being part of any county , is subdivided into `` city districts '' / `` boroughs '' ( gradske četvrti ) and `` local committee areas '' ( mjesni odbori ) . In 1991 there were 70 cities and towns and 419 municipalities in Croatia organized into 20 counties ( plus the city of Zagreb which is both a city and a county ) . In 2001 there were 122 cities and towns ( excluding Zagreb ) and 423 municipalities . This was the territorial division used for the 2001 census . In 2006 the latest revision was made , which listed a total of 127 cities and towns and 429 municipalities in Croatia . This division was used for the latest 2011 census . In 2013 the municipality of Popovača was upgraded to town , bringing the total to 128 cities and towns and 428 municipalities . According to the Constitution , the city of Zagreb , as the capital of Croatia , has a special status . As such , Zagreb performs self-governing public affairs of both city and county .",
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Denis Leary has only been a plumber his whole life.
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"text": "Denis Leary Denis Colin Leary ( born August 18 , 1957 ) is an American actor , writer , producer , singer and comedian . Leary was the star and co-creator of Rescue Me , which ended its seventh and final season on September 7 , 2011 . He has starred in many films including playing Captain George Stacy in Marc Webb 's film , The Amazing Spider-Man , Cleveland Browns Head Coach Vince Penn in Ivan Reitman 's film , Draft Day , and as the voice of Francis in A Bug 's Life and Diego in the Ice Age franchise . From 2015 to 2016 , Leary wrote and starred in the comedy series , Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll on FX .",
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"text": "Graeme Dunstan Graeme Clement Dunstan ( born 4 August 1942 ) is a prominent Australian cultural and political activist . He is an engineering graduate of the University of New South Wales ( UNSW ) , where he was President of the Students ' Union ( 1967 ) and twice co-editor of its newspaper , Tharunka , ( 1967 and 1971 ) . In 1966 , while President of the UNSW Labor Club , he was active in organizing anti-Vietnam War protests . As organizer of the LBJ Welcome Committee he stopped US President Lyndon B. Johnson 's motorcade in Liverpool Street , Sydney by lying under the president 's car , upon which NSW Premier , Robert Askin , was reported to have said `` run over the bastards '' . In 1973 with Johnny Allen as director of the Aquarius Foundation of the Australian Union of Students and Dunstan , as director of the Foundation 's biennial Aquarius Festival , together they produced the Aquarius Festival which took place in Nimbin , New South Wales . Dunstan was the first community arts officer ( 1981 -- 5 ) employed by the City of Campbelltown and in that role set up the Friends of the Campbelltown Art Gallery which lobbied successfully to found the Campbelltown Regional Art Gallery . In 1985 -- 89 he was a Festivals Consultant to the Victorian Tourism Commission and in that role he was one of the initiators the Melbourne International Comedy Festival , Ltd serving as its founding Secretary in 1987 . As a freelance event organizer , Dunstan has helped produce celebrations including the Byron Bay NYE ( 1995 ) , Bondi Beach Christmas and NYE celebration 1996 , Nimbin ` Let It Grow ' Mardi Grass ( 1998 -- ' 99 ) , the Sunshine Coast Schoolies Week ( 1997 ) , the annual Eureka Dawn Walk ( 1998 -- ) and the annual Independence from America Day Parade in Byron Bay ( 1998 -- ) . In July 2011 , Dunstan assisted a fellow activist , Bryan Law , who smashed a hole in an Australian military helicopter using a garden mattock . The helicopter was grounded for four months . Dunstan represented himself at trial . On August 22 , 2013 , a jury found him guilty . He was sentenced to three years of ` good behavior ' and ordered to pay more than $ 160,000 , but he avoided imprisonment for his role in the politically motivated property destruction . He is captain of Peacebus.com , which is a website and a campaign vehicle from which he organizes Cyanide Watch and other actions of witness for peace , justice and a sustaining Earth .",
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"text": "Not Only... But Also Not Only ... But Also was a popular 1960s BBC British sketch comedy show starring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore .",
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"text": "John Louis Mansi John Louis Mansi ( born John Patrick Adams , 8 November 1926 -- 6 August 2010 ) was a British television and film actor whose career spanned the years from the early 1950s to the early 1990s . Born in London to an Italian father and an Irish mother , he served in the merchant navy and the RAF during World War II . Upon becoming an actor , he chose his father 's surname as his stage name , later adopting the name Louis after Louie Dumbrowski , the character played by Bernard Gorcey in The Bowery Boys film series , whom his friends claimed he resembled . He was best known for his role as Engelbert von Smallhausen ( although in the BBC books he is named as Bobby Cedric von Smallhausen ) in the popular BBC sitcom ` Allo ` Allo ! in seasons 2 to 9 . He also appeared in Department S ( as `` Maxime '' in the episode `` The Treasure of the Costa del Sol '' , 1969 ) , the Ripping Yarns story `` Across the Andes By Frog '' , and the The Hammer House of Horror story `` The Thirteenth Reunion '' . His film appearances have included The Small World of Sammy Lee ( 1963 ) , the Beatles ' film Help ! ( 1965 ) , the original version of The Italian Job ( 1969 ) , Tales from the Crypt ( 1972 ) , and the Dick Emery film Ooh ... You Are Awful ( 1972 ) . After ` Allo ` Allo ! ended in 1992 , he retired from acting . He was often credited as Louis Mansi in his roles . For six years he suffered from Parkinson 's disease and in May 2010 was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer . His interests included reading , letter writing , animal welfare and watching DVDs/videos of past favourite series/films .",
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"text": "The Plumbline The Plumbline is a humor publication of the McMaster Engineering Society ( MES ) of McMaster University . Popular among the students of McMaster Engineering , The Plumbline is famous for publishing everything from obscene sexual innuendos to informative articles . The Plumbline was started by a group of Engineering students in 1967 , developed from a single sheet MES news letter . In 1971 , the editors decided to turn the newsletter into an 8 page tabloid format newspaper . By the early 1990s , it was clear that student and administration acceptance of sexist and xenophobic content was reduced . In this climate , The Plumbline reformatted , dropping the drooping penis from its masthead , developing the satirical and parody genres of humor and abandoning misogyny as fodder for comedy . In October 2012 , The Plumbline converted to a digital format , due to declining readerships and large print costs . Some in the McMaster Engineering community feel that the Plumbline is unfairly targeted by the remainder of the campus for its controversial content and potentially offensive subject matter , and that it is subjected to a harsher , more restrictive standard than other on-campus events ( such as the misogynistic lyrics of Choclair who performed on campus ) and publications organized by other groups ( like the campus wide newspaper The Silhouette ) . Although The Plumbline is a publication of the MES , the material contained within it is not in any way affiliated with McMaster University , and does not express views or opinions shared by all , if any , students at the University .",
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"text": "Whole World Theatre The Whole World Theatre is an improvisational theatre located in Atlanta , Georgia . Whole World Theatre ( WWT ) is a non-profit theatre company that began in Atlanta , Georgia in late 1993 , when David Webster began teaching a group of student actors whom he would train to become the hottest improv company in town . Jennifer Horne and David Webster were co-founding members . The original students of Whole World Theatre performed their first show in front of 25 people in September 1994 . Specializing in experiential improv and unconventional scripted works , and using a unique approach to improv , which put more emphasis on acting , character and atmosphere than on cheap laughs , Webster wrote and directed original ground breaking pieces such as , Blood Bath Bingo and Pimps , Queens , and Dope Fiends . Webster also produced scripted works included , Balm in Gillead , Bitches , Women Behind Bars , Four Dogs and a Bone and The House of Yes , among many others . In June 1995 , Jennifer Horne and David Webster spent their honeymoon money to open Whole World Theatre at their current location at 1214 Spring Street in mid-town Atlanta . As their popularity grew , the cast of Whole World Theatre were given the opportunity to produce their live improv comedy show for television when Webster sold the show to television . `` Whole World Comedy '' - Whole World 's premier TV show - helped to launch the southern based Turner South Network . David Webster taught every actor at Whole World Theater until 2001 . He wrote , directed and emceed every show for over 1000 shows . He won several awards including an Emmy award for writing . In 2003 Managing Director , Emily Reily Russell , created a youth summer camp program and an improvisational acting program for teens and young adults at Whole World Theatre that still exists to this day . Many of the graduates of this program have entered the `` Performance Ready Group '' that hosts a more family oriented show the first Saturday of every month November through May . The Performance Ready Group is directed and mentored by Assistant Artistic Director , Eric Goins . Russell , in conjunction with Callanwolde Fine Arts Center and The Starlight Starbright Foundation has also created `` Improv in Dialysis . '' Providing monthly improvisational acting workshops to patients and their families at Egleston Children 's Hospital in Atlanta . Lance Krall , one of Webster 's original students , eventually moved to Hollywood and went on to produce his own television show , The Lance Krall Show , which aired Spike TV , and Free Radio , which aired on Vh1 . Lance has hired several alumni from Whole World Theatre to guest star in his projects . In 2004 , Webster moved on to write and direct independent movies and Jennifer Horne moved on to begin her own improv troupe in Charlottesville , Va. . That same year , a complete change in management occurred at Whole World Theatre . In 2004 , Chip Powell became Artistic Director of Whole World Theatre . The Company continues to perform improv shows and remains one of Atlanta 's most successful theater companies . Under Powell 's leadership the company has produced Improv in the Park : an annual free improv show in Atlanta 's Piedmont Park and Central Park at Atlantic Station . Improv in the Park was voted `` Best Outdoor Event '' by Creative Loafing . Powell also went on to launch Whole World 's 3rd Space Theatre by Producing and Directing scripted works such as Sordid Lives and Southern Baptist Sissies by Del Shores . In 2005 , the theatre started a television show for a network called MAV TV and is currently broadcast in over 200,000 homes across the U.S. . The show features Whole World 's Improv Comedy and is geared towards a more mature audience . Official Website Category : Theatres in Atlanta",
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"text": "How Sweet to Be an Idiot How Sweet To Be An Idiot is the first solo album by Neil Innes , formerly of The Bonzo Dog Band and later of The Rutles , and was released in 1973 . Innes later said of this time Stewart Mason , reviewing the album for Allmusic , described it as `` split between tongue-in-cheek parody and straight pop songs '' and containing `` solidly melodic Beatlesque pop '' , but was critical of the `` unfortunate sterility to Innes ' self-production '' . The title track was released as a single but failed to chart . It was a more instrumented version than on the album , arranged by Richard Hewson , and `` The Age of Desperation '' was the B-side . Its melody was borrowed by Oasis for their single `` Whatever '' , released in 1994 ; Innes claimed plagiarism and as a result now receives royalties and a co-writing credit . The album was re-released by United Artists in 1980 under the title `` Neil Innes A-Go-Go '' and by EMI in 1994 with additional tracks -- most of which had been released on singles -- under the title Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues . This edition of the album was dedicated to Ollie Halsall , who had died in 1992 , and former Bonzo Dog bassist Dennis Cowan , who had died in 1972 ; it featured a guest appearance by Michael Palin on the title track . A review of the release by Mark Deming of Allmusic was more appreciative than that of his predecessor , saying that `` most -LSB- of the tracks -RSB- walk a graceful tightrope between sly humor and solid pop-friendly rock & roll '' and recommending that `` anyone who digs a great hook played with heart should get to know the music of Neil Innes '' . Innes performed the title song on Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl and on Monty Python Live at Drury Lane .",
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"text": "Fraser Clark Fraser Clark ( d. 21 January 2009 ) , was one of the leaders of the global technogaian movement . As founder and editor of Encyclopaedia Psychedelica , he outlined his views on entheogens and nature , and was a key advocate of the outdoor rave movement , hosting regular , small , indoor festivals such as those held at his central London club , Megatripolis . Clark believed the 1990s were the 1960s upside-down ( 9 being an upside-down 6 ) . He advocated a new form of hippie -- the `` Zippie '' -- who would balance the `` techno right brain '' with the `` hippy left brain '' , embracing nature , peace and love , as well as technology . In 1989 , he and Marcus Pennell organised the first Zippie Picnic on Hampstead Heath in London . Zippie Picnics continue to this day . Clark staged many pranks , particularly against the government of Margaret Thatcher and then John Major . He opposed the Poll Tax and later Criminal Justice Bill . Clark also engaged American youth culture on topics related to the Pronoia tour . In 2008 , he announced he had inoperable liver cancer .",
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"text": "Dapper Laughs David Daniel O'Reilly , better known by his stage name Dapper Laughs , is a British stand up comedian , pick-up artist and social media participant from Clapham Common , London . Dapper Laughs became known on the social networking sites Facebook and Vine , where he has around 2,407,000 and 575,000 followers respectively . In addition to this , he is active on social media sites such as Snapchat , Twitter and YouTube .",
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"text": "Opiate Films Opiate Films ( or ` Opiate of the People Films ' ) was created in 2000 in reaction to the British film industry 's output of very little other than period and gangster films . Running as more of a collective of filmmakers , rather than a formal company , it took 3 years for the company to raise the capital to buy its own equipment , members are now free to create films , music promos and TV shows of their own devising , whether live-action , animated , CGI-heavy or musical . With 15 members who work on films regularly , and around 25 members who pitch in occasionally , it is one of the fastest growing film companies in the UK , and the only one to work in its unique way . Members are not picked because of impressive CVs or previous experience , but of excitement and enthusiasm for film . Some come burdened with ideas , looking for an outlet , whilst others have a particular field they want to work in . Either way , nobody is turned down if they are willing to pitch in , whether helping on other people 's films , or providing their own ideas . The first film to find success was the 2005 short film `` Early Retirement '' which screened at the Cannes Film Festival . It was written and produced by Paul Cannon , a gifted filmmaker who died in May 2007 Since that success , another short has screened in Cannes , not to mention over 30 films seen at festivals since 2003 . Opiate of the People films have also completed three feature films , the latest of which is Simon & Emily",
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"text": "Bull Island (TV series) Bull Island was an Irish television and radio satirical comedy show broadcast on RTÉ One and later on RTÉ Radio 1 from 1999 until 2001 . Featuring a cast of seven Irish comedians and impressionists , the show , which aired for half an hour weekly , satirised many aspects of Irish life . Bull Island was created by RTÉ Producer/Director John Keogh who brought Michael Sheridan , Alan Shortt & Gary Flood together to devise & co-create the format . Some of the notable women in power at the time , such as the then Cabinet Minister , Mary O'Rourke , and the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern 's partner Celia Larkin were played by a man , and there were regular depictions of deception and skulduggery in the Dáil bar . The opposition were usually portrayed as bumbling incompetents . Other sketches included a regular pastiche of Paddy O'Gorman and his shows which consist of interviewing people at random - Bull Island '' 's Paddy O'Gormless would do similar , but with ever more inane interviews . A favourite sketch , which became known as the show 's signature , was an impersonation of a long-running ad for Irish discount electrical retailer PowerCity , where actors looking surprisingly like those in the adverts , wearing the same bright red jumpers , would wax enthusiastic about prices ending in 99 pence in `` Bull Island City '' . This evolved into a stream of products costing `` 99.99.99 '' as the series progressed . As a result , PowerCity removed the pence from all their prices , and regularly charge round tens or hundreds for products instead of 99s . Although the show was met with good reviews and ratings in its first season , the reception to later seasons was mixed and the show ended in 2001 , shortly before the 2002 general election . The same team appeared providing a 30-minute radio version of the programme on RTÉ radio within weeks . Some of the actors behind some impressions include : Alan Shortt - Bertie Ahern , Michael D. Higgins , Gerry Adams , Michael Noonan , Micheál Martin Frank Twomey - Mary O'Rourke , Celia Larkin , Willie O'Dea , David Trimble Michael Sheridan - Marian Finucane , Duncan Stewart , George Lee , Ruairi Quinn , Gerry Fleming , Gerry Daly , Ian Paisley , Jackie Healy-Rae , John de Chastelain , Christy Moore Pakie O'Callaghan - Charlie McCreevy , Desmond O'Malley , Eamon Dunphy , Charlie Bird , Brian Farrell Elva Crowley - Mary Harney , Power City Girl , Helen Dillon Michelle Costello - Mildred Fox , Miriam O'Callaghan Gary Flood - Paddy O'Gorman , Daniel O'Donnell , Dickie RockBull Island '' was written by : Catherine Maher , Pearse Lehane , Richard Carroll , Elva Crowley , Anne Geraghty , Pakie O'Callaghan , Alan Shortt , Michael Sheridan & Gary Flood . Produced by : John Keogh , Alan Robinson .",
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"text": "Brewery Square, Dorchester Brewery Square is a major redevelopment project on the site of the former Eldridge Pope brewery , in Dorchester , Dorset . The development is of an area 71,000 m ² , on a 4.6 ha site . Once completed , the development will comprise 660 apartments and houses of mixed tenure , a 3-screen Odeon cinema , 6 restaurants , 40 shops , a Premier Inn and four star hotel and arts centre on the square and an NHS Health Centre on the main road . Phase one of the scheme , which was completed in 2012 , involved the construction of a new health centre , shops and apartments . The Odeon was opened with the premiere of the James Bond film Skyfall . The completion of the main square of the site has been delayed until March 2013 . There have been concerns raised that the development would increase the pressure on already-limited parking spaces in Dorchester .",
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"text": "Denis O'Leary Denis O'Leary was a Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York",
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"text": "Disappearance of Damien Nettles Damien Nettles disappeared from the Isle of Wight on November 2 , 1996 when he was 16 . The investigation into his disappearance has been ongoing ever since , with five men arrested in 2011 , although no charges have been brought . The case has , over the years , attracted significant media coverage , in part due to its mysterious nature -- Damien was last seen in a fish and chip shop near his home on Cowes , and then never again , indicating his murder . Surviving CCTV footage shows Nettles trying to order at a local chip shop , in a confused state . Multiple witnesses from the evening claim he appeared heavily intoxicated , or looked `` spaced out '' , and his friends recall him possibly trying to acquire drugs . However , other footage of the night in question was lost by Hampshire Police , preventing the full corroboration of witness accounts which had begun to piece together a narrative regarding Nettles ' last movements . As reported in the documentary Unsolved : The Boy Who Disappeared the police originally claimed that the man responsible for collecting video footage had lost the tapes after police had returned them , but records relating to evidence proved that was not the case . In episode five of Unsolved : The Boy Who Disappeared Nettles ' mother expresses frustration at the police 's handling of her sons disappearance , which had led to an official complaint on her part . Frustration is also expressed at the police 's refusal to be interviewed about the disappearance for TV in 2016 , and although the police maintain that Nettles ' case remains open she states dissatisfaction about what this actually entails . Nettles ' mother comments ` if they 'd done it right the first time I would n't be here now ' . Crucial records , including the log of calls made to police that night are gone , police notebooks were not retained , and even details of which officers were on duty that night have now been lost . There have been several public campaigns to bring attention to his case . In the time , various theories have emerged to explain Damien 's disappearance , including that he owed money to drug dealers . Rumours have persistently alleged that a local drug dealer , Nicky McNamara , who was in the area on the night Nettles vanished , was involved . Witness accounts include recollections of McNamara holding up a boy against a wall whose physique matched Nettles ' . Associates of McNamara 's were arrested , and released . The documentary Unsolved : The Boy Who Disappeared also mentions rumours of McNamara shortly after Nettles ' disappearance referring to himself as a ` damned man ' , and of him incinerating suspicious objects outside his house . The documentary also mentions McNamara possibly making a ` deathbed confession ' about Nettles before dying of a heroin overdose . In 2013 , the police put up a reward for new information leading to solving the case . On 25 July 2016 , a BBC Three series , Unsolved : The Boy Who Disappeared , was broadcast about the case .",
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"text": "Plum, New Caledonia Plum is a coastal village in the commune of Le Mont-Dore on the southwest coast of New Caledonia , just north of Pirogues Bay . The Plum River empties into the sea near the western part of the village and lucky Creek flows into the sea to the southeast.Important chrome discoveries were made in the area in the late 19th century .",
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"text": "TVGoHome TVGoHome was a website which parodied the television listings style of the British magazine Radio Times . It was produced fortnightly from 1999 to 2001 , and sporadically until 2003 , by Charlie Brooker . The site now exists only in archive form . TVGoHome columns also appeared for a short time in Loaded magazine , sometimes edited from their original web version . The website gained a cult following , partly due to its tie-up with the technology newsletter Need To Know , and its use of strong language , surreal imagery and savage satire reminiscent of the work of Chris Morris . Indeed , Morris himself contributed on occasion , under the pseudonym ` Sid Peach ' . Regular targets for ridicule were the Daily Mail , Mick Hucknall of Simply Red , and the TV presenters Rowland Rivron and Nicky Campbell . TVGoHome '' 's most consistent target , however , was fictional . Nathan Barley , an ex-public-school media wannabe living off his parents ' wealth , had his life chronicled in a fly-on-the-wall documentary series ( in the TVGoHome universe ) entitled simply ` Cunt ' . Detailing Barley 's life in comfortably wealthy Westbourne Grove in west London , the programme essentially mocked the `` new media '' scene and its population of middle-class web designers , DJs and magazine producers , their obsessions with absurd fashions and gadgetry , their inevitably feeble attempts at creativity and their tireless and ludicrous efforts to embody the cutting edge of urban cool . A spinoff book of the same title was later released featuring old and new material . Brooker has cited the increasing absurdity of reality television as one of the main reasons he stopped writing TVGoHome . The ideas for real life shows such as Touch the Truck , in which contestants must continually touch a truck for 24 hours in order to win the truck as a prize , were the kind of idea that at one point would only have existed as a satirical creation of Brooker 's website . Now that they were becoming a reality , Brooker felt it was time to stop . In 2006 , Brooker began a regular column in The Guardian '' , featuring new TVGoHome listings .",
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"text": "Eric Denis Eric Denis better known as Eric `` Roach '' Denis is a Canadian documentary film maker and activist whose films deal with social justice , and particularly homelessness .",
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"text": "Fart lighting Fart lighting , also known as pyroflatulence or flatus ignition , is the practice of igniting the gases produced by human flatulence , often producing a flame of a blue hue , hence the act being known colloquially as a `` blue angel '' , `` blue dart '' , or in Australia , a `` blue flame '' . The fact that flatus is flammable , and the actual combustion of it through this practice , gives rise to much humorous derivation . Other colors of flame such as orange and yellow are possible with the color dependent on the mixture of gases formed in the colon . In order to `` fire fart '' , one must have a fart prepared in the anal cavity , and a lighter at the ready . Then they fart onto the lighter . In 1999 author Jim Dawson observed that fart lighting has been a novelty practice primarily among young men or college students for decades , but is discouraged for its potential for causing injury . Such experiments typically occur on camping trips and in single-sex group residences , such as tree-houses , dormitories , or fraternity houses . With the advent of video sharing features online , hundreds of self-produced videos , both documentary as well as spoof , have been posted to sites such as YouTube . The people appearing in the videos are predominantly young males . In his book The Curse of the Self : Self-Awareness , Egotism , and the Quality of Human Life author Mark Richard Leary explains how a great deal of unhappiness is due to people 's inability to exert control over their thoughts and behavior and that `` stupid stunts '' , including lighting flatulence , were a way to make an impression and be included in group bonding or hazing . Although there is little scientific discourse on the combustive properties of flatus , there are many anecdotal accounts of flatus ignition and the activity has increasingly found its way into popular culture with references in comic routines , movies , and television ; including cartoons . In Electric Don Quixote : The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa author Neil Slaven quotes Frank Zappa for calling fart lighting `` The manly art of fart-burning '' , and another book quotes the musician Kenny Williams for saying that it demonstrates `` compression , ignition , combustion and exhaust . '' There have been documented cases of flatulence during surgery being inadvertently ignited causing patient injury and the risk of death .",
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"text": "David DePoe David DePoe ( born 1944 ) is a community activist and retired teacher . He is most well-known for his activities in the late 1960s as an unofficial leader of the Yorkville hippies , founder of the Diggers movement in Yorkville and for staging protests and a sit-in at the Toronto city council chambers in 1967 in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to make Yorkville a pedestrian-only street . David DePoe was born in Ottawa in 1944 and is the son of well-known CBC journalist Norman DePoe and Madeline DePoe . He joined the Trudeau government initiative the Company of Young Canadians ( CYC ) project in 1966 . In 1967 , under guidance from the CYC , he founded the Diggers in the Yorkville neighbourhood of Toronto . At this time Yorkville was the hippie capital of Canada and local politicians , the police force and residents were concerned over the developing youth subculture . The initiative was inspired by the Diggers ( theater ) group that was active in the Haight-Ashbury area of San Francisco . The Digger group in Yorkville was concerned with community action and provided support to youth in need of food and shelter . DePoe 's activities came to national attention in 1967 prompting the Star Weekly to publish a picture of him on the cover of an issue in September 1967 with the headline `` SUPER HIPPIE , '' a title he himself disdained . He was known as the unofficial spokesperson for Yorkville through a number of disputes with Toronto city council over traffic in Yorkville , most famously with former mayor and councillor Allan A. Lamport . DePoe led a series of sit-ins throughout the city during the period of August 17 to August 24 , 1967 to try to persuade the city to close Yorkville Avenue to vehicle traffic and create a pedestrian mall as Yorkville was the site of numerous coffee houses , cafes , and shops . Traffic had become a problem as people came to the cruise the strip and gawk at the hippies . The city had grown frustrated with the traffic and a perceived problem with drugs and vagrancy . On August 17 David DePoe and the Diggers were invited to a `` Talk-in '' with Allan Lamport . The talks did not go well and on August 20 a sit-in was held in the middle of Yorkville Avenue . After a number of arrests the large group moved to Queen 's Park ( Toronto ) and finally , on August 23 a `` sleep-in '' took place in front of Toronto 's City Hall . Ultimately these efforts were not successful . The protests were documented by the National Film Board of Canada in their film `` The Summer of ' 67 '' .",
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"text": "Terence McKenna Terence Kemp McKenna ( November 16 , 1946 -- April 3 , 2000 ) was an American ethnobotanist , mystic , psychonaut , lecturer , author , and an advocate for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants . He spoke and wrote about a variety of subjects , including psychedelic drugs , plant-based entheogens , shamanism , metaphysics , alchemy , language , philosophy , culture , technology , environmentalism , and the theoretical origins of human consciousness . He was called the `` Timothy Leary of the '90s '' , `` one of the leading authorities on the ontological foundations of shamanism '' , and the `` intellectual voice of rave culture '' . McKenna formulated a concept about the nature of time based on fractal patterns he claimed to have discovered in the I Ching , which he called novelty theory , proposing this predicted the end of time in the year 2012 . His promotion of novelty theory and its connection to the Maya calendar is credited as one of the factors leading to the widespread beliefs about 2012 eschatology . Novelty theory is considered pseudoscience .",
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"text": "Tim Minchin Timothy David `` Tim '' Minchin ( born 7 October 1975 ) is an Australian comedian , actor , writer , musician and director . He was born in Northampton , England , to Australian parents , but raised in Perth , Western Australia . Minchin is best known for his musical comedy , including six CDs , five DVDs , and live comedy shows that he has performed internationally . He has appeared on television in Australia , Britain , and the United States . After growing up in Perth , he attended the University of Western Australia ( UWA ) and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts ( WAAPA ) , before moving to Melbourne in 2002 . His show Darkside launched him into the public eye , achieving critical success at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe . In 2013 , Minchin played the role of rock star Atticus Fetch on Showtime 's Californication . Minchin has a background in theatre and has appeared in various stage productions , in addition to some small acting roles on Australian television . A documentary film about Minchin , Rock N Roll Nerd ( directed by Rhian Skirving ) , was released theatrically in 2008 and broadcast by ABC1 in 2009 . He is the composer and lyricist of the Olivier Award-winning , Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated show Matilda the Musical , based on the Roald Dahl book Matilda . His new musical Groundhog Day , based on the 1993 film , opened in London in 2016 , winning his second Olivier Award , and opened on Broadway in spring 2017 . In 2013 , UWA awarded Minchin the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for his contribution to the arts , recognising his outstanding achievements and worldwide acclaim as a composer , lyricist , actor , writer , and comedian . In 2015 , he was awarded a second Honorary Doctor of Letters from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts .",
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"text": "George W. Bush George Walker Bush ( born July 6 , 1946 ) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 . He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000 . After graduating from Yale University in 1968 and Harvard Business School in 1975 , he worked in the oil industry . Bush married Laura Welch in 1977 and ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives shortly thereafter . He later co-owned the Texas Rangers baseball team before defeating Ann Richards in the 1994 Texas gubernatorial election . Bush was elected president in 2000 after a close and controversial win over Democratic rival Al Gore , becoming the fourth president to be elected while receiving fewer popular votes than his opponent . From a prominent political family , he is the eldest son of Barbara and George H. W. Bush , the 41st President of the United States , making him only the second president to assume the nation 's highest office after his father , following the lead of John Quincy Adams . His brother , Jeb Bush , a former Governor of Florida , was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 presidential election . His paternal grandfather , Prescott Bush , was a United States Senator from Connecticut . The September 11 terrorist attacks occurred eight months into Bush 's first term as president . Bush responded with what became known as the Bush Doctrine : launching a `` War on Terror '' , an international military campaign that included the war in Afghanistan in 2001 and the Iraq War in 2003 . He also promoted policies on the economy , health care , education , Social Security reform , and amending the Constitution to prohibit same-sex marriage . He signed into law broad tax cuts , the Patriot Act , the No Child Left Behind Act , the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act , Medicare prescription drug benefits for seniors , and funding for the AIDS relief program known as PEPFAR . His tenure included national debates on immigration , Social Security , electronic surveillance , and torture . In the 2004 Presidential race , Bush defeated Democratic Senator John Kerry in another relatively close election . After his re-election , Bush received increasingly heated criticism from across the political spectrum for his handling of the Iraq War , Hurricane Katrina , and other challenges . Amid this criticism , the Democratic Party regained control of Congress in the 2006 elections . In December 2007 , the United States entered its longest post-World War II recession , often referred to as the `` Great Recession '' , prompting the Bush administration to obtain congressional passage of multiple economic programs intended to preserve the country 's financial system . Nationally , Bush was both one of the most popular and unpopular presidents in history , having received the highest recorded presidential approval ratings in the wake of the September 11 attacks , as well as one of the lowest approval ratings during the 2008 financial crisis . Bush left office in 2009 , returning to Texas where he purchased a home in Crawford . He wrote a memoir , Decision Points . His presidential library was opened in 2013 . His presidency has been ranked among the worst in historians ' polls published in the late 2000s and 2010s .",
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"text": "Rodney Whittemore Rodney ` Rod ' L. Whittemore is an American politician and businessperson from Maine . Thomas is a Republican State Senator from Maine 's 26th District , representing all of Somerset County , including the population centers of Fairfield and Skowhegan . He was born and raised in Skowhegan and owns a small business selling and servicing outdoor power equipment . He also spent 6 years in the six years in the Army National Guard . Whittemore serves on the Skowhegan Planning Board and formerly served as chairman of the Skowhegan Sewer and Water Committee .",
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"text": "Chauncey Depew Chauncey Mitchell Depew ( April 23 , 1834April 5 , 1928 ) was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt 's railroad interests , president of the New York Central Railroad System , and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911 .",
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"text": "Connecticut wine Connecticut wine refers to wine made from grapes and other fruit grown in the U.S. state of Connecticut . The modern wine industry in Connecticut began with the passage of the Connecticut Winery Act in 1978 . The wineries in Connecticut are located throughout the state , including in the two designated American Viticultural Areas in the state . The climate in the coastal region near Long Island Sound and the Connecticut River valley tends to be warmer than the highlands in the eastern and western sides of the state .",
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"text": "United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1994 The 1994 United States Senate election in Connecticut took place on November 8 , 1994 . Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman won re-election to a second term .",
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"text": "United States Senate election in Connecticut, 1964 The United States Senate election of 1964 in Connecticut was held on November 3 , 1964 . Democratic Thomas J. Dodd was re-elected and served a second term . John Davis Lodge , grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge was defeated by almost 30 % .",
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"text": "Charles Plympton Smith Charles Plympton Smith ( born June 1 , 1954 , Burlington , Vermont ) is a banker and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Vermont who served in the Vermont House of Representatives . The son of banker and state senator Frederick Plympton Smith , he received a B.A. from Harvard College in 1978 following which he attended the University of Melbourne , Melbourne Australia on a one year Rotary Foundation Scholarship . From 1975-1978 he served two terms in the Vermont House of Representatives , alternating semesters between Harvard and the legislature , which at the time met only in the Spring . He was nominated by both the Democratic and Republican parties . In 1980 he was appointed to the Vermont Public Service Board . From 1981-1983 he was Staff Director and Administrative Assistant for then-Congressman James Jeffords . From 1984-1987 he was Vice-President of Sales and Marketing for Transphase Systems , Inc. in California . From 1988-1996 he was District Vice-President of KeyBank , National Association in Burlington , Vermont , then President and Senior Commercial lender until 2002 . In January 2003 he was appointed Secretary to the Vermont Agency of Human Services by Governor Jim Douglas . From February 2005 until March 2006 he was Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Administration . On January 27 , 2006 he was named president of the Snelling Center for Government and served in this role until November , 2009 . He is now a management consultant residing in Burlington and has taken on interim roles such as President of Vermont PBS ( 2014-2015 ) , President of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra ( 2015-2016 ) , and COO of Vermont Energy Investment Corporation ( 2016-2017 ) . He is also a Principal in the building and management of the largest solar-power array in Vermont at Whitcomb Farm in Essex , Vermont . Smith 's board memberships include or have included Cathedral Square Corporation ; New England Culinary Institute ; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont ( current Chairman ) ; Vermont Energy Investment Corporation ; United Way of Chittenden County , as Chair of its Community Investment Committee ; Dental Dental of Vermont ; Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation ; and the Board of Trustees of Champlain College . He lives in Burlington , Vermont with his wife Amy Mellencamp and their two children Emily Mellencamp Smith and Charles Plympton Smith V . He is the younger brother of former U.S. Congressman Peter Plympton Smith .",
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"text": "Interstate 95 in Connecticut Interstate 95 is the main north -- south Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States , running in a general east -- west compass direction for 111.57 miles ( 179.55 km ) in Connecticut , from the New York state line to the Rhode Island state line . I-95 from Greenwich to East Lyme is part of the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike , formerly known as the Connecticut Turnpike , during which it passes through major cities Stamford , Bridgeport , and New Haven . After leaving the turnpike in East Lyme , I-95 is known as the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway and passes through New London , Groton , and Mystic , before exiting the state at the Rhode Island border .",
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"text": "George Despot George Joseph Despot ( January 28 , 1927 -- February 14 , 1991 ) was a businessman in his native Shreveport and a pioneer in the establishment of a competitive Republican Party in the U.S. state of Louisiana . He was the state Republican chairman from 1978 to 1985 . His leadership began when the state party was so small that there was a standing joke that the Louisiana GOP could operate from a phone booth , few of which still exist , though the Republicans became the majority party in Louisiana by 2012 . Despot was born to George G. Despot ( 1898-1969 ) and Katherine `` Katie '' Despot ( 1901-1977 ) . The Despots were Roman Catholics and Croatian ; they came to the United States under an `` Old World '' arranged marriage . There were trials in the home , with more than one separation . George Despot 's younger daughter , Rebecca A. Despot ( born 1961 ) , reflected on her paternal grandparents : `` My grandfather and his brother had a restaurant in Shreveport called `` the Columbia , '' -LSB- which was -RSB- open twenty-four hours a day . ... It became the businessman 's hangout in town . When -LSB- one sees -RSB- old pictures of Shreveport , there are always pictures of the Columbia . They sent Daddy to school when he was three because they did not know -LSB- that -RSB- they were not supposed to send him so early . '' For a time , young George Despot attended a Catholic high school in New Orleans . Despot graduated from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend , Indiana , and Louisiana State University Law Center in Baton Rouge . Despot earned his living in the oil and natural gas business as the owner of Despot Explorations , Inc. .",
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"text": "Herding Cats: A Life in Politics Herding Cats : A Life in Politics is a book written by U.S. Senator Trent Lott , a Republican from Mississippi . Published by HarperCollins Publishers , Inc. on August 23 , 2005 , the book spans 320 pages . The major points of the book are Lott 's childhood in Grenada and Pascagoula , Mississippi , including his struggles with his alcoholic father ; his election to Congress ; his years in the House of Representatives during the Nixon , Carter , and Reagan administrations ( including his service as Minority Whip in that body ) ; and his service in the Senate , especially his service as Majority Leader during the Clinton and Bush Administrations . He recounts the formative events of his youth and the stories from his political life . From his decision to support Gerald Ford over Ronald Reagan in the 1976 Republican primary to his working partnership with Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle during the Clinton impeachment and the September 11 attacks in 2001 , Lott traces the inner workings of congressional life . One major focus of the book is the comments Lott made at the birthday party of Sen. Strom Thurmond in 2002 and the subsequent intense media coverage , which eventually led to his resignation as the Senate Majority Leader in December 2002 . Lott names several figures who he believes orchestrated his downfall , including members of President George W. Bush 's administration , such as then-Secretary of State , Colin Powell , and former Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) head Joe Allbaugh ( who Lott claims has admitted that he intended to bring Lott down as Majority Leader ) ; as well as the successor to Lott as Majority Leader , Sen. Bill Frist . Lott suggests that his forced resignation was a `` strategic plan '' devised by Bush and others who wanted Frist to take his place , since Frist supported key White House policies like the Medicare expansion , which Lott opposed . Lott notes , however , that his response to the Thurmond controversy played poorly in the media . Lott wrote in the book that Frist betrayed him by not telling him about Frist 's decision to run for majority leader beforehand . Lott says he took Frist as his protégé , as Frist had no political/public experience when he was first elected to the Senate . Some suggested that Lott 's book , which portrayed Frist in a negative light , was designed to impede Frist 's possible presidential campaign , but Frist did not run . Lott indicated in the book that he had repaired his relationship with Frist to some extent . Lott also emphasizes his years as Majority Whip in the House and his years as Majority Leader in the Senate , where Lott claims to have built an efficient vote-getting organization and played a key role in several legislative accomplishments , including the Reagan-era budget cuts and tax cuts , and welfare reform and the tobacco settlement during the Clinton years . This emphasis may tie into Lott 's ambition to rejoin the Senate Republican Leadership .",
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"docid": "5831375701983938d9f672d77ad9f095",
"text": "Julie Belaga Julie D. Belaga ( born July 12 , 1930 ) is a former Republican Connecticut politician .",
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"text": "George Dudley Seymour George Dudley Seymour ( October 6 , 1859 - June 21 , 1945 ) was an American historian , patent attorney , genealogist and city planner . He was born and raised in Bristol , Connecticut and practiced patent law in New Haven , Connecticut . Seymour was a law graduate of Columbian College in Washington , D.C. -LSB- now George Washington University -RSB- , and received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale University in 1913 . He was a member of the Acorn Club , to which he was elected in 1920 , and a member of the Walpole Society , to which he was elected in 1918 . Seymour was a former vice president of the American Federation of Arts and a trustee of the Wadsworth Atheneum . He was a close friend of William Howard Taft and a cousin of Yale President Charles Seymour . Seymour extensively researched the life of the patriot Nathan Hale . He led the campaign for the statue of Hale on the Old Campus at Yale , and convinced the federal government to print a Nathan Hale postage stamp in 1925 . In 1914 , Seymour purchased the Nathan Hale Homestead in Coventry , Connecticut , which he restored and gifted to the Antiquarian & Landmarks Society . The George Dudley Seymour Papers , Seymour 's collection of correspondence , writings , photographs , research files , and printed material , are housed within the Manuscripts and Archives in Sterling Memorial Library at Yale . George Dudley Seymour State Park in Middlesex County , Connecticut is named after him .",
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"text": "David Walker (Kentucky politician) David Walker ( died March 1 , 1820 ) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky , brother of George Walker and grandfather of James David Walker . He was the father of Florida governor David Shelby Walker and the uncle of another Florida governor Richard Keith Call . Walker played a pivotal role in the upbringing of his nephew , taking in Call 's widowed mother ( Walker 's sister ) and her children after the death of Call 's father . Born in Brunswick County , Virginia , Walker attended public and private schools . He served in the Revolutionary War as a private under General Lafayette and was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown . He moved to Logan County , Kentucky . He served as clerk of county and circuit courts . He served as member of the State house of representatives from 1793 to 1796 . He served as major on the staff of Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky in the Battle of the Thames during the War of 1812 . Walker was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth and to the succeeding Congress ( March 4 , 1817 -- March 1 , 1820 ) . He died on March 1 , 1820 , in Washington , D.C. and was interred in the Congressional Cemetery .",
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"text": "United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1892 The 1892 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 8 , 1892 , as part of the 1892 United States presidential election . Voters chose six representatives , or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President . Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee , nominee , former President Grover Cleveland , who was running for a second , non-consecutive term over incumbent President Republican Benjamin Harrison . Cleveland won the state by a narrow margin of 3.26 % .",
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"docid": "d71b828d9a2bb31196e0af605da8af3e",
"text": "George Mason III George Mason III ( 1690 -- 5 March 1735 ) was an early American planter , businessman , and statesman . Mason was the father of George Mason IV , a Founding Father of the United States .",
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"docid": "c80fb8c610849dc6ce7160d41e9b929f",
"text": "Jonathan Singletary Dunham Jonathan Dunham ( January 17 , 1640 -- September 6 , 1724 ) , known in his early life as Jonathan Singletary , was a prominent early American settler of Woodbridge Township , New Jersey , who built the first gristmill in New Jersey . He is U.S. President Barack Obama 's eighth great-grandfather and the first of Obama 's Dunham ancestors to be born in North America .",
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"text": "Truman Smith Truman Smith ( November 27 , 1791 -- May 3 , 1884 ) was a Whig member of the United States Senate from Connecticut from 1849 to 1854 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut 's 4th and 5th congressional districts from 1845 to 1849 and from 1849 to 1854 . He also served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1831 to 1832 , and in 1834 .",
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"docid": "974bf75518c38f287ce94de140497d52",
"text": "Stanley Armour Dunham Stanley Armour Dunham ( March 23 , 1918February 8 , 1992 ) was the maternal grandfather of the 44th U.S. President Barack Obama . He and his wife Madelyn Payne Dunham raised Obama from the age of 10 in Honolulu , Hawaii .",
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"docid": "35073cf2acac53d94d52ea52e75c6c53",
"text": "J. Danforth Bush Joshua Danforth Bush ( December 4 , 1868 -- December 4 , 1926 ) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Delaware , from January 18 , 1921 to January 20 , 1925 , under Governor William D. Denney . He resided in Wilmington , Delaware . Bush was also a wealthy businessman , as a member of one of Delaware 's more prominent families . His father , George W. Bush , had inherited the family shipping business from his own father and had expanded it to include a large business in anthracite , coal , and even yellow pine lumber . The company , George W. Bush & Sons , eventually passed the lumber business to J. Danforth Bush 's firm , a partnership with Robert B. Rayner . Bush also took on a large role in his father 's company . After George W. Bush died in 1900 , his sons incorporated their coal and transportation business as the George W. Bush & Sons Company . J. Danforth Bush was made vice president of the company . Bush was a prominent member of the Delaware Game Protective Association , at one time serving as that organization 's vice president for New Castle County . He also served as treasurer and secretary at various times .",
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"text": "Willimantic, Connecticut Willimantic is a census-designated place , former city and borough , and special-services district . It is located in the town of Windham in Windham County , Connecticut , United States . The population was at 17,737 at the 2010 census . It is home to Eastern Connecticut State University , as well as the Windham Textile and History Museum . Willimantic was incorporated as a city in 1893 ; the city was superseded in 1983 by the Willimantic Special Services District/Willimantic CDP . It is also the birthplace of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut .",
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"text": "David F. Emery David Farnham Emery ( born September 1 , 1948 ) is an American politician from Maine . A former Republican U.S. Representative , Emery grew up in Rockland before attending college at Worcester Polytechnic Institute , where he received a BS in electronics engineering in 1970 . Upon graduating , he entered politics . He served in the Maine House of Representatives 1970-1974 and was active in the Republican Party . In 1974 , Emery ran for the United States House of Representatives against incumbent Democrat Peter Kyros and won in an upset . He was reelected in 1976 , 1978 , and 1980 . He served as a member of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee for all four terms ; on the Science and Technology Committee in the 94th congress ( 1975-1977 ) ; and on the House Armed Services Committee during the 95th , 96th and 97th Congresses ( 1977 - 1983 ) . He was a member of the House Republican leadership during the 97th Congress , serving as Chief Deputy Republican Whip under Trent Lott . In 1982 , he ran for the U.S. Senate against Democratic Senator George J. Mitchell , a former Federal Judge who had been appointed to succeed Democrat Edmund Muskie , whom President Jimmy Carter had appointed as U.S. Secretary of State . Emery was initially thought to be the favorite , but he ran a highly critical campaign which made a negative impression , and Mitchell won the election with 61 % of the vote . In 2005 he declared his candidacy for Governor of Maine in the 2006 election . He withdrew from the race upon the entrance of 2002 nominee Peter Cianchette , but following Cianchette 's withdrawal , re-entered . In the Republican primary he came in last of the three candidates on the ballot , finishing behind State Senators Chandler Woodcock of Farmington and Peter Mills of Skowhegan . Woodcock , the nominee , lost to incumbent Democrat John Baldacci in the November 2006 general election . Emery was endorsed by U.S. Senator John McCain for Governor , who urged voters to vote for Emery in the primary . David Emery endorsed Mitt Romney for President in the 2012 election . In April 2011 , Emery was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services . In August 2012 , Emery resigned from the position with no explanation given . In July 2016 , Emery was chosen to run for Maine Senate against incumbent Democrat David Miramant of Camden .",
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"text": "Albus Dumbledore Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series . For most of the series , he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts . As part of his backstory , it is revealed that he is the founder and leader of the Order of the Phoenix , an organisation dedicated to fighting Lord Voldemort . Dumbledore is portrayed by Richard Harris in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . After Harris ' death , Michael Gambon portrayed Dumbledore for all of the remaining Harry Potter films . Jude Law will portray Dumbledore in the untitled sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them . Rowling stated she chose the name Dumbledore , which is an Early Modern English word for `` bumblebee '' , because of Dumbledore 's love of music : she imagined him walking around `` humming to himself a lot '' .",
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"text": "Barlborough Hall School Barlborough Hall School became an independent Catholic day school , in the Jesuit tradition , around 1939 . The school is now the Preparatory school for Mount St Mary 's College at Spinkhill , 2.2 miles down the road . The present head teacher is Mr Nicholas Boys . Pupils at Barlborough are placed in one of three houses : Campion , Loyola and Xavier . These are Jesuit saints and the pupils compete each term for the `` House Treat '' based on the number of golds ( merits ) and blanks ( demerits ) each child receives . The school is based at Barlborough Hall , a Grade I listed 16th-century country house , located in Barlborough , Chesterfield , Derbyshire , England . Originally built by Sir Francis Rodes ( see Rodes Baronets ) circa 1583 -- 84 , as the family seat , the hall 's Elizabethan design is attributed to Robert Smythson , one of a noted family of architects . Core subjects in the curriculum are split into ` sets ' taught by a different teacher in each group . This enables the children to work with others at the same ability , so it is easier to learn . The PE sessions follow a curriculum that differs each term . The games periods for girls consist of hockey , netball and rounders , depending on the term . The boys ' sports are rugby , football and cricket . In the summer PE lessons , the boys and girls work towards certain badges such as the 50m sprint .",
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"text": "Harry Potter (character) Harry James Potter is the title character and protagonist of J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series . The majority of the books ' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter , who , on his eleventh birthday , learns he is a wizard . Thus , he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to practise magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster Albus Dumbledore and other school professors . Harry also discovers that he is already famous throughout the novel 's magical community , and that his fate is tied with that of Lord Voldemort , the internationally feared Dark Wizard and murderer of his parents , Lily and James .",
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"text": "Sandringham School Sandringham School is a secondary school with academy status in Marshalswick , St Albans , Hertfordshire . It was established in 1988 following a merger of two local schools , Marshalswick School and Wheathampstead School . It occupies the former Marshalswick site , adjacent to Wheatfields Infant and Junior schools . The former Wheathampstead site was used as a training centre by Hertfordshire County Council until 2007 and is now awaiting redevelopment for housing . The school works in partnership with two neighbouring schools to enhance post-16 educational provision . This partnership is known as `` BeauSandVer '' and consists of Sandringham School , Verulam School and Beaumont School . Sandringham school primarily serves neighbourhoods in the north east of St Albans ( Marshalswick and Jersey Farm ) and the villages of Sandridge and Wheathampstead . It was announced in early 2017 that the house names would be changed , along with a new seventh house , starting in the 2017-18 school year . The shortlist has not yet been announced , as of March 2017 . The shortlist was announced in early May of 2017 . It is as follows : Isambard Kingdom Brunel , Amy Johnson , Barbara Hepworth , Charles Darwin ( currently a house ) , Edward Elgar , Isaac Newton , Jane Austen , Millicent Fawcett , Olaudah Equiano , Ernest Shackleton , William Shakespeare , Charlotte Bronte , Alan Turing and William Morris .",
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"text": "Hill House School Hill House School -LSB- ˈhɪlhaʊs -RSB- is a preparatory day independent school based in Knightsbridge , London . It was founded in September 1951 by Lt-Col Stuart Townend and has branches located in West London and in Switzerland . It is the largest preparatory school in London and was originally a boys ' school , turning coeducational in 1981 . The school is known for its distinct uniform , which includes thick mustard cable knit jumpers , corduroy knickerbockers and knitted hats .",
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"text": "T. P. Wiseman Timothy Peter Wiseman FBA ( born 3 February 1940 ) , who usually publishes as T. P. Wiseman and is named as Peter Wiseman in other sources , is a classical scholar and professor emeritus of the University of Exeter . He has published numerous books and articles , primarily on the literature and the social and political history of the late Roman Republic , but also the mythography of early Rome and Roman theatre . Among Wiseman 's students at Exeter was J.K. Rowling , about whose encounters with ancient authors he has written . Because of his connection with Rowling , Wiseman attracted brief pop-culture notoriety when media speculated that he was a model for the character of Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series of books and movies .",
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"text": "Aloha College Aloha College is a private school established in 1982 as a not-for-profit in Marbella , Spain . It provides an international education in 2 sections , Primary School ( 3 -- 10 years ) and Secondary School ( 11 -- 18 years ) . The main building , purpose-built in 1982 , houses the Primary School and administration department and covers an area of 5000 square metres . When it opened it was one of the first IB schools in Spain . A new Secondary school was opened in September 2004 , effectively doubling the size of the school . The modern , purpose-built accommodation has , in addition to normal classroom provision , four well-equipped laboratories , three dedicated computer suites , a library & media Centre , two art & design Studios and a Music Department with a tiered performance area and two drama studios . There are two all-weather sports pitches , a golfing academy and riding school nearby and daily use is made of tennis and swimming facilities within minutes of the site . In addition to a wide-ranging programme of extra-curricular activities , there is a strong emphasis on music and drama tuition . Aloha College is an official examination centre for the prestigious LAMDA qualifications ( London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art ) . Also , examiners from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and the British Ballet Organization regularly visit the college to assess pupils . Students from 14 years onwards have the opportunity of taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme .",
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"text": "The Demon Headmaster (TV series) The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children 's books by Gillian Cross of the same name . Made for CBBC , the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998 . The first series contained six episodes , and aired twice weekly from 2 to 18 January 1996 , the second series contained seven episodes , and aired weekly from 25 September to 6 November 1996 , and the third series contained six episodes , and aired twice weekly from 6 to 22 January 1998 . School location scenes in the first series were filmed at Hatch End High School , in Hatch End , Harrow , North West London and The Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth , Hertfordshire . Other scenes were filmed around West London , and the Vulcan Tower is in fact the building for Atrium in Uxbridge . CGI was used to make this building appear on an traffic island close to Warwick Avenue . Some scenes in the later series were filmed in the village of Sarratt , Hertfordshire and other locations in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire .",
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"text": "The Judd School The Judd School ( usually known simply as Judd ) is a grammar school in Tonbridge , Kent , southeast England . It was established in 1888 at Stafford House on East Street in Tonbridge , where it remained for eight years before moving to its present location on Brook Street , in the south of the town . Founded by the Skinners Company , it was named after 16th century merchant Sir Andrew Judde , whose endowment helped fund the school . The Skinners ' Company maintains close links with the school and makes up the majority of the governing body . There are 1019 students in the school aged 11 to 18 ; the lower school is all boys , but of 350 students aged 16 -- 18 in the sixth form , up to 60 are girls . The first headmaster was William Bryant , who oversaw the transition to the present site before his retirement in 1908 . The current headmaster as of 2017 is Robert Masters , who has occupied the post since September 2004 and is the seventh headmaster of the school . Masters will step down at the end of the 2016-17 school year . Judd pupils generally take ten General Certificate of Secondary Education ( GCSE ) tests in Year Eleven ( aged 15 -- 16 ) , and they have a choice of four or five A-levels in the sixth form . An Office for Standards in Education , Children 's Services and Skills ( Ofsted ) inspection in 2007 graded The Judd School as `` outstanding '' , and league tables published by the Daily Telegraph based on 2013 A-level results rank Judd as the second best ( or best , if independent schools are excluded ) school in Kent . In 2013 , The Sunday Times newspaper ranked The Judd School as the 12th best state secondary school ( for pupils aged 11 -- 16 , with an optional two further years of education in sixth form ) in the country . The majority of students go on to higher education following the completion of their A-levels at the end of Year Thirteen ( aged 17 -- 18 ) , and in 2011 , one in five Year 13 students gained an Oxbridge offer . In September 2004 , the school was designated a music and mathematics specialist school , which means it receives additional funding for those subjects . In 2007 , the school was invited to become a High Performing Specialist School , and in April 2008 was successful in attaining science specialism status . As mathematics is automatically included under a science specialism , the school selected English to be included under the first specialism . The Judd School is now a music with English and science with mathematics specialist school .",
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"text": "Warlingham School Warlingham School is a secondary school with academy status for pupils aged 11 -- 16 , and also has a sixth form for 16 - to 18-year-olds . The school is located in the village of Warlingham , in Surrey , England . It is one of three other secondary schools in the district of Tandridge . The facilities include a sports hall , swimming pool , astroturf , cricket pitches , rugby pitches , a gymnasium and a fitness suite . Warlingham School is also a Business & Enterprise Specialist School . It helps a number of charities and has a selection of after-school activities , ranging from tennis to tech-crew to LEGO Mindstorm robotics . The school is part of the Young Chamber Community , which includes students who take part to make a difference to the school 's community . The school has one headteacher , Mr Nicholas Bradwell , two deputy headteachers , Mr Stephen Day and Mr Paul Kinder , and four assistant headteachers , Mrs Tina Needs , Mr Chris Glover , Mr Paul Seward and Mr Rob Scott who is also head of sixth form . Each house has an effective head of house . These are : Johnson - Mr B.Cole Chichester - Miss K. Wallis Sharman - Miss N. Frayne Mallory - Miss K. Lynch . The Sixth Form is also separated into four houses : Austen , Shakespeare , Rowling and Dickens . As well as a head of house , each child will be in a tutor group . Each group will have a form tutor , who will see them through the school . As of 2017 , the school has become an academy , partnering with Hamsey Green Primary School , and other local schools . Famous magician Andrew Kelly attended the school , who featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show . Category : Secondary schools in Surrey Category : Academies in Surrey",
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"text": "Enfield Grammar School Enfield Grammar School is a boys ' secondary school with academy status in Enfield Town in the London Borough of Enfield in north London .",
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"text": "Electronic grade book An electronic grade book is a teacher 's online record of their students ' lessons , assignments , progress and grades . An electronic grade book interfaces with a student information system which houses a school district 's student records including grades , attendance medical records , transcripts , student schedules and other data . Some electronic grade books make grades , homework and student schedules available online to parents and students . Some examples of services that provide grade books are Gradealyzer , Spiral Universe , QuickSchools.com , and GPA Teacher . All these provide an easy way to update grade book information about each student as well as the ability to quickly and easily transfer this information into the end-of-term report cards . In 2010 the British Government agency for ICT in education , BECTA , put in place a requirement for report cards for all pupils in the comprehensive school system to have their reports made available to parents online .",
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"text": "Reed's School Reed 's School is an independent day and boarding school for boys located in Cobham , Surrey , England , founded by Rev. Andrew Reed , D.D. in 1813 and incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1845 under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Salisbury . It is boys only until Year 11 , but admits girls in Years 12 & 13 . There are currently around 660 day pupils ( 600 boys , 60 girls ) and 100 full-time boarders ( 80 boys , 20 girls ) . The school has historical links with the City of London Corporation and the British Royal Family , a member of which has acted as patron from the school 's earliest days . Since 1951 , Queen Elizabeth II has acted as the school 's 15th patron and has visited the school twice as the reigning monarch ( she also visited as Princess Elizabeth in 1946 ) , once in March 1997 and most recently in March 2014 ( along with Prince Philip ) as part of the school 's bicentennial celebrations . During the 2014 visit , the Queen unveiled a new stained glass window , designed by the artist Helen Whittaker , in the Chapel . Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother opened a new wing in 1959 ( this currently houses the 6th form boarders ) and planted a tulip tree in the school 's grounds . She had previously opened a library in 1939 at the school 's former site at Watford . Since 1966 , the school 's headmasters have been members of the Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference ( HMC ) . Former pupils are known as `` Old Reedonians '' .",
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"text": "Avery Coonley School The Avery Coonley School ( ACS ) , commonly called Avery Coonley , is an independent , coeducational day school serving academically gifted students in preschool through eighth grade ( approximately ages 3 to 14 ) , and is located in Downers Grove , Illinois . The school was founded in 1906 to promote the progressive educational theories developed by John Dewey and other turn-of-the-20th-century philosophers , and was a nationally recognized model for progressive education well into the 1940s . From 1943 to 1965 , Avery Coonley was part of the National College of Education ( now National-Louis University ) , serving as a living laboratory for teacher training and educational research . In the 1960s , ACS became a regional research center and a leadership hub for independent schools , and began to focus on the education of the gifted . The school has occupied several structures in its history , including a small cottage on the Coonley Estate in Riverside , Illinois , and another building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright . It moved to Downers Grove in 1916 and became the Avery Coonley School in 1929 , with a new 10.45 acre campus designed in the Prairie and Arts and Crafts styles , landscaped by Jens Jensen , who was known as `` dean of the world 's landscape architects '' . The campus has been expanded several times since the 1980s to create more space for arts , technology , and classrooms . Avery Coonley was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007 , citing the `` long-lasting influence on schools throughout the country '' of the educational program and the design of the building and grounds . The progressive legacy is still evident in the modern curriculum , which retains many traditions and educational activities dating back to the beginning of the school . Students work a minimum of one year above their current grade level , and explore broad themes allowing them to learn across subjects and engage in creative and collaborative projects , using instructional technology extensively . Opportunities to build on classroom studies are offered through a range of extracurricular activities . Admission is competitive and an IQ score of at least 124 is required . ACS is notable for its record of success in academic competitions at the state and national levels in mathematics , science , geography , and other subjects . ACS was recognized as a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education in 1988 . Avery Coonley attracted national media attention in 1994 when the school was banned from competition in the Illinois State Science Fair after winning for the fourth year in a row . Although the decision was later reversed , the controversy was decried by the press as an example of the `` dumbing down '' of education and the victory of self-esteem over excellence in schools .",
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"text": "History of education in England The history of education in England can be documented to the Anglo-Saxons ' settlement of England . During the Middle Ages , schools were established to teach Latin grammar to the sons of the aristocracy , as part of preparation also for the entry of some into the clergy and religious orders . The church preserved literacy and learning during this period , and education was closely tied to the religious vocation , in order to read the Bible and related documents . Apprenticeship was the main way for youths to enter practical occupations . Two universities were established in affiliation with the church : the University of Oxford , followed by the University of Cambridge , both related closely to training for clergy . A reformed system of `` free grammar schools '' was established in the reign of Edward VI . The Protestant Reformation had a major influence on education and literacy in England , as it encouraged the reading of the Bible in the vernacular of the people . ( Formerly , the Bible was printed only in Latin , the official language of the Catholic Church . ) Counties in the east of England , which had frequent interaction with the Low Countries , where the Reformation movement had flourished , developed a higher rate of literacy in the early years of the Reformation than did other areas of England . In the 19th century the Church of England sponsored most formal education until the government established free , compulsory education towards the end of that century . University College London was established as the first secular college in England , open to students of all religions ( or none , ) followed by King 's College London ; the two institutions formed the University of London . Durham University was also established in the early nineteenth century . Towards the end of the century , the `` redbrick '' universities , new public universities , were founded . The 1944 Education Act established the Tripartite System of grammar schools and secondary modern schools . The school leaving age was raised to 16 in 1972 .",
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"text": "Icelandic Elf School The Icelandic Elf School , known as Álfaskólinn in Icelandic , is a school in Iceland that teaches students and visitors about Icelandic folklore . The school teaches about the hidden people and the 13 different kinds of elves that the school believes inhabit the country of Iceland . According to the school 's headmaster , hidden people `` are just the same size and look exactly like human beings , the only difference is that they are invisible to most of us . Elves , on the other hand , are n't entirely human , they 're humanoid , starting at around eight centimetres . '' He also claims there are gay and lesbian elves . The school is located in Reykjavík , the country 's largest city . The school is headed by Magnús Skarphéðinsson . Magnús has a full curriculum , and certificate programs for visitors that can be earned in as little as half a day . However , the school also publishes texts on hidden people , partly for its own use in the classroom . There is also ongoing research on the elves and hidden people of Iceland . He also collects stories about trolls , fairies , dwarves , and gnomes , but says that `` nearly 70 percent of our stories are about hidden people , because they are most seen here . '' These stories have been collected for the purpose of preservation . Magnús organizes five hour long educational excursions for visitors , and finishes the tour with coffee and pancakes at the school . Despite never advertising his school , Magnus typically gets 5-10 people per excursion . Since opening in 1991 , over 9,000 people , most of them foreigners , have attended the school . The Álfaskólinn also provides `` aura readings '' and `` past-life explorations '' . The question of the `` level of belief in elves '' in Iceland is somewhat of a cultural topos , with survey results published in 1975 , 1995 , 1998 , 2006 . Interpretations of the survey results vary . Based on the 2006 figures , Magnús claims that while only 26 % of Icelanders believe in elves ( summing the responses ` certain ' and ` probable ' ) , 80 % `` do take notice '' ( including the replies ` possible ' and ` unlikely ' ) .",
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"text": "Harrow High School Harrow High School -LSB- ˈhæroʊ -RSB- is a secondary academy school in the London Borough of Harrow in the north-west of London . The headteacher is Paul Gamble . It is not to be confused with the independent school Harrow School , situated nearby at Harrow on the Hill .",
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"text": "Greenfields School Greenfields School is an independent , non-denominational , day and boarding school in Forest Row , East Sussex , England run by Scientologists . It services children from 2 to 18 . It has a Montessori-based Pre-school & Reception class , followed by Infant , Junior , Senior , 6th Form and EFL ( English as a Foreign Language ) classes . Greenfields utilises a study method called Study Technology which is a teaching method developed by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard , and licensed from U.S. non-profit educational organization Applied Scholastics . The school is a member of the Independent Schools Association . The school was founded by Scientologists , and the school 's staff estimates that 90 % of staff and 80 % of students are Scientologists , although the school 's curriculum is non-religious . The school 's website states that it is not a Scientology school , but that it uses ` Study Technology which was developed by L. Ron Hubbard who also developed Scientology ' and ` welcomes students and staff of all religions and creeds . ' The school offers substantial fee discounts advertising a ` private school education from as little as # 59 per week ' , with increasing discounts the longer the child stays in the school . The school has English as a Foreign Language programmes for international students . Summer holiday programmes run from June to August , minimum stay 1 week . The school also runs English programmes all year around for children from 5 to 18 years old . Boarding is on-campus . The school was last inspected by the Department for Education 's OFSTED in 2009 . Since that time inspections are carried out by the Independent Schools Inspectorate ; a full inspection was last conducted in 2011 , and an intermediate inspection in 2013 . The 2013 inspection found that the school did not comply with legal Boarding School standards in terms of staff recruitment checks , record keeping , and child protection . The ISI 's reports explain that the schools is run according to Scientology principles . In 1994 , one of the few non-Scientologist teachers from the school was jailed for five years after he admitted sexually molesting teenage pupils . A 2012 newspaper report suggested that many students left the school after completing their GCSEs , without going on to the sixth form , in order to transfer to Sea Org .",
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"text": "School Captain School Captain is a student appointed or elected to represent the school in some cases the title is ` Head of School ' . This student , usually becomes the captain in the senior year , ( Year 12 , in secondary and Year 6 in primary schools ) in their final year of attending that school . It is similar to `` Student Body President '' in the United States , it is the senior representative of a school 's pupils , and the school , in the community . School captains are mainly found in British Empire legacy school systems : Australia , Canada , New Zealand , South Africa , India , Zimbabwe for example -LSB- -LSB- divine grace high school in india still appoints school captains as representative of the students body . The School captain is chosen from the Lower Sixth formers by ballot , students vote in their respective hostels which are considered as constituencies and staff members also cast their votes . After election the Incumbent officially hands over his duties to the elected school captain on first day of October three to four weeks before public examinations start to enable the outgoing school captain to concentrate on his school work . It is not , however , usually used in the United Kingdom itself , where head girl and head boy are used .",
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"text": "Stepney Green Maths, Computing and Science College Stepney Green is a community secondary school and sixth form for boys . It is situated in the heart of the historic East End of London and adjacent to the developments in Docklands , it serves the local community , which is mainly Bangladeshi in origin . It has a well-equipped library , including 30 computers and a good range of fiction and reference books/material . The curriculum is broad , there is a wide range of extra-curricular activities offered before , during and after school . The PE department organise football and table tennis at lunchtime , and after school and on Saturdays . The school operates a sixth form provision in consortium with Bow School , Langdon Park School and St Paul 's Way Trust School . The sixth form consortium is known as Sixth Form East . The schools students created their own website . Their website is to provide information to students or strangers about the latest events like `` NRA '' and daily information about life at school , student style .",
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"text": "All Hallows School All Hallows may refer to : All Hallows Catholic School , Weybourne , Surrey , England All Hallows Catholic High School , Penwortham , Lancashire , England All Hallows High School , South Bronx , New York , United States All Hallows Roman Catholic High School , Salford , Greater Manchester , England All Hallows ' School , Brisbane , Australia All Hallows ' School Buildings , the heritage-listed buildings at All Hallows ' School , Brisbane All Hallows Preparatory School , East Cranmore , Shepton Mallet , Somerset , England",
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"text": "Arrested Development (TV series) Arrested Development is an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz , which originally aired on Fox for three seasons from November 2 , 2003 to February 10 , 2006 . A fourth season of 15 episodes was released on Netflix on May 26 , 2013 . The show follows the fictitious Bluth family , a formerly wealthy and habitually dysfunctional family . It is presented in a continuous format , incorporating handheld camera work and voice-over narration , as well as the use of occasional archival photos and historical footage . The show also utilizes several long-running `` Easter egg '' jokes throughout each season . Ron Howard serves as both an executive producer and the series ' uncredited narrator . Set in Newport Beach , California , Arrested Development was filmed primarily in Culver City and Marina del Rey . After its debut in 2003 , the series received widespread critical acclaim , six Primetime Emmy Awards , and one Golden Globe Award , and has attracted a cult following , including several fan-based websites . In 2007 , Time listed the show among its `` All-TIME 100 TV Shows '' ; in 2008 , it was ranked 16th on Entertainment Weekly `` New TV Classics '' list . In 2011 , IGN named Arrested Development the `` funniest show of all time '' . Its humor has been cited as a key influence on later single-camera sitcoms such as 30 Rock and Community . Despite critical acclaim , Arrested Development received low ratings and viewership on Fox , which canceled the series in 2006 . Rumors of an additional season and a feature film persisted until 2011 , when Netflix agreed to license new episodes and distribute them exclusively on its video streaming service . These episodes were later released in 2013 . Netflix has also commissioned a fifth season of Arrested Development which will premiere in 2018 .",
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"text": "Career Girls Murders The `` Career Girls Murders '' was the name given by the media to the killings of Emily Hoffert and Janice Wylie in their apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on August 28 , 1963 . George Whitmore , Jr. , was accused of this and other crimes but later cleared . The actions of the police department led Whitmore to be improperly accused of this and other crimes , including the murder of Minnie Edmonds and the attempted rape and assault of Elba Borrero . Whitmore was wrongfully incarcerated for 1,216 days -- from his arrest on April 24 , 1964 , until his release on bond on July 13 , 1966 , and from the revocation of his bond on February 28 , 1972 -- until his exoneration on April 10 , 1973 , when , after what author T.J. English called , in his book The Savage City , `` a numbing cycle of trials , convictions , convictions overturned , retrials , and appeals '' , Whitmore was cleared of all charges and set free . Whitmore 's treatment by the authorities has been cited as an example that led the US Supreme Court to issue the guidelines known as the Miranda rights . The Supreme Court cited Mr. Whitmore 's case as `` the most conspicuous example '' of police coercion in the country when it issued its 1966 ruling establishing a set of protections for suspects , including the right to remain silent , in Miranda v. Arizona .",
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"text": "Showbiz Police Showbiz Police : Una sa Eksena ( formerly known as Showbiz Police : Intriga Under Arrest ) is a weekly comprehensive entertainment news program/showbiz oriented talk show produced by the TV5 Entertainment Group and it is aired every Saturday at 6:00 pm ( 18:00 ) on TV5 . Launched on September 14 , 2013 , Showbiz Police : Intriga Under Arrest is one of the 8 newly launched weekend programs under the `` Weekend Do It Better '' block of the network . It was later moved to a new timeslot on Weekdays from January 20 , 2014 at 4:00 pm . The show ended on June 6 , 2014 .",
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"text": "The Fosters (2013 TV series) The Fosters is an American family drama television series created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg which first premiered in the United States on June 3 , 2013 on the Freeform ( previously named ABC Family ) television network . It follows the lives of the Foster family led by lesbian couple Stef and Lena , a cop and a school vice principal respectively , who raise a multi-ethnic blended family that consists of one biological and four adopted children in San Diego , California . The first season of The Fosters received generally favorable reviews from critics and also garnered particular acclaim for its portrayal of LGBT themes . It also earned two GLAAD Media Awards and one Teen Choice Award .",
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"text": "Arrested Development (season 1) The first season of the television comedy series Arrested Development aired between November 2 , 2003 and June 6 , 2004 , on Fox in the United States . It consisted of 22 episodes , each running approximately 22 minutes in length . The first season was released on DVD in region 1 on October 19 , 2004 , in region 2 on March 21 , 2005 and in region 4 on February 23 , 2005 . The show 's storyline centers on the Bluth family , a formerly wealthy , habitually dysfunctional family and is presented in a continuous format , incorporating hand-held camera work , narration , archival photos , and historical footage .",
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"text": "Queer Eye Queer Eye is an American reality television series that premiered on the cable television network Bravo during July 2003 . The program 's original name Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was changed after the third season to generalize the scope of its content . The series was created by executive producers David Collins and Michael Williams along with their producing partner David Metzler ; it was produced by their production company , Scout Productions . The series is premised on and uses the stereotypes that homosexual ( `` queer '' ) men are superior in matters of fashion , style , personal grooming , interior design and culture . In each episode , the team of five homosexual men known collectively as the `` Fab Five '' perform a `` makeover '' ( in the parlance of the show , a `` make-better '' ) on a person , usually a heterosexual ( `` straight '' ) man , revamping his wardrobe , redecorating his home and offering advice on grooming , lifestyle and food . Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuted during 2003 , and quickly became a surprise success . The success of the series resulted in merchandising , franchising of the concept internationally , and a woman-oriented spin-off , Queer Eye for the Straight Girl . Queer Eye won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program during 2004 . The series ' name was abbreviated to Queer Eye at the beginning of its third season to represent the show 's change from making over only heterosexual men to including women and homosexual men . Queer Eye ended production during 2006 June and the final ten episodes were broadcast during October 2007 . The series ended October 30 . During September 2008 , the Fine Living Network briefly aired Queer Eye in syndication . On January 24 , 2017 , Netflix announced it has ordered a new season of Queer Eye with eight episodes , with the original Fab Five set to be replaced by new members .",
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"text": "Neighbours Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera . It was first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985 . It was created by TV executive Reg Watson , who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems together . Seven decided to commission the show following the success of Watson 's Sons and Daughters , which aired on the network . Although successful in Melbourne , Neighbours underperformed in the Sydney market and struggled for months before Seven cancelled it . The show was immediately bought by rival network Ten . After taking over production of the show , the new network had to build replica sets because Seven destroyed the originals to prevent its rival from obtaining them . Ten began screening Neighbours on 20 January 1986 , taking off where the previous series left off and commencing with episode 171 . Neighbours has since become the longest running drama series in Australian television and in 2005 , it was inducted collectively into the Logie Hall of Fame . On 11 January 2011 , Neighbours moved to Ten 's digital channel , Eleven . The show 's storylines concern the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough , a fictional suburb of Melbourne , Victoria . The series primarily centres on the residents of Ramsay Street , a short cul-de-sac , and its neighbouring area , the Lassiters complex , which includes a bar , hotel , cafe , police station , lawyers ' office and park . Neighbours began with three families created by Watson -- the Ramsays , the Robinsons and the Clarkes . Watson said that he wanted to show three families who are friends living in a small street . The Robinsons and the Ramsays had a long history and were involved in an ongoing rivalry . Pin Oak Court , in Vermont South , is the real cul-de-sac that has doubled for Ramsay Street since 1985 . All of the houses featured are real and the residents allow the production to shoot external scenes in their yards . The interior scenes are filmed at the Global Television studios in Forest Hill . Through its entire run in Australia , Neighbours has been screened as a twenty-two-minute episode each week night in an early-evening slot . In Australia it is currently broadcast each weeknight at 6:30 pm on Eleven . The show is produced by FremantleMedia and has been sold to over sixty countries around the world , making it one of Australia 's most successful media exports . Neighbours was first screened in the United Kingdom in October 1986 on BBC1 where it achieved huge popularity among British audiences in the late 1980s and 1990s . In 2008 , it moved to the UK 's Channel 5 .",
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"text": "Crime in Washington, D.C. Crime in Washington , D.C. , is directly related to the city 's changing demographics , geography , and unique criminal justice system . The District 's population reached a peak of 982,178 in 1950 . However , shortly thereafter , the city began losing residents and by 1980 Washington had lost one-quarter of its population . The population loss to the suburbs also created a new demographic pattern , which divided affluent neighborhoods west of Rock Creek Park from more crime-ridden and blighted areas to the east . Despite being the headquarters of multiple federal law enforcement agencies , such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and United States Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) , the nationwide crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s greatly affected the city and led to large increases in crime . The number of homicides in Washington peaked in 1991 at 897 ( a rate of nearly 60.8 homicides per 100,000 residents ) , and the city eventually became known as the `` murder capital '' of the United States . The crime rate started to fall in the mid-1990s as the crack cocaine epidemic gave way to economic revitalization projects . Gentrification efforts have also started to transform the demographics of distressed neighborhoods , recently leading to the first rise in the District 's population in 60 years . By the mid-2000s , crime rates in Washington dropped to their lowest levels in over 20 years . As in many major cities , crime remains a significant factor in D.C. , especially in the city 's northwestern neighborhoods , which tend to be more affluent , draw more tourists , and have more vibrant nightlife . Violent crime also remains a problem in Ward 8 , which has the city 's highest concentration of poverty .",
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"text": "L.A. Law L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC , from September 15 , 1986 , to May 19 , 1994 . Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher , it contained many of Bochco 's trademark features including an ensemble cast , large number of parallel storylines , social drama , and off-the-wall humor . It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s , and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as capital punishment , abortion , racism , gay rights , homophobia , sexual harassment , AIDS , and domestic violence . The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff . In addition to its main cast , L.A. Law was also well known for featuring then relatively unknown actors and actresses in guest starring roles , who later went on to greater success in film and television including : Don Cheadle , Jeffrey Tambor , Kathy Bates , David Schwimmer , Jay O. Sanders , James Avery , Gates McFadden , Bryan Cranston , C.C.H. Pounder , Kevin Spacey , Richard Schiff , Carrie-Anne Moss , William H. Macy , Stephen Root , Christian Slater , and Lucy Liu . Several episodes of the show also included celebrities such as Vanna White , Buddy Hackett and Mamie Van Doren appearing as themselves in cameo roles . The show was popular with audiences and critics , and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run , four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series .",
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"text": "Karen Orren Karen Orren ( born 1942 ) is an American political scientist , noted for her research on American political institutions and social movements , analyzed in historical perspective , and for helping to stimulate the study of American political development . Orren graduated with a B.A. from Stanford University , majoring in anthropology and political science . She then attended graduate school at the University of Chicago , completing her M.A. in political science in 1965 and her PhD degree in 1972 . Her doctoral dissertation examined life insurance politics in Illinois . Orren is a professor of political science at UCLA , where she has taught since 1969 . Orren 's research considers political questions in broader historical settings and in the context of institutional change . In her first book , Corporate Power and Social Change ( 1974 ) , she studied corporate investment in housing over a century to illuminate the range of possible authority relations between government and business and account for the prevailing form . In Belated Feudalism ( 1991 ) , Orren overturned the Hartzian proposition that American history is characterized by the `` absence of feudalism , '' through an investigation of the labor movement 's prolonged confrontation with ancient master-and-servant laws . Orren has often collaborated with Stephen Skowronek , including founding the academic journal Studies in American Political Development in 1986 , and writing the book The Search for American Political Development ( 2004 ) . Through their work , Orren and Skowronek have significantly fostered the growth of American political development ( or APD ) as a distinct subfield within the discipline of political science . In 1993 , Belated Feudalism won the J. David Greenstone Prize for the best book in politics and history , awarded by the American Political Science Association ( APSA ) . In 1998 , Orren won the Franklin L. Burdette Award for the best paper presented at the previous year 's APSA annual meeting . Orren was president of the Politics and History Section of APSA for 1995 -- 1996 and from 2007 to 2009 was a co-editor of the American Political Science Review .",
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"text": "Cortlandt/Cooney family The Cortlandt/Cooney family is a fictional family on the original ABC daytime soap opera , All My Children .",
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"text": "Spencer family (The Bold and the Beautiful) The Spencer Family is a fictional family in the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful . They were introduced at the beginning of the show with the introduction of media mogul Bill Spencer , Sr. until his departure in 1994 . Currently the family is represented by Bill 's two living children Karen Spencer and Bill Spencer , Jr. and his grandchildren Wyatt Spencer , Caroline Spencer , Liam Spencer and Will Spencer . The Spencers own and run the international media conglomerate Spencer Publications .",
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"text": "A Boy in a Bush `` A Boy in a Bush '' is the fifth episode of the first season of the television series , Bones . Originally aired on November 8 , 2005 . on FOX network , the episode is written by Steve Blackman and Greg Ball and directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño . The episode features FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth and Dr. Temperance Brennan 's investigation into the death of a six-year-old boy , whose remains were found near a shopping mall .",
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"text": "Run (Scandal) `` Run '' is the tenth episode , serving as a mid-season premiere of the fourth season of the American political thriller television series Scandal , and is the 57th overall episode , which aired on ABC on January 29 , 2015 . The episode was written by showrunner Shonda Rhimes and directed by executive producer Tom Verica . The episode serves as a bottle episode , in which the episode focuses solely on Olivia 's kidnapping and her captivity in a jail cell , which she shares with a cellmate named Ian McLeod . The episode features the fewest series regulars of any episode of the series , with only four regulars appearing : Olivia Pope , Jake Ballard , President Fitzgerald `` Fitz '' Grant lll and Abby Whelan . Shonda Rhimes praised the episode in an interview in which she named it the best episode of Scandal . She praised the writing , saying , `` It is probably my favorite episode that we 've done , ever . It 's my favorite episode that I 've written , of anything that I 've written . But it 's probably our favorite episode that we 've done ever . ''",
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"text": "Barnes family The Barnes family is one of the main families of the American prime time soap opera Dallas and its 2012 sequel . The feud between the Barnes family and their rival Ewing family forms much of the core plot-line of the series .",
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"text": "MTV's Busted MTV 's Busted is a reality TV show that depicts young adults ( mostly students in college ) getting arrested and penalized by police . Most arrests are for alcohol-related crimes , such as drunk driving and underage drinking . Arrests for possession of marijuana are also common . Busted began airing in summer 2008 . The stories are shown from the officers ' point of view with the arrested 's video commentary added in . In September 2008 , the show 's film crews were present during a tasering incident , which resulted in a 19-year-old man dying at the hands of police in Lincoln , Nebraska .",
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"text": "List of The Fosters episodes The Fosters is an American drama series on Freeform ( then known as ABC Family ) that premiered on June 3 , 2013 . The series follows the lives of Lena Adams ( Sherri Saum ) and Stef Foster ( Teri Polo ) , the Fosters , who are an interracial , lesbian couple living in the Mission Bay area of San Diego , raising Stef 's biological son , Brandon ( David Lambert ) , along with adopted twins , Jesus ( Jake T. Austin/Noah Centineo ) and Mariana ( Cierra Ramirez ) . Lena is a charter school vice principal and Stef is a police officer . Lena decides to take in `` troubled '' teenager Callie ( Maia Mitchell ) and her younger brother Jude ( Hayden Byerly ) , who have endured a series of abusive foster homes . The show resumed its second season on January 19 , 2015 . The series was renewed for a third season on January 13 . The third season began on June 8 , 2015 , with the second half premiering on January 25 , 2016 on Freeform . On November 30 , 2015 , Freeform announced that the series was renewed for a fourth season , which premiered on June 20 , 2016 . The second half of the fourth season premiered on January 31 , 2017 , replacing the timeslot for Pretty Little Liars . On January 10 , 2017 , Freeform announced that the series was renewed for a fifth season , which will start airing on July 11 , 2017 . As of April 11 , 2017 , 82 episodes of The Fosters have aired , concluding the fourth season .",
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"text": "Hill and Barlow Hill & Barlow was a law firm in Boston , Massachusetts that was dissolved in 2002 . Founded in 1895 , the firm had been one of the city 's oldest and most elite firms , and was also the 12th largest in Boston at the time of its dissolution , employing 145 lawyers . The firm was founded by Arthur Hill , known for defending the anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti . Hill & Barlow was dissolved when approximately one third of the firm , mostly the real estate group , left , eventually joining Piper Rudnick ( now DLA Piper ) in 2003 . ( A group representing authors and movie producers were the first to leave for Fish & Richardson . ) Remaining attorneys reported feeling `` blindsided '' by the unexpected upheaval , but those departing felt that the planned restructuring was coming too late . Notable former employees include : Robert Mueller , director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ; Michael S. Greco , President of the American Bar Association , the Massachusetts Bar Association , the New England Bar Association , and the New England Bar Foundation ; former Massachusetts governors Endicott Peabody , Michael Dukakis and William Weld ; Deval Patrick , the first African American Governor of Massachusetts and former U.S. assistant attorney general for Civil Rights under Bill Clinton ; former Massachusetts State Senator Jarrett Barrios ; Joseph D. Steinfield , Prince Lobel Tye LLP Gael , Mahony , Holland & Knight Federal Judge Reginald C. Lindsay , U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ( 1993 ) ; Jane Schacter , currently a professor at Stanford Law School and former assistant attorney general , Massachusetts ; Paul R. McDaniel , professor of law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law ; James R. Repetti , professor of law at Boston College Law School ; John A. E. Pottow , professor of law at the University of Michigan Law School . Michael Weisman , adjunct professor of law at Yale Law School and attorney for Marie Evans in Evans v. Lorillard Tobacco which resulted in an $ 152 million jury verdict . Robert Bone , professor of law at The University of Texas School of Law . David A. Hoffman , Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and founder of Boston Law Collaborative , LLC John C. P. Goldberg , professor of law at Harvard Law School Huyen Pham , professor of law at Texas A&M Law School Thomas Main , professor of law at UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law",
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"text": "Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama and mystery series created by Marc Cherry , and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions . It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC , from October 3 , 2004 to May 13 , 2012 . Executive producer Cherry served as showrunner . Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily , George W. Perkins , John Pardee , Joey Murphy , David Grossman , and Larry Shaw . Set on Wisteria Lane , a street in the fictional town of Fairview in the fictional Eagle State , Desperate Housewives follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their late friend and neighbor who committed suicide in the pilot episode . The storyline covers 13 years of the women 's lives over eight seasons , set between the years 2004 -- 2008 , and later 2013 -- 2017 ( the story arc includes a five-year passage of time , as well as flashbacks ranging from the 1980s to the 2020s ) . They work through domestic struggles and family life , while facing the secrets , crimes and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their -- on the surface -- beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood . The series features an ensemble cast , headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer , Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo , Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp , and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis . Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young , appearing sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences . Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike . It won multiple Primetime Emmy , Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards . From the 2004 -- 05 through the 2008 -- 09 television seasons , its first five seasons were rated amongst the top ten most-watched series . In 2007 , it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide , with an audience of approximately 120 million and was also reported as the third most watched television series in a study of ratings in twenty countries . In 2012 , it remained the most-watched comedy series internationally based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide , which measured ratings across five continents ; it has held this position since 2006 . Moreover , it was the third highest revenue earning series for 2010 , with $ 2.74 million per half an hour . The show was ranked at number fifty-six on Entertainment Weekly `` New TV Classics '' list . In 2011 , it was confirmed that Desperate Housewives would conclude after its eighth season ; the series finale aired on May 13 , 2012 . By the end of the series , it had surpassed Charmed as the longest running hour-long television series featuring all female leads by two episodes .",
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"text": "Huge (TV series) Huge is an American drama series that aired on the ABC Family television network . The series is based on the young adult novel of the same name by Sasha Paley . The hour-long drama series revolves around eight teens sent to a summer weight loss camp called Camp Victory . Winnie Holzman ( creator of My So-Called Life ) and her daughter Savannah Dooley wrote the plot . Casting began in January , with production beginning in April 2010 . The series premiered on June 28 , 2010 at 9 p.m. with 2.53 million viewers . On October 4 , 2010 ABC Family announced that Huge was not getting an extra episode order , therefore canceling the show .",
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"text": "Packed to the Rafters (season 4) The fourth season of Packed to the Rafters '' , an Australian drama television series , began on 8 February 2011 on the Seven Network . The season concluded on 20 March 2012 after 22 episodes . Season four traces the family 's fortunes as they attempt to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of Melissa 's death . Strong family bonds ensure that traumatised Ben receives warm support as he takes his first steps back into the work-force . Slowly he learns to smile again , embracing a newfound interest in gardening and a growing friendship with his boss 's daughter Emma , which might hold the promise of something more . There are further love issues in the Karandonis household , with Carbo and Retta choosing to elope rather than face the comic extravagance of a Karandonis wedding . Julie and Dave , meanwhile , are forced to deal with the consequences for Rachel and Jake of a dangerous accusation flung at him by a drunken woman on a rugby weekend away . Rachel 's feelings for Jake are tested to the limit , especially when her boss throws into the confusing mix the chance of a lifetime to work in New York . The Rafters also wrestle with the unexpected arrival of new family members , not the least being the release from prison of Dave 's father , Tom . Tom 's never quite predictable manipulations ultimately force Dave to take a heart-breaking stand , and cause him to initially misjudge the intentions of his half-brother , Matt . Julie meanwhile finds a new best friend in Donna , though their initial exchanges are hilariously unpromising . Meanwhile , Nathan is searching for new direction in his life and his desire to travel forces Julie and Dave to undertake some soul-searching of their own . Ted is also keen to find a greater purpose , mentoring a troubled twelve-year-old boy .",
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"text": "Eddie Vedder Eddie Vedder ( born Edward Louis Severson ; December 23 , 1964 ) is an American musician , singer and songwriter best known as a member of the rock band Pearl Jam , with whom he performs lead vocals and is one of three guitarists . He is known for his powerful baritone vocals . He is also involved in making music and contributes to albums by other artists . In 2007 , Vedder released his first solo album as a soundtrack for the film Into the Wild ( 2007 ) . His second album Ukulele Songs and a live DVD titled Water on the Road were released in 2011 . Vedder was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7 , 2017 .",
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"text": "Pearl Jam Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle , Washington , in 1990 . Since its inception , the band 's line-up has comprised Eddie Vedder ( lead vocals ) , Mike McCready ( lead guitar ) , Stone Gossard ( rhythm guitar ) and Jeff Ament ( bass ) . The band 's fifth member is drummer Matt Cameron ( also of Soundgarden ) , who has been with the band since 1998 . Boom Gaspar ( piano ) has also been a session/touring member with the band since 2002 . Drummers Dave Krusen , Matt Chamberlain , Dave Abbruzzese and Jack Irons are former members of the band . Formed after the demise of Gossard and Ament 's previous band , Mother Love Bone , Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album , Ten , in 1991 . One of the key bands in the grunge movement of the early 1990s , over the course of the band 's career , its members became noted for their refusal to adhere to traditional music industry practices , including refusing to make proper music videos or give interviews , and engaging in a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster . In 2006 , Rolling Stone described the band as having `` spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame . '' To date , the band has sold nearly 32million records in the United States and an estimated 60million worldwide . Pearl Jam has outlasted and outsold many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s , and is considered one of the most influential bands of that decade . Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic referred to Pearl Jam as `` the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s '' . Pearl Jam were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7 , 2017 , in their first year of eligibility .",
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"text": "Guitar battle A guitar battle ( or guitar duel ) is where two or more guitar players take turns soloing , either with or without a rhythm section . The purpose of the guitar battle is to determine who among each of the guitar players present is the most proficient on the instrument . Often , it begins with the guitarists trading licks and phrases , while gradually increasing the complexity of the technique used . A guitar battle can be said to be over when one guitarist outplays ( either through skill , endurance or the other guitarist ( s ) acknowledging that they can not win ) all the other guitar players present . This is also known among guitarists as a head-cutting duel or simply as cutting heads .",
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"text": "Weathermaker Music Weathermaker Music is the record label owned by the American rock band Clutch and their manager Jack Flanagan . Weathermaker Music LLC was formed in June 2008 . Weathermaker Music was mostly known to work with Clutch and their side project , the psychedelic jazz-rock alter ego The Bakerton Group . In 2012 Weathermaker signed and released product by The Company Band , and The Mob . Both groups include Weathermaker Music principal owners . On March 19th , 2013 Weathermaker Music released the Clutch record '' Earth Rocker '' on CD and vinyl . At the end of 2013 Weathermaker Music released `` Earth Rocker Live '' which is a double 12 inch vinyl picture disc version of the `` Earth Rocker '' studio release on one LP , and the same track listing recorded live from various cities on their 2013 USA tour on the second LP . In 2013 Weathermaker Music signed Deep Swell , featuring Clutch member Tim Sult on guitar . Their record , `` Lore of the Angler '' was released October 15th , 2013 . Weathermaker Music signed the Maryland-based group Lionize in 2013 as well . Entitled `` Jetpack Soundtrack '' , this Lionize record was released on February 18th , 2014 in North America , April 11th , 2014 in Europe , and February 14th , 2014 in the UK . The Lionize signing marks the label 's first signing of an independent artist to Weathermaker Music . In the summer of 2014 Weathermaker Music completed the Earth Rocker release cycle with a very special Double Vinyl 12 '' Picture Disc for collectors and released `` Earth Rocker Deluxe '' , a 2xCD / DVD set . CD1 of the deluxe version features the original studio recordings with two previously unreleased songs , CD2 is a live version of all ER songs recorded at various stops on the Earth Rocker World Tour during the summer of 2013 and the DVD is a recording of Clutch 's Denver , CO show from ( 11/14/13 ) . As a bonus , the DVD contains three promotional videos , two of which were directed by Aisha Tyler . Clutch released their 11th studio record `` Psychic Warfare '' on October 2nd , 2015 via Weathermaker Music . The first video from the album was `` X-Ray Visions '' , Directed by Dan Winters . The album reached # 11 on the Top 100 Billboard chart and # 1 on both the Hard Rock and Rock Billboard charts . The second video from `` Psychic Warfare '' was `` A Quick Death in Texas '' , directed and shot by My Good Eye ( David Brodsky / Allison Woest ) . Clutch also participated in '' 10 Bands 1 Cause '' breast cancer awareness program with a limited edition pink vinyl offering released September 18th , 2015 distributed via RED . This vinyl will be reissued by Weathermaker Music on black vinyl on October 7th , 2016 . On Saturday April 16th 2016 Weathermaker Music will be releasing a Clutch special limited edition 12 '' vinyl release for Record Store Day . The album will contain two previously unreleased tracks from the Psychic Warfare sessions : `` Mad Sidewinder '' and `` Outland Special Clearance '' . These two tracks , specifically mastered for this vinyl configuration by Paul Logus , will be on side A . The reverse side will have a large scale etching taken from the Psychic Warfare CD booklet design created by Dan Winters . The jacket is hand numbered thick clear plastic showing the full art design , thus making this piece for Record Store Day 2016 a unique collectors ' item for all Clutch fans . On September 20th , 2016 Weathermaker Music re-issued their first ever official release '' WM001 , Full Fathom Five , Audio Field Recordings '' on a 2x disc vinyl Gatefold offering . Weathermaker Music has signed distribution agreements with Sony/RED in North America , as well as international distribution agreements with Rough Trade Distribution in Europe , including the UK , and Rocket Distribution in Australia . Weathermaker Music Label Manager is Stefan Koster .",
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"text": "Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance was an award presented at the 2012 and 2013 Grammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards . According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it was designed for solo , duo/groups or collaborative ( vocal or instrumental ) hard rock or metal recordings and was limited to singles or tracks only . The award was first presented in 2012 , after a major restructuring of Grammy categories . It combined the previous categories Best Hard Rock Performance and Best Metal Performance . The restructuring was a result of the Recording Academy 's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards . However , the Recording Academy announced in June 2013 that the category would split in 2014 , returning the Best Metal Performance category and recognizing quality hard rock performances in the Best Rock Performance category . According to the Academy , `` it was determined that metal has a very distinctive sound , and hard rock more closely aligns with rock and can exist comfortably as one end of the rock spectrum . ''",
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"text": "Black (Pearl Jam song) `` Black '' is a power ballad by the American rock band Pearl Jam . The song is the fifth track on the band 's debut album , Ten ( 1991 ) . Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard , `` Black '' is about Vedder 's ex-girlfriend . Notably , following the band 's 1992 MTV Unplugged performance , Vedder now renders the lyric `` we belong together '' in `` Black '' as `` we do n't belong together '' indicating his moving on from the relationship and being content with how it ended . After Ten became a commercial success in 1992 , Pearl Jam 's record label Epic Records urged the group to release the song as a single . The band refused , citing the song 's personal nature . Despite the lack of a commercial single release , the song managed to reach number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart . Remixed versions of the song were included on Pearl Jam 's 2004 greatest hits album , Rearviewmirror , and the 2009 Ten reissue . It has gone on to become one of the band 's most popular songs , as well as a fan favorite .",
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"text": "Buckethead Brian Patrick Carroll ( born May 13 , 1969 ) , known professionally as Buckethead , is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist who has worked within many genres of music . He has released 294 studio albums , four special releases and one EP . He has also performed on more than 50 other albums by other artists . His music spans many diverse areas such as progressive metal , funk , blues , Heavy Metal , bluegrass , ambient , and avant-garde music . Buckethead is famous for wearing a KFC bucket on his head , emblazoned with an orange bumper sticker reading FUNERAL in capital black block letters , and an expressionless plain white mask , which , according to Buckethead , was inspired by his seeing Halloween 4 : The Return of Michael Myers . At one point , he changed to a plain white bucket that no longer bore the KFC logo , but subsequently reverted to his trademark KFC bucket . He also incorporates nunchaku and robot dancing into his stage performances . As an instrumentalist , Buckethead has received critical acclaim for his electric guitar playing , and is considered one of today 's more innovative guitarists . He has been voted number 8 on a list in GuitarOne magazine of the `` Top 10 Fastest Guitar Shredders of All Time '' as well as being included in Guitar Worlds lists of the `` 25 all-time weirdest guitarists '' and the `` 50 fastest guitarists of all time '' . He performs primarily as a solo artist , though he has collaborated extensively with a wide variety of high-profile artists such as Bill Laswell , Bootsy Collins , Bernie Worrell , Iggy Pop , Les Claypool , Serj Tankian , Bill Moseley , Mike Patton , Viggo Mortensen , That 1 Guy , Bassnectar , and was a member of Guns N ' Roses from 2000 to 2004 . Buckethead has also written and performed music for major motion pictures , including : Saw II , Ghosts of Mars , Beverly Hills Ninja , Mortal Kombat , Mortal Kombat : Annihilation , Last Action Hero , and contributed lead guitar to the track `` Firebird '' featured on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers : The Movie soundtrack .",
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"text": "Eddie Lang (singer) Eddie Lee Langlois ( January 15 , 1936 -- March 10 , 1985 ) , known as Eddie Lang , was an American R&B and soul singer and guitarist . He was born in New Orleans , Louisiana . By the early 1950s , he was second guitarist in Eddie `` Guitar Slim '' Jones ' band . He made his own recordings , credited as Little Eddie , in the mid-1950s , for Bullet Records , and then recorded for the RPM label . In 1959 , as Eddie Lang , he recorded `` On My Own '' and `` Troubles Troubles '' , released by Ron Records . Under the pseudonym Sly Dell , he also recorded for the Seven B label . In 1965 , he made further recordings , releasing `` The Love I Have For You '' and `` The Sad One '' on the Seven B label owned by Joe Banashak . His Seven B recordings have been described as his finest recordings , `` outstanding '' , `` very forceful '' and `` superbly judged '' . He later recorded for the Superdome label , with `` Food Stamp Blues '' becoming one of his most successful recordings . Following a stroke in the late 1970s , he died in 1985 at his home in Slidell , Louisiana .",
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"text": "Eddie Perez (guitarist) Edward Anthony Perez ( born June 26 , 1968 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American guitarist and singer . He currently tours and records with The Mavericks after a long time of being on tour with Dwight Yoakam . Perez joined the Grammy award-winning , multi-platinum band The Mavericks as a member in 2003 . He has also played with other notable artists such as James Intveld , Connie Smith , Jim Lauderdale , Miranda Lambert , Lee Ann Womack , Gary Allan and Kim Richey . In addition to his work with The Mavericks , he has worked with Mavericks ' lead singer , Raul Malo , on his solo projects , including the Peter Asher-produced record , You 're Only Lonely . He can be seen on the DVDs The Mavericks - Live in Austin , Texas , as well as the DVD Return to Sin City : A Tribute to Gram Parsons . He also appears in CMT 's 100 Greatest Love Songs and CMT 's 100 Greatest Duets . Born in Los Angeles , Perez grew up listening to rock guitarists of the 1970s and 1980s . `` My heroes were Jimmy Page , Jeff Beck , Van Halen and Ace Frehley , '' Perez told the Pittsburgh City Paper in June 2016 . `` Everything a big-eyed boy would find fascinating about rock 'n' roll , that was me . I was 12 years old and my father took me to see ZZ Top and it blew my mind . I was never the same after that . '' Perez began playing in bands at the age of 13 and discovered Honky Tonk music when he first heard `` Guitars and Cadillacs '' by Dwight Yoakam , with whom he would later perform . `` Hearing that really turned me around and it gave me a focus . From then on I started to learn everything I could about that music . But then I also had that rock 'n' roll background , too . '' In 2003 , Perez replaced Nick Kane in the Mavericks , just a short time before the band broke up . A consummate showman , Perez is known for his flair on stage both in his dress and in his stage movements . `` You would n't think that an influence of Jimmy Page or Angus Young of AC/DC would fit into the Mavericks , but somehow it does , '' Perez says of his stage presence . `` When I 'm on stage , I show up to give a performance because that 's what I would want to see . You dig what I 'm saying ? I 'm not so much thinking it as much as I 'm feeling it . I try to get to the most real , honest place that I can within each song . What I 'm doing on stage is a visual to what that sound feels like to me . ''",
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"text": "Edward T. King Edward T. `` Eddie '' King was an early twentieth century percussionist , conductor , Artist and Repertoire ( A&R ) man , and manager for Zon-o-phone , the Victor Talking Machine Company , and Columbia Records .",
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"text": "Piano bar A piano bar ( also known as a piano lounge ) consists of a piano or electronic keyboard played by a professional musician , located in a cocktail lounge , bar , hotel lobby , office building lobby , restaurant , or on a cruise ship . Usually the pianist receives a small salary plus tips in a jar or basket on or near the piano , especially from patrons requesting a song traditionally written on a beverage napkin . Some piano bars feature a baby grand or grand piano surrounded by stools for patrons ( or , somewhat humorously , an upright piano covered by a counter that makes it appear to be a grand piano ) . Others have a bar surrounding the piano or keyboard . Jimmy Durante started as a piano bar player , as did Billy Joel . Joel 's classic hit `` Piano Man '' is based on his experiences as a piano bar player . Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli also played in piano bars to pay for singing lessons . Theatre historian John Kenrick describes the piano bar as follows : A piano bar is a hybrid creature : part performance space , part living room , part cruise-a-thon , and part saloon . The bar is there to sell drinks , the pianist is there to perform , and the crowd is there to sing , listen , drink and socialize . All of this means that it 's impossible to predict what a given evening 's chemistry will be , even if most of the people on hand are regular customers ... . While every factor counts , the most important issue is the person at the piano . The pianist determines the type of music , the style of performance , and the general tone of the evening ... . The experienced piano bar player knows how to take genial control of most any situation and generally keep the party going . The American minimalist composer Terry Riley , who worked as a cocktail pianist when younger , later offered this `` religious '' view of the profession : Having worked for years as a lounge lizard , I was smitten with the insight that the cocktail pianist is signaled out to conduct his ritual of group urban chanting on the themes of love and existence -- a kind of medicine man at the ever-present altaric piano , surrounded by his boozy tribe sipping sacraments in the circle of our common misery . The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs presents annually several awards , MAC Awards , for piano bar performers : Piano Bar Instrumentalist , Restaurant/Hotel Lounge Instrumentalist , Piano Bar/Restaurant Singing Entertainer -- male and female .",
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"text": "Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas `` Eddie '' Rabbitt ( November 27 , 1941 -- May 7 , 1998 ) was an American singer and songwriter . His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s , springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as `` Kentucky Rain '' for Elvis Presley in 1970 and `` Pure Love '' for Ronnie Milsap in 1974 . Later in the 1970s , Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as `` Suspicions '' and `` Every Which Way but Loose . '' His duets `` Both to Each Other ( Friends and Lovers ) '' and `` You and I '' , with Juice Newton and Crystal Gayle respectively , later appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and All My Children .",
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"text": "America: A Tribute to Heroes America : A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert created by the heads of the four major American broadcast networks ; Fox , ABC , NBC and CBS . Joel Gallen was selected by them to produce and run the show . Actor George Clooney organized celebrities to perform and to staff the telephone bank . The marketing and public relations was headed by Warner Bros. . EVP Corp Comm with assistance from the marketing and publicity departments of all four broadcast networks . It was broadcast live by the four major American television networks and all of the cable networks in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 . Done in the style of a telethon , it featured a number of national and international entertainers performing to raise money for the victims and their families , particularly the New York City firefighters and New York City police officers . It aired September 21 , 2001 , uninterrupted and commercial-free , for which it won a Peabody Award . It was released on December 4 , 2001 , on compact disc and DVD . On a dark stage illuminated by hundreds of candles , twenty-one artists performed songs of mourning and hope , while various actors and other celebrities delivered short spoken messages . The musical performances took place at three studios in Los Angeles ( CBS Television City ) , New York , and London , while the celebrity messages took place at Los Angeles . Some of the musicians including Neil Young and Eddie Vedder were heard working the phone banks taking pledges . The money raised amounted to over $ 200 million , and was given to the United Way 's September 11 Telethon Fund . In 2004 , Rolling Stone magazine selected this concert , along with the later The Concert for New York City , as one of the 50 moments that changed rock and roll . The show was also simulcast in Canada ; Young and another Canadian singer , Celine Dion , performed .",
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"text": "American Jesus `` American Jesus '' is the first single by Bad Religion from their 1993 album Recipe for Hate . It was their second all-time single since their signing to Atlantic Records . Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam provides backing vocals on the track .",
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"text": "Eddie Money Edward Joseph Mahoney ( born March 21 , 1949 ) , known professionally as Eddie Money , is an American singer , songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who had success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums .",
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"text": "Eddie Beal Eddie Beal ( June 13 , 1910 , Redlands , California - December 15 , 1984 , Los Angeles ) was an American jazz pianist . He was the brother of Charlie Beal . Beal started on drums but switched to piano in his teens . Early in the 1930s he worked in the orchestras of Earl Dancer and Charlie Echols . From 1933 to 1936 he toured China with Buck Clayton , then freelanced in California ( with Maxine Sullivan , among others ) until 1941 . After military service from 1941 -- 43 , he accompanied Ivie Anderson , and led his own trio which accompanied Billie Holiday at one point . He also worked in the Spirits of Rhythm . As a composer , he penned the tunes `` Softly '' ( covered by Holliday ) and `` Bye and Bye '' , a hit for The Turbans . He plays on the soundtrack to the 1951 film The Strip ; he also makes an appearance in the film . Later recording credits include work with Jimmy Mundy , Herb Jeffries , Helen Humes , Red Callender , and others . He led his own group in Las Vegas , Nevada in 1973-74 , and in 1974-75 he played with Tommy Dorsey .",
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"text": "Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts The Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts , INC. ( PCC ) is an American trade union . It was founded in 1966 by members of Musicians ' Protective Union Local # 274 , American Federation of Musicians ( A F of M ) . Local # 274 was chartered in 1935 as a separate Black local because Black musicians were denied membership in the racially segregated Local # 77 . Local # 274 enjoyed its autonomy for more than 36 years . It was the longest surviving independent Black Musicians ' Union in the United States , of the more than fifty chartered in major cities . Local # 274 and PCC 's social unit are integral parts of the history of JAZZ in Philadelphia . They evolved out of the struggle of Black musicians for political , economic , and cultural recognition during Philadelphia 's overt segregation period . Local # 274 's membership rolls included JAZZ greats like John Coltrane , Dizzy Gillespie , Shirley Scott , Lee Morgan , `` Philly '' Joe Jones , Grover Washington Jr. , the Heath Brothers , and Nina Simone to name a few .",
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"text": "Eddie the Head Eddie , also known as Eddie the Head , is the mascot for the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden . He is a perennial fixture of the group 's artwork , appearing in all of their album covers ( as well as most of their singles ) and in their merchandise , which includes T-shirts , posters and action figures . On top of this , Eddie features in all of the band 's concerts , as well as in the first-person shooter video game , Ed Hunter , and the role-playing game , Iron Maiden : Legacy of the Beast . Originally a papier-mâché mask used in Iron Maiden 's stage backdrop , the band transferred the name `` Eddie '' from the mask to an illustration by Derek Riggs , which was used as the band 's debut album cover . Although he is occasionally described as `` zombie-like '' in the press , Eddie assumes a different guise relating to the themes of individual albums and their corresponding world tours , and has appeared as a cyborg , an Egyptian mummy and a lobotomised mental patient amongst others .",
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"text": "List of awards and nominations received by Van Halen This is a list of awards and nominations for awards received by the rock band Van Halen . Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in Pasadena , California in 1972 and consisted of Eddie Van Halen on guitar , keyboards , and vocals , Alex Van Halen on drums and percussion , Michael Anthony on bass and vocals , and David Lee Roth on lead vocals . They enjoyed success from the release of their self-titled debut album in 1978 . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide -RSB- and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart . During the 1980s they also had more Billboard Hot 100 hits than any other hard rock or heavy metal band . According to the Recording Industry Association of America , Van Halen is the 19th best selling band/artist of all time with sales of over 56 million albums in the United States and is one of five rock bands that have had two albums sell more than 10 million copies in the United States .",
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"text": "Backing vocalist Backing vocalists are singers who provide vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists . In some cases , a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist 's entry or to sing a counter-melody . Backing vocalists are used in a broad range of popular music , traditional music and world music styles . Solo artists may employ professional backing vocalists in studio recording sessions as well as during concerts . In many rock and metal bands ( e.g. , the power trio ) , the musicians doing backup vocals also play instruments , such as guitar , electric bass , drums , or keyboards . In Latin or Afro-Cuban groups , backup singers may play percussion instruments or shakers while singing . In some pop and hip-hop groups and in musical theater , the backup singers may be required to perform elaborately choreographed dance routines while they sing through headset microphones . The style of singing used by backup singers varies according to the type of song and the genre of music the band plays . In pop and country songs , backup vocalists may perform vocal harmony parts to support the lead vocalist . In hardcore punk or rockabilly , other band members who play instruments may sing or shout backup vocals during the chorus ( refrain ) section of the songs .",
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"text": "Who You Are (Pearl Jam song) `` Who You Are '' is a song by American rock band Pearl Jam . Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music co-written by drummer Jack Irons and guitarist Stone Gossard , `` Who You Are '' was released on July 30 , 1996 as the first single from the band 's fourth studio album , No Code ( 1996 ) . The song topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart . It peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song was included on Pearl Jam 's 2004 greatest hits album , Rearviewmirror ( Greatest Hits 1991 -- 2003 ) . On Pearl Jam 's greatest hits album , `` Who You Are '' has a slight lyric change . Instead of `` circumstance , clapping hands '' , it 's `` avalanche , falling fast '' .",
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"text": "Nothingman `` Nothingman '' is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam . Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music by bassist Jeff Ament , `` Nothingman '' is the fifth track on the band 's third studio album , Vitalogy ( 1994 ) . The song was included on Pearl Jam 's 2004 greatest hits album , Rearviewmirror ( Greatest Hits 1991 -- 2003 ) .",
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"text": "Broad Green Pictures Broad Green Pictures is an American film production , financing , and distribution company . It was founded in 2014 by CEO Gabriel Hammond and Chief Creative Officer , Daniel Hammond .",
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"text": "Broadgate Broadgate is a large , 32 acre office and retail estate in the City of London , owned by British Land and GIC and managed by Broadgate Estates . The original developer was Rosehaugh : it was built by a Bovis / Tarmac Construction joint venture and was the largest office development in London until the arrival of Canary Wharf in the early 1990s . The original scheme was designed by Arup Associates , Team 2 , which was headed by Peter Foggo , who later left Arup to set up his own practice Peter Foggo Associates , where he completed the initial phase of works .",
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"text": "Ten/Four Pictures Ten/Four Pictures is a production company engaged in the production and co-financing of motion pictures for worldwide theatrical release . Ten/Four 's objective is to make commercially viable films in the $ 8 -- 15 million range , financing up to 25 % of each budget .",
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"text": "B movie A B movie is a low-budget commercial movie , but one that is not an arthouse film . In its original usage , during the Golden Age of Hollywood , the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double feature . Although the U.S. production of movies intended as second features largely ceased by the end of the 1950s , the term B movie continues to be used in the broader sense it maintains today . In its post -- Golden Age usage , there is ambiguity on both sides of the definition : on the one hand , the primary interest of many inexpensive exploitation films is prurient ; on the other , many B movies display a high degree of craft and aesthetic ingenuity . In either usage , most B movies represent a particular genre -- the Western was a Golden Age B movie staple , while low-budget science-fiction and horror films became more popular in the 1950s . Early B movies were often part of series in which the star repeatedly played the same character . Almost always shorter than the top-billed films they were paired with , many had running times of 70 minutes or less . The term connoted a general perception that B movies were inferior to the more handsomely budgeted headliners ; individual B films were often ignored by critics . Latter-day B movies still sometimes inspire multiple sequels , but series are less common . As the average running time of top-of-the-line films increased , so did that of B pictures . In its current usage , the term has somewhat contradictory connotations : it may signal an opinion that a certain movie is ( a ) a genre film with minimal artistic ambitions or ( b ) a lively , energetic film uninhibited by the constraints imposed on more expensive projects and unburdened by the conventions of putatively `` serious '' independent film . The term is also now used loosely to refer to some higher-budgeted , mainstream films with exploitation-style content , usually in genres traditionally associated with the B movie . From their beginnings to the present day , B movies have provided opportunities both for those coming up in the profession and others whose careers are waning . Celebrated filmmakers such as Anthony Mann and Jonathan Demme learned their craft in B movies . They are where actors such as John Wayne and Jack Nicholson first became established , and they have provided work for former A movie actors , such as Vincent Price and Karen Black . Some actors , such as Bela Lugosi , Eddie Constantine and Pam Grier , worked in B movies for most of their careers . The term B actor is sometimes used to refer to a performer who finds work primarily or exclusively in B pictures .",
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"text": "Green Car Congress Green Car Congress ( GCC ) is a newsfeed website dedicated to provide the latest information and news about energy options , technologies , products , issues and policies related to sustainable mobility and access to its content is provided free of charge . GCC reports daily any relevant development around the world regarding alternative vehicles and powertrains , clean and alternative fuels , alternative sources of clean energy , technologies to curb greenhouse gas emissions which accelerate global warming resulting in climate change , and related policies and sustainability issues in general . Green Car Congress editorial goal is `` to support our transition from primary dependence on fossil fuels to self-reliance on clean , healthy , sustainable , harmonious alternative energies . '' GCC target audience comprises members of every segment of the energy and transportation markets , including industry , government , academia and the public , and readers are allowed to comment on the materials posted blog style . Green Car Congress is linked or recommended as an external resource for news and issues regarding sustainable mobility by newspapers , academic centers , and several environmental group sites such as The New York Times , the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology , the Oregon Department of Transportation , Oak Ridge National Laboratory , the Electric Drive Transportation Association , TreeHugger , Bioenergy Wiki , Greenedia , and ScienceBlips .",
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"text": "BroadTV BroadTV is a direct broadcast satellite television provider in Nepal .",
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"text": "Green Run The `` Green Run '' was a secret U.S. Government release of radioactive fission products on December 2 -- 3 , 1949 , at the Hanford Site plutonium production facility , located in Eastern Washington . Radioisotopes released at that time were supposed to be detected by U.S. Air Force reconnaissance . Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) requests to the U.S. Government have revealed some of the details of the experiment . Sources cite 5500 to of iodine-131 released , and an even greater amount of xenon-133 . The radiation was distributed over populated areas , and caused the cessation of intentional radioactive releases at Hanford until 1962 when more experiments commenced . There are some indications contained in the documents released by the FOIA requests that many other tests were conducted in the 1940s prior to the Green Run , although the Green Run was a particularly large test . Evidence suggests that filters to remove the iodine were disabled during the Green Run . The project gets its name from the processing of uranium at Hanford , WA in an open loop/water cooled nuclear reactor for the sole purpose of irradiating the Uranium-238 producing the fissile Plutonium-239 . Due to other unwanted highly radioactive decay products being formed , normal batch processing would take place 83 to 101 days after reactor extraction to allow the radioactive isotopes to decay before extracting the fissile Plutonium-239 in a safe manner for the 30,000 nuclear weapons amassed and now MOX fuel during the cold war by the United States . For the Green Run test , a batch was fresh from the reactor with only a scheduled 16-day decay period and then was vented into the atmosphere prematurely . The unfiltered exhaust from the production facility was therefore much more radioactive than during a normal batch .",
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"text": "Greensman A Greensman or Greensperson or Greenskeeper is any production personnel on a film set who is responsible for obtaining and taking care of anything `` green '' -- plants , grass , trees , flowers , and other various landscaping materials like rocks , gravel , sand , etc. . Considered part of the art department . This includes artificial forms of these materials up to and including those representing greens , such as camouflage netting . Greens work is generally considered to be one of the dirtiest , most thankless , and physically demanding jobs in set construction . In addition to set construction greensmen often work `` on set '' assisting the camera and other departments in adjusting the set to the changing demands of different camera positions and lighting setups . Ideally the greensman functions as a participant in the filmmaking process as an extension of the art department during set construction and in conjunction with the camera department during filming . The range of duties in this category ranges from tending to plant nursery operations ( watering , fertilizing , transplanting , etc. ) through to the artful crafting of vines , trees , flowers and the like using cut living material and various forms of artificial material .",
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"text": "Green shoots Green shoots is a term used colloquially and propagandistically to indicate signs of economic recovery during an economic downturn . It was first used in this sense by Norman Lamont , the then Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom , during the 1991 Recession . At the time , Chancellor Lamont was criticized for `` insensitivity '' . The phrase was used again by Baroness Vadera , former Business Minister of the UK in January , 2009 to refer to signs of economic recovery during the late-2000s recession , again to criticism from the media and opposition politicians . The U.S. media started to use the phrase to describe domestic economic conditions in February 2009 when in New York Times quoted Bruce Kasman , chief economist at JPMorgan Chase as saying , `` It 's too early to get excited , but I think there are a couple of green shoots that say we 're not going down as heavily in the first quarter -LSB- of 2009 -RSB- as we were in the fourth quarter -LSB- of 2008 -RSB- . '' The Federal Reserve Chairman , Ben Bernanke , made the first public use of the phrase by a Fed official in a March 15 , 2009 interview with CBS 60 Minutes . Since February and March 2009 , it has been used increasingly in the media and by a number of commentators to refer to positive economic data and statistics during the late-2000s ( decade ) recession .",
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"text": "Green World Green World is a literary concept defined by critic Northrop Frye in The Anatomy of Criticism . In some comedies by William Shakespeare , the main characters escape the order of a city for a forested and wild setting adjacent to the city . This natural environment is often described as a green world . It is in this more loosely structured , fantastic environment that issues surrounding social order , romantic relationships , and inter-generational strife , which are a prominent part of the `` city world '' , become resolved , facilitating a return to the normal order . Recent literary critics drawn to ecocriticism have occasionally found the concept valuable to their work as well .",
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"text": "Green Day discography The American punk rock band Green Day has released 12 studio albums , two live albums , four compilation albums , one soundtrack album , four video albums , 10 extended plays , four box sets , 42 singles , ten promotional singles , and 39 music videos . The band has sold over 85 million records worldwide , including more than 30 million in the United States alone . Green Day released their first two studio albums , 1,039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours ( 1991 ) ( consisting of the original `` 39/Smooth '' as well as their first two EP 's `` 1,000 Hours '' and `` Slappy '' ) and Kerplunk ( 1991 ) , through the independent label Lookout ! Records before signing to major label Reprise Records . Dookie , the band 's first album on the label and third studio album overall , was released in February 1994 . It was a breakout success , selling over 10 million copies in the United States and 20 million copies worldwide . Dookie spawned five singles , including the international hits `` Longview '' , Basket Case '' and `` When I Come Around '' . The album placed Green Day at the forefront of the 1990s punk rock revival . Insomniac , the band 's fourth studio album , was released in October 1995 . While not as successful as Dookie , the album managed to peak at number two on the US Billboard 200 and received a double platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . Nimrod followed in October 1997 ; it peaked at number ten on the Billboard 200 . Four singles were released from Nimrod ; the most successful of these was `` Good Riddance ( Time of Your Life ) '' , which hit the top ten in countries such as Australia and Canada . The band 's sixth studio album Warning was released in October 2000 to mild commercial success , peaking at number four on the Billboard 200 and only earning a gold certification from the RIAA . Their seventh studio album American Idiot reignited the band 's popularity with a younger generation . Becoming the band 's first album to top the Billboard 200 , American Idiot sold over six million copies in the United States , and over 14 million copies worldwide . The album spawned five commercially successful singles : `` American Idiot '' , `` Boulevard of Broken Dreams '' , `` Holiday '' , `` Wake Me Up When September Ends '' , and `` Jesus of Suburbia '' . The band 's eighth studio album 21st Century Breakdown followed in May 2009 , topping the Billboard 200 and being certified platinum by the RIAA . Two singles from the album -- `` Know Your Enemy '' and `` 21 Guns '' -- became top 40 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 . A trilogy of studio albums -- ¡ Uno ! , ¡ Dos ! , and ¡ Tré ! -- were released toward the end of 2012 . ¡ Uno ! , ¡ Dos ! and ¡ Tré ! peaked at numbers two , nine and thirteen respectively on the Billboard 200 . In 2016 , another studio album , Revolution Radio was released and topped the Billboard 200 .",
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"text": "Broadwalk Centre The Broadwalk Centre is a shopping centre located in Edgware , London , and is owned by Scottish Widows Investment Partnership ( SWIP ) , having been purchased from The Carlyle Group and Bride Hall Holdings for # 70 million in March 2012 . The Broadwalk Centre is a single-storey shopping centre and holds over 20 shops including Sainsbury 's , M&S , Boots , WHSmith , Costa Coffee , and Superdrug , as well as disabled and public toilets and baby changing facilities . In summer 2013 , SWIP announced that it was in pre-application discussions with Barnet Council about a supermarket and cinema extension which could increase the size of the scheme by more than half .",
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"text": "Colossal Pictures Colossal Pictures ( styled as ( Colossal ) Pictures or ( C ) P ) was an entertainment company that developed and produced television programming , advertising , network branding , and visual effects . Colossal 's work has won every major industry award , from the Clio , Emmy and Grammy to the Cannes Gold Lion and Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Top Honor .",
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"text": "Major film studio A major film studio is a production and film distributor that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant share of box office revenue in a given market . In the North American , Western , and global markets , the major film studios , often simply known as the majors , are commonly regarded as the six diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85 percent of U.S. and Canadian box office revenue . The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate . The `` Big Six '' majors , whose operations are based in or around the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood , are all centered in film studios active during Hollywood 's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s . In three cases -- 20th Century Fox , Warner Bros. , and Paramount -- the studios were one of the `` Big Five '' majors during that era as well . In two cases -- Columbia and Universal -- the studios were also considered majors , but in the next tier down , part of the `` Little Three '' . In the sixth case , Walt Disney Studios was an independent production company during the Golden Age ; it was an important Hollywood entity , but not a major . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , United Artists , and RKO were majors . Today , Disney is the only member of the Big Six whose parent entity is still located near Los Angeles ( actually , on Disney 's studio lot and in the same building ) . The five others report to conglomerates headquartered in New York City , Philadelphia , and Tokyo . Of the Big Six , Paramount is the only one still based in Hollywood , and Paramount and Fox are the only ones still located within the Los Angeles city limits , while Disney and Warner Bros. are located in Burbank , Columbia in Culver City , and Universal in the unincorporated area of Universal City . Most of today 's Big Six control subsidiaries with their own distribution networks that concentrate on arthouse pictures ( e.g. Fox Searchlight Pictures ) or genre films ( e.g. Sony 's Screen Gems ) ; several of these specialty units were shut down or sold off between 2008 and 2010 . The six major studios are contrasted with smaller production and/or distribution companies , which are known as independents or `` indies '' . The leading independent producer/distributors -- Lionsgate Films , The Weinstein Company , and former major studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- are sometimes referred to as `` mini-majors '' . From 1998 through 2005 , DreamWorks SKG commanded a large enough market share to arguably qualify it as a seventh major , despite its relatively small output . In 2006 , DreamWorks was acquired by Viacom , Paramount 's corporate parent . In late 2008 , DreamWorks once again became an independent production company ; its films were distributed by Disney 's Touchstone Pictures until 2016 , at which point distribution switched to Universal . The Big Six major studios are today primarily backers and distributors of films whose actual production is largely handled by independent companies -- either long-running entities or ones created for and dedicated to the making of a specific film . The specialty divisions often simply acquire distribution rights to pictures in which the studio has had no prior involvement . While the majors still do a modicum of true production , their activities are focused more in the areas of development , financing , marketing , and merchandising . Those business functions are still usually performed in or near Los Angeles , even though the runaway production phenomenon means that most films are now mostly or completely shot on location at places outside Los Angeles . Since the dawn of filmmaking , the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry . U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cultural appeal . Today , the Big Six majors routinely distribute hundreds of films every year into all significant international markets ( that is , where discretionary income is high enough for consumers to afford to watch films ) . It is very rare , if not impossible , for a film to reach a broad international audience on multiple continents and in multiple languages without first being picked up by one of the majors for distribution .",
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"text": "Broad Humor Film Festival The Broad Humor Film Festival is a film festival that takes place every year in Los Angeles , California . It focuses exclusively on comedic films written and directed by women . Begun in 2005 , it is held yearly in the summer months and brings together female writers and directors for a weekend of screenings , readings and events with the aim of fostering greater opportunity for women as the creators of film content . The festival has film and screenplay competitions for both feature-length and short films . Projects can be narrative or documentary . In addition , the festival offers continuing support to festival filmmakers and writers through its Legacy Program , a series of initiatives encouraging alumnae to create and screen new work .",
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"text": "National General Pictures National General Corporation ( NGC ) was a theater chain holding company , film distribution and production company and was considered one of the `` instant majors '' . It was in operation from 1951 to 1973 .",
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"text": "The Ernest Green Story The Ernest Green Story is a 1993 made-for-television movie which follows the true story of Ernest Green ( Morris Chestnut ) and eight other African-American high-school students ( dubbed the `` Little Rock Nine '' ) as they embark on their historic journey to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock , Arkansas , in 1957 . The film was developed and executive produced by Carol Ann Abrams . Much of the movie was filmed on location at Central High School . The film had its world premiere at Little Rock Central High School , with an introduction by President-Elect of the United States Bill Clinton . It aired on the Disney Channel on January 17 , 1993 . Later that year , A.M.L. Productions and the Disney Channel received a Peabody Award for presenting `` a story which reminds adults and teaches children about the courageous steps taken toward the elimination of discrimination in American society '' .",
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"text": "Green Label Green Label is an online magazine , a partnership between Mountain Dew and Complex Media producing sponsored content covering action sports , music , art and style . The site replaces several websites and a YouTube channel that have been overseen by PepsiCo since 2007 . The initiative originated in 2013 and will continue through the year .",
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"text": "Agfa-Gevaert Agfa-Gevaert N.V. ( Agfa ) is a Belgian-German multinational corporation that develops , manufactures , and distributes analogue and digital imaging products and systems , as well as IT solutions . The company has three divisions . Agfa Graphics offers integrated prepress and industrial inkjet systems to the printing and graphics industries . Agfa HealthCare supplies hospitals and other care organisations with imaging products and systems , as well as information systems . Agfa Specialty Products supplies products to various industrial markets . It is part of the Agfa Materials organization . In addition to the Agfa Specialty Products activities , Agfa Materials also supplies film and related products to Agfa Graphics and Agfa HealthCare . Agfa film and cameras were once prominent consumer products . However , in 2004 , the consumer imaging division was sold to a company founded via management buyout . AgfaPhoto GmbH , as the new company was called , filed for bankruptcy after just one year . The brands are now licensed to other companies by AgfaPhoto Holding GmbH , a holding firm . Following this sale , Agfa-Gevaert 's commerce today is 100 % business-to-business .",
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"text": "Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro , ( -LSB- kɾiʃ ` tjɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu -RSB- , born 5 February 1985 ) is a Portuguese professional footballer for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team . He primarily plays as a forward , but has also been deployed as a winger and serves as captain for Portugal . In 2008 , he won his first Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards . Ronaldo then won the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2013 and 2014 . In 2016 , he received his fourth Ballon d'Or , the most for a European player in the history of the award , and the inaugural Best FIFA Men 's Player . In 2015 , Ronaldo scored his 500th senior career goal for club and country . Two years later , he surpassed Jimmy Greaves as the all-time top-scorer in the top five European leagues . Often ranked the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time , Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation , during its 100th anniversary celebrations in 2015 . He was the first player to win four European Golden Shoe awards . One of the most marketable athletes in sport , in 2016 Forbes named Ronaldo the world 's best paid athlete . ESPN ranked him the world 's most famous athlete in 2016 and 2017 . Ronaldo began his senior club career playing for Sporting CP , before signing with Manchester United at age 18 in 2003 . After winning his first trophy , the FA Cup , during his first season in England , he helped United win three successive Premier League titles , a UEFA Champions League title , and a FIFA Club World Cup . By age 23 , he had received Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations . He was the subject of the most expensive association football transfer when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009 in a transfer worth $ 94 million ( $ 132 million ) . In Spain , he has won two La Liga titles , two Copas del Rey , two Champions League titles , and two Club World Cups . Ronaldo holds the record for most goals scored in a single UEFA Champions League season , having scored 17 goals in the 2013 -- 14 season . In 2014 , Ronaldo became the fastest player to score 200 goals in La Liga , which he achieved in his 178th La Liga game . He is the only player in the history of football to score more than 50 goals in a season on six consecutive occasions . In 2015 , Ronaldo became the all-time top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League , and he also became Real Madrid 's all-time leading goalscorer . In 2017 , he became the first player to reach 100 goals in European club competitions , as well as in the UEFA Champions League . He is the second highest goalscorer in La Liga history behind Lionel Messi , his perceived career rival . Ronaldo made his international debut for Portugal in August 2003 , at the age of 18 . He is Portugal 's most capped player of all time with over 130 caps , and has participated in seven major tournaments : four UEFA European Championships ( 2004 , 2008 , 2012 and 2016 ) and three FIFA World Cups ( 2006 , 2010 and 2014 ) . He is the first Portuguese player to reach 50 international goals , making him Portugal 's all-time top goalscorer . He scored his first international goal in Euro 2004 and helped Portugal reach the final . He took over full captaincy in July 2008 , and he led Portugal to the semi-finals at Euro 2012 , finishing the competition as joint-top scorer . In November 2014 , Ronaldo became the all-time top scorer in the UEFA European Championship ( including qualifying ) with 23 goals . At Euro 2016 , he became the most capped player of all-time in the tournament , the first player to score at four consecutive European Championship finals , and also equalled Michel Platini 's all-time record for most goals scored in the competition . Ronaldo lifted the trophy after Portugal defeated France in the final , and he received the Silver Boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament .",
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"text": "2002–03 Primeira Liga The '' ' 2002 -- 03 Primeira Liga '' ' was the -LSB- -LSB- Primeira Liga #Primeira Liga all-time ranking | 69th edition -RSB- -RSB- of top flight of Portuguese football . It started on 25 August 2002 with a match between -LSB- -LSB- Varzim S.C. | Varzim -RSB- -RSB- and -LSB- -LSB- F.C. Paços de Ferreira | Paços de Ferreira -RSB- -RSB- , and ended on 1 June 2003 . The league was contested by 18 clubs with -LSB- -LSB- Sporting Clube de Portugal | Sporting CP -RSB- -RSB- as the defending champions . -LSB- -LSB- F.C. Porto | Porto -RSB- -RSB- won the league and qualified for the -LSB- -LSB- 2003 -- 04 UEFA Champions League -RSB- -RSB- group stage , along with -LSB- -LSB- S.L. Benfica | Benfica -RSB- -RSB- , who qualified for the third round . Sporting and -LSB- -LSB- U.D. Leiria | União de Leiria -RSB- -RSB- qualified for the -LSB- -LSB- 2003 -- 04 UEFA Cup -RSB- -RSB- ; in opposite , -LSB- -LSB- Varzim S.C. | Varzim -RSB- -RSB- , -LSB- -LSB- C.D. Santa Clara | Santa Clara -RSB- -RSB- and -LSB- -LSB- Vitória F.C. | Setúbal -RSB- -RSB- were relegated to the -LSB- -LSB- Segunda Liga -RSB- -RSB- . -LSB- -LSB- Faye Fary | Fary -RSB- -RSB- was the top scorer with 18 goals .",
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"text": "Zico Arthur Antunes Coimbra ( -LSB- aʁˈtuʁ ɐ̃ˈtũnis koˈĩbɾɐ -RSB- , born 3 March 1953 in Rio de Janeiro ) , better known as Zico ( -LSB- ˈziku -RSB- ) , is a Brazilian coach and former footballer , who played as an attacking midfielder . Often called the `` White Pelé '' , he was a creative playmaker , with excellent technical skills , vision , and en eye for goal , who is considered one of the most clinical finishers and best passers ever , as well as one of the greatest players of all time . Arguably the world 's best player of the late 1970s and early 80s , he is regarded as one of the best playmakers and free kick specialists in history , able to bend the ball in all directions . In 1999 , Zico came eighth in the FIFA Player of the Century grand jury vote , and in 2004 was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world 's greatest living players . According to Pelé , generally considered the best player ever , `` throughout the years , the one player that came closest to me was Zico '' . With 48 goals in 71 official appearances for Brazil , Zico is fifth highest goalscorer for his national team . He represented them in the 1978 , 1982 and 1986 World Cups . They did not win any of those tournaments , even though the 1982 squad is considered one of the greatest Brazilian national squads ever . Zico is often considered one of the best players in football history not to have been on a World Cup winning squad . He was chosen 1981 and 1983 Player of the Year . Zico has coached the Japanese national team , appearing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and winning the Asian Cup 2004 , and Fenerbahçe , who were a quarter-finalist in 2007 -- 08 in the Champions League under his command . He was announced as the head coach of CSKA Moscow in January 2009 . On 16 September 2009 , Zico was signed by Greek side Olympiacos for a two-year contract after the club 's previous coach , Temuri Ketsbaia , was sacked . He was fired four months later , on 19 January 2010 .",
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"text": "Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro `` Alex '' Del Piero ( -LSB- alesˈsandro del ˈpjɛːro -RSB- ) Ufficiale OMRI ( born 9 November 1974 ) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a deep-lying forward , although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions . In 2015 , he worked as a pundit for Sky Sport Italia . A technically gifted , and creative supporting forward , who was also a free-kick specialist , Del Piero is widely regarded by players , pundits , and managers as one of the greatest players of his generation , and as one of the best Italian players of all time , winning the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 and 2008 . A prolific goal-scorer , he is currently the second highest all-time Italian top-scorer in all competitions , with 346 goals , behind only Silvio Piola , with 390 goals ; he is also the joint ninth highest goalscorer in Serie A history , with 188 goals , alongside Giuseppe Signori and Alberto Gilardino . After beginning his career with Italian club Padova in Serie B in 1991 , he moved to Juventus F.C. in 1993 , where he played for 19 seasons ( 11 as captain ) , and holds the club records for most goals ( 290 ) and appearances ( 705 ) . During his time at the club , he won six Serie A titles , the Coppa Italia , four Supercoppa Italiana titles , the UEFA Champions League , the UEFA Super Cup , the UEFA Intertoto Cup , and the Intercontinental Cup . After leaving the club in 2012 , he also spent two seasons with Australian side Sydney FC ; he retired after a season with Delhi Dynamos FC in the Indian Super League , in 2014 . Del Piero has scored in every competition in which he has participated . In 2004 , he was named in the FIFA 100 , a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA 's centenary celebrations . In the same year , he was also voted into the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll , a list of the 50 best European players of the past 50 years . Along with six awards in Italy for gentlemanly conduct , he has also won the Golden Foot award , which pertains to personality as well as playing ability . At international level , Del Piero has also represented the Italian national team at three FIFA World Cups and four UEFA European Football Championships , most notably winning the 2006 FIFA World Cup , and reaching the final of UEFA Euro 2000 with Italy . He is the joint fourth highest scorer for the Italian national team , with 27 goals , alongside Roberto Baggio , and behind only Silvio Piola with 30 goals , Giuseppe Meazza with 33 goals , and Luigi Riva with 35 goals ; with 91 appearances for Italy between 1995 and 2008 , he is also his nation 's ninth-most capped player of all-time .",
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"text": "Fla–Flu Fla -- Flu ( truncation of Flamengo-Fluminense ) is an association football match between cross-town rivals Flamengo and Fluminense . Matches take place in the 78,000-seat Maracanã Stadium , located near downtown Rio de Janeiro , in the city 's Maracanã district . The world record football match attendance between clubs is a Fla 0-0 Flu with 194,603 ( 177,656 paid ) in 1963 . The moniker Fla -- Flu was coined by the journalist Mário Filho during the professionalization of Rio de Janeiro 's football . Flamengo is the most successful team in Rio State Championship by one championship . Flamengo has won it 33 times while Fluminense has won 31 . Flamengo has won 6 Brazilian National Championships , as defined by the CBF , the 1987 Copa União ( an independent league organised by the Club of 13 ) and 3 Brazilian Cups . Fluminense has won 4 Brazilian National Championships and 1 Brazilian Cup . Fluminense has won the Copa Rio , which it claims to be equivalent to an intercontinental club tournament . Flamengo has won one Libertadores Cup and one Intercontinental Cup , both in 1981 . Fluminense is the only team in the world that holds the IOC 's Olympic Cup ( `` Coupe Olympique '' or `` Taça Olímpica '' ) , a non-competitive award for distinguished service in upholding the ideals of the Olympic Movement and to recognise the particular merits of institutions or associations and their services rendered to sport , conquered in 1949 . The rivalry between these two clubs began in October 1911 , when a group of dissatisfied players from Fluminense left the club , and went to Flamengo , which at the time had no football department . The first Fla -- Flu ever was played the following year , on July 7 , 1912 at Laranjeiras stadium . Fluminense won this match 3-2 , with 800 people in attendance . The Fla -- Flu matches are mentioned in Lamartine Babo 's unofficial , but very popular , Flamengo anthem composed in 1942 .",
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"text": "Portuguese Women's Basketball Cup The Portuguese Women 's Basketball Cup is the top women 's basketball cup in Portugal , which is also called ( Portuguese : `` Taça de Portugal de Basquetebol Feminino '' ) and it is organized by the FPB ( Portuguese : Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol ) The cup start in 1963/64 with a designation of `` Taça Regina Peyroteo '' , for the first 4 years and in 1967/1968 renamed `` Taça de Portugal '' .",
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"text": "Agostinho Agostinho is a Portuguese language noun meaning Augustine . It may be used as a given name or a surname . People with the name include : Agostinho ( footballer ) ( born 1975 ) , Portuguese football ( soccer ) player , full name Joaquim Agostinho da Silva Ribeiro Agostinho da Silva ( 1906 -- 1994 ) , Portuguese philosopher , essayist and writer Agostinho Neto ( 1922 -- 1979 ) , first President of Angola José Agostinho de Macedo ( 1761 -- 1831 ) , Portuguese poet and prose writer Fernando Agostinho da Costa ( born 1981 ) , known as `` Xara '' , Angolan footballer Renato Agostinho de Oliveira Júnior ( born 1981 ) , Brazilian footballer Artur Agostinho ( 1920 -- 2011 ) , Portuguese journalist Gílson Domingos Rezende Agostinho ( born 1977 ) , known as `` Gilsinho '' , Brazilian footballer Joaquim Agostinho ( 1942 -- 1984 ) , Portuguese professional bicycle racer José Maria de Santo Agostinho ( 1889 -- 1912 ) , Brazilian mystic Pedro Agostinho ( born 1965 ) , Portuguese athlete who participated at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics",
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"text": "Rio Ave F.C. Rio Ave Futebol Clube , commonly known as Rio Ave -LSB- ˈʁi.u ˈa.vɨ -RSB- , is a Portuguese football club based in Vila do Conde , northern Portugal . The club is named after the Ave River , which flows through the town and into the Atlantic Ocean . Founded in 1939 , Rio Ave currently play in the Primeira Liga , Portugal 's top-tier division of professional football . They play their home games at Estádio do Rio Ave , also known as Estádio dos Arcos . Built in 1985 , the current stadium seats approximately 12,815 people and is a multi-sports venue , although it is used mainly for Rio Ave 's football matches . The club 's home colours are green and white striped shirts with white shorts and socks , whilst their away kit consists of a red and white striped shirt and white shorts with yellow socks . Portuguese internationals Alfredo , Paulinho Santos , Quim , Rui Jorge and Fábio Coentrão started their careers at the club . The Vilacondenses ' best top-tier league finish was fifth in the 1981 -- 82 season . They reached the 1984 Taça de Portugal Final , where they lost to Porto 4 -- 1 , and the 2014 Taça de Portugal Final where they lost to Benfica 1 -- 0 . With this result , Rio Ave qualified for the 2014 -- 15 UEFA Europa League , their first participation in a major European competition .",
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"text": "Nilson André Nilson de Oliveira André ( born 30 January 1986 ) is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres events . He is the reigning South American champion in the 100 m and the 4 × 100 metres relay . He also won medals at the Military World Games in 2011 . Born in Duque de Caxias , Rio de Janeiro , he began sprinting as a schoolchild . His first international competitions came in 2003 and he won the a gold medal at the South American Junior Athletics Championships with the 4 × 100 metres relay team . He was a finalist in both the 100 m and 200 m at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics . He won a second relay gold at the 2005 South American Junior Championships . André ran a personal best of 10.47 seconds at the Brazilian Championships in 2006 , but failed to match this at the 2006 South American Games , being eliminated in the heats . He further improved his 100 m and 200 m times in 2007 ( running 10.35 and 20.77 seconds respectively ) , and also won his first senior medal at the 2007 South American Championships in Athletics , where he anchored home to victory the Brazilian 4 × 100 metres relay team of Sandro Viana , Vicente de Lima and Basílio de Morães . The following year , he took advantage of the altitude of the Julia Iriarte meeting in Cochabamba to run personal bests of 10.22 and 20.67 seconds . He won the 100 m title at the 2006 South American U23 Athletics Championships and also won the 200 m bronze medal . The highlights of his 2009 season came at the World Military Track and Field Championships , where he was a 200 m semi-finalist and won gold in the relay . The Grande Premio Brasil Caixa de Atletismo in 2010 saw André produce personal bests of 10.21 and 20.61 seconds in the sprints , then at the 2010 Ibero-American Championships he won a 100/200 m sprint double . At the Troféu Brasil de Atletismo national event , was runner-up over 100 m and third in the 200 m. Although he did not improve upon his placings at the national event in 2011 , he had a career breakthrough : he won his first individual medal at continental level at the 2011 South American Championships in Athletics , taking the 100 m gold medal , then won a second gold with the Brazilian relay team . He also reached the podium twice at the 2011 Military World Games , winning the bronze in the 100 m and gold in the relay for the host nation in Rio de Janeiro .",
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"text": "2008–09 S.L. Benfica season The 2008 -- 09 European football season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica 's 105th season and their 75th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football . The season ran from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 , with Benfica competing domestically in the Primeira Liga , Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga . The club also participated in the UEFA Cup , since they finished fourth in the Primeira Liga the previous season . After José Antonio Camacho 's March 2008 resignation , Benfica did not have a permanent manager . The club inquired about Quique Sánchez Flores , Sven-Göran Eriksson and others , ultimately choosing Flores . Rui Costa led the transfer activity as Benfica continued to invest heavily , spending nearly $ 19 million on Javier Balboa , Carlos Martins , Pablo Aimar and Sidnei and bringing in José Antonio Reyes and David Suazo on loan . Major departures included Rui Costa , Cristian Rodríguez , Petit and Nélson . Benfica 's season began inauspiciously but they quickly recovered , gaining momentum domestically and eliminating Napoli to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Cup . Until January , club performance fluctuated in their European campaign and the domestic league . Although they finished last in the former , they reached first place in the Primeira Liga for the first time since 2005 . In the new year , Benfica suffered their first league loss , falling to second place and beginning their erratic spell . Despite a sterling League Cup ( where they earned their first honour in four seasons ) , the club 's league play was not as impressive . They battled Porto for first place until March , when they had another costly loss and were passed by Sporting CP . Benfica tried to retake second place in the remaining eight matches , but in early May , the club dropped five points , sealing their fate ; they finished third , missing the UEFA Champions League for a second consecutive season .",
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"text": "António Frasco António Manuel Frasco Vieira ( born 16 January 1955 in Leça da Palmeira ) , known as Frasco , is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as an attacking midfielder . Best known for his 11-year spell with Porto , he appeared in more than 300 official games for the club and won a total of 13 major titles . He was chosen by Portuguese sports newspaper Record as one of the best 100 Portuguese football players ever . Frasco earned more than 20 caps for Portugal , representing the nation at Euro 1984 .",
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"text": "Ronaldo Giovanelli Ronaldo Soares Giovanelli ( born 20 November 1967 ) is a retired Brazilian footballer . Although as a child he was a forward he spent his career as a goalkeeper .",
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"text": "Portugal at the 2004 Summer Olympics Portugal competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , from 13 to 29 August 2004 . Portuguese athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since 1912 . The Olympic Committee of Portugal sent the nation 's second-largest team to the Games . A total of 81 athletes , 64 men and 17 women , were selected by the committee to participate in 15 sports . Men 's football was the only team-based sport in which Portugal had its representation at these Games . There was only a single competitor in badminton , canoeing , equestrian , artistic and trampoline gymnastics , triathlon , and wrestling , which made its official Olympic comeback after an eight-year absence . Twenty-four Portuguese athletes had previously competed in Sydney , including two returning Olympic medalists : long-distance runner and former champion Fernanda Ribeiro and lightweight judoka Nuno Delgado , who later became the nation 's flag bearer in the opening ceremony . Mistral windsurfer and multiple-time European champion João Rodrigues and middle-distance runner Carla Sacramento shared their experiences at these Games as the only athletes who made their fourth Olympic appearance . Equestrian rider Carlos Grave , aged 46 , was the oldest athlete of the team , while breaststroke swimmer Diana Gomes was the youngest at age 15 . Among the Portuguese athletes of the team , two of them had acquired a dual citizenship to compete for Portugal : former hurdler Naide Gomes from Sao Tome and Principe in the women 's heptathlon , and sprinter Francis Obikwelu on his third Olympic bid after he previously joined the Nigerian squad in Atlanta and Sydney . Portugal left Athens with only three Olympic medals , two silver and one bronze , improving the nation 's stark medal tally from Sydney four years earlier . The highlight of the Games for the Portuguese team came on the first day with a historic milestone for Sérgio Paulinho , as the nation 's first ever cyclist to claim a silver medal in the men 's road race . The remaining medals were awarded to the athletes in the track and field . On August 22 , 2004 , Obikwelu challenged the Americans in the men 's 100 metres , but he managed to settle only for the silver . Meanwhile , Rui Silva added another medal for Portugal with a blistering bronze in the men 's 1500 metres , which was dominated by Morocco 's Hicham El Guerrouj .",
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"text": "Ricardinho Ricardo Luis Pozzi Rodrigues ( born 23 May 1976 in São Paulo , Brazil ) , better known as Ricardinho , is a Brazilian football manager and former player . He usually played as a deep-lying playmaker in midfield , and was best known for his accurate passing and technique .",
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"text": "Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima ( -LSB- ʁoˈnawðu ˈlwiʒ nɐˈzaɾju dʒ ˈɫĩmɐ -RSB- ; born 18 September 1976 ) , commonly known as Ronaldo , is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a striker . Popularly dubbed `` The Phenomenon , '' he is widely considered to be one of the greatest football players of all time . A three-time FIFA World Player of the Year and two-time Ballon d'Or recipient , Ronaldo , in his 1990s prime , was known for his dribbling at speed , feints and clinical finishing . He was named in the FIFA 100 , a list of the greatest living players compiled in 2004 , and was inducted into the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame and the Italian Football Hall of Fame . Ronaldo played for Brazil in 98 matches , scoring 62 goals , and is the second-highest goalscorer for his national team , trailing only Pelé . At age 17 , Ronaldo was the youngest member of the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup . At the 1998 World Cup , he received the Golden Ball for player of the tournament in helping Brazil reach the final where he suffered a convulsive fit hours before the defeat to France . He won a second World Cup in 2002 where he starred in a front three with Ronaldinho and Rivaldo . Ronaldo scored twice in the final , and received the Golden Boot as tournament 's top goalscorer . During the 2006 FIFA World Cup , Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup goal , which was a World Cup record at the time . At his physical peak in the 1990s , Ronaldo starred at club level for Cruzeiro , PSV , Barcelona and Inter Milan . His moves to Spain and Italy made him only the second player , after Diego Maradona , to break the world transfer record twice , all before his 21st birthday . At age 23 , he had scored over 200 goals for club and country . After almost three years of inactivity due to serious knee injuries and recuperation , Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2002 , which was followed by spells at A.C. Milan and Corinthians . Having suffered further injuries , Ronaldo retired from professional football in 2011 . Post-retirement , he has continued his work as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador , a position to which he was appointed in 2000 . He served as an ambassador for the 2014 FIFA World Cup .",
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"text": "Pepe (footballer, born 1935) José Macia , better known as Pepe ( born February 25 , 1935 in Santos , São Paulo ) is a former association footballer and manager . He was a left winger for Santos and the Brazilian national team . His nickname was `` Canhão da Vila '' ( The Vila Cannon ) , because of his potent kick with his left leg and the fact that Santos plays in the Estádio Urbano Caldera , nicknamed Vila Belmiro . He claims to be `` the greatest human striker in the history of Santos -- because Pelé is from Saturn '' .",
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"text": "1986–87 S.L. Benfica season The 1986 -- 87 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica 's 83rd season in existence and the club 's 53rd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football , covering the period from 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987 . Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Divisão , Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira , and participated in the Cup Winners ' Cup after winning the Taça de Portugal in the previous season . Following a close-call title race in the past season , Benfica sought to win the title that escaped since 1984 . Only small adjustments were made to the squad , a new forward , Chiquinho Carlos , and two new centre-backs , Dito and Edmundo , countered the loss of Nené . Despite a slow start , by early November , Benfica was leading the league by two points after six consecutive wins . A shocking 7 -- 1 defeat to Sporting saw Porto match them in first place , but the team reacted with a 3 -- 1 win against their challengers , bringing back first place isolated . A draw and five wins in a row followed , with Benfica finally securing the title on 24 May , after three consecutive draws that threatened the lead . The season closed with another Taça de Portugal win , the third in a row and the sixth in eight years , therefore completing the double , a feat the club would have to wait nearly 30 years to repeat .",
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"text": "ACOLOP ACOLOP ( acronym for Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa Association of the Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees ) , is an Olympic-related non-profit organisation officially established on June 8 , 2004 , in Lisbon . It was founded by the national Olympic committees ( NOCs ) of Angola , Brazil , Cape Verde , East Timor , Guinea-Bissau , Macau ( Chinese SAR ) , Mozambique , Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe ; it also includes Equatorial Guinea as an associate member . On April 2006 , India ( represented by the Goa Olympic Association ) and Sri Lanka were admitted also as associate members , based on their common historical past with Portugal . The Portuguese-speaking countries are spread through four continents and reach a total population of about 250 million people . Portuguese thus occupies a place among the most spoken languages in the world . The purpose of reinforcing the bonds between these nations and promoting unity and cooperation through sport was the main reason for ACOLOP 's creation .",
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"text": "Carlos Lisboa Carlos Humberto Lehman de Almeida Benholiel Lisboa Santos ( born 23 July 1958 ) , known as Carlos Lisboa , is a former Portuguese basketball player , and current head coach of S.L. Benfica . He is usually considered the best Portuguese basketball player of all-time . Lisboa played as a guard and as a forward .",
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"text": "José Ribamar de Oliveira José Ribamar de Oliveira , best known as Canhoteiro ( 24 September 1932 - 16 August 1974 ) was a Brazilian footballer , who played most notably for São Paulo FC . Canhoteiro means essentially `` left footed . '' Canhoteiro was one of Brazil 's greatest dribblers and played during a time of exceptional talent in that country . He had epic games against Pelé of Santos FC , one in particular in 1958 , played under heavy rain at Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo - the game ended tied at two goals each , with Pelé and Canhoteiro scoring both goals for each of their clubs . Canhoteiro , died pennyless and an alcoholic , the fate of many a footballer in the early years of the game . One of his nicknames was `` the Garrincha of the left ''",
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"text": "2000–01 S.L. Benfica season The 2000 -- 01 season was Sport Lisboa e Benfica 's 97th season in existence , and the club 's 67th consecutive season in the Primeira Liga . It ran from 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001 . Benfica competed domestically in the Primeira Liga and the Taça de Portugal . The club also participated in the UEFA Cup , by virtue of finishing third in that tournament the previous season . The season is the worst in Benfica history since the start of the Primeira Liga during 1934 -- 35 . The club switched managers two times . Jupp Heynckes was replaced by José Mourinho in September . Toni , who previously guided the club to a league title , took the reins in December . In the transfer market , young players like Marchena and Fernando Meira were brought in , and mixed with the experience of 31 year-old , Pierre van Hooijdonk , who arrived to replace Nuno Gomes , were meant to improve the team competitiveness . However , the biggest event of the pre-season was the release of João Pinto , the longest-serving player on the club , and the incumbent captain . This decision was poorly received by the fans , who criticized Heynckes and the president for the move . Both would leave the club in the following months . In the league campaign , the team lacked balance year-round and only briefly entered the league race , spending all but three weeks out the top three . Even the successful partnership of Pierre van Hooijdonk and João Tomás , with 36 goals between them , did not prevent the club from finishing in sixth place , 23 points behind winner Boavista . Consequently , Benfica missed out on UEFA competitions for the first time in 51 years ( since the 1959 -- 60 season ) .",
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Black Panther did not come before Luke Cage.
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"text": "Black Panther (comics) The Black Panther ( T'Challa ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and penciller and co-plotter Jack Kirby , he first appeared in Fantastic Four # 52 ( July 1966 ) . He is the first black superhero in mainstream American comics , debuting years before such early African-American superheroes as Marvel Comics ' the Falcon ( 1969 ) and Luke Cage ( 1972 ) , and DC Comics ' Green Lantern John Stewart ( 1971 ) and Black Lightning ( 1977 ) . The character is usually depicted as the king and protector of Wakanda , a fictional African nation . Chadwick Boseman portrays the Black Panther in Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) and is set to return in Black Panther ( 2018 ) , both set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe .",
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"text": "Doctor Strange Stephen Vincent Strange , M.D. is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by artist Steve Ditko and writer Stan Lee , the character first appeared in Strange Tales # 110 ( cover-dated July 1963 ) . Doctor Strange serves as the Sorcerer Supreme , the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats . Inspired by stories of black magic and Chandu the Magician , Strange was created during the Silver Age of Comics to bring a different kind of character and themes of mysticism to Marvel Comics . The character 's origin story relates that he was once a brilliant but egotistical surgeon . After a car accident severely damages his hands and hinders his ability to perform surgery , he searches the globe for a way to repair them and encounters the Ancient One . After becoming one of the old Sorcerer Supreme 's students , he becomes a practitioner of both the mystical arts as well as martial arts . Along with knowing many powerful spells , he has a costume with two mystical objects -- the Cloak of Levitation and Eye of Agamotto -- which give him added powers . Strange is aided along the way by his friend and valet , Wong , and a large assortment of mystical objects . He takes up residence in a mansion called the Sanctum Sanctorum , located in New York City . Later , Strange takes the title of Sorcerer Supreme . In 2008 , Doctor Strange was ranked 83rd in Wizards `` 200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time '' list , and in 2012 was ranked 33rd in IGN 's list of `` The Top 50 Avengers '' . He was also ranked 38th on IGN 's list of `` Top 100 Comic Book Heroes '' . The character was first portrayed in live-action by Peter Hooten in the 1978 television film Dr. Strange . Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , first appearing in the role in the 2016 film Doctor Strange .",
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"text": "Hellfire Club (comics) The Hellfire Club is a fictional society appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The Hellfire Club often comes into confrontation with the mutant superhero team , the X-Men . Although the Club appears to merely be an international social club for wealthy elites , its clandestine Inner Circle seeks to influence world events , in accordance with their own agenda . Created by the Uncanny X-Men writer/artist duo of Chris Claremont and John Byrne , they were heavily influenced by a 1966 episode of the British television series The Avengers ( `` A Touch of Brimstone '' ) . The name `` Hellfire Club '' in fact has a historical precedent , having been a popular name for gentlemen 's clubs in the 18th century . Additionally , the hierarchy of the Inner Circle is modeled on the pieces of a chess set , with Black and White sets of Kings , Queens , Bishops and Rooks . The Hellfire Club and its Inner Circle were introduced in `` The Dark Phoenix Saga '' , attempting to subvert the X-Men 's Jean Grey . This incarnation , composed most notably of Black King Sebastian Shaw and White Queen Emma Frost , would remain prominent for many years . After their initial confrontations , the Hellfire Club and the X-Men settled into an uneasy alliance . This eventually changed as endless power struggles perpetuated a series of upheavals within the Inner Circle . The club has appeared in two X-Men animated series ( X-Men : The Animated Series and Wolverine and the X-Men ) , both times being renamed as simply The Inner Circle , due to the hesitations to use the word Hellfire in animated children series . Members of the Hellfire Club appeared in 2011 's X-Men : First Class as the main villains , led by Sebastian Shaw and Emma Frost .",
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"text": "Shadowland (comics) `` Shadowland '' is a 2010 Marvel Comics storyline centering on Daredevil and other `` street-level '' superheroes in the Marvel Universe . The storyline started in the Daredevil comic and was expanded upon in the Shadowland five-issue mini series as well as four tie-in mini series , four one-shots , and two issues of Thunderbolts . The storyline was collected into seven individual hard cover and soft cover Trade paperbacks in 2011 . The story chronicles Daredevils ' return to Hell 's Kitchen after he becomes the leader of the Hand Ninja clan . He builds a temple/prison in Hell 's Kitchen , the eponymous Shadowland . His methods get more extreme as he kills long-time adversary Bullseye . The change in attitude brings him and his ally White Tiger in conflict with a number of street level super-heroes such as Spider-Man , Luke Cage , Iron Fist , Moon Knight and more . The storyline also introduces a new Power Man to the Marvel Universe . The heroes later realize that Daredevil has become possessed by the Beast of the Hand , which explains why Daredevil 's actions have become more and more extreme and erratic . The heroes are helped out by the Kingpin and Lady Bullseye as they try to preserve the Kingpin 's criminal empire . In the final moments of the story Iron Fist uses his mystical chi to heal Daredevil , releasing the demon inside him . In an act of sacrifice Daredevil kills himself before the Beast can take control of him again , breaking the spell the Beast had on Hell 's Kitchen . Afterwards his corpse disappears , apparently to be revived by Elektra at the conclusion of the event .",
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"text": "Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) Captain Marvel ( Mar-Vell ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and designed by artist Gene Colan and first appeared in Marvel Super-Heroes # 12 ( December 1967 ) . The character debuted during the Silver Age of comic books and has made many appearances since then , including a self-titled series and the second volume of the Marvel Spotlight series . Captain Marvel was ranked 24th in IGN 's list of `` The Top 50 Avengers '' and has appeared in television series and video games .",
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"text": "Ultimate Nick Fury General Nicholas Joseph `` Nick '' Fury is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics ' Ultimate Marvel section as a different version of Nick Fury . He has a substantial presence in all the Ultimate Marvel comics , appearing first in Ultimate Marvel Team-Up and Ultimate X-Men and later reappearing regularly in Ultimate Spider-Man and finally securing a regular , recurring role as the general of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the leader of the Ultimates , a re-imagining of the Avengers . His character was redesigned to look like Samuel L. Jackson , the actor who later went on to portray Nick Fury in several Marvel movies and television shows set in the established Marvel Cinematic Universe .",
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"text": "The New Avengers (comics) The New Avengers is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics . The title has been used for four American comic book series . The first two were written by Brian Michael Bendis and depicted a version of Marvel 's premiere superhero team , the Avengers . The third was written by Jonathan Hickman and depicted a group of characters called the Illuminati ( formerly introduced in New Avengers Vol . 1 # 7 -LSB- July 2005 -RSB- ) . The fourth is written by Al Ewing and depicts the former scientific terrorist group A.I.M. , reformed as `` Avengers Idea Mechanics '' , whose field team has appropriated the name `` New Avengers '' for itself .",
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"text": "Blackheart Blackheart is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is usually depicted as an adversary to the superhero Ghost Rider . Created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist John Romita , Jr. , Blackheart first appeared in Daredevil # 270 ( September 1989 ) . The character has also appeared in other media , such as the 2000 video game Marvel vs Capcom 2 , and in the 2007 film Ghost Rider , in which he was portrayed by actor Wes Bentley .",
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"text": "Black dwarf A black dwarf is a theoretical stellar remnant , specifically a white dwarf that has cooled sufficiently that it no longer emits significant heat or light . Because the time required for a white dwarf to reach this state is calculated to be longer than the current age of the universe ( 13.8 billion years ) , no black dwarfs are expected to exist in the universe yet , and the temperature of the coolest white dwarfs is one observational limit on the age of the universe . The name `` black dwarf '' has also been applied to substellar objects that do not have sufficient mass , less than approximately 0.08 , to maintain hydrogen-burning nuclear fusion . These objects are now generally called brown dwarfs , a term coined in the 1970s . Black dwarfs should not be confused with black holes , black stars , or neutron stars .",
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"text": "Pink Panther jewel The Pink Panther is a fictional diamond with a distinctive flaw which resembles a leaping panther . The diamond was a major plot device in a series of films which are collectively known as the Pink Panther movies . In addition , the Pink Panther is an animated character who appeared in the title sequences for these films and eventually appeared in his own cartoon series .",
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"text": "Galactus Galactus is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Formerly a mortal man , Galactus is a cosmic entity who originally consumed planets to sustain his life force , and serves a functional role in the upkeep of the primary Marvel continuity . Galactus was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and first appeared in the comic book Fantastic Four # 48 , published in March 1966 . Lee and Kirby had desired to introduce a character that broke away from the archetype of the standard villain , culminating in the creation of Galactus . In the character 's first appearance Galactus was depicted as a god-like figure who feeds by draining living planets of their energy , and operates without regard to the morality and judgements of mortal beings . Galactus ' initial origin was that of a space explorer named Galan who gained cosmic abilities by passing near a star , but writer Mark Gruenwald further developed the origin of the character , revealing that Galan lived during the previous universe . As Galan 's universe came to an end , Galan merged with the `` Sentience of the Universe '' to become Galactus , an entity that wielded such cosmic power as to require devouring entire planets to sustain his existence . Additional material written by John Byrne , Jim Starlin , and Louise Simonson explored Galactus ' role and purpose in the Marvel Universe , and examined the actions of the character through themes of genocide , manifest destiny , ethics , and natural/necessary existence . Frequently accompanied by a herald ( such as the Silver Surfer ) , the character has appeared as both antagonist and protagonist in central and supporting roles . Since debuting in the Silver Age of Comic Books , Galactus has played a role in over five decades of Marvel continuity . The character has been featured in other Marvel media , such as arcade games , video games , animated television series , and the 2007 film Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer . In 2009 , Galactus ranked 5th on IGN 's list of `` Top 100 Comic Book Villains '' , citing the character 's `` larger than life presence '' as making him one of the more important villains ever created . IGN also noted `` Galactus is one of the few villains on our list to really defy the definition of an evil-doer '' as the character is compelled to destroy worlds because of his hunger .",
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"text": "Liberators (comics) The Liberators are a group of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . These characters appear in comics set in the Ultimate Marvel universe . Created by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch , they appear in the miniseries The Ultimates 2 . They are effectively the Ultimate universe 's equivalents of the Masters of Evil . The Liberators are a superhuman task force who appear at the climax of the plot arc . They spearhead an invasion of the United States and are from a coalition of nations opposed to the United States ' foreign policy . This international collective is made up of China , Syria , North Korea , Iran , and rogue elements of the French and Russian governments . The Liberators and their overseers are an opposing counterpart to the Ultimates and S.H.I.E.L.D. , respectively . `` We told you to stop making super people , America . We told you not to interfere with cultures you can never understand . This is what happens when your ambitions outstrip your capabilities . The empire takes a fall . Congratulations , ladies and gentlemen ... The Great Satan has just been liberated . '' - The Colonel",
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"text": "Man-Ape Man-Ape ( M'Baku ) is a fictional character , a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character is depicted as a frequent enemy of the Black Panther .",
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"text": "Black Power movement The Black Power movement was a political movement to achieve a form of Black Power and the many philosophies it contains . The movement saw various forms of activism some violent and some peaceful , all hoping to achieve black empowerment . The Black Power movement also represented socialist movements , all with the general motivation of improving the standing of black people in society . Originated during the Civil Rights Movement , some doubted the philosophy of the movement begging for more radical action , taking influences from Malcolm X . The cornerstone of the movement was the Black Panther Party , a Black Power organization dedicated to socialism and the use of violence to achieve it . The Black Power movement developed in the criticisms of the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s , and over time and into the 1970s , the movement grew and became more violent . After years of violence , many left the movement and the police began arresting violent actors in the movement . The Black Power movement also spilled out into the Caribbean creating the Black Power Revolution . Motivated by principles of community control , Black Power activists founded scores of institutions and services , including black-owned bookstores , food cooperatives , farms , media , printing presses , schools , clinics , and ambulance services .",
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"text": "Hollywood blacklist The Hollywood blacklist -- as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known -- was the practice of denying employment to screenwriters , actors , directors , musicians , and other American entertainment professionals during the mid-20th century because they were accused of having Communist ties or sympathies . Artists were barred from work on the basis of their alleged membership in or sympathy with the Communist Party USA or refusal to assist investigations into the party 's activities . Even during the period of its strictest enforcement , the late 1940s through the late 1950s , the blacklist was rarely made explicit or verifiable , but it directly damaged the careers of scores of individuals working in the film industry . The first systematic Hollywood blacklist was instituted on November 25 , 1947 , the day after ten writers and directors were cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee . A group of studio executives , acting under the aegis of the Association of Motion Picture Producers , fired the artists -- the so-called Hollywood Ten -- and made what has become known as the Waldorf Statement . On June 22 , 1950 , a pamphlet entitled Red Channels was published . Focused on the field of broadcasting , it identified 151 entertainment industry professionals in the context of `` Red Fascists and their sympathizers . '' Soon , most of those named , along with a host of other artists , were barred from employment in most of the entertainment field . The blacklist lasted until 1960 , when Dalton Trumbo , a Communist Party member from 1943 to 1948 and member of the Hollywood Ten , was credited as the screenwriter of the highly successful film Exodus , and later publicly acknowledged by actor Kirk Douglas for writing the screenplay for the movie Spartacus . A number of those blacklisted , however , were still barred from work in their professions for years afterward .",
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"text": "Black Panther (video game) Black Panther is a beat 'em up run and gun arcade game released by Konami in 1987 . You play a cybernetic black panther cat who has to save the Earth by clawing , jumping or shooting balls at enemies to kill them . You collect power-ups and defeat bosses to advance levels . Category :1987 video games Category : Arcade games Category : Arcade-only games Category : Platform games Category : Konami games Category : Beat 'em ups Category : Run and gun games",
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"text": "W'Kabi W'Kabi is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . W'Kabi will appear in the upcoming film Black Panther , portrayed by Daniel Kaluuya .",
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"text": "Cottonmouth (Cornell Cottonmouth) Cottonmouth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Len Wein and artist George Tuska , the character first appeared in Power Man # 18 ( June 1974 ) . The character is portrayed by Mahershala Ali in Netflix 's Luke Cage , which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe .",
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"text": "Captain Marvel (DC Comics) Captain Marvel , also known as Shazam , is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker created the character in 1939 . Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz Comics # 2 ( cover-dated Feb. 1940 ) , published by Fawcett Comics . He is the alter ego of Billy Batson , a boy who , by speaking the magic word `` SHAZAM '' ( acronym of 6 Greek `` immortal elders '' - Solomon , Hercules , Atlas , Zeus , Achilles , and Mercury ) , can transform himself into a costumed adult with the powers of superhuman strength , speed , flight , and other abilities . Based on book sales , the character was the most popular superhero of the 1940s , outselling even Superman . Fawcett expanded the franchise to include other `` Marvels '' , primarily Marvel Family associates Mary Marvel and Captain Marvel Jr. , who can harness Billy 's powers as well . Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted into film , in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled Adventures of Captain Marvel . Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953 , partly because of a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics , alleging that Captain Marvel was a copy of Superman . In 1972 , DC licensed the Marvel Family characters from Fawcett , and returned them to publication . By 1991 , DC had acquired all rights to the characters . DC has since integrated Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family into their DC Universe and has attempted to revive the property several times , with mixed success . Due to trademark conflicts over another character named `` Captain Marvel '' owned by Marvel Comics since 1967 , DC chose to publish the character 's adventures in a comic book titled Shazam ! for many years , leading many to assume that this was the character 's name . DC later officially renamed the character `` Shazam '' when relaunching its comic book properties in 2011 . In addition , since 1972 , the character has been featured in two television series adaptations , one live action and one animated , by Filmation , and an upcoming Warner Bros. . Shazam ! feature film scheduled for release in 2019 as part of the DC Extended Universe . Captain Marvel was ranked as the 55th greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine . IGN also ranked Captain Marvel as the 50th greatest comic book hero of all time , stating that the character will always be an enduring reminder of a simpler time . UGO Networks ranked him as one of the top heroes of entertainment , saying , `` At his best , Shazam has always been Superman with a sense of crazy , goofy fun '' .",
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"text": "Batwing (DC Comics) Batwing is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics . Within DC Comics internal continuity , Batwing is one of several superheroes patterned after the famous superhero Batman . Batwing , in particular , was conceived by Batman as his crime-fighting counterpart overseas , ` the Batman of Africa ' . The first Batwing is David Zavimbe , a Congolese police officer , created by writer Grant Morrison within the pages of Batman Incorporated prior to receiving his own eponymous series . Following later events within Batman Incorporated and Batwing , Zavimbe is replaced in the role by Luke Fox , an American mixed martial artist who had been Batman 's first choice in the role , who is also the son of Batman 's close associate Lucius Fox . Batwing faces a roster of adversaries ranging from international super villains to the Democratic Republic of Congo 's corrupt police force . Batwing expands the DC Universe by taking place in Africa , making David Zavimbe both the first ( in continuity ) black Batman and one of the few characters headlining a series outside the United States . Fox is also black , and becomes the first in-continuity African American Batman .",
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"text": "Zamasu , is a fictional character and the first original antagonist in the Dragon Ball Super series created by Akira Toriyama . He is first introduced in the forty-seventh episode of Dragon Ball Super anime which first aired on June 12 , 2016 and in chapter # 14 from the manga . He is one of the main antagonists in the Future Trunks Saga . Goku Black is an entity that resembles Son Goku , and referred to himself as such before being given the name `` Goku Black '' by Bulma . He wears a single Potara earring and a Time Ring , the latter of which allows him to travel between different timelines at will . He wreaks havoc in Future Trunks ' timeline , bringing humanity to the brink of extinction . As he explains to Future Trunks , he has come to believe that only the decimation of humanity , which he views as corrupt and violent , can make Earth a utopia . It is later revealed that Goku Black is the original version of ( spelled Zamas in the manga ) , an apprentice from Universe 10 . In the anime 's original , unaltered timeline , Zamasu hijacked Goku 's body using the Super Dragon Balls as part of his plan to attain supreme power and wipe out all mortals . Although Beerus manages to go back in time and kills Zamasu , Goku Black 's Time Ring prevents him from being erased from existence . To complete his plan , he joins forces with the Zamasu of Future Trunks ' timeline , who uses the Super Dragon Balls to become immortal .",
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Heather Watson is not from the United Kingdom.
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"text": "Heather Watson Heather Miriam Watson ( born 19 May 1992 ) is a British tennis player and a Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Champion . She is a former British No. 1 and current British No. 2 behind Johanna Konta . She holds the Mixed Doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships with Henri Kontinen . On 14 October 2012 , Watson won her first WTA singles title with a win over Chang Kai-chen of Taiwan in the final of the Japan Open , becoming the first British female to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988 . In her junior career , Watson won the US Open and gold at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games . She had been as high as No. 3 in the world on the ITF Junior Circuit .",
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"text": "Angraecum leonis Angraecum leonis is a species of orchid propagated around 1922 by Ms. Edith Watson ( 18 November 1895 -- 1 May 1967 ) of Home Farm , Woburn , England . It was named in honor of Sir Herbert Leon , her father James Telford Watson 's employer at Bletchley Park , Buckinghamshire , where he was Estate Manager at the time . Sir Herbert gave Edith Watson a book entitled `` Orchids , their culture and management '' by Watson and Chapman , on June 26 , 1918 , when she was 23 years of age . She won a Cultural Bronze Medal and F.C. Botanical Certificate at the Manchester and A.M.London show of 1922 . She also propagated another orchid which she named Odonto . Crispum var . Colin , in honour of her eldest son Colin Barrow ( b 1919 ) . Her daughter was Jean Barrow , later to work at Bletchley Park during World War II . Edith Watson is buried at Olney Cemetery .",
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"text": "Heather Rose Heather Marcelle Dalmas Rose ( born 10 August 1964 ) is an Australian author . Her novels are White Heart , The Butterfly Man , The River Wife , The Museum of Modern Love , and for children Finding Serendipity , A Week Without Tuesday and Blueberry Pancakes Forever . Her career has spanned advertising , business , the arts and writing . She is one of Tasmania 's best known authors and businesswomen .",
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"text": "Heather Baker Heather Baker ( born October 9 , 1984 ) is a female American songwriter , guitarist , producer and founder of the Electronica band Antiwave . Heather is known for being a session and touring guitar player for the likes of Bonnie Mckee ( Pulse Music Publishing ) , Krewella ( Columbia Records ) , Kerli ( Island Records ) , The Iron Maidens ( Powerslave Records ) and currently plays with the band Fake Figures ( members of Atreyu , Eyelid and Scars of Tomorrow ) and NoMBe ( TH3RD BRAIN )",
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"text": "Eugenia watsoniana Eugenia watsoniana is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family . It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia . It is threatened by habitat loss .",
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"text": "Mark Watson Mark Andrew Watson ( born 13 February 1980 ) is an English comedian and novelist .",
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"text": "Ryan Watson Ryan Watson is the name of : Ryan Watson ( cricketer ) ( born 1976 ) , cricketer who plays for Scotland Ryan Watson ( ice hockey ) ( born 1981 ) , Italian-Canadian professional ice hockey player Ryan Watson ( politician ) , leader of the Green Party of Nova Scotia , 2008 -- 2009 Ryan Watson ( footballer ) ( born 1993 ) , English professional football player Ryan Watson ( actor ) ( born 1993 ) , English actor and voice actor",
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"text": "Heather Knight (cricketer) Heather Clare Knight ( born 26 December 1990 ) is an English cricketer who is captain of the England women 's cricket team . She is a right-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler .",
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"text": "Mary Gordon-Watson Mary Gordon-Watson ( born 3 April 1948 ) is a British equestrian . She was born in Blandford . She won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , and finished fourth in individual eventing . She became European champion in 1969 in individual eventing , and in 1971 she was European champion in team eventing . In 1970 she became World champion in both individual and team eventing .",
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"text": "David Watson (dancer) David Watson ( born 1968 ) is a Swedish professional dancer that came into the spotlight in 2006 when he danced with singer Anna Book in the first season of Let 's Dance . He returned to the seventh season of Let 's Dance in 2012 and was partnered with singer Helena Paparizou .",
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"text": "Heather Formation The Heather Formation is a geologic formation occurring in Norway and the United Kingdom . It preserves fossils from the Bathonian to Early Kimmeridgian stages of the Middle to Late Jurassic period and was deposited in a marine , aerobic palaeoenvironment .",
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"text": "Culture of the United Kingdom The culture of the United Kingdom is influenced by the UK 's history as a developed island country , a liberal democracy and a major power ; its predominantly Christian religious life ; and its composition of four countries -- England , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland -- each of which has distinct customs , cultures and symbolism . The wider culture of Europe has also influenced British culture , and Humanism , Protestantism and representative democracy developed from broader Western culture . British literature , music , cinema , art , theatre , comedy , media , television , philosophy , architecture and education are important aspects of British culture . The United Kingdom is also prominent in science and technology , producing world-leading scientists ( e.g. Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin ) and inventions . Sport is an important part of British culture ; numerous sports originated in the country , including football . The UK has been described as a `` cultural superpower '' , and London has been described as a world cultural capital . The Industrial Revolution , which started in the UK , had a profound effect on the socio-economic and cultural conditions of the world . As a result of the British Empire , significant British influence can be observed in the language , law , culture and institutions of a geographically wide assortment of countries , including Australia , Canada , India , the Republic of Ireland , New Zealand , Nigeria , Pakistan , South Africa , the United States and English speaking Caribbean nations . These states are sometimes collectively known as the Anglosphere , and are among Britain 's closest allies . In turn the empire also influenced British culture , particularly British cuisine . The cultures of England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland are diverse and have varying degrees of overlap and distinctiveness .",
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"text": "Moray Watson Moray Watson ( 25 June 1928 -- 2 May 2017 ) was an English actor from Sunningdale , Berkshire .",
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"text": "2015 J&T Banka Prague Open – Singles Heather Watson was the defending champion , but lost to Polona Hercog in the first round . Karolína Plíšková won the title , defeating Lucie Hradecká in the final , 4 -- 6 , 7 -- 5 , 6 -- 3 .",
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"text": "Christopher Watson (musician) Christopher Watson is an American musician and designer .",
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"text": "Heather Croall Heather Croall is an international festival director and documentary producer , best known for leading Sheffield Doc/Fest and Adelaide Fringe Festival , and her work on films including The Big Melt and From the Sea to the Land Beyond . In 2015 she received Sheffield Doc/Fest 's Inspiration Award . The Alliance of Women Film Journalists named Croall 2013 's Ambassador of Women 's Films for her work `` to boost documentary film and open opportunities for women filmmakers '' , and in 2011 Croall was named one of Realscreen '' 's annual trailblazers . She has appeared on BBC Two 's The Review Show and BBC Radio 4 's The Media Show '' .",
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"text": "North York Moors The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire , England , containing one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom . It covers an area of 554 sqmi , and has a population of 23,380 . The North York Moors became a National Park in 1952 , through the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949 .",
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"text": "Alex Watson (footballer) Alexander Francis `` Alex '' Watson ( born 5 April 1968 ) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing for Liverpool , Derby County , A.F.C. Bournemouth , Gillingham , Torquay United and Exeter City . He is the younger brother of the former Everton player Dave Watson , and like his brother , played as a central defender . Watson was born in Liverpool , and began his career as an apprentice with Liverpool . He turned professional in 1985 , and made his debut against Queens Park Rangers in March 1988 . He made nine appearances in total for the club , of which four were in the league , and he was in the starting line-up for the 1988 Charity Shield . In August 1990 he joined Derby County for a brief loan spell , and the following January he made a permanent move to A.F.C. Bournemouth for a fee of # 150,000 . He spent almost five years there , making 182 appearances and scoring 6 league goals , moving to Gillingham on loan in September 1995 before joining Torquay United in November 1995 for a fee of # 50,000 . He quickly became a crowd favourite at Torquay , becoming club captain in 1997 and assistant manager in 1999 under Wes Saunders . In July 2001 he made the short journey to join Exeter City on a free transfer . In his first season there he was a first-team regular , but a change of management saw him play only three games in the 2002 -- 03 season . He was released in the summer of 2003 and signed for non-league club Taunton Town . He played 20 games without scoring in the first part of the 2004 -- 05 season , before joining Clevedon Town in November 2004 , playing 23 times without scoring in the remainder of the season . He was an England youth international and is a FA qualified coach .",
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"text": "Emma Greenwell Emma Greenwell ( born January 14 , 1989 ) is an American actress who was born in the United States but was raised in London from a very young age .",
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"text": "Chester Watson Chester Donald Watson ( born 1 July 1938 ) is a former Jamaican cricketer . Watson played seven Tests for the West Indies in the late 1950s and early 1960s . A fast bowler , Watson opened the bowling with Wes Hall and the two were accused by the English of intimidatory bowling during the England tour of the West Indies in 1959-60 . English batsman Ken Barrington was hit on the elbow by a Watson bouncer during the series and others had near misses but West Indies champion allrounder Garry Sobers later claimed this was more due to the English batsmen being unaccustomed to West Indian pitches than intimidatory bowling .",
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"text": "Harold Watson (athlete) Harold `` Harry '' Watson ( 1883 -- February 15 , 1963 ) was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London . He died in Sutton , London . In the 100 metres , Watson took third place in his first round heat and did not advance to the semifinals .",
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"text": "Nazi Germany Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945 , when Germany was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party ( NSDAP ) . Under Hitler 's rule , Germany was transformed into a fascist state in which the Nazi Party took totalitarian control over nearly all aspects of life . The official name of the state was Deutsches Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Großdeutsches Reich ( `` Greater German Reich '' ) from 1943 to 1945 . The period is also known under the names the Third Reich ( Drittes Reich ) and the National Socialist Period ( Zeit des Nationalsozialismus , abbreviated as NS-Zeit ) . The Nazi regime came to an end after the Allied Powers defeated Germany in May 1945 , ending World War II in Europe . Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by the President of the Weimar Republic Paul von Hindenburg on 30 January 1933 . The Nazi Party then began to eliminate all political opposition and consolidate its power . Hindenburg died on 2 August 1934 , and Hitler became dictator of Germany by merging the powers and offices of the Chancellery and Presidency . A national referendum held 19 August 1934 confirmed Hitler as sole Führer ( leader ) of Germany . All power was centralised in Hitler 's person , and his word became above all laws . The government was not a coordinated , co-operating body , but a collection of factions struggling for power and Hitler 's favour . In the midst of the Great Depression , the Nazis restored economic stability and ended mass unemployment using heavy military spending and a mixed economy . Extensive public works were undertaken , including the construction of Autobahnen ( motorways ) . The return to economic stability boosted the regime 's popularity . Racism , especially antisemitism , was a central feature of the regime . The Germanic peoples ( the Nordic race ) were considered by the Nazis to be the purest branch of the Aryan race , and were therefore viewed as the master race . Millions of Jews and other peoples deemed undesirable by the state were murdered in the Holocaust . Opposition to Hitler 's rule was ruthlessly suppressed . Members of the liberal , socialist , and communist opposition were killed , imprisoned , or exiled . Christian churches were also oppressed , with many leaders imprisoned . Education focused on racial biology , population policy , and fitness for military service . Career and educational opportunities for women were curtailed . Recreation and tourism were organised via the Strength Through Joy program , and the 1936 Summer Olympics showcased the Third Reich on the international stage . Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels made effective use of film , mass rallies , and Hitler 's hypnotic oratory to control public opinion . The government controlled artistic expression , promoting specific art forms and banning or discouraging others . Beginning in the late 1930s , Nazi Germany made increasingly aggressive territorial demands , threatening war if they were not met . It seized Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1938 and 1939 . Hitler made a non-aggression pact with Joseph Stalin and invaded Poland in September 1939 , launching World War II in Europe . In alliance with Italy and smaller Axis powers , Germany conquered most of Europe by 1940 and threatened Great Britain . Reichskommissariats took control of conquered areas , and a German administration was established in what was left of Poland . Jews and others deemed undesirable were imprisoned , murdered in Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps , or shot . Following the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 , the tide gradually turned against the Nazis , who suffered major military defeats in 1943 . Large-scale aerial bombing of Germany escalated in 1944 , and the Axis powers were pushed back in Eastern and Southern Europe . Following the Allied invasion of France , Germany was conquered by the Soviet Union from the east and the other Allied powers from the west and capitulated within a year . Hitler 's refusal to admit defeat led to massive destruction of German infrastructure and additional war-related deaths in the closing months of the war . The victorious Allies initiated a policy of denazification and put many of the surviving Nazi leadership on trial for war crimes at the Nuremberg trials .",
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"text": "Aryan certificate In Nazi Germany , the Aryan certificate ( ` Ariernachweis ' ) was a document which certified that a person was a member of the Aryan race . Beginning in April 1933 it was required from all employees and officials in the public sector , including education , according to the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service . It was also a primary requirement to become a Reich citizen , mainly for those who were not present in Germany at the time of the National Socialist regime 's uprising . There were two main types . Kleiner Ariernachweis '' ( `` Lesser Aryan certificate '' ) was one of : Seven birth or baptism certificates ( or a combination of both ) ( the person , his parents and grandparents ) and three marriage certificates ( parents and grandparents ) or certified proofs thereof . Ahnenpass ( literally ancestor 's passport ) Certified genealogy table ( `` Ahnentafel '' ) `` Großer Ariernachweis '' ( `` Greater Aryan certificate '' ) was required for compliance with the requirements of `` Reichserbhofgesetz '' ( land heritage law ) and membership in the Nazi party . This certificate had to trace the family pedigree down to 1800 ( and to 1750 for SS officers ) . According to the especially strict regulation of this law which included the goal of `` Preserving the Purity of German Blood '' only those were eligible who could prove ( reaching back to January 1 , 1800 ) that `` none of their paternal nor their maternal ancestors had Jewish or colored blood '' .",
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"text": "Republikflucht `` Republikflucht '' ( `` desertion from the republic '' ) and `` Republikflüchtling ( e ) '' ( `` deserters from the republic '' ) were the terms used by authorities in the German Democratic Republic ( GDR -- East Germany ) to describe the process of and the person ( s ) leaving the GDR for a life in West Germany or any other Western ( non-Warsaw Pact ) country ( Eastern Bloc emigration and defection ) . The term applies both to the mass desertion of millions who could leave the GDR rather easily before the Berlin Wall was erected on 13 August 1961 , as well as those few thousands who made a dangerous attempt to cross over the Iron Curtain ( e.g. the Berlin Wall , the Inner German border , or the western border of another country of the Eastern Bloc ) , or who managed to obtain temporary exit visas and subsequently did not return , from 1961 to 1989 . Some estimates put the number of those who left the Soviet sector of Berlin , the Soviet occupation zone , and the GDR between 1945 and 1961 between 3 and 3.5 million . Close to one million of those who left were refugees and expellees from World War II and the post-war era initially stranded in the Soviet zone or East Berlin . The numbers leaving the GDR following the construction of the Wall dropped sharply to several hundred a year as an attempt to flee the GDR via its fortified borders involved considerable personal risk of injury or death ( see : List of deaths at the Berlin Wall ) . Several hundred Republikflüchtlinge were shot ; about 75,000 were caught and imprisoned . A propaganda booklet published by the Socialist Unity Party of Germany ( SED ) in 1955 for the use of party agitators outlined the seriousness of ` flight from the republic ' : Article 213 of the GDR Penal Code of 1979 also made it quite clear that crossing the border without first obtaining government authorization would not be taken lightly : The former East German party leader Erich Honecker was charged in 1993 for ordering soldiers to kill people trying to escape . The trial was postponed due to his bad health , and he died in 1994 . Former Stasi chief Erich Mielke was also put on trial for the same charge . In November 1994 , however , the presiding judge closed the proceedings , ruling that the defendant was not mentally fit to stand trial . Refugees from the Soviet sector of Berlin , the Soviet zone , or East Germany could apply to be accepted as Vertriebene ( expellees ) of the sub-group of Soviet Zone Refugees ( Sowjetzonenflüchtlinge ) under the Federal Expellee Law ( BVFG § 3 ) , and thus receive support from the West German government . They must have fled before 1 July 1990 in order to rescue themselves from an emergency created by the political conditions imposed by the regime there , especially a danger for one 's health , life , personal freedom , or freedom of conscience ( BVFG § 3 ) . The law did not apply for former supporters of the eastern political system of considerable influence , perpetrators against legality and humanity during the Nazi rule or afterwards within East Berlin or East Germany , and finally not for those who had fought against the democracy in West Germany or West Berlin ( BVFG § 3 ( 2 ) ) .",
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"text": "New Objectivity (film) New Objectivity ( a translation of the German Neue Sachlichkeit , alternatively translated as `` New Sobriety '' or `` New matter-of-factness '' ) was an art movement that emerged in Germany in the early 1920s as a counter to expressionism . The term applies to a number of artistic forms , including film . In film , New Objectivity reached its high point around 1929 . It translated into realistic cinematic settings , straightforward camerawork and editing , a tendency to examine inanimate objects as a way to interpret characters and events , a lack of overt emotionalism , and social themes . The director most associated with the movement is Georg Wilhelm Pabst . Pabst 's films of the 1920s concentrate on subjects such as abortion , prostitution , labor disputes , homosexuality , and addiction . His cool and critical 1925 Joyless Street is a landmark of the objective style . Pabst 's 1930 pacifist sound film Westfront 1918 views the World War I experience in a bleak , matter-of-fact way . With its clear denunciation of war , it was soon banned as unsuitable for public viewing . Other directors in the style included Ernő Metzner , Berthold Viertel , and Gerhard Lamprecht . The movement ended essentially in 1933 with the fall of the Weimar Republic .",
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"text": "Aryan Games The Aryan Games ( Arische Spiele ) were a proposed replacement for the Olympic Games in the Third Reich . Proposed by Nazi sports organizer Carl Diem and subsequently adopted by Adolf Hitler , these multi-sport games were supposed to be housed permanently in Nuremberg at the planned `` German Stadium '' , that had been designed by Nazi architect Albert Speer , but was never built . The idea was originally entertained in 1939 by Carl Diem , chief organizer of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , who ahead of the 1936 Olympics was already noted for claiming that `` Germanics may only be defeated by other Germanics , '' which obviously turned out not to be the case . The idea was subsequently adopted by Hitler , who told Albert Speer that once the German Stadium was built , there would be no more Olympic Games , only the Aryan Games .",
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"text": "List of Olympic medalists in art competitions There were 146 medalists in the art competitions that were part of the Olympic Games from 1912 until 1948 . These art competitions were considered an integral part of the movement by International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) founder Pierre de Coubertin and necessary to recapture the complete essence of the Ancient Olympic Games . Their absence before the 1912 Summer Olympics , according to journalism professor Richard Stanton , stems from Coubertin `` not wanting to fragment the focus of his new and fragile movement '' . Art competitions were originally planned for inclusion in the 1908 Summer Olympics but were delayed after that edition 's change in venue from Rome to London following the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius . By the 1924 Summer Olympics they had grown to be considered internationally relevant and potentially `` a milestone in advancing public awareness of art as a whole '' . During their first three appearances , the art competitions were grouped into five broad categories : architecture , literature , music , painting , and sculpture . The Dutch Organizing Committee for the 1928 Summer Olympics split these into subcategories in the hopes of increasing participation . Although it was a successful strategy , the 1932 Summer Olympics eliminated several of these subcategories , which led to fewer entries in the broader categories . For the 1936 Summer Olympics , the German government proposed the addition of a film contest to the program , which was rejected . Following a final appearance at the 1948 Summer Olympics , art competitions were removed from the Olympic program . Planners of the 1952 Summer Olympics opposed their inclusion on logistical grounds , claiming that the lack of an international association for the event meant that the entire onus of facilitation was placed on the local organizing committee . Concerns were also raised about the professionalism of the event , since only amateurs were allowed to participate in the sporting tournaments , and the growing commercialization of the competitions , as artists had been permitted to sell their submissions during the course of the Games since 1928 . In 1952 an art festival and exhibition was held concurrent with the Games , a tradition that has been maintained in all subsequent Summer Olympics . The IOC does not track medalists in Olympic art competitions in its database and thus the prize winners are only officially recorded in the original Olympic reports . Judges were not required to distribute first , second , and third place awards for every category , and thus certain events lack medalists in these placements . Since participants were allowed multiple submissions , it was also possible for artists to win more than one in a single event , as Alex Diggelmann of Switzerland did in the graphic arts category of the 1948 edition . Diggelmann is tied with Denmark 's Josef Petersen , who won second prize three times in literature , for the amount of medals captured in the art competitions . Luxembourg 's Jean Jacoby is the only individual to win two gold medals , doing so in painting in 1924 and 1928 . Of the 146 medalists , 11 were women and only Finnish author Aale Tynni was awarded gold . Germany was the most successful nation , with eight gold , seven silver , and nine bronze medals , although one was won by Coubertin himself , a Frenchman . He submitted his poem Ode to Sport under the pseudonyms Georges Hohrod and Martin Eschbach , as if it were a joint-entry , and won first prize in the 1912 literature category . The original report credits this medal to Germany . Two individuals , Walter W. Winans and Alfréd Hajós , won medals in both athletic and art competitions .",
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"text": "Hans Grundig Hans Grundig ( February 19 , 1901 -- September 11 , 1958 ) was a German painter and graphic artist associated with the New Objectivity movement . He was born in Dresden and , after an apprenticeship as an interior decorator , studied in 1920 -- 1921 at the Dresden School of Arts and Crafts . He then studied at the Dresden Academy from 1922 -- 1923 . During the 1920s his paintings , primarily portraits of working-class subjects , were influenced by the work of Otto Dix . Like his friend Gert Heinrich Wollheim , he often depicted himself in a theatrical manner , as in his Self-Portrait during the Carnival Season ( 1930 ) . He had his first solo exhibition in 1930 at the Dresden gallery of Józef Sandel . He made his first etchings in 1933 . Politically anti-fascist , he joined the German Communist Party in 1926 , and was a founding member of the arts organization Assoziation revolutionärer bildender Künstler in Dresden in 1929 . Following the fall of the Weimar Republic , Grundig was declared a degenerate artist by the Nazis , who included his works in the defamatory Degenerate Art exhibition in Munich in 1937 . He expressed his antagonism toward the regime in paintings such as The Thousand Year Reich ( 1936 ) . Forbidden to practice his profession , he was arrested twice -- briefly in 1936 , and again in 1938 , after which he was interned in Sachsenhausen concentration camp from 1940 -- 1944 . In 1945 he went to Moscow , where he attended an anti-fascist school . Returning to Berlin in 1946 , he became a professor of painting at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts . In 1957 he published his autobiography , Zwischen Karneval und Aschermittwoch ( `` Between Shrovetide carnival and Ash Wednesday '' ) . He was awarded the Heinrich Mann Prize in 1958 , the year of his death in Berlin .",
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"text": "Lebensraum The German concept of Lebensraum ( -LSB- ˈleːbənsˌʁaʊm -RSB- , `` living space '' ) refers to policies and practices of settler colonialism which proliferated in Germany from the 1890s to the 1940s . First popularized around 1901 , Lebensraum became a geopolitical goal of Imperial Germany in World War I ( 1914 -- 1918 ) originally , as the core element of the Septemberprogramm of territorial expansion . The most extreme form of this ideology was supported by the Nazi Party ( NSDAP ) and Nazi Germany until the end of World War II . Following Adolf Hitler 's rise to power Lebensraum became an ideological principle of Nazism , and provided justification for the German territorial expansion into East-Central Europe . The Nazi Generalplan Ost policy ( the Master Plan for the East ) was based on its tenets . It stipulated that most of the indigenous populations of Eastern Europe would have to be removed permanently ( either through mass deportation to Siberia , death , or enslavement ) including Polish , Ukrainian , Russian , and other Slavic nations considered racially inferior and non-Aryan . The Nazi government aimed at repopulating these lands with Germanic colonists in the name of Lebensraum during World War II and thereafter . The entire populations were to be decimated by starvation , allowing for their own agricultural surplus to feed Germany . Hitler 's strategic program for world domination was based on the belief in the power of Lebensraum , pursued by a racially superior society . People deemed to be part of inferior races , within the territory of Lebensraum expansion , were subjected to expulsion or destruction . The eugenics of Lebensraum assumed the right of the German Aryan master race ( Herrenvolk ) to remove indigenous people they considered to be of inferior racial stock ( Untermenschen ) in the name of their own living space . Nazi Germany also supported other ` Aryan ' nations ' pursuing their own Lebensraum , including Fascist Italy 's Spazio vitale .",
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"text": "Socialist realism in Poland Socialist realism in Poland ( socrealizm ) was a social , political , and esthetic doctrine enforced by the pro-Soviet communist government in the process of Stalinization of the postwar People 's Republic of Poland . The official policy was introduced in 1949 by a decree of the Polish United Workers ' Party minister ( later , Minister of Culture and Art ) Włodzimierz Sokorski . As in all Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc countries , Socialist realism became the main instrument of political control in the building of totalitarianism in Poland . However , the trend has never become truly dominant . Following Stalin 's death on March 5 , 1953 , and the subsequent De-Stalinization of all People 's Republics , Polish artists , writers and architects started abandoning it around 1955 . De-Stalinization process peaked during the Polish October .",
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"text": "Fear and Misery of the Third Reich Fear and Misery of the Third Reich ( Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches ) , also known as The Private Life of the Master Race , is one of Bertolt Brecht 's most famous plays and the first of his openly anti-Nazi works . It premiered on May 21 , 1938 in Paris . This production was directed by Slatan Dudow and starred Helene Weigel . The production employed Brecht 's epic theatre techniques to defamiliarize the behaviour of the characters and to make explicit the play 's underlying message . The play consists of a series of playlets , portraying National Socialist Germany of the 1930s as a land of poverty , violence , fear and pretence . Nazi antisemitism is depicted in several of the sketches , including `` the Physicist '' , `` Judicial Process '' , and `` the Jewish Wife '' . It was followed by many more plays that were openly anti-Nazi ( Arturo Ui , etc. ) and attempted a Marxist analysis . They were written while Brecht was in exile in Denmark and were inspired by a visit to Moscow , where he experienced the growing significance of the anti-Nazi movement there . In 1974 , the postmodern East German dramatist Heiner Müller wrote an ` answer ' to Brecht 's play , entitled The Battle : Scenes from Germany ( revised from a text first written in the early 1950s ; first theatrical production opened on 10 October 1975 at the Volksbühne ) . Tony Kushner 's 1985 play A Bright Room Called Day was also based on this play .",
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"text": "Frankfurt Documents thumb | right | 200px | Members of the Frankfurt conference Frankfurt Documents were a series of documents which were an important step on the way to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany . On July 1 , 1948 the representatives of the Western allied occupation forces handed over a number of documents to the prime ministers and two ruling mayors from the western zones of occupation , in which the recommendations were made , including establishing a West German state . The main problem of these recommendations was that they did not provide all-German solution , but only a West German state . The Frankfurt documents formed a working basis for the work on the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany . They were created at the London 6-Power Conference in early 1948 . The handover took place in the IG Farben Building in Frankfurt am Main , and the documents took the name of this town . The military governors Lucius D. Clay ( United States ) , Marie-Pierre Koenig ( France ) and Sir Brian Robertson ( UK ) issued an order establishing a western German state . Present were Peter Altmeier ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) , Karl Arnold ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) , Lawrence Bock ( Württemberg-Hohenzollern ) , Max Brauer ( Hamburg ) , Hans Ehard ( Bavaria ) , Wilhelm Kaisen ( Bremen ) , Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf ( Lower Saxony ) , Hermann Lüdemann ( Schleswig-Holstein ) , Reinhold Maier ( Württemberg-Baden ) , Christian Stock ( Hessen ) and Leo Wohleb ( Baden ) . A West German state was to be established under the following conditions : There should be a constitutional convention ( German : Verfassunggebende Versammlung , literally , `` Constituent Assembly '' ) before September 1 , 1948 , to draft a constitution shaping a federal form of government , while maintaining the rights of people and the participating states . This constitution should first be approved by the military governments , then a referendum in the countries to ratify the Constitution . The respective simple majority in two thirds of eleven West German states should be sufficient for ratification . Constitutional amendments must be approved by the military governors . The German foreign policy should continue to be controlled by the military governors in a minimum , as Ruhr questions , repairs , industrial and rights of the Allied forces . The boundaries of each state should be reviewed and it should , if necessary , taking into account of traditional forms of new countries are created , none compared to the other should be too large or too small . The Frankfurt Documents prompted the Prime Minister to hold Rittersturz Conference in Koblenz , on the resolutions that were passed . Category : Political history of Germany Category : Political conferences",
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"text": "Final Solution The Final Solution ( Endlösung ) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question ( die Endlösung der Judenfrage , -LSB- diː ˈɛntˌløːzʊŋ deːɐ̯ ˈjuːdn̩ˌfʁaːɡə -RSB- ) was a Nazi plan for the extermination of the Jews during World War II . The `` Final Solution of the Jewish Question '' was the Nazi code name for the plan to murder all Jews within reach , and was not limited to the European continent . This policy of deliberate and systematic genocide started across German-occupied Europe was formulated in procedural and geo-political terms by Nazi leadership in January 1942 at the Wannsee Conference near Berlin , and culminated in the Holocaust which saw the killing of 90 percent of Jewish Poles , and two-thirds of the Jewish population of Europe . The nature and timing of the decisions that led to the Final Solution is an intensely studied and debated aspect of the Holocaust . The program evolved during the first 25 months of war leading to the attempt at `` murdering every last Jew in the German grasp . '' Most historians agree , wrote Christopher Browning , that the Final Solution can not be attributed to a single decision made at one particular point in time . `` It is generally accepted the decision-making process was prolonged and incremental . '' In 1940 , following the Fall of France , the Madagascar Plan was devised by Adolf Eichmann in order to relocate Europe 's Jewish population to the French colony ; but the plan was abandoned for logistical reasons mainly due to a naval blockade . There were also preliminary plans to deport Jews to Palestine and Siberia . In 1941 , wrote Raul Hilberg , in the first phase of the mass murder of Jews , the mobile killing units began to pursue their victims across occupied eastern territories ; in the second phase , stretching across all of German-occupied Europe , the Jewish victims were sent on death trains to centralized extermination camps built for the purpose of systematic implementation of the Final Solution .",
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"text": "Ideology of the SS The ideology espoused by the Schutzstaffel ( `` Protection Squadron '' ; SS ) , a paramilitary force and instrument of terror of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany , emphasized a racist vision of `` racial purity '' , antisemitism , and loyalty to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany . SS men were indoctrinated with the belief they were members of a `` master race '' . The ideology of the SS was , even more so than in Nazism in general , built on the belief in a superior `` Aryan race '' . This led to the SS playing the main role in political violence and crimes against humanity , including the Holocaust and `` mercy killing '' of those with congenital illnesses . After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II , the SS and Nazi Party were found to be criminal organizations at the Nuremberg Trials .",
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"text": "Munich Central Collecting Point The Munich Central Collecting Point was a depot used by the Monuments , Fine Arts , and Archives program after the end of the Second World War to process , photograph and redistribute artwork and cultural artefacts that had been confiscated by the Nazis and hidden throughout Germany and Austria . Other Central Collecting Points were located at Marburg , Wiesbaden and Offenbach , with the overall aim of restituting the artefacts to their countries of origin . Lieutenant Craig Hugh Smyth was responsible for establishing the Munich Central Collecting Point in July 1945 , converting former Nazi Party offices into a depot complete with photography studios and conservation labs . The depot 's activities were directed by Herbert S. Leonard . The Munich Central Collecting Point mainly processed artwork from European museums and private collections , including Hitler 's collection found at Altaussee . This included paintings , sculptures , metalwork and other objects . These restitution activities at Munich ceased in 1951 . Archives of materials relating to the Munich Central Collecting Point are located in two repositories in the USA . Original inventory records and photographs of works of art are held by the National Archives and Records Administration . There is a further archive of photographs , and microfilm copies of the inventory cards , in the Photographic Archives at the National Gallery of Art in Washington , DC .",
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"text": "Nazi Anti-Flag Desecration Law The Nazi Anti-Flag Desecration Law was not a Nazi law , but an amendment to the Second Reich Strafgesetzbuch signed into law as a Notverordnung in the Weimarer Republik on 19 December 1932 by Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg and the cabinet of Reichskanzler Kurt von Schleicher , making it illegal to desecrate the flag by `` insulting or maliciously and with intent belittling '' the Reich , the Länder , their constitution , colors , or flags , or the Wehrmacht . Initially , § 134a StGB protected only the flag of the democratic Germany . Later legislation , on 12 March 1933 , and the Reichsflaggengesetz of 15 September 1935 , extended the protection to the Hakenkreuzfahne .",
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"text": "Operation Clausewitz Operation Clausewitz was the codeword initiation of the defence of Berlin plan by Nazi Germany during the final stage of the European conflict of World War II , the Battle of Berlin . Clausewitz was established in the 9 March 1945 document , Basic Order for the Preparations for the Defense of the Reich Capital ( Grundsätzlicher Befehl für die Vorbereitungen zur Verteidigung der Reichshauptstadt ) , a 33 page document containing 24 separate points . The second point of the document , in full ( translated ) is : `` The Reich capital will be defended to the last man and to the last bullet . '' It has been referred to as the Nazis ' last stand against the Soviets . The document divided the city of Berlin into 9 operational defense zones ( A through H , as slices of the outer city of Berlin and Z , its center , corresponding to the government district ) . It further divided the region into four concentric rings : an outer exclusion zone , extending well past Berlin 's city limits ; an outer defense zone extending roughly to the city limits ; an inner defense zone extending out to the Berlin Ringbahn ; and the Citadel ( Zitadelle ) , again , zone Z . In addition to the establishment of defense zones , this document also described the overall mechanism by which Berlin would be converted to a front line city . This included : The evacuation of all Wehrmacht and SS offices in Berlin Evacuation of the central command post of the capital from General Command on Hohenzollerndamm to L-Tower of the Zoo bunker no more than six hours after the issuance of Clausewitz The imposition of martial law for the civilian populace , and offenses under which the death penalty was authorized Hitler ordered the execution of Fall Clausewitz on 20 April 1945 . This set into motion preparedness according to the Basic Order plan , and would have been followed later by the codeword Kolberg meaning full preparedness should be completed and the battle has started .",
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"text": "German–Soviet Axis talks In October and November 1940 , German -- Soviet Axis talks occurred concerning the Soviet Union 's potential entry as a fourth Axis Power in World War II . The negotiations , which occurred during the era of the Molotov -- Ribbentrop Pact and the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement , included a two-day Berlin conference between Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov , Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop , followed by both countries trading written proposed agreements . After two days of negotiations from 12 to 14 November 1940 , Germany presented the Soviets with a draft written Axis pact agreement defining the world spheres of influence of the four proposed Axis powers ( Japan , Germany , Soviet Union , Italy ) . Hitler , Ribbentrop and Molotov tried to set German and Soviet spheres of influence ; Hitler encouraged Molotov to look south to Iran and eventually India while preserving German access to Finland 's resources , and to remove Soviet influence in the Balkans . Molotov remained firm , seeking to remove German troops from Finland and gain a warm water port in the Balkans . Soviet foreign policy calculations were predicated by the idea that the war would be a long - term struggle and therefore German claims that Britain would be defeated swiftly were treated with scepticism . In addition Stalin sought to remain influential in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia . These factors resulted in Molotov taking a firm line . According to a Columbia University academical source , on 25 November 1940 , the Soviets presented a Stalin-drafted written counterproposal where they would accept the four power pact , but it included Soviet rights to Bulgaria and a world sphere of influence centered on the area around modern Iraq and Iran . Germany did not respond , leaving the negotiations unresolved . Regarding the counterproposal , Hitler remarked to his top military chiefs that Stalin `` demands more and more '' , `` he 's a cold-blooded blackmailer '' and that `` a German victory has become unbearable for Russia '' so that `` she must be brought to her knees as soon as possible . '' Germany ended the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in June 1941 by invading the Soviet Union .",
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"text": "German federal election, 1928 Federal elections were held in Germany on 20 May 1928 . The Social Democratic Party of Germany ( SPD ) remained the largest party in the Reichstag after winning 153 of the 491 seats . Voter turnout was 75.6 % . The only two parties to gain significantly were the SPD , who polled almost a third of votes , and the Communist Party of Germany ( KPD ) , completing a thorough victory of the left wing . However , although the SPD now had 153 seats , it still failed to gain a clear majority , resulting in another coalition government led by Hermann Müller . Following his appointment , Müller , who had already been Germany 's Chancellor for 4 months in 1920 , created a grand coalition of members of the SPD , the German Democratic Party , the Centre Party and the German People 's Party . The coalition was plagued by internal divisions right from the beginning , with each party more concerned with their self-interest than the interest of the government and eventually Müller asked President Paul von Hindenburg for emergency powers . When Hindenburg refused , Müller resigned , marking the end of the ` last genuinely democratic government of the Weimar Republic ' on 27 March 1930 . The recently-reformed Nazi Party contested the elections after the ban on the party was lifted in 1925 . However , the party received less than 3 % of the vote and won just 12 seats in the Reichstag . Adolf Hitler , who had been incarcerated in Landsberg prison for his involvement in the Beer Hall Putsch until Christmas 1924 , had concentrated on re-establishing himself as the leader of the Nazi Party following his release rather than on the party 's electability .",
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"text": "6th SS-Standarte The 6th SS-Standarte was a regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS situated in the city of Berlin . As the command was located in the capital of Germany , the 6th Standarte was considered one of the more important SS units in Nazi Germany . The members of the Standarte themselves , however , were non-paid mustering troops of the `` General-SS '' as was the practice for most Allgemeine-SS regiments . The Standarte was first formed in October 1931 and was part of the so-called `` Northern SS '' under the control of Kurt Daluege . At the time , there was a divisional disunity in the SS , with SS units in southern Germany controlled by Heinrich Himmler and the northern units answering to Daluege . It was not until 1934 , after most of the SS headquarters offices had relocated to Berlin , that this division was eventually done away with . During Reichstag elections of 1931 , the 6th SS Standarte played a significant role in campaigning for the Nazi Party and repeated the effort again when Adolf Hitler ran for the office of President of Germany in 1932 . One early member of the Standarte , who would later become the Reichsführer-SS was Karl Hanke . After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 , the 6th SS-Standarte adopted the honor title of `` Charlottenburg '' and often participated in several major Nazi Party rallies held in the German capitol . A year later , during the Night of the Long Knives , the Standarte played a major role in rounding up the Sturmabteilung leadership in Berlin , although most SA executions were carried out by SD troops and Gestapo agents . One of the most notorious actions that the 6th SS-Standarte engaged in was `` Kristallnacht '' where Berlin SS men sought out and destroyed numerous Jewish synagogues and businesses . Shortly afterwards , the Standarte was granted a second honor title as `` 6 SS-Standarte Eduard Felsen '' . When World War II began in 1939 , the Berlin SS regiment slowly began losing its members to regular military service , since mustering Allgemeine-SS personnel were not exempt from conscription . The Standarte was still participating in ceremonial functions as late as 1944 , however , and in the last year of the war many of the remaining members became involved with the Volksturm and participated in the Battle of Berlin .",
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"text": "German Metal Workers' Union The German Metal Workers ' Union ( Deutscher Metallarbeiter-Verband , abbreviated DMV ) was a German industrial union for metalworkers formed in 1891 and dissolved after the Nazis ' accession to power in 1933 . German metalworkers started to organize in labor unions in 1868 . In 1891 , at a congress in Frankfurt from June 1 to June 6 , a number of separate unions joined forces to form a single federation with 23,200 members . The DMV was the first industrial union in the country . It was headquartered in Stuttgart . It took over publication of the already extant newspaper Deutsche Metall-Arbeiter-Zeitung . At first , it faced opposition from the established craft unions . Its membership reached 50,000 by 1896 , 100,000 in 1901 , and over 500,000 by 1913 . Its growth was slowed by its failure to gain recognition by employers in large plants in heavy industry until World War I. During World War I , the DMV , like the rest of the socialist labor movement , did not oppose the country 's war efforts and maintained labor peace , a policy known as the Burgfrieden . As the war effort unraveled and revolutionary struggles broke out , metalworkers rebelled as well . They were a major part of the January Strikes , though the union itself helped re-establish order . After government control collapsed in November 1918 , most leaders had to leave their posts as a result of having supported the war . Once order was restored , the DMV , which was part of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund ( ADGB ) , a confederation of socialist unions , attained recognition from employers and its membership spiked to 1.6 million in 1919 , briefly making it the single largest union in the world . It was , however , unable to attract younger workers throughout the Weimar years and its membership sank to under a million by 1928 . During the 1920s , communists from the Communist Party of Germany ( KPD ) had considerable influence in the DMV . After the Nazis gained power in 1933 , the DMV was banned on May 2 . Many of its leaders were imprisoned and taken to concentration camps and the union 's assets and property were seized . Some of its organizational structures were integrated into the German Labor Front ( DAF ) , the Nazi Party 's labor organization . Although the DMV opposed the Nazis , it was unable to put up meaningful resistance against their rule . After World War II , in 1949 , IG Metall was established as the new German federation for metalworkers . It continued the DMV 's tradition , but strove to maintain political neutrality , feeling that political discord in the German labor movement had contributed to the Nazis ' victory in 1933 .",
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"text": "Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists The Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists ( Denkmal des polnischen Soldaten und deutschen Antifaschisten Pomnik żołnierza polskiego i niemieckiego antyfaszysty ) is a war memorial in Berlin , dedicated in 1972 . Built by the German Democratic Republic during the division of Germany , it is today the principal German monument to the Polish soldiers who died in World War II , as well as an important monument to the German resistance . The monument is located in Volkspark Friedrichshain , in the borough of Friedrichshain in former East Berlin . It was conceived at a time of improving relations between East Germany and Poland as a monument to the cooperation between the communist Polish People 's Army and German communists in the struggle against fascism . The monument of gray Silesian granite was designed by the Polish sculptors Zofia Wolska and Tadeusz Łodzian and the Germans Arnd Wittig and Günther Merkel . Its centerpiece is a pair of parallel 15-meter stone columns ( which are actually a single structure ) united by a bronze flag . The monument area is in the foot of a hill , and is set off with a wall bearing the motto of Tadeusz Kościuszko , `` For your freedom and ours , '' in Polish ( Za waszą i naszą wolność ) and German ( Für eure und unsere Freiheit ) , and a relief showing figures of a Polish and Red Army soldier together with a German resistance fighter . Below the columns is the dedicatory plaque , in Polish , German , and Russian , where wreath-laying ceremonies take place . The monument was rededicated in 1995 following German reunification to include non-communist Polish soldiers and victims of the Nazis , as well as all German resistance movements , and plaques in Polish and German were added explaining this . The monument was left otherwise unchanged , and the columns still bear the communist-era coat of arms of the People 's Republic of Poland and the coat of arms of East Germany . In recent years , concern mounted as to the amount of vandalism and graffiti inflicted on the monument . In 2004 , a German company agreed to sponsor the maintenance of the monument . In 2005 , the memorial was defaced with neo-Nazi slogans . The monument is frequently used for skateboarding .",
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Junun is a 2012 documentary.
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"text": "Junun Junun is a 2015 documentary film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson . It documents the making of the album of the same name in Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan , India , by the Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur , English composer and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood , Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express , and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich . Greenwood previously composed soundtracks for several Anderson films . Junun premièred at the 2015 New York Film Festival and was released on the MUBI film streaming service on October 9 and on iTunes on November 20 , 2015 . It received generally favorable reviews .",
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"text": "Confession of Murder Confession of Murder ( ; lit . `` I am the Murderer '' ) is a 2012 South Korean action thriller film directed by Jung Byung-gil , starring Jung Jae-young and Park Si-hoo . It is about a police officer who is haunted for failing to capture a serial killer 15 years back , and returns to the case after a novelist publishes the book `` I am the Murderer '' , claiming responsibility for the crimes . This is director Jung Byung-gil 's first mainstream feature ; he first drew notice for his 2008 documentary film about Korean stunt men , Action Boys . Produced by Dasepo Club co. Ltd , and distributed by Showbox , it was released on November 8 , 2012 and ran for 119 minutes .",
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"text": "Koukan Kourcia Koukan Kourcia is a 2010 documentary film .",
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"text": "On the Road: A Document is a Japanese documentary from 1964 directed by Noriaki Tsuchimoto .",
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"text": "Truth Be Told (2012 film) Truth Be Told is a 2012 documentary about growing up in the Jehovah 's Witnesses religion . The title refers to the Jehovah 's Witnesses ' perception that their beliefs are ` the truth . '",
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"text": "Hotaru no Hikari (manga) is a Japanese josei manga series by Satoru Hiura . It has been adapted into 2 television drama series and a live action film that was released on 7 July 2012 .",
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"text": "Haunting Love Haunting Love is a 2012 Chinese horror film directed by Ting Liang .",
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"text": "Nanban Nanban may refer to : Nanban ( film ) , 2012 Tamil comedy film directed by Shankar Nanban art , Japanese art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries influenced by contact with the Namban Nanban trade , trade between Japan and Western countries from 1543 to 1614",
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"docid": "bf197ffb4123fa491710d98bb34ab85b",
"text": "SPEC: Ten is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi . It was released on 7 April 2012 . This is a sequel to the TBS drama SPEC series .",
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"text": "Cowboy del Amor Cowboy del Amor is a 2005 documentary film directed by Michèle Ohayon .",
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"text": "All's Well, Ends Well 2012 All 's Well , Ends Well 2012 is a 2012 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Chan Hing-ka and Janet Chun . It is the seventh installment in the All 's Well , Ends Well film series .",
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"text": "Aluna Aluna is a 2012 feature-length documentary film sequel to the 1990 BBC documentary The Heart of The World : Elder Brother 's Warning . The first documentary showed an ancient Kogi tribe civilisation ( the Elder Brother ) who emerge to offer their concern for people of the modern world ( Younger Brother ) . Younger Brother is urged to change or suffer environmental disaster . After offering the warning the Kogi retreat back to civilisation hidden in a mountain in Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , Colombia . The Kogis have re-emerged . Long-ago realising that the importance of their warning had not been grasped . As well as warning Younger Brother they have decided to share their secret sciences in the belief that sharing these new sciences will share their burden of changing the world for the better .",
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"text": "Jeonju International Film Festival Launched in 2000 , Jeonju International Film Festival ( JIFF , Korean : 전주국제영화제 , Hanja : 全州國際映畵祭 ) is one of the Asian film festivals . In the first edition of JIFF , debut films of Darren ARONOFSKY , Fernando MEIRELLES , and Alejandro González IÑÁRRITU were introduced to South Korea . For the first time in Asia , Jiff highlighted early works of Béla TARR , Ulrich SEIDL , Laurent CANTET as well . The winners of Jeonju IFF 's International Competition Section include Matias PIÑEIRO , YING Liang , Denis CÔTÉ , Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL , SUWA Nobuhiro , John AKOMFRAH and MIIKE Takashi . Another point of Jeonju is that it produces movies as well . Directors that once invited to Jeonju IFF , were later invited again to Jeonju Digital Project ( JDP ) which is a set of three digital shorts . JDP granted financial support to masters for their short films and world-premiered those pieces in Jeonju . The former directors ran JDP include ZHANG Yuan , JIA Zhang Ke , TSAI Ming Liang , SUWA Nobuhiro , Shinji AOYAMA , BONG Joon-Ho , Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL , Shinya TSUKAMOTO , Darezhan OMIRVAEV , Pedro COSTA , Mahamat-saleh HAROUN , HONG Sang-soo , Lav DIAZ , Denis CÔTÉ , Jean-Marie STRAUB , Claire DENIS , José Luis GUERIN , YING Liang , Edwin , ZHANG Lu , KOBAYASHI Masahiro . Celebrating its 15th edition , JDP has boosted scale up to Feature-length with GYÖRGY Pálfi ( Hungary ) , PARK Jung bum/SHIN Yeon-shick ( Republic of Korea . ) One of the other characteristics of JIFF is its experimental section called Expanded Cinema ( formerly called Stranger than Cinema . ) Expanded Cinema is possibly the best experimental film section in Asia that world-premieres new project of directors such as Peter KUBELKA , Peter TSCHERKASSKY , Harun FAROCKI , Artavazd PELESHIAN , James BENNING , Alexander KLUGE , Pere PORTABEELA , Raya MARTIN , Romuald KARMAKAR , and Jon JOST .",
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"text": "Arirang (2011 film) Arirang is a 2011 South Korean documentary film by Kim Ki-duk . The film addresses a personal crisis Kim went through , sparked by an incident during the filming of his previous film , Dream , where the lead actress nearly died by hanging , and by the departure of a couple of close colleagues , including the director Jang Hoon . The title comes from a Korean folk song with the same title . In a heavily line-broken text released about the film , Kim writes that `` Through Arirang I understand human beings , thank the nature , and accept my life as it is now . '' Kim produced the film entirely on his own . It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival , and won the top award for best film .",
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"text": "Re-encounter Re-encounter ( ; lit . `` Hye-hwa , Child '' ) is a 2011 South Korean indie film written and directed by Min Yong-keun . Starring Yoo Da-in and Yoo Yeon-seok , it is a coming of age story about two young people who fall in love but lose contact when the girl becomes pregnant and the boy leaves her to go to Canada ; they meet again after five years to look for their child , who they believe has been adopted . It premiered at the 15th Busan International Film Festival in 2010 , and was released in theaters on February 17 , 2011 .",
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"text": "Umbrella (film) Umbrella or San is a Chinese documentary film directed by Du Haibin and released in 2007 . The film documents the experiences of modern rural China , particularly five social groups : students , soldiers , tradespeople , and peasants . Du 's stated goal with the film was to highlight the growing disparity between China 's prosperous cities and its stagnating countryside .",
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"text": "Winners (film) Winners is a 2011 documentary film .",
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"text": "Interesting Times: The Secret of My Success Interesting Times : The Secret of My Success is a 2002 Chinese documentary film by director Duan Jinchuan about China 's contemporary politics of democracy and the realities of the one child policy . The director shows how this policy is being implemented in Fanshen , a rural village in Northeast China . This film is part of the 2002 series ` Interesting Times ' showing different aspects of modern life in China : The secret of my success - shows how Chinese politics are implemented in the countryside . The war of love Directors : Duan Jinchuan & Jiang Yue - is a portrait of a marriage broker . Xiao 's long march Director : Wu Gong - about the People 's Liberation Army . This happy life Director : Jiang Yue - aims to define the concept of political education in China .",
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"text": "Like Stone Lions at the Gateway into Night Like Stone Lions at the Gateway into Night ( Comme des lions de pierre à l'entrée de la nuit ) is a 2012 documentary film by Olivier Zuchuat .",
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"docid": "dfa36a875c5605dde0a4d6cfadb1779e",
"text": "Songun Songun is the `` military first '' policy of North Korea , prioritizing the Korean People 's Army in the affairs of state and allocation of resources . `` Military first '' as a principle guides political and economic life in North Korea , with `` military-first politics '' dominating the political system ; `` a line of military-first economic construction '' acting as an economic system ; and `` military-first ideology '' serving as the guiding ideology . Songun elevates the Korean People 's Army within North Korea as an organization and as a state function , granting it the primary position in the North Korean government and society . It guides domestic policy and international interactions . It is the framework for the government , designating the military as the `` supreme repository of power '' . The North Korean government grants the Korean People 's Army the highest economic and resource-allocation priority and positions it as the model for society to emulate . Songun is also the ideological concept behind a shift in policies since 1994 which emphasize the people 's military over all other aspects of state and society .",
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"text": "Konna no Idol Janain!? is a 2012 Japanese television comedy series .",
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Based on passengers carried, British Airways (BA) is the second largest in the UK coming in behind EasyJet.
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"text": "British Airways British Airways ( BA ) is the largest airline in the United Kingdom based on fleet size , or the second largest , behind easyJet , when measured by passengers carried . The airline is based in Waterside near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport . In January 2011 BA merged with Iberia , creating the International Airlines Group ( IAG ) , a holding company registered in Madrid , Spain . IAG is the world 's third-largest airline group in terms of annual revenue and the second-largest in Europe . It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the FTSE 100 Index . BA was created in 1974 after a British Airways Board was established by the British government to manage the two nationalised airline corporations , British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways , and two regional airlines , Cambrian Airways from Cardiff , and Northeast Airlines from Newcastle upon Tyne . On 31 March 1974 , all four companies were merged to form British Airways . After almost 13 years as a state company , BA was privatised in February 1987 as part of a wider privatisation plan by the Conservative government . The carrier expanded with the acquisition of British Caledonian in 1987 , Dan-Air in 1992 , and British Midland International in 2012 . A long-time Boeing customer , BA ordered 59 Airbus A320 family aircraft in August 1998 . In 2007 it purchased 12 Airbus A380s and 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners , marking the start of its long-haul fleet replacement . The centrepiece of the airline 's long-haul fleet is the Boeing 777 , with 58 in the fleet . BA is the largest operator of the Boeing 747-400 , with 41 registered to the airline . It is a founding member of the Oneworld airline alliance , along with American Airlines , Cathay Pacific , Qantas , and the now defunct Canadian Airlines . The alliance has since grown to become the third largest , after SkyTeam and Star Alliance .",
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"text": "British Island Airways British Island Airways ( BIA ) was the legal successor to British United Island Airways ( BUIA ) . It commenced operations under that name in mid-1970 . Ten years later it merged with Air Anglia , Air Wales and Air Westward to form Air UK , at the time the UK 's biggest regional airline and its third-largest scheduled operator . The first British Island Airways had its head office at Congreve House ( 1970 -- 1972 ) and Berkeley House ( 1973 -- 1979 ) , which are respectively located in Station Road and on the high street in Redhill , Surrey . In 1982 British Island Airways was reconstituted by splitting off the charter operation Air UK had inherited from BIA at the time of its creation into a separate company . The reconstituted BIA ceased operations in 1991 .",
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"text": "British Midland International destinations This is a list of destinations that were served by British Midland International over its time as an airline . On 28 October 2012 , all remaining services were merged into British Airways .",
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"text": "Leeds Bradford Airport Leeds Airport redirects here , for the private airport to the East of the city see Leeds East Airport Leeds Bradford Airport is located at Yeadon , in the City of Leeds Metropolitan District in West Yorkshire , England , 6 NM northwest of Leeds city centre itself . It was opened in October 1931 as Yeadon Aerodrome , and is still often referred to as Yeadon Airport by locals . It serves the cities of Leeds and Bradford , as well as the wider Yorkshire region including the cities of York and Wakefield , and the District of Harrogate , and is the largest airport within Yorkshire . The airport was in public ownership until May 2007 , when it was sold for # 145.5 million to Bridgepoint Capital . Leeds Bradford has a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence ( Number P800 ) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and for flight training . The Airport operates to many domestic and European destinations . The airport is also the highest in England at an elevation of 681 ft. By the number of passengers handled in 2016 , Leeds Bradford was the 15th busiest airport in the UK . It is a base for Jet2.com , Monarch Airlines and Ryanair . Thomson Airways is seasonally based at the airport .",
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"text": "British Caledonian British Caledonian ( BCal ) was a private , British independent airline , operating out of Gatwick Airport in south-east England during the 1970s and 1980s . It was created as an alternative to the British government-controlled corporation airlines and was described as the `` Second Force '' in the 1969 Edwards report . It was formed by the UK 's second-largest , independent charter airline Caledonian Airways taking over British United Airways ( BUA ) , then the largest British independent airline and the United Kingdom 's leading independent scheduled carrier . The BUA takeover enabled Caledonian to realise its long-held ambition to transform itself into a scheduled airline . The merged entity eventually became the UK 's foremost independent , international scheduled airline . A series of major financial setbacks during the mid-1980s combined with the airline 's inability to grow sufficiently to reach a viable size put the airline at serious risk of collapse . BCal began looking for a merger partner to improve its competitive position . In December 1987 , British Airways ( BA ) gained control of the airline . The Caledonian name and livery was then used to rebrand BA 's Gatwick-based subsidiary British Airtours as Caledonian Airways .",
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"text": "Quick access recorder A quick access recorder ( QAR ) is an airborne flight data recorder designed to provide quick and easy access to raw flight data , through means such as USB or cellular network connections and/or the use of standard flash memory cards . QARs are typically used by airlines to improve flight safety and operational efficiency , usually in the scope of their flight operational quality assurance plans . Like the aircraft 's flight data recorder ( FDR ) , a QAR receives its inputs from the Flight Data Acquisition Unit ( FDAU ) , recording over 2000 flight parameters . The QAR is also able to sample data at much higher rates than the FDR and , in some cases , for longer periods of time . Unlike the FDR , the QAR usually is not required by a national Civil Aviation Authority on commercial flights and is not designed to survive an accident . Despite this , some QARs have survived accidents and provided valuable information beyond what was recorded by the FDR . The quick access recorder was pioneered by British European Airways ( BEA ) on its Hawker Siddeley Trident aircraft in the 1960 's as a requirement to prove the safety of the aircraft 's autoland system for certification of the autoland system by the CAA . Quick access recorders are carried by all BEA 's successor airline , British Airways ( BA ) , aircraft . Data from the Penny & Giles quick access recorder of a BA Boeing 747-400 London-Bankok flight in which the aircraft suffered un-commanded elevator movement and momentary elevator reversal caused Boeing to implement a change in the elevator servo valve design , a modification that was applied to all Boeing 747 's in service , and suspicion of a similar original valve design arising from this BA data was subsequently used by the NTSB in the determining of the causes of the crashes of United Airlines Flight 585 and USAir Flight 427 . Earlier , data from a Trident 's quick access recorder had provided the AAIB with useful supplemental data over-and-above that of the aircraft 's flight data recorder that helped the diagnosing of the cause of the 1972 British European Airways Flight 548 , the `` Staines air disaster '' where the Trident 's leading edge high lift devices ( `` droops '' ) had been retracted too early and at too low an airspeed .",
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"text": "British Overseas Territories The 14 British Overseas Territories ( BOT ) are territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the United Kingdom . They are the parts of the British Empire that have not been granted independence or have voted to remain British territories . These territories do not form part of the United Kingdom and , with the exception of Gibraltar , are not part of the European Union . Most of the inhabited territories are internally self-governing , with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations . The rest are either uninhabited or have a transitory population of military or scientific personnel . They share the British monarch ( Elizabeth II ) as head of state . The term `` British Overseas Territory '' was introduced by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 , replacing the term British Dependent Territory , introduced by the British Nationality Act 1981 . Prior to 1 January 1983 , the territories were officially referred to as British Crown Colonies . With the exceptions of the British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ( which host only officials and research station staff ) and the British Indian Ocean Territory ( used as a military base ) , the Territories retain permanent civilian populations . Permanent residency for the 7,000 or so civilians living in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia is limited to citizens of the Republic of Cyprus . Collectively , the Territories encompass a population of about 250,000 people and a land area of about 667018 sqmi . The vast majority of this land area , 660000 sqmi , constitutes the almost uninhabited British Antarctic Territory , while the largest territory by population , Bermuda , accounts for almost a quarter of the total BOT population . At the other end of the scale , three territories have no civilian population ; the Antarctic territory , the British Indian Ocean Territory ( from which the Chagos Islanders were controversially removed ) and South Georgia . Pitcairn Islands , settled by the survivors of the Mutiny on the Bounty , is the smallest settled territory with 49 inhabitants , while the smallest by land area is Gibraltar on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula . The United Kingdom participates in the Antarctic Treaty System and , as part of a mutual agreement , the British Antarctic Territory is recognised by four of the other sovereign nations making claims to Antarctic territory . Although the Crown dependencies of Jersey , Guernsey and the Isle of Man are also under the sovereignty of the British monarch , they are in a different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom . The British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are themselves distinct from the Commonwealth realms , a group of 15 independent countries ( and the United Kingdom ) which each also have Elizabeth II as their reigning monarch , and from the Commonwealth of Nations , a voluntary association of 52 countries mostly with historic links to the British Empire ( which also includes all Commonwealth realms ) . the Minister responsible for the Territories excluding the Falkland Islands , Gibraltar and the Sovereign Base Areas is Baroness Anelay , Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN . The other three territories are the responsibility of Sir Alan Duncan MP , Minister of State for Europe and the Americas .",
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"text": "British Airtours Flight 28M British Airtours Flight 28M was an international passenger flight , originating from Manchester International Airport 's Runway 24 in Manchester , England , en route to Corfu International Airport on the Greek island of Corfu . On 22 August 1985 , the route was being operated by Boeing 737 -- 236 registered G-BGJL , when take-off from Manchester Airport was aborted due to engine failure . The aircraft , previously named `` Goldfinch '' , but at the time of the accident named `` River Orrin '' , had 131 passengers and six crew on the manifest . At 06:12 BST during the takeoff roll , a loud thump was heard . An engine failure had generated a fire and a plume of black smoke ensued . Takeoff was aborted and the captain ordered the evacuation of the aircraft , with 78 of the 131 passengers escaping . 53 passengers perished along with two members of the cabin crew . Most of the deaths were due to smoke inhalation . The accident was instrumental in bringing about changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective and has been described as `` a defining moment in the history of civil aviation '' by the BBC . Acting on the recommendations of the UK 's Air Accidents Investigation Branch ( AAIB ) , which investigated the accident , the aviation industry introduced changes to the seating layout near emergency exits , fire-resistant seat covers , floor lighting , fire-resistant wall and ceiling panels , more fire extinguishers and clearer evacuation rules .",
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"text": "Gatwick Handling Gatwick Handling Limited was an aircraft ground handling agent headquartered at London Gatwick Airport . Gatwick Handling was originally established in the late-1960s as a new company jointly owned by Airbourne Aviation and Messrs Metcalfe and Foukes . The company 's liquidation soon after its formation resulted in ownership passing to Davies and Newman ( D&N ) , holding company of UK independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline Dan-Air . D&N 's search for a co-owner for its new ground handling unit led to the sale of a 50 % stake to Laker Airways ( Services ) , an associate company of former Gatwick-based UK independent airline Laker Airways which was a contemporary competitor of Dan-Air . Gatwick Handling 's official appointment as an airport concessionaire occurred in early-1972 following the signing of an agreement between the British Airports Authority ( BAA ) , Dan-Air and Laker Airways . Under this agreement , the BAA licensed Gatwick Handling to conduct ground handling operations at London Gatwick on behalf of third parties . In addition to assuming responsibility for handling all Dan-Air and Laker flights at Gatwick , a growing number of third-party airlines appointed Gatwick Handling their handling agent at the airport . Laker Airways 's demise in early-1982 brought about a change in ownership that initially saw D&N gain 100 % control of Gatwick Handling and the subsequent sale of the 50 % stake previously owned by an associate company of the defunct airline sold on to US carriers Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines . In the late-1980s , Gatwick Handling extended its geographical coverage of the UK to other airports , leading to establishment of GH Manchester and GH Stansted respectively . Dan-Air 's takeover by British Airways ( BA ) in late-1992 divided Gatwick Handling 's ownership between Northwest and Delta . In 1994 , Gatwick Handling extended its geographical coverage to Ghana in West Africa . To give it a more international image , the company abbreviated its name to GHI ( for Gatwick Handling International ) . In 1998 , Go-Ahead Group replaced Northwest and Delta as GHI 's owner . In 2000 , Go-ahead merged GHI with its other UK aircraft ground handling operations , Midland Airport Services , British Midland Handling Services and Reed Aviation , under the Aviance UK brand .",
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"text": "Caledonian Airways (1988) Caledonian Airways was a United Kingdom charter airline created in 1988 by rebranding British Airtours when that company 's parent British Airways ( BA ) took over British Caledonian airline . It operated for twelve years between 1988 and 2000 .",
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"text": "Basra International Airport Basrah International Airport is the second largest international airport in Iraq , and is located in the southern city of Basra .",
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"text": "Transair (UK) Transair Limited was an early post-World War II private , independentindependent from government-owned corporations British airline formed in 1947 . It began as an air taxi operator at Croydon Airport . In 1953 , it started inclusive tour ( IT ) charter flights . By 1957 , Transair became part of the Airwork group . The following year it shifted its operating base and headquarters to Gatwick Airport . In 1960 , Transair was absorbed into British United Airways ( BUA ) , as a result of the Airwork -- Hunting-Clan merger .",
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"text": "EasyBus EasyBus is a British express coach operator connecting the city centres of London and Manchester with their respective main airports as well providing services from Geneva Airport ( where EasyJet Switzerland is based ) to nearby communities . It was founded by entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 2003 , and is part of the EasyGroup . It initially also offered intercity services within the UK in addition to airport services .",
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"text": "British Aircraft Corporation The British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC ) was a British aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Ltd. , Vickers-Armstrongs ( Aircraft ) , the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Hunting Aircraft in 1960 . Bristol , English Electric and Vickers became `` parents '' of BAC with shareholdings of 20 % , 40 % and 40 % respectively . BAC in turn acquired the share capital of their aviation interests and 70 % of Hunting several months later . Its head office was on the top floors of the 100 Pall Mall building in the City of Westminster , London .",
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"text": "WestJet WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian airline founded in 1996 . It began as a low-cost alternative to the country 's competing major airlines . WestJet provides scheduled and charter air service to 100 destinations in Canada , the United States , Europe , Mexico , Central America and the Caribbean . WestJet is currently the second-largest Canadian air carrier , behind Air Canada , operating an average of 425 flights and carrying over 45,000 passengers per day . In 2013 , WestJet carried 18.5 million passengers , making it the ninth-largest airline in North America by passengers carried . WestJet is a public company with more than 10,000 employees , and is not part of any airline alliance . It operates three variants of the Boeing 737 Next Generation family , as well as Boeing 767 aircraft , on select long-haul routes . Its subsidiary WestJet Encore also operates the Bombardier Q400 . The airline 's headquarters is located adjacent to the Calgary International Airport . In 2015 , WestJet had passenger revenues of CAN$ 4.029 billion and its earnings per share increased 19 % to C$ 2.92 .",
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"text": "British Gliding Association The British Gliding Association ( BGA ) is the governing body for gliding in the United Kingdom . Gliding in the United Kingdom operates through 85 gliding clubs ( both civilian and service ) which have 2,310 gliders and 9,462 full flying members ( including service personnel ) , though a further 17,000 people have gliding air-experience flights each year .",
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"text": "Laker Airways Laker Airways was a wholly private , British independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline founded by Sir Freddie Laker in 1966 . It originally was a charter airline flying passengers and cargo worldwide . Its head office was located at London Gatwick Airport in Crawley , England . It became the second long-haul , low-cost , `` no frills '' airline in 1977 , operating low-fare scheduled services between London Gatwick Airport and New York City 's John F. Kennedy Airport ( after pioneering Icelandic low-cost carrier Loftleiðir ) . The company did not survive the recession of the early 1980s and operated its last flight on 5 February 1982 , the day it went bankrupt .",
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"text": "British Asia Airways British Asia Airways was a subsidiary of British Airways formed in March 1993 , based in Taiwan , to operate between London and Taipei via Hong Kong . This was due to political sensitivities , as national airlines operating flights to the People 's Republic of China were not permitted to fly to Taiwan . Similar arrangements were made by other airlines , such as Japan Airlines and Qantas . It used the Boeing 747-436 . repainted in a special livery , with the Union Flag tailfin being replaced by the Chinese characters 英亞 ( Hanyu Pinyin : Yīng Yà ; literally `` British Asia '' ) . It flew between Taipei and Hong Kong using the code BR , which BA had inherited from British Caledonian , while the flight from London used BA . It ceased operations after BA suspended flights to Taipei in December 2001 .",
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"text": "Big Six energy suppliers The Big Six are the United Kingdom 's largest energy suppliers , supplying gas and electricity to over 50 million homes and businesses in Britain , with over 90 % share of domestic customers . `` Supplier '' is meant by the business of buying wholesale power ( or gas ) , paying network and government policy costs and charges , and charging the customers of that supplier , for their electricity ( or gas ) . The assets of a supplier , which is a separate licensed business , are its people , and its offices . The business of four of the big energy Suppliers , including of their wider company groups , does not entail owning , or running , any actual network assets - underground cables , overhead lines , or pipes - to physically deliver electricity or gas . The two exceptions to this , are the two big Scottish Supplier firms , whose wider company groups do own some network assets . Confusingly , the term `` Big Six '' has recently been used prominently in the British media to refer , instead , to Britain 's energy network firms such as UK Power Networks ( which are generally independent of the biggest six British energy suppliers ) . There has also been a tendency in the media to wrongly refer to electricity network firms as `` electricity suppliers '' , thus sowing further confusion and misunderstanding , The `` Big Six '' as the term has most often been used , tends to be a reference to the oldest British electricity companies ( which are all also involved in the retail Supply of gas ) plus British Gas . This comprises ( 1 ) British Gas ( owned by UK firm Centrica which is listed on the LSE ) , ( 2 ) EDF Energy ( owned by French firm Électricité de France which is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange , ( 3 ) npower , ( 4 ) E.ON UK ( each German-owned ) , ( 5 ) Scottish Power ( Spanish-owned ) , and ( 6 ) SSE ( listed on the LSE ) . According to SERIS , the generation businesses of the ` Big Six ' energy firms amount to around three-quarters of British generating capacity . Three out of the ` Big Ten ' generators in the UK can probably still be categorised as majority-owned by British shareholders ; the other seven are listed firms that are owned by their many shareholders , some of whom will be British , but many of whom may not be British . Figures from independent research group Cornwall Energy suggest that by September 2014 Britain 's big six energy companies had a 92.4 % share of the market -- a decrease from 99.8 % in 2009 .",
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"text": "Royal Bengal Airline Aviana Airways Ltd operating as Royal Bengal Airlines was a dormant airline that operated flights in Bangladesh . The carrier , headquartered in London , was wholly owned by R B Airline UK Ltd. .",
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"text": "Jazeera Airways Jazeera Airways K.S.C is a Kuwaiti airline with its head office on the grounds of Kuwait International Airport in Al Farwaniyah Governorate , Kuwait . It operates scheduled services in the Middle East . Its main base is Kuwait International Airport . The airline has grown since its launch to become Kuwait 's second national airline and has been dynamic in popularizing low-cost carriers in the Middle East . Jazeera Airways is one of the largest operators at Kuwait airport , having handled a quarter of all aircraft movements and passengers at the airport during July 2009 . According to the July 2009 report issued by Kuwait Directorate General for Civil Aviation 's , Jazeera Airways had the largest number of aircraft movement in the month with 1834 take-offs and landings , overpassing the second largest carrier in aircraft movement by 4 % .",
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"text": "American Psycho American Psycho is a novel by Bret Easton Ellis , published in 1991 . The story is told in the first person by Patrick Bateman , a serial killer and Manhattan businessman . The Observer notes that while `` some countries -LSB- deem it -RSB- so potentially disturbing that it can only be sold shrink-wrapped '' , `` critics rave about it '' and `` academics revel in its transgressive and postmodern qualities . '' A film adaptation starring Christian Bale as Bateman was released in 2000 to generally favorable reviews . In 2008 , it was confirmed that producers David Johnson and Jesse Singer were developing a musical adaptation of the novel to appear on Broadway . The musical premiered at the Almeida Theatre , London in December 2013 .",
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"docid": "a837b981247848fc307724bf1f320f37",
"text": "Novel A novel is any relatively long piece of written narrative fiction , normally in prose , and typically published as a book . The genre has also been described as possessing , `` a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years '' . This view sees the novel 's origins in Classical Greece and Rome , medieval , early modern romance , and the tradition of the novella . The latter , an Italian word used to describe short stories , supplied the present generic English term in the 18th century . Ian Watt , however , in The Rise of the Novel ( 1957 ) suggests that the novel first came into being in the early 18th century , Miguel de Cervantes , author of Don Quixote , is frequently cited as the first significant European novelist of the modern era ; the first part of Don Quixote was published in 1605 . The romance is a closely related long prose narrative . Walter Scott defined it as `` a fictitious narrative in prose or verse ; the interest of which turns upon marvellous and uncommon incidents '' , whereas in the novel `` the events are accommodated to the ordinary train of human events and the modern state of society '' . However , many romances , including the historical romances of Scott , Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights and Herman Melville 's Moby-Dick , are also frequently called novels , and Scott describes romance as a `` kindred term '' . Romance , as defined here , should not be confused with the genre fiction love romance or romance novel . Other European languages do not distinguish between romance and novel : `` a novel is le roman , der Roman , il romanzo . ''",
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"text": "Patrick Bateman Patrick Bateman is a fictional character , the villain protagonist and narrator of the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis , and its film adaptation . He is a wealthy , materialistic Wall Street investment banker who leads a double life as a serial killer . Bateman has also briefly appeared in other Ellis novels .",
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"text": "Patrick Cavanaugh Patrick Cavanaugh is an American television actor .",
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"text": "Batman: Anarky Batman : Anarky is a 1999 trade paperback published by DC Comics . The book collects prominent appearances of Anarky , a comic book character created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle . Although all of the collected stories were written by Alan Grant , various artists contributed to individual stories . Dual introductions were written by the creatorsboth of whom introduce the character and give insight into their role in Anarky 's creation and development . Featured as an antagonist in various Batman comics during the '90s , stories based on the character were highly thematic , political , and philosophical in tone . The majority of the collected stories ( `` Anarky in Gotham City '' , `` Anarky : Tomorrow Belongs to Us '' , `` Anarky '' ) are influenced by the philosophy of anarchism , while the final story ( `` Metamorphosis '' ) is influenced by Frank R. Wallace . Although anti-statism is the overarching theme of the collection , other concepts are explored . Anarky 's characterization was expanded throughout the stories to present him first as a libertarian socialist and anarchist , and in the final story as a vehicle for explorations into atheism , rationalism , and bicameralism . Literary references are also utilized throughout the collected stories to stress the philosophical foundations of the character . The collection also tracks the character 's evolution from a petty , street-crime fighting vigilante , to a competent freedom fighter in opposition to powerful forces of evil . Critics have positively received some of the stories within the collection , analyzing Anarky as a unique force for political commentary and discussion within DC Comics ' storytelling . However , the expansive growth of the character 's unique abilities and characterization has also fueled criticism as having overpowered the character beyond suspension of disbelief .",
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"text": "Batwing (Marvel Comics) Batwing ( James `` Jimmy '' Santini ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .",
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"text": "Patrick Lee (novelist) Patrick Lee is an American author . He has written five novels . His first three books comprise a trilogy centered on Travis Chase , an ex-convict who becomes involved in events surrounding alien technology on Earth . His most recent two books feature a protagonist named Sam Dryden , a former soldier who encounters high-tech problems that border on the supernatural . Lee 's first book , The Breach , was chosen for IndieBound 's Indie Next List in January of 2010 , and reached USA Today 's bestseller list the same month .",
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"text": "Penguin Celebrations Penguin Celebrations was a book series released by Penguin Books in 2008 , Penguin re-released 36 modern popular works using Penguin 's distinctive late 1940s style , rebranded ` Penguin Celebrations ' . Following the 1940s style ; Green is for ` mystery ' , Orange for ` fantastic fiction ' , Pink for ` distant lands ' , Dark Blue for ` real lives ' and Purple for ` viewpoints ' . The ` Penguin Celebrations ' books are as follows : Fiction William Boyd - Any Human Heart Jonathan Coe - What a Carve Up ! Jonathan Safran Foer - Everything Is Illuminated Zoë Heller - Notes on a Scandal Nick Hornby - How to Be Good Marian Keyes - The Other Side of the Story Matthew Kneale - English Passengers Hari Kunzru - The Impressionist Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Meg Rosoff - How I Live Now Ali Smith - The Accidental Zadie Smith - White Teeth Sue Townsend - Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction Pat Barker - Regeneration Non-fiction Noam Chomsky - Hegemony or Survival Niall Ferguson - Empire Robin Lane Fox - The Classical World Malcolm Gladwell - Blink Brian Greene - The Fabric of the Cosmos Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner - Freakonomics James Lovelock - The Revenge of Gaia Eric Schlosser - Fast Food Nation Crime Donna Tartt - The Secret History P. D. James - A Certain Justice John Mortimer - Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders Alex Garland - The Beach Barbara Vine - The Chimney-sweeper 's Boy Travel and adventure Ryszard Kapuściński - The Shadow of the Sun Redmond O'Hanlon - Congo Journey Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari Biography Charles Nicholl - Leonardo da Vinci : Flights of the Mind Claire Tomalin - Jane Austen : A Life Jeremy Paxman - The English Essays Alain de Botton - The Consolations of Philosophy Jeremy Clarkson - The World According to Clarkson Alistair Cooke - Letter from America",
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"text": "Christopher Bateman Christopher `` Kip '' Bateman ( born October 9 , 1957 in Somerville , New Jersey ) is an American Republican Party politician , who has served in the New Jersey Senate since January 8 , 2008 , where he represents the 16th Legislative District . Bateman is the Senate 's Deputy Conference Leader and serves on the Joint Committee on the Public Schools , the Environment and Energy Committee and the Judiciary Committee .",
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"text": "Pat Frank Pat Frank ( May 5 , 1908 -- October 12 , 1964 ) was the pen name of the American writer , newspaperman , and government consultant Harry Hart Frank . Frank 's best known work is the 1959 post-apocalyptic novel Alas , Babylon . His other books include Mr. Adam , Hold Back the Night , and Forbidden Area .",
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"text": "Pat (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) Pat is a fictional character in Lewis Carroll 's Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland . He appears in the chapter `` The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill . '' He works for the White Rabbit like his friend Bill the Lizard . Carroll never gives any description of the character other than being a gardener , and his species has been widely debated , with evidence showing he is likely to be a monkey or a guinea pig . When the White Rabbit mistakes Alice for his maid , Mary Ann , she drinks from a bottle that makes her grow . The Rabbit thinks she is a monster , so he asks Pat to climb down the chimney to get the monster out of his house . Pat refuses , so the Rabbit decides to send Bill the Lizard to climb down instead . When Bill climbs down the chimney , Alice kicks him , causing him to fly out of the chimney and back into the Rabbit 's garden .",
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"text": "Legal fiction A legal fiction is a fact assumed or created by courts which is then used in order to apply a legal rule . Typically , a legal fiction allows the court to ignore a fact that would prevent it from exercising its jurisdiction , by simply assuming that the fact is different . This is the case with the Bill of Middlesex where the Court of King 's Bench could only exercise jurisdiction over cases which took place in the historic English county of Middlesex . To allow the Court , which was the central court of the land , to take jurisdiction over other cases , parties began to plead that , along with the other facts , there had also been a trespass which occurred in Middlesex . This allowed the King 's Bench to rule on the whole of the case . Legal fictions are different from legal presumptions which assume a certain state of facts until the opposite is proved , such as the presumption of legitimacy . They are different from hypothetical examples , such as the ` reasonable person ' which serve as tools for the court to express its reasoning . They are also different from legal principles which create a legal state of affairs that is different from the underlying facts , such as corporate personhood although these are sometimes wrongly called legal fictions . The term `` legal fiction '' is not usually used in a pejorative way , and has been likened to scaffolding around a building under construction .",
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"text": "Philip Hoare Philip Hoare ( born Patrick Moore , 1958 ) is a British writer , especially of history and biography . He instigated the Moby Dick Big Read project . He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton and Leverhulme artist-in-residence at the Marine Institute , Plymouth University , which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2011 .",
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"text": "Scarecrow (novel) Scarecrow is the fifth Matthew Reilly novel , and the third to feature the main character Captain Shane Schofield , USMC . It was released in 2003 .",
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"text": "Patrick O'Kane Patrick O'Kane is an Irish actor who was born in 1965 in Belfast , Northern Ireland . He attended St Malachy 's grammar school where he discovered a love of acting and then attended Manchester University , graduating with double honours in Drama and English . This was followed by training at the Central School of Speech and Drama . He has been part of the companies of the Royal National Theatre , where he appeared in The Playboy of the Western World and Peer Gynt , and the Royal Shakespeare Company , where he played the title role in Macbeth . At the Royal Exchange Theatre , Manchester , he gave an `` eye-catching '' , `` triumphant '' performance in the title role of Christopher Marlowe 's Doctor Faustus in 2010 . In London 's West End , he has appeared in War Horse . He played John Proctor in the Lyric Theatre , Belfast 's production of Arthur Miller 's The Crucible , opening the theatre 's new performance space in April 2011 to rave reviews and receiving a nomination for best actor in the Irish Theatre Awards for his performance . In October 2011 O'Kane appeared to great acclaim in the lead role of `` 16 Possible Glimpses '' at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin http://www.abbeytheatre.ie/whats_on/event/16_possible_glimpses/ In May 2012 He appeared as J. Bruce Ismay in Owen McCafferty 's Titanic ( Scenes from the British Wreck Commissioner 's Inquiry , 1912 ) at the newly opened MAC art 's venue in Belfast and will be performing in Owen McCafferty 's play `` Quietly '' in the Abbey Theatre in October 2012 . In addition to his extensive stage work , O'Kane has appeared in the movies ( most recently in ` Prometheus ' ) and on television in many parts including ` Game of Thrones ' , seasons two and three of ` The Borgias ' , series nine of the popular BBC `` New Tricks '' and the upcoming BBC detective series `` The Fall '' set in Northern Ireland . He won a Nesta Fellowship in 2005 and has released a book `` Actor 's Voices '' a series of conversations with modern actors ( Oberon Press 2012 ) He has also been in season 3 of HBO series Game of Thrones , playing as the new face of Jaqen H'ghar .",
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"text": "Libertarian science fiction Libertarian science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the politics and social order implied by libertarian philosophies with an emphasis on individualism and private ownership of the means of production -- and in some cases , no state whatsoever . As a category , libertarian fiction is unusual because the vast majority of its authors are self-identified as science fiction authors . This contrasts with the authors of much other social criticism who are largely academic or mainstream novelists who tend to dismiss any genre classification . The identification between libertarianism and science fiction is so strong that the U.S. Libertarian Party often has representatives at science fiction conventions and one of the highest profile authors currently in the subgenre of libertarian science fiction , L. Neil Smith , was the Arizona Libertarian Party 's 2000 candidate for the President of the United States . As a genre , it can be seen as growing out of the 1930s and 1940s when the science-fiction pulp magazines were reaching their peak at the same time as fascism and communism . While this environment gave rise to dystopian novels such as George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty-Four , in the pulps , this influence more often give rise to speculations about societies ( or sub-groups ) arising in direct opposition to `` totalitarianism . '' Ayn Rand 's novel Atlas Shrugged is a strong ( perhaps the strongest ) influence with an anti-socialist attitude and an individualist ethic that echoes throughout the genre . Of more direct relevance to the science fiction end of this genre is Robert A. Heinlein 's The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress , which is highly regarded even by non-libertarian science fiction readers . An award for libertarian science fiction , the Prometheus Award , is given out every year . Some winners of the award identify as libertarians ( e.g. , L. Neil Smith , Victor Koman , Brad Linaweaver ) , while others do not ( Terry Pratchett , Charles Stross ) . Some other prominent libertarian science fiction authors include S. Andrew Swann and Michael Z. Williamson .",
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"text": "Character (arts) A character ( sometimes known as a fictional character ) is a person or other being in a narrative work of art ( such as a novel , play , television series , or film ) . The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person , in which case the distinction of a `` fictional '' versus `` real '' character may be made . Derived from the ancient Greek word χαρακτήρ , the English word dates from the Restoration , although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749 . From this , the sense of `` a part played by an actor '' developed . Character , particularly when enacted by an actor in the theatre or cinema , involves `` the illusion of being a human person . '' In literature , characters guide readers through their stories , helping them to understand plots and ponder themes . Since the end of the 18th century , the phrase `` in character '' has been used to describe an effective impersonation by an actor . Since the 19th century , the art of creating characters , as practiced by actors or writers , has been called characterisation . A character who stands as a representative of a particular class or group of people is known as a type . Types include both stock characters and those that are more fully individualised . The characters in Henrik Ibsen 's Hedda Gabler ( 1891 ) and August Strindberg 's Miss Julie ( 1888 ) , for example , are representative of specific positions in the social relations of class and gender , such that the conflicts between the characters reveal ideological conflicts . The study of a character requires an analysis of its relations with all of the other characters in the work . The individual status of a character is defined through the network of oppositions ( proairetic , pragmatic , linguistic , proxemic ) that it forms with the other characters . The relation between characters and the action of the story shifts historically , often miming shifts in society and its ideas about human individuality , self-determination , and the social order .",
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"text": "The Slaves of Solitude The Slaves of Solitude is a novel by Patrick Hamilton . It was published in 1947 and reissued by New York Review Books Classics in 2007 .",
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"text": "Byrne: A Novel Byrne is the English author Anthony Burgess 's last novel , published posthumously in 1995 . Composed mostly in the same ottava rima stanzas that Byron used for his Don Juan , the story follows the fortunes of Michael Byrne , an Irishman with some Spanish ancestors who settled in Ireland after a war between England 's Royal Navy and the Spanish Armada in the 16th century . He thought he was a kind of living myth And hence deserving of ottima rima , The scheme that Ariosto juggled with , Apt for a lecherous defective dreamer . He 'd have preferred a stronger-muscled smith , Anvilling rhymes amid poetic steam , a Sort of Lord Byron . Byron was long dead . This poetaster had to do instead . A painter and composer whose career is never as spectacular as his ambitions , and a determined womanizer who fathers children across the globe , Byrne becomes embroiled with the Nazi regime in 1930s Germany . A heavy task , but there was light relief In the Germanic ambience , boisterous , brash , Torchlit parades and pogroms , guttural grief In emigration queues , the smash and crash Of pawnshop windows by insentient beef In uniform , the gush of beer , the splash Of schnapps , the joy of being drunk and Aryan , Though Hitler was a teetotalitarian . Eventually he vanishes , presumed dead in Africa . But years later , his twin sons , now middle-aged , one a doubting priest , the other suffering from a debilitating disease , receive from Byrne , who is still alive , an invitation to London , where he will read his last will and testament .",
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"text": "Beta reader An alpha reader or beta reader ( also spelled alphareader / betareader , or shortened to alpha / beta ) , also pre-reader or critiquer , is a non-professional reader who reads a written work , generally fiction , with the intent of looking over the material to find and improve elements such as grammar and spelling , as well as suggestions to improve the story , its characters , or its setting . Beta reading is typically done before the story is released for public consumption . Beta readers are not explicitly proofreaders or editors , but can serve in that context . Elements highlighted by beta readers encompass things such as plot holes , problems with continuity , characterisation or believability ; in fiction and non-fiction , the beta might also assist the author with fact-checking .",
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"text": "Charles Bateman (actor) Charles Wilbur Bateman ( born November 18 , 1930 , San Diego , California ) is an American actor most notably recognized for roles on television from 1958 to 1991 .",
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"text": "Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? `` Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader ? '' is a 2009 story featuring the DC Comics character Batman . The story is published in two parts , in the `` final '' issues of the series Batman ( # 686 ) and Detective Comics ( # 853 ) , released February and April respectively . Written by Neil Gaiman , pencilled by Andy Kubert , and inked by Scott Williams , the story is purported to be the `` last '' Batman story in the wake of severe psychological trauma that Batman endures within the Batman R.I.P. story , and his ultimate fate in Final Crisis . The story 's title is a reference to the backup stories published in DC Comics Presents from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s ( which revisited various long-unused Golden Age and Silver Age characters ; these stories were all titled `` Whatever Happened to ( x ) ? '' ) akin to writer Alan Moore 's `` last '' Superman story Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow ? .",
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"text": "Speculative fiction Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre encompassing narrative fiction with supernatural or futuristic elements . This includes the genres science fiction , fantasy , horror and supernatural fiction , as well as their combinations . The broader usage of the term is attributed to Robert Heinlein , who referenced it in 1947 in an editorial essay , although there are prior mentions of speculative fiction or its variant `` speculative literature '' .",
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"text": "Jackson family The Jackson family is an American family of singers who originated in Gary , Indiana . Performing as members of The Jackson 5 and as solo artists , the children of Joseph Walter and Katherine Esther Jackson were very successful in the field of popular music from the late 1960s onwards . As a group , the eldest sons Jackie , Tito , Jermaine , Marlon , Randy and Michael , made the family 's reputation , facilitating the subsequent success of siblings Rebbie , La Toya , and Janet . The Jackson 5 became known as the `` First Family of Soul '' ( a title first held by the Five Stairsteps ) . The continued success of Michael and Janet 's careers as solo artists led the Jacksons to become known as the `` Royal Family of Pop '' . All nine of the Jackson siblings have gold records to their credits with La Toya holding the distinction of being the first Jackson sister to attain one ( awarded by France 's SNEP for `` Reggae Night '' , a song she co-wrote for Jimmy Cliff ) . In recent years , certain members of the family have been honored for their work ; in 1997 The Jackson 5 was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Michael would follow the group to the hall in 2001 . The Jacksons , Michael and Janet all received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1980 , 1984 and 1990 respectively . In 2009 a new series from A&E entitled The Jacksons : A Family Dynasty premiered documenting the Jackson brothers dealing with the sudden loss of Michael and preparing for a Jackson 5 Reunion tour .",
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"text": "The Pleasure Principle (song) `` The Pleasure Principle '' is a song by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson , recorded for her third studio album , Control ( 1986 ) . It was written by and produced by Monte Moir , and was released as the sixth single from the album on May 12 , 1987 by A&M Records . `` The Pleasure Principle '' is an `` independent woman '' anthem about love gone wrong built around a dance beat . The photo for the single cover was shot by fashion photographer David LaChapelle . The accompanying music video for `` The Pleasure Principle '' was directed by Dominic Sena . It depicts Jackson entering a loft wearing only a T-shirt and jeans to practice her dancing . The video was seen by critics as iconic , and was nominated at two categories at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards , eventually winning one . `` The Pleasure Principle '' was performed on many of Jackson 's tours , most recently on her 2015-2016 Unbreakable World Tour . The song was also performed on some promotional appearances , including at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards . In 2008 , Jackson 's lingerie line was named after the song . It has been included in two of Jackson 's greatest hits albums , Design of a Decade : 1986 -- 1996 ( 1995 ) and Number Ones ( 2009 ) .",
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"text": "The Remix Suite The Remix Suite ( digital title : Michael Jackson : The Remix Suite ) is a compilation of remixed hits by Michael Jackson . Although labeled as a Michael Jackson release , the majority of remixes are of hits during his tenure with The Jackson 5 . Starting from August 25 , five remixes each were released digitally as `` suites '' via iTunes , AmazonMP3 and Rhapsody every two weeks . It is the fifth album to be released since Jackson 's death . The first suite leaked online two weeks before its intended digital release .",
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"text": "Come Back to Me (Janet Jackson song) `` Come Back to Me '' is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fourth studio album Janet Jackson 's Rhythm Nation 1814 ( 1989 ) . It was written by Jackson , while James Harris III , and Terry Lewis co-wrote and produced the song . The R&B ballad talks about a lover trying to rekindle a romance that faded away a long time ago . It was released as the fifth single from the album in June 18 , 1990 . Jackson also recorded a Spanish version of the song titled `` Vuelve a Mí '' . The song received positive reviews from most music critics , who praised Jackson 's sweet delivery and the song 's instrumentation ; it was also called a sexy and silky ballad . It became a commercial success on the charts , reaching the top three in Canada and the United States , while also reaching the top twenty in the United Kingdom . The music video for the song was directed by Dominic Sena and it was set in Paris . The romantic video features Jackson 's former husband René Elizondo , Jr. . Jackson has performed the track in all of her tours , with the exception of The Velvet Rope Tour ( 1998 ) .",
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"text": "Night and Day (Joe Jackson album) Night and Day is Joe Jackson 's fifth album , released in June 1982 . It reached the Top 5 in both the UK and US , Jackson 's only studio album to do so . It sold over one million copies , earning platinum disc status . The album pays tribute to the wit and style of Cole Porter ( and indirectly to New York ) . The track `` Real Men '' pointed obliquely to the city 's early 1980s gay culture . `` Steppin ' Out '' earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance , Male . It reached # 6 on both the UK and the US charts . `` Breaking Us in Two '' reached # 18 in the US and # 59 in the UK .",
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"text": "List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1983 The Billboard 200 , published in Billboard magazine , is a weekly chart that ranks the highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States . In 1983 , the name of the chart was Top LPs & Tape . Before Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991 , Billboard estimated sales from a representative sampling of record stores nationwide , using telephone , fax or messenger service . Data were based on rankings made by the record stores of the best-selling records , not on actual sales figures . There were six number-one albums on this chart in 1983 , including the debut album of the Australian band Men at Work , Business as Usual , which spent the last seven weeks of 1982 and the first eight weeks of 1983 at number one , and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) in 1984 . Thriller , the sixth studio album by recording artist Michael Jackson , was released on November 1982 . It peaked at number one for twenty-two non-consecutive weeks in 1983 with another fifteen consecutive weeks at the top into the following year , and seven songs from the album became top ten singles between late 1982 and early 1984 . Two of them : `` Billie Jean '' and `` Beat It '' , reached the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 . Thriller won eight Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year at the 26th Grammy Awards , and was the best-selling album of 1983 with more than fifteen million copies sold . In 2008 , twenty-five years after its release , the record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame , and a few weeks later , it was among twenty-five recordings preserved by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry as `` culturally significant '' . Flashdance , the soundtrack to the 1983 musical and romance film of the same name , peaked at number one for two weeks and won the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture . The two singles released from the album , `` Flashdance ... What a Feeling '' by Irene Cara , and `` Maniac '' by Michael Sembello , reached the top of the singles chart in 1983 . The New York Times considered the British band The Police to be the year 's most influential rock band . Australian , British , and American bands copied the white-reggae formula of their ( The Police 's ) earlier successes . The group released their fifth and final studio album , Synchronicity , in 1983 . The album , a varied accomplished blend of rock , funk , and third-world rhythms , stayed at number one for seventeen weeks and was certified four times platinum by the RIAA in 1984 . Metal Health , the third album by heavy metal band Quiet Riot , peaked at number one for one week , becoming the first heavy metal record to reach the top of the Billboard 200 . Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie released his second album Ca n't Slow Down in 1983 , which spent three weeks at the top and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year at the 27th Grammy Awards .",
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"text": "Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour) The Victory Tour was a concert tour of the United States and Canada by Michael Jackson and The Jackson family between July and December 1984 . It was the first and only tour with all six Jackson brothers ( even though Jackie was injured for most of the tour ) . The group performed 55 concerts to an audience of approximately 2 million . Most came to see Michael , whose album Thriller was dominating the popular music world at the time . Many consider it to be his Thriller tour , with most of the songs on the set list coming off of his Off the Wall album and from the Thriller album . The tour reportedly grossed approximately $ 75 million ( US$ in dollars ) and set a new record for the highest grossing tour . It showcased Michael 's single decorated glove , black sequined jacket and moonwalk . Despite its focus on Michael , it was named after the newly released Jacksons ' album Victory although none of the album 's songs were performed . Marlon confirmed this was because Michael refused to rehearse or perform them ; in fact , he had only reluctantly joined his brothers , who needed the income while he himself did not . On the tour , tensions between Michael and his brothers increased to the point that he announced at the final show that it would be the last time they would perform together , ending plans for a European leg . The Jacksons did make money from the tour , along with promoter Don King . Michael donated his share to several charities as he had promised before it , but the rancour between him and his brothers had a deep and lasting effect on the Jacksons as a family , alienating him from them for most of his later life and it effectively ended the Jacksons as a performing group . The tour was also a financial disaster for promoter Chuck Sullivan , who along with his father Billy was eventually forced to sell the New England Patriots football team they owned , along with Foxboro Stadium , the team 's home field , as a result of the losses he incurred .",
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"text": "Michael Jackson's Vision Michael Jackson 's Vision is a deluxe DVD box set by American recording artist Michael Jackson . It was released on November 22 , 2010 by Epic Records , Legacy Recordings , and Jackson 's own label , MJJ Productions . It includes three DVDs , featuring 4.5 hours of content of 42 music videos with newly restored color and remastered audio . Jackson referred to each of these productions as a `` short film '' and not a music video . This is the first time that all of Jackson 's videos have been released on DVD . According to a statement by the producers , the video recognizes Jackson 's `` pioneering short films that transformed the entertainment industry with timeless , pop culture classics '' . Disc one features videos from the albums Off the Wall , Thriller and Bad and disc two features videos from the albums Dangerous , HIStory : Past , Present and Future , Book I , Blood on the Dance Floor : HIStory in the Mix and Invincible . The third disc , which is a bonus disc , features seven videos . Michael Jackson 's Vision includes the full-length versions of the John Landis-directed `` Thriller '' and `` Black or White '' as well as the classic `` Bad '' directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese . Also included in the boxed set are Jackson 's collaborations with other noted film directors such as John Singleton , Spike Lee and David Fincher as well as `` Ghosts , '' his rarely seen collaboration with special effects legend Stan Winston . Michael Jackson 's Vision is available in a limited edition boxed set featuring a 60-page glossy hard-bound book that includes behind-the-scenes photos from Jackson 's videos , which includes information for each video including : songwriter , album , director , production date , location and photography . Ten music videos previously unavailable on DVD including `` One More Chance '' are included . It was also released on the iTunes Store and has iTunes LP features . The videos `` Smooth Criminal '' , `` Speed Demon '' , `` Come Together '' , and `` Leave Me Alone '' come from Jackson 's 1988 film Moonwalker . The `` Smooth Criminal '' segment is actually over 40 minutes long but only the 10-minute song and dance scene is featured . The video `` Another Part of Me '' is from Jackson 's Bad World Tour and `` Will You Be There '' is from the Dangerous World Tour . The `` HIStory '' video is the only short film that is not included in this box set . The original music video of `` Blood on the Dance Floor '' is replaced with the Refugee Camp Mix for unknown reasons . The videos for The Jacksons ' songs `` Torture '' and `` Body '' are also not included , because Michael did not appear in either of them , despite having a verse in each of them . Also not included is the music video for The Jacksons ' `` 2300 Jackson Street '' . On February 15 , 2011 , Michael Jackson 's Vision was certified 5 × Platinum by RIAA for the sales of over 0.5 million units in the United States . On December 31 , 2010 , it was also certified Diamond in France ( for the sales of over 60 000 units ) and 2 × Platinum in Australia . On May 29 , 2011 , it was also certified Gold in New Zealand . It has been also certified Gold in Austria and Platinum in Poland . Reception over the video and audio quality of the box set has been mixed . As the videos are played in 16:9 , videos with a 4:3 aspect ratio are pillarboxed and as a result the resolution is lower than some previous DVDs . Also , the audio is mixed in PCM stereo instead of 5.1 Surround as in many previous DVDs .",
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"text": "Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons song) `` Enjoy Yourself '' is a song recorded by The Jacksons and released as a single in 1976 and peaking in early 1977 . Featuring Michael and Jackie Jackson on lead vocals , it was the first non-Motown single for the group since they departed from the label earlier that year . The song peaked at # 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 19 , 1977 . On other US charts , `` Enjoy Yourself '' peaked at # 2 on the Hot Soul Singles chart , and # 33 on the National Disco Action Top 40 chart . On February 14 , 1989 , it became the group 's first single to be certified Platinum by the RIAA . It was also the group 's first song to feature new member Randy Jackson , who replaced Jermaine when he decided to stay at Motown after his brothers left . It also featured backing vocals from sisters Janet and La Toya , who would also launch successful solo careers . The song is sampled on the track `` Let 's Have a Party '' by the Backstreet Boys , which appears on their 1996 self-titled debut album . The song is credited to Philadelphia songwriters/producers Gamble and Huff ; however , a session musician from Gamble and Huff 's in-house band recalled that the late guitarist T.J. Tindall wrote the riff that was the initial spark for the song . A music video was produced to promote the single , for this was the Jacksons ' very first video . It features the five brothers wearing white suits and dancing on a stage . It was released on DVD for the bonus disc of Michael Jackson 's Vision .",
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"text": "Cultural impact of Elvis Presley Since the beginning of his career , Elvis Presley has had an extensive cultural impact . According to Rolling Stone , `` it was Elvis who made rock 'n' roll the international language of pop . '' Rolling Stone encyclopedia of Rock and Roll describes Presley as `` an American music giant of the 20th century who single-handedly changed the course of music and culture in the mid-1950s . '' His recordings , dance moves , attitude and clothing came to be seen as embodiments of rock and roll . His music was heavily influenced by African-American blues , Christian gospel , and Southern country . In a list of the greatest English language singers , as compiled by Q Magazine , Presley was ranked first , and second in the list of greatest singers of 20th century by BBC Radio . Presley sang both hard driving rockabilly , rock and roll dance songs and ballads , laying a commercial foundation upon which other rock musicians would build their careers . African-American performers like Big Joe Turner , Wynonie Harris and Fats Domino came to national prominence after Presley 's acceptance among mass audiences of White American adults . Singers like Jerry Lee Lewis , the Everly Brothers , Chuck Berry , Bo Diddley , Little Richard , Buddy Holly , Johnny Cash , Roy Orbison and others immediately followed in his wake . John Lennon later observed , `` Before Elvis , there was nothing . '' During the post-WWII economic boom of the 1950s , many parents were able to give their teenage children much higher weekly allowances , signaling a shift in the buying power and purchasing habits of American teens . During the 1940s bobby soxers had idolized Frank Sinatra , but the buyers of his records were mostly between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two . Presley triggered a lot of demand for his records by near-teens and early teens aged ten and up . Along with Presley 's `` ducktail '' haircut , the demand for black slacks and loose , open-necked shirts resulted in new lines of clothing for teenage boys whereas a girl might get a pink portable 45 rpm record player for her bedroom . Meanwhile , American teenagers began buying newly available portable transistor radios and listened to rock 'n' roll on them ( helping to propel that fledgling industry from an estimated 100,000 units sold in 1955 to 5,000,000 units by the end of 1958 ) . Teens were asserting more independence and Presley became a national symbol of their parents ' consternation . Presley 's impact on the American youth consumer market was noted on the front page of The Wall Street Journal on December 31 , 1956 when business journalist Louis M. Kohlmeier wrote , `` Elvis Presley today is a business , '' and reported on the singer 's record and merchandise sales . Half a century later , historian Ian Brailsford ( University of Auckland , New Zealand ) commented , `` The phenomenal success of Elvis Presley in 1956 convinced many doubters of the financial opportunities existing in the youth market . ''",
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"text": "Torture (The Jacksons song) `` Torture '' is the second single released off the album Victory by the band , The Jacksons . Written by Jackie Jackson and fellow Motown veteran Kathy Wakefield , the song is about someone ending a relationship and the torture that a person can receive while trying to end it . Jackie was originally going to sing the song with his brother , Michael , but Jackie 's role instead went to Jermaine Jackson , whose availability for the album was in question until the last minute . The rest of the Jacksons sang the chorus along with Michael and Jermaine . The song received mixed reactions from critics . The video was probably best known for Michael not being available , and the use of a wax dummy in his place throughout the video . Paula Abdul replaced Perri Lister as the video 's choreographer , in which various scenes of torture are displayed with the Jacksons being on the receiving end of most of it . The shoot was an expensive and arduous affair that neither Michael nor Jermaine took part in , and it ultimately bankrupted the production company . The song peaked at # 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , making it the second best selling single on the album , behind `` State of Shock '' . It also peaked at # 26 on the UK charts . This was their last single to reach the US Top 40 .",
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"text": "Jackie Jackson (album) Jackie Jackson is the self-titled debut album from Jackie Jackson , the eldest member of The Jackson 5 , released on Motown Records . It was arranged by Eddy Manson , Gene Page and The Corporation . Released on October 14 , 1973 , the album suffered from a lack of promotion and did not chart . It was his only full-length solo release for more than 15 years and his only solo album with Motown . `` Love Do n't Want to Leave '' has appeared on several Jackson 5 compilations ( including Anthology 76 , Anthology 86 and Soulsation ! ) , but the other tracks only appeared on the 33 rpm vinyl LP , which ranks among the more obscure releases in the Jackson family catalogue . The album features background vocals from the Jackson 5 on `` Did n't I ( Blow Your Mind This Time ) '' and the B-side opener `` Do I Owe '' . `` Is It Him or Me '' was sampled by Nas for his song `` War '' on his Street 's Disciple album .",
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"text": "A Collection of Michael Jackson's Oldies A Collection of Michael Jackson 's Oldies is a compilation of the Motown Records released on December 8 , 1972 , with songs by Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 that were made between 1969 and 1972 . It was only published in the United States .",
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"text": "Jackson Barnett Jackson Barnett ( 1 January 1856 -- 29 May 1934 ) was an Oklahoma landowner of the Muscogee or Creek people , who became known as `` the world 's richest Indian '' when oil wells on his land produced as much as $ 24 million worth of oil starting in 1912 . Barnett 's 12.5 % royalty share was worth between $ 3 million and $ 4 million , but due to Barnett 's illiteracy and a court finding that Barnett was legally incompetent from a head injury , his money was administered by the Creek County courts and the U.S. Department of the Interior until 1920 . Jackson was the son of a mixed Creek farmer , Siah Barnett , and a Creek woman named Thlesothle . Orphaned at an early age , he was raised by his mother 's relatives . He suffered a head injury after falling from a horse as a young man . As a result of the Curtis Act of 1898 , Barnett received title to 160 acre in Creek County in 1903 , but the land was administered in trust by the Department of the Interior . During the same decade , Barnett was a supporter of the Crazy Snake Rebellion . With the discovery of oil on Barnett 's lands in 1912 , a series of court actions by interested parties litigated the control of Barnett 's trust . Barnett was declared incompetent and denied access to his affairs simply because he only spoke the Muscogee Creek language and not English . Barnett was permitted a modest income and was installed in a house near Henryetta . In 1919 the courts allowed the diversion of money from Barnett 's trust to the construction of the `` Jackson Barnett Hospital '' in Henryetta . In 1920 Barnett , then in his seventies , married Anna Laura Lowe ( 1881-1952 ) , a fortune hunter whom he had met only once before . The couple had to marry in Kansas after a marriage license was denied in Oklahoma . Barnett 's guardians were unable to annul the marriage and the hospital plans were never pursued . Instead , the trust was divided between Anna Barnett and Bacone Indian College . The Barnetts moved to Los Angeles and bought a mansion on Wilshire Boulevard , where Jackson passed his time directing traffic at a nearby intersection . Legal actions continued from 1923 to 1929 , which provoked congressional hearings on the role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in establishing and administering the Barnett trust and others like it . The hearings led to criticism of BIA administrator Charles H. Burke 's actions , and during the 1930s , to the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 . In 1927 Barnett v. Equitable again proclaimed Jackson Barnett incompetent in federal court . In March 1934 another federal ruling annulled the Barnetts ' marriage and Anna Barnett 's rights to Jackson 's trust on the grounds that Jackson had been `` kidnapped '' by a woman of suspect moral character , but allowed Anna to act as Jackson 's caretaker . Jackson Barnett died on 29 May 1934 of natural causes : allegations that Anna had poisoned him were found to be false . Anna was finally evicted from the Wilshire Boulevard residence after four years , even though she had gained significant support from Los Angeles society , including Los Angeles District Attorney Burton Fitts and California Governor Frank Merriam . Anna had to be tear-gassed after she threw a hatchet during the eviction , and lived the remainder of her life with a daughter while unsuccessfully attempting to regain a share of the Barnett estate , which amounted to $ 3.5 million in 1934 ( $ 55.4 million estimated value in 2012 dollars ) . In 1982 the Jackson Barnett No. 11 Oil Well , the most productive well on Barnett 's lands , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places .",
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"text": "Millie Jackson (album) Millie Jackson is the self-titled debut album by singer-songwriter , Millie Jackson . This album is different from all her other album to follow in that this album features some Motown style songs . It includes the R&B hits `` A Child of God ( It 's Hard to Believe ) '' , `` My Man , A Sweet Man '' and `` Ask Me What You Want . '' The album was arranged by Tony Camillo and Bert de Coteaux . In 2006 , Ace Records in the UK digitally remastered this album ( along with four other best-selling Millie Jackson albums ) and released it on CD with bonus tracks and extensive liner notes .",
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"text": "Milt Jackson Milton `` Milt '' Jackson , also known as `` Bags '' , ( January 1 , 1923 -- October 9 , 1999 ) was an American jazz vibraphonist , usually thought of as a bebop player , although he performed in several jazz idioms . He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with several hard bop and post-bop players . A very expressive player , Jackson differentiated himself from other vibraphonists in his attention to variations on harmonics and rhythm . He was particularly fond of the twelve-bar blues at slow tempos . He preferred to set the vibraphone 's oscillator to a low 3.3 revolutions per second ( as opposed to Lionel Hampton 's speed of 10 revolutions per second ) for a more subtle vibrato . On occasion , Jackson sang and played piano professionally .",
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"text": "Smooth Criminal `` Smooth Criminal '' is the seventh single from American recording artist Michael Jackson 's 1987 Bad album . The song contains a fast-paced beat intertwined with Jackson 's lyrics about a woman named Annie , who has been violently attacked in her apartment by a `` smooth '' assailant . First broadcast on television as a video in early October , it was released as a single on October 21 , 1988 , and peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was re-released on April 10 , 2006 , as a part of the Visionary : The Video Singles box set . The re-released Visionary single charted at number 19 in the UK . The song is one of Jackson 's signature songs , and has appeared on numerous greatest hits albums , including Number Ones , The Essential Michael Jackson , Michael Jackson : The Ultimate Collection , King of Pop , This Is It , and Immortal . The song serves as the theme song to Jackson 's 1988 film Moonwalker , and plays as the background soundtrack in a section of the video game Michael Jackson 's Moonwalker .",
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"text": "Just a Little While `` Just a Little While '' is a song by American recording artist Janet Jackson , released as the lead single from her eighth studio album , Damita Jo ( 2004 ) . Written by Jackson and Dallas Austin , the song fuses pop with elements of rock , dance , and funk , and is a reflection of Jackson 's new-found happiness . The song leaked ahead of its scheduled release , causing Jackson 's record company to rush with a music video and promotion . It was released following Jackson 's controversial Super Bowl Halftime Show performance incident on February 2 , 2004 , as the lead single from Damita Jo . `` Just a Little While '' received favorable reception from critics , who felt its elements of rock and dance-pop would ensure success . However , following the Super Bowl incident , Jackson 's singles and music videos were blacklisted on many radio formats and music channels worldwide , affecting the song 's performance . Although its success in the US was limited , peaking at number 45 on the Billboard Hot 100 , it peaked atop the Hot Dance Club Songs chart . Internationally , it was more successful , reaching the top ten in Belgium , Canada , and Spain and the top twenty in Australia and The United Kingdom . It peaked at number one in Japan for five weeks , and was the year 's second-biggest hit on Japan 's international airplay chart . The song 's music video , directed by Dave Meyers , was released exclusively in international territories due to the controversy surrounding Jackson at the time . It portrays Jackson filming a DVD for her boyfriend in a futuristic apartment setting , displaying her multiple personae . An alternate live video , filmed in London , was included on Jackson 's From janet . to Damita Jo compilation . Jackson performed the song on television shows including Top of the Pops , Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! , and Festivalbar .",
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"text": "Jamaican Americans Jamaican Americans are Americans who have full or partial Jamaican ancestry . The largest proportion of Jamaicans live in New York City , which has various other Caribbean cultural elements such as food and music . There are also communities of Jamaican Americans residing in Philadelphia , Boston , South Florida , Tampa , Los Angeles , Orlando , Baltimore , Washington , D.C. , Atlanta , Cleveland , Western New York , Connecticut , and New Jersey . After 1838 , European colonies in the Caribbean with expanding sugar industries imported large numbers of immigrants to meet their acute labor shortage . Large numbers of Jamaicans were recruited to work in Panama and Costa Rica in the 1850s . After slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865 , American planters imported temporary workers , called `` swallow migrants '' , to harvest crops on an annual basis . These workers , many of them Jamaicans , returned to their countries after harvest . Between 1881 and the beginning of World War I , the United States recruited over 250,000 workers from the Caribbean , 90,000 of whom were Jamaicans , to work on the Panama Canal . During both world wars , the United States again recruited Jamaican men for service on various American bases in the region . The vast majority of Jamaican American are of black Afro-Caribbean descent .",
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"text": "Bad (album) Bad is the seventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson , released on August 31 , 1987 in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records . It was released nearly five years after Jackson 's previous solo studio album , Thriller ( 1982 ) . Bad was recorded during the first half of 1987 . The lyrical themes include media bias , paranoia , racial profiling , romance , self-improvement and world peace . The album cemented Jackson 's status as one of the most successful artists of the 1980s . Bad saw Jackson exercise even more artistic freedom than he did with his two previous Epic releases ( Off the Wall and Thriller ) ; Jackson composed nine of the album 's eleven tracks , and received co-producer credit for the entire album . Nine of the eleven songs on Bad were released as singles ; one was a promotional single , and another was released outside of the United States and Canada . Five of the singles hit No. 1 in the United States , while a sixth charted within the top ten , and a seventh charted within the top twenty on the Hot 100 . Bad peaked at No. 1 in thirteen countries and charted within the top twenty in other territories . The only songs on the album which were not released as a single were `` Speed Demon '' and `` Just Good Friends '' , the latter being the only song on the album to also not have a music video accompanying it . The album continued Jackson 's commercial success in the late 1980s , and garnered six Grammy Award nominations , winning two . Aside from commercial success , the album was well received by contemporary critics . The album produced a record five Billboard Hot 100 number one singles , the first of two albums to do so , the second being Katy Perry 's 2010 album Teenage Dream . Bad was ranked No. 43 in the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time of the MTV Generation in 2009 by VH1 and number 202 in Rolling Stone magazine 's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . As of 2012 , Bad had reportedly sold between 30 and 45 million copies worldwide and has been cited as one of the 30 best-selling albums of all time . In 2017 , the album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America , denoting sales of over ten million copies in the United States . The album marked the final collaboration between Jackson and producer Quincy Jones .",
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"text": "Hannibal Hannibal Barca ( Punic language : ð $ ð $ ð $ ð $ ð $ ð $ ð $ `` ð $ ' , Q-R-B L-A - ' - A-B-N-Ḥ ; 247 -- between 183 and 181 BC ) , was a Carthaginian general , considered one of the greatest military commanders in history . His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War . His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal , and he was brother-in-la Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean Basin , when the Roman Republic established its supremacy over other great powers such as ancient Carthage and the Greek kingdoms of Macedonia , Syracuse , and the Seleucid Empire . One of his most famous achievements was at the outbreak of the Second Punic War , when he marched an army which included war elephants from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into Italy . In his first few years in Italy , he won three dramatic victories -- the Trebia , Lake Trasimene , and Cannae , in which he distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his opponent 's strengths and weaknesses , and to play the battle to his strengths and the enemy 's weaknesses -- and won over many allies of Rome . Hannibal occupied much of Italy for 15 years but was unable to march on Rome . An enemy counter-invasion of North Africa forced him to return to Carthage , where he was decisively defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama . Scipio had studied Hannibal 's tactics and brilliantly devised some of his own , and finally defeated Rome 's nemesis at Zama , having previously driven Hannibal 's brother Hasdrubal out of the Iberian Peninsula . After the war , Hannibal successfully ran for the office of sufet . He enacted political and financial reforms to enable the payment of the war indemnity imposed by Rome ; however , Hannibal 's reforms were unpopular with members of the Carthaginian aristocracy and in Rome , and he fled into voluntary exile . During this time , he lived at the Seleucid court , where he acted as military advisor to Antiochus III the Great in his war against Rome . Antiochus met defeat at the Battle of Magnesia and was forced to accept Rome 's terms , and Hannibal fled again , making a stop in the Kingdom of Armenia . His flight ended in the court of Bithynia , where he achieved an outstanding naval victory against a fleet from Pergamon . He was afterwards betrayed to the Romans and committed suicide by poisoning himself . Hannibal is often regarded as one of the greatest military strategists in history and one of the greatest generals of Mediterranean antiquity , together with Philip of Macedon , Alexander the Great , Julius Caesar , and Scipio Africanus . Plutarch states that Hannibal was questioned by Scipio as to who was the greatest general , and Hannibal replied either Alexander or Pyrrhus , then himself , or , according to another version of the event , Pyrrhus , Scipio , then himself . Military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge called Hannibal the `` father of strategy '' , because his greatest enemy , Rome , came to adopt elements of his military tactics in its own strategic arsenal . This praise has earned him a strong reputation in the modern world , and he was regarded as a great strategist by Napoleon and others .",
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"text": "Maedi The Maedi ( also Maidans , Maedans , or Medi ) , ( Ancient Greek Μαῖδοι ) were a Thracian tribe , which in historic times , occupied the area between Paionia and Thrace , on the southwestern fringes of Thrace , along the middle course of the Strymon , between the Kresna Gorge and the Rupel Pass ( present-day south-western Bulgaria ) . Their capital city was Iamphorynna which lay somewhere in the southwest corner of what is now Bulgaria . Some scientists posit it in the area between the cities of Petrich and Sandanski , but its exact location remains unknown . They were an independent tribe through much of their history , and the Thracian king Sitalkes recognized their independence , along with several other warlike `` border '' tribes such as the Dardani , Agrianes , and Paeonians , whose lands formed a buffer zone between the powers of the Odrysians on the east and of Illyrian tribes in the west , while Macedon was located to the south of Paeonia . The ancient historian and biographer Plutarch describes Spartacus as `` a Thracian of nomadic stock '' , in a possible reference to the Maedi . Plutarch also says Spartacus ' wife , a prophetess of the same tribe , was enslaved with him . In 89 -- 84 BC ( during the First Mithridatic War ) , the Maedi overran Macedon , looted Dodona , and sacked Delphi as allies of Mithridates . It is said that they made a habit of raiding Macedon when a king of Macedon was away on a campaign.Sulla after this ravaged the land of the Maedi . Aristotle recorded that bolinthos was the Maedan word for a species of wild aurochses or wisents that lived in the region . A number of Maedi emigrated to Asia minor and were called MaedoBythini .",
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"text": "Operation Barclay Operation Barclay was a World War II deception by the Allies in support of Operation Husky , the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 . The goal was to deceive the Axis powers as to the location of the Allies ' assault across the Mediterranean and to divert the Axis military command 's attention and resources . Operation Barclay used bogus troop movements , radio traffic , recruitment of Greek interpreters , and acquisition of Greek maps to indicate an invasion through the Balkans . Operation Barclay created a sham army in the eastern Mediterranean : the `` Twelfth Army '' consisting of 12 fictitious divisions . Adolf Hitler suspected that the Allies would invade Europe through the Balkans , and Barclay served to reinforce this . As part of Barclay the British also launched `` Operation Mincemeat '' , where faked documents were planted via Spain . To reinforce the impression that an Allied invasion was imminent the Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) , in co-operation with the Greek andartes , mounted `` Operation Animals '' , a series of attacks on rail and road networks . The deception was successful . The German High Command concluded there was a greater concentration of Allied forces in the eastern Mediterranean than was the case and held to this assessment , making subsequent deceptions more credible . German forces in the Balkans were reinforced from 8 to 18 divisions , and the Italian fleet diverted into the Adriatic Sea . The Allied invasion of Sicily thus achieved surprise . The greatly increased number of German occupying forces in Greece resulted in negative consequences for the Greek Resistance . Wide-ranging counterguerrilla operations were carried out , culminating in mass reprisals such as the Massacre of Kalavryta and Distomo massacre .",
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"text": "Lucian Lucian of Samosata ( -LSB- ˈluːʃən , _ ˈluːsiən -RSB- Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς , Lucianus Samosatensis about 125 CE -- after 180 CE ) was a satirist and rhetorician who wrote in the Greek language during the Second Sophistic . Although he claimed to be a native Assyrian , his actual nationality is hotly disputed ; Lucian wrote exclusively in Ancient Greek . Most of his works are written in the Attic dialect , but On the Syrian Goddess , which is attributed to him , is written in a faux-Ionic dialect . Noted for his witty and scoffing nature , Lucian frequently poked fun at superstition , religious practices , and belief in the paranormal . He admired the philosophers Democritus and Epicurus , both of whom advocated naturalistic worldviews . His works were wildly popular in antiquity and more than eighty works attributed to him have survived to the present day , a considerably higher quantity than for most other classical writers . His reception among modern scholars has been overwhelmingly positive . His most famous work is A True Story , a tongue-in-cheek satire against authors who tell incredible tales , which is widely regarded as the earliest known work of science fiction . His framing story The Lover of Lies makes fun of people who believe in the supernatural and contains the oldest known version of the `` The Sorcerer 's Apprentice '' , while his letter The Passing of Peregrinus contains one of the earliest known references to Jesus Christ by a pagan author . Lucian 's Dialogues of the Gods makes fun of ancient Greek religion and portrays the traditional Olympian deities as unworthy to be worshipped . His Dialogues of the Dead focusses on the Cynic philosophers Diogenes and Menippus . His story Timon the Misanthrope was the inspiration for William Shakespeare 's tragedy Timon of Athens .",
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"text": "Barcids The Barcid family was a notable family in the ancient city of Carthage ; many of its members were fierce enemies of the Roman Republic . `` Barcid '' is an adjectival form coined by historians ( cf. `` Ramesside '' and `` Abbasid '' ) ; the actual byname was Barca or Barcas , which means lightning . See ברק Baraq in Canaanite and Hebrew , برق , barq in Arabic , and similar words in other Semitic languages .",
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"text": "Roman army mutiny in 342 BC Several ancient authors have written descriptions of a Roman army mutiny in 342 BC.The Romans customarily dated events by noting which consuls held office that year , the mutiny took place in the year in which Quintus Servilius Ahala , for the third time , and Gaius Marcius Rutilus , for the fourth time , were consuls . When converted to the western calendar using the traditional Varronian chronology this year becomes 342 BC . However modern historians have shown that the Varronian chronology dates the mutiny four years too early due to inclusion of unhistorical `` dictator years '' . Despite this known inaccuracy , the Varronian chronology remains in use by convention also in current academic literature . Forsythe ( 2005 ) , pp. 369-370 According to the most well-known version , the mutiny originated in a group of Roman garrison soldiers wintering in Campania to protect the cities there against the Samnites . Subverted by the luxurious living of the Campanians , these soldiers conspired to take over their host cities . When the conspiracy was discovered , the conspirators formed a rebel army and marched against Rome . They were met by an army commanded by Marcus Valerius Corvus who had been nominated dictator to solve the crisis . Rather than do battle , Corvus managed to end the mutiny by peaceful means . All the mutineers received amnesty for their part in the rebellion and a series of laws were passed to address their political grievances . All preserved accounts of the mutiny were however written several hundred years after the events they describe . Modern historians have found many elements in the classical accounts resembling the civil strife of the Late Republic which they consider anachronistic to the Roman Republic of the late 4th century BC . Some even believe the mutiny to be entirely invented by writers wishing to provide a context for the important political reforms they knew had been legislated in 342 BC .",
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"text": "Apollonius of Ephesus Apollonius of Ephesus ( Ἀπολλώνιος fl . 180 -- 210 ) was an anti-Montanist Greek ecclesiastical writer , probably from Asia Minor . He was thoroughly acquainted with the Christian history of Ephesus and the doings of the Phrygian Montanists . The unknown author of Praedestinatus says he was a Bishop of Ephesus . However , the lack of support from other Christian writers makes this testimony doubtful . He undertook the defense of the Church against Montanus , and followed in the footsteps of Zoticus of Comanus , Julian of Apamaea , Sotas of Anchialus , and Apollinaris of Hierapolis . His work is cited by Eusebius , and is praised by St. Jerome , but has been lost , and not even its title is known . It most likely showed the falsity of the Montanist prophecies , recounted the unedifying lives of Montanus and his prophetesses . It also gave currency to the report of their suicide by hanging , and threw light on some of the adepts of the sect , including the apostate Themison , and the pseudo-martyr Alexander . Themison , having evaded martyrdom by means of money , posed as an innovator , addressing a letter to his partisans after the manner of the Apostles , and finally blasphemed Christ and the Church . Alexander , a notorious thief , publicly condemned at Ephesus , had himself adored as a god . Based on Eusebius , it is known that Apollonius spoke in his work of Zoticus , who had tried to exorcise Maximilla , but had been prevented by Themison , and of the martyr-Bishop Thraseas , another adversary of Montanism . He likely gave the signal in it for the movement of opposition to Montanism which the reunion of the first synods developed . At all events , he recalls the tradition according to which Jesus had advised the Apostles not to go far from Jerusalem during the twelve years immediately following His Ascension , a tradition known to Clement of Alexandria from the apocryphal Praedicatio Petri . Moreover , he recounts the restoration to life of a dead man at Ephesus by the Apostle St. John , whose Apocalypse he knew and quotes . He takes rank among the opponents of Montanism with the `` Anonymous '' of Eusebius , with Miltiades and with Apollinaris . Eusebius says his work constituted `` an abundant and excellent refutation of Montanism '' . St. Jerome qualified it as `` a lengthy and remarkable volume '' . It did not therefore pass unnoticed , and roused some feeling among the Montanists since Tertullian felt it necessary to reply to it . After his six books peri ekstaseos , in which he apologized for the ecstasies into which the Montanist prophetesses fell before prophesying , Tertullian composed a seventh especially to refute Apollonius ; he wrote it also in Greek for the use of the Asiatic Montanists .",
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"text": "Barbarians in the Byzantine Empire In the Byzantine Empire , the term `` barbarians '' was used for several non-Greek peoples . The Byzantines regarded most neighbouring people as barbarians . The Bureau of Barbarians was a department of government dealing with matters relating to these `` barbarians '' . In the Early Middle Ages in Europe , the term was applied to Huns , Goths , Pechenegs , Avars , Slavs , Bulgars , and others .",
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"text": "Dentheletae The Dentheletae were a Thracian tribe that in antiquity lived near the sources of the River Strymon , and are mentioned in texts by Polybius , Cassius Dio , Tacitus and by Livy . They lived in the neighbourhoods of the modern towns Kyustendil ( ancient Pautalia ) and Dupnitsa ( ancient Germania , `` hot '' in Thracian due the springs ) , stretching to as far as the mountains to the west towards the valleys of the Morava and the Vardar river , with territories situated next to the Thracian tribes Agrianes ( per Theopompus ) and the Maedi ( per Strabo ) . Their main city , called Dentheletica , was presumably Pautalia ( modern-day Kyustendil ) as this was the capital of the Roman reigion Dentheletica . They possibly built fortifications around Stara Planina in the 1st century BC , lived around Sofia and Skaptopara ( modern Blagoevgrad ) was their town . Livy mentions them in passing in his account of King Philip V of Macedon , who in 214BC plundered them for supplies even though they were his ally . The Dentheletae were allies of Rome . Along with the Scordisci , the Dentheletae invaded Macedonia . Circa 30BC , when under their king ` Sitas , who was blind ' , and whilst under treaty with Rome , their territories were invaded by the Bastarnae . In response to this invasion and with the wider objective of securing the Macedonia/Thrace frontier of the Roman Empire , Consul Marcus Licinus Crassus Dives ( grandson of Crassus the triumvir ) earned a triumph for his attack on the Bastarnae in defense of the Denteleti in 28-29BC with Legio IIII Scythica , Legio V Macedonica and possibly Legio X Fretensis . Raids in Dardania 16-13BC marked the end of the Denteleti .",
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"text": "Sicut Judaeis Sicut Judaeis ( Latin : `` As the Jews '' ) was a papal bull setting out the official position of the papacy regarding the treatment of Jews . The first bull was issued in about 1120 by Calixtus II and was intended to protect Jews . It was prompted by the First Crusade , during which over five thousand Jews were slaughtered in Europe . The words sicut Judaeis ( `` and thus to the Jews '' ) were first used by Pope Gregory I ( 590-604 ) in a letter addressed to the Bishop of Naples . Even then the Pope emphasized that Jews were entitled to `` enjoy their lawful liberty . '' The bull was reaffirmed by many popes including Alexander III , Celestine III ( 1191-1198 ) , Innocent III ( 1199 ) , Honorius III ( 1216 ) , Gregory IX ( 1235 ) , Innocent IV ( 1246 ) , Alexander IV ( 1255 ) , Urban IV ( 1262 ) , Gregory X ( 1272 & 1274 ) , Nicholas III , Martin IV ( 1281 ) , Honorius IV ( 1285-1287 ) , Nicholas IV ( 1288-92 ) , Clement VI ( 1348 ) , Urban V ( 1365 ) , Boniface IX ( 1389 ) , Martin V ( 1422 ) , and Nicholas V ( 1447 ) . The bull forbade Christians , on pain of excommunication , from forcing Jews to convert , from harming them , from taking their property , from disturbing the celebration of their festivals , and from interfering with their cemeteries . The bull of 1120 was not the first papal expression against the mistreatment of Jews . In 1065 , for example , Pope Alexander II wrote to Béranger , Viscount of Narbonne , and to Guifred , bishop of the city , praising them for having prevented the massacre of the Jews in their district , and reminding them that God does not approve of the shedding of blood . In 1065 also , Alexander admonished Landulf VI of Benevento `` that the conversion of Jews is not to be obtained by force . ''",
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"text": "Granada War The Granada War ( Guerra de Granada ) was a series of military campaigns between 1482 and 1492 , during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs ( los Reyes Católicos ) Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon , against the Nasrid dynasty 's Emirate of Granada . It ended with the defeat of Granada and its annexation by Castile , ending all Islamic rule on the Iberian peninsula ( al-Andalus ) . The ten-year war was not a continuous effort , but a series of seasonal campaigns launched in spring and broken off in winter . The Granadans were crippled by internal conflict and civil war , while the Christians were generally unified . The war also saw the effective use of artillery by the Christians to rapidly conquer towns that would otherwise have required a long siege . On January 2 , 1492 Muhammad XII of Granada ( King Boabdil ) surrendered the Emirate of Granada , the city of Granada , and the Alhambra palace to the Castilian forces . The war was a joint project between Isabella 's Crown of Castile and Ferdinand 's Crown of Aragon . The bulk of the troops and funds for the war came from Castile , and Granada was annexed into Castile 's lands . The Crown of Aragon was less important : apart from the presence of King Ferdinand himself , Aragon provided naval collaboration , guns , and some financial loans . Aristocrats were offered the allure of new lands , while Ferdinand and Isabella centralized and consolidated power . The aftermath of the war saw the end of convivencia ( `` live and let live '' ) between religions In the Iberian peninsula : the Jews were forced to convert to Christianity or be exiled in 1492 , and by 1501 , all of Granada 's Muslims were obliged to either convert to Christianity , become slaves , or be exiled ; by 1526 this prohibition spread to the rest of Spain . `` New Christians '' ( conversos ) came to be accused of crypto-Islam and crypto-Judaism . Spain would go on to model its national aspirations as the guardian of Christianity and Catholicism . The fall of the Alhambra is still celebrated every year by the City Council of Granada , and the Granada War is considered in traditional Spanish historiography as the final war of the Reconquista . At the same time , and uniquely in the `` Reconquista '' , the Granada War itself is never called `` the reconquest of Granada '' '' , but rather `` the conquest of Granada '' . Granada had never been Christian before the `` reconquista '' .",
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"text": "Marcus Cornelius Cethegus Marcus Cornelius Cethegus ( -196 BC ) was a Roman Republican consul and censor during the Second Punic War , best known as a political ally of his kinsman Scipio Africanus .",
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"text": "Samnite Wars The First , Second , and Third Samnite Wars ( 343 -- 341 BC , 326 -- 304 BC and 298 -- 290 BC ) were fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites , who lived on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains to the south of Rome and the north of the Lucanians . The first of these wars was the result of Rome 's intervening to rescue the Campanian city of Capua from a Samnite attack . The second one was the result of Rome 's intervention in the politics of the city of Naples and developed into a contest over the control of much of central and southern Italy . The third war also involved a struggle over the control of this part of Italy . The wars extended over half a century and the peoples to the east , north and west of Samnium ( land of the Samnites ) as well as the peoples of central Italy north of Rome ( the Etruscans , Umbrians and Picenti ) and the Senone Gauls got involved to various degrees and at various points in time . The Samnites were one of early Rome 's most formidable rivals .",
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"text": "Legio XVII Legio septima decima ( `` Seventeenth Legion '' ) was a legion of the Imperial Roman army . It was founded by Augustus around 41 BC . The legion was destroyed in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ( September 9 , 9 ) . The legion 's symbol and cognomen are unknown . This legion was probably created to deal with Sextus Pompey , the last opponent of the second triumvirate , garrisoned in Sicily and threatening Rome 's grain supply . Following the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra in the battle of Actium ( 31 BC ) , the legion was stationed in Gaul . In the end of the 1st century BC , the Seventeenth was sent to the Germania provinces in the Rhine and was stationed in Castra Vetera ( Xanten ) . In AD 5 , the provinces were pacified and Publius Quinctilius Varus was assigned governor and commander of the Germania army . On September 9 , Arminius , leader of the Cheruscan allies , reported a rebellion in the Rhine area . Without suspecting the information received , Varus took his three legions , the XVII along with XVIII and XIX , and headed west . On 9 September , near modern Osnabrück , the Cheruscii led by Arminius ambushed the governor 's army . All three legions were destroyed in what is known as the battle of the Teutoburg Forest and their eagle standards lost . After its destruction , the Romans never used this legion number again .",
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"text": "Roman–Persian Wars The Roman -- Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between states of the Greco-Roman world and two successive Iranian empires : the Parthian and the Sassanid . Battles between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Republic began in 54 BC ; wars began under the late Republic , and continued through the Roman and Sassanid Persian empires . Several buffer states , vassal kingdoms , and allied nations also played major role . The wars were ended by the Arab Muslim invasions , which led to the demise of the Sassanid Empire and huge territorial losses for the Byzantine East Roman empire , shortly after the end of the last war between them . Although warfare between the Romans and the Parthians/Sassanids lasted for seven centuries , the frontier remained largely stable . A game of tug of war ensued : towns , fortifications , and provinces were continually sacked , captured , destroyed , and traded . Neither side had the logistical strength or manpower to maintain such lengthy campaigns far from their borders , and thus neither could advance too far without risking stretching its frontiers too thin . Both sides did make conquests beyond the border , but in time the balance was almost always restored . The line of stalemate shifted in the 2nd century AD : it had run along the northern Euphrates ; the new line ran east , or later northeast , across Mesopotamia to the northern Tigris . There were several substantial shifts further north , in Armenia and the Caucasus . The expense of resources during the Roman -- Persian Wars ultimately proved catastrophic for both empires . The prolonged and escalating warfare of the 6th and 7th centuries left them exhausted and vulnerable in the face of the sudden emergence and expansion of the Caliphate , whose forces invaded both empires only a few years after the end of the last Roman -- Persian war . Benefiting from their weakened condition , the Arab Muslim armies swiftly conquered the entire Sassanid Empire , and deprived the Eastern Roman Empire of its territories in the Levant , the Caucasus , Egypt , and the rest of North Africa . Over the following centuries , more of the Eastern Roman Empire came under Muslim rule . As it stands , the Roman -- Persian War was the longest conflict in human history , lasting discontinuously over 680 years .",
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"text": "Hannibal – Rome's Worst Nightmare Hannibal -- Rome 's Worst Nightmare is a 2006 television film , presented as a dramatised documentary , made by the BBC . It is narrated by Kenneth Cranham . The film is chiefly centred on the Italian campaign of Hannibal , the famous Carthaginian general during the Second Punic War .",
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"text": "Antiochus IV Epiphanes Antiochus IV Epiphanes ( -LSB- ænˈtaɪ.əkəs _ ɛˈpɪfəniːz -RSB- Ἀντίοχος Δ΄ ὁ Ἐπιφανής , Antíochos D' ho Epiphanḗs , `` God Manifest '' ; c. 215 BC -- 164 BC ) was a Hellenistic Greek king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 BC until his death in 164 BC . He was a son of King Antiochus III the Great . His original name was Mithradates ( alternative form Mithridates ) ; he assumed the name Antiochus after he ascended the throne . Notable events during the reign of Antiochus IV include his near-conquest of Egypt , his persecution of the Jews of Judea and Samaria , and the rebellion of the Jewish Maccabees . Antiochus was the first Seleucid king to use divine epithets on coins , perhaps inspired by the Bactrian Hellenistic kings who had earlier done so , or else building on the ruler cult that his father Antiochus the Great had codified within the Seleucid Empire . These epithets included Θεὸς Ἐπιφανής `` manifest god '' , and , after his defeat of Egypt , Νικηφόρος `` bringer of victory '' . However , Antiochus also tried to interact with common people by appearing in the public bath houses and applying for municipal offices , and his often eccentric behavior and capricious actions led some of his contemporaries to call him Epimanes ( `` The Mad One '' ) , a word play on his title Epiphanes .",
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"text": "Battle of Wesenberg (1268) The Battle of Wesenberg , Rakvere or Rakovor was a battle fought on February 18 , 1268 , between the Livonian branch of the Teutonic Knights and a coalition of Russian princes . Medieval accounts of the battle vary , with both sides claiming victory , such that the other was unable to mount further attacks . The most likely conclusion is that the battle was a tactical draw , with both sides withdrawing , badly bloodied , to defend their own lands . The two armies clashed within 7.5 kilometers ( roughly 4.5 miles ) from the Livonian town of Wesenberg ( Rakvere , Rakovor ) . Russian forces , numbering up to 30,000 troops , were led by Dmitry of Pereslavl ( representing the Novgorod Republic ) together with his future son-in-law , Daumantas of Pskov ( representing the Pskov Republic ) . Apart from the knights , the Livonian army included Danish forces ( right flank ) and local Estonian militia ( left flank ) . It is unclear who the overall commander of the crusading army was , as some sources claim that Livonian Ordensmeister Otto von Lutterberg was not present , while others claim he was . Bishop Alexander of Dorpat was likely one of the army 's leaders , however . The Livonian forces deployed in their customary deep `` boar 's head '' wedge of heavily armoured knights , called by the Russians the `` great iron pig . '' These deep wedges had considerable penetrative power , but were unmaneuverable and vulnerable to flank attack due to the resulting narrow frontage of the army , facts which led to the ultimate defeat of the Knights at the Battle of Lake Peipus . As a result , the Livonians attempted to remedy this situation at Rakvere by splitting their knightly assault force into two formations , deploying one wedge in the open and a second in ambush , so that when the first wedge was attacked on all sides by the Russians the second wedge would burst from ambush and in turn encircle the enemy . The tactic worked well at first , as the wedge of Livonian knights smashed the Novgorod and Pskov forces facing them , but then the second wedge , seeing the Russians in retreat , apparently assumed the battle was won and emerged from their ambush position to loot the Russian baggage . This abandonment of the battle plan led to the first wedge being encircled . The fighting to reduce the first wedge was apparently terrific . `` Neither our fathers nor grandfathers have witnessed such a terrible battle '' , reports the Novgorodian First Chronicle . At last the Novgorodian militia prevailed , although its leader , the posadnik Mikhailo Fyodorovich , was killed in action . The Russian princes pursued the knights up to Rakvere . Prince Daumantas of Pskov , whose bravery was recognized even in the Livonian chronicles of the battle , pursued the defeated knights all the way to the coast of the Baltic Sea , and took substantial booty before returning to the Russian lines . Upon his return to his camp , Dmitry of Pereslavl discovered that it had been looted by another regiment of the knights . He decided to wait for the morning . Three days passed and no new attack ensued on the part of the knights . The Russian leaders claimed victory and returned to Novgorod in triumph . The most proximate Livonian source for the battle , the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle , tells a very different story , however . According to the anonymous author , Ordenmeister Otto von Lutterberg was away , campaigning elsewhere , when the Russians invaded Estonia . As a result , only a small number of brothers of the Livonian Order were present with the local troops , which included the forces of Bishop Alexander of Dorpat . In this account , the charge of the Livonian force drove the Russians back across the field of battle , and , despite the death of Bishop Alexander , and a heroic final defense mounted by Prince Dmitry , utterly defeated them . The Livonian force then laid siege to Pskov , but were defeated when a relief army arrived there from Novgorod , whereupon they returned home .",
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"text": "Siege of Massilia -RCB- | - | | -RCB- The Siege and naval Battle of Massilia was an episode of Caesar 's civil war , fought in 49 BC . Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus had become proconsul of Gaul and was sent to gain control of Massilia ( modern Marseille ) in order to oppose Caesar . As Caesar marched to Hispania ( en route to the Battle of Ilerda ) , the Massiliots closed their gates to him , having allied with Ahenobarbus and the Optimates . Roused by their hostile actions , he commenced a siege against Massilia , leaving the newly raised 17th , 18th , and 19th legions to conduct the siege . These were the same legions that would be wiped out at Teutoburg Forest 58 years later . He also placed Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in charge of his fleet there . After the siege had begun , Ahenobarbus arrived in Massilia to defend it against the Caesarian forces . In late June , Caesar 's ships , although they were less skillfully built than those of the Massiliots and outnumbered , were victorious in the ensuing naval battle . Gaius Trebonius , Caesar 's legatus , conducted the siege using a variety of siege machines including siege towers , a siege-ramp , and a `` testudo-ram '' . Gaius Scribonius Curio , careless in adequately guarding the Sicilian Straits , allowed Lucius Nasidius to bring more ships to the aid of Ahenobarbus . He fought a second naval battle with Decimus Brutus in early September , but withdrew defeated and sailed for Hispania . Caesar built a stationary tower , 30 ft. square and six stories in height , under the very walls of the city and in face of a rain of missiles from its engines . The walls of the tower were of brickwork 5 ft. thick . When the lowest storey was built it was covered with a solid fireproof roof which was not secured to the walls but rested upon them like a lid . The eaves projected considerably , and from them screens were hung on all sides , covering all the walls . By means of screws the whole canopy , roof and screens , was now raised to the height of one storiey and the workmen proceeded to build the walls of that storiey under its protection . This process was repeated in the same manner until the full height of the tower was attained . The Massiliots valiantly defended against the siege machines and works . They threw down burning pitch and pine-shavings and the Caesarians undermined the foundations of their city walls . At one point they seemed likely to surrender and declare a truce , but at night they cunningly destroyed the siege works in a gross violation of the treaty , according to Caesar 's own account ( Bellum Civile 2.14 ; alternatively , Dio 41.25.2 records that the Massiliots destroyed these works in response to a surprise attack by the Caesarian forces ) . The city 's inhabitants were then near surrender . At the final surrender of Massilia , Caesar showed his usual leniency and Lucius Ahenobarbus escaped to Thessaly in the only vessel that was able to escape from the Populares . Afterwards , Massilia was allowed to keep nominal autonomy , due to ancient ties of friendship and support of Rome , along with some territories while most of its empire was confiscated by Julius Caesar .",
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"text": "Africa (Petrarch) Africa is an epic poem in Latin hexameters by the 14th century Italian poet Petrarch ( Francesco Petrarca ) . It tells the story of the Second Punic War , in which the Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy , but Roman forces were eventually victorious after an invasion of north Africa led by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus , the epic poem 's hero .",
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"text": "Teutobochus Teutobochus was a legendary giant and king of the Teutons . Large bones discovered in 1613 were claimed to be his skeleton . In 1869 W.A. Seaver wrote : `` In times more modern ( 1613 ) , some masons digging near the ruins of a castle in Dauphiné , in a field which by tradition had long been called ` The Giant 's Field , ' at a depth of 18 feet discovered a brick tomb 30 feet long , 12 feet wide , and 8 feet high , on which was a gray stone with the words ` Theutobochus Rex ' cut thereon . When the tomb was opened they found a human skeleton entire , 25-1/2 feet long , 10 feet wide across the shoulders , and 5 feet deep from the breast to the back . His teeth were about the size of an ox 's foot , and his shin-bone measured 4 feet in length . '' The bones were displayed in Paris by Pierre Mazurier , a surgeon who claimed to be one of the finders . After the finding of the bones , the legend of the king Teutobochus , which was thought to be the Teuton king defeated by Caius Marius , spread despite analysis by anatomist Jean Riolan the Younger , who ascribed the bones to one of Hannibal 's elephants . Three centuries later , the zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville analyzed the bones and concluded they came from a mastodon . Finally in the 1980s , the paleontologist Léonard Ginsburg analyzed a plaster mold from Paris ' Muséum national d'histoire naturelle , that came from the giant bones , and identified a deinotherium . The current location of the bones remains unknown . Since bones of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals were unknown in 1613 , it would seem that the bones of some such animal , found in historical times , was wrongly attributed as the remains of the legendary giant .",
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"text": "John Connally John Bowden Connally , Jr. ( February 27 , 1917June 15 , 1993 ) , was an American politician . As a Democrat he served as Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy , as the 39th Governor of Texas , and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard Nixon . While Governor of Texas , he was seriously wounded when President Kennedy was assassinated . As Treasury Secretary , Connally is best remembered for removing the U.S. dollar from the gold standard in 1971 , an event known as the Nixon shock . In 1973 he switched parties to become a Republican , and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President in 1980 .",
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"text": "David Henshaw David Henshaw ( April 2 , 1791 -- November 11 , 1852 ) was the 14th United States Secretary of the Navy . Henshaw was born in Leicester , Massachusetts in 1791 and educated at Leicester Academy . Trained as a druggist , he achieved notable success in that field , then expanded his energies into banking , transportation and politics . He was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1826 and served as Collector of the Port of Boston from the late 1820s until 1838 . Though he suffered business reverses during the later 1830s , Henshaw regained his political position as a leader of the Massachusetts Democratic Party within a few years . In July 1843 , President John Tyler selected Henshaw as Secretary of the Navy . During his brief term in office , he addressed shipbuilding problems , selected senior officers for important seagoing commands , revised supply arrangements in the Navy Yards and attempted to establish a school for Midshipmen . His recess appointment as Secretary failed to receive Congressional confirmation , requiring that he leave office when his successor was confirmed . Henshaw then returned to Massachusetts politics . He died in 1852 . USS Henshaw ( DD-278 ) was named in his honor .",
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"text": "Henry H. Fowler Henry Hammill Fowler ( -LSB- ˈhæməl_ˈfaʊlər -RSB- September 5 , 1908 January 3 , 2000 ) was an American lawyer and politician . He served as the United States Secretary of Treasury under President Lyndon B. Johnson .",
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"text": "Unitary executive theory The unitary executive theory is a theory of American constitutional law holding that the President possesses the power to control the entire executive branch . The doctrine is rooted in Article Two of the United States Constitution , which vests `` the executive power '' of the United States in the President . Although that general principle is widely accepted , there is disagreement about the strength and scope of the doctrine . It can be said that some favor a `` strongly unitary '' executive , while others favor a `` weakly unitary '' executive . The former group argue , for example , that Congress 's power to interfere with intra-executive decision-making ( such as firing executive branch officials ) is limited , and that the President can control policy-making by all executive agencies within the limits set for those agencies by Congress . Still others agree that the Constitution requires a unitary executive , but believe this to be a bad thing , and propose its abolition by constitutional amendment . In several states , in contrast to the federal government , executive officers such as lieutenant governor , attorney general , comptroller , secretary of state and others are elected independently of the state 's governor , with Texas being one example . This type of executive structure is known as a plural executive . Another type of plural executive , used in Japan , Israel , and Sweden , though not in any U.S. state , in which a collegial body comprises the executive branch - however , that collegial body does not comprise multiple members elected in elections , but is rather more akin to the US Cabinet in formation and structure .",
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"text": "Confederate States Secretary of the Navy The Confederate States Secretary of the Navy was the head of the Confederate States Department of the Navy . Stephen R. Mallory held this position through the entire duration of the Confederate States of America .",
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"text": "A Thousand Days A Thousand Days : John F. Kennedy in the White House is a nonfiction book by special assistant to the president , American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. about the United States Presidency of John F. Kennedy ( 1961 -- 1963 ) . In that capacity , he was able to bear witness to the people and events which shaped the administration of President Kennedy . The book features the policies , politics , and personalities during Kennedy 's time in office . His cabinet is a focused aspect , as well . It was first published by Houghton Mifflin in 1965 and won both the National Book Award in History and Biography and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1966 .",
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"text": "Inauguration of Andrew Johnson The inauguration of Andrew Johnson as the 17th President of the United States was held on April 15 , 1865 at the Kirkwood House in Washington , D.C. , following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln . The inauguration marked the commencement of Andrew Johnson 's only term ( a partial term of ) as President . Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the Oath of office . After the ceremony , President Johnson gave an impromptu inaugural address , which began with him begging the cabinet to remain with him and then attacking the Confederacy with such venom , that one witness remarked `` It would have been better had he been struck dumb . '' As President Lincoln lay dying , Vice President Johnson visited the room where he lay , and when Mrs. Lincoln saw him , it was reported , she screamed and demanded he be removed . So he went back to his room at the Kirkwood House . According to newspaper reports , the Vice President had gotten severely inebriated , and when aides to the now-dead president came to fetch the new President they were unable to wake him for several minutes . When he was finally awake , the accounts read , `` he had puffy eyes and his hair was caked with mud from the street , '' and that a barber and doctor were summoned to clean him up for the ten-o'clock ceremony , which most accounts agree went smoothly . However , there are other accounts , believed more reliable by some , which refute this claim .",
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"text": "Navy Cross The Navy Cross is the United States military 's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat . The Navy Cross is awarded primarily to a member of the United States Navy , U.S. Marine Corps , and the U.S. Coast Guard ( when operating under the Department of the Navy ) for extraordinary heroism . The medal is equivalent to the Army 's Distinguished Service Cross , the Air Force 's Air Force Cross and the Coast Guard 's Coast Guard Cross . The Navy Cross is bestowed by the Secretary of the Navy and may also be awarded to members of the other armed services , and to foreign military personnel while serving with the U.S. naval services . The Navy Cross was established by Act of Congress ( Public Law 65-253 ) and approved on February 4 , 1919 .",
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"text": "John Kennedy College John Kennedy College is a boys school in Beau-Bassin , Mauritius . It is one of the largest secondary schools in Mauritius . It was founded in 1963 and inaugurated by the then Governor General Sir John Shaw Rennie . The school is named after American president John F. Kennedy . Its students are known as `` Kennedians '' . The school 's emblem is the American bald eagle . The main areas of focus of John Kennedy College are the sciences , technology and economics . Initially the school was more technically oriented but has since diversified .",
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"text": "National Underwater Reconnaissance Office The National Underwater Reconnaissance Office ( NURO ) is the `` hidden younger brother '' of the National Reconnaissance Office ( NRO ) . NRO was initiated in 1960 and developed as a common office for United States Air Force and the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) to manage satellite reconnaissance . The first revelation about NRO came in 1973 , but its very existence was not declassified until 1992 . According to Jeffrey T. Richelson , `` -LSB- m -RSB- ost often the Under Secretary of the Air Force served as a Director of the NRO '' . NURO was initiated in 1969 and developed as a common office or liaison office for the United States Navy and the CIA to manage underwater reconnaissance . NURO used `` special project submarines '' like , , and deep inside the waters of the Soviet Union to put out listening devices , tap communication cables , monitor Soviet Navy bases and record sound signatures of Soviet submarines . NURO is a little-known agency ; even its name has been secret and its very existence was first revealed in 1998 . The United States Secretary of the Navy has served as its director . Sherry Sontag and Christopher Drew argue that the origin of NURO was the Soviet submarine K-129 that had sunk outside Hawaii in March 1968 . When USS Halibut had returned half a year later with 22,000 photos of the Soviet submarine the CIA realized the significance of underwater reconnaissance . NURO was initially formed by CIA Director Richard Helms and dominated by the CIA : `` from the day NURO was formed , the CIA -LSB- with its Deputy Director for Science and Technology Carl Duckett -RSB- took charge . -LSB- Captain James -RSB- Bradley -LSB- from U.S. Naval Intelligence -RSB- could spare only a few people for the new office . His entire staff in the undersea part of Office of Naval Intelligence numbered only about a few dozen . The CIA , however , had no such constraints . It moved in with eight permanent staffers and more consultants loyal to the agency '' . The Navy prepared to go down with a midget submarine to K-129 . However , the CIA wanted the whole submarine . They built the ship `' Glomar Explorer '' ( now GSF Explorer ) to raise K-129 , which became very expensive ( up to 500 million dollars ) . From mid-1970s , the CIA lost its day-to-day control of NURO . Captain James Bradley was able to conduct his own special project operations . Through Bradley it was a direct link to General Alexander Haig and Henry Kissinger . 1972-74 , the Secretary of Navy John Warner was the Director of NURO . The Chief Scientist of the U.S. Navy , John Piña Craven , argues that Bradley was a Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) officer at the Office of Naval Intelligence . Craven was a close colleague of Bradley , and Craven seems to indicate that NURO actually was a liaison office not just between the CIA and the Navy but also between the CIA and the DIA using officers from Naval Intelligence . Also others indicate that NURO might have been a CIA-DIA liaison office . NURO operations were conducted primarily in Soviet home waters using specially equipped nuclear-powered attack submarines or `` special project submarines '' , but this intelligence gathering was , according to Ola Tunander , just a part of NURO 's activity . He refers to a high-ranking CIA officer saying that NURO in the 1980s also ran operations in the waters of friendly countries , such as those of Scandinavia , penetrating into the archipelagos and naval bases of Sweden . United States Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger stated in 2000 that NURO 's submarine operations into Swedish waters in the 1980s were run as a `` routine , regular series of defense testing '' after US-Swedish Navy-to-Navy consultations . However , these operations may also have had another purpose . ABC-TV said in 1984 of the U.S. submarine intelligence gathering : `` Most of the top-secret missions are into the waters of the Soviet Union , but according to both active duty and retired military sources , some missions have been run into the territorial waters of those nations considered friendly to the U.S. Even friendly countries , sources say , sometimes do things they do n't want the U.S. to know about , things that could inadvertently threaten U.S. security . The missions are conducted by specially equipped nuclear-powered attack submarines and in some cases by a nuclear-powered mini-sub called NR-1 . '' Tunander also says that during this period ( 1981-87 ) , the Secretary of Navy John Lehman was the Director of NURO .",
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"text": "History of the United States National Security Council 1953–61 This article is about the history of the United States National Security Council during the Eisenhower Administration , 1953 -- 1961 . Under President Dwight D. Eisenhower , the National Security Council system evolved into the principal arm of the President in formulating and executing policy on military , international , and internal security affairs . Where Harry S. Truman was uncomfortable with the NSC system and only made regular use of it under the pressure of the Korean War , Eisenhower embraced the NSC concept and created a structured system of integrated policy review . Eisenhower had a penchant for careful staff work , and believed that effective planning involved a creative process of discussion and debate among advisers compelled to work toward consensus recommendations . The genesis of the new NSC system was a report prepared for the President in March 1953 by Robert Cutler , who became the President 's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs . Cutler proposed a systematic flow of recommendation , decision , and implementation that he later described as the `` policy hill '' process . At the bottom of the hill , concerned agencies such as State and Defense produced draft policy recommendations on specific topics and worked for consensus at the agency level . These draft NSC papers went up the hill through the Planning Board , created to review and refine the recommendations before passing them on for full NSC consideration . The NSC Planning Board met on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and was composed of officials at the Assistant Secretary level from the agencies with permanent or standing representation on the Council , as well as advisers from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Central Intelligence Agency . Hundreds of hours were spent by the Board reviewing and reconstructing proposed papers for the NSC . Cutler resigned in 1958 in exhaustion . The top of the foreign policy-making hill was the NSC itself , chaired by the President , which met regularly on Thursday mornings . The Council consisted of the five statutory members : the President , Vice President , Secretaries of State and Defense , and Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization . Depending on the subject under discussion , as many as a score of other senior Cabinet members and advisers , including the Secretary of the Treasury , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , and the Director of Central Intelligence , attended and participated . The agenda included regular briefings by the Director of Central Intelligence on worldwide developments affecting U.S. security , and consideration of the policy papers advanced by the Planning Board . The upshot of the discussions were recommendations to the President in the form of NSC Actions . The President , who participated in the discussion , normally endorsed the NSC Action , and the decision went down the hill for implementation to the Operations Coordinating Board . President Eisenhower created the Operations Coordinating Board ( OCB ) to follow up on all NSC decisions . The OCB met regularly on Wednesday afternoons at the Department of State , and was composed of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs , Deputy Secretary of Defense , the Directors of the CIA , the United States Information Agency , and ICA , and the Special Assistants to the President for National Security Affairs and Security Operations Coordination . The OCB was the coordinating and implementing arm of the NSC for all aspects of the implementation of national security policy . NSC action papers were assigned to a team from the OCB for follow-up . More than 40 interagency working groups were established with experts for various countries and subjects . This 24-person staff of the OCB supported these working groups in which officials from various agencies met each other for the first time . The President 's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs , a post held under Eisenhower by Cutler , Dillon Anderson , William Harding Jackson , and finally Gordon Gray , oversaw the flow of recommendations and decisions up and down the policy hill , and functioned in Council meetings to brief the Council and summarize the sense of discussion . The Special Assistant was an essential facilitator of the decision-making system , but , unlike the National Security Adviser created under Kennedy , had no substantive role in the process . The NSC staff managed by the Special Assistant grew during the Eisenhower years , but again had no independent role in the policy process . President Eisenhower had great confidence in the efficacy of covert operations as a viable supplement or alternative to previous normal foreign policy initiatives . The seeming clear success of the operations to overthrow Iranian populist leader Mossadegeh in 1953 , and overthrow the democratically elected , left-leaning President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán in Guatemala in 1954 was not without their crisis moments in the White House . In 1954 NSC 5412 provided for the establishment of a panel of designated representatives of the President and the Secretaries of State and Defense to meet regularly to review and recommend covert operations . Gordon Gray assumed the chairmanship of the `` 5412 Committee '' as it was called , and all succeeding National Security Advisers have chaired similar successor committees , variously named `` 303 '' , `` 40 '' , `` Special Coordinating Committee , '' which , in later Presidential administrations , were charged with the review of CIA covert operations . President Eisenhower also created the position of staff secretary with the responsibility to screen all foreign policy and military documents coming to the President . While Colonel Andrew Goodpaster held this position , he tended to eclipse the Special Assistant for National Security . The strength of the NSC system under Eisenhower was that it provided for regular , fully staffed , interagency review of major foreign and national security issues , culminating in discussion and decision at the highest level of government . The resulting Presidentially approved NSC papers provided policy guidance at every level of implementation . Eisenhower felt that the regular policy discussions kept his principal advisers fully informed , in step with one another , and prepared to react knowledgeably in the event of crisis . His commitment to the system was such that he chaired every Council meeting he could attend ( 329 of a total of 366 ) . The NSC meetings , including prior briefings and subsequent review of NSC Actions , constituted the largest single item on his weekly agenda . Secretary of State John Foster Dulles , on the other hand , had reservations about the NSC system . He was the strongest personality in the Eisenhower Cabinet and jealously guarded his role as principal adviser to the President on foreign policy . He had constant , direct access to the President and did not feel that some of the most sensitive issues should be discussed in groups as large as were involved in most NSC meetings . He drew a sharp line between the NSC policy review process and the day-to-day operations of foreign policy , which he maintained were the province of the Department of State . Dulles and his deputies also were not comfortable with the scope the NSC review system gave to Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey , another strong figure in the Cabinet , to intrude budgetary limitations into policy considerations . Dulles successfully resisted a proposal to substitute the Vice President for the Under Secretary of State as chairman of the OCB , arguing that such a change would impinge on his role as principal adviser to the President on foreign policy . Critics of the Eisenhower NSC system have argued that it was inflexible , overstaffed , unable to anticipate and react to immediate crises , and weighed down by committees reporting in great detail on long checklists of minor policy concerns . The most thorough critique of the system emerged from the hearings conducted in 1960 ( 1961 by the Senate Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery , known as the Jackson Subcommittee for its chairman , Senator Henry Jackson . Cutler and NSC Executive Secretary James Lay testified in support of the effectiveness of the system , but their testimony was offset by that of former Truman administration officials such as George Kennan , Paul Nitze , and Robert Lovett . They argued that foreign policy was being made by a passive President influenced by a National Security Council rendered virtually useless by ponderous , bureaucratic machinery . Basically , they argued , the NSC was a huge committee , and suffered from all the weaknesses of committees . Composed of representatives of many agencies , its members were not free to adopt the broad , statesmanlike attitude desired by the President , but , rather , were ambassadors of their own departments , clinging to departmental rather than national views . To make matters worse , critics added , the NSC system by its very nature was restricted to continuing and developing already established policies and was incapable of originating new ideas or major innovations . The critics suggested replacement of the formal , `` over-institutionalized '' NSC structure with a smaller , less formal NSC which would offer the President a clear choice of alternatives on a limited number of major problems . Eisenhower was certainly not a passive President , dominated by his Secretary of State on foreign policy and national security issues . In fact , Eisenhower was actively in command of his administration 's foreign policy , and the established NSC system met his instincts and requirements to the extent he used them . Although there is substance in the criticism that the Eisenhower NSC became to some extent the prisoner of a rigidly bureaucratic process , the criticism misses the point that Eisenhower and Dulles did not attempt to manage fast-breaking foreign policy crises or day-to-day operation through the NSC apparatus . An examination of several of the major foreign policy decisions that confronted the Eisenhower administration reveals that the NSC system was used to manage some , but was essentially bypassed in others . The established NSC process was used when the question involved a policy debate between departments with strongly held , contending positions , as it did in the case of the debate between the Departments of State and Defense in 1956/1957 over whether to introduce a more modern generation of weapons into Korea , where it focused debate and produced the necessary agreed-upon decision after discussion of three draft policy papers . In fast-breaking crisis situations however , including the concurrent Suez crisis and Hungarian Revolution of 1956 , the first and Second Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1955 and 1958 , and the 1958 Lebanon crisis , these were typically managed through small meetings with the President in the White House , normally involving Dulles and other concerned advisers , and through telephone conversations between Eisenhower , Dulles , and other principal advisers . Eisenhower sometimes used trusted NSC staffers to serve as an intermediary to gain information outside the chain of command as he did with Colonel Goodpaster during the straits crisis in 1955 . There was great similarity between this process of crisis management and that adopted by subsequent Presidents , such as Kennedy , Johnson , and Nixon , except for the fact that the ad hoc meetings in the Eisenhower White House did not involve a National Security Adviser as a substantive participant . And in the event that aspects of crisis management depended on contact with the critical man-on-the-spot , as it did in 1958 when Deputy Under Secretary of State Robert Murphy was dispatched to Lebanon to attempt to defuse the crisis , his instructions came from the Department of State and he reported to the Secretary of State rather than directly to the White House , as became the practice during the height of the Vietnam War . When Eisenhower briefed President-elect Kennedy on the NSC system , as when Gordon Gray briefed his successor McGeorge Bundy , they both emphasized the importance of the established NSC machinery in the management of foreign policy and national security affairs . They might have been more persuasive in maintaining the system had they pointed to the fact that the NSC apparatus was essentially limited to policy review , but was not used by them to manage foreign policy crises or day-to-day decisions .",
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"text": "Charls Walker Charls Edward Walker ( December 24 , 1923 -- June 2 , 2015 ) was Under Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury from 1969 to 1972 , and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in 1973 under John Connally .",
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"text": "Democrats for Nixon Democrats for Nixon was a campaign to promote Democratic support for the then-incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election . The campaign was led by the former Democratic governor of Texas , John Connally . Connally , who was serving as the United States Secretary of the Treasury , announced that he would be supporting Nixon for re-election and would spend his time until the elections working on behalf of the incumbent . A Democrat who had been Governor of Texas and United States Secretary of the Navy under John F. Kennedy , Connally formally announced the formation of the organization in August 1972 . Polling cited by Connally indicated that as many as 20 million Democrats would cross over to vote for Nixon and invited `` all those millions of Democrats who realize that in this Presidential election President Nixon is simply the better choice '' . Connally stated that he was troubled by Senator George McGovern 's campaign and felt that the Democratic party `` is becoming an ideological machine closed to millions who have been the party 's most loyal and steadfast members '' under McGovern 's leadership . The committee included Mayor Beverly Briley of Nashville , Tennessee , former Governor of Florida Farris Bryant , Mayor of Boston John F. Collins , Mayor Thomas G. Dunn of Elizabeth , New Jersey , Teamsters president Frank Fitzsimmons , Governor of Virginia Mills E. Godwin , Jr. , Mayor of Miami , Florida David T. Kennedy and Leonard Marks who had previously headed the United States Information Agency . A fundraising target of as much as $ 3 million was set for the organization . Connally also announced that Jeno Paulucci , a frozen food distributor who had been closely involved as a fundraiser for Hubert H. Humphrey in his presidential bids , would serve as head of a group encouraging independent voters to choose Nixon . In a September 1972 article in The New York Times , Connally was quoted as saying that increasing numbers of traditionally Democratic voters were leaving the fold because they `` are afraid of George McGovern '' because of his proposals for major cutbacks in defense spending and in the number of U.S. troops serving in Europe . Connally insisted that `` it is in the best interests of this country that the president be re-elected this year '' .",
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"text": "Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy The Judge Advocate General 's Corps also known as the `` JAG Corps '' or `` JAG '' is the legal arm of the United States Navy . Today , the corps consists of a worldwide organization of more than 730 Judge Advocates , 30 limited duty officers ( law ) , 500 enlisted members and nearly 275 civilian personnel , serving under the direction of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy . The headquarters of the Judge Advocate General 's Corps of the United States Department of the Navy is located at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington , D.C.",
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"text": "Secretary Kerry Secretary Kerry may refer to : John Kerry , the 68th U.S. Secretary of State Cameron Kerry , brother of John Kerry and acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce from June 1 , 2013 to June 26 , 2013 .",
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"text": "Robert B. Anderson Robert Bernard Anderson ( June 4 , 1910 August 14 , 1989 ) was an American administrator and businessman . He served as the Secretary of the Navy between February 1953 and March 1954 . He also served as the Secretary of the Treasury from 1957 until 1961 , and was one of President Eisenhower 's closest confidants . Two years before his death from cancer , he was disbarred for illegal banking operations and tax evasion .",
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"text": "Presidency of John F. Kennedy The presidency of John F. Kennedy began on January 20 , 1961 , when he was inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States , and ended on November 22 , 1963 , upon his assassination and death , a span of days . A Democrat , he took office following the 1960 presidential election , in which he narrowly defeated Richard Nixon . He was succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson . Kennedy was the first person born in the 20th century to be elected president , and , at age 43 , the youngest person elected to the office . He was also the first Roman Catholic elected to the presidency . Kennedy played an important role in bringing American politics into the modern communications age , as his use of television provided a campaign model that spoke to voters directly , and his media presidency greatly weakened the power of political machines in party politics . Kennedy 's time in office was marked by Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and especially with Cuba . In Cuba , a failed attempt was made in April 1961 at the Bay of Pigs to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro . Kennedy 's administration subsequently rejected plans by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to orchestrate false-flag attacks on American soil in order to gain public approval for a war against Cuba . In October 1962 , it was discovered that Soviet ballistic missiles had been deployed in Cuba ; the resulting period of unease , termed the Cuban Missile Crisis , is seen by many historians as the closest the human race has ever come to nuclear war between nuclear-armed belligerents . To contain Communist expansion in Asia , Kennedy increased the number of American military advisers in South Vietnam by a factor of 18 over his predecessor , Dwight D. Eisenhower ; a further escalation of the American role in the Vietnam War took place after Kennedy 's death . In domestic politics Kennedy made bold proposals in his New Frontier agenda , but few were passed by Congress . He did establish of the Peace Corps , and intensify the Space Race . Kennedy took steps to support the Civil Rights Movement , and after his death his proposed civil rights bill was passed as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 .",
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"text": "NSC Working Group on South Vietnam The National Security Council Working Group on South Vietnam/Southeast Asia was founded in the wake of the election Lyndon B. Johnson 's election campaign against Barry Goldwater to explore the different options LBJ could take in Vietnam . William Bundy would later note that this group was '' ` the most comprehensive ' Vietnam policy review ` of any in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations . ' ''",
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"text": "Donald Regan Donald Thomas `` Don '' Regan ( December 21 , 1918 -- June 10 , 2003 ) was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury , from 1981 to 1985 , and White House Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 in the Ronald Reagan Administration , where he advocated `` Reaganomics '' and tax cuts to create jobs and stimulate production . Before serving in the Reagan administration , Regan served as Chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch from 1971 to 1980 . He had worked at Merrill Lynch since 1946 and before this he had studied at Harvard University and served in the United States Marine Corps , achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel .",
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"text": "Connally Hot Oil Act of 1935 The Connally Hot Oil Act of 1935 was enacted in the wake of the Supreme Court 's decision to strike down Section 9 ( c ) of the National Industrial Recovery Act ( NIRA ) in Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan , which gave the President authority `` to prohibit the transportation in interstate and foreign commerce of petroleum ... produced or withdrawn from storage in excess of the amount permitted ... by any State law . '' The act was named after Senator Tom Connally . It revived the provisions of Section 9 ( c ) of the NIRA and added procedural safeguards , which , the Supreme Court argued , were constitutional . Ostensibly enacted to protect the industry from `` contraband oil , '' it was mainly a way of cartelizing the industry to stabilize falling prices . The new law reestablished the NIRA 's original provision that violators would receive a maximum jail sentence of six months but also increased the maximum fine penalty from $ 1000-which was enacted in the NIRA - to $ 2000 . Though the legislation was intended to expire on June 16 , 1937 , it was maintained afterwards as a permanent law . There was some debate as to the law 's effects on the transport of other fuels such as coal and timber , and many independent oil producers vehemently opposed the government regulations . However , in 1937 , four federal courts upheld the Connally Act , which was later administered by the Federal Petroleum Board that was also created by the law ; the Petroleum Board was a part of the Department of the Interior .",
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"text": "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1960 The 1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 8 , 1960 as part of the 1960 United States presidential election , which was held throughout all 50 states . Voters chose 16 representatives , or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President . Massachusetts voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee , Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts , over the Republican nominee , Vice President Richard Nixon of California . Kennedy ran with Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas , while Nixon 's running mate was Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge , Jr. of Massachusetts . Kennedy carried his home state of Massachusetts in a landslide , taking 60.22 % of the vote to Nixon 's 39.55 % , a Democratic victory margin of 20.67 % . This made it the third most Democratic state in the nation , after Rhode Island and Georgia . As Kennedy narrowly defeated Nixon nationally to win the presidency , Massachusetts weighed in for this election as about 21 % more Democratic than the national average . Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928 , when the Democratic Party had nominated the first Roman Catholic nominee for president , Al Smith . While Smith lost nationally in a landslide , partially due to anti-Catholic prejudice in much of the country , he won Massachusetts due to the massive turnout and support of the many Irish Catholics in the state . In 1960 , John F. Kennedy would be the second Roman Catholic to be nominated for president by a major party , and again his religion became an issue in some regions of the country . However , there was little doubt that Kennedy , an Irish Catholic born in Brookline , Massachusetts , would be able to carry Massachusetts in his presidential run . Prior to 1960 , Massachusetts had been a swing state , having voted for Democrats Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman in the 1930s and 1940s , but voting for Republican Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s . In 1956 , Eisenhower had carried the state by 19 points . The 21 point margin by which Kennedy won the state four years later thus represented a massive 40 point swing toward the Democrats between the 1956 and 1960 elections . Kennedy 's landslide victory in 1960 finally solidified the transformation of Massachusetts into a Democratic stronghold in the modern era . 1960 was the first election ever in which a Democrat had broken 60 % of the vote in Massachusetts , and thus Kennedy 's 60.22 % was the highest percentage of the vote any Democrat had ever received in the state up to that point . Religion was a major dividing factor in shaping the vote in 1960 . Nixon 's running mate , Henry Cabot Lodge , was also from Massachusetts , and had served the state as a Republican Senator , but was a Protestant , and represented traditional Protestant Yankee Republicanism in Massachusetts . Kennedy , an Irish Catholic Democrat , represented an entirely different strain of Massachusetts politics , the emerging majority coalition of urban and ethnic immigrant voters . In 1952 , Kennedy had first defeated Lodge to take the latter 's U.S. Senate seat , symbolizing this new Democratic coalition 's rise in the state . The residual Yankee Republicanism combined with the popularity of the Republican incumbent Eisenhower allowed Nixon to take a decent 39.55 % of the vote , but by 1960 , the ethnic Catholic vote held a decisive majority in Massachusetts , and turnout among Catholic voters reached record highs in 1960 . Kennedy carried nine of the state 's fourteen counties , including the most heavily populated parts of the state surrounding the large cities of Boston , Worcester , and Springfield . Nixon carried only five counties , three of them island or peninsula counties . Nixon 's most significant win was Plymouth County , which he won narrowly with 51 percent of the vote . Kennedy put in an historically strong performance in the state 's capital and largest city , Boston , home to many Catholics of Irish and Italian immigrant heritage . In Suffolk County , where Boston is located , Kennedy won a landslide with 74.4 percent of the vote to Nixon 's 25 percent , the first time in history that a presidential candidate had received more than 70 percent of the vote in the county . Kennedy was also the first Democrat to carry Norfolk County since Martin van Buren in 1836 . The decisive Democratic win in 1960 would foreshadow the political direction Massachusetts would take in the years to come , as it would become one of the most Democratic states in the nation in the elections that followed . In 1964 and 1968 , Democrats would even outperform Kennedy , and in 1972 it would be the only state in the nation to vote for Democrat George McGovern , ultimately making it the only state that Richard Nixon would never win in any of his three presidential campaigns . The 1960 election was also the last time a candidate who declared Massachusetts as his home state won the presidency regardless of his performance in the state . The next three presidential candidates whose home state was Massachusetts , Michael Dukakis , John Kerry , and Mitt Romney , all lost their presidential bids .",
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"text": "Oliver Reed Robert Oliver Reed ( 13 February 1938 -- 2 May 1999 ) was an English actor known for his upper-class , macho image , hellraiser lifestyle , and `` tough guy '' roles . Notable films include The Trap ( 1966 ) , Oliver ! ( 1968 ) , Women in Love ( 1969 ) , Hannibal Brooks ( 1969 ) , The Devils ( 1971 ) , The Three Musketeers ( 1973 ) , Tommy ( 1975 ) , Lion of the Desert ( 1981 ) , Castaway ( 1986 ) , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 ) and Funny Bones ( 1995 ) . For Gladiator ( 2000 ) , his final film , Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role . At the peak of his career , in 1971 , British exhibitors voted Reed 5th most popular star at the box office .",
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"text": "Rex Reed Rex Taylor Reed ( born October 2 , 1938 ) is an American film critic and former co-host of the syndicated television show At the Movies . He currently writes the column `` On the Town with Rex Reed '' for The New York Observer .",
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"text": "Eli \"Paperboy\" Reed Eli `` Paperboy '' Reed ( born Eli Husock ) is an American singer and songwriter . After graduating from Brookline -LSB- Massachusetts -RSB- High School in 2002 he moved to Clarksdale , Mississippi and immersed himself in the juke joint culture of the Deep South . After spending a year in Clarksdale he enrolled at The University of Chicago to study sociology . While in Chicago he hosted a radio show called `` We Got More Soul '' on the college station WHPK and played organ and piano in the South Side Chicago church of the famed Soul/Gospel singer Mitty Collier . After one year of study in Chicago he returned home to Boston to focus on music , recording his first album Sings Walkin ' & Talkin ' & Other Smash Hits ! The local success of that album and his frenzied live show brought him to the attention of Somerville , Massachusetts based record label , Q Division Records . He recorded his first album of original material , Roll With You , in late 2007 with Q Division producer Ed Valauskas at the helm . That album was released in 2008 and the next two years saw Reed garner a national and international following . His success overseas in particular sparked his signing to Virgin before later switching to their parent label Capitol Records in 2009 . Come And Get It ! , Reed 's major label debut , was produced by Mike Elizondo . Speaking in March 2010 to British soul writer Pete Lewis , Reed stated the album was strongly influenced musically by the late 1960s/early 1970s Chicago soul music recordings of artists such as Tyrone Davis and Mel & Tim . Reed was nominated for Breakthrough Artist of the Year at the 2009 MOJO Awards . Reed signed to Warner Bros. . Records in late 2012 and released a 45 RPM single featuring a vinyl only version of a new song , `` WooHoo '' , on Record Store Day ( April 20 ) 2013 . His fourth album was released in 2014 , and My Way Home followed in 2016 . Reed 's song `` Your Sins Will Find You Out '' was featured in Episode 4 of the first season of `` Preacher . ''",
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"text": "Alan Reed (artist) Alan Reed ( born 1961 in Corbridge , Northumberland , England ) is a UK watercolour artist . He began painting at an early age , winning a prize at the age of 10 for his painting of ` Bamburgh Castle at sunset ' . He had his first exhibition at the age of 18 , at the local library in his home town , Ponteland , and has been taking commissions ever since . His watercolour paintings have been exhibited world wide in the UK , Italy , the US and the Middle East .",
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"text": "Oliver Irving Oliver Irving is a British film director . He directed and wrote How To Be starring Robert Pattinson . Based in New York , he is currently in post-production on the feature comedy-thriller Ghost Team , which stars Jon Heder , David Krumholtz , Melonie Diaz , Paul W. Downs with Justin Long and Amy Sedaris and is set for release in fall 2016 .",
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"text": "Oliver Bailey Oliver James Bailey ( born 25 April 1982 ) is an English cricketer . Bailey is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast . He was born at Plymouth , Devon . Bailey represented the Somerset Cricket Board in a single List A match against Norfolk in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy , which was held in 2001 at Manor Park , Horsford . In his only List A match , he was n't required to bat or bowl , but he did take a single catch in the field .",
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"text": "Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC ) is a major British theatre company , based in Stratford-upon-Avon , Warwickshire , England . The company employs over 1000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year . The RSC plays regularly in London , Newcastle upon Tyne and on tour across the UK and internationally . The company 's home is in Stratford-upon-Avon , where it has recently redeveloped its Royal Shakespeare and Swan theatres as part of a # 112.8-million `` Transformation '' project . The theatres re-opened in November 2010 , having closed in 2007 . The new buildings attracted 18,000 visitors within the first week and received a positive media response both upon opening , and following the first full Shakespeare performances . Performances in Stratford-upon-Avon continued throughout the Transformation project at the temporary Courtyard Theatre . As well as the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries , the RSC produces new work from living artists and develops creative links with theatre-makers from around the world , as well as working with teachers to inspire a lifelong love of William Shakespeare in young people and running events for everyone to explore and participate in its work . The RSC celebrated its fiftieth birthday season from April -- December 2011 , with two companies of actors presenting the first productions designed specifically for the new Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatre stages . The 2011-season began with performances of Macbeth and a re-imagined lost play The History of Cardenio . The fiftieth birthday season also featured The Merchant of Venice with Sir Patrick Stewart and revivals of some of the RSC 's greatest plays , including a new staging of Marat/Sade . For the London 2012 Festival as part of the Cultural Olympiad , the RSC produced the World Shakespeare Festival , featuring artists from across the world performing in venues around the UK . In 2013 the company began live screenings of its Shakespeare productions -- called Live from Stratford-upon-Avon -- which are screened around the world . In 2016 , the company collaborated with Intel and The Imaginarium Studios to stage The Tempest , bringing performance capture to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre for the very first time .",
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"text": "Oliver James Oliver James may refer to : Oliver James ( psychologist ) ( born 1953 ) , psychologist , journalist , author and television presenter Oliver James ( actor ) ( born 1980 ) , English musician , singer , songwriter and actor Oliver James ( footballer ) ( born 1987 ) , English professional footballer Oliver James ( cricketer ) ( born 1990 ) , Welsh cricketer Ollie Murray James ( 1871-1918 ) , American politician",
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"text": "Reed's School Reed 's School is an independent day and boarding school for boys located in Cobham , Surrey , England , founded by Rev. Andrew Reed , D.D. in 1813 and incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1845 under the presidency of the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Salisbury . It is boys only until Year 11 , but admits girls in Years 12 & 13 . There are currently around 660 day pupils ( 600 boys , 60 girls ) and 100 full-time boarders ( 80 boys , 20 girls ) . The school has historical links with the City of London Corporation and the British Royal Family , a member of which has acted as patron from the school 's earliest days . Since 1951 , Queen Elizabeth II has acted as the school 's 15th patron and has visited the school twice as the reigning monarch ( she also visited as Princess Elizabeth in 1946 ) , once in March 1997 and most recently in March 2014 ( along with Prince Philip ) as part of the school 's bicentennial celebrations . During the 2014 visit , the Queen unveiled a new stained glass window , designed by the artist Helen Whittaker , in the Chapel . Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother opened a new wing in 1959 ( this currently houses the 6th form boarders ) and planted a tulip tree in the school 's grounds . She had previously opened a library in 1939 at the school 's former site at Watford . Since 1966 , the school 's headmasters have been members of the Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference ( HMC ) . Former pupils are known as `` Old Reedonians '' .",
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"text": "Oliver! (song) `` Oliver ! '' is the title song from the 1960s original West End and Broadway musical Oliver ! and the 1968 film of the same name .",
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"text": "The Living Reed The Living Reed is an historical novel by Pearl S. Buck in which life in Korea , from the latter part of the nineteenth century to the end of the Second World War , is described through the viewpoints and lives of several members of four generations of a prominent aristocratic family .",
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"text": "Gordon Oliver Gordon Oliver ( April 27 , 1910 -- January 26 , 1995 ) was an American actor and film producer . He appeared in more than 45 films and television shows between 1933 and 1972 .",
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"text": "Oliver Emanuel __ NOTOC __ Oliver Emanuel ( born 4 April 1980 ) is a British playwright and radio dramatist . His play Dragon won Best Show For Children and Young People at the UK Theatre Awards in 2014 . His English version of Titus won the People 's Choice Victor Award in 2015 at IPAY Oliver Emanuel was born in Kent , attended St Gregory 's Catholic Comprehensive School in Tunbridge Wells , studied English and Theatre Studies at University of Leeds ( 1998 -- 2001 ) before going on to take the Masters in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia ( 2001 -- 02 ) . His late mother was a drama teacher and his father is a lawyer . He was Writer-on-Attachment at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2006 and Writer-in-Residence for BBC Radio 4 Children in Need in 2010 . He has lived in Glasgow since 2006 .",
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"text": "Robert Hardy Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy , CBE , FSA ( born 29 October 1925 ) is an English actor with a long career in the theatre , film and television .",
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"text": "Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre . The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 , and , renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor Lord Olivier . The Olivier Awards are the most prestigious theatrical awards in the United Kingdom and are the UK equivalent of the Tony Awards . Until 2015 , the Olivier Awards did not honour supporting musical performances separately and was therefore a unisex category , honouring both male and female actors . Starting with the 2015 ceremony , the awards have been separated into Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical and Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical",
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"text": "Stan Laurel Stan Laurel ( born Arthur Stanley Jefferson ; 16 June 1890 -- 23 February 1965 ) was an English comic actor , writer and film director , most famous for his role in the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy . He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films , feature films , and cameo roles . Laurel began his career in music hall , where he appropriated a number of his standard comic devices : the bowler hat , the deep comic gravity and the nonsensical understatement . His performances polished his skills at pantomime and music hall sketches . Laurel was a member of `` Fred Karno 's Army , '' where he was Charlie Chaplin 's understudy . With Chaplin , the two arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe . Laurel began his film career in 1917 and made his final appearance in 1951 . From 1928 onwards , he appeared exclusively with Oliver Hardy . Laurel officially retired from the screen following his comedy partner 's death in 1957 . In 1961 , Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy . He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. . Laurel and Hardy ranked top among best double acts and seventh overall in a 2005 UK poll to find the Comedians ' Comedian . In 2009 , a bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel 's home town of Ulverston .",
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"text": "John Reed (American football) John Reed was an American football coach in the United States .",
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"text": "Robert Oliver (chef) Robert Oliver is a chef , author and TV presenter .",
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"text": "Eric Porter Eric Richard Porter ( 8 April 192815 May 1995 ) was an English actor of stage , film and television .",
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"text": "Roland Oliver Roland Anthony Oliver FBA ( 30 March 1923 -- 9 February 2014 ) was an Indian-born English academic and Emeritus Professor of African history at the University of London . Throughout a long career he was an eminent researcher , writer , teacher , administrator and organiser , who had a profound effect on the development of African Studies in the United Kingdom .",
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"text": "Oliver Twist (1912 film) Oliver Twist is a 1912 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Ivy Millais , Alma Taylor and Harry Royston . It is an adaptation of the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens . It was the directorial debut of Bentley who went on to become a leading British director . It was the first in a series of Dickens adaptations by Bentley .",
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Saw VI is a 2009 film from America.
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"text": "Saw VI Saw is a 2009 American horror film directed by Kevin Greutert from a screenplay written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan . It is the sixth installment in the seven -- part Saw franchise and stars Tobin Bell , Costas Mandylor , Betsy Russell , Mark Rolston , Peter Outerbridge , and Shawnee Smith . It was produced by Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Twisted Pictures and distributed by Lionsgate . Saw continues the franchise 's focus on the posthumous effects of the Jigsaw Killer and the progression of his successor , Mark Hoffman . In this film , Hoffman sets a series of traps for an insurance executive , William Easton , and his employees . Meanwhile , the FBI trails Peter Strahm , now suspected of being Jigsaw 's last accomplice , and Hoffman is drawn into motion to protect his secret identity . Greutert , who served as editor for all the previous Saw films , made his directorial debut with Saw . Melton and Dunstan , the writers for both Saw and Saw , returned to write the screenplay and Charlie Clouser , who provided the score for all previous Saw films , composed the score . Filming took place in Toronto from March to May 2009 with a budget of $ 11 million . The film was released in New Zealand and Australia on October 22 , 2009 , and October 23 , 2009 in the United States and Canada . In Spain it was the first film to receive a Película X rating for violence ( a rating usually reserved for pornographic films ) ; the rating restricted screenings to eight select theaters in that country . It was released almost a year later on October 8 , 2010 in Spain with an `` 18 '' rating , after the producers had the offensive content edited out , according to the rating board . With gross receipts of $ 14 million in its opening weekend , Saw placed second to Paranormal Activity $ 21 million . Saw went on to gross over $ 68 million worldwide , the lowest-grossing Saw film to date , but still a financial success compared to its small budget . Reviews were mixed , with some criticizing the acting and others praising Greutert 's directing .",
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"text": "G-Force (film) G-Force is a 2009 American family comedy adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films . Written by Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley and directed by Hoyt Yeatman , the film is the directorial debut of Hoyt Yeatman , whose earlier work includes contributions in the area of visual effects . It was released in the United States on July 24 , 2009 . G-Force is based on a story also by Hoyt Yeatman . The film was shown in competing 3-D technologies like Dolby 3D . This is also Jerry Bruckheimer 's first 3-D film . The movie stars Zach Galifianakis , Bill Nighy , and Will Arnett and it features the voices of Sam Rockwell , Tracy Morgan , Penélope Cruz , Nicolas Cage , Steve Buscemi , and Jon Favreau . The film received generally negative reviews , with critics praising its action , but criticizing its plot and character development and it earned $ 292.8 million on a $ 150 million budget .",
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"text": "2010 Sundance Film Festival The 26th annual Sundance Film Festival was held from January 21 , 2010 until January 31 , 2010 in Park City , Utah .",
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"text": "Paranormal Entity Paranormal Entity is a 2009 American supernatural horror film written , directed by and starring Shane Van Dyke and produced by The Asylum in 2009 . It is one of many films dubbed as a `` mockbuster '' , a movie designed to capitalize on the success of a more popular film . Paranormal Entity is a copycat of the successful low-budget horror film Paranormal Activity . The film was followed by indirect sequels 8213 : Gacy House ( also known as Paranormal Entity 2 ) in 2010 , Anneliese : The Exorcist Tapes ( also known as Paranormal Entity 3 ) in 2011 , and 100 Ghost Street : The Return of Richard Speck ( also known as Paranormal Entity 4 ) in 2012 .",
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"text": "Solomon Kane (film) Solomon Kane is a 2009 French-British-Czech dark fantasy action-adventure film written and directed by Michael J. Bassett based on the pulp magazine character Solomon Kane created in 1928 by Robert E. Howard . James Purefoy stars in the title role . Despite optioning the rights in 1997 , filming did not begin until January 2008 . The film is an original story for the Kane character and was intended to be the first of a trilogy . The plot follows a redemption story for Kane , from the end of his life as a privateer , through the salvation of his soul by rescuing a Puritan girl and the beginning of his life as the Puritan avenger of the source material . It was produced by a consortium of French , Czech , and British companies and mostly filmed in the Czech Republic . The film was first shown at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival . It went on general release in France , Spain , and the UK over the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010 . Reception was generally favourable , with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 66 % following the UK/US release ; the film 's atmosphere and Purefoy 's acting attracted the most acclaim .",
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"text": "The Last Time I Saw Paris For the 1942 book , see Elliot Paul . The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 romantic drama made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . It is loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerald 's short story `` Babylon Revisited . '' It was directed by Richard Brooks , produced by Jack Cummings and filmed on locations in Paris and the MGM backlot . The screenplay was by Julius J. Epstein , Philip G. Epstein and Richard Brooks . The film starred Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson in his last role for MGM , with Walter Pidgeon , Donna Reed , Eva Gabor , Kurt Kasznar , George Dolenz , Sandy Descher , Odette , and ( a then-unknown ) Roger Moore in his Hollywood debut . The film 's title song , by composer Jerome Kern and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II , was already a classic when the movie was made and inspired the movie 's title . Though the song had already won an Oscar after its film debut in 1941 's Lady Be Good , it is featured much more prominently in The Last Time I Saw Paris . It can be heard in many scenes , either being sung by Odette or being played as an instrumental . The film was released in 1954 ; however , there was an error with the Roman numerals in the copyright notice showing `` MCMXLIV '' ( 1944 ) , meaning the term of copyright started 10 years before the film was released . Thus , the normal 28-year copyright term ended just 18 years after the film was released , and MGM neglected to renew it presumably because they believed there was still 10 years left in the term . The film entered the public domain in the United States in 1972 .",
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"text": "The Ugly Truth The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy film starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler . The film was released in North America on July 24 , 2009 by Columbia Pictures .",
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"text": "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country is a 1991 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures . It is the sixth feature film based on Star Trek , and a sequel to the 1966 -- 1969 Star Trek television series . Taking place after the events of Star Trek V : The Final Frontier , it is the last film featuring the entire cast of the original series . After the destruction of the Klingon moon Praxis leads the Klingon Empire to pursue peace with their long-time adversary the Federation , the crew of the USS Enterprise must race against unseen conspirators with a militaristic agenda . The sixth film in the series was initially planned as a prequel to the original series , with younger actors portraying the crew of the Enterprise while attending Starfleet Academy , but the idea was discarded because of negative reaction from the original cast and the fans . Faced with producing a new film in time for Star Trek 's 25th anniversary , Nicholas Meyer , the director of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , and Denny Martin Flinn wrote a script based on a suggestion from Leonard Nimoy about what would happen if `` the Wall came down in space '' , touching on the contemporary events of the Cold War . Principal photography took place between April and September 1991 . The production budget was smaller than anticipated because of the critical and commercial disappointment of The Final Frontier . Because of a lack of sound stage space on the Paramount lot , many scenes were filmed around Hollywood . Meyer and cinematographer Hiro Narita aimed for a darker and more dramatic mood , subtly altering sets originally used for the television series Star Trek : The Next Generation . Producer Steven-Charles Jaffe led a second unit that filmed on an Alaskan glacier that stood in for a Klingon gulag . Cliff Eidelman produced the film 's score , which is intentionally darker than previous Star Trek offerings . The film was released in North America on December 6 , 1991 . The Undiscovered Country garnered positive reviews , with publications praising the lighthearted acting and facetious references . The film performed strongly at the box office . It posted the largest opening weekend gross of the series before going on to earn $ 96,888,996 worldwide . The film earned two Academy Award nominations , for Best Makeup and Best Sound Effects , and is the only Star Trek movie to win the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film . A special collectors ' edition DVD version of the film was released in 2004 , to which Meyer had made minor alterations . Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry died shortly before the movie 's premiere , just days after viewing the film . The film marked the final appearance together of the original series ' cast .",
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"text": "Independencia (film) Independencia is a 2009 Filipino drama film directed by Raya Martin . Set in the Philippines during the start of the American Occupation in the early 1900s , the film revolves around three generations of a family who flees the impending conflict in the city and tries to survive in the jungle . The grainy , black and white quality , primitive editing techniques and painted backdrops evoke the mode of filmmaking pervasive during that era . It was the first Filipino film to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival when it was shown at the 2009 festival .",
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"text": "Chasing Legends Chasing Legends is a documentary film covering the events of the 2009 Tour de France from the perspective of . It premiered at the cinema in May 2010 in the US and October 2010 in the UK .",
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"text": "Redline (2009 film) is a 2009 science fiction auto racing anime film produced by Madhouse and released in Japan on October 9 , 2010 . The directorial debut feature of Takeshi Koike , it features the voices of Takuya Kimura , Yū Aoi and Tadanobu Asano , and an original story by Katsuhito Ishii , who also co-writes and sound directs . The film is set in the distant future , where a man known as JP takes on great risks for the chance of winning the titular underground race . After a total of seven years in production , Redline was intended to premiere at the 2009 Annecy International Animated Film Festival and follow Summer Wars , Mai Mai Miracle , and Yona Yona Penguin as the fourth and final feature film Madhouse planned to release between summer 2009 and spring 2010 . However , further delays resulted in the delay of its world premiere , pushed back a few months to August 14 , 2009 , at the Locarno International Film Festival and its Japanese release to fall 2010 .",
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"text": "Another Day Another Life Another Day Another Life is a 2009 American suspense thriller film produced , edited , and directed by Rohit Gupta . It 's about a man , Jason , played by Benjamin Jacobs , who struggles to repress his killer instinct as he approaches the planned killing of his lover . The film was selected to showcase at the Short Film Corner - Cannes Film Festival 2009 . It received critical acclaim at its festival run winning awards & nominations .",
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"text": "The Shortcut The Shortcut is a 2009 American horror film directed by Nicholaus Goossen . The film stars Andrew Seeley , Shannon Woodward , Dave Franco and Katrina Bowden . Adam Sandler 's production company , Happy Madison Productions ( under the name Scary Madison Productions ) made it and Sandler served as an executive producer . The film was released direct-to-DVD on September 29 , 2009 in the United States .",
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"text": "Paranoid Park (film) Paranoid Park is a 2007 American-French drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Blake Nelson and takes place in Portland , Oregon . It stars Gabe Nevins as a teenage skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard . Van Sant wrote the draft script in two days after reading and deciding to adapt Nelson 's novel . To cast the film 's youths , Van Sant posted an open casting call on social networking website MySpace inviting teenagers to audition for speaking roles , as well as experienced skateboarders to act as extras . Filming began in October 2006 and took place at various locations in and around Portland . Scenes at the fictional Eastside Skatepark were filmed at Burnside Skatepark which was , like Eastside , built illegally by skateboarders . Paranoid Park premiered on May 21 , at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was given a limited release on March 7 , 2008 . It grossed over US$ 4,481,000 from its $ 3 million budget . The film received mostly positive reviews ; some critics praised the direction and cinematography in particular , though others believed the film to be overly stylized and slow paced . It won one Independent Spirit Award , two Boston Society of Film Critics awards and the Cannes Film Festival 's special 60th anniversary prize .",
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"text": "Saw (video game) Saw , also known as Saw : The Video Game , is a survival horror video game that was developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami . The game launched on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles , with a downloadable version released soon after for the Microsoft Windows platform . The game was first released on October 6 , 2009 , in North America and was released later that year in other regions . The Microsoft Windows version was released on October 22 , 2009 . Being a tie-in game of the Saw film series , the game is set between the first and second films . In Saw , The Jigsaw Killer has healed Detective David Tapp from his gunshot wound , and places him in an abandoned insane asylum to teach him a lesson in life appreciation . Obsessed , Tapp traverses the asylum and gathers clues along the way in hopes of finally apprehending Jigsaw . As he progresses through the asylum , he encounters several people with past and current connections to him , whom he must save . The asylum also has inhabitants who are in games of their own , ordered to kill Tapp . Along the way , Tapp uncovers the origins of Jigsaw and the motives behind his tests . The development team brought in the Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell to help with the storyline and create new trap designs exclusive to the game . Upon release , Saw received mixed reviews . It was praised for the storyline and multiple endings , as well as the immersive environment that is true to the Saw film series . The controls and combat system , however , were panned by critics . Since Konami purchased the publishing rights after former publisher Brash Entertainment went bankrupt , Konami had a significant input on the games ' final outcome . They stated that they had plans to make Saw their next big franchise as well as a spiritual successor to their other survival horror series , Silent Hill . A sequel , Saw II : Flesh & Blood , was released on multiple platforms on October 19 , 2010 .",
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"text": "I Saw the Sun I Saw the Sun ( Güneşi Gördüm ) is a 2009 Turkish drama film , written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül , which tells of a Kurdish family who are forced from their village in southeastern Turkey by the conflict there . The film , which was released on , was one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2009 , prompting its re-release on . The film was Turkey 's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards , but it was not nominated .",
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"text": "Seelyville, Indiana Seelyville is a town in Lost Creek Township , Vigo County , in the U.S. state of Indiana . The population was 1,029 at the 2010 census . It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area .",
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"text": "2009 Toronto International Film Festival The 34th annual Toronto International Film Festival ( TIFF ) was held in Toronto , Ontario , Canada between September 10 and September 19 , 2009 . The opening night gala presented the Charles Darwin biography Creation . The Young Victoria , based on the early years of Queen Victoria , closed the festival on September 19 .",
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"text": "Brothers (2009 film) Brothers is a 2009 American psychological war drama film and a remake of Susanne Bier 's Danish film Brødre ( 2004 ) , which takes place in Afghanistan and Denmark . The film stars Tobey Maguire , Jake Gyllenhaal , and Natalie Portman , and is directed by Jim Sheridan . Both films take inspiration from Homer 's epic poem , the Odyssey . The film received a mixed to positive response and grossed $ 43 million . Tobey Maguire received particular praise for his performance and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his performance .",
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"text": "Digital intermediate Digital intermediate ( typically abbreviated to DI ) is a motion picture finishing process which classically involves digitizing a motion picture and manipulating the color and other image characteristics . It often replaces or augments the photochemical timing process and is usually the final creative adjustment to a movie before distribution in theaters . It is distinguished from the telecine process in which film is scanned and color is manipulated early in the process to facilitate editing . However the lines between telecine and DI are continually blurred and are often executed on the same hardware by colorists of the same background . These two steps are typically part of the overall color management process in a motion picture at different points in time . A digital intermediate is also customarily done at higher resolution and with greater color fidelity than telecine transfers . Although originally used to describe a process that started with film scanning and ended with film recording , digital intermediate is also used to describe color correction and color grading and even final mastering when a digital camera is used as the image source and/or when the final movie is not output to film . This is due to recent advances in digital cinematography and digital projection technologies that strive to match film origination and film projection . In traditional photochemical film finishing , an intermediate is produced by exposing film to the original camera negative . The intermediate is then used to mass-produce the films that get distributed to theaters . Color grading is done by varying the amount of red , green , and blue light used to expose the intermediate . This seeks to be able to replace or augment the photochemical approach to creating this intermediate . The digital intermediate process uses digital tools to color grade , which allows for much finer control of individual colors and areas of the image , and allows for the adjustment of image structure ( grain , sharpness , etc. ) . The intermediate for film reproduction can then be produced by means of a film recorder . The physical intermediate film that is a result of the recording process is sometimes also called a digital intermediate , and is usually recorded to internegative ( IN ) stock , which is inherently finer-grain than camera negative ( OCN ) . One of the key technical achievements that made the transition to DI possible was the use of the 3D look-up tables ( aka `` 3D LUTs '' ) , which could be used to mimic how the digital image would look once it was printed onto release print stock . This removed a large amount of skilled guesswork from the film-making process , and allowed greater freedom in the colour grading process while reducing risk . The digital master is often used as a source for a DCI-compliant distribution of the motion picture for digital projection . For archival purposes , the digital master created during the Digital Intermediate process can still be recorded to very stable high dynamic range yellow-cyan-magenta ( YCM ) separations on black-and-white film with an expected 100-year or longer life . This archival format , long used in the industry prior to the invention of DI , still provides an archival medium that is independent of changes in digital data recording technologies and file formats that might otherwise render digitally archived material unreadable in the long term .",
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"text": "Gamer (film) Gamer is a 2009 American science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor . The film stars Gerard Butler as a participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players , and Logan Lerman as the player who controls him . Alongside Butler and Lerman , it also stars Michael C. Hall , Ludacris , Amber Valletta , Terry Crews , Alison Lohman , John Leguizamo , and Zoe Bell . Gamer was released in North America on September 4 , 2009 , receiving generally negative reviews from critics , who found the plot , direction , and script disappointing , though its performances , effects , and action sequences were praised . It received a mixed reception from audiences , and was a box office bomb , grossing $ 42 million worldwide against a production budget of $ 50 million .",
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"text": "Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S. ) , commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was a self-proclaimed nation of 11 secessionist slave-holding states of the United States , existing from 1861 to 1865 . The Confederacy was originally formed by seven states -- South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas -- in the Lower South region of the United States whose regional economy was mostly dependent upon agriculture , particularly cotton , and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African-American slaves . Each state declared its secession from the United States following the November 1860 election of Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency on a platform which opposed the expansion of slavery . Before Lincoln took office in March , a new Confederate government was established in February 1861 , which was considered illegal by the government of the United States . After the Civil War began in April , four slave states of the Upper South -- Virginia , Arkansas , Tennessee , and North Carolina -- also declared their secession and joined the Confederacy . The Confederacy later accepted Missouri and Kentucky as members , although neither officially declared secession nor were they ever largely controlled by Confederate forces ; Confederate shadow governments attempted to control the two states but were later exiled from them . The government of the United States ( the Union ) rejected the claims of secession and considered the Confederacy illegitimate . The Civil War began with the April 12 , 1861 , Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter , a Union fort in the harbor of Charleston , South Carolina . No foreign government officially recognized the Confederacy as an independent country , although Britain and France granted it belligerent status which allowed Confederate agents to contract with private concerns for arms and other supplies . In early 1865 , after four years of heavy fighting which led to an estimated 620,000 military deaths , all the Confederate forces surrendered and the Confederacy dissolved . The war lacked a formal end ; nearly all Confederate forces had been forced into surrender or deliberately disbanded by the end of 1865 , by which point the dwindling manpower and resources of the Confederacy were facing overwhelming odds . Jefferson Davis later lamented that the Confederacy had `` disappeared '' in 1865 .",
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"text": "Battle of Shiloh The Battle of Shiloh , also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing , was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War , fought April 6 -- 7 , 1862 , in southwestern Tennessee . A Union force known as the Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing , Tennessee on the west bank of that river , where the Confederate Army of Mississippi , under General Albert Sidney Johnston and second-in-command P. G. T. Beauregard , launched a surprise attack on Grant 's army from its base in Corinth , Mississippi . Johnston was mortally wounded during the fighting ; Beauregard , who thus succeeded to command of the army , decided against pressing the attack late in the evening . Overnight Grant was reinforced by one of his own divisions stationed further north and was joined by three divisions from another Union army under Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell . This allowed them to launch an unexpected counterattack the next morning which completely reversed the Confederate gains of the previous day . On April 6 , the first day of the battle , the Confederates struck with the intention of driving the Union defenders away from the river and into the swamps of Owl Creek to the west . Johnston hoped to defeat Grant 's army before the anticipated arrival of General Buell 's Army of the Ohio . The Confederate battle lines became confused during the fierce fighting , and Grant 's men instead fell back to the northeast , in the direction of Pittsburg Landing . A Union position on a slightly sunken road , nicknamed the `` Hornet 's Nest , '' defended by the men of Brig. Gens . Benjamin Prentiss 's and William H. L. Wallace 's divisions , provided critical time for the remainder of the Union line to stabilize under the protection of numerous artillery batteries . Wallace was mortally wounded when the position collapsed , while several regiments from the two divisions were eventually surrounded and surrendered . General Johnston was shot in the leg and bled to death while personally leading an attack . Beauregard , his second in command , acknowledged how tired the army was from the day 's exertions and decided against assaulting the final Union position that night . Tired but unfought and well-organized men from Buell 's army and a division of Grant 's army arrived in the evening of April 6 and helped turn the tide the next morning , when the Union commanders launched a counterattack along the entire line . Confederate forces were forced to retreat from the area , ending their hopes of blocking the Union advance into northern Mississippi . The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle in American history up to that time , although it was superseded the next year by the Battle of Chancellorsville and , soon after , the three-day Battle of Gettysburg , which would prove to be the bloodiest of the war .",
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"text": "Ulysses S. Grant and the American Civil War Ulysses S. Grant was the most acclaimed Union general during the American Civil War and was twice elected President . Grant began his military career as a cadet at the West Point military academy in 1839 . After graduation he went on to serve with distinction as a lieutenant in the Mexican -- American War . Grant was a keen observer of the war and learned battle strategies serving under Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott . After the war Grant served at various posts especially in the Pacific Northwest ; he retired from the service in 1854 . On the onset of the Civil War in 1861 , Grant was working as a clerk in his father 's leather goods store in Galena , Illinois . Grant trained Union military recruits and was promoted to Colonel in June 1861 . Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont , who viewed in Grant an `` iron will '' to win , appointed Grant to commander of the District of Cairo . Grant became famous around the nation after capturing Fort Donelson in February 1862 and was promoted to Major General by President Abraham Lincoln . After a series of decisive yet costly battles and victories at Shiloh , Vicksburg , and Chattanooga , Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General by President Lincoln in 1864 and given charge of all the Union Armies . Grant went on to defeat Robert E. Lee after another series of costly battles in the Overland Campaign , Petersburg , and Appomattox . After the Civil War , Grant was given his final promotion of General of the Armed Forces in 1866 and served until 1869 . Grant 's popularity as a Union war general enabled him to be elected two terms as the 18th President of the United States . Some historians have viewed Grant as a `` butcher '' commander who in 1864 used attrition without regard to the lives of his own soldiers in order to kill off the enemy which could no longer replenish its losses . Throughout the Civil War Grant 's armies incurred approximately 154,000 casualties , while having inflicted 191,000 casualties on his opposing Confederate armies . In terms of success , Grant was the only general during the Civil War who received the surrender of three Confederate armies . Although Grant maintained high casualties during the Overland Campaign in 1864 , his aggressive fighting strategy was in compliance with the U.S. government 's strategic war aims . Grant has recently been praised by historians for his `` military genius '' , and viewed as a decisive general who emphasized movement and logistics .",
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"text": "Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant ( born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27 , 1822 -- July 23 , 1885 ) was the 18th President of the United States ( 1869 -- 77 ) . As Commanding General ( 1864 -- 69 ) , Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War . Supported by Congress , Grant implemented Reconstruction , often at odds with President Andrew Johnson . Twice elected president , Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery , protect African-American citizenship , and support economic prosperity . His presidency has often been criticized for tolerating corruption and for the economic depression in his second term . Grant graduated in 1843 from the United States Military Academy at West Point , then served in the Mexican -- American War . After the war he married Julia Boggs Dent in 1848 , their marriage producing four children . Grant initially retired from the Army in 1854 . He struggled financially in civilian life . When the Civil War began in 1861 , he rejoined the U.S. Army . In 1862 , Grant took control of Kentucky and most of Tennessee , and led Union forces to victory in the Battle of Shiloh , earning a reputation as an aggressive commander . In July 1863 , after a series of coordinated battles , Grant defeated Confederate armies and seized Vicksburg , giving the Union control of the Mississippi River and dividing the Confederacy in two . After his victories in the Chattanooga Campaign , Lincoln promoted him to lieutenant general and Commanding General of the Army in March 1864 . Grant confronted Robert E. Lee in a series of bloody battles , trapping Lee 's army in their defense of Richmond . Grant coordinated a series of devastating campaigns in other theaters , as well . In April 1865 , Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox , effectively ending the war . Historians have hailed Grant 's military genius , and his strategies are featured in military history textbooks , but a minority contend that he won by brute force rather than superior strategy . After the Civil War , Grant led the army 's supervision of Reconstruction in the former Confederate states . Elected president in 1868 , he stabilized the nation during that turbulent period , prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan , and enforced civil rights and voting rights laws using the army and the newly created Department of Justice . He also used the army to build the Republican Party in the South . After the disenfranchisement of some former Confederates , Republicans gained majorities , and African Americans were elected to Congress and high state offices . The Democrats and Liberal Republicans united behind Grant 's opponent in the presidential election of 1872 , but were unable to defeat his reelection . In his second term , the Republican coalitions in the South splintered and were defeated one by one as redeemers ( conservative whites ) regained control using coercion and violence . In response , Grant signed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 into law . In May 1875 , Grant authorized his Secretary of Treasury Benjamin Bristow to prosecute the corrupt Whiskey Ring . Grant 's Indian Peace Policy , incorporating Christian missionaries , initially reduced frontier violence , but it is best known for the Great Sioux War of 1876 . Grant 's administration faced charges of corruption more than that of any other 19th Century president . He appointed the first Civil Service Commission and signed legislation ending the corrupt moiety system . In foreign policy , Grant was uneven , having sought to increase trade and influence while remaining at peace with the world . When Grant relied on his Secretary of State Hamilton Fish , his administration successfully resolved the Alabama claims by the Treaty of Washington with Great Britain , ending wartime tensions . Additionally , Grant and Fish avoided war with Spain over the Virginius Affair negotiating a peaceful resolution . Congress rejected Grant 's own attempted annexation of the Dominican Republic initiative , creating a rift among Republicans . His administration implemented a gold standard and sought to strengthen the dollar . Corruption charges escalated during his second term , while his response to the Panic of 1873 proved ineffective nationally in halting the five-year industrial depression that produced high unemployment , low prices , low profits , and bankruptcies . Grant left office in 1877 and embarked on a two-year diplomatic world tour that captured the nation 's attention . In 1880 , Grant was unsuccessful in obtaining the Republican presidential nomination for a third term . Facing severe investment reversals and dying of throat cancer , he wrote his memoirs , which proved to be a major literary work and financial success . His death in 1885 prompted an outpouring in support of national unity . Historical assessment of Grant 's legacy has varied considerably over the years . Early historical evaluations were negative about Grant 's presidency , often focusing on the corruption charges against his associates . This trend began to change in the later 20th century . Scholars in general rank his presidency below the average , but modern research , in part focusing on civil rights , evaluates his administration more positively .",
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"text": "Chattanooga Campaign The Chattanooga Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863 , during the American Civil War . Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans ' Union Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chickamauga in September , the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg besieged Rosecrans and his men by occupying key high terrain around Chattanooga , Tennessee . Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was given command of Union forces in the West , now consolidated under the Division of the Mississippi . Significant reinforcements also began to arrive with him in Chattanooga from Mississippi and the Eastern Theater . On October 19th , Grant removed Rosecrans from command of the Army of the Cumberland and replaced him with Major General George Henry Thomas . After opening a supply line ( the `` Cracker Line '' ) to feed his starving men and animals , Grant 's army fought off a Confederate counterattack at the Battle of Wauhatchie on October 28 -- 29 , 1863 . On November 23 , the Army of the Cumberland advanced from the fortifications around Chattanooga to seize the minor high ground at Orchard Knob while elements of the Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman maneuvered to launch a surprise attack against Bragg 's right flank on Missionary Ridge . On November 24 , Sherman 's men crossed the Tennessee River in the morning and then advanced to occupy high ground at the northern end of Missionary Ridge in the afternoon . The same day , Eastern Theater troops under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker defeated the Confederates in the Battle of Lookout Mountain . The next day they began a movement toward Bragg 's left flank at Rossville . On November 25 , Sherman 's attack on Bragg 's right flank made little progress . Hoping to distract Bragg 's attention , Grant ordered Thomas 's army to advance in the center of his line to the base of Missionary Ridge . A combination of misunderstood orders and the pressure of the tactical situation caused Thomas 's men to surge to the top of Missionary Ridge , routing the Army of Tennessee , which retreated to Dalton , Georgia , fighting off the Union pursuit successfully at the Battle of Ringgold Gap . Bragg 's defeat eliminated the last significant Confederate control of Tennessee and opened the door to an invasion of the Deep South , leading to Sherman 's Atlanta Campaign of 1864 .",
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"text": "Battle of Appomattox Court House The Battle of Appomattox Court House , fought on the morning of April 9 , 1865 , was one of the last battles of the American Civil War . It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant . Lee , having abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond , Virginia , after the ten-month Siege of Petersburg , retreated west , hoping to join his army with the Confederate forces in North Carolina . Union forces pursued and cut off the Confederate 's retreat at the village of Appomattox Court House . Lee launched an attack to break through the Union force to his front , assuming the Union force consisted entirely of cavalry . When he realized that the cavalry was backed up by two corps of Union infantry , he had no choice but to surrender . The signing of the surrender documents occurred in the parlor of the house owned by Wilmer McLean on the afternoon of April 9 . On April 12 , a formal ceremony marked the disbandment of the Army of Northern Virginia and the parole of its officers and men , effectively ending the war in Virginia . This event triggered a series of surrenders across the South , signaling the end of the war .",
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"text": "Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee ( January 19 , 1807 -- October 12 , 1870 ) was an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865 . The son of Revolutionary War officer Henry `` Light Horse Harry '' Lee III , Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years . During this time , he served throughout the United States , distinguished himself during the Mexican -- American War , and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy . When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in April 1861 , Lee chose to follow his home state , despite his personal desire for the country to remain intact and an offer of a senior Union command . During the first year of the Civil War , Lee served as a senior military adviser to President Jefferson Davis . Once he took command of the main field army in 1862 he soon emerged as a shrewd tactician and battlefield commander , winning most of his battles , all against far superior Union armies . Lee 's strategic foresight was more questionable , and both of his major offensives into Union territory ended in defeat . Lee 's aggressive tactics , which resulted in high casualties at a time when the Confederacy had a shortage of manpower , have come under criticism in recent years . Lee surrendered his entire army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9 , 1865 . By this time , Lee had assumed supreme command of the remaining Southern armies ; other Confederate forces swiftly capitulated after his surrender . Lee rejected the proposal of a sustained insurgency against the Union and called for reconciliation between the two sides . After the war , as President of what is now Washington and Lee University , Lee supported President Andrew Johnson 's program of Reconstruction and intersectional friendship , while opposing the Radical Republican proposals to give freed slaves the vote and take the vote away from ex-Confederates . He urged them to rethink their position between the North and the South , and the reintegration of former Confederates into the nation 's political life . Lee became the great Southern hero of the War , a postwar icon of the `` Lost Cause of the Confederacy '' to some . But his popularity grew even in the North , especially after his death in 1870 . Barracks at West Point built in 1962 are named after him .",
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"text": "New York City draft riots The New York draft riots ( July 13 -- 16 , 1863 ) , known at the time as Draft Week , were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan , widely regarded as the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War . The riots remain the largest civil and racial insurrection in American history , aside from the Civil War itself . U.S. President Abraham Lincoln diverted several regiments of militia and volunteer troops from following up after the Battle of Gettysburg to control the city . The rioters were overwhelmingly working-class men , who resented that wealthier men , who could afford to pay a $ 300 ( equivalent to $ 9,157 in 2017 ) commutation fee to hire a substitute , were spared from the draft . Initially intended to express anger at the draft , the protests turned into a race riot , with white rioters , predominantly Irish immigrants , attacking blacks throughout the city . The official death toll was listed at either 119 or 120 individuals . Conditions in the city were such that Major General John E. Wool , commander of the Department of the East , said on July 16 that `` Martial law ought to be proclaimed , but I have not a sufficient force to enforce it . '' The military did not reach the city until after the first day of rioting , by which time the mobs , primarily ethnic Irish , had already ransacked or destroyed numerous public buildings , two Protestant churches , the homes of various abolitionists or sympathizers , many black homes , and the Colored Orphan Asylum at 44th Street and Fifth Avenue , which was burned to the ground . The area 's demographics changed as a result of the riot . Many blacks left Manhattan permanently ( many moving to Brooklyn ) . By 1865 their population fell below 10,000 , the number in 1820 .",
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"text": "General Grant (ship) General Grant was a 1,005-ton three-masted barque built in Maine in the United States in 1864 and registered in Boston , Massachusetts . She was named after Ulysses S. Grant and owned by Messers Boyes , Richardson & Co. . She had a timber hull with a length of 179.5 ft , beam of 34.5 ft and depth of 21.5 ft. While on her way from Melbourne to London , General Grant crashed into a cliff on the west coast of main island of the Auckland Islands of New Zealand , and subsequently sank as a result . 68 people were killed during the sinking , but 15 people were able to escape the sinking ship .",
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"text": "Land grant A land grant is a gift of real estate -- land or its use privileges -- made by a government or other authority as an incentive , means of enabling works , or as a reward for services to an individual , especially in return for military service . Grants of land are also awarded to individuals and companies as incentives to develop unused land in relatively unpopulated countries ; the process of awarding land grants are not limited to the countries named below . The United States historically gave out numerous land grants as Homesteads to individuals desiring to prove a farm . The American Industrial Revolution was guided by many supportive acts of legislatures ( for example , the Main Line of Public Works legislation of 1826 ) promoting commerce or transportation infrastructure development by private companies , such as the Cumberland Road turnpike , the Lehigh Canal , the Schuylkill Canal , and the many railroads that tied the young United States together .",
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"text": "Twenty Negro Law The `` Twenty Negro Law '' , also known as the `` Twenty Slave Law '' and the `` Twenty Nigger Law '' , was a piece of legislation enacted by the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War . The law specifically exempted from Confederate military service one white man for every twenty slaves owned on a Confederate plantation , or for two or more plantations within five miles of each other that collectively had twenty or more slaves . Passed as part of the Second Conscription Act in 1862 , the law was a reaction to United States President Abraham Lincoln 's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation , which was issued barely three weeks earlier . The law addressed Confederate fears of a slave rebellion due to so many white men being absent from home , as they were fighting in the Confederate army . The Confederacy enacted the first conscription laws in United States history , and the percentage of Confederate soldiers who were conscripts was nearly double that of United States soldiers . The law would prove extremely unpopular with poorer white Confederate men , many of whom did not own any slaves at all , and would contribute to the often-repeated adage of the Confederate war effort being `` a rich man 's war , but a poor man 's fight . ''",
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"text": "Bleeding Kansas Bleeding Kansas , Bloody Kansas or the Border War was a series of violent political confrontations in the United States involving anti-slavery `` Free-Staters '' and pro-slavery `` Border Ruffian '' , or `` southern '' elements in Kansas . This military conflict happened between 1854 and 1861 , including `` Bleeding Congress '' . The Kansas -- Nebraska Act of 1854 called for `` popular sovereignty '' -- that is , the decision about slavery was to be made by the settlers ( rather than outsiders ) . It would be decided by votes -- or more exactly which side had more votes counted by officials . At the heart of the conflict was the question of whether Kansas would allow or outlaw slavery , and thus enter the Union as a slave state or a free state . Pro-slavery forces said every settler had the right to bring his own property , including slaves , into the territory . Anti-slavery `` free soil '' forces said the rich slaveholders would buy up all the good farmland and work it with black slaves , leaving little or no opportunity for non-slaveholders . As such , Bleeding Kansas was a conflict between anti-slavery forces in the North and pro-slavery forces from the South over the issue of slavery in the United States . The term `` Bleeding Kansas '' was coined by Republican Horace Greeley , editor of the New York Tribune ; its violence indicated that compromise was unlikely , and thus it presaged the Civil War .",
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"text": "William Rosecrans William Starke Rosecrans ( September 6 , 1819March 11 , 1898 ) was an American inventor , coal-oil company executive , diplomat , politician , and U.S. Army officer . He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War . He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles , but his military career was effectively ended following his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863 . Rosecrans graduated in 1842 from the West Point Military Academy where he served in engineering assignments as well as a professor before leaving the Army to pursue a career in civil engineering . At the start of the Civil War , leading troops from Ohio , he achieved early combat success in western Virginia . In 1862 in the Western Theater , he won the battles of Iuka and Corinth while under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant . His brusque , outspoken manner and willingness to quarrel openly with superiors caused a professional rivalry with Grant ( as well as with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton ) that would adversely affect Rosecrans ' career . Given command of the Army of the Cumberland , he fought against Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg at Stones River , and later outmaneuvered him in the brilliant Tullahoma Campaign , driving the Confederates from Middle Tennessee . His strategic movements then caused Bragg to abandon the critical city of Chattanooga , but Rosecrans ' pursuit of Bragg ended during the bloody Battle of Chickamauga , where his unfortunately worded order mistakenly opened a gap in the Union line and Rosecrans and a third of his army were swept from the field . Besieged in Chattanooga , Rosecrans was relieved of command by Grant . Following his humiliating defeat , Rosecrans was reassigned to command the Department of Missouri , where he opposed Price 's Raid . He was briefly considered as a vice presidential running mate for Abraham Lincoln in 1864 . After the war , he served in diplomatic and appointed political positions and in 1880 was elected to Congress , representing California .",
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"text": "Atlanta Campaign The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864 . Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga , Tennessee , beginning in May 1864 , opposed by the Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston . Johnston 's Army of Tennessee withdrew toward Atlanta in the face of successive flanking maneuvers by Sherman 's group of armies . In July , the Confederate president , Jefferson Davis , replaced Johnston with the more aggressive General John Bell Hood , who began challenging the Union Army in a series of damaging frontal assaults . Hood 's army was eventually besieged in Atlanta and the city fell on September 2 , setting the stage for Sherman 's March to the Sea and hastening the end of the war .",
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"text": "Battle of Port Gibson The Battle of Port Gibson was fought near Port Gibson , Mississippi , on May 1 , 1863 , between Union and Confederate forces during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War . The Union Army was led by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant , and was victorious .",
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"text": "Gustavus Woodson Smith Gustavus Woodson Smith ( November 30 , 1821 -- June 24 , 1896 ) , more commonly known as G.W. Smith , was a career United States Army officer who fought in the Mexican-American War , a civil engineer , and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He briefly commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from May 31 until June 1 , 1862 , following the wounding of General Joseph E. Johnston at the Battle of Seven Pines , and before General Robert E. Lee took command . Smith later served as Interim Confederate Secretary of War and in the Georgia state militia .",
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"text": "William McKinley William McKinley Jr. ( January 29 , 1843 -- September 14 , 1901 ) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 25th President of the United States from March 4 , 1897 until his assassination in September 1901 , six months into his second term . McKinley led the nation to victory in the Spanish -- American War , raised protective tariffs to promote American industry , and maintained the nation on the gold standard in a rejection of inflationary proposals . McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War , and the only one to have started the war as an enlisted soldier , beginning as a private in the Union Army and ending as a brevet major . After the war , he settled in Canton , Ohio , where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton . In 1876 , he was elected to Congress , where he became the Republican Party 's expert on the protective tariff , which he promised would bring prosperity . His 1890 McKinley Tariff was highly controversial ; which together with a Democratic redistricting aimed at gerrymandering him out of office , led to his defeat in the Democratic landslide of 1890 . He was elected Ohio 's governor in 1891 and 1893 , steering a moderate course between capital and labor interests . With the aid of his close adviser Mark Hanna , he secured the Republican nomination for president in 1896 , amid a deep economic depression . He defeated his Democratic rival , William Jennings Bryan , after a front-porch campaign in which he advocated `` sound money '' ( the gold standard unless altered by international agreement ) and promised that high tariffs would restore prosperity . Rapid economic growth marked McKinley 's presidency . He promoted the 1897 Dingley Tariff to protect manufacturers and factory workers from foreign competition , and in 1900 , he secured the passage of the Gold Standard Act . McKinley hoped to persuade Spain to grant independence to rebellious Cuba without conflict , but when negotiation failed , he led the nation into the Spanish -- American War of 1898 ; the U.S. victory was quick and decisive . As part of the peace settlement , Spain turned over to the United States its main overseas colonies of Puerto Rico , Guam , and the Philippines ; Cuba was promised independence , but at that time remained under the control of the U.S. Army . The United States annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii in 1898 and it became a U.S. territory . Historians regard McKinley 's 1896 victory as a realigning election , in which the political stalemate of the post -- Civil War era gave way to the Republican-dominated Fourth Party System , which began with the Progressive Era . McKinley defeated Bryan again in the 1900 presidential election , in a campaign focused on imperialism , protectionism , and free silver . However , his legacy was quickly cut short when he was shot on September 6 , 1901 by Leon Czolgosz , a second-generation Polish-American with anarchist leanings ; McKinley died eight days later , and was succeeded by his Vice President Theodore Roosevelt . As an innovator of American interventionism and pro-business sentiment , McKinley 's presidency is generally considered above average , though his universally positive public perception was soon overshadowed by Roosevelt .",
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"text": "List of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky This is a list of American Civil War monuments in Kentucky . A total of 61 of these were added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 17 , 1997 , as a result of a Multiple Property Submission ( MPS ) . Although Kentucky produced more Union troops than Confederate troops ( 75,000 compared to 50,000 ) , most of the monuments included in the MPS were dedicated to Confederate forces . The earliest Confederate memorials were , in general , simple memorials . The earliest such monument was the Confederate Monument in Cynthiana erected in 1869 . Later monuments were more elaborate . In the late 19th century , Confederate monuments increasingly were focused on a `` memorialization of the Lost Cause '' and a `` celebration of the Confederacy '' . Two prominent monuments were not included in the MPS because they were already listed on the National Register and they are significantly different from the others listed . These are the Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview , Kentucky and Abraham Lincoln 's Birthplace .",
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"text": "With Lee in Virginia, A Story of the American Civil War With Lee in Virginia , A Story of the American Civil War ( 1890 ) is a book by British author G.A. Henty . It was published by Blackie and Son Ltd , London . Henty 's character , Vincent Wingfield , fights for the Confederate States of America , even though he is against slavery . As suggested by the title , he is primarily with the Army of Northern Virginia . Henty 's novel has been cited by some literary historians as an example of British right-wingers ' sympathy for the Confederate cause ; discussing With Lee in Virginia , Jeffrey Richards cites the book as `` significantly pro-Southern '' . Henty defends slavery throughout the novel , stating although slavery was capable of `` abominable '' cruelty under brutal masters , '' . . taken all in all , the negroes on a well-ordered estate , under kind masters , were probably a happier class of people than the laborers upon any estate in Europe . '' At the novel 's end , Henty has the Wingfield family 's former slaves return and continue working for their former owners : The negroes , however , for the most part remained steadily working on the estate . A few wandered away , but their places were easily filled ; for the majority of the freed slaves very soon discovered that their lot was a far harder one than it had been before , and that freedom so suddenly given was a curse rather than a blessing to them . Richards cites the novel as an example of Henty 's belief in the `` incapacity '' of blacks and notes that With Lee In Virginia argues that `` a system of slavery is acceptable so long as the slave owners treat their slaves decently and humanely '' . Nathaniel Cadle claims With Lee in Virginia 's plot works to `` romanticize and oversimplify the relationship between white Confederate slave owners and their black chattel . '' The book has been lauded by the right-wing , Neo-Confederate magazine Southern Partisan , who described With Lee in Virginia as `` the sort of book Southern Partisan readers ought to pass on to their own sons . The politics of sectional conflict are n't oversimplified , but the bias is one Southern Partisan readers are likely to applaud '' .",
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"text": "Copperhead (politics) In the 1860s , the Copperheads comprised a vocal faction of Democrats in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War , wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates . Republicans started calling anti-war Democrats `` Copperheads '' , likening them to the venomous snake . Those Democrats accepted the label , reinterpreting the copper `` head '' as the likeness of Liberty , which they cut from Liberty Head large cent coins and proudly wore as badges . Democratic supporters of the war , by contrast , were called War Democrats . The Copperheads represented the more extreme wing of the `` Northern Democrats '' . Notable Copperheads included two Democratic congressmen from Ohio : Clement L. Vallandigham and Alexander Long . Republican prosecutors accused some prominent Copperheads of treason in a series of trials in 1864 . Copperheadism , a highly contentious , grass-roots movement , had its strongest base in the area just north of the Ohio River , as well as in some urban ethnic wards . Some historians have argued that it represented a traditionalistic element alarmed at the rapid modernization of society sponsored by the Republican Party , and that it looked back to Jacksonian Democracy for inspiration . Weber ( 2006 ) argues that the Copperheads damaged the Union war effort by opposing conscription ( the `` draft '' ) , encouraging desertion , and forming conspiracies , but other historians say that the draft was already in disrepute and that the Republicans greatly exaggerated the conspiracies for partisan reasons . Historians agree that the Copperheads ' goal of restoring the Union with slavery was naive and impractical , for the Confederates refused to consider giving up their independence . The Copperheads became a major target of the Union ( Republican ) party in the 1864 presidential election . Copperhead support increased when Union armies did poorly , and decreased when they won great victories . After the fall of Atlanta in September 1864 , Union military success seemed assured , and Copperheadism collapsed .",
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"text": "The Federal Union The Federal Union : A History of the United States to 1877 ( originally published as The Federal Union : A History of the United States to 1865 ) is history of the United States written by John D. Hicks , George E. Mowry and Robert E. Burke . First published in 1937 , it covered the period from the discovery of the Americas in 1492 to the end of the Civil War in 1865 . Four revised editions followed that also covered the Reconstruction Era up to 1877 , and accordingly were published with an updated subtitle . The fifth and final edition appeared in 1970 . The Federal Union was primarily written as a university-level textbook , and was published with accompanying manuals for instructors and for students . It was the first of a two-volume set . The second volume was entitled The American Nation : 1865 to the Present . An abridged one-volume edition first appeared in 1946 as A Short History of American Democracy . The book was aimed at undergraduate students , other readers appreciated its qualities . For example , historian George Fort Milton admired Hicks 's `` capacity for extraordinary compression without at the same time either getting the style too bare-bones for pleasurable reading ; or the facts too black-and-white for the necessary implications of gradations of gray . ''",
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"text": "Robert C. Buchanan Robert Christie Buchanan ( March 1 , 1811 -- November 29 , 1878 ) was an American military officer who served in the Mexican-American War and then was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . In a career that spanned more than forty years , Buchanan held numerous commands ( including several forts ) and received multiple citations for bravery and distinguished service .",
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"text": "George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument The George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument , also known as Sighting the Enemy , is an equestrian statue of General George Armstrong Custer by Edward Clark Potter , located in Monroe , Michigan . The statue was unveiled on June 4 , 1910 by President William Howard Taft and the widowed Elizabeth Custer . It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on June 15 , 1992 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 9 , 1994 . While Custer was not born in Monroe , he lived much of his early childhood there with relatives and attended the schools in Monroe . During his youth , he met his future wife Elizabeth Bacon , whom he returned to marry in 1864 . Custer left Monroe to attend the United States Military Academy and fight in the Civil War . Because of his hard work and success during the war -- as well as the Union 's need for officers -- he was promoted to the rank of Major General and became a very well-known military figure . After the Civil War , he fought in the Indian Wars in the West . His previous accomplishments in the Civil War , however , were overshadowed by his catastrophic defeat and death at the Battle of the Little Big Horn on June 25 , 1876 . To honor him , a $ 24,000 , 14-foot ( 4.27 m ) bronze equestrian statue , sculpted by Edward Clark Potter , was unveiled in Monroe in 1910 by President William Howard Taft and the widowed Elizabeth Bacon Custer . The statue commemorates his successful actions during the Civil War and not his more well-known defeat in 1876 .",
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"text": "United States elections, 1870 The 1870 United States elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Ulysses S. Grant 's first term , during the Third Party System . Members of the 42nd United States Congress were chosen in this election . The election took place during the Reconstruction Era , and many Southerners were barred from voting . It was also the first election after the passage of the 15th Amendment , which prohibits state and federal governments from denying the right to vote on the basis of race , color , or previous condition of servitude ( although disenfranchisement would continue ) . The Republican Party maintained a majority in both houses of Congress , although Democrats picked up several seats in both chambers . In the House , Democrats won major gains , but Republicans retained a solid majority . In the Senate , Democrats won moderate gains , but Republicans retained a commanding majority .",
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"text": "Battle of Wilson's Creek The Battle of Wilson 's Creek , also known as the Battle of Oak Hills , was the first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War . Fought on August 10 , 1861 , near Springfield , Missouri , between Federal forces and the Missouri State Guard , it is sometimes called the `` Bull Run of the West . '' At the beginning of the war , Missouri maintained an officially neutral status . However , its governor , Claiborne Fox Jackson , began to work to bring Missouri out of the Union by purchasing arms from and fighting alongside Confederate troops . The two sides repeatedly skirmished , most notably in the Camp Jackson affair , the Battle of Boonville , and the Battle of Carthage . Jackson 's support for secession resulted in his removal by a constitutional convention in July . Jackson refused to accept the maneuver as valid , and continued to act as governor . In early August 1861 , Confederates under the command of Brig. Gen. Benjamin McCulloch and Missouri State Guard troops under the command of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price approached Brig. Gen. Nathaniel Lyon 's Army of the West , which was camped at Springfield . On August 9 , both sides formulated plans to attack the other . At about 5:00 a.m. on August 10 , Lyon , in two columns commanded by himself and Col. Franz Sigel , attacked the Confederates on Wilson 's Creek about 12 mi southwest of Springfield . Confederate cavalry received the first blow and retreated from the high ground , later referred to as `` Bloody Hill , '' and infantry soon rushed up to stabilize their positions . The Confederates attacked the Union forces three times during the day , but failed to break through . When Lyon was killed during the battle and General Thomas William Sweeny wounded , Major Samuel D. Sturgis assumed command of the Union forces . Meanwhile , the Confederates routed Sigel 's column south of Skegg 's Branch . Following the third Confederate attack , which ended at 11:00 a.m. , the Union withdrew . When Sturgis realized that his men were exhausted and lacking ammunition , he ordered a retreat to Springfield . The Confederates were too disorganized and ill-equipped to pursue the retreating Federal forces . The Confederate victory buoyed Southern sympathizers in Missouri and served as a springboard for a bold thrust north that carried Sterling Price and his Missouri State Guard as far as Lexington . In late October , a convention organized by Jackson met in Neosho and passed out an ordinance of secession . Although the state remained in the Union for the remainder of the war , the Battle of Wilson 's Creek effectively gave the Confederates control of southwestern Missouri . Today , the National Park Service operates Wilson 's Creek National Battlefield on the site of the original conflict .",
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"text": "Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army ( CSA ) was the military ground force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War . On February 28 , 1861 , the Provisional Confederate Congress established a provisional volunteer army and gave control over military operations and authority for mustering state forces and volunteers to the Confederate president , Jefferson Davis , a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and colonel of a volunteer regiment during the Mexican War . In March 1861 , the Provisional Confederate Congress established a more permanent Confederate States Army . An accurate count of the total number of individuals who served in the Confederate army is not possible due to incomplete and destroyed Confederate records ; all but extremely improbable estimates of the number of Confederate soldiers range between 600,000 and 1,500,000 men . The better estimates of the number of individual Confederate soldiers are between 750,000 and 1,000,000 men . This does not include an unknown number of slaves who were pressed into performing various tasks for the army , such as construction of fortifications and defenses or driving wagons . Since these figures include estimates of the total number of individual soldiers who served at any time during the war , they do not represent the size of the army at any given date . These numbers do not include men who served in Confederate naval forces . Although most of the soldiers who fought in the American Civil War were volunteers , both sides by 1862 resorted to conscription , primarily as a means to force men to register and to volunteer . In the absence of exact records , estimates of the percentage of Confederate soldiers who were draftees are about double the 6 percent of Union soldiers who were conscripts . Confederate casualty figures also are incomplete and unreliable . The best estimates of the number of deaths of Confederate soldiers are about 94,000 killed or mortally wounded in battle , 164,000 deaths from disease and between 26,000 and 31,000 deaths in Union prison camps . One estimate of Confederate wounded , which is considered incomplete , is 194,026 . These numbers do not include men who died from other causes such as accidents , which would add several thousand to the death toll . The main Confederate armies , the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee and the remnants of the Army of Tennessee and various other units under General Joseph E. Johnston , surrendered to the U.S. on April 9 , 1865 ( officially April 12 ) , and April 18 , 1865 ( officially April 26 ) . Other Confederate forces surrendered between April 16 , 1865 and June 28 , 1865 . By the end of the war , more than 100,000 Confederate soldiers had deserted . The Confederacy 's government effectively dissolved when it fled Richmond in April and exerted no control of the remaining armies .",
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"text": "Grant Township, Clark County, Missouri Grant Township is an inactive township in Clark County , in the U.S. state of Missouri . Grant Township was established in 1868 , taking its name from President Ulysses S. Grant .",
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John Bradley-West played the character Samwell Tarly in Game of Thrones.
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"text": "John Bradley-West John Bradley-West ( born 1988 ) , credited as John Bradley , is an English actor , best known for his role as Samwell Tarly in the HBO fantasy TV series Game of Thrones .",
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"text": "John Bowe (actor) John Bowe ( born 1 February 1950 ) is an actor best known for his television roles . He is married and has six children . Bowe was born in Greasby , on the Wirral in Merseyside , England . His highest profile role was probably that of George Marlow in the first Prime Suspect serial in 1991 . He also played Duggie Ferguson in Coronation Street from 1999 to 2002 , having previously appeared in another of Granada TV 's soap operas ; Families . Other TV credits include : Warship , Secret Army , Boon , The New Statesman , Capital City , Class Act , Lovejoy , Silent Witness , The Royal , Dalziel and Pascoe , Cleopatra and Einstein and Eddington , Tipping the Velvet , The Hour and DCI Banks . Film credits include The Living Daylights ( 1987 ) , Resurrected ( 1989 ) , County Kilburn ( 2000 ) and Gozo ( 2015 ) . In 2007 , Bowe played Dr Morgan in the BBC series Cranford . In April 2010 , Bowe joined the cast of London 's West End production Priscilla Queen of the Desert -- The Musical , playing the part of Bob . In September 2011 , he appeared as Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd at Chichester , a role he continued in the West End transfer . In September 2014 , Bowe joined the cast of Emmerdale , playing Lawrence White , the former lover of Harold Birch , the husband of Edna Birch ( Shirley Stelfox ) . He arrived with his daughter Chrissie ( Louise Marwood ) , his grandson Lachlan ( Thomas Atkinson ) and Chrissie 's fiancé , Robert Sugden ( Ryan Hawley ) , who he openly despises . Bowe will leave Emmerdale in 2017 after it was revealed he had been axed from the show .",
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"text": "Taron Egerton Taron David Egerton ( born 10 November 1989 ) is a Welsh actor . He is known for his roles in the British television series The Smoke and the 2014 action comedy film Kingsman : The Secret Service . He played Edward Brittain in the 2014 drama film Testament of Youth , appeared in the 2015 crime thriller film Legend , and starred as Eddie `` The Eagle '' Edwards in the 2016 biographical film Eddie the Eagle . He also voiced Johnny in the 2016 animated musical film Sing . His upcoming films include Billionaire Boys Club ( 2017 ) and Kingsman : The Golden Circle ( 2017 ) .",
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"text": "Ben Crompton Benjamin `` Ben '' Lorton Crompton ( born 1974 ) is an English actor , best known as one of the stars of the BBC sketch show Man Stroke Woman and Eddison Tollett in the HBO series Game of Thrones . In addition he appeared as Colin in the BBC Three sitcom Ideal with Johnny Vegas .",
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"text": "Caroline John Caroline Frances John ( 19 September 1940 -- 5 June 2012 ) was an English actress best known for her role as Elizabeth `` Liz '' Shaw in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who , as well as several other television roles . John was the third of eight children born to Alexander John and Vera Winckworth . She was educated at a convent school in Kenilworth After training at the Central School of Speech and Drama , she worked in theatre , touring with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in Juno and the Paycock directed by Laurence Olivier , King Lear , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead , The Merchant of Venice and as Hero in Franco Zeffirelli 's production of Much Ado About Nothing .",
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"text": "John R. Bradley John R. Bradley ( Born 6 June 1970 ) is a British author and journalist who has written on Middle East issues for numerous publications , including The Economist , The Forward , Newsweek , The New Republic , The Daily Telegraph , Prospect and The Independent . Beginning in early 2011 he was a regular contributor to The Daily Mail , a British newspaper and the British weekly magazine The Spectator , where he highlighted Islamist trends in the Arab Spring . He has also appeared on television networks such as CNN and Fox News . Bradley was educated at University College London , Dartmouth College and Exeter College , Oxford . According to an article published in May 2015 by Vice magazine , Bradley `` has remov -LSB- ed -RSB- himself from public life due to ill health , '' a statement that confirms an earlier posting by Bradley himself on his personal website .",
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"text": "The Dragon's Call `` The Dragon 's Call '' is the first episode of the first series of the British fantasy-adventure family television series Merlin . Written by Julian Jones and directed by James Hawes , the episode was first broadcast on BBC One on 20 September 2008 . The episode tells the arrival of Merlin ( Colin Morgan ) as a young man in Camelot , where magic is banned by King Uther Pendragon ( Anthony Head ) . Taken under the wing of Camelot 's physician , Gaius ( Richard Wilson ) , he is warned that he must keep his innate magical ability a secret . In Camelot , he meets Uther 's heir , the arrogant Prince Arthur ( Bradley James ) , as well as Lady Morgana ( Katie McGrath ) and her handmaid , Guinevere ( Angel Coulby ) . As a witch ( Eve Myles ) plans revenge on the King 's heir for the execution of her son , Merlin is informed by a cryptic dragon ( John Hurt ) that his destiny is to protect Arthur . Merlin was conceived by Julian Murphy and Johnny Capps to be an origin story for the characters of the Arthurian legends , with family-centered entertainment . Young actors with little experience were cast as the four lead characters , while better-known actors were cast in supporting roles . Many of the scenes in Camelot were filmed in France , at the Château de Pierrefonds , while the rest was filmed in England and Wales . Special effects were done by The Mill , who had the task of creating the talking dragon . `` The Dragon 's Call '' was watched by 7.15 million viewers in the UK and 6.3 million in the US on NBC . Critical reception was mixed , with some feeling the show had promise but lacked imagination , and the actual plot of `` The Dragon 's Call '' was deemed slight .",
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"text": "John Trefor John Trefor is a Bafta Cymru-winning British television director and producer .",
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"text": "Gethin Anthony Gethin David L. Anthony ( born 9 October 1983 ) is an English television and film actor best known for his role as Renly Baratheon in Game of Thrones .",
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"text": "John Bardon John Bardon ( born John Michael Jones , 25 August 1939 -- 12 September 2014 ) , was an English stage and screen actor . He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1988 ( 1987 season ) as ` Best Actor in a Musical ' for Kiss Me , Kate , sharing the award with co-star Emil Wolk . He was best known for playing the patriarch Jim Branning on EastEnders for 13 years . On 12 September 2014 the BBC announced that Bardon had died at age 75 .",
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"text": "Son of Man (play) Son of Man is a television play by British playwright Dennis Potter which was first broadcast on BBC1 on 16 April 1969 , in The Wednesday Play slot . An alternative depiction of the last days of Jesus , Son of Man was directed by Gareth Davies and starred Irish actor Colin Blakely . The treatment of the subject matter led to Potter being accused of blasphemy by Christian morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse . Jesus was depicted as being tormented by self-doubt , repeatedly crying out `` Is it me ? '' as he struggles with his own nature as God incarnate whilst being vulnerable to human frailty . Potter 's work focuses on Jesus 's message of universal love , but eschews any mention of miracles or the resurrection . The character of Judas Iscariot is identified with the rich young man of the synoptic gospels . The play was shot on videotape over three days on a very limited budget : Potter was later to say that the set `` looks as though it 's trembling and about to fall down . '' It was also adapted for the stage and played at the Roundhouse , London , with Frank Finlay in the leading role . The stage version of Son of Man was first produced on 22 October 1969 , at the Phoenix Theatre , Leicester .",
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"text": "The Rebels (miniseries) The Rebels is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film/miniseries . It is based on the historical novel , The Rebels , written by John Jakes , originally published in 1975 . It is second in a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series . The story mixes fictional characters with historical events and figures , to narrate the nascent United States of America during the time of the American Revolution . While it continues the story of Philip Kent , started in The Bastard , a large portion focuses on Judson Fletcher ( Don Johnson ) , a newly introduced character , as a different rebel . In 1979 , the novel was made into this television film by Operation Prime Time.The Rebels '' was preceded by the The Bastard , first in the series , and followed by The Seekers , third in the series .",
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"text": "Doctor Who (series 9) The ninth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who premiered on 19 September 2015 with `` The Magician 's Apprentice '' and concluded on 5 December 2015 with `` Hell Bent '' . The series was led by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat , alongside executive producer Brian Minchin . Nikki Wilson , Peter Bennett , and Derek Ritchie served as producers . The series is the ninth to air following the programme 's revival in 2005 , and is the thirty-fifth season overall . This is the second series starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor , an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS , which is disguised as a British police box . It also stars Jenna Coleman as the Doctor 's companion , Clara Oswald , for her third and final series in the role . Also playing a major recurring role in the series is Maisie Williams as Ashildr , a Viking girl made immortal by the Doctor , which leads to major events resulting of her encounters with the Doctor . The series ' main story arc revolves around the mystery of a being called the Hybrid , the combination of two great warrior races . The Hybrid is alluded to with the appearance of many other hybrids such as Osgood and Ashildr , with both being dramatically revealed as being hybrids . The Doctor 's investigation into this being ultimately leads him back to his home planet of Gallifrey , which returns fully in the series . Steven Moffat wrote four episodes solo and co-wrote an additional two . The other writers who worked on this series included Toby Whithouse , Jamie Mathieson , Catherine Tregenna , Peter Harness , Mark Gatiss , and Sarah Dollard . Directors of the series included ones who had previously worked with Moffat on the show , and brand new ones . Filming began on 5 January 2015 . The ninth series received high acclaim from critics , with many labelling it as the show 's strongest season to date . Aspects of the series that were met with the most praise included the writing , directing , and structure of the series , as well as the performances of Peter Capaldi , Jenna Coleman and Maisie Williams .",
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"text": "Liam O'Brien (actor) Liam O'Brien is an Irish actor , most notable for his three years playing Ethan Blake on ITV 's long-running soap Emmerdale . Born in Limerick , Liam founded Bottom Dog Theatre Company in 2008 and continues to work as an actor in the UK and Ireland . He played Dean Martin for over two years in the West End tour of The Rat Pack : Live From Las Vegas in the UK , Europe and US . In the late Nineties and up to 2007 Liam worked and toured extensively with Limerick 's Island Theatre Company with productions including Borrowed Robes , The Trickster , Our Town , The Taming of the Shrew , Mike Finn 's award winning Pigtown and lastly playing The Gentleman Caller in The Glass Menagerie . He also appeared in Amalgamotion Theatre Company 's Irish tour of Walking Away . Dublin Theatre roles include Paris in Romeo and Juliet , Cary Grant in Come Up and See Me Sometime . Liam also tours the seasonal Crooning at Christmas throughout Ireland covering songs like White Christmas , I 've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm , Let it Snow , Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and many more .",
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"text": "Stephen Dillane Stephen John Dillane ( born 27 March 1957 ) is an English actor . He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film The Hours , Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones , and American politician Thomas Jefferson in the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams , a part which earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination . An accomplished stage actor who has been called an `` actor 's actor '' , he holds a Tony Award for his lead performance in Tom Stoppard 's play The Real Thing ( 2000 ) and is also known for critically acclaimed performances in Angels in America ( 1993 ) , Hamlet ( 1994 ) , and a one-man Macbeth ( 2005 ) . His television work has additionally garnered him BAFTA and International Emmy awards for best actor .",
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"text": "Game of Thrones (season 6) The sixth season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 24 , 2016 , and concluded on June 26 , 2016 . It consists of ten episodes , each of approximately 50 -- 60 minutes , largely of original content not found in George R. R. Martin 's A Song of Ice and Fire series . Some material is adapted from the upcoming sixth novel The Winds of Winter and the fourth and fifth novels , A Feast for Crows and A Dance with Dragons . The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss . HBO ordered the season on April 8 , 2014 , together with the fifth season , which began filming in July 2015 primarily in Northern Ireland , Spain , Croatia , Iceland and Canada . Each episode cost over $ 10 million . The season follows the continuing struggle between the Starks and other noble families of Westeros for the Iron Throne . The Starks defeat the Bolton forces in battle , and Jon Snow is proclaimed the King in the North . Tyrion attempts to rule Meereen while Daenerys is held captive by a Dothraki tribe . At King 's Landing , the Tyrell army attempts to liberate Margaery and Loras , but Margaery capitulates to the High Sparrow , who becomes more powerful by influencing King Tommen . At her trial , Cersei burns the Great Sept , killing her rivals , while Tommen kills himself . Unopposed , Cersei is crowned Queen of Westeros . Ellaria Sand and three of Oberyn Martell 's daughters kill Doran and Trystane Martell and seize control of Dorne , and Olenna discusses an alliance with Ellaria . In Essos , Daenerys Targaryen is captured by Khal Moro who takes her before the khals ; she burns them alive and takes command of the Dothraki . Game of Thrones features a large ensemble cast , including Peter Dinklage , Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Lena Headey , Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington . The season introduced new cast members , including Max von Sydow , Pilou Asbæk and James Faulkner . Critics praised its production values , writing , plot development , and cast . Game of Thrones received most nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards , with 23 nominations , and won twelve , including that for Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row . U.S. viewership rose compared to the previous season , and by approximately 13 % over its course , from 7.9 million to 8.9 million by the finale .",
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"text": "John Justin John Justin ( 24 November 1917 -- 29 November 2002 ) was a British stage and film actor . John Justinian de Ledesma was born in London , England , the son of a well-off Argentine rancher . Though he grew up on his father 's ranch , he was educated at Bryanston School in Bryanston , Dorset . He developed an interest in flying and became a qualified pilot at the age of 12 , though he was not allowed to fly solo at the time because of his age . He became interested in acting at a young age . By the age of 16 , he had joined the Plymouth Repertory . In 1937 , he briefly trained with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , but did not like it and soon joined the repertory company of John Gielgud . In 1938 , he auditioned for and won the role for which he is perhaps best remembered , Ahmad in the 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad , opposite Sabu . The Second World War broke out during the film 's production . After completing the picture , Justin joined the Royal Air Force , serving as a test pilot and flying instructor . He also worked on two films , The Gentle Sex ( 1943 ) with Leslie Howard , and Journey Together ( 1944 ) , an RAF feature film with a cast led by Richard Attenborough , Jack Watling and David Tomlinson ; with a special appearance by the American film star , Edward G. Robinson . Legendary silent film star Bessie Love also appeared in the cast . With the war 's end , Justin returned to acting . He made more films , such as David Lean 's The Sound Barrier ( 1952 ) , Island in the Sun ( 1957 ) and Lisztomania ( 1975 ) , but his strong preference was for the stage . He became a member of the Old Vic company in 1959 . He made his Broadway debut in 1960 in the play Little Moon of Alban . In 1979 , he played the ghoulish lover in the BBC 's dramatisation of Le Fanu 's Strange Incident in the Life of Schalcken the Painter , one of its Christmas ghost stories . In 1968 , he played Thorin Oakenshield in the BBC Radio adaptation of The Hobbit . Justin was married three times , first to dancer and choreographer Pola Nirenska . His second marriage , to actress Barbara Murray , lasted from 1952 to 1964 ; they had three daughters . From 1970 to his death in 2002 , he was married to Alison McMurdo .",
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"text": "Merlin (series 4) The fourth series of the British drama series Merlin began on 1 October 2011 with the episode `` The Darkest Hour - Part 1 '' . It consists of 13 episodes originally shown on Saturday evenings on BBC One and BBC One HD ( repeats shown on BBC Three ) . The series producer was Sara Hamill , and executive producers were Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy . The directors of the series include Alice Troughton , Alex Pillai , Justin Molotnikov and Jeremy Webb . Writers include Julian Jones ( head writer ) , Howard Overman , Jake Michie , Lucy Watkins , and Richard McBrien . Series four stars the regular cast from the previous series including Colin Morgan , Angel Coulby , Bradley James , Katie McGrath , and Richard Wilson . Credited as a regular , Anthony Head left the series after his character was killed off in `` The Wicked Day '' . Nathaniel Parker joined the regular cast in this series ( credited as such for the first time in `` Aithusa '' ) and John Hurt returned as the voice of the Great Dragon . Supporting cast members include Adetomiwa Edun , Eoin Macken , Tom Hopper , and Rupert Young . Notable guest actors include Santiago Cabrera , Emilia Fox , Gemma Jones , Phil Davis , James Callis , Lindsay Duncan , Gary Lewis , Charlene McKenna , Janet Montgomery , Terence Maynard , Ben Daniels , Miranda Raison and Caroline Faber .",
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"text": "Freddie Stroma Frederic Wilhelm C.J. Sjöström ( born 8 January 1987 ) is an English actor and model of Swedish and German descent , best known for playing Cormac McLaggen in the Harry Potter film series and Luke in the 2011 musical comedy film Pitch Perfect . He starred as Adam Cromwell on the dramedy series Unreal , which premiered on Lifetime in June 2015 . He starred as Brit Vayner in the 2016 Michael Bay war film , 13 Hours : The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi . In 2016 , he played Dickon Tarly in the sixth season of the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones and H.G. Wells in the ABC series , Time After Time .",
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"text": "Ciarán Hinds Ciarán Hinds ( -LSB- ˈkɪərɔːn_ˈhaɪndz -RSB- ; born 9 February 1953 ) is an Irish film , television and stage actor . He has built a reputation as a versatile character actor appearing in such high-profile films as Road to Perdition , The Sum of All Fears , The Phantom of the Opera , Munich , There Will Be Blood , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 , The Woman in Black , Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , Ghost Rider : Spirit of Vengeance and Frozen . He has been cast as Steppenwolf in the film Justice League . His television roles include Gaius Julius Caesar in the series Rome , DCI James Langton in Above Suspicion , Bud Hammond in Political Animals and Mance Rayder in the Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones . As a stage actor , Hinds has enjoyed spells with the Royal Shakespeare Company , the Royal National Theatre in London and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens ' Theatre , and he has continued to work on stage throughout his career .",
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"text": "John Amos John A. Amos , Jr. ( born December 27 , 1939 ) is an American actor who is best known for his role as James Evans , Sr. on the CBS television series Good Times ( 1974 -- 76 ) . Amos ' other television work includes roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show , the miniseries Roots , for which he received an Emmy nomination , and a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing . Amos also played the father of Will Smith 's character 's girlfriend , Lisa Wilkes , in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , and he had a recurring role on In the House with LL Cool J , as Coach Sam Wilson . Amos played the Father of Tommy Strawn ( Thomas Mikal Ford ) on the long running sitcom , Martin , as Sgt. Strawn , and another recurring role on Two and a Half Men as Chelsea 's dad 's new lover . Amos also played Major Grant , the US Special forces officer in Die Hard 2 . Amos has also appeared on Broadway and in numerous films in a career that spans four decades . He has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and NAACP Image Award .",
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Gorillaz play hip hop music.
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"text": "Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett . The band consists of four animated members : 2-D ( lead vocals , keyboards ) , Murdoc Niccals ( bass guitar ) , Noodle ( guitar , keyboards ) and Russel Hobbs ( drums and percussion ) . These members are fictional and are not personas of any `` real life '' musicians involved in the project . Their fictional universe is explored through the band 's website and music videos , as well as a number of other media , such as short cartoons . In reality , Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor , and the music is often a collaboration between various musicians . Writers and critics have described their music as alternative rock , Britpop , trip hop , hip hop , electronica , indie , dub , reggae and pop . The band 's 2001 debut album Gorillaz sold over seven million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band . It was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001 , but the nomination was later withdrawn at the band 's request . Their second studio album Demon Days ( 2005 ) went five times platinum in the UK and double platinum in the US . The band has won other awards , including one Grammy Award , two MTV Video Music Awards , an NME Award , three MTV Europe Music Awards , and have been nominated for nine Brit Awards . The band 's third studio album , Plastic Beach , was released in March 2010 . Their fourth studio album called The Fall was released in December 2010 as a free download for fan club members , then in April 2011 as a physical release . After a six-year hiatus , Gorillaz announced their fifth studio album Humanz , which was released on 28 April 2017 .",
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"text": "Giant Panda (group) Giant Panda are an underground hip hop group from Los Angeles , California . Giant Panda is composed of childhood friends Newman and Maanumental ( hailing from Seattle ) and Chikaramanga ( a Tokyo native ) , with their foundation based out of Los Angeles , CA . The trio 's name is simply an analogy to their ethnic and cultural make-up . The first single released was `` 88 Remix '' independently in December 2002 , with airplay across the globe . The follow-up to that was the acclaimed 12-inch single `` With It '' in September 2004 on Tres Records . `` With It '' received raves from print critics such as Chairman Mao from XXL . 2005 saw the release of Giant Panda 's first full length , `` Fly School Reunion '' ( Tres Records ) . `` Fly School Reunion '' received great reviews in URB ( 4 1/2 stars ) , XXL , XLR8R , HHC , NME , and a plethora of other international magazines . It was also a hit with college radio ( 3 on CMJ hip-hop charts ) . Giant Panda made URB 's list of Next 100 in 2005 . This buzz allowed the group to tour the West Coast with fellow Angelino hip-hoppers People Under The Stairs and Time Machine . In 2006 GP hit the road with Ugly Duckling for a European tour , and then once again that year reached the EU shores with People Under The Stairs . 20 May 2008 saw the release of Giant Panda 's sophomore effort , `` Electric Laser '' . Overall `` Electric Laser '' was a forward step for Giant Panda , but not so forward to lose fans who appreciated their sound on previous works . The group cites De La Soul , Jungle Brothers , EPMD and A Tribe Called Quest as key influences",
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"text": "Lebanese hip hop Lebanese hip hop is a pioneering movement in Arabic hip hop as Lebanese youth were among the first to be affected by hip hop culture . Arabic hip hop has received Western media attention , but most Lebanese rappers think that there is still a lack of local interest in their music.Hip-hop in Lebanon is both an art form and a theatre for artists to voice their alternative discourse in the public sphere .",
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"text": "Itzsoweezee (HOT) `` Itzsoweezee ( HOT ) '' is a song by De La Soul and the second single to be released from their fourth album , Stakes Is High , which was released in 1996 . The song is entirely performed by group member Trugoy the Dove . The video directed by Marcus Turner to `` Itzsoweezee '' remains one of the group 's most famous . The concept is a school lunchroom in which many of the respected MCs in Hip-Hop come to eat which eventually leads to a Food Fight . Students eating at the tables include Prince Paul , members of The Roots , A Tribe Called Quest , Lords of the Underground , Pete Rock , Guru , Kid Capri and many more . The b-side to the single was a remix of `` Stakes Is High '' featuring Mos Def and Truth Enola .",
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"text": "Thug World Order Thug World Order is the fifth studio album by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony , released on October 29 , 2002 . This was the group 's final album under Ruthless Records and have now created their own label Bone Thugs Records . Bone Thugs Records started off promoting their first two artist set for solo albums , LaReece ( of ThugLine Records ) and Bruce Hathcock . Tomica and the group met in Miami to record the album , as well as get on better terms . The group recorded five tracks while they were there . The first single released from the album was `` Get Up & Get It '' , featuring 3LW . The second single released from the album was `` Home '' featuring Phil Collins , which charted in the UK . Due to Flesh-n-Bone being sent to prison on weapons charges he does not make an appearance on the album ( not counting the skit of him and DJ U-Neek ) . Not long after the album 's release Bizzy Bone was kicked out of the group leaving only Layzie Bone , Wish Bone & Krayzie Bone .",
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"text": "Dub music Dub is a genre of music that grew out of reggae in the 1960s , and is commonly considered a subgenre , though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae . Music in this genre consists predominantly of instrumental remixes of existing recordings and is achieved by significantly manipulating and reshaping the recordings , usually by removing the vocals from an existing music piece , and emphasizing the drum and bass parts ( this stripped-down track is sometimes referred to as a riddim ) . Other techniques include dynamically adding extensive echo , reverb , panoramic delay , and occasional dubbing of vocal or instrumental snippets from the original version or other works . It was an early form of popular electronic music . Dub was pioneered by Osbourne `` King Tubby '' Ruddock , Lee `` Scratch '' Perry , Errol Thompson and others in the late 1960s . Augustus Pablo is credited with bringing the melodica to dub , and is also among the pioneers and creators of the genre . Similar experiments with recordings at the mixing desk outside of the dancehall environment were also done by producers Clive Chin and Herman Chin Loy . These producers , especially Ruddock and Perry , looked upon the mixing console as an instrument , manipulating tracks to come up with something new and different . Dub has influenced many genres of music , including rock ( most significantly the subgenre of post-punk and other kinds of punk ) , pop , hip hop , disco , and later house , techno , ambient , electronic dance music , and trip hop . Dub has become a basis for the genres of jungle and drum and bass Traditional dub has survived , and some of the originators , such as Lee `` Scratch '' Perry and Mad Professor , continue to produce new material .",
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"text": "3 the Hard Way 3 The Hard Way are a New Zealand hip hop group formed in 1994 . They are best known for their two New Zealand number one singles , `` Hip Hop Holiday '' from 1994 , and `` It 's On ( Move to This ) '' from 2003 .",
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"text": "Hip Hop Galsen Following an historical process of appropriation of American popular music by Senegal , For e.g. Jazz as well as Latin American music such as salsa or pachanga were popular in Senegalese cities from the 1940s and until recently . Hip Hop emerged in the Senegalese capital city in the early mid - 1980s . Although Hip Hop Galsen is now famous for its diverse musical productions , the movement there spread out from its dancing appeal rather than from its musical one . Indeed , Senegalese hip hop artists initially participated in this movement as smurfer , breakdancer , B-Boy in general performing during organised podiums . Schools , nightclubs and other temporary public stages thus played an essential role in amplifying this movement in Dakar . Besides , and in contrast to American Hip Hop , which grew from the youth in the inner city ghettos , Hip Hop in Dakar began among a somehow middle-class youth who was able to access and/or introduce in their home place new ideas and new cultural expressions coming from abroad . Indeed , Hip Hop became popular in the capital city through the intensive though informal circulation of VH7 cassettes and recorded videos , which were imported from USA ( Africa Bambaataa ) or France ( hip hop dance TV show ` HIPHOP ' animated by Sydney ) by diaspora people . Quickly , podiums enlarged their performances from dancers only to rappers as well . It was a time when soon-to-be hip hop artists were still mimicking American artists they actively used to listen to such Africa Bambaataa , Grandmaster Flash , Furious Five , Delight , Doug E. Fresh or Public Enemy for the most well-known . Indeed , rap , the MC performance , was still then a phonetic repetition , a copycatting of either American rappers or , with Hip Hop booming in France in the 1980s , of French hip hop artists such as Assassin , NTM , IAM or Mc Solaar . Without the real capacity for translating the movement and its expressions in Senegalese terms yet , the mid-1980s in Dakar were however definitively hip hop . And whenever the classical hip hop film Beat Street was circulating in local cinemas , young people were following the movie from showroom to showroom in order to view it again and again and to know by heart the famous lyrics of Grandmaster Flash .",
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"text": "Demon Days Live Demon Days Live was a limited concert tour performed by the British alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz , in support of their second studio album Demon Days . Demon Days Live is unique among Gorillaz ' live tours , featuring only two venues : five shows were played at the Manchester Opera House in England , and another five were played at New York City 's Apollo Theater . The Manchester leg of the tour was later released onto DVD as Demon Days : Live at the Manchester Opera House . The New York leg of the tour was broadcast on MHD ( now MTV Live ) as Gorillaz : Live in Harlem .",
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"text": "Soulsonic Force Soulsonic Force ( also referred to as Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force ) was an American electro-funk and hip hop ensemble led by Afrika Bambaataa who helped establish hip-hop in the early 1980s with songs such as `` Planet Rock '' . They were also influential in the birth of the electro movement in America and helped pave the way for modern dance music styles such as electro-funk as well as the entire Miami bass scene . In 1982 , Soulsonic Force and Afrika Bambaataa released a single called `` Planet Rock '' . The song borrowed musical motifs from German electro-pop , British rock and African-American disco rap . All the different elements and musical styles were blended together ; and in doing so , offered hip hop as a new vision for global harmony . The song became an immediate hit and stormed the music charts worldwide . Their most well-known songs are `` Planet Rock '' , `` Looking for the Perfect Beat '' and `` Renegades of Funk '' ( which is one of the earliest political-conscious rap songs , alongside Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 's `` The Message '' ) . Soulsonic Force features on the title track of the freestylers ' debut album , We Rock Hard .",
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"text": "Feu (album) Feu ( -LSB- , French , Fire -RSB- ) is the debut studio album by French hip hop artist Nekfeu . It was released on June 8 , 2015 by Seine Zoo , Polydor Records and Universal Music Group in France . A re-release of the album , entitled Feu ( Réédition ) , was released on December 4 , 2015 . Entering ( and peaking ) the French Albums Chart at number 3 in its first week , the album was certified gold in its third week with over 47,000 copies sold . In November 2015 , Nekfeu announced that the album was certified platinum .",
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"text": "Kanye Zone Kanye Zone is a browser game developed by Otter Spice Productions . It was released on March 9 , 2012 , and involves the player controlling a bumper in order to prevent an image of American musician Kanye West 's head from entering a circle of increasing size , referred to as his `` zone '' . The game incorporates sound clips from West 's song `` Niggas in Paris '' , and its premise is a parody of the song 's lyrics . Created by roommates Michael Frederickson and Stephen Barlow and inspired by 1980s video games , Kanye Zone reached the front page of Reddit and received considerable media attention -- Frederickson was interviewed by MTV , and several other news outlets reported on the game , some praising its simplicity and addictiveness . In May 2013 , a follow-up game , titled Pitbull Party and based on the rapper Pitbull , was released .",
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"text": "Music of Life Music of Life is a British independent dance music label formed in 1986 by two influential DJ remixers , Froggy and Simon Harris , managed by Chris France . Following several successful productions , one of which reached No. 3 in the UK pop music charts ( The Real Thing 's ` You to me are Everything ' ) Harris and Froggy decided to launch their own label , they were offered a label deal by Morgan Khan ( Streetwave ) and the first release was a remix by the duo of Cerrone 's ` Supernature ' ( his ` Music of Life song was the inspiration for the label name ) . Within a few months Froggy left the label and Streetwave went out of business . Harris being active in remixing and production for many other artists and labels financed the label with his remix income . After the demise of Streetwave Harris and France decided to re-launch as a British hip-hop ( usually UK Hip Hop , ) music label . Music of Life opened an office in London 's Soho at 22 Hanway Street , Chris France and his sister Michelle spent their days in the busy Soho office whilst Simon could usually be found in his home studio ` The Bunker ' producing many of the Music of Life releases . At first the label licensed new rap music from US production company Powerplay for the first compilation album ` Def Beats 1 ' but as an addition to the US material Harris produced an extra track , under his own ` Music of Life Productions ' recorded in London by the label 's A&R man Derek Boland . ` Rock the Beat ' by Derek B created a demand for British hip-hop and the demo tapes started to arrive , Music of Life signed the best artists instead of licensing more US material and Harris would produce many new songs featuring artists including M.C Duke , The Demon Boyz ( Million Dan ) , Thrashpack , Asher D and Daddy Freddy , CJ Macintosh & Einstein , She Rockers ( Betty Boo ) , Hijack and many more . Many of these recordings broke ground and are still considered to be highly innovative , the first reggae/hip-hop combination ( Asher D & Daddy Freddy 's ` Ragamuffin Hip Hop ) and Derek B 's album would be licensed to US label ` Profile ' ( Run DMC ) , Hijack would be signed to Ice-T 's Rhyme syndicate label and many more . Music Week wrote that Music of Life was `` the most successful hip hop label in the UK right now '' , in 1988 . Record Mirror identified Music of Life as one of the few hip hop labels `` to believe in home grown talent '' . In 1989 , Studio Week magazine called Music of Life `` the foremost rap label in this country at the moment . '' So far the Music of Life catalog of recordings and copyrights under Music of Life Productions and released on many labels worldwide including Music of Life have exceeded 2000 titles and include music videos and documentary TV shows ( ` Kings of Rap ' - MTV ) . Music of Life is one of the UK 's longest running independent dance music labels ( 1986 -- present day ) and the catalog has been licensed and released in over 70 countries with many chart hits including the UK , Germany , Japan , France and the USA ( Harris 's ` Bass ' how low can you go ? was a No. 1 Billboard US chart hit ) and many Grammy award winning artists ( Luthor Vandross , REM , Beastie Boys , Beck ) have licensed from the Music of Life catalog . Sister label ` Living Beat ' was launched in 1989 and would release many dance music , house and pop recordings with chart success including ` Supermarioland ' reaching No. 6 in the UK pop charts with Harris 's AKA ` Ambassadors of Funk ' in association with Nintendo , Samantha Fox 's Song for Europe entry ` Go for the Heart ' and was instrumental in helping Prince achieve his first UK No1 pop single ` The Most Beautiful Girl in the World ' . Harris also produced the world 's best selling series of ` Breakbeat ' albums used by DJs and producers , ` Beats Breaks and Scratches ' in 12 volumes and worked with top artists Norman Cook ( Fatboy Slim ) , Paul Oakenfold , Afrika Bambaataa and George Clinton to produce and release similar albums that are part of the Music of Life catalog . Music of Life is now a registered trademark . The Music of Life catalog includes songs from : M.C. Duke & D.J. Leader 1 Thrashpack She Rockers ( featuring * Betty Boo ) Daddy Freddy Asher D Tenor Fly Nitty Gritty Derek B Hijack Hardnoise 3 Knights DJ Daddy Leslie Lyrics Norman Cook Paul Oakenfold George Clinton Simon Harris ( label founder ) Einstein Ambassadors of Funk Afrika Bambaataa Demon Boyz Professor Griff Clyde Stubblefield Killa Instinct S.L. Troopers First Frontal Assault Kobalt 60 Overlord X",
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"text": "Grand Hustle Records Grand Hustle Records ( formerly Grand Hustle Entertainment ) , also known as Hustle Gang Music , is an Atlanta , Georgia-based record label , founded in 2001 , by American hip hop recording artist T.I. and his business partner Jason Geter . Up until December 2012 , the label was distributed by Atlantic Records . It currently operates as an independent record label . The label is home to artists such as B.o.B , Young Dro , Trae tha Truth and Travis Scott , among others . The label also houses a roster of record producers , including DJ Toomp , Lil ' C , Mars , Nard & B , TrackSlayerz and more . The label has released 26 studio albums in total , with 13 of them being certified gold or higher , by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . Additionally , the label has released five albums that reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart , namely King ( 2006 ) , T.I. vs. T.I.P. ( 2007 ) , Paper Trail ( 2008 ) , The Adventures of Bobby Ray ( 2010 ) and Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight ( 2016 ) . Furthermore , Grand Hustle has released multiple top 40 hit singles , including `` Bring 'Em Out '' , `` What You Know '' , `` Shoulder Lean '' , `` Whatever You Like '' , `` Live Your Life '' , `` Dead and Gone '' , `` Nothin ' on You '' , `` Airplanes '' , `` Magic '' , `` Strange Clouds '' , `` So Good '' , `` Both of Us '' , `` Antidote '' and more .",
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"text": "Lost (Gorilla Zoe song) `` Lost '' is a song by American hip hop recording artist Gorilla Zoe , released October 28 , 2008 as the lead single from his second studio album Do n't Feed Da Animals ( 2009 ) . The song leaked in May 2008 entitled `` Losin ' My Mind '' , featuring a verse from fellow American rapper Lil Wayne . It is notable that , specifically with the Lil Wayne version , both songs use the auto-tune effect . `` Lost '' received positive reviews from critics praising Drumma Boy 's electronic production and Zoe 's sincere Auto-Tune delivery of introspective lyrics .",
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"text": "Gambian hip hop The Gambian hip hop scene is a relatively new scene in African hip hop which mainly consists of young rappers primarily inspired by American hip hop and Senegalese hip hop .",
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"text": "Lawless Element Lawless Element is an underground hip hop duo from Detroit , Michigan . The duo is composed of cousins Griot ( West African for `` Storyteller '' , born Alfred Austin ) as emcee and Magnif ( born Kavi Tapsico ) as DJ , producer and emcee . The duo of Magnif and Griot became engulfed in hip hop culture at the ages of 6 and 9 , and spent their teenage years honing their skills on the production boards and on the microphone . At the ages of 16 and 19 , the duo released their first single , titled `` Mic Check '' , in 2003 on Running Man Records . The next year , the duo hooked up with fellow Detroit native , producer J Dilla , to release the single `` The Shining '' . In early 2005 , LE worked with Dilla 's Jaylib partner Madlib on the single `` High '' , which landed them a deal with popular independent rap label Babygrande Records . Their debut album , Soundvision : In Stereo , was released in September 2005 to generally positive reviews . Soundvision featured production from Magnif , J Dilla and Madlib and guest appearances from Dilla , Melanie Rutherford , Phat Kat , Big Tone , P.Dot , SelfSays and Diverse . `` Rules Pt . 2 '' was the album 's lead single , and also became the duo 's first music video . URB magazine gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and stated that it was `` Heavily influenced by the golden age of De La Soul , Pete Rock and DJ Premier '' and that it featured `` 12 top-shelf tracks '' The album also earned the duo Featured Artist status on the Okayplayer website . Magnif has continued production work for a number of other underground acts , and released a mixtape titled SupaBeatMaker in late 2005 . The duo has announced plans for their second album , tentatively titled Evil , scheduled for released in 2008 on Babygrande Records . Magnif is also planning the release of a full-length production and solo album .",
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"text": "Middle Eastern hip hop Middle Eastern hip hop is hip hop music and culture originating in the Middle East . It is performed in many languages such as English , local Arabic dialects , Hebrew , Persian , and French . It is highly influenced by American hip hop .",
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"text": "Maroon music Maroon Music is a genre involving people of African descent that were not born on the continent creating songs in an African language ( as opposed to their first language ) . It is named after the Maroon ( people ) , African refugees who escaped from slavery in the Americas and formed independent settlements . Just as the Maroon people created their own societies in lands foreign to them in attempts to retain their freedom , Maroon music is an attempt by African American artists to reacquire their Mother tongue through writing music in an indigenous African language . Maroon Music subject matter centers around stories about Maroon leaders and other historic freedom fighters of African descent , Maroon groups , peace , unity , and righteousness . In the intro to Maroon music artist , Adetokunbo 's first album `` Maroon Music '' the history of the genre is explained : `` African refugees that escaped slavery in the Americas and formed independent settlements were called Maroons . The term can also be applied to their descendants . The same root word also gives us the English verb `` to maroon '' . When runaway slaves banded together and subsisted independently they were called Maroons . On the Caribbean islands , runaway slaves formed bands and on some islands formed armed camps . Maroon communities faced great odds to survive against oppressive attackers , obtain food for subsistence living , and to reproduce and increase their numbers . There is much variety among Maroon cultural groups because of differences in history , geography , African nationality , and the culture of indigenous people throughout the Western hemisphere . Maroon settlements sometimes developed creole languages by mixing European tongues with their original African languages . Other times the Maroons would adopt the local European language as a common tongue , for members of the community frequently spoke a variety of Mother Tongues . What you are about to hear is a family 's journey to reacquire their Mother Tongue through song . Their goal is to reacquire that which was lost in the Middle Passage . Let this music , Maroon Music , serve as their testament to freedom in a world that has nothing but contempt for the self liberated . '' Maroon music is less concerned with the perfection and fluency of speech of the African language but more with the exercise of learning and improving communication , while providing subtitles and written keys in English so that others will understand the message attempting to be conveyed by the artist . As pidgin English is noted as `` is a simplified version of a language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common Pidgin , Maroon music employs the pidginization or Creolization of African languages as a simplified means for African Americans to communicate with indigenous Africans . For this reason , key 's and subtitles in Maroon Music videos are an essential component for conveying intended meaning to both indigenous Africans and those born abroad . The Maroons are a number of diverse peoples in the Caribbean , South America , North America and Central America , the descendants of escaped slaves . The Seminole music tradition of the United States is an example , as are numerous communities in Jamaica , Suriname and French Guiana . The Surinamese , Guyanese , and French Guianan escaped slaves managed to hide in the dense jungles of the area , and formed communities like the Aluku , Saramaka and Ndjuka . Their traditional sung stories are called mato , and there is also a kind of popular Maroon music called aleke . Traditional dances include awasa , a women 's social dance . The Jamaican Maroons are known for instruments like the abeng , a kind of horn .",
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"text": "The Peoples Champ The Peoples Champ is the second studio album by American rapper Paul Wall . It was released on September 13 , 2005 , by Swishahouse , Atlantic Records and Asylum Records . The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 , selling 176,000 copies in its first week . This serves as his first number one in two solo studio releases , after Chick Magnet ( 2004 ) . The album was supported by four singles : `` Sittin ' Sidewayz '' featuring Big Pokey , `` They Do n't Know '' , `` Girl '' and `` Drive Slow '' ( Kanye West featuring Paul Wall and GLC ) . Both `` Sittin ' Sidewayz '' and `` Girl '' are certified gold by the RIAA for selling more than 500,000 copies each in the United States . The limited edition of The Peoples Champ features two CDs : disc one contains the original album , while disc two contains the `` screwed and chopped '' version by DJ Michael `` 5000 '' Watts . The Watts mix was released as a stand-alone CD the following week .",
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"text": "400 Degreez 400 Degreez is the 3rd studio album by Magnolia Projects , New Orleans , Louisiana-based rapper Juvenile . The album was released on November 3 , 1998 , on Cash Money Records . It remains Juvenile 's best-selling album of his solo career and currently the best-selling album ever released on Cash Money Records along with Drake 's Views ( album ) . The album was certified 4x Platinum by the RIAA , on December 19 , 1999 . Two singles , `` Ha '' and `` Back That Azz Up '' became hip hop hits in the United States . `` Back That Azz Up '' peaked at # 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart along with `` Ha '' which peaked at # 68 on the hot 100 music chart . The album peaked at # 2 on Billboard 's Top R&B / Hip Hop Albums music chart and at # 9 on the Billboard 200 music chart in 1999 . It also went to claim the # 1 position on the Top R&B / Hip Hop Albums chart on the Billboard Year-End chart for 1999 . As a single , `` Back That Azz Up '' was released , credited , and charted as the more censored `` Back That Thang Up '' . Also the album features a bonus remix of the single `` Ha '' with New York rapper Jay-Z , the only guest appearance outside of Cash Money and the 1st time Ca $ h Money collaborated with an east coast rapper on a song . As of 2013 , 400 Degreez has sold well over 5 million copies worldwide . The album won R&B Album Of The Year at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards .",
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"text": "Zayn Malik Zain Javadd `` Zayn '' Malik ( -LSB- 'm ælɪk -RSB- زین مالک ) ( born 12 January 1993 ) , who records mononymously as Zayn , is a British singer and songwriter . Born and raised in Bradford , Malik aspired to pursue a career in music from a young age leading him to audition as a solo artist for the British reality television music competition The X Factor in 2010 . After being eliminated as a solo performer , Malik was brought back into the competition , along with four other contestants , to form the boy band that would become known as One Direction . During his time in the group , they released the albums Up All Night ( 2011 ) , Take Me Home ( 2012 ) , Midnight Memories ( 2013 ) , and Four ( 2014 ) . Malik split from the boy band in March 2015 and signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records . Adopting a more R&B music style , with his debut studio album Mind of Mine ( 2016 ) and its lead single , `` Pillowtalk '' , Malik became the first British male artist to debut at number one in both the UK and US with a debut single and debut album . Malik is the recipient of several accolades , including an American Music Award and a Billboard Music Award .",
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"text": "Islamic Azad University of Shiraz The Islamic Azad University , Shiraz Branch is a private university located in Shiraz , Iran . It is a part of private chain of universities in Iran called the Islamic Azad Universities . The Islamic Azad University of Shiraz with over 290 faculty and academic staff , 82,000 square meters of educational space , 7,500 square meters of administration space , 15,200 square meters of sporting space , is the biggest private university in the southern region of Iran . The headquarters of the Islamic Azad University is in Tehran , Iran . The Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.7 million students , 30,000 Alumni and 35,000 Administrators making it the world 's third largest . Over 3.5 million students have graduated from the Islamic Azad University since its establishment . Islamic Azad University has a total area of 16 million square meters and over 440 branches across Iran and also in other countries around the world . It has also international branches and universities in the U.A.E , United Kingdom , Tanzania , Lebanon , Afghanistan and Armenia and has plans to establish more branch campuses in Malaysia , Canada , and Tajikistan in the near future . Over the years , the university has accumulated assets estimated to be worth between $ 20 and $ 25 billion . The total Area of the University is said to be 20 million square meters . Some 4 million students have graduated from this university to this date , which has made it possible for a lot of people to get access to higher educations and better employment prospects . In the recent years a lot of effort has been made to expand the graduate studies at the Islamic Azad University . The Islamic Azad University has about 200,000 Master 's Degree students and about 20,000 PhD level students . The university system also operates a news agency similar to ANA , named `` Azad News Agency '' . Islamic Azad University 's activities quickly expanded throughout the country , so that today thousands of students are enrolling every year . Not relying on government funding , it receives charitable donations and charges tuition fees . The Islamic Azad University also operates some 617 schools throughout the country , these schools are known as SAMA . The degrees and certificates issued by this university are recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education . Post-graduate degrees have been offered in many different branches of Islamic Azad University .",
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"text": "Abdul Majid Abdul Majid is a Muslim male given name and , in modern usage , surname . It is built from the Arabic words Abd , al - and Majid . The name means `` servant of the All-glorious '' , Al-Majīd being one of the names of God in the Qur ` an , which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names . The letter a of the al - is unstressed , and can be transliterated by almost any vowel , often by e . So the first part can appear as Abdel , Abdul or Abd-al . The second part may appear as Majid , Majeed , Mecid ( Turkish ) , Magid ( Egyptian ) or in other ways . The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation . There is a distinct but closely related name , Abdul Maajid , with a similar meaning , formed on the Qur ` anic name Al-Mājid . The two names are difficult to distinguish in transliteration , and some of the names below are instance of the latter one . It may refer to :",
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"text": "Sabras Radio Sabras Radio is an Asian commercial radio station in Leicester , England . Sabras Radio is available on 1260AM in the whole of the East Midlands and parts of others including Birmingham , Coventry and as far south as Milton Keynes . On digital , Sabras Radio is available in the Leicester area . Web streaming across the Internet has now made Sabras global and latest data shows that its streaming service has been listened to by people in no less than 76 countries . Although the majority of the schedule is presented in Hindi and English - there are speciality shows broadcasting in Bengali , Gujarati and Punjabi . Sabras Radio is regarded by many in the industry as the pioneers of Asian radio in the UK . This pioneering radio station enjoys one of the largest average listening hours and is listened to by a large section of its target audience in the region . Sabras Radio has the station to undertake a wide range of activities including many significant outside broadcasts and for important religious and cultural events such as Diwali , Ramadan and Vaisakhi . According to Sabras Radio 's Managing Director , Don Kotak , `` Sabras means all tastes and that has been the secret of our success . A carefully balanced programming schedule incorporating appropriate music , languages and speech content to reflect and blend all the demands of today 's British Asian audience has proved to be a winning formula . I am confident that this winning formula can be extended to the potential listeners in London and the surrounding areas . ''",
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"text": "Mar 'Ukban III (exilarch) For the Amora sage of the 1st generation , also an Exilarch , see : Mar Ukva . For the Geonim sage , also an Exilarch , see : Mar Ukba . Nathan de-Zuzita , Jewish Amora sage of the 3d generation , whom according to Joseph ben Ḥama ( Shab . 56b ) , is to be identified with the exilarch ` Uḳban ben Nehemiah , Joseph 's contemporary ( first half of the 4th century ) , who was a contrite sinner . The Seder ` Olam Zuṭa , too , in the list of the exilarchs , mentions an exilarch called `` Nathan ` Uḳban ( Nathan de-Ẓuẓita ) . Rashi gives two explanations for the surname '' Ẓuẓita , '' which means literally either `` sparks '' or `` hair '' . Rashi explains that in touching the angel who received his repentance Nathan ` Uḳban either emitted sparks , or the angel took him by the hair . In Sanh . 31b Rashi explains the nature of Nathan 's sin and says that after Nathan 's repentance a radiance was seen about his head : hence the name `` de-Ẓuẓita . '' According to the geonim Ẓemaḥ and Saadia , Nathan ` Uḳban , when he was young , was wont to curl his hair , his surname `` de-Ẓuẓita '' being derived from that habit . Another interpretation is that fire would flash out from his ẓiẓit , so that nobody could stand near him . As to the nature of Nathan ` Uḳban 's sins and repentance see Rashi to Sanh . l.c. Rabbi Aḥai of Shabḥa , in his `` She'eltot '' ( sections `` Wa'era '' and `` Ki Tissa '' ) , tells almost the same story as Rashi , of a man who was called `` Nathan de-Ẓuẓita , '' but without mentioning either that he was likewise called '' ` Uḳban '' or that he was an exilarch . Further , this story is related by Nissim ben Jacob in his `` Ma'aseh Nissim , '' at great length , Nathan being placed in the time of Akiba -- that is , not later than the first third of the 2nd century . It may therefore be assumed either that there were two Nathan de-Ẓuẓitas , the second being identical with the exilarch ` Uḳban b. Nehemiah , or that Joseph b. Ḥama must be understood as comparing ` Uḳban , in his repentance , to Nathan de-Ẓuẓita , who was much earlier and , perhaps , was not an exilarch . It is true that in the Seder ` Olam Zuṭa it is clearly affirmed that Nathan I was called also '' ` Uḳban '' ; but in other details the three recensions of that work disagree with Joseph ben Hama , in that they leave it to be supposed that Nathan de-Ẓuẓita was the son of Anan and not of Nehemiah , and that they represent him as the father of Huna the exilarch , who lived in the time of Judah ha-Nasi I . The Seder ` Olam Zuṭa has in its list three exilarchs called `` Nathan , '' the second being the grandson of the first , and the third the son of Abba ben Huna and father of Mar Zuṭra ; it is the chronology of Nathan III that coincides with that of ` Utḳban of Shab . 56b . It may be added that Rashi ( to Sanh . l.c. ) confuses Nathan de-Ẓuẓita ` Uḳban with Mar ` Uḳba , `` ab bet din '' in the time of Samuel , which time coincides with that of Nathan II . Lazarus ( in the list of exilarchs in Brüll 's `` Jahrb . '' vol . x. ) supposes that Nathan I reigned from about 260 to about 270 , and Nathan II from 370 to about 400 .",
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"text": "Kazem Kazem ( also spelled Kadhem , Kadhim , Kazim , or Qazim ; كاظم ) is an Arabic male given name , the pronunciation of the Arabic letter Ẓāʾ is often closer to a strong `` d '' sound , therefore the name 's pronunciation differs based on the spoken varieties of Arabic and consequently in its transcription . The form Kazim is most probably related with a Polish name Kazimierz .",
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"text": "Pradhan Pradhan ( Devanagari : प्रधान ) is a ministerial title used in regions of Hindu cultural tradition that equates to the more popular term Vizier in rank and function . The Sanskrit pradhan translates to `` major '' or `` prime '' ; however , the more modern Hindi definitions provided by the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary also include `` chief '' and `` leader '' . The precise interpretation can differ significantly by region . The style was abandoned by many Indian princely states during the Mughal era in favor of Persian styles such as Wasir and Diwan . Pradhan is commonly employed as a high-caste family name by lineages belonging to the Chatharīya ( or Kshatriya ) caste of the Newāh / Newār community of Kathmandu Valley and is also currently used by the Kshatriya and Kayastha people of northern and western India . It is a surname used by Khandayat , Bhanayat ( or Kshatriya ) of eastern Indian state of Odisha .",
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"text": "Noordin Mohammad Top Noordin Mohammad Top ( 11 August 1968 -- 17 September 2009 ) was a Malaysian Muslim extremist , also referred to as Noordin , Din Moch Top , Muh Top , Top M , or Mat Top . Until his death , he was Indonesia 's most wanted Islamist militant . Born in Kluang , Johor , Malaysia , he is thought to have been a key bomb maker and/or financier for Jemaah Islamiyah ( JI ) and to have left JI and set up a more violent splinter group Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad . Noordin was reported by the FBI to be `` an explosives expert '' . The FBI reported him as `` an officer , recruiter , bomb maker and trainer for the Jemaah Islamiah ( JI ) group . '' Once in Indonesia , he married using an assumed name , Abdurrachman Aufi . His wife , Munfiatun , was jailed in June 2005 for concealing information about his whereabouts . Noordin and Azahari Husin were thought to have masterminded the 2003 JW Marriott hotel bombing in Jakarta , the 2004 Australian embassy bombing in Jakarta , the 2005 Bali bombings and the 2009 JW Marriott - Ritz-Carlton bombings , and Noordin may have assisted in the 2002 Bali Bombings . Noordin , allegedly nicknamed Money man , was an indoctrinator who was specialised in recruiting militants into becoming suicide bombers and collecting funds for militant activities . Having long since been wanted by Malaysian and Indonesian authorities he was added to the FBI 's third major `` wanted '' list in 2006 . FBI Seeking Information - War on Terrorism list . Noordin was killed during a police raid in Solo , Central Java , on 17 September 2009 , conducted by the Indonesian anti-terrorist team , Densus 88 .",
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"text": "Soldat Jahman Soldat Jahman also known as Jah-Man or Jahman , ( born in 1979 ) is a French ragga hip hop artist originating from the Martinique combining also various influences like reggaeton and rap . Based in Marseille , he was part of the Ghetto Boyz Club ( G.B.C. aka B-O-G ) . Soldat Jahman also cooperates closely with DJ Mam 's and is part of DJ Mam 's music collectif 123 Marseille . He is famous for his singles `` Boogie Dance '' , `` My Sexy Lady '' and `` Bolide '' . In 2013 , he released `` Sexy Bam Bam '' as a duo with Luis Guisao . Soldat Jahman is featured on many of DJ Mam 's tracks , most notably in the original version of `` Zumba He Zumba Ha '' , but also in `` Hella décalé '' , `` Tonight '' and the title track `` Fiesta Buena '' of DJ Mam 's album of the same name . In 2012 , he was also featured in Mika V. single `` Danza en la Playa '' alongside Luis Guisao .",
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"text": "Javad Arianmanesh Javad Arianmanesh ( born September 21 , 1953 in Mashhad , Iran ) is a retired Iranian football player . He is currently a MP in Iranian Parliament representing Mashhad and Kalat .",
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"text": "Malik Saad Additional Inspector General of Police Malik Muhammad Saad Khan Shaheed ( 19 May 1959 -- 27 January 2007 ) , was two-star rank senior police officer , engineer , and former Chief Capital City Police Officer ( CCPO ) of Peshawar , North-West Frontier Province , Pakistan . He was in charge of security in the provincial capital of Peshawar . Known for his honesty , hard work and dedication , he was killed in a suicide bomb attack while on duty reviewing security arrangements during a Shia procession during the Islamic month of Muharram in January 2007 .",
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"text": "Joiada Joiada ( יוֹיָדָע Yoyada `` Yahu knows '' ) is a name found from the form `` Jehoiada '' in the Hebrew Bible and used alternately in English versions . Joiada is the fourth High Priest of Israel after the Babylonian captivity and his name is only found in the lists of Neh 12:10 -11 , 22 and in Neh 13:28 . Most historians describe Joiada as the son of Eliashib , ca. 433-410 BCE . However , there are two existing problems with the chronologies . First , it is believed that Joiada may be the grandson of Eliashib . The word `` son '' may refer to a father-son relationship , but alternatively refers to a grandson or brother . However , it is suggested that ( Ezra 2:43 & Neh 12:23 ) are related and may be referring to another Eliashib and Johanan because they were common names at that time . The second problem involves the time span of the list given because some believe the list Eliashib to Joiada to Jonathan to Jaddua was a time span of 150 years . It is also possible that not all of the names of the high priests are included . The only information given about Joiada is that his son married the daughter of Sanballat the Horonite for which he was driven out of the Temple by Nehemiah . This is important because the books of Ezra and Book of Nehemiah contain severe instructions against marrying foreign women . These foreign marriages led to tension between the Jewish governor and the high-priestly family . The son of Joiada was removed from the temple by Nehemiah and banished from Judah , however nothing suggests that Joiada 's family received further punishment .",
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"text": "Masoud Masoud ( also spelled Masuod , Massood , Massoud , Masood , Mas ` ud , Masud , Messaoud , Mesud or Mesut , , مسعود ) is a given name and surname in many countries , meaning `` fortunate '' , `` prosperous '' , or `` happy '' . Although some experts believe that the origin of this name comes from Arab countries , it is a very popular surname in Iran and Turkey .",
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"text": "Yaar Bina `` Yaar Bina '' ( Urdu : یار بنا , literal English translation : `` without a friend '' ) is a song by the Pakistani sufi rock band Junoon , released in April , 1997 . It is the fourth track from the band 's album fourth album , Azadi ( 1997 ) , released on EMI Records . Written by lead guitarist and founder of the band Salman Ahmad and writer Sabir Zafar , it is one of the lead single 's on the album , the other being `` Sayonee '' , the song uses blending of rock guitars and bluesy vocals with eastern elements like the use of tablas , raga-inspired melodies and traditional Pakistani folk music . The unexpected success of `` Yaar Bina '' and `` Sayonee '' in 1997 propelled Azadi at the local and international music charts , within three months of the release of Azadi , the album had sold over half a million copies and hit platinum sales status in a record of four weeks . The single was a hit in South Asia , topping all music charts in Pakistan , India and Bangladesh . The success of the single led the album being the band 's highest selling album in South Asia and Junoon received a platinum certification for hitting platinum sales for their album . Also , the success of the album led the band winning the ` Best International Group ' title at the Channel V Music Awards , where they performed along with worldwide icons Sting , The Prodigy and Def Leppard . Azadi was nominated for ` Best International Album ' , having achieved the prestigious honour of being the highest selling album in Pakistan , Bangladesh and India that year . Although the song received many critical plaudits , it is one of the most well known and popular tracks by Junoon , also listeners and critics have continued to praise `` Yaar Bina '' as one of the greatest rock songs of all time in Pakistani music industry .",
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"text": "Harb tribe Harb `` War '' is a large Sunni Tribe in the Arabian peninsula . There is no official tribe population count but it is estimated to be approximately four million in Saudi Arabia . It is originally a Qahtani tribe . Several authentic sources on Arab tribes genealogy state that the great-grandfather of Harb tribe is Harb ibn Saad ibn Saad ibn Khawlan ibn Amr ibn Qadha'ah ibn Himyar ibn Qahtan . Harb tribal lands extend from the Red Sea coast in Tihamah ( Western Part of Saudi Arabia ) to the heart of Najd in the central region of Saudi Arabia , and from North the Harbi lands extend from Madinah ( a holy city for Muslims ) to Al Qunfudhah in the south . The tribe 's reach extends to other countries like Kuwait , Iraq , Egypt and UAE . The origins of Harb tribe came from the 2nd century of the Islamic calendar . When Qahtani tribes emigrated from the south of Arabian Peninsula to Hijaz around 131 AH for water and land space after some battles with their cousins Banu Ar-Rabi ` ah bin Saad . As a result , this caused several tribal conflicts with the native and mostly Adnani Arab tribes of Hijaz and Tihamah such as Juhainah , Inazah , Muzianah , and Sulaim over land and water . After around three centuries in Hijaz , Harb tribe became a dominant tribe in the heart of Hijaz with territories surrounding the holy city of Medina . It is important to note that Harb now , like many other Arabian tribes , is a federation of tribes and families , a good example is that Muzaynah in Saudi Arabia are considered from Harb but it is well known that it was a tribe of its own with a known presence in Hijaz in the Pre-Islamic Arabia as well as the time of the Prophet Muhammed -- i.e. , before the origin of Harb tribe in Hijaz . Currently , many of the tribe sons have migrated in recent decades to the three major metropolitan centers of Saudi Arabia , namely Riyadh , Jeddah , and Dammam , in search of better education and employment . One of the main branches of the tribe such as Banu Shaker left al Hejaz and set off to the west coasts of Palestine to start business in agriculture . For the coast of Palestine is well known all around the world for its fertile soil . Banu Shaker that trace there ancestry to Al Hassan Al Muthana are also known to be the Abunamous and Al Shaker Families from Yaffa or Jaffa have developed their reputation of being prominent landowners in Yaffa city In the Arab World outside of Saudi Arabia , the Harb family became prominent in the Christian population of Ramallah , Palestine .",
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"text": "Jallal Jallaluddin Mohammad Malik ( born 1993 ) , better known by his stage name Jallal , is an American rapper from Los Angeles , California .",
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"text": "Iyad Jamal Al-Din Ayad Jamal Aldin or Iyad Jamal al-Din ( -LSB- ) , full name Iyad Raouf Mohammed Jamal al-Din ( born 1961 ) , is a prominent Iraqi intellectual , politician and religious cleric . He was a member of the Iraqi parliament from 2005 until 2010 as the representative of Nasiriyah and a leading figure in Ayad Allawi 's Iraqi National List ( Iraqiyya ) until his departure in the fall of 2009 . After Ayad Allawi sent a delegation to Iran , Ayad Jamal Aldin became disillusioned with Iraqiyya and left the list to form his own party , the Ahrar Party , based on the principles of separation of religion and the state ( a principle Iraqiyya ostensibly shares ) , courage and integrity ( principles Ayad Jamal Aldin and his followers feel strongly that Iraqiyya does not share ) . Speaking of his fallout with Ayad Allawi in a February 14 , 2010 interview with Al-Arabiya TV 's Suhair Al-Qaisi , Ayad Jamal Aldin said : `` Since he ( Ayad Allawi ) sent a delegation to Iran , he can not expect my support . '' Ayad Jamal Aldin is a Shia cleric , best known for his consistent campaigning for a new , secular Iraq . He first rose to prominence at the Nasiriyah conference in March 2003 , shortly before the fall of Saddam Hussein , where he called for a state free of religion , the turban and other theological symbols . In 2005 , he was elected as one of the 25 MPs on the Iraqi National List , but withdrew in 2009 after becoming disenchanted with Iyad Allawi 's overtures to Iran . He wants complete independence from Iranian interference in Iraq . He now leads the Ahrar party for the 2010 election to the Council of Representatives , on a policy platform to clean up corruption and create a strong , secure and liberated Iraq for the future . He was born in Najaf in 1961 which remains home for most of his family , although he now lives in Baghdad . He has several brothers and sisters and his late father was a literary scholar , with over 50 books to his credit , and his uncle was a famous poet : Sayed Mustafa Jamal Aldin . Although he eventually trained as a cleric , he was brought up in an environment where science , culture , poetry and religion were studied hand-in-hand . That is where his belief that our problems are ` human problems first ' , and not Sunni or Turkmen or Kurd problems . He is on record as saying that his mission is to see an end to the corruption that has seen politicians subvert religion to their own needs , and use their sects to determine their success . His first public appearance was at the age of 16 , when he protested against the state 's attempt to prevent other Shias from making a pilgrimage to Karbala . He paid for his protest with his freedom , being exiled to Syria and later Iran , where he studied the Qur ` an and shari'a for eight years and earned his master 's degree in Philosophy . He is on record saying that he does not want a secular state in order to reduce the role of God in people 's lives ; he wants to liberate religion from the state . He wants to see an end to the political sectarianism that puts Kurd against Shia and Turkmen against Sunni , believing that `` we have a shared history , and we have a shared destiny . '' He has consistently argued that freedom , tolerance and security walk hand-in-hand . He is the father of six children -- three boys and three girls . After Ahrar and other lists concerned about Iranian interference in Iraqi politics failed to gain a single seat in the 2010 elections , Ayad Jamal Aldin and the Ahrar Party released a press statement and sent letters to the U.N. declaring the presence of massive fraud in the elections and the need for a complete recount , which went ignored in light of the `` relative '' transparency of the elections .",
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"text": "Maliki The madhhab is one of the four major schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam . It was founded by Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century . The Maliki school of jurisprudence relies on the Quran and hadiths as primary sources . Unlike other Islamic fiqhs , Maliki fiqh also considers the consensus of the people of Medina to be a valid source of Islamic law . The Maliki madhhab is one of the largest group of Sunni Muslims , comparable to the Shafi`i madhhab in adherents , but smaller than the Hanafi madhhab . Sharia based on Maliki doctrine is predominantly found in North Africa ( excluding northern and eastern Egypt ) , West Africa , Chad , Sudan , Kuwait , Bahrain , the Emirate of Dubai ( UAE ) , and in northeastern parts of Saudi Arabia . In the medieval era , the Maliki school was also found in parts of Europe under Islamic rule , particularly Islamic Spain and the Emirate of Sicily . A major historical center of Maliki teaching , from the 9th to 11th centuries , was in the Mosque of Uqba of Tunisia .",
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"text": "Gibril Haddad Gibril Fouad Haddad ( born 1960 ) ( جبريل فواد حداد -LSB- gɪbriːl fʊɑːd ħadda :d -RSB- ) is a Lebanese-born Islamic scholar , hadith expert ( muhaddith ) , author , and translator of classical Islamic texts . He was featured in the inaugural list of 500 Most influential Muslims and has been called `` one of the clearest voices of traditional Islam in the West '' and a `` prominent orthodox Sunni . '' He holds ijazas from over 150 scholars across the Muslim world . He resides with his family in Brunei Darussalaam and is a visiting fellow at the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Center for Islamic Studies , University Brunei Darussalam .",
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"text": "DJ Assad Adam Assad ( born 14 December 1982 ) , better known by his stage name DJ Assad , is a French disc jockey . He is best known for his `` Royal Mix '' show on various French stations . He also has released the album Playground in 2010 .",
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"text": "Daraj Quarter Al-Daraj or Haraat al-Daraj is the densely populated northwestern quarter of Gaza 's Old City . Its name translates as `` Quarter of the Steps . '' Situated on an oblong hill about 20 m above sea level and higher than any other area in the city , al-Daraj likely received its name either from stairs that once led to it or from the feeling of climbing steps when attempting to reach the neighborhood . It is also referred to as the `` Muslim Quarter '' and contains several mosques and other Muslim edifices . Among them are the city 's largest mosque , the Great Omari Mosque , as well as the al-Sayed Hashem Mosque , the Sheikh Zakariya Mosque , the Sheikh Faraj Mosque and Madrasa al-Zahrah . Al-Daraj is separated from the southern Zaytun Quarter by Omar Mukhtar Street . It is the oldest populated area of the city , being built over the site of ancient Gaza . The remnants of the city 's ancient past are visible in many of the neighborhood 's stone houses where marble columns and slabs have been reused as building materials . According to Ottoman tax records , al-Daraj was a relatively large neighborhood in 1525 , with 141 households . Containing Qasr al-Basha , it was the seat of power for the provincial governors of Gaza and much of Palestine during Mamluk and Ottoman rule over the city by at least the 17th century . At the end of the 19th century , it was called Haret ed-Deredj .",
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"text": "2013 NBA draft The 2013 NBA draft was held on June 27 , 2013 , at Barclays Center in Brooklyn , New York . National Basketball Association ( NBA ) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players , including international players . The lottery took place on May 21 , 2013 . This was the first draft for New Orleans under their new Pelicans name after playing as the New Orleans Hornets previously . It would also be the last draft for the Charlotte Bobcats under their old name , as they went back to playing under their old Hornets moniker that they last used in 2002 once the 2013 -- 14 NBA season was over . Highlights of the draft included the first Canadian number one selection ( Anthony Bennett ) , who is now widely considered to be one of the biggest draft busts in league history due to his lack of output within his first few seasons . The selection of Anthony Bennett very much surprised Bill Simmons , who was an analyst at the draft , as he yelled `` whoa '' on national television immediately after David Stern announced the selection . The draft also included the first Canadian pair of lottery picks ( Bennett and Kelly Olynyk ) , the first Iranian draft choice ( Arsalan Kazemi ) , the first New Zealander first round pick ( Steven Adams ) and the last first round draft selections announced by then-NBA commissioner David Stern , the very last of which included a visit by Hakeem Olajuwon , Stern 's first pick he ever announced back in 1984 . He was replaced by current commissioner Adam Silver beginning with the 2014 NBA draft .",
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"text": "1985–86 Golden State Warriors season The 1985-86 NBA season was the Warriors ' 40th season in the NBA and 23rd in the San Francisco Bay Area .",
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"text": "1989–90 New Jersey Nets season The 1989 -- 90 NBA season was the Nets ' 23rd season in the National Basketball Association , and 14th season in East Rutherford , New Jersey . The Nets decided to start the rebuilding process by acquiring Sam Bowie from the Portland Trail Blazers on draft day . Under new head coach Bill Fitch , they started the season winning their first two games , but went on to lose eleven of their next twelves games , including a nine-game losing streak . The Nets struggled all season long posting a 14-game losing streak between January and February , and losing eleven consecutive games in March . They lost their final seven games of the season , finishing last place in the Atlantic Division with a league worst record at 17 -- 65 . Following the season , Dennis Hopson was traded to the Chicago Bulls .",
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"text": "NBA Live 13 NBA Live 13 is the cancelled basketball installment in the NBA Live series , developed and published by Electronic Arts ( EA ) . The game was to be a reboot of the series and would be departing from previous entries , with the focus on an `` all-new experience that captures on the future of basketball '' . NBA Live 13 was to be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 . There were reports that the game could have been released digitally . However , on September 27 , 2012 , EA confirmed on their website that the game 's launch has been cancelled due to the game 's `` disappointing '' development . While the 2013 edition was cancelled , according to EA 's vice president Andrew Wilson , he stated at the time that '' -LSB- they are -RSB- going to sit out the full year and stay focused on making next year 's game great . ''",
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"text": "2013 New York Liberty season The 2013 WNBA season is the 17th season for the New York Liberty of the Women 's National Basketball Association . The Liberty will play at Prudential Center in New Jersey due to renovations at Madison Square Garden .",
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"text": "2013 WNBA season The 2013 WNBA season was the 17th season of the Women 's National Basketball Association . The regular season began on May 24 , and playoffs concluded on October 10 . The Minnesota Lynx won their second league championship , defeating the Atlanta Dream three games to none in the 2013 WNBA Finals . The year represented a positive turning point for the long-struggling league . Both attendance and television viewership were up , driven by an influx of talented rookies , multiple teams reported that they were near a break-even point , and at least one franchise announced that it was profitable .",
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"text": "2014 NHL Entry Draft The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was the 52nd NHL Entry Draft . The draft was held on June 27 -- 28 , 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . The top three selections were Aaron Ekblad , Sam Reinhart , and Leon Draisaitl . This draft featured the first selection of a player from Oceania with Australian Nathan Walker , being selected by the Washington Capitals in the third-round .",
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"text": "2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft The 2013 NWSL Supplemental Draft took place on February 7 , 2013 .",
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"text": "2013–14 Minnesota Timberwolves season The 2013 -- 14 Minnesota Timberwolves season is the 25th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) .",
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"text": "1976 ABA Dispersal Draft On August 5 , 1976 , as a result of the ABA -- NBA merger , the NBA hosted a dispersal draft to select players from the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis , the two American Basketball Association ( ABA ) franchises that were not included in the ABA -- NBA merger . The eighteen NBA teams and the four ABA teams that joined the NBA , the Denver Nuggets , Indiana Pacers , New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs , were allowed to participate in the draft . The teams selected in reverse order of their win -- loss percentage in the previous NBA and ABA seasons . The team that made a selection paid for the signing rights to the player , which were set by the league 's committee . The money from the draft was used to help the four ABA teams that merged with the NBA to pay off some of their obligations to the two folded ABA franchises , the Colonels and Spirits . The team that made a selection was obligated to assume the player 's ABA contract . The players who were not selected would become free agents . Twenty players from the Colonels and the Spirits were available for the draft . Eleven were selected in the first round and the twelfth player was selected in the second round . Eight players were not selected and thus became a free agent . The Chicago Bulls used the first pick to select five-time ABA All-Star Artis Gilmore with a signing price of $ 1,100,000 . The Portland Trail Blazers , who acquired the Atlanta Hawks ' second pick , selected Maurice Lucas and Moses Malone with signing price of $ 300,000 and $ 350,000 respectively . Marvin Barnes , who was selected fourth by the Detroit Pistons was the second most expensive player in the draft with a signing price of $ 500,000 . Several teams elected to pass their first-round picks and only the Kansas City Kings used the second-round pick . The draft continued until the third round , but no other players were selected .",
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"text": "1989–90 New York Knicks season The 1989 -- 90 NBA season was the 44th season for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association . Before the season , owners Gulf + Western reorganized and became Paramount Communications , renaming themselves after the Paramount Pictures film studio . During the offseason , the Knicks hired Stu Jackson as their new head coach . The team got off to a solid start , winning 20 of their first 27 games , while posting a nine-game winning streak . At midseason , the Knicks traded second-year guard Rod Strickland to the San Antonio Spurs for Maurice Cheeks . However , as they stood at a 39 -- 22 record , they struggled and lost 15 of their final 21 games . The Knicks had a 45 -- 37 record and finished third in the Atlantic Division . The Knicks ' fifth-place finish in the Eastern Conference earned them a berth in the NBA Playoffs for the third straight year . Patrick Ewing was selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game . In the first round of the playoffs , New York defeated the 4th-seeded Boston Celtics three games to two , after overcoming an 0 -- 2 deficit . The Knicks were then eliminated in the conference semifinals by the Detroit Pistons , who later on won their second consecutive NBA title , four games to one over the Portland Trail Blazers . Following the season , Johnny Newman signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Charlotte Hornets .",
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"text": "Andre Iguodala Andre Tyler Iguodala ( ; born January 28 , 1984 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The swingman was an NBA All-Star in 2012 and has been named to the NBA All-Defensive Team twice . Iguodala won an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015 , when he was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player . He was also a member of the United States national team at the 2010 FIBA World Championship and 2012 Summer Olympics , winning the gold medal both times . Iguodala went to Lanphier High School in Springfield , Illinois , before attending the University of Arizona . After completing two years , he declared for the 2004 NBA draft , where he was drafted as the ninth overall pick by the Philadelphia 76ers . Iguodala played for Philadelphia until the summer of 2012 , when he joined the Denver Nuggets in a four-team trade . He was acquired by Golden State in 2013 . In 2014 -- 15 , he became a reserve for the first time in his career , but captured the Finals MVP after returning to the starting lineup in the middle of the finals series .",
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"text": "Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex The Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex and Corporate Offices is a 125,000-square-foot Training Complex and office building , which is the largest in the NBA . The Complex houses the team training center and corporate offices . It was opened in September 2016 . Previously , the team practiced at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine , in Bala Cynwyd , while business-side operations were located at The Navy Yard , in South Philadelphia . This is the first completely owned training complex the organization has ever had . And the design was key to have the practice facility and operations in the same complex .",
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"text": "San Francisco Dons men's basketball The San Francisco Dons men 's basketball team represents the University of San Francisco in NCAA Division I men 's college basketball . The Dons compete in the West Coast Conference , in which they have the winningest program , and have won sixteen regular season championships and one conference tournament championship . The current head coach is Kyle Smith . They play home games at the War Memorial Gymnasium , which also serves as the venue for women 's basketball , volleyball , athletic department offices , and athletic training rooms . The basketball team has won three national titles : the 1949 NIT under Pete Newell , and the 1955 and 1956 NCAA championships . The latter two were under Phil Woolpert , and led by player and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell . USF retained its status as a basketball powerhouse into the 1970s and early 1980s , holding the distinction of being a `` major '' program in a `` mid-major '' conference ( the WCC having declined somewhat in stature since the 1960s ) . It held the number one spot in the polls on numerous occasions . In 1977 , led by All-American center Bill Cartwright , the Dons went 29 -- 0 and were regarded as the # 1 team in the nation in both major polls before dropping their last two games . The San Francisco Dons men 's basketball program has been rated the 29th `` Greatest College Basketball Program of All-Time '' by Street & Smith 's magazine , 49th by NBC Sports `` Greatest Programs of All-Time '' , and 75th by the ESPN/Sagarin All-Time College Basketball Rankings , higher in all three rankings than any other West Coast Conference school and many schools from BCS Conferences ( Pac-12 , Big Ten , Big 12 , Big East , Southeastern Conference ) .",
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"text": "1995 NBA Expansion Draft The 1995 NBA Expansion Draft was the tenth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . The draft was held on June 24 , 1995 , so that the newly founded Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies could acquire players for the upcoming . Toronto was awarded an expansion team on September 30 , 1993 , while Vancouver was awarded the league 's 29th franchise on April 27 , 1994 . They were the first NBA teams based in Canada since the Toronto Huskies . In an NBA expansion draft , new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league . Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft , since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected . In this draft , each of the twenty-seven other NBA teams had protected eight players from their roster , and the Raptors and the Grizzlies selected fourteen and thirteen unprotected players respectively , one from each team . Prior to the draft , the league conducted a coin flip between the Raptors and the Grizzlies to decide their draft order in this expansion draft and in the 1995 NBA draft . The Grizzlies won the coin flip and chose to have the higher pick in the 1995 Draft , allowing the Raptors to receive the first selection and the right to select fourteen players in the expansion draft . The Raptors were formed and owned by a group headed by Toronto businessman John Bitove . Brendan Malone was hired as the franchise 's first head coach . The Raptors used their first pick to select three-time NBA champion B. J. Armstrong from the Chicago Bulls . However , Armstrong refused to report for training and was traded to the Golden State Warriors for five other players . The Raptors ' other selections included four-time NBA champion John Salley and six other former first-round picks , Doug Smith , Willie Anderson , Ed Pinckney , Acie Earl , B. J. Tyler and Oliver Miller . Seven players from the expansion draft joined the Raptors for their inaugural season , but only Miller , Earl and Žan Tabak played more than one season for the team . Tabak and Andrés Guibert were the only international players in the draft . The Grizzlies were formed and owned by Vancouver sports magnate Arthur Griffiths . Former Atlanta Hawks assistant coach Brian Winters was hired as the franchise 's first head coach . The Grizzlies used their first pick to select former first-round pick Greg Anthony from the New York Knicks . The Grizzlies ' other selections included three-time NBA champion Byron Scott and three other former first-round picks , Benoit Benjamin , Doug Edwards and Blue Edwards . On draft day , the Grizzlies acquired a second-round draft pick from the Orlando Magic in exchange for selecting Rodney Dent , who had never played in the NBA . Eight players from the expansion draft joined the Grizzlies for their inaugural season , but only Anthony and Blue Edwards played more than one season for the team .",
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"text": "1996–97 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1996 -- 97 NBA season was the 76ers 48th season in the National Basketball Association , and 34th season in Philadelphia . After two seasons at Georgetown , point guard Allen Iverson was selected first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1996 NBA draft . Iverson quickly established himself as one of the premier point guards in the NBA averaging 23.5 points per game . He was named 1997 Rookie of the Year and was a member of the NBA All-Rookie First Team . During the offseason , the Sixers acquired Don MacLean from the Denver Nuggets and signed free agents Mark Davis , Lucious Harris and Michael Cage . The Sixers played around .500 in November with a 7 -- 8 start to the season . However , they struggled and lost 23 of their next 24 games , including 11 and 13-game losing streaks posted respectively . The Sixers lost ten of their final eleven games , and finished sixth in the Atlantic Division with a 22 -- 60 record . The team also moved into the new 20,000 plus seat CoreStates Center ( now the Wells Fargo Center ) , after calling The Spectrum home from 1967 to 1996 . Head coach Johnny Davis and General Manager Brad Greenburg were both fired after Iverson 's first season with the club . Following the season , MacLean , Harris and Cage were all traded to the New Jersey Nets .",
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"text": "Draymond Green Draymond Jamal Green Sr. ( born March 4 , 1990 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . Green , who plays primarily at the power forward position , was named to the NBA All-Defensive Team and won his first NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015 . Green was named an NBA All-Star and All-NBA Team member the following two seasons . Green grew up in Saginaw , Michigan , and played college basketball for Michigan State , where he helped the Spartans earn two Final Four appearances and a Big Ten Tournament championship in 2012 . Throughout his four-year college career , Green earned conference and national honors , including Big Ten Conference Sixth Man of the Year as a sophomore , and consensus All-American and NABC National Player of the Year honors as a senior . He went on to be drafted 35th overall in the 2012 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors , and later played a key role on the Warriors ' 2015 championship team . Green , who often plays significant minutes for the Warriors as an undersized center , has been cited as one of the leaders in an emerging trend in the NBA of versatile frontcourt players capable of playing and defending multiple positions , making plays for teammates and spacing the floor .",
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"text": "2017–18 Golden State Warriors season The 2017 -- 18 Golden State Warriors season will be the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and its 56th in the San Francisco Bay Area .",
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"text": "2006 NBA Europe Live Tour The 2006 NBA Europe Live Tour was an international basketball exhibition and competition produced jointly by the National Basketball Association and the Euroleague , as part of the NBA Global Games . The tour featured four NBA teams training and playing matches against European teams in Germany , Russia , France , Italy , and Spain . Four standalone games were played , along with two tournaments in Moscow and Cologne . The tour took place between 5 October and 11 October 2006 . Four NBA teams went to different countries to conduct their first week of training camp overseas : the Philadelphia 76ers in Barcelona , Spain ; the Los Angeles Clippers in Moscow , Russia ; the San Antonio Spurs in France ; and the Phoenix Suns in Treviso , Italy .",
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"text": "2013–14 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season The 2013 -- 14 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel season is the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association ( PBA ) .",
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"text": "2013 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament The 2013 NCAA Division II Men 's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men 's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 2012 -- 13 basketball season . The eight regional winners met at the Elite Eight for the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds held at Freedom Hall in Louisville , Kentucky . As part of the festivities surrounding the 75th edition of the NCAA tournament , the championship game was played at Philips Arena in Atlanta on April 7 , 2013 .",
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"text": "Google Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products . These include online advertising technologies , search , cloud computing , software , and hardware . Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University , in California . Together , they own about 14 percent of its shares , and control 56 percent of the stockholder voting power through supervoting stock . They incorporated Google as a privately held company on September 4 , 1998 . An initial public offering ( IPO ) took place on August 19 , 2004 , and Google moved to its new headquarters in Mountain View , California , nicknamed the Googleplex . In August 2015 , Google announced plans to reorganize its various interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet Inc. . Google , Alphabet 's leading subsidiary , will continue to be the umbrella company for Alphabet 's Internet interests . Upon completion of the restructure , Sundar Pichai became CEO of Google , replacing Larry Page , who became CEO of Alphabet . Rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products , acquisitions , and partnerships beyond Google 's core search engine ( Google Search ) . It offers services designed for work and productivity ( Google Docs , Sheets and Slides ) , email ( Gmail/Inbox ) , scheduling and time management ( Google Calendar ) , cloud storage ( Google Drive ) , social networking ( Google + ) , instant messaging and video chat ( Google Allo/Duo/Hangouts ) , language translation ( Google Translate ) , mapping and turn-by-turn navigation ( Google Maps ) , video sharing ( YouTube ) , notetaking ( Google Keep ) , and photo organizing and editing ( Google Photos ) . The company leads the development of the Android mobile operating system , the Google Chrome web browser , and Chrome OS , a lightweight operating system based on the Chrome browser . Google has moved increasingly into hardware ; from 2010 to 2015 , it partnered with major electronics manufacturers in the production of its Nexus devices , and in October 2016 , it released multiple hardware products ( including the Google Pixel smartphone , Home smart speaker , Wifi mesh wireless router , and Daydream View virtual reality headset ) . The new hardware chief , Rick Osterloh , stated : `` a lot of the innovation that we want to do now ends up requiring controlling the end-to-end user experience '' . Google has also experimented with becoming an Internet carrier . In February 2010 , it announced Google Fiber , a fiber-optic infrastructure that was installed in Kansas City ; in April 2015 , it launched Project Fi in the United States , combining Wi-Fi and cellular networks from different providers ; and in 2016 , it announced the Google Station initiative to make public Wi-Fi around the world , which had already been deployed in India . Alexa , a company that monitors commercial web traffic , lists Google.com as the most visited website in the world . Several other Google services also figure in the top 100 most visited websites , including YouTube and Blogger . Google has been the second most valuable brand in the world for 4 consecutive years , but has received significant criticism involving issues such as privacy concerns , tax avoidance , antitrust , censorship , and search neutrality . Google 's mission statement , from the outset , was `` to organize the world 's information and make it universally accessible and useful '' , and its unofficial slogan was `` Do n't be evil '' . In October 2015 , the motto was replaced in the Alphabet corporate code of conduct by the phrase `` Do the right thing '' .",
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"text": "Mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions ( M&A ) are transactions in which the ownership of companies , other business organizations or their operating units are transferred or combined . As an aspect of strategic management , M&A can allow enterprises to grow , shrink , and change the nature of their business or competitive position . From a legal point of view , a merger is a legal consolidation of two entities into one entity , whereas an acquisition occurs when one entity takes ownership of another entity 's stock , equity interests or assets . From a commercial and economic point of view , both types of transactions generally result in the consolidation of assets and liabilities under one entity , and the distinction between a `` merger '' and an `` acquisition '' is less clear . A transaction legally structured as an acquisition may have the effect of placing one party 's business under the indirect ownership of the other party 's shareholders , while a transaction legally structured as a merger may give each party 's shareholders partial ownership and control of the combined enterprise . A deal may be euphemistically called a `` merger of equals '' if both CEOs agree that joining together is in the best interest of both of their companies , while when the deal is unfriendly ( that is , when the management of the target company opposes the deal ) it may be regarded as an `` acquisition '' .",
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"text": "International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ; Union Internationale des Télécommunications ) , originally the International Telegraph Union ( Union Télégraphique Internationale ) , is a specialized agency of the United Nations ( UN ) that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies . The ITU coordinates the shared global use of the radio spectrum , promotes international cooperation in assigning satellite orbits , works to improve telecommunication infrastructure in the developing world , and assists in the development and coordination of worldwide technical standards . The ITU is active in areas including broadband Internet , latest-generation wireless technologies , aeronautical and maritime navigation , radio astronomy , satellite-based meteorology , convergence in fixed-mobile phone , Internet access , data , voice , TV broadcasting , and next-generation networks . ITU also organizes worldwide and regional exhibitions and forums , such as ITU TELECOM WORLD , bringing together representatives of government and the telecommunications and ICT industry to exchange ideas , knowledge and technology . ITU , based in Geneva , Switzerland , is a member of the United Nations Development Group . ITU has been an intergovernmental public-private partnership organization since its inception . Its membership includes 193 Member States and around 700 public and private sector companies as well as international and regional telecommunication entities , known as Sector Members and Associates , which undertake most of the work of each Sector .",
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"text": "Rio Tinto Group Rio Tinto is an Australian-British multinational and one of the world 's largest metals and mining corporations . The company was founded in 1873 , when a multinational consortium of investors purchased a mine complex on the Rio Tinto , in Huelva , Spain , from the Spanish government . Since then , the company has grown through a long series of mergers and acquisitions to place itself among the world leaders in the production of many commodities , including aluminium , iron ore , copper , uranium , coal , and diamonds . Although primarily focused on extraction of minerals , Rio Tinto also has significant operations in refining , particularly for refining bauxite and iron ore . The company has operations on six continents , but is mainly concentrated in Australia and Canada , and owns its mining operations through a complex web of wholly and partly owned subsidiaries . Rio Tinto has joint head offices in London ( global and `` plc '' ) and Melbourne ( `` Limited '' Australia ) . Rio Tinto Group is a dual-listed company traded on both the London Stock Exchange , where it is a component of the FTSE 100 Index , and the Australian Securities Exchange , where it is a component of the S&P / ASX 200 index .",
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"text": "New international division of labour In economics , the new international division of labor ( NIDL ) is an outcome of globalization . The term was coined by theorists seeking to explain the spatial shift of manufacturing industries from advanced capitalist countries to developing countries -- an ongoing geographic reorganization of production , which finds its origins in ideas about a global division of labor . It is a spatial division of labor which occurs when the process of production is no longer confined to national economies . Under the `` old '' international division of labor , until around 1970 , underdeveloped areas were incorporated into the world economy principally as suppliers of minerals and agricultural commodities . However , as developing economies are merged into the world economy , more production takes place in these economies . This has led to a trend of transference , or what is also known as the `` global industrial shift '' , in which production processes are relocated from developed countries ( such as the US , European countries , and Japan ) to developing countries in Asia ( such as China , Vietnam , and India ) and Latin America . This is because companies search for the cheapest locations to manufacture and assemble components , so low-cost labor-intensive parts of the manufacturing process are shifted to the developing world where costs are substantially lower . Companies do so by taking advantage of transportation and communications technology , as well as fragmentation and locational flexibility of production . From 1953 to the late 1990s , the industrialized economies ' share of world manufacturing output declined from 95 % to 77 % , and the developing economies ' share more than quadrupled from 5 % to 23 % . The resultant division of labor across continents closely follows the North -- South socio-economic and political divide , wherein the North -- with one quarter of the world population -- controls four fifths of the world income , while the South -- with three quarters of the world population -- has access to one fifth of the world income .",
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"text": "Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT) The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund ( GHIT Fund ) , headquartered in Japan , is an international public-private partnership between the Government of Japan ( Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Health , Labour and Welfare ) , 16 pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies ( Astellas , Chugai , Eisai , Daiichi Sankyo , Fujifilm , GlaxoSmithKline , Johnson & Johnson , Kyowa Hakko Kirin , Merck Group , Mistubishi Tanabe , Nipro , Otsuka , Shionogi , Sumitomo Dainippon , Sysmex and Takeda ) , the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , the Wellcome Trust and United Nations Development Programme . It funds scientific research and development for anti-infectives and diagnostics for diseases that primarily affect the developing world . Bill Gates has noted that `` GHIT draws on the immense innovation capacity of Japan 's pharmaceutical companies , universities and research institutions to accelerate the creation of new vaccines , drugs and diagnostic tools for global health . '' Margaret Chan , Director-General of the World Health Organization , said : `` The GHIT Fund has stepped in to provide that incentive in a pioneering model of partnership that brings Japanese innovation , investment and leadership to the global fight against infectious disease . '' The GHIT Fund is the first public-private partnership fund to involve a national government , a UN agency , a consortium of pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies , and international philanthropic foundations . The public-private partnership model , the inclusion of a whole pharmaceutical sector and the structure of individual research projects across sectors and national boundaries are all aimed at reducing the R&D risk to any one entity and to ensure that findings are open to all . Another key opportunity the GHIT Fund has created has been to help open the doors of Japan 's public and private drug compound libraries to product development partnerships , which makes possible the screening of tens of thousands of drug candidates for potential new treatments . The participating companies view their investments into neglected diseases through the Fund as a long-term investment into the future , rather than charity . They see the Fund as a necessary catalyst for having allowed them to pursue this line of research .",
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"text": "Casio is a multinational consumer electronics and commercial electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Shibuya , Tokyo , Japan . Its products include calculators , mobile phones , digital cameras , electronic musical instruments , and digital watches . It was founded in 1946 , and in 1957 released the world 's first entirely electric compact calculator . Casio was an early digital camera innovator , and during the 1980s and 1990s , the company developed numerous affordable home electronic keyboards for musicians .",
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"text": "Google Groups Google Groups is a service from Google that provides discussion groups for people sharing common interests . The Groups service also provides a gateway to Usenet newsgroups via a shared user interface . Google Groups became operational in February 2001 , following Google 's acquisition of Deja 's Usenet archive . ( Deja News had been operational since 1995 . ) Google Groups offers at least two kinds of discussion group ; in both cases users can participate in threaded conversations , either through a web interface or by e-mail . The first kind are forums specific to Google Groups which are inaccessible by NNTP and act more like mailing lists . The second kind are Usenet groups , for which Google Groups acts as gateway and unofficial archive ( the Google Groups archive of Usenet newsgroup postings dates back to 1981 ) . Through the Google Groups user interface , users can read and post to Usenet groups . In addition to accessing Google and Usenet groups , registered users can also set up mailing list archives for e-mail lists that are hosted elsewhere .",
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"text": "Google Gadgets Google Gadgets are dynamic web content that can be embedded on a web page . They can be added to and interact strongly with Google 's iGoogle personalized home page ( discontinued in November 2013 , although iGoogle Gadgets still work on other websites ) and the Google Desktop ( discontinued in September 2011 ) application , as well as Google Wave ( also no longer supported by Google ) and Google Sites . Webmasters can add and customize a gadget to their own business or personal web site , a process called `` syndication '' . Gadgets are developed by Google and third-party developers using the Google Gadgets API , using basic web technologies such as XML and JavaScript .",
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"text": "Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google, Inc. Rosetta Stone v. Google , 676 F. 3d 144 ( 4th Cir . 2012 ) , was a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that challenged the legality of Google 's AdWords program . The Court overturned a grant of summary judgment for Google that had held Google AdWords was not a violation of trademark law ( see federal Lanham Act , ( 1 ) ) . Though other cases had addressed trademark infringement in the context of online keyword advertising ( see Playboy Enterprises , Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp. , Google , Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory , Inc. ) Rosetta Stone v. Google is considered the last serious American challenge to Google 's AdWord program . Though , Rosetta Stone ` won ' an overturn of summary judgment , the subsequent settlement between the two parties left commentators declaring the Google has ` won ' the keyword advertising trademark fight .",
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"text": "Google Calendar Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google . It became available as a limited beta release on April 13 , 2006 , and exited the beta stage in July 2009 . It is available on the web and as mobile apps for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems . Google Calendar allows users to create and edit events . Reminders can be enabled for events , with options available for type and time . Event locations can also be added , and other users can be invited to events . Users can enable or disable the visibility of special calendars , including Birthdays , where the app retrieves dates of births from Google contacts and displays birthday cards on a yearly basis , and Holidays , a country-specific calendar that displays dates of special occasions . Over time , Google has added functionality that makes use of machine learning , including `` Events from Gmail '' , where event information from a user 's Gmail messages are automatically added to Google Calendar ; `` Reminders '' , where users add to-do activities that can be automatically updated with new information ; `` Smart Suggestions '' , where the app recommends titles , contacts , and locations when creating events ; and `` Goals '' , where users enter information on a specified personal goal , and the app automatically schedules the activity at optimal times . Google Calendar 's mobile apps have received polarized reviews . 2015 reviews of the Android and iOS apps both praised and criticized the design . While some critics praised the design for being `` cleaner '' , `` bold '' and making use of `` colorful graphics '' , other reviewers asserted that the graphics took up too much space . The Smart Suggestions feature was also liked and disliked , with varying levels of success in the app actually managing to suggest relevant information upon event creation . The integration between Google Calendar and Gmail was praised , however , with critics writing that `` all of the relevant details are there '' . The iOS app has been criticized for its lack of iPad support , and for the lack of a widget in the iOS Notification Center . An update in March 2017 added iPad support , and a blog post by Google announced that a Notification Center widget is coming in a future update .",
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"text": "Google Dashboard In computing , Google Dashboard lets users of the Internet view and manage personal data collected about them by Google Inc. . With an account , Google Dashboard allows users to have a summary view of their Google + , Google location history , Google web history , Google Play apps , YouTube and more . Once logged in , it summarizes data for each product the user uses and provides direct links to the products . The program allows setting preferences for personal account products . The only information that is shared with Google Dashboard is information generated while one is logged into an account . All data in Dashboard is considered private unless settings are changed . Google allows the user control of all the information that they provide and allows the data submitted to be purged from each app . Two step verification , web history , location history , and preferences are available for all applications .",
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"text": "Division (business) A division of a business , sometimes called a business sector , is one of the parts into which a business , organization or company is divided . The divisions are distinct parts of that business . If these divisions are all part of the same company , then that company is legally responsible for all of the obligations and debts of the divisions . However , in a large organization , various parts of the business may be run by different subsidiaries , and a business division may include one or many subsidiaries . Each subsidiary is a separate legal entity owned by the primary business or by another subsidiary in the hierarchy . Often a division operates under a separate name and is the equivalent of a corporation or limited liability company obtaining a fictitious name or `` doing business as '' certificate and operating a business under that fictitious name . Companies often set up business units to operate in divisions prior to the legal formation of subsidiaries . Generally , only an `` entity '' , e.g. a corporation , public limited company ( plc ) or limited liability company , etc. would have a `` division '' ; an individual operating in this manner would simply be `` operating under a fictitious name '' . An example of this would be to look at Hewlett Packard ( HP ) , the computer and printer company . HP has several divisions , with the printer division , that makes laser and inkjet printers , being the largest and most profitable division . The divisions of HP , like the Printing & Multifunction division , the Handheld Devices ( includes the old calculator ) division , the Servers division ( mini and mainframe computers ) , etc. , all use the HP brand name . But , Compaq ( a part of HP since 2002 ) , operates as a subsidiary , using the Compaq brand name . Mack Trucks continues to run itself separately , but is a wholly owned subsidiary of AB Volvo . Volvo Trucks also sells trucks under the Volvo name . Within Mack , there is a division named Mack de Venezuela C.A. that does final assembly and sells trucks in South America . Another less obvious example is that Google Video is a division of Google , and is part of the same corporate entity . But the YouTube video service is a subsidiary of Google because it remains operated as YouTube , LLC , a separate business entity even though it is owned by Google .",
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"text": "Google Founders' Award The Google Founders ' Award was a special award for entrepreneurial achievement awarded to groups at Google Inc. . The awards are given in the form of stock grants , and the program was initiated in 2004 by Google founders Sergey Brin and Lawrence E. Page to reward groups .",
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"text": "Sergey Brin Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin ( Серге́й Миха́йлович Брин born August 21 , 1973 ) is a Russian American computer scientist , internet entrepreneur , and philanthropist . Together with Larry Page , he co-founded Google . Brin is the President of Google 's parent company Alphabet Inc. . , Brin is the 13th richest person in the world , with an estimated net worth of US$ 39.8 billion . Brin immigrated to the United States with his family from the Soviet Union at the age of 6 . He earned his bachelor 's degree at the University of Maryland , following in his father 's and grandfather 's footsteps by studying mathematics , as well as computer science . After graduation , he moved to Stanford University to acquire a PhD in computer science . There he met Page , with whom he later became friends . They crammed their dormitory room with inexpensive computers and applied Brin 's data mining system to build a web search engine . The program became popular at Stanford , and they suspended their PhD studies to start up Google in a rented garage . The Economist referred to Brin as an `` Enlightenment Man '' , and as someone who believes that `` knowledge is always good , and certainly always better than ignorance '' , a philosophy that is summed up by Google 's mission statement , `` Organize the world 's information and make it universally accessible and useful , '' and unofficial yet sometimes controversial motto , `` Do n't be evil '' .",
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"text": "IBM Research IBM Research is IBM 's research and development division . It is the largest industrial research organization in the world , with twelve labs on six continents . The roots of today 's IBM Research began with the 1945 opening of the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory at Columbia University . This was the first IBM laboratory devoted to pure science and later expanded into additional IBM Research locations in Westchester County , New York starting in the 1950s , including the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1961 . IBM employees have garnered six Nobel Prizes , six Turing Awards , 20 inductees into the U.S. National Inventors Hall of Fame , 19 National Medals of Technology , five National Medals of Science and three Kavli Prizes . As of 2016 , the company held the record for most patents generated by a business for 24 consecutive years .",
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"text": "Google Attribution Google Attribution is a monitoring program developed by Internet advertising company Alphabet Inc. .",
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"text": "Guro District, Seoul Guro District ( Guro-gu ) is a district of Seoul , South Korea , which was separated from Yeongdeungpo District on April 1 , 1980 . Located in the southwestern part of the city , where besides Yangcheon District and Geumcheon District Guro District has an important position as a transport link which contains railroads , land routes from the rest of Seoul to the south of the country . The Gyeongbu and Gyeongin railway lines connect Seoul to Busan and Incheon . In addition , Seoul Metropolitan Subway lines 1 , 2 , and 7 , and major highways intersect in Guro District . The name Guro originates from the legend that nine ( gu ) old men ( Korean : ro ) enjoyed longevity in the district . A digital industrial complex is located in Guro District . The Guro Digital Industrial Complex , which played a leading industrial role mainly with textile manufacturing , dressmaking and other labour-intensive industries in 1967 , has been rapidly changed into an IT industrial complex . This complex played a pivotal role in the economic growth of the South Korea 's development era , referred to as the `` Miracle on the Han River '' , and also contributed 10 percent of national export in the 1970s . Twenty-one percent of the total area of Guro District is a restricted zone to be used as a greenbelt with the only arboretum in Seoul . The zone is changing into a lively district as large labour-intensive factories are moving from the area and the council is developing what it terms its four zones . An `` e-government '' system based on this hosted the international e-participation forum on February 7 -- 9 , 2007 , with the participation of more than thirty-seven countries . The forum was launched with the theme `` Promoting Democracy and Regional Development '' and twenty-five mayors including André Santini ( Issy-les-Moulineaux , France ) , Kevin Foy ( Chapel Hill , US ) , Apirak Kosayothin ( Bangkok , Thailand ) , Uvais Mohamed Emthiyas ( Colombo , Sri Lanka ) , and world experts such as Dr William H. Dutton ( Director of Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford , UK ) and Dr Ari-Veiko Anttiroiko ( professor at the University of Tampere , Finland ) participated in the forum . The Guro Declaration , adopted during the forum , aims to set up a portal site for e-government development and to establish a concrete project in order to bridge the digital divide among the world 's cities . This practice has been recognised for providing a new important step in the development of e-democracy . The e-participation forum was a key factor for Guro to play the leading role in bridging the digital divide among cities , to provide I.T. enterprises located in Guro Digital Industrial Complex the opportunity to launch into the international market , to improve its image and become a global leader to concrete e-democracy .",
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"text": "Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company , commonly referred to as Dow , is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland , Michigan , United States . As of 2007 , it is the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue ( after BASF ) and as of February 2009 , the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization ( after BASF and DuPont ) . It ranked second in the world by chemical production in 2014 . Dow manufactures plastics , chemicals , and agricultural products . With a presence in about 160 countries , it employs about 54,000 people worldwide . The company has seven different major operating segments , with a wide variety of products made by each one . Dow 's 2012 sales totaled approximately $ 57 billion . Dow has been called the `` chemical companies ' chemical company '' in that most of its sales are to other industries rather than end-users . Dow sells directly to end-users primarily in the human and animal health and consumer products markets . Dow is a member of the American Chemistry Council . The company tagline is `` Solutionism '' .",
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"text": "List of Google Play edition devices The Google Play edition devices ( GPE ) is a series of consumer mobile devices sanctioned by Google that run the Android operating system . Unlike the standard versions of Android on these devices , which have received `` skins '' from the original equipment manufacturer , such as Samsung TouchWiz or HTC Sense , they run a `` stock '' version of Android , without any manufacturer or wireless carrier modifications , making them essentially like Google Nexus devices in terms of software but do not carry the Google Nexus branding , nor does their hardware differ from that of the original devices upon which the Play editions are based . Because of this , the software includes slight , under-the-hood changes to function on the original manufacturer 's hardware . These devices are carrier unlocked and GSM-based , and have been offered exclusively through Google 's Play Store . Updates for these devices are delivered by Google ( bypassing carriers ) , but are supplied by the original device manufacturer . Although the updates are not supplied directly by Google , as is the case with the products from the Nexus line , these devices receive Android updates at nearly the same time as Nexus products . In January 2015 , Google stopped selling their final Google Play edition phone . While Google never officially announced the end of the program , no new phones have been announced since .",
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"text": "Google logo The Google logo appears in numerous settings to identify the search engine company . Google has relied on several logos since its renaming ( see History of Google ) , with the first logo created by Sergey Brin using GIMP . A revised logo debuted on September 1 , 2015 . The previous logo , with slight modifications between 1999 and 2013 , was designed by Ruth Kedar ; the wordmark was based on the Catull typeface , an old style serif typeface designed by Gustav Jaeger for the Berthold Type Foundry in 1982 . The company also includes various modifications or humorous features , such as cartoon modifications of their logo for use on holidays , birthdays of famous people , and major events , such as the Olympics . These special logos , some designed by Dennis Hwang , have become known as Google Doodles .",
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"text": "Fifty Shades of Grey Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James . It is the first instalment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate , Anastasia Steele , and a young business magnate , Christian Grey . It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline , dominance/submission , and sadism/masochism ( BDSM ) . Originally self-published as an ebook and a print-on-demand , publishing rights were acquired by Vintage Books in March 2012 . Fifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists around the world , selling over 125 million copies worldwide by June 2015 . It has been translated into 52 languages , and set a record in the United Kingdom as the fastest-selling paperback of all time . Critical reception of the book , however , has tended towards the negative , with the quality of its prose generally seen as poor . Universal Pictures and Focus Features produced a film adaptation , which was released on 13 February 2015 and also received generally unfavourable reviews . The second and third volumes of the trilogy , Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed , were published in 2012 . Grey : Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian , a version of Fifty Shades of Grey being told from Christian 's point of view , was published in June 2015 .",
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"text": "Canal Sony (Latin America) Canal Sony ( `` Sony Channel '' , in both Spanish and Portuguese ; formerly called Sony Entertainment Television ) , is a general entertainment channel co-based in Perú , Chile , Venezuela , Brazil and Miami , Florida , United States . It airs in 26 countries in Latin America , and is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment . In the region , it is distributed by HBO Latin America Group . It was the first pan-regional basic channel that offered programming in its original English language with subtitles and became an award-winning trend setting network . Canal Sony began transmission in August 1995 , as a basic cable television channel . Its first launch in Mexico was on Televisa 's Cablevision cable TV system in March 1996 followed by its launch in Brazil that same Spring . Unlike most national television networks in Latin America , which air all imported shows dubbed in Spanish or Portuguese , Sony started airing its programming with subtitles which led to its role as a regional leader . Canal Sony shows new or recent American comedy , drama and reality series such as Will & Grace , American Idol , 'Til Death , 30 Rock , Queer Eye for the Straight Guy , Falcon Beach , America 's Next Top Model , Scrubs , My Wife and Kids , Everybody Hates Chris , Medium , Ghost Whisperer , Saturday Night Live , Charmed , Whose Line Is It Anyway ? , Grey 's Anatomy , According to Jim , Desperate Housewives , That '70s Show , Ugly Betty , Big Day , Samantha Who ? and reruns or previous seasons of shows such as Seinfeld , Mad About You , Dawson 's Creek , Melrose Place , Beverly Hills , 90210 , Married ... with Children , The Nanny , My Wife and Kids and Frasier . Recently it has been broadcasting several hard comedy series , particularly from the UK such as Balls of Steel and Da Ali G Show . The channel 's biggest production so far is : Latin American Idol . The first season included 20 countries , with auditions in Caracas , Venezuela , Bogotá , Colombia , Mexico City and finishing in Buenos Aires , Argentina , the host country . The show did not include Brazil , because the country already has their own version on terrestrial television . The winner of the first season was Mayre Martinez from Venezuela , winning , amongst other prizes , a record deal , a car and a record contract . On June 12 , a redesign of the channel welcomed three new original productions by SET . Nada Que Ver was the first one , but it aired for a very short period of time , and was replaced with The IT Crowd due to unpopularity and criticism . Recently the first season of The IT Crowd finished and Nada Que Ver , returned to the programation of P.I ( Politically Incorrect , also named after the sound of a bleep in Spanish diction ) . FusionA2 ( Fused ) is a reality show in which two bands are brought together for two days to prepare and play a song together . And Ya es 1/2 Día en China ( It 's Noon in China ) A late night show in the format of NBC 's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno . The show is currently hosted by Luis Chataing . Canal Sony regularly cooperates with popular brands , like Sony Ericsson , or Sony 's competitors , like Philips , to present new products in their mini-show `` Los Huevos de Oro '' ( The Golden Eggs ) , which is shown during commercial breaks . SET also shows music videos , as occasional time-fillers . Another popular feature the channel has been known for is Si Se Lo Perdió ( in Portuguese , Vale o Bis ) , which means `` In Case You Missed It '' , a block that would re-air any new episodes of prime time shows that aired during the week on Sundays , convenient for those that missed the original airings during the week . Nada que Ver is not aired in Brazil and is not on air currently . Ugly Betty was aired in Mexico , starting April 2008 . Sony started airing movies in Tuesday 's prime time . Although the name of the slot refers to Hollywood-produced humor , the movies aired are all romantic comedies , such as Little Black Book , America 's Sweethearts , and My Best Friend 's Wedding . In December 2009 , this space was moved to Saturdays , until it was eventually dropped in 2010 , though a movie block will return to the Brazilian feed on Thursdays , starting in April 2011 , as Cine Sony . At the same time , this block returned to the other regional feeds in Spanish , but on Fridays , as EPH : Espacio Producido Hollywood ( `` Hollywood-Produced Space '' ) . The channel has aired original shows , such as Mexico 's Next Top Model and Brazil 's Next Top Model ( Both based in America 's Next Top Model , which airs on the channel ) . Other original Latin-American series that premiered on the channel are Los Simuladores and Los Caballeros las prefieren Brutas . In 2011 , the Sony Pictures channels in Brazil gained greater independence from the Spanish-language feeds , and as part of that , it was announced that CSI : Crime Scene Investigation would return to Canal Sony in Brazil , while in the rest of the region , that show remains on sister channel AXN . In October 2011 , CSI : Miami would make such channel switch in Brazil . CSI : NY remains seen on AXN in the entire region .",
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"text": "Not Afraid Anymore `` Not Afraid Anymore '' is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Halsey for the soundtrack of the 2017 film Fifty Shades Darker . It was written by Halsey , Jason Quenneville , Nasri Atweh , Adam Messinger and produced by Atweh and Messinger under The Messengers . The song was released on January 13 , 2017 by Universal Music Group as the second single from the album .",
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"text": "Shades of Grey (Delilah song) `` Shades of Grey '' is a single recorded by British singer Delilah . The song was released as a digital download single on 18 December 2011 in the United Kingdom as the fifth single from her debut album , From the Roots Up . The song was written and produced by Paloma Ayana and Reginald Perry .",
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"text": "English-language radio English-language radio refers to radio stations that broadcast primarily in the English language and are located in countries where English is not an official language or majority language . Often referred to as `` English-speaking radio '' or `` Expat radio '' the broadcasts enables expats , vacationers and travelers to listen to radio in their native language while traveling abroad . The idea is that stations broadcast in English to popular holiday destinations such as Pattaya or the French Riviera or places with high expat communities . English language broadcasting also takes the form of military-backed radio such as the American Forces Network . However English-language radio based in foreign countries has to now compete with the introduction of internet radio and satellite technology that has increased listener 's access to English-language radio based in `` home '' counties .",
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"text": "Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship The Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship , better known as the Williams Committee , was a 1970s British Home Office committee chaired by Professor Bernard Williams . The task of the committee was to `` review the laws concerning obscenity , indecency and violence in publications , displays and entertainments in England and Wales , except in the field of broadcasting , and to review the arrangements for film censorship in England and Wales '' . The committee reported in 1979 that : `` Given the amount of explicit sexual material in circulation and the allegations often made about its effects , it is striking that one can find case after case of sex crimes and murder without any hint at all that pornography was present in the background . '' The Committee 's report was evidently influenced by the liberal thinking of John Stuart Mill , a philosopher greatly admired by Williams , and who used Mill 's principle of liberty to develop what he called the `` harm condition , '' whereby `` no conduct should be suppressed by law unless it can be shown to harm someone . '' Williams concluded that pornography could not be shown to be harmful and that `` the role of pornography in influencing society is not very important ... to think anything else is to get the problem of pornography out of proportion with the many other problems that face our society today . '' The committee reported that , so long as children were protected from seeing it , adults should be free to read and watch pornography as they saw fit . It found that the existing variety of laws in the field should be scrapped , and that terms such as ` obscene ' , ` indecent ' and ` deprave and corrupt ' should be abandoned as they were no longer useful . The Committee thought existing laws should be replaced with a comprehensive new statute , under which the availability of material would be restricted so that it did not cause offence to reasonable people , and was not accessible to children . The recommended restrictions on availability would not have been confined just to material that involved nudity and/or which was sexually explicit . Restrictions were to apply to : `` matter ( other than the printed word ) and to a performance whose unrestricted availability is offensive to reasonable people by reason of the manner in which it portrays , deals with or relates to violence , cruelty or horror , or sexual , faecal or urinary functions or genital organs . '' Regarding the definition of pornography the commission stated that , `` a pornographic representation is one that combines two features : it has a certain function or intention , to arouse its audience sexually , and also a certain content , explicit representations of sexual material ( organs , postures , activity , etc ) . On the difference between ` obscenity ' and ` pornography ' , the committee found that the word ` obscene ' was a subjective term that refers to peoples reaction to material , and that '' it principally expresses an intense or extreme version of what we have called ` offensiveness ' . It may be that it particularly emphasises the most strongly aversive element in that notion , the idea of an object 's being repulsive or disgusting . '' ` Pornography ' however was found to be `` a rather more objective expression referring to a certain kind of writing , picture etc ... Pornography will have some tendency to be obscene , but will not necessarily be so ... a tendency to be offensive is built into it , but it is not universally even offensive ... Still less must it inevitably be very strongly offensive or obscene . '' On whether art could be obscene , it reported that , `` work ... may be experienced as offensive , and also be experienced as having aesthetic interest , but in the case of which the two experiences do not occur at the same time . These will be works which are found offensive at first , or by a spectator who remains distanced from them , but which lose that character for someone involved in them . It did however recognize that `` it would be unwise to deny that ... there could be works which were , and remained , offensive , indeed intensely offensive or obscene . ''",
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"text": "Grey Grey ( British English ) or gray ( American English ; see spelling differences ) is an intermediate color between black and white . It is a neutral or achromatic color , meaning literally that it is a color `` without color . '' This means that there are equal components of red , green , and blue . The variations in intensity of these colors uniformly produce different shades of grey . It is the color of a cloud-covered sky , of ash and of lead . The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the English language was in AD 700 . Grey is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English , although gray remained in common usage in the UK until the second half of the 20th century . Gray has been the preferred American spelling since approximately 1825 , although grey is an accepted variant . In Europe and the United States , surveys show that grey is the color most commonly associated with neutrality , conformity , boredom , uncertainty , old age , indifference , and modesty . Only one percent of respondents chose it as their favorite color .",
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"text": "Alien language in science fiction A formal description of an alien language in science fiction may have been pioneered by Percy Greg 's Martian language ( he called it `` Martial '' ) in his 1880 novel Across the Zodiac , although already the 17th century book The Man in the Moone describes the language of the Lunars , consisting `` not so much of words and letters as tunes and strange sounds '' , which is in turn predated by other invented languages in fictional societies , e.g. , in Thomas More 's Utopia . As the science fiction genre developed , so did the use of the literary trope of alien languages . Some science-fiction works operate on the premise that alien languages can be easily learned if one has a competent understanding of the nature of languages in general . For example , the protagonist of C. S. Lewis 's novel Out of the Silent Planet is able to use his training in historical linguistics to decipher the language spoken on Mars . Others work on the premise that languages with similarities can be partially understood by different species . Stanislaw Lem 's novel His Master 's Voice describes an effort by scientists to decode , translate and understand an extraterrestrial transmission . The novel critically approaches humanity 's intelligence and intentions in deciphering and truly comprehending a message from outer space . The 2014 novel Lamikorda by D. R. Merrill not only deals with differences in verbal communication , but gestures and other `` body language '' , pointing out the inextricability of language with cultural and social norms . In some cases , authors avoid linguistic questions by introducing devices into their stories that seamlessly translate between languages , to the point that the concept of different languages can largely be excluded from a franchise . Notable examples include : Douglas Adams 's babel fish The TARDIS from Doctor Who The translator microbes in Farscape The universal translator from Star Trek In other cases , the question of language is dealt with through the introduction of a universal language via which most , if not all , of the franchise 's species are able to communicate . In the Star Wars universe , for example , this language is known as Basic and is spoken by the majority of the characters , with a few notable exceptions . Other alien species take advantage of their unique physiology for communication purposes , an example being the Ithorians , who use their twin mouths , located on either side of their neck , to speak in stereo . In some franchises this universal language is an intermediary language ; one that different species can easily translate to and from their own languages , thus allowing simple communication between races . Examples of this approach include Interlac from the Legion of Super-Heroes , Babylon 5 , and the Uplift Universe , where numerous sapient species use at least twelve `` Galactic '' languages ( each version is used in communication between species that can articulate it , and that find it useful in expressing their concepts ) . Not all of these universal/intermediate languages take the form of spoken/written languages as is recognized in the human world . In the film and book Close Encounters of the Third Kind scientists use Solresol , a language based on musical tones , while in the film and book Contact , aliens send the instructions to build a machine to reach them using mathematics , which the main character calls `` the only universal language '' . Similarly , in Stargate SG-1 , the protagonists encounter a galactic meeting place where different races communicate with one another using a language based on atomic structures which is `` written '' in three dimensions rather than two . A number of long-running franchises have taken the concept of an alien language beyond that of a scripting device and have developed languages of their own . Examples include the Klingon language of the Star Trek universe ( a fully developed constructed language created by Marc Okrand ) The Zentradi language from the Macross Japanese science-fiction anime series The DC Comics , Kryptonese ( for which there exists an alphabet and language glossary ) For his 2009 science fiction film Avatar , creator and director James Cameron constructed the fictional Na ` vi language ( with the aid of college professor Paul Frommer ) for his fictional alien Na ` vi race in the film The existence of alien languages and the ease or difficulty of translation is used as a plot device or script element in a number of franchises , sometimes seriously , and sometimes for comedic value . In Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country , the crew is forced to speak ( broken ) Klingon without the universal translator . In the film Mars Attacks ! , the language spoken by the Martians appears to consist only of the words `` ack ! '' and `` rack ! '' spoken at different pitches and volume . The film 's universal translator consistently translates these as being offers of friendship despite the fact that the aliens ' actions are anything but friendly . In one episode of Babylon 5 , Commander Susan Ivanova gives orders to a Minbari crew in their language , and exclaims `` Ah Hell ! '' in frustration , inadvertently giving the command `` continuous fire '' in Minbari . This is identical phonetically to `` ahel '' the Minbari translation of `` continuous fire '' . In Dragon Ball Z , Bulma speaks in her usual language ( Japanese ) and thereby involuntarily activates some functions of an alien starship , as her words are identified by the ship 's computer as Namekkian orders . C. J. Cherryh 's Chanur series of books relies heavily on linguistic and psychological problems of communication between various alien races . Some examples include usage of obscure languages and cultural references to conceal information from others , imperfections of computer translation , use of pidgin and linguistic barriers , psychological concepts which do not have matches in other races ' languages , and a race so alien that it can not be understood at all without a translation by another race which itself can barely be understood due to manifold meanings in each message . In the Foreigner universe , Cherryh explores the interface between humans and Atevi , whose language relies on numerical values , causing the main character , Bren Cameron , to constantly calculate as he speaks the Atevi language , Ragi . Conversely , in The Simpsons , the fact that English is mutually understood by the show 's human and alien characters is noted as being `` an astonishing coincidence '' . Some stories , however , have alien beings speak near-unpronounceable tongues . Clark Ashton Smith , in one tale , has the sorcerer Eibon struggle to articulate the name of an alien , Hziulquoigmnzhah . Other works present detailed , concrete examples of the difficulty of learning alien languages due to linguistic relativity . In Mary Doria Russell 's philosophical/sci-fi novel The Sparrow , a linguist who travels to an alien planet as part of a Jesuit mission discovers a language with unique and ( at first ) incomprehensible tenses and conjugations . In Carl Sagan 's novel Contact ( and the subsequent film adaptation ) , a broadcast from an extraterrestrial source is discovered to contain multiple layers of encrypted messages . Ted Chiang 's short story `` Story of Your Life '' describes attempts to communicate with a technologically advanced alien species that has no apparent understanding of basic mathematics and physics . Other science fiction stories imagine communication through telepathy . There is for example the Vulcan mind meld in Star Trek . In the novel Ender 's Game , the `` Buggers '' are an alien species in which their queen can telepathically communicate with every member of her species , but no humans except Ender . The inability of the two species to effectively communicate serves as a critical element of the novel 's plot . Sheila Finch published a collection of short stories about first contact and alien communication , The Guild of Xenolinguists , ( Golden Gryphon Press ) , in 2007 . In 2008 , the game Dead Space introduced a form of alien language known as Unitology , for the religion that mainly uses it . Unitology is only shown to be written with no example or indication of a verbal dialect . In Futurama , a language exists called Alienese , which originates from an unspecified extraterrestrial source . At least one character has achieved an academic degree in xenolinguistics , which gives her the apparently rare skill of knowing how to translate between English and Alienese . In science-fiction movie Arrival scientists trying to understand aliens ' language and symbols Various works from the Cthulhu mythos of H.P. Lovecraft present short sentences , excerpts and text fragments in the language of the Old Gods , referred to as `` R'lyehian '' or `` Cthuvian '' by the fan base . Lovecraft provided translations for some of the texts and denoted Cthuvian as a thick , guttural language , but he never published any details on pronunciation and grammar , so it is not possible to communicate in Cthuvian . Based on the limited text resources , only few grammatical rules and vocabulary could be worked out by fans , which are mostly guesswork . There is no evidence that Lovecraft even had a concept for the structure of the language when writing it .",
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"text": "List of Earl Cain chapters The chapters of Earl Cain are written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki . The series consists of five parts or `` Series '' : , , , , and the sequel series . The manga debuted in the December 1991 issue of the Japanese manga magazine Bessatsu Hana to Yume , and it was eventually transferred to Hana to Yume , where it ran until the seventeenth issue . The chapters of Forgotten Juliet , The Sound of a Boy Hatching , Kafka , and The Seal of the Red Ram were published in five tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha from July 17 , 1992 , to October 1994 . The chapters of the sequel series , Godchild , ran in Hana to Yume from 2001 to 2004 , and were published in eight volumes by Hakusensha from November 19 , 2001 , to January 19 , 2004 . Together , the series spans 13 volumes . Hakusensha later published chapters from Forgotten Juliet , The Sound of a Boy Hatching , Kafka , and The Seal of the Red Ram in two volumes from December 20 , 2004 , to January 28 , 2005 . Hakusensha re-released the series in bunkoban format from July 15 , 2009 , to March 16 , 2010 . Set in 19th-century England , the series focuses on a young earl named Cain Hargreaves who solves murders while encountering his father 's secret organization , which experiments with reviving the dead . Earl Cain is licensed for English-language release in North America by Viz Media , which published Forgotten Juliet , The Sound of a Boy Hatching , Kafka , and The Seal of the Red Ram as The Cain Saga and a prequel to Godchild . Viz published The Cain Saga from October 3 , 2006 , to June 5 , 2007 . Godchild was released simultaneously from March 7 , 2006 , to February 5 , 2008 , as well as being serialized in Viz 's Shojo Beat anthology from July 2005 to June 2006 . Earl Cain is also licensed in Taiwan by Tong Li Comics , in Germany by Carlsen Comics , in Italy by Planet Manga , in Sweden by Bonnier Carlsen , in Spain by Glénat , and in France by Editions Tonkam .",
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"text": "South Asian English South Asian English is the English of South Asia . English was introduced to South Asia in the early 17th century and reinforced by the long rule of the British Empire . Today it is spoken as a second language by about 33 million people , 3 % of the total population . Although it is fairly homogeneous across the region , sharing `` linguistic features and tendencies at virtually all linguistic levels '' , there are also differences based on various factors . South Asian English is sometimes called `` Indian English '' , as British India included most of the region , but today , the varieties of English are usually divided according to the modern states : Bangladeshi English Indian English Nepali English Pakistani English Sri Lankan English",
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"text": "Resources for clinical ethics consultation Clinical ethics support services initially developed in the United States of America , following court cases such as the Karen Ann Quinlan case , which stressed the need for mechanisms to resolve ethical disputes within health care . The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations requirement for hospitals , nursing homes , and home care agencies to have a standing mechanism to address ethical issues has also fostered this development ( this requirement no longer appears in the Joint Commission regulations , however ) . Despite initial doubts as the possibility of importing what was initially felt to be a specificity of the US system , ethics support services have developed in many other countries , including Canada but also various countries in Europe and Asia . In order to share experience and resources among these clinical research ethics consultation and support services , networks and platforms have increasingly developed . This page is intended to summarise existing online resources aimed at assisting new and developing clinical ethics support services . Its goal is to make these resources more easily accessible . Listing in this page does not constitute endorsement of the various contents : users will still need to judge the value of these resources for themselves . It is reasonable to suppose that these resources will increasingly be international . Because of the role of the English language in international communication , multi-lingual resources whose languages include English are given in their English title . Those not available in English are given in their original language .",
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"text": "List of Criterion Collection UK releases This is a list of Criterion Collection Blu-ray titles released in U.K. , distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment . The Criterion Collection is a video distribution company which specializes in licensing and selling `` important classic and contemporary films '' in `` editions that offer the highest technical quality and award-winning , original supplements . '' Janus Films and the Voyager Company established The Criterion Collection in 1984 as a privately held company concentrating upon the North American home video market . In March 2016 , Criterion announced that due to a distribution partnership with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment select Criterion Collection titles would be launching in U.K. as Blu-ray editions , starting on April 18 , 2016 . So far all the released titles have been films that have already been released in US by Criterion Collection , or that have received simultaneous releases in the US and U.K. . So far all the released titles have been identical to their US counterparts apart from region coding ( A in the US and B in U.K. ) .",
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"text": "Attempto Controlled English Attempto Controlled English ( ACE ) is a controlled natural language , i.e. a subset of standard English with a restricted syntax and restricted semantics described by a small set of construction and interpretation rules . It has been under development at the University of Zurich since 1995 . In 2013 , ACE version 6.7 was announced . ACE can serve as knowledge representation , specification , and query language , and is intended for professionals who want to use formal notations and formal methods , but may not be familiar with them . Though ACE appears perfectly natural -- it can be read and understood by any speaker of English -- it is in fact a formal language . ACE and its related tools have been used in the fields of software specifications , theorem proving , text summaries , ontologies , rules , querying , medical documentation and planning . Here are some simple examples : Every woman is a human . A woman is a human . A man tries-on a new tie . If the tie pleases his wife then the man buys it . ACE construction rules require that each noun be introduced by a determiner ( a , every , no , some , at least 5 , ... ) . ACE interpretation rules decide that ( 1 ) is interpreted as universally quantified , while ( 2 ) is interpreted as existentially quantified . Sentences like `` Women are human '' do not follow ACE syntax and are consequently not valid . Interpretation rules resolve the anaphoric references in ( 3 ) : the tie and it of the second sentence refer to a new tie of the first sentence , while his and the man of the second sentence refer to a man of the first sentence . Thus an ACE text is a coherent entity of anaphorically linked sentences . The Attempto Parsing Engine ( APE ) translates ACE texts unambiguously into discourse representation structures ( DRS ) that use a variant of the language of first-order logic . A DRS can be further translated into other formal languages , for instance AceRules with various semantics , OWL , and SWRL . Translating an ACE text into ( a fragment of ) first-order logic allows users to reason about the text , for instance to verify , to validate , and to query it .",
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"text": "The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (Schemering book) The Soap Opera Encyclopedia is a 1985 reference book by Christopher Schemering which assembles comprehensive information about all daytime and prime time soap operas broadcast up to the date of publication . It was revised and reprinted in 1987 and 1988 , but is currently out of print . The Soap Opera Encyclopedia features commentary , analysis and criticism of `` every daytime and prime-time television soap opera broadcast on the three major networks , as well as a selection of syndicated , cable , and foreign efforts . '' It also discusses background , significant storylines and impact of each program , and lists performers and characters . Schemering also includes a `` Short History of Television Soap Opera , '' as well as profiles of major performers , writers and producers in the genre in a section entitled `` Who 's Who in Soap Opera . '' Finally , the book contains 30 pages of photos from various programs . Published in a time before the internet , the Encyclopedia was a primary source of background information and commentary on soap opera ; it and Schemering have been quoted in various articles , books and web pages . It was revised and reprinted in 1987 and 1988 . According to the Encyclopedia , Schemering `` spent fifteen years collecting memorabilia and information about the soap opera phenomenon '' and wrote a syndicated column on the genre . He was also a regular contributor to The Washington Post Book World and had published film and television articles in The New Republic , USA Today , the Chicago Tribune , the San Francisco Chronicle , the New York Daily News and other publications . Schemering is also the author of Guiding Light : A 50th Anniversary Celebration ( 1986 ) .",
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"text": "List of The New York Times Manga Best Sellers The New York Times Best Seller list for manga published in the United States was introduced on March 5 , 2009 , along with two additional lists for hardcover and paperback graphic novels . The three lists are grouped under the `` Graphic Books '' category . Deborah Hoffman , an editor for the Best Seller lists , explained that the term `` Graphic Books '' was selected to create an `` inclusive and expansive '' list which can extend to works of both fiction and non-fiction . Journalist George Gustines announced , in his introduction of the new lists , `` Comics have finally joined the mainstream . '' The announcement was made the week the film Watchmen , based on the comic book of the same name , was released in movie theaters throughout the U.S. . The Best Seller lists are printed weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine , which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication . Gustines explained the methodology used to determine the rankings : Rankings reflect sales of graphic novels -LSB- ... -RSB- at many thousands of venues where a wide range of books are sold nationwide . These include hundreds of independent book retailers ( statistically weighted to represent all such outlets ) ; national , regional and local chains ; online and multimedia entertainment retailers ; university , gift , supermarket , discount department stores and newsstands . In addition , these rankings also include unit sales reported by retailers nationwide that specialize in graphic novels and comic books . On multiple occasions , manga have been listed outside its designated list . Mike Kiley , then-Senior Vice President of the publisher Tokyopop , explained in 2010 that it has become more difficult to draw a distinguishing line between works that are manga and manga-inspired , such as Korean manhwa and American original English language ( OEL ) manga . A Drifting Life , an autobiographical manga by Yoshihiro Tatsumi , appeared on the May 3 , 2009 , Best Seller list for paperback graphic novels , where it ranked third . X-Men : Misfits , an original English manga based on the X-Men comic book franchise , ranked fifth at its debut on the August 30 , 2009 , paperback graphic novels list , and stayed on the chart for five consecutive weeks . The first volume of a manhwa adaptation of the popular vampire-themed Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer remained on the hardcover graphic novels Best Seller list for 27 consecutive weeks in 2010 . In January 2017 , the Times decided to stop producing the separate manga best seller list .",
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"text": "Apocalypse: The Second World War Apocalypse : The Second World War ( French : Apocalypse , la 2e Guerre mondiale ) ( 2009 ) is a six-part French documentary by Daniel Costelle and Isabelle Clarke about the Second World War . The music of the documentary was composed by Kenji Kawai . The documentary is composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents , soldiers , resistance fighters and private citizens . The series is shown in color , with the black-and-white footage being fully colorized , save for some original color footage . The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes , which are presented in the original black and white . It was first aired from August 20 and 27 and September 3 on the French-speaking Belgian RTBF then on August 23 and 30 and September 6 on the French-speaking Swiss TSR and finally on September 8 , 2009 , to September 22 , 2009 , on France 2 channel . It was narrated in French by actor/director Mathieu Kassovitz . The documentary was shown on the Smithsonian Channel in the United States , where it was narrated by actor Martin Sheen , on the National Geographic Channel and Channel 4 in the United Kingdom , where it was narrated by actor Jonathan Booth , Canada , the Netherlands , Poland , Australia , Romania and Asia , on YLE Teema in Finland , on Rete 4 in Italy , on IBA , the national public channel in Israel , on RTP2 , the national public channel in Portugal , and on La 2 , the national public channel in Spain .",
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"text": "Online book rental in India Online book rental refers to a service wherein users rent books via the internet . Users browse books online and have their choices home-delivered , rather than physically visiting a library to borrow a book . This e-commerce model is very similar to the popular video rental service provided by the California-based Netflix . Online book rental is gaining popularity in India , with a number of websites offering free doorstep delivery for a small monthly fee . The popularity of such websites can be attributed to increasing internet usage in the country ; India is expected to have the third-largest number of internet users in the world by 2013 . Statistics for the publishing industry are also promising . India is the world 's third-largest market for English books , and its entire book market -- in English , as well as regional languages -- is estimated to generate Rs . 10,000 crore annually . The online book market in India is expected to grow at 30 -- 35 % annually for the next five years .",
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"text": "English in computing The English language is sometimes described as the lingua franca of computing . In comparison to other sciences , where Latin and Greek are the principal sources of vocabulary , computer science borrows more extensively from English . Due to the technical limitations of early computers , and the lack of international standards on the Internet , computer users were limited to using English and the Latin alphabet . However , this historical limitation is less present today . Most software products are localized in numerous languages and the use of the Unicode character encoding has resolved problems with non-Latin alphabets . Some limitations have only been changed recently , such as with domain names , which previously allowed only ASCII characters .",
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"text": "BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards , representing the best films of 1947 , but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source . It is possible for films from any country to be nominated , although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and ( since 1983 ) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language . As such , there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories . There has been one tie for the Best Film award when , in 1962 , Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source . Until 1981 , the award was given to the director , except in 1976 and 1977 , when it was given to the producers . From 1981 to 1985 , it was given solely to the producers , and then in 1986 , it was shared between the Director and Producer . In 1998 , it was once again given to only the producers . In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .",
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"text": "List of S-CRY-ed episodes s-CRY-ed , also known as s.CRY.ed or Scryed , is a 26 episode Japanese anime television series . It is produced by Sunrise , directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Yōsuke Kuroda . S-CRY-ed first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo and Animax . The series is set in an alternative time where in Kanagawa Prefecture a phenomenon granted a 1 % of its people supernatural powers known as `` Alters '' . The plot follows a young Alter mercenary known as Kazuma as well as Ryuho , a man working for the Alter special forces known as HOLY who become rivals as their areas clash . In Japan , the series was released in 2001 between July 4 and December 26 for a total of twenty-six episodes . These were collected in a total of nine DVD volumes between November 25 , 2001 and July 25 , 2002 . A DVD box containing all episodes was released on January 25 , 2008 whereas a Blu-ray box was made available on October 26 , 2011 . The anime was licensed by Bandai Entertainment in early 2003 . Starting in 2003 , Bandai released the show in North America as six individual Region 1 volumes , followed by a complete six-disc box set in November 2004 . Bandai 's European branch Beez Entertainment published the series in the United Kingdom . The release was in a total of six DVD volumes released between June 6 , 2005 and February 27 , 2006 . Later , the series premiered on Adult Swim in the United States on May 28 , 2005 , after select episodes had been aired on Adult Swim 's Video On Demand service for nearly a year . On September 27 , 2005 , Bandai re-released s-CRY-ed under the Anime Legends banner , in three two-disc volumes , followed by the Anime Legends Complete Collection on October 24 , 2006 . Following the 2012 closure of Bandai Entertainment , Sunrise announced at Otakon 2013 , that Sentai Filmworks has rescued S-CRY-ed , along with a handful of other former BEI titles . The music of S-CRY-ed was composed by Kōtarō Nakagawa . Its original soundtrack was released on November 21 , 2001 whereas two drama CDs were released on December 19 of the same year . For the first twenty-five episodes the opening and ending are `` Reckless Fire '' by Yasuaki Ide and `` Drastic My Soul '' by Mikio Sakai , respectively . However , for episode twenty-six , `` Reckless Fire '' is replaced by `` Drastic My Soul '' whereas the ending theme is `` Tabidachi no Kane ga Naru '' ( `` The Bell of Setting out for a Journey Will Ring '' ) by Mikio Sakai . There are also three insert song starting with `` All I Need Is Love '' by Sakai for episodes fourteen and seventeen , `` Magma '' by Ide for episode nineteen and `` Discovery '' by Sakai . Both the singles of `` Reckless Fire '' and `` Drastic My Soul '' were released on August 22 , 2001 .",
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"text": "An Englishman Abroad An Englishman Abroad is a 1983 BBC television drama film , based on the true story of a chance meeting of actress Coral Browne , with Guy Burgess ( Alan Bates ) , a member of the Cambridge spy ring who spied for the Soviet Union while an officer at MI6 . The production was written by Alan Bennett and directed by John Schlesinger ; Browne stars as herself . The film is set is Moscow in 1958 , after Burgess had defected to the Soviet Union in 1951 with Donald Maclean when it became apparent that Maclean was about to be investigated by British intelligence . Burgess barges into Browne 's dressing room in the interval of a touring Shakespeare Memorial Theatre ( which became one of the bases of the Royal Shakespeare Company ) production of Hamlet , in which she portrayed Gertrude , and charms her . Later on she is invited to his Moscow flat , finding it with some difficulty , to measure him for a suit that he would like ordered from his London tailor . Several plot changes were made from the true story told by Browne to Bennett . Burgess in fact threw up in the dressing room of Michael Redgrave , who asked for Browne 's help . Redgrave documented the incident in his biography . The play also contained scenes in Moscow 's British Embassy and in London shops where Browne encountered resistance to helping Burgess , none of which happened in reality . Rather than film in the Soviet Union , Schlesinger used several locations in Scotland . The Caird Hall and Whitehall Theatre in Dundee stood in for the Moscow theatre , and the grand marble staircase of Glasgow City Chambers played the part of the British Embassy . Additional filming was done at Glasgow 's St. Andrew 's Suspension Bridge ( `` luckily , in a snowstorm '' Bennett later wrote ) and the Moss Heights flats in Cardonald , which represented Burgess ' Moscow apartment . Both Browne and Bates were winners of the BAFTA awards for acting for their roles in this production . Bennett gives the date of Browne 's meeting with Burgess as 1958 in the introduction to his Single Spies , which contains the text of An Englishman Abroad in the stage play version and the text of A Question of Attribution about Anthony Blunt . The play was also adapted for radio on the BBC World Service in 1994 starring Michael Gambon as Burgess and Penelope Wilton as Coral Browne . It was subsequently re-broadcast on BBC Radio 7 and BBC Radio 4 Extra , most recently in 2013 as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra 's Cambridge Spies season . On the BFI TV 100 , a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute ( BFI ) , chosen by a poll of industry professionals , to determine what were the greatest British television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened , An Englishman Abroad was listed at no. 30 on the list .",
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"text": "Kingdom of Georgia The Kingdom of Georgia , also known as the Georgian Empire , was a medieval monarchy which emerged in circa 1008 AD . It reached its Golden Age of political and economic strength during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar the Great from 11th to 13th centuries . At the peak of its dominance , the kingdom 's influence spanned from the south of modern-day Ukraine to the northern provinces of Iran , while also maintaining religious possessions in the Holy Land and Greece . A predominantly Christian , Georgian-speaking realm , it was the principal historical precursor of present-day Georgia . Lasting for several centuries , the kingdom fell to the Mongol invasions in the 13th century , but managed to re-assert sovereignty by the 1340s . The following decades were marked by Black Death spread by the nomads , as well as numerous invasions under the leadership of Tamerlane , who devastated the country 's economy , population , and urban centers . The Kingdom 's geopolitical situation further worsened after the Fall of Constantinople , which effectively marked the end of the Eastern Roman Empire , Georgia 's traditional ally . As a result of these processes , by the end of the 15th century Georgia turned into an isolated , fractured Christian enclave , surrounded by hostile Turco-Iranic neighbors . Renewed incursions from 1386 led to the final collapse of the kingdom into anarchy by 1466 and the mutual recognition of its constituent kingdoms of Kartli , Kakheti and Imereti as independent states between 1490 and 1493 .",
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"text": "Pitareti Monastery Pitareti Monastery is a medieval Orthodox Christian monastery in Georgia , approximately 26 km southwest of the town of Tetritsqaro , Kvemo Kartli , southwest of the nation 's capital Tbilisi . The Pitareti monastery consists of the Theotokos church , a belfry , the ruined wall and several smaller accessory buildings . The main church appears to have been built in the reign of George IV early in the 13th century . Its design conforms to the contemporary canon of a Georgian domed church and shares a series of common features -- such as a typical cross-in-square plan and a single lateral porch -- with the monasteries of Betania , Kvatakhevi , and Timotesubani . The façades are decorated , accentuating the niches and dormers . The entire interior was once frescoed , but only significantly damaged fragments of those murals survive . The monastery was a property and a burial ground of the noble family of Kachibadze-Baratashvili and , since 1536 , of their offshoots -- the princes Orbelishvili . A 14th-century inscription mentions a ctitor -- the royal chamberlain Kavtar Kachibadze . Another inscription , from a grave stone , records the name of Qaplan Orbelishvili who refurnished the monastery in 1671 . The monastery thrived at Pitareti until 1752 when it was forced to close due to a marauding attack from Dagestan .",
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"text": "Pkhovi Pkhovi , also known as Pkhoet ' i , is a medieval term for the mountainous district in northeast Georgia comprising the latter-day provinces of Pshavi and Khevsureti along the upper reaches of the Aragvi , and in three alpine valleys just north of the main crest of the Greater Caucasus ( today 's Dusheti district , Mtskheta-Mtianeti region ) . Its inhabitants -- the Pkhovians ( ფხო -LSB- ვ -RSB- ელნი , Pkho -LSB- v -RSB- elni ) -- were a tribe of Georgian highlanders known for their warlike character and frequent disobedience to the royal authority . The toponym Pkhovi , which may derive from a Georgian root meaning `` brave , valiant '' , is first attested in a passage from the seventh-century chronicle The Conversion of Kartli which refers to the defiance of local highlanders to Christianizing efforts of the king Mirian III , and St. Nino , a 4th-century apostle of eastern Georgia ( Kartli/Iberia ) . These pressures are reported to have forced several Pkhovian families to move southeast to Tusheti . Although the population of this region was nominally under the direct rule of the Georgian crown , they had never been completely integrated into the feudal system of medieval Georgia , and remained relatively little affected by implantation of aristocratic landowners as well as foreign intrusions . However , as Professor Kevin Tuite of Université de Montréal has recently suggested , The position of the Georgian Orthodox Church was also weak , and the Pkhovians professed a curious mixture of pagan and Christian beliefs . This has reflected in the religious architecture of Pkhovi : whereas each village of other highland provinces of Georgia , such as Svaneti , Khevi , Mtiuleti , and Racha , has at least one church dating from the 5th to the 18th century , Pkhovi appears to be devoid of Georgian Orthodox churches . Instead , the region abounds in sacred sites , of which the most venerated are referred to as khati or jvari , meaning `` an icon '' and `` a cross '' in standard Georgian usage , but denoting , beyond these sacred images , the sanctuaries in which they are housed , and the deity believed to preside over the sanctuary in Pkhovi . The refractory independence of Pkhovi 's mountainous clans led to the sporadic incursions of royal troops bent on forcing them into submission . One of the most devastating expeditions against the Pkhovians was organized , c. 1212 , at the behest of the queen Tamar of Georgia who presided over the Golden Age of the Kingdom of Georgia . The contemporary chronicle recounts a bloody three-month campaign of pacification by Tamar 's general Ivane the atabek , that left several Pkhovian villages and shrines destroyed . The term Pkhovi disappeared in the 15th century and was replaced with the toponyms : Pshavi and Khevsureti . It has survived , however , in the name of the village Shuapkho ( shua - meaning `` middle '' in Georgian ) , and the Vainakh designation for Khevsureti -- Pkhia .",
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"text": "Georgian–Armenian War The Georgian -- Armenian War was a short border dispute fought in December 1918 between the newly-independent Democratic Republic of Georgia and the First Republic of Armenia , largely over the control of territories in Lori and Kvemo Kartli districts . In March 1918 , Russian signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and in doing so agreed to return to the Ottoman Empire territory gained during the 1877 -- 78 Russo-Turkish War . These territories were , however , no longer under the functional control of the Russian central government ; rather , they were being administered collectively by the Georgians , Armenians and Azerbaijanis through the Transcaucasian Sejm . The Trebizond Peace Conference aimed to resolve the dispute , but when the conference failed to produce a resolution , the Ottomans pursued a military campaign to control the disputed territories . Under persistent attack , the Transcaucasians collective eventually dissolved with the Georgians , Armenians and Azerbaijanis declaring independent nation states in quick succession in late-May 1918 . On 4 June , the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Batum with each of the three Transcaucasus states , which brought the conflict to an end and awarded the southern half of the ethnically-Armenia Lori Province and Akhalkalaki district to the Ottomans . Against the wishes of Armenia , Georgia , supported by German officers , took possession of northern Lori and established military outposts along the Dzoraget River . When the Ottomans signed the Armistice of Mudros in October , they were subsequently required to withdraw from the region . Armenia quickly took control of territory previously controlled by the Ottomans , and skirmishes between the Armenia and Georgia arose starting on 18 October . Open warfare began in early December , after diplomatic efforts failed to resolve the issue of the disputed border , and continued until 31 December , when a British-brokered ceasefire was signed , leaving the disputed territory under joint Georgian and Armenian administration .",
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"text": "Georgian Orthodox Church The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church ( საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია , sakartvelos samotsikulo avt ' ok ' epaluri martlmadidebeli ek ' lesia ) is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church in full communion with the other churches of Eastern Orthodoxy . It is Georgia 's dominant religious institution , and a majority of Georgian people are members . It asserts apostolic foundation , and its historical roots can be traced to the Christianization of Iberia by Saint Nino in the 4th century AD . As in similar autocephalous Orthodox churches , the Church 's highest governing body is the Holy Synod of bishops . The church is headed by the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia , currently Ilia II , who was elected in 1977 . Orthodox Christianity was the state religion throughout most of Georgian history until 1921 , when it was conquered by the Russian Red Army during the Russian-Georgian War and became part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( U.S.S.R. ) . The current Constitution of Georgia recognizes the special role of the Georgian Orthodox Church in the country 's history , but also stipulates the independence of the church from the state . Government relations are further defined and regulated by the Concordat of 2002 . The church is the most trusted institution in Georgia . According to a 2013 survey 95 % respondents had a favorable opinion of its work . It is highly influential in the public sphere and is considered Georgia 's most influential institution .",
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"text": "George I of Imereti George I ( გიორგი I , Giorgi I ) ( died 1392 ) , of the Bagrationi dynasty , was king of western Georgian kingdom of Imereti from 1389 to 1392 . George was born sometime after 1358 into the family of Bagrat I , then duke ( and ex-king ) of Imereti , and his wife , of the Jaqeli family of Samtskhe . He succeeded as king of Imereti on the death of his elder brother , Alexander I , who had proclaimed himself king in opposition to King Bagrat V of Georgia during Timur 's invasion of the country . Unlike his predecessor , George initially enjoyed more success in consolidating his power over Imereti ; more fortresses were seized from Bagrat 's loyalists and his protégé , Arsen , was installed as catholicos of the church in 1390 . In 1392 , he led his army to subdue Vameq I Dadiani , Duke of Mingrelia , but he suffered a crushing defeat and was killed on the battlefield . At Vameq 's invitation , Bagrat V 's son , George VII , occupied Imereti , reuniting it with the Kingdom of Georgia . George 's brother , Constantine , and nephew , Demetrius , son of Alexander , fled to the North Caucasus , in the Balkar lands ( Basiani of the Georgian sources ) .",
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"text": "Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301) The Kingdom of Hungary came into existence in Central Europe when Stephen I , Grand Prince of the Hungarians , was crowned king in 1000 or 1001 . He reinforced central authority and forced his subjects to accept Christianity . Although written sources emphasize the role played by German and Italian knights and clerics in the process , a significant part of the Hungarian vocabulary for agriculture , religion and state was taken from Slavic languages . Civil wars and pagan uprisings , along with attempts by the Holy Roman Emperors to expand their authority over Hungary , jeopardized the new monarchy . The monarchy stabilized during the reigns of Ladislaus I ( 1077 -- 1095 ) and Coloman ( 1095 -- 1116 ) . These rulers occupied Croatia and Dalmatia with the support of a part of the local population . Both realms retained their autonomous position . The successors of Ladislaus and Coloman -- especially Béla II ( 1131 -- 1141 ) , Béla III ( 1176 -- 1196 ) , Andrew II ( 1205 -- 1235 ) , and Béla IV ( 1235 -- 1270 ) -- continued this policy of expansion towards the Balkan Peninsula and the lands east of the Carpathian Mountains , transforming their kingdom into one of the major powers of medieval Europe . Rich in uncultivated lands , silver , gold , and salt deposits , Hungary became the preferred destination of mainly German , Italian and French colonists . These immigrants were mostly peasants who settled in villages , but craftsmen and merchants also came . Their arrival had a key role in the shaping of an urban lifestyle , habits and culture in medieval Hungary . The location of the kingdom at the crossroads of international trade routes favored the coexistence of several cultures . Romanesque , Gothic and Renaissance buildings and literary works written in Latin prove the predominantly Roman Catholic character of the culture , but Orthodox , and even non-Christian ethnic minority communities also existed . Latin was the language of legislation , administration and judiciary , but `` linguistic pluralism '' contributed to the survival of many tongues , including a great variety of Slavic dialects . The predominance of royal estates initially assured the sovereign 's preeminent position , but the alienation of royal lands gave rise to the emergence of a self-conscious group of lesser landholders , known as `` royal servants '' . They forced Andrew II to issue his Golden Bull of 1222 , `` one of first examples of constitutional limits being placed on the powers of a European monarch '' ( Francis Fukuyama ) . The kingdom received a major blow from the Mongol invasion of 1241 -- 42 . Thereafter , Cuman and Jassic groups settled in the central lowlands , and colonists arrived from Moravia , Poland and other nearby countries . The erection of fortresses by landlords , promoted by the monarchs after the withdrawal of the Mongols , led to the development of semi-autonomous `` provinces '' dominated by powerful magnates . Some of these magnates even challenged the authority of Andrew III ( 1290 -- 1301 ) , the last male descendant of the native Árpád dynasty . His death was followed by a period of interregnum and anarchy . Central power was re-established only in the early 1320s .",
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"text": "Trustee Georgia Trustee Georgia is the name of the period covering the first twenty years of Georgia history , from 1732 -- 1752 , because during that time the English Province of Georgia was governed by a Board of Trustees . England 's King George II , for whom the colony was named , signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board on July 7 , 1732 . His action culminated a lengthy process . The charter was granted to the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America , a group formed by James Oglethorpe . Oglethorpe envisioned the province as a location for the resettlement of English debtors and `` the worthy poor '' , although few debtors were part of the organized settlement of Georgia . Another motivation for the founding of the colony was to create a `` buffer state '' ( border ) , or `` garrison province '' that would defend the southern part of the British colonies from Spanish Florida and French Mississippi . Oglethorpe envisioned a province populated largely by yeoman farmers who would secure the southern frontier of British America ; because of this , as well as on moral grounds , the colony 's regulations prohibited slavery . Oglethorpe 's plan for settlement ( now known as the Oglethorpe Plan ) was founded on eighteenth-century country party philosophy and drew from principles of Roman colonial town design .",
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"text": "Gvantsa Kakhaberidze Gvantsa ( გვანცა , or , archaically , Guantsa , გუანცა ; also transliterated as Gwantza , Gontza , Gontsa , or Gonc ` a ) ( died c. 1263 ) was a Queen Consort of Georgia as the third wife of King David VII `` Ulu '' ( r. : 1245-1270 ) . She was the daughter of Kakhaber IV Kakhaberidze , Duke of Racha and Takveri , who married Gvantsa off to Prince Avag Mkhargrdzeli , Lord High Tutor and Lord High Constable of Georgia with whom she begot a daughter Khvashak . After Avag 's death in 1250 , Gvantsa remarried the Georgian king David VII in 1252 and gave birth to a son , the future king Demetre II of Georgia , in 1259 . In the meantime , Khvashak was reared by the king 's trustee Sumbat Orbeli or Sadun Mankaberdeli ( here the medieval sources diverge ) and later given in marriage to Shams ad-Din Juvayni , an influential minister at the Mongol Il-Khan 's court . Unlike David VII 's first wife , the late Jigda-Khatun , Gvantsa was on extremely bad terms with the influential royal favorite Jikur , the Master of Ceremonies ( mestumre ) of Georgia . Jikur 's rivals exploited this enmity and accused him of treason before the king who had him executed by drowning in the Mtkvari River . When David staged a failed revolt from the Il-Khan hegemony in 1260 , Gvantsa was captured by the Mongol punitive forces and killed on the orders of the Il-Khan Hulagu through the intrigues of rival Georgian nobles .",
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"text": "Alexander I of Imereti Alexander I ( ალექსანდრე I , Alek ` sandre I ) ( died 1389 ) , of the Bagrationi dynasty , was king of western Georgian kingdom of Imereti from 1387 to 1389 . Prior to that , he was eristavi ( `` duke '' ) of Imereti under the authority of the kings of Georgia . Alexander was born sometime after 1358 into the family of Bagrat I , then duke ( and ex-king ) of Imereti , and his wife , a Jaqeli atabeg of Samtskhe . On his father 's death in 1372 , Alexander was appointed by King Bagrat V of Georgia as duke of Imereti . In 1387 , he took advantage of Timur 's invasions of Georgia and proclaimed himself king of Imereti at the Gelati Monastery , but the city of Kutaisi remained in the hands of Bagrat V 's loyalists and the dukes of Mingrelia , Guria , Abkhazia , and Svaneti refused to join him . Alexander succeeded in seizing several fortresses in Imereti , but Kutaisi remained outside his control . He died in 1389 and was succeeded by his brother George I. Alexander was married to a certain Ana . He had two children : Prince Demetrius ( died 1455 ) , Duke of Imereti ; Princess Tamar ( died ) , wife of Alexander I of Georgia .",
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"text": "The Literature of Georgia: A History The Literature of Georgia : A History by Donald Rayfield , professor of Russian and Georgian at the University of London , is the first and the most comprehensive study of the literature of Georgia that has ever appeared in English . The work deals with Georgia 's diverse 1,500-year literary tradition from the 5th-century hagiographic writings down to the 20th-century eclectic poetry and prose . The book researches into the diverse influences which have affected the Georgian literature - from Greek and Persian to Russian and modern European , and the folklore of the Caucasus , and also includes translations of several pieces of the Georgian poetry . Part V , dealing with the Soviet and post-Soviet periods , is of particular interest . Rayfield , one of the first researchers to have gained access to recently declassified Soviet archives on the 1937 show trials of Georgian writers organized by Lavrentiy Beria , gives a profound analysis of the tragedy suffered by the Georgian intellectual élite in Joseph Stalin 's Great Purge which is classified by the author as a `` holocaust '' . The book was first published in 1994 and earned appraisal from several literary authorities . The second revised edition appeared in 2000 and the third , revised and expanded one , in 2010 .",
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"text": "Irakli Gruzinsky Irakli Gruzinsky ( ირაკლი გრუზინსკი Ираклий Александрович Грузинский , Irakly Aleksandrovich Gruzinsky ; 18 August 1826 -- 27 April 1882 ) was a Georgian prince of the House of Bagrationi and a colonel in the Russian Imperial army . He was a grandson of Heraclius II , the penultimate king of Georgia , and the son of Prince Alexander , a staunch opponent of the Russian possession of Georgia .",
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"text": "Caucasus The Caucasus -LSB- ˈkɔ : kəsəs -RSB- or Caucasia -LSB- kɔ : ˈkeɪʒə -RSB- is a region at the border of Europe and Asia , situated between the Black and the Caspian seas . It is home to the Caucasus Mountains , which contain Europe 's highest mountain , Mount Elbrus , 5642 m. Politically , the Caucasus region is separated between northern and southern parts . While the northern parts are under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation , the southern parts consist of independent sovereign states . These include Georgia , Armenia , Azerbaijan . The southern Caucasus mountain range ( the Lesser Caucasus ) extends eastwards to the Caspian Sea in northwestern Iran , and into northeastern Turkey . The region is known for its linguistic diversity : aside from Indo-European and Turkic languages , the Kartvelian , Northwest Caucasian , and Northeast Caucasian families are indigenous to the area .",
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"text": "Claim of the biblical descent of the Bagrationi dynasty A legend that the Georgian royal Bagrationi dynasty were of a Hebrew origin and descended from the biblical King-Prophet David dates back to the family 's appearance on the Georgian soil in the latter half of the eight century . As the Bagratid power grew , this claim morphed into an officially endorsed paradigm , enshrined in medieval historical literature such as the early 11th-century chronicle of Sumbat Davitis-dze , and formed the basis of the dynasty 's political ideology for the duration of their millennium-long ascendancy in Georgia . The proposed Davidic descent allowed the Bagrationi to claim kinship with Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary and rest their legitimacy on a biblical archetype of the God-anointed royalty . The legend of the Bagrationi 's Hebrew or Davidic descent is given no credence by modern mainstream scholarship . The family 's origin is disputed , but the view formulated by the historians such as Ekvtime Takaishvili and Cyril Toumanoff that the Georgian dynasty descended from a refuge prince of the Armenian house of Bagratuni prevails .",
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"text": "Byzantine–Georgian wars The Byzantine -- Georgian wars were a series of conflicts fought during the 11th century and were mainly focused on several strategic districts in the Byzantine-Georgian-Armenian marchlands . Most of these lands were granted by Emperor Basil II to the Georgian Kouropalates David III of Tao in reward for his crucial assistance in the struggle against the rebel general Bardas Sklerus ( 978 -- 79 ) . However , David supported another unsuccessful noble revolt led by Bardas Phocas at the end of the 980s . As a result , David was forced to make Basil II the legatee of his princedom . This agreement destroyed a previous arrangement by which David had made his adopted son , Bagrat III of Georgia , his heir . When David died early in 1000 , Basil added his inheritance -- Tao , Theodosiopolis ( aka Karin , Karnu ; the present day Erzurum ) , Phasiane and the Lake Van region ( Apahunik ) with the city of Manzikert -- to the Byzantine Empire . The following year , the Georgian prince Gurgen , natural father of Bagrat , marched to take David 's inheritance , but was thwarted by the Byzantine general Nikephoros Ouranos , dux of Antioch . Despite these setbacks , Bagrat was able to become the first king of the unified Georgian state in 1008 . He died in 1014 , and his son , George I , inherited a longstanding claim to those territories in Tao which were in Byzantine hands .",
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"text": "History of the Byzantine Empire This history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from late antiquity until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD . Several events from the 4th to 6th centuries mark the transitional period during which the Roman Empire 's east and west divided . In 285 , the emperor Diocletian ( r. 284 -- 305 ) partitioned the Roman Empire 's administration into eastern and western halves . Between 324 and 330 , Constantine I ( r. 306 -- 337 ) transferred the main capital from Rome to Byzantium , later known as Constantinople ( `` City of Constantine '' ) and Nova Roma ( `` New Rome '' ) . Under Theodosius I ( r. 379 -- 395 ) , Christianity became the Empire 's official state religion and others such as Roman polytheism were proscribed . And finally , under the reign of Heraclius ( r. 610 -- 641 ) , the Empire 's military and administration were restructured and adopted Greek for official use instead of Latin . Thus , although it continued the Roman state and maintained Roman state traditions , modern historians distinguish Byzantium from ancient Rome insofar as it was oriented towards Greek rather than Latin culture , and characterised by Orthodox Christianity rather than Roman polytheism . The borders of the Empire evolved significantly over its existence , as it went through several cycles of decline and recovery . During the reign of Justinian I ( r. 527 -- 565 ) , the Empire reached its greatest extent after reconquering much of the historically Roman western Mediterranean coast , including north Africa , Italy , and Rome itself , which it held for two more centuries . During the reign of Maurice ( r. 582 -- 602 ) , the Empire 's eastern frontier was expanded and the north stabilised . However , his assassination caused a two-decade-long war with Sassanid Persia which exhausted the Empire 's resources and contributed to major territorial losses during the Muslim conquests of the 7th century . In a matter of years the Empire lost its richest provinces , Egypt and Syria , to the Arabs . During the Macedonian dynasty ( 10th -- 11th centuries ) , the Empire again expanded and experienced a two-century long renaissance , which came to an end with the loss of much of Asia Minor to the Seljuk Turks after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 . This battle opened the way for the Turks to settle in Anatolia as a homeland . The final centuries of the Empire exhibited a general trend of decline . It struggled to recover during the 12th century , but was delivered a mortal blow during the Fourth Crusade , when Constantinople was sacked and the Empire dissolved and divided into competing Byzantine Greek and Latin realms . Despite the eventual recovery of Constantinople and re-establishment of the Empire in 1261 , Byzantium remained only one of several small rival states in the area for the final two centuries of its existence . Its remaining territories were progressively annexed by the Ottomans over the 15th century . The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 finally ended the Roman Empire .",
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"docid": "df7827ef760c3d0ebc67105f06b72152",
"text": "Vakhvakhishvili The Vakhvakhishvili is a Georgian noble family , originally known , since the twelfth century , in the province of Samtskhe whence they later moved to the kingdom of Kakheti . In the mid-17th century , they acquired the hereditary office of the Grand Master of the Hunt of Kakheti , and were listed among the Kakhetian nobility in a special document attached to the Russo-Georgian Treaty of Georgievsk of 1783 . After the Russian annexation of Georgia , the family was confirmed in the princely rank ( knyaz Vakhvakhov , Вахваховы ) by the decrees of 1825 and 1850 .",
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"docid": "256753be1b55186ddb9ae5987a36311f",
"text": "Pharnavaz I of Iberia Pharnavaz I ( ფარნავაზ I -LSB- pʰɑrnɑvɑz -RSB- ) also transliterated as Parnavaz or Farnavaz was a king of Kartli , an ancient Georgian kingdom known as Iberia to the Classical sources . The Georgian Chronicles credits him with being the first monarch founding the kingship of Kartli and the Pharnavazid dynasty , while another independent chronicles , The Conversion of Kartli makes him the second Georgian monarch . Based on the medieval evidence , most scholars locate Pharnavaz 's rule in the 3rd century BC : 302 -- 237 BC according to Prince Vakhushti of Kartli , 299 -- 234 BC according to Cyril Toumanoff and 284 -- 219 BC according to Pavle Ingoroqva . Pharnavaz 's rise and the advent of the Iberian monarchy was directly tied to the victory of Alexander the Great over the Achaemenid Empire .",
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"docid": "598a4bac65d6f6648833942c597d8b5d",
"text": "Sologashvili The Sologashvili , also known as Solagashvili or Salagashvili , are a Georgian noble family , known from the 15th century . They were related to the Baratashvili and possibly shared a common origin with them . The family came from the southern Georgian province of Samtskhe , which they left for Kartli in the 15th century . The kings of Kartli granted them the dignity of Tavadi ( `` prince '' ) and estates in the valleys of Algeti and Vere as well as in the environs of Tbilisi . The Sologashvili owned the fortresses of Kojori and Ch ` apala , and the monastery of Kabeni , their familial burial ground . A branch emigrated , in 1724 , to the Russian Empire , where they came to be known as Salagov . A member of this branch was General Semyon Ivanovich Salagov ( 1754 -- 1820 ) . The Georgian Sologashvili were confirmed as princes ( knyaz ) of the Russian Empire in 1850 .",
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"text": "Cinema of Georgia The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe . One of the most acclaimed Italian film directors , Federico Fellini , was an admirer of the Georgian film :",
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"text": "Phrygians The Phrygians ( gr . Φρύγες , Phruges or Phryges ) were an ancient Indo-European people , initially dwelling in the southern Balkans -- according to Herodotus -- under the name of Bryges ( Briges ) , changing it to Phruges after their final migration to Anatolia , via the Hellespont . From tribal and village beginnings , the state of Phrygia arose in the eighth century BC with its capital at Gordium . During this period , the Phrygians extended eastward and encroached upon the kingdom of Urartu , the descendants of the Hurrians , a former rival of the Hittites . Meanwhile , the Phrygian Kingdom was overwhelmed by Cimmerian invaders around 690 BC , then briefly conquered by its neighbour Lydia , before it passed successively into the Persian Empire of Cyrus the Great and the empire of Alexander and his successors , was taken by the Attalids of Pergamon , and eventually became part of the Roman Empire . The last mention of the Phrygian language in literature dates to the fifth century AD and it was likely extinct by the seventh century .",
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"text": "Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears ( born December 2 , 1981 ) is an American singer , dancer , and actress . Born in McComb , Mississippi , and raised in Kentwood , Louisiana , she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child before signing with Jive Records in 1997 . Spears 's first and second studio albums , ... Baby One More Time ( 1999 ) and Oops ! ... I Did It Again ( 2000 ) , became international successes , with the former becoming the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist . Title tracks '' ... Baby One More Time '' and `` Oops ! ... I Did It Again '' broke international sales records . In 2001 , Spears released her self-titled third studio album , Britney , and played the starring role in the film Crossroads ( 2002 ) . She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album , In the Zone ( 2003 ) , which yielded the worldwide success of the single `` Toxic '' . In 2007 , Spears 's much-publicized personal issues sent her career into hiatus . Her fifth studio album , Blackout , was released later that year , and spawned singles such as `` Gim me More '' and `` Piece of Me '' . Her erratic behavior and hospitalizations continued through the following year , at which point she was placed under a still ongoing conservatorship . Spears 's sixth studio album , Circus ( 2008 ) , included the international chart-topping single `` Womanizer '' . Her seventh studio album , Femme Fatale ( 2011 ) , became her first to yield three top-ten singles in the United States . She released her eighth studio album Britney Jean in 2013 . Later that year , Spears began the four-year residency show , Britney : Piece of Me , at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas . In 2016 , Spears released her ninth studio album , Glory . In 2017 , she announced that her residency show would develop into a world tour , Britney : Live in Concert . Spears is regarded as a pop icon and credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s . She became the best-selling teenage artist of all time and garnered honorific titles including the `` Princess of Pop '' . Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades , including a Grammy Award , six MTV Video Music Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award , seven Billboard Music Awards including the Millennium Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In 2009 , Billboard ranked her as the 8th overall Artist of the Decade , and also recognized her as the best-selling female artist of the 2000s , as well as the fifth overall . The Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) lists Spears as the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States , with 34 million certified albums . She has sold over 100 million records worldwide making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time . According to Billboard Spears has sold about 22.38 million singles in digital downloads in US and is the fourth best-selling female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began . Rolling Stone recognized her instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time , while VH1 ranked her eleventh on their `` 100 Greatest Women in Music '' list in 2012 , and Billboard named her the sexiest woman in music . Forbes reported that Spears was the highest paid female musician of 2012 , with earnings of $ 58 million , having last topped the list in 2002 .",
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"text": "Underneath (Hanson album) Underneath is the third album by American pop rock group Hanson . It was released in 2004 by 3CG Records . It is the band 's first release on their own independent record label .",
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"text": "Jennifer Love Hewitt (album) Jennifer Love Hewitt is the self-titled third studio album by actress and recording artist Jennifer Love Hewitt . It was released on September 3 , 1996 by Atlantic Records .",
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"text": "Do You Wanna Come Over? `` Do You Wan na Come Over ? '' is a song recorded by American recording artist Britney Spears for her ninth studio album Glory ( 2016 ) . It was written by Mattias Larsson , Robin Fredriksson , Julia Michaels , Justin Tranter and Sandy Chila , and produced by Mattman & Robin . The song was released as the third and final promotional single from the album on August 18 , 2016 , as an instant track for those who pre-ordered the album and for streaming . `` Do You Wan na Come Over ? '' is an electropop and dance-pop song , with subtle keyboards , a strummed guitar and wobbly bass in its instrumentation . Lyrically , the song talks about a flirt between two people , where the protagonist asks for a casual relationship and offers several options and reasons for her lover to hook up with her . The chorus of the song features a `` shouted gang '' of backup singers , with Spears repeating what they sing . Well received , the writers of AllMusic , Boston Globe , Entertainment Weekly , musicOMH , and Vice considered the song a highlight among Glory . Entertainment Weekly and Billboard ranked it among the best songs of 2016 . It has charted in the low regions of France , where it remained for two weeks on the SNEP charts . Spears has performed the track live during her Las Vegas residency show , Britney : Piece of Me , Today and 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival .",
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"text": "Full Moon (Brandy album) Full Moon is the third studio album by American R&B recording artist Brandy . It was released by Atlantic Records on March 5 , 2002 . The album was recorded primarily during the summer and fall of 2001 at The Hit Factory in Miami , amid a three-year musical hiatus following the success of her multi-platinum previous studio album Never Say Never ( 1998 ) and the finale of her highly successful television sitcom Moesha in May 2001 . As with Never Say Never , Brandy collaborated with producer Rodney Jerkins and his Darkchild production and songwriting team on the majority of the album 's composition , while additional work from Mike City , Warryn Campbell , and Keith Crouch was contributed . Brandy credited Whitney Houston , Kim Burrell and Enya for inspiring her to push the limits of her voice and vocal arrangements . With Brandy in a relationship with one of the album 's primary musicians , its lyrical concepts centered on both sensual and frustrated feelings toward a lover . Jerkins credited Michael Jackson , Brandy 's voice , and his experiences at European nightclubs for influencing the sound of the album . Lyrically , the album speaks on love in all its forms . Musically , Full Moon drew inspiration from UK garage , electro , dance , glitch , and funktronica , while blending soul and R&B elements into adult contemporary ballads . At the time of its release , the album received mixed reviews from music critics , but has since earned retrospective acclaim and recognition from musicians , singers , and producers , primarily for Brandy 's vocal work . The album became Norwood 's highest-charting album , as well as garnering two Grammy Award nominations including Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony . Full Moon debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums chart , and at number two on the Billboard 200 , selling approximately 156,000 copies in its first week of release , and has been certified platinum by the RIAA . The album spawned three singles -- `` What About Us ? '' , `` Full Moon `` and `` He Is '' .",
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"text": "World Service (Spear of Destiny album) World Service is the third studio album by Spear of Destiny , released by Epic Records in 1985 .",
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"text": "Impossible Princess Impossible Princess ( retitled Kylie Minogue in the UK and Europe for a temporary period , following the death of Princess Diana ) is the sixth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue , released on 22 October 1997 , by Sony BMG and Deconstruction in Japan . Minogue had co-written all the songs on the album , with additional credits in production and composition ; the album was also assisted by Dave Ball , Ingo Vauk , Brothers in Rhythm , Manic Street Preachers and Rob Dougan , among others . Musically , the album was inspired by the techno and brit-pop revolution during the late 1990s , and incorporates musical elements of trip-hop , dance music , rock , and electronica . Lyrically , it focuses on Minogue 's relationships , self-discovery , and a variety of emotions . Impossible Princess received a polarized response from music critics . American and Australian critics noted Minogue 's involvement in the production , whilst the sound and experimentation were commended . Conversely , British press criticized these points . Additionally , the records attracted controversy by the public , which was ambivalent towards Minogue 's sonic and visual development . Commercially , the album reached the top 10 in Australia , Scotland and the United Kingdom , but was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) for physical shipments of 70,000 units . The lack of commercial success prompted further tabloid exploitation of Minogue and the album , with formal comments added by the producers and management of Deconstruction . Five singles were released off the album : `` Some Kind of Bliss '' , `` Did It Again '' , `` Breathe '' , and `` Cowboy Style '' , all of which experienced moderate success . The fifth single , `` Too Far '' , was distributed in the US and UK to promote the album . After a promotional tour in 1997 , Minogue went on her Intimate and Live tour in Australia and the UK the following year , which was a commercial and critical success . Since the album 's release , it has been recognized by publications as one of Minogue 's key `` re-inventions '' . In retrospect , Minogue labelled the Impossible Princess period as the lowest point of her career .",
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"text": "Third (Cait Brennan album) Third is the second full-length album by Cait Brennan , released by Omnivore on April 21 , 2017 . The follow-up to 2016 's critically lauded Debutante , Third was recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis , TN , in the same studio and on much of the same recording gear as Big Star used during its Ardent heyday . The album was co-produced and performed entirely by Brennan and Fernando Perdomo , a producer and rock artist who also co-produced Linda Perhacs ' widely acclaimed 2014 album The Soul of All Natural Things for Asthmatic Kitty records . Perdomo and Brennan met as fellow artists on the International Pop Overthrow festival in 2012 , and quickly became friends ; Brennan appears in Perdomo 's `` Smile '' music video , and Perdomo has played in Brennan 's touring band . The duo produced Brennan 's 2016 debut , as well as an unreleased second album and a set of demos for Sire Records founder Seymour Stein before ultimately signing with Omnivore Recordings in January 2017 . During the recording of Brennan 's Sire Records demo sessions , Brennan and Perdomo attended a Grammy Museum presentation celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Ardent Studios . At the event , Brennan and Perdomo encountered Big Star drummer and Ardent president Jody Stephens , who invited the pair to record their third album at Ardent in Memphis . When the Sire deal did not materialize , the duo traveled to Memphis and recorded 13 songs in three days , with Brennan and Perdomo producing and playing all the instruments , and Ardent 's Adam Hill engineering the sessions . During the sessions , the pair used many of the same instruments and amplifiers used by Big Star during their heyday , including Alex Chilton 's Hi-Watt amps , Mellotron and Chris Bell 's cherry red Gibson guitar . As with Brennan 's debut album Debutante , Brennan and Perdomo played all of the instruments , with the exception of two guest appearances by longtime Memphis power pop legend Van Duren and former Continental Drifters guitarist Robert Mache . The album was mastered by Grammy-winning audio engineer Michael Graves ; Cheryl Pawelski of Omnivore Recordings , who had a long history working with Ardent and Big Star , signed Brennan to Omnivore in January 2017 , slating Brennan 's Third for an April 2017 release to coincide with Record Store Day .",
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"text": "Invincible (Michael Jackson album) Invincible is the final studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson , released on October 30 , 2001 , by Epic Records . Similar to Jackson 's previous material , Invincible explores themes such as love , romance , isolation , media criticism , and social issues . It was his sixth studio album released through Epic label . An extensive and laborious album to make , Jackson started production in 1997 , and did not finish until eight weeks before the album 's October 2001 release . Jackson recorded in over 10 different studios , and the final cost was over thirty million dollars . Combined with twenty five million toward the cost of promoting the album , Invincible is the most expensive album ever made . The album peaked at number one in eleven territories worldwide , including the United States ( with first-week sales of 363,000 units ) , the United Kingdom , Australia , France and Switzerland . Invincible charted within the top ten in six other territories . Upon release , the album received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics . Invincible was one of the best-selling of 2001 , being ranked at # 9 on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry 's ( IFPI ) Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2001 .",
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"text": "Kamnesia Kamnesia is the third album released by rapper , Kam . It was released on March 20 , 2001 for Hard Tyme Records , JCOR Entertainment/Interscope Records and featured production from the likes of DJ Wino , DJ Pooh and Jazze Pha . Kamnesia would peak at # 69 on the Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums and # 40 on the Top Heatseekers .",
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"text": "E=MC² (Mariah Carey album) E = MC ² is the eleventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey . It was released in the United States on April 15 , 2008 by Island Records . The singer began recording the album in 2007 in Anguilla , after writing and composing most of its material during and after her 2006 Adventures of Mimi Tour . Carey worked with several notable songwriters and producers during the course of the project , including Jermaine Dupri , Bryan-Michael Cox , Stargate , The-Dream , Tricky Stewart , Scott Storch and Danja . The album revealed a more personal side of the singer , illustrated in its declarative theme of emancipation from her previous marriage , and from her personal and professional setbacks . Although it shared similar vocal production as well as an inclination to her signature pop and R&B ballads , the album also encompassed a variety of dance-oriented and uptempo styles . It was meant to be a continuation , or a second part of her tenth studio album , The Emancipation of Mimi ( 2005 ) . Carey collaborated with a number of artists on the album , including T-Pain , Damian Marley and Young Jeezy . Though considered by critics very similar to the formula its predecessor had been built on , E = MC ² included other genres she had never explored , such as reggae , and her continued recording of gospel-influenced hymns . E = MC ² was generally well received by music critics , with many complimenting the record 's broad genre influences , and musical and production styles . Some critics , however , felt that the album was too similar to The Emancipation of Mimi , and did n't offer anything new from the formula . The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with opening week sales of 463,000 copies ; the highest first-week sales of Carey 's career . It opened inside the top-five on the albums chart in Australia , Canada , Switzerland and the United Kingdom . The album achieved worldwide sales of over 2.5 million copies . Four singles were commission in promotion of the album . The album 's lead single , `` Touch My Body '' , became Carey 's eighteenth chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100 , making her the solo artist with the most number one singles in United States history , surpassing the record held by Elvis Presley . Additionally , it gave Carey her 79th week atop the chart , tying Presley for most weeks at number one . It achieved strong worldwide charting , peaking within the top five of the singles charts in Italy , Japan , New Zealand , Switzerland and the United Kingdom . `` Bye Bye '' served as the album 's second release . Although hailed by critics , and expected to have achieved large commercial success , the song stalled at number nineteen on the Hot 100 , and managed to chart weakly internationally . Both the third and fourth singles , `` I 'll Be Lovin ' U Long Time '' and `` I Stay in Love '' failed to garner success in any prominent music market .",
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"text": "The Real Don The Real Don is the third album by French musician Lord Kossity , released in 2001 on the label Naïve Records .",
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"text": "Forever May Not Be Long Enough `` Forever May Not Be Long Enough '' is a song by alternative rock group Live , which was released as the third single from their 2001 album , V.",
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"text": "Do Somethin' `` Do Somethin '' is a song recorded by American singer Britney Spears for her first greatest hits album , Greatest Hits : My Prerogative ( 2004 ) . It was written and produced by Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg ( known collectively as Bloodshy & Avant ) , with additional writing by Henrik Jonback and Angela Hunte . Originally , the song was never intended to be released as a single . Spears , however , wanted to shoot a music video for it , and had to convince her record company . It was then released on February 14 , 2005 by Jive Records as the second single from the album worldwide except North America . The rock-influenced dance-pop song features usage of electric guitars , and its lyrics allude to having a good time and not caring about other people 's judgement . `` Do Somethin' '' received generally favorable reviews from critics , and received comparisons to Gwen Stefani 's 2004 single `` What You Waiting For ? '' . Although the single was not released in the United States , it charted on many of Billboards component charts due to digital downloads , managing to reach number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 . It was also successful worldwide , reaching top ten positions in countries such as Australia , Denmark , Sweden and the United Kingdom . By the end of 2005 , `` Do Somethin' '' was one of the best-selling singles in Australia and Belgium that year . An accompanying music video , co-directed by Billie Woodruff and Spears , who is credited as her alter ego `` Mona Lisa '' , portrays the singer and four female friends dancing and performing in a nightclub . The usage of a Louis Vuitton dashboard in the video resulted in a lawsuit against Jive Records , which ended with Louis Vuitton winning $ 80,000 in damages . The video was also banned in all European TV channels . Spears performed `` Do Somethin' '' during the The M+M 's Tour in 2007 , The Circus Starring Britney Spears in 2009 and Britney : Piece of Me in 2013 -- 17 .",
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"text": "Brittany Spears Brittany or Britney Spears may refer to : Britney Spears ( born 1981 ) , an American singer and actress Brittany Spears ( basketball ) ( born 1988 ) , American basketball player Brittany Spears : Unbreakable by The Pleasers",
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"text": "Oh Aaron Oh Aaron is American teen pop singer Aaron Carter 's third studio album , released in the summer of 2001 . The album features three collaborations with No Secrets and his older brother , Nick Carter . Although not as successful as his second album , it found success in the U.S. , peaking at # 7 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA making this Aaron 's second top 10 album and second platinum-selling album . This album was also his second album that was released under Jive Records . Oh Aaron was accompanied by a concert DVD of the same name , which was released on March 26 , 2002 , and included footage of his 2001 concert in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , as well as music videos and interviews . Play Along Toys also created an Aaron Carter action figure in conjunction with the album 's release .",
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"text": "The Platinum Collection (Queen album) The Platinum Collection : Greatest Hits I , II & III is a box set by British rock band Queen which comprises their three greatest hits albums , Greatest Hits , Greatest Hits II and Greatest Hits III . The album was originally released on 13 November 2000 on the Parlophone label . A booklet with song facts and images is also included with the three CD set . The album 's US release was delayed by Hollywood Records until September 2002 and featured the 2001 Japanese release remastered versions of Greatest Hits Volumes 1 and 2 on the US and Canadian versions of The Platinum Collection . The album peaked at No. 2 in the UK charts , being blocked off the top spot by Moby 's album 18 . As part of Queen 's 40th anniversary celebrations , The Platinum Collection was released in the UK on 27 June 2011 , as well as in other territories around the world . The release consisted of the 2011 remasters of all three albums .",
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"text": "The Heat (Toni Braxton album) The Heat is the third studio album by American recording artist Toni Braxton . Released in the United States on April 25 , 2000 by LaFace Records , the album marked Braxton 's departure from her ballads in favor of a more urban sound . Most of the songs ( including the nearly instrumental `` The Art of Love '' ) were written and produced by Braxton and her husband Keri Lewis ( a former member of Mint Condition ) , two ballads were penned by Diane Warren , and collaborations featured rappers Dr. Dre and Lisa `` Left Eye '' Lopes . The Heat opened at number two on the Billboard 200 chart selling 194,448 units in its first week . It was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) on October 13 , 2000 , with sales of over 2.2 million copies within the U.S. Additionally , the album was nominated for Best R&B Album at the 2001 Grammy Awards , while lead single `` He Was n't Man Enough '' won for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and was nominated for Best R&B Song .",
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"text": "Sad Britney Sad Britney is the third EP from American singer-songwriter Christopher Dallman . It was released on November 9 , 2009 by Beauteous Bird Records . After hearing Dallman 's cover of Britney Spears 's `` Gim me More '' , producer Rachel Alina suggested releasing an EP of Spears 's songs to bring attention to his music . The EP also included covers of `` Radar '' , `` Toxic '' and '' ... Baby One More Time '' . All the songs were recorded during the first day of the recording of his second EP , Never Was . The EP became Dallman 's first record to chart on iTunes . His music video for `` Gim me More '' received attention from Spears 's fans who misenterpreted his message and thought he was parodying her , which he denied .",
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"text": "The Third Album The Third Album may refer to : The Third Album ( Barbra Streisand album ) , 1964 The Third Album ( Paul Jabara album )",
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"text": "Every Picture Tells a Story Every Picture Tells a Story is the third studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart , released in May 1971 . It incorporates hard rock , folk , and blues styles . It went to number one on both the UK and US charts and finished third in the Jazz & Pop critics ' poll for best album of 1971 . It has been an enduring critical success , including a number 172 ranking on Rolling Stones 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time . The soundtrack song featured in Grand Theft Auto : Episodes from Liberty City radio station Liberty Rock Radio 97.8 .",
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Gold is known as a metal.
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"text": "Gold Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au ( from aurum ) and atomic number 79 . In its purest form , it is a bright , slightly reddish yellow , dense , soft , malleable , and ductile metal . Chemically , gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element . It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions . Gold often occurs in free elemental ( native ) form , as nuggets or grains , in rocks , in veins , and in alluvial deposits . It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver ( as electrum ) and also naturally alloyed with copper and palladium . Less commonly , it occurs in minerals as gold compounds , often with tellurium ( gold tellurides ) . Gold 's atomic number of 79 makes it one of the higher numbered , naturally occurring elements . It is thought to have been produced in supernova nucleosynthesis , from the collision of neutron stars , and to have been present in the dust from which the Solar System formed . Because the Earth was molten when it was formed , almost all of the gold present in the early Earth probably sank into the planetary core . Therefore , most of the gold that is present today in the Earth 's crust and mantle is thought to have been delivered to Earth later , by asteroid impacts during the Late Heavy Bombardment , about 4 billion years ago . Gold is resistant to most acids , though it does dissolve in aqua regia , a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid , which forms a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion . Gold is insoluble in nitric acid , which dissolves silver and base metals , a property that has long been used to refine gold and to confirm the presence of gold in metallic objects , giving rise to the term acid test . Gold also dissolves in alkaline solutions of cyanide , which are used in mining and electroplating . Gold dissolves in mercury , forming amalgam alloys , but this is not a chemical reaction . Historically , the value of gold was rooted in its relative rarity , easy handling and minting , easy smelting and fabrication , resistance to corrosion and other chemical reactions ( nobility ) and its distinctive color . As a precious metal , gold has been used for coinage , jewelry , and other arts throughout recorded history . In the past , a gold standard was often implemented as a monetary policy , but gold coins ceased to be minted as a circulating currency in the 1930s , and the world gold standard was abandoned for a fiat currency system after 1976 . A total of 186,700 tonnes of gold is in existence above ground , as of 2015 . The world consumption of new gold produced is about 50 % in jewelry , 40 % in investments , and 10 % in industry . Gold 's high malleability , ductility , resistance to corrosion and most other chemical reactions , and conductivity of electricity have led to its continued use in corrosion resistant electrical connectors in all types of computerized devices ( its chief industrial use ) . Gold is also used in infrared shielding , colored-glass production , gold leafing , and tooth restoration . Certain gold salts are still used as anti-inflammatories in medicine . As of 2014 , the world 's largest gold producer by far was China with 450 tonnes .",
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"text": "Metal-organic framework Metal-organic frameworks ( MOFs ) are compounds consisting of metal ions or clusters coordinated to organic ligands to form one - , two - , or three-dimensional structures . They are a subclass of coordination polymers , with the special feature that they are often porous . The organic ligands included are sometimes referred to as `` struts '' , one example being 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid ( BDC ) . More formally , a metal -- organic framework is a coordination network with organic ligands containing potential voids . A coordination network is a coordination compound extending , through repeating coordination entities , in one dimension , but with cross-links between two or more individual chains , loops , or spiro-links , or a coordination compound extending through repeating coordination entities in two or three dimensions ; and finally a coordination polymer is a coordination compound with repeating coordination entities extending in one , two , or three dimensions . In some cases , the pores are stable during elimination of the guest molecules ( often solvents ) and could be refilled with other compounds . Because of this property , MOFs are of interest for the storage of gases such as hydrogen and carbon dioxide . Other possible applications of MOFs are in gas purification , in gas separation , in catalysis , as sensors and as supercapacitors .",
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"text": "Chrysus Chrysus ( Greek : Χρύσος ; aka Khrysos ) in Greek mythology is the spirit ( daimon ) of gold .",
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"text": "Gold Strike (drink) Gold Strike is a cinnamon liqueur containing gold snippets , produced by Lucas Bols . The company suggests it should be drunk as a shot , with the motto `` Shake , Shoot and Strike '' . It 's a clear liquid that tastes like cinnamon candy . Though the company website states the gold flakes are `` 24-carat '' , some bottles indicate that the gold has various other levels of purity , such as 22 K or 23.5 K . The gold flakes present little health risk . A common urban legend about Gold Strike is that the gold flakes cut the throat or stomach upon ingestion , allowing the alcohol to directly enter the bloodstream for quicker intoxication . Other alcoholic beverages that contain gold are Goldschläger and Goldwasser . It is one of many cinnamon-infused liquors on the market . See Fireball and discussion therein .",
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"text": "Lode In geology , a lode is a deposit of metalliferous ore that fills or is embedded in a fissure ( or crack ) in a rock formation or a vein of ore that is deposited or embedded between layers of rock . The current meaning ( ore vein ) dates from the 17th century , being an expansion of an earlier sense of a `` channel , watercourse '' in late Middle English , which in turn is from the 11th-century meaning of lode as a ` course , way ' . The generally accepted hydrothermal model of lode deposition posits that metals dissolved in hydrothermal solutions ( hot spring fluids ) deposit the gold or other metallic minerals inside the fissures in the pre-existing rocks . Lode deposits are distinguished primarily from placer deposits , where the ore has been eroded out from its original depositional environment and redeposited by sedimentary forces . A third process for ore deposition is as an evaporite . A stringer lode is one in which the rock is so permeated by small veinlets that rather than mining the veins , the entire mass of ore and the enveined country rock is mined . It is so named because of the irregular branching of the veins into many anastomosing stringers , so that the ore is not separable from the country rock . One of largest silver lodes was the Comstock Lode in Nevada , although it is overshadowed by the more recently discovered Cannington Lode in Queensland , Australia . The largest gold lode in the United States was the Homestake Lode . The Broken Hill Lode in South Australia is the largest lead-zinc lode ever discovered .",
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"text": "Coin weights Coin weights are weights which were designed to weigh coins in order to assure their quality . The usage of coin weights , especially glass ones , goes back to Ptolemaic and Byzantine times . Coin weights were also known in Ancient China . In Islamic civilization , where they are called Sanadjāt , coin weights are said to have been introduced by a Jew named Sumair in 694 . Up to that point coins were only compared to coins of good quality . Islamic coin weights were made of bronze , iron , and later glass ( considered to be unalterable ) . They bear inscriptions related to Islamic rulers and moneyers and are therefore valuable epigraphical objects . Coins weights were also known in the Carolingian Empire , where they were stamped with regular coin dyes to clarify their attribution . Islamic coin weights were introduced to Great Britain in the 9-10th century CE through the Vikings .",
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"text": "Precious metal A precious metal is a rare , naturally occurring metallic chemical element of high economic value . Chemically , the precious metals tend to be less reactive than most elements ( see noble metal ) . They are usually ductile and have a high lustre . Historically , precious metals were important as currency but are now regarded mainly as investment and industrial commodities . Gold , silver , platinum , and palladium each have an ISO 4217 currency code . The best known precious metals are the coinage metals , gold and silver . Although both have industrial uses , they are better known for their uses in art , jewelry , fine jewelry and coinage . Other precious metals include the platinum group metals : ruthenium , rhodium , palladium , osmium , iridium , and platinum , of which platinum is the most widely traded . The demand for precious metals is driven not only by their practical use but also by their role as investments and a store of value . Historically , precious metals have commanded much higher prices than common industrial metals .",
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"text": "Gunmetal Gunmetal , also known as red brass in the United States , is a type of bronze -- an alloy of copper , tin and zinc . Proportions vary by source , but 88 % copper , 8-10 % tin and 2-4 % zinc is an approximation . Originally used chiefly for making guns , it was eventually superseded in this department by steel . Gunmetal , which casts and machines well and is resistant to corrosion from steam and salt water , is used to make steam and hydraulic castings , valves , gears , statues and various small objects , such as buttons . It has a tensile strength of 221 to 310 MPa , a specific gravity of 8.7 , a density 8,719 kg/m3 , a Brinell hardness of 65 to 74 , and a melting point of around 1000 degrees Celsius .",
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"text": "Bracteate A bracteate ( from the Latin bractea , a thin piece of metal ) is a flat , thin , single-sided gold medal worn as jewelry that was produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age ( including the Vendel era in Sweden ) . The term is also used for thin discs , especially in gold , to be sewn onto clothing in the ancient world , as found for example in the ancient Persian Oxus Treasure , and also later silver coins produced in central Europe during the early Middle Ages .",
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"text": "Platinum group The platinum-group metals ( abbreviated as the PGMs ; alternatively , the platinoids , platinides , platidises , platinum group , platinum metals , platinum family or platinum-group elements ( PGEs ) ) are six noble , precious metallic elements clustered together in the periodic table . These elements are all transition metals in the d-block ( groups 8 , 9 , and 10 , periods 5 and 6 ) . The six platinum-group metals are ruthenium , rhodium , palladium , osmium , iridium , and platinum . They have similar physical and chemical properties , and tend to occur together in the same mineral deposits . However they can be further subdivided into the iridium-group platinum-group elements ( IPGEs : Os , Ir , Ru ) and the palladium-group platinum-group elements ( PPGEs : Rh , Pt , Pd ) based on their behaviour in geological systems . The three elements above the platinum group in the periodic table ( iron , nickel and cobalt ) are all ferromagnetic , these being the only known transition metals with this property .",
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"text": "Gold repatriation Gold repatriation refers to plans of various governments to bring home their gold stored outside the home country . Many countries use foreign vaults for safe-keeping of part of their gold reserves and there is a growing tendency not to trust the foreign custodian .",
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"text": "Post-transition metal In chemistry , post-transition metals are the metallic elements in the periodic table located between the transition metals ( to their left ) and the metalloids ( to their right ) . Usually included in this category are gallium , indium and thallium ; tin and lead ; and bismuth . Which elements are counted as post-transition metals depends , in periodic table terms , on where the transition metals are taken to end and where the metalloids or non-metals are taken to start . Physically , post-transition metals are soft ( or brittle ) , have poor mechanical strength , and have melting points lower than those of the transition metals . Being close to the metal-nonmetal border , their crystalline structures tend to show covalent or directional bonding effects , having generally greater complexity or fewer nearest neighbours than other metallic elements . Chemically , they are characterised -- to varying degrees -- by covalent bonding tendencies , acid-base amphoterism and the formation of anionic species such as aluminates , stannates , and bismuthates ( in the case of aluminium , tin , and bismuth , respectively ) . They can also form Zintl phases ( half-metallic compounds formed between highly electropositive metals and moderately electronegative metals or metalloids ) . The expression ` post-transition metals ' is used here as there is no IUPAC-approved collective name for these metals . Occasionally , some or all of them have instead been referred to as B-subgroup metals , other metals , or p-block metals ; and by at least eleven other alternative labels . All these labels are surveyed later in this article .",
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"text": "Colored gold Pure gold is slightly reddish yellow in color , but colored gold in various other colors can be produced . Colored golds can be classified to three groups : Alloys with silver and copper in various proportions , producing white , yellow , green and red golds ; typically malleable alloys Intermetallic compounds , producing blue and purple golds , as well as other colors . These are typically brittle but can be used as gems and inlays Surface treatments such as oxide layers Pure 100 % gold is 24 karat by definition , so all colored golds are less than this , with the common being 18K ( 75 % ) , 14K ( 58 % ) , and 9K ( 38 % ) .",
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"text": "Gold-plating (European Union law) Gold-plating is pejorative term to characterise the process where an EU directive is given additional powers when being transposed into the national laws of member states . In operational terms , the European Commission defines gold-plating `` an excess of norms , guidelines and procedures accumulated at national , regional and local levels , which interfere with the expected policy goals to be achieved by such regulation '' . Business lobbyists generally argue against it because additional regulation tends to raise costs for businesses , but there are the few companies that stand to benefit from it .",
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"text": "Gold Flake",
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"text": "Goldring Goldring may refer to : Goldring ( surname ) , a surname USS Goldring ( SS-360 ) , a Balao-class submarine The Gold Ring ; A group ( ring ) of conspirators who manipulated the U.S. gold market on September 24 , 1869 , aka Black Friday Mount Goldring , Antarctica Goldring or gold-ring , a former common name for the white crappie ( Pomoxis annularis ) Goldring ( audio company ) , an audio equipment manufacturing company Goldring , a former name for lands near Rosemont in Helenton Loch , Symington , South Ayrshire , Scotland Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport , at the University of Toronto in Ontario , Canada",
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"text": "Gold Award Gold Award may refer to : Several organizations issue awards with this name : A level of the Duke of Edinburgh 's Award Zee Gold Awards , honouring the best performers in Indian television industry The Gold Award ( Girl Scouts of the USA ) The Gold Award of the Venturing program of the Boy Scouts of America",
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"text": "Henryk Gold Henryk Gold ( 19029 January 1977 in New York City , United States ) was a Polish Jewish composer , arranger , and orchestra director . He was born in Warsaw to a musical family : his mother Helena was of the famous Warsaw klezmer Melodysta family , and his father Michael was a flautist in the Warsaw Opera Orchestra . He was the brother of Artur Gold . He studied in Warsaw , his teachers including Stanisław Barcewicz ( violin ) . When silent movies in Poland lost popularity following the arrival of Al Jolson 's The Jazz Singer , ( known in Yiddish as The Singing Buffoon ) , thousands of Polish musicians who 'd played in the movie theaters lost their livelihood ; they began to create large and small orchestras playing dance music and jazz . Artur and Henryk Gold , the brothers Jerzy and Stanislaw Petersburski , Zygmunt Karasinski and Szymon Kataszek , Kazimierz Englard , Julian Halicki were the pioneers ; Henryk Gold was chief among them , giving concerts at the famous Ziemiańska Cafe on Kredytowa Street and the revue theater `` Morskie-Oko '' on Sienkiewicz Street . He ran the nightclub `` Adria '' with his brother on Moniuszki Street . Gold wrote hundreds of tangos , polkas , foxtrots , and waltzes , interpolating Jewish motifs . His hits included Tęsknota ( Nostalgia , in Yiddish Benkshaft ) ; Jaśminy ( Jasmine ) ; Jak ja się dziś upiję ( When I Get Drunk Today , in Yiddish Az ` Khvel Mikh Haynt Onshikirn ) ; Moja pierswsza i ostatnia ( My First and Last , Yiddish Mayn Ershte Un Letste ) ; Szkoda twoich łez ( Too bad about your tears , Yiddish A Shod Dayne Trern ) , and others . During the Second World War , he and fellow composer Jerzy Petersburski toured the Soviet Union with a large jazz orchestra . In 1942 he left the Soviet Union with the Polish Anders Army , went to Israel , where he wrote songs `` Arcenu ha-ktantonet '' , `` Ruakh '' , `` Shalom '' and lastly emigrated to New York City , United States .",
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"text": "Crown gold Crown gold is a 22 karat ( kt ) gold alloy , crown coin , introduced in England in 1526 ( by Henry VIII ) to replace the earlier gold sovereign coins which were made from the softer 23 kt gold and which thereby had invited both deliberate filing and also non-intentional wear . The 22 kt standard has been used for British gold coins ever since this change which is 91.667 % gold ( or 22 parts out of 24 ) .",
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"text": "Metals (album) Metals is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Feist . It was released on September 30 , 2011 in Ireland , Austria , Switzerland , Germany , Sweden and Belgium ; October 3 , 2011 in the United Kingdom ; and October 4 , 2011 in the United States and Canada . The first single from the album is `` How Come You Never Go There '' , which was released on August 12 , 2011 . The album was supported by a world tour which started in Amsterdam , Netherlands on October 15 , 2011 and finished on October 20 , 2012 in Latin America . Metals debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 7 , and sold 38,000 copies in its first week . It earned Feist 's best sales week and it was her first top 10 album to chart in the US . The album received acclaim from critics .",
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"text": "Pot metal Pot metal -- also known as monkey metal , white metal , or die-cast zinc -- is a colloquial term that refers to alloys of low-melting point metals that manufacturers use to make fast , inexpensive castings . The term `` pot metal '' came about due to the practice at automobile factories in the early 20th century of gathering up non-ferrous metal scraps from the manufacturing processes and melting them in one pot to form into cast products . A small amount of iron usually made it into the castings , but too much iron raised the melting point , so it was minimized .",
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Malcolm Young was a member from AC/DC.
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"text": "Black Ice (album) Black Ice is an album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC . It was the band 's fourteenth internationally released studio album and the fifteenth in Australia . Released internationally on 17 October 2008 , it was produced by Brendan O'Brien . It marked the band 's first original recordings since 2000 's Stiff Upper Lip , with the eight-year gap being the longest between AC/DC 's successive studio albums . Black Ice has the longest running time of any AC/DC studio album . The album 's development was delayed because bass guitarist Cliff Williams sustained an injury and the band changed labels from Elektra Records to Sony Music Entertainment . The first composing sessions between guitarists/brothers Angus and Malcolm Young were in London in 2003 . Recording happened during March and April 2008 at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . O'Brien tried to recapture the rock sound of the band 's early work , as opposed to the blues orientation of Ballbreaker and Stiff Upper Lip , with suggestions such as adding `` soul crooning '' to Brian Johnson 's singing . The songs were mostly recorded live in the studio ; engineer Mike Fraser used only sparse overdubs and effects to keep the tracks as close to the originals as possible . Black Ice was released exclusively in physical formats , as the group did not sell its music digitally at the time . Walmart got exclusive rights to distribute the album in North America . Its release was promoted with an extensive marketing campaign , which included displays of AC/DC memorabilia . The four singles issued from the album were , `` Rock 'N' Roll Train '' , `` Big Jack '' , `` Anything Goes '' , and `` Money Made '' . Black Ice peaked at number one in 29 countries , including Australia , Canada , the United Kingdom and the United States . It was the second best-selling record of 2008 , behind Coldplay 's Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends and had shipped 6 million copies worldwide by December . Critical reviews were generally positive , praising the music and its resemblance to the classic AC/DC sound , although some critics found the work too long and inconsistent . The track `` War Machine '' won the Best Hard Rock Performance category at the Grammys . The album itself was nominated for many awards , including the Grammy , Brit , Juno and ARIA Music Awards ; and was supported by a world tour between 2008 and 2010 . Black Ice is the final album to feature the Back In Black era lineup of the band , with founding rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young leaving the band in September 2014 after being diagnosed with dementia .",
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"text": "AC/DC AC/DC are an Australian rock band , formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young . A hard rock/blues rock band , they have also been considered a heavy metal band , although they have always dubbed their music simply `` rock and roll '' . AC/DC underwent several line-up changes before releasing their first album , High Voltage , in 1975 . Membership subsequently stabilised until bassist Mark Evans was replaced by Cliff Williams in 1977 for the album Powerage . Within months of recording the album Highway to Hell , lead singer and co-songwriter Bon Scott died on 19 February 1980 after a night of heavy alcohol consumption . The group considered disbanding , but buoyed by support from Scott 's parents , decided to continue and set about finding a new vocalist . Ex-Geordie singer Brian Johnson was auditioned and selected to replace Scott . Later that year , the band released the new album , Back in Black , which was made as a tribute to Bon Scott . The album launched them to new heights of success and became their all-time best-seller . The band 's next album , For Those About to Rock We Salute You , was their first album to reach number one in the United States . Drummer Phil Rudd was fired in 1983 and replaced by ex-A II Z drummer Simon Wright , who left to join Dio in 1989 . The band experienced a resurgence in the early 1990s with the release of The Razors Edge . Phil Rudd returned in 1994 after Chris Slade , who was with the band from 1989 to 1994 , was asked to leave in favour of him , and contributed to the band 's 1995 album Ballbreaker . Stiff Upper Lip , released in 2000 , was well received by critics . The band 's studio album , Black Ice , released in 2008 , was the second-highest-selling album of that year , and their biggest chart hit since For Those About to Rock , eventually reaching No. 1 on all charts worldwide . The band 's line-up remained the same until 2014 with Malcolm Young 's retirement due to early-onset dementia and Rudd 's legal troubles . In 2016 , Johnson was advised to stop touring on account of worsening hearing loss and Guns N ' Roses frontman Axl Rose stepped in as the band 's vocalist for the remainder of that year 's dates . Long-term bass player Cliff Williams retired from the band at the end of their 2016 Rock Or Bust world tour . AC/DC have sold more than 200 million records worldwide , including 71.5 million albums in the United States , adding them to the list of highest-certified music artists in the United States and the list of best-selling music artists . Back in Black has sold an estimated 50 million units worldwide , making it the second-highest-selling album by any artist -- and the highest-selling album by any band . The album has sold 22 million units in the US , where it is the sixth-highest-selling album of all time . AC/DC ranked fourth on VH1 's list of the `` 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock '' and were named the seventh `` Greatest Heavy Metal Band of All Time '' by MTV . In 2004 , AC/DC ranked No. 72 on the Rolling Stone list of the `` 100 Greatest Artists of All Time '' . Producer Rick Rubin , who wrote an essay on the band for the Rolling Stone list , referred to AC/DC as `` the greatest rock and roll band of all time '' . In 2010 , AC/DC were ranked number 23 in the VH1 list of the `` 100 Greatest Artists of All Time '' .",
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"text": "Malcolm Young Malcolm Mitchell Young ( born 6 January 1953 ) is an Australian retired musician and songwriter , best known as a co-founder , rhythm guitarist , backing vocalist and songwriter for the hard rock band AC/DC . Except for a brief absence in 1988 , he was with the band from its November 1973 beginning until retiring permanently in 2014 , due to health reasons . Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003 . Though his younger brother Angus is the more visible of the brothers , Malcolm has been described as the driving force and the leader of the band . He also added that despite his retirement from the band , AC/DC was determined to continue making music with his blessing . As the rhythm guitarist , he was responsible for the broad sweep of the band 's sound , developing many of their guitar riffs and co-writing the band 's material with Angus . He is married to Linda Young and has two children , Cara and Ross . Young took a leave of absence from AC/DC in April 2014 , to receive treatment for dementia . In September 2014 , the band 's management announced that he would be retiring permanently .",
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"text": "List of AC/DC tribute albums This is a list of tribute albums ( and individual covers ) of the Australian hard rock band , AC/DC . Due to AC/DC 's worldwide popularity , many musicians have made tribute albums to the band . These albums have been made by a variety of different artists from across several different genres , such as bluegrass music and death metal . AC/DC 's influence has also meant that their individual songs have also been frequently covered by other artists .",
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"text": "Young Aviators Young Aviators are a Scottish rock band based in Glasgow , Scotland . They released their début album Self Help with the label Electric Honey in 2013 .",
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"text": "Live at Donington (AC/DC album) Live at Donington is the DVD recording of the AC/DC show at Donington Park on 17 August 1991 , and it was the band 's third Monsters of Rock festival . The two-hour show was performed before 72,500 spectators and included real cannons , the Hells Bell , an inflatable Rosie and an inflatable Angus . It was filmed in 35 mm Panavision and had 26 cameras that included one situated inside a helicopter . The DVD includes special features such as stereo and 5.1 surround sound , Iso-cam versions of certain songs for different band members , and audio commentary from Angus and Malcolm Young . Another option allows the viewer to focus on just one member for the length of a song . This option is available for Angus Young on `` Thunderstruck '' , `` Back in Black '' , and `` Highway to Hell '' . The option is offered for Malcolm Young on `` T.N.T. '' , Brian Johnson on `` Whole Lotta Rosie '' and Cliff Williams `` Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap '' . One other feature is a full catalogue discography with audio interview of all international albums . Despite the commercial success of the DVD , many hardcore fans were disappointed that the audio was fixed , with many differences than the original video , though the DVD officially released in Brazil still has original audio . Tracks from Live at Donington on AC/DC Live have the original audio .",
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"text": "The Young Adults The Young Adults were an American rock quintet based in Providence , Rhode Island , United States . They were formed by vocalist/saxophone player Bruce McCrae ( aka Rudy Cheeks ) , vocalist/drummer David Hansen ( aka Sport Fisher ) , drummer Jimmy Whittle , piano player Jeff Shore , guitarist Ed Vallee , and bassist Roy Gilley in the early 1970s . Their songs , with such titles as `` A Power Tool Is Not A Toy '' , `` Do The Heimlich '' and `` Christmas In Japan In July '' , were often satirical . They were regular performers at Lupo 's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence and had a rather large following . In 1979 they released the single `` Complex World/Beer '' on Genius Records . `` Complex World '' became a local hit getting airplay on local radio.They broke up shortly thereafter due to conflicts over band direction . David Hansen moved to New York and formed the no wave band Cool It Reba in 1981 . In 1987 , Lupo 's Heartbreak Hotel was in danger of closing so owner Rich Lupo came up with an idea . Lupo 's bartender Jim Wolpaw was nominated for an Oscar for a short film he had done , so they threw a benefit concert and filmed it and wrote a sub-plot about a club closing . In the process they got The Young Adults to reform to play a few shows at Lupo 's in July 1987 . The results were released as the film ( It 's A ) Complex World ( named after the Young Adults song ) and The Young Adults ' Helping Others album . The former founding Young Adults band member , Thom Enright , died on February 20 , 2012 , aged 59 , from brain cancer .",
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"text": "Young Divas Young Divas was an Australian pop girl group , which formed in 2006 by Sony BMG Australia initially for a one-off single and national tour to promote all members as solo artists . The original line up consisted of former Australian Idol contestants , including season one finalist Paulini , season two contestant Ricki-Lee Coulter , season three winner Kate DeAraugo and runner-up Emily Williams . Young Divas released a cover of `` This Time I Know It 's for Real '' to attract attention for the tour . The song peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) . A cover of `` Happenin ' All Over Again '' was later released as their second single , which peaked at number nine and was certified gold . Due to their commercial success , Sony BMG decided that the Young Divas would record a full-length album of classic disco and pop covers titled , Young Divas , in November 2006 . The album debuted at number four on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified double platinum . In June 2007 , Coulter parted ways with the group to resume her solo music career and was replaced by season four runner-up Jessica Mauboy . Young Divas released their second album New Attitude in November 2007 , which debuted at number 10 on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified gold . The album 's lead single `` Turn Me Loose '' ( featuring rapper Savage ) reached number 15 on the ARIA Singles Chart . In 2008 , Young Divas officially disbanded with all members resuming their solo music careers .",
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"text": "Young Galaxy Young Galaxy is a Canadian indie pop/dream pop band formed in 2006 in Montreal , whose members are Stephen Ramsay ( vocals/guitar ) , Catherine McCandless ( vocals/keyboards ) , Matthew Shapiro ( keys/guitar ) , and touring member Andrea Silver ( drums ) .",
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"text": "Phil Rudd Phillip Hugh Norman `` Phil '' Rudd ( born Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis , 19 May 1954 ) is an Australian drummer , best known for his membership in Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1975 through 1983 , and again from 1994 to 2015 . Upon the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC , Rudd became the only Australian-born member of the band . In 2003 , he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the other members of AC/DC . Due to ongoing legal problems in New Zealand , Rudd was unable to join the band for the 2015 Rock or Bust tour and was replaced by Chris Slade .",
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"text": "Ride On (AC/DC song) `` Ride On '' is a song and single by Australian hard rock band AC/DC originally released on the album Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap and later re-released on the album Who Made Who . In both versions , the song is sung by Bon Scott . Atypically for an AC/DC song , it has a sad , slow blues , almost ballad-like feel to it . The lyrics concern a man reflecting on mistakes he has made in a relationship while drinking alcohol . It has frequently been cited as one of AC/DC 's best songs . `` Ride On '' was covered by the French band Trust on their self-titled 1979 debut album after supporting AC/DC in Paris , France in the fall of 1978 . Bon Scott jammed the song with Trust at Scorpio Sound Studios in London , England on February 13 , 1980 , six days before his death . A recording of it would later surface on the Bon Scott Forever Volume 1 bootleg . AC/DC has played the song live only once , on June 22 , 2001 , at Stade de France , Saint-Denis , during the Stiff Upper Lip Tour . Brian Johnson sang the song as a tribute to Bon Scott .",
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"text": "Philip Adrian Wright Philip Adrian Wright ( born 30 June 1956 ) is an English musician , also known as Adrian Wright . Wright had studied film making at Sheffield Art College and was a friend of Philip Oakey . In 1978 he was invited to join the new avant-garde electronic band The Human League which composed of Oakey , Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh . Then a non-musician , Wright was appointed as ` Director of Visuals ' whose job was to provide lighting and slideshows to accompany the Human League 's live concerts . When the Human League split in October 1980 , Wright sided with Oakey . Ware and Marsh left to form pop group Heaven 17 . Necessity forced him to become a musician and he quickly learned keyboards . He and Oakey wrote the new Human League 's early 1981 releases . He remained a key member of the Human League during the early 1980s both as a composer and keyboard player . He left the band in 1986 after becoming disillusioned with the musical direction Oakey was taking and feeling marginalized by their new producers during the recording of the album Crash in Minneapolis . After The Human League he worked in film before moving into design . He participated in the BBC documentary on The Human League , part of the Young Guns Go For It series .",
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"text": "Arc (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album) Arc is a live album of feedback , guitar noise , and vocal fragments that was realized from various shows on the 1991 Neil Young and Crazy Horse US tour , which was originally released with Weld in a special-edition 3-CD set called Arc-Weld . According to an interview with Steve Martin of Agnostic Front that appeared in the December 1991 issue of Pulse ! magazine , Arc had its genesis in a film that Young made called Muddy Track ( referred to in an interview with David Fricke in the November 28 , 1991 , issue of Rolling Stone ) , which consisted of the beginnings and endings of various songs from his 1987 European tour . Young placed a video camera on his amplifier during the 1987 tour and recorded the beginnings and endings of various songs , and later edited them down into the film 's soundtrack . `` It was the sound of the entire band being sucked into this little limiter , being compressed and fuckin ' distorted to hell , '' Young said to Martin , referring to the soundtrack of Muddy Track . Young then showed the video to Sonic Youth 's Thurston Moore , who suggested that he record an entire album in a similar manner . However , Arc was not recorded through video camera microphones , as was the case with Muddy Track , but instead was compiled from various professional multi-track recordings made throughout the tour .",
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"text": "Malcolm Ross (musician) Malcolm Ross ( born 31 July 1960 in Blantyre , Malawi ) is a Scottish guitarist . His musical career started when he played guitar in the Scottish band Josef K . They released a string of singles and an album , The Only Fun in Town , on Postcard Records in the early 1980s . After the demise of Josef K , Ross joined Edwyn Collins in the group Orange Juice , playing and writing songs for both the Rip it Up and Texas Fever albums . After Orange Juice , Ross joined Roddy Frame in Aztec Camera as second guitarist , and recorded and toured the Mark Knopfler produced Knife album . Next Ross embarked on other projects such as the High Bees with his wife , Syuzen Buckley , and Dave Ruffy ( formerly with The Ruts ) . In the mid-1980s and throughout the 1990s , Ross worked with many artists such as former Josef K bandmate Paul Haig , Momus , Edwyn Collins , Moodist Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes , Blancmange and Barry Adamson ( ex-Magazine and The Bad Seeds ) . He was also hired as musical consultant on The Beatles biographical film Backbeat ( 1993 ) , and contributed to the original musical score of the film Chocolat ( 2000 ) , playing guitar alongside Johnny Depp . Ross appeared on ex-Fire Engine Davy Henderson 's band The Nectarine No. 9 's last album , I Love Total Destruction ( 2004 ) and is currently working with another ex-Fire Engine , Russell Burn , in their new band , Stac Lee . Ross continues to play with wife Syuzen in the excellent group Buckley 's Chance , mostly around Edinburgh , Scotland . He has also worked in various one off projects including The Lonely Crowd with Bassist Billy Buckley ( his brother-in-law ) , Drummer Chris McArthur and New York songwriter Spike Priggen . Ross ' solo career includes two solo albums on the German label Marina Records , some danny lamb and the associations ( 1995 ) and Euan Morton ( 1998 ) . A compilation of Ross ' work was released on Re-Action Recordings in 2006 , and he recently was performing as a member of Barry Adamson 's live band . The future will see Ross collaborating with Hulk Hogan and Lenny Henry , as well as producing the debut album from Erskine 's . He supports Hibernian Football Club",
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"text": "AC/DC (pinball) AC/DC is a pinball machine manufactured by Stern Pinball based on the Australian band of the same name . Designed by Steve Ritchie , it was released on March 1 , 2012 .",
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"text": "Benny Young Robert `` Benny '' Young ( born 14 August 1949 ) is a Scottish film , television and stage actor . He was born in Glasgow , Scotland . Young trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow . He has appeared in films including Chariots of Fire ( 1981 ) , Out of Africa ( 1985 ) and Funny Man ( 1994 ) . In 2009 , Young toured with the National Theatre of Scotland production Be Near Me . In 2013 Young performed in the West End production of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at The Duchess Theatre .",
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"text": "Rock Hard `` Rock Hard '' is a single by the Beastie Boys , released by Def Jam Records on 12 '' in 1984 . The song , and the accompanying songs on the 12 '' , feature the band 's first major label rap effort . The track contains samples from the AC/DC song `` Back in Black '' , which was used without obtaining legal permission - thereby causing the record to be promptly withdrawn . Later , when the group planned to include the out-of-print song on their 1999 compilation , Beastie Boys Anthology : The Sounds of Science , AC/DC refused to allow the sample to be used . Mike D spoke to AC/DC 's Malcolm Young personally on the phone when their lawyers refused to clear the sample , and later said that `` AC/DC could not get with the sample concept . They were just like , ` Nothing against you guys , but we just do n't endorse sampling . ' '' Ad-Rock then added `` So we told them that we do n't endorse people playing guitars . '' The cover design is also famous for now being the official Def Jam records logo for vinyl releases ; to this day , vinyl singles released by Def Jam have this design . Long removed from print , it was considered a rare collector 's item until Def Jam reissued the single in Europe in 2007 .",
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"text": "Guns for Hire `` Guns for Hire '' is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC , from their album Flick of the Switch , released on 15 August 1983 . Written by band members , Angus Young , Malcolm Young and Brian Johnson , it was also released in August as a single with `` Landslide '' as the B-side . It charted at No. 37 on the UK Singles Chart , and No. 84 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 . It also reached No. 19 in Ireland . The track served as the opening song during the band 's performances during the ensuing tour in support of Flick of the Switch , but has never been performed on any other AC/DC tours since . A promotional video was produced for the song , which featured drummer Simon Wright rather than Phil Rudd . Rudd had left the band during the recording of Flick of the Switch and was replaced by Wright before the start of the tour .",
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"text": "E.Y.C. (band) E.Y.C. ( also known as Express Yourself Clearly ) was an American pop/R & B group . Its members were Damon Butler , Dave Loeffler and Trey McKay Parker . E.Y.C. failed to find success in their home country , but became more popular abroad in the United Kingdom and Australia . They scored six Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart before disbanding . Controversy surrounded the release of their track `` Black Book '' ; which was released as a special edition CD featuring the names of all the fans that had signed up to their mailing list encouraging them to purchase the CD . This resulted in the group scoring their biggest hit when the track peaked at Number 13 in the UK chart . They also appeared on the Childliners single , The Gift Of Christmas , alongside acts such as Backstreet Boys , Boyzone , MN8 , Sean Maguire , Deuce , Ultimate Kaos , Let Loose , East 17 , Peter Andre , Michelle Gayle and Dannii Minogue . Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow & Jason Orange & Howard Donland & Mark Owen & Kylie Minogue & Alexa Chung & Alex Zane .",
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"text": "Malcolm Mortimore Malcolm Paul Mortimore ( born 16 June 1953 in Wimbledon , London , England ) is a drummer and percussionist who has played with Arthur Brown , Ian Dury , Herbie Flowers , Gentle Giant , Spike Heatley , Tom Jones , G.T. Moore , Mick and Chris Jagger , Oliver Jones and Barney Kessel , Frankie Miller , Chris Spedding , Troy Tate . He is currently regularly touring with Three Friends , Us ( Derek Austin , Herbie Flowers , Chris Spedding ) , and Chris Jagger 's Atocha .",
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"text": "Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center is a memorial to Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz located at 3940 Broadway and West 165th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City , the building which once housed the Audubon Ballroom , where Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21 , 1965 . It opened on May 19 , 2005 , the 80th anniversary of Malcolm X 's birth . The stated purpose of the center is to carry on the work of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz `` through the advancement of human rights and social justice '' . The center is decorated with a 63-foot ( 19-meter ) mural depicting the life of Malcolm X and a life-size bronze statue of the human rights activist . It includes six interactive kiosks that provide information about the lives of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz . The kiosks were developed by Columbia University 's Digital Knowledge Ventures and Professor Manning Marable of the university 's African American Studies department . The center also is home to documents related to Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz .",
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"text": "Eddie Perez (guitarist) Edward Anthony Perez ( born June 26 , 1968 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American guitarist and singer . He currently tours and records with The Mavericks after a long time of being on tour with Dwight Yoakam . Perez joined the Grammy award-winning , multi-platinum band The Mavericks as a member in 2003 . He has also played with other notable artists such as James Intveld , Connie Smith , Jim Lauderdale , Miranda Lambert , Lee Ann Womack , Gary Allan and Kim Richey . In addition to his work with The Mavericks , he has worked with Mavericks ' lead singer , Raul Malo , on his solo projects , including the Peter Asher-produced record , You 're Only Lonely . He can be seen on the DVDs The Mavericks - Live in Austin , Texas , as well as the DVD Return to Sin City : A Tribute to Gram Parsons . He also appears in CMT 's 100 Greatest Love Songs and CMT 's 100 Greatest Duets . Born in Los Angeles , Perez grew up listening to rock guitarists of the 1970s and 1980s . `` My heroes were Jimmy Page , Jeff Beck , Van Halen and Ace Frehley , '' Perez told the Pittsburgh City Paper in June 2016 . `` Everything a big-eyed boy would find fascinating about rock 'n' roll , that was me . I was 12 years old and my father took me to see ZZ Top and it blew my mind . I was never the same after that . '' Perez began playing in bands at the age of 13 and discovered Honky Tonk music when he first heard `` Guitars and Cadillacs '' by Dwight Yoakam , with whom he would later perform . `` Hearing that really turned me around and it gave me a focus . From then on I started to learn everything I could about that music . But then I also had that rock 'n' roll background , too . '' In 2003 , Perez replaced Nick Kane in the Mavericks , just a short time before the band broke up . A consummate showman , Perez is known for his flair on stage both in his dress and in his stage movements . `` You would n't think that an influence of Jimmy Page or Angus Young of AC/DC would fit into the Mavericks , but somehow it does , '' Perez says of his stage presence . `` When I 'm on stage , I show up to give a performance because that 's what I would want to see . You dig what I 'm saying ? I 'm not so much thinking it as much as I 'm feeling it . I try to get to the most real , honest place that I can within each song . What I 'm doing on stage is a visual to what that sound feels like to me . ''",
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"text": "Dream City Film Club Dream City Film Club were a North London rock band founded in July 1995 . Their sound was difficult to categorize in that it encompassed tortured lovelorn balladry , avant-garde flourishes , Tin Pan Alley , straightforward rock and gospel yearnings in both lyrics and subject matter . Ultimately , Dream City Film Club failed to find enough of an audience to sustain them . Vocalist Michael J. Sheehy had been working as a solo singer/songwriter for several years when he met Alex Vald and Laurence Ash , who quickly began writing songs with Sheehy . Upon the demise of another local group , Breed , bassist Andrew Park joined . The band 's name came from a news story Sheehy had seen about an arsonist who had burned down a members-only porno theatre . They played their first gig as Dream City Film Club on 31 July 1995 . They released a single , `` Crawl '' for the underground fanzine , the Organ in early 1996 . Soon after , they were contacted by Beggar 's Banquet and recorded their eponymous debut album in late 1996 , later releasing it on 26 May 1997 . According to Sheehy , the English press reaction to the first single , `` Perfect Piece of Trash '' , was almost unanimous in its derision . After parting with Vald , DCFC continued on as a three piece , recording its second and final album , In the Cold Light of Morning featuring a more expansive sound best realized on the epic `` God Will Punish the Pervert Preacher '' . The group disbanded in 1999 . Michael J. Sheehy subsequently recorded three solo albums for Beggar 's Banquet and two for Glitterhouse , and has fronted Saint Silas Intercession with his brother Patrick . During the early 2000s , Alex Vald worked as half of experimental pop band Datapuddle . In 2015 , Sheehy and Vald reunited as the pop-noir duo United Sound of Joy .",
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"text": "Jackfruit The jackfruit ( Artocarpus heterophyllus ) , also known as jack tree , jakfruit , or sometimes simply jack or jak , is a species of tree in the fig , mulberry , and breadfruit family ( Moraceae ) . It is native to parts of South and Southeast Asia and is believed to have originated in the southwestern rain forests of the Western Ghats in the Indian subcontinent . The jackfruit tree is well suited to tropical lowlands , and its fruit is the largest tree-borne fruit , reaching as much as 35 kg in weight , 90 cm in length , and 50 cm in diameter . The jackfruit tree can produce about 100 to 200 fruits in a year . The jackfruit is a multiple fruit , composed of hundreds to thousands of individual flowers , and it is the fleshy petals that are eaten . The jackfruit tree is a widely cultivated and popular food item throughout the tropical regions of the world . Jackfruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh .",
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"text": "Bunchosia glandulifera Bunchosia glandulifera , commonly known as peanut butter fruit , is a species of flowering plant in the acerola family , Malpighiaceae , that is native to Central America and South America . It produces small orange-red fruits of sticky and dense pulp , with a flavour and aroma resembling that of peanut butter . It is mostly eaten fresh , but is also used for jellies , jams or preserves . The superficial appearance of the berries are similar to coffee and in Brazil is accordingly called caferana or falso guarana . The leaves are lightly sericeous ( hairy ) and have wavy edges . In cultivation the tree ideally reaches up to 6 metres ( 20 feet ) in diameter , although can be maintained to a smaller size . The tree is fast-growing and has some frost-tolerance .",
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"text": "Connecticut Field pumpkin The Connecticut Field pumpkin is a type of pumpkin . It is an heirloom variety , the `` standard '' and `` classic '' pumpkin , `` one of the oldest pumpkins in existence '' . Widely used for autumn decorations , either whole or as jack-o ' - lanterns , it is also suitable for culinary purposes . Said to differ little from squash grown by Native Americans in pre-Columbian times , the name `` Connecticut Field pumpkin '' references the area where the ancestral variety was found , as well as the traditional system of planting pumpkins in corn fields . Like most pumpkins , ` Connecticut Field ' is large ( 15-25 lb ) , round , and orange , with smooth , slightly ribbed skin . The ` New England Pie ' or ` Small Sugar ' pumpkin , `` the standard pie type '' , is said to be a strain of this cultivar , smaller in size but with superior cooking properties . ` Howden ' or ` Howden 's Field ' , a cultivar selected from ` Connecticut Field ' for improved production and uniformity of fruits , is `` the original commercial jack-o ' - lantern pumpkin '' .",
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"text": "Phyla lanceolata Phyla lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common name lanceleaf fogfruit or frogfruit . It is native to the southern half of North America , including much of the United States except for the northwestern quadrant , and much of Mexico . It is resident in many types of moist and wet habitat , including disturbed areas , such as irrigation ditches . It is a perennial herb growing decumbent in a matlike form with spreading , trailing stems up to half a meter long , sometimes rooting at nodes . The lance-shaped or nearly oval leaves are up to 6 centimeters long and have toothed or partially toothed edges . The inflorescence , arising on a peduncle several centimeters tall , is a spherical spike of flowers which elongates into a cylindrical form as the fruits develop . The tiny , densely packed flowers are white , sometimes tinged with blue or purple . It is similar to the related species Phyla nodiflora , but differs in having much longer and more pointed leaves . Both species are common as weeds and in the ornamental environment .",
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"text": "Wislizenia Wislizenia is a genus of flowering plants containing three recognized species native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico . Common names include spectacle fruit and jackass clover . Like genus Cleome and several relatives , Wislizenia has traditionally been included in the caper family , Capparaceae , but has more recently been moved to the new family Cleomaceae . Wislizenia is an erect , branching herb which forms a low , scrubby bush . It extends many dense racemes topped with densely packed flowers . The flowers are mustard-yellow and bear plentiful thready stamens which form a cloud about the inflorescence . The distinctive fruit is a conjoined pair of hard , tan nutlets containing the seeds . The foliage of this plant is toxic , but it is used readily by honeybees , making it a good honey plant . The genus is named for botanist Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus , 1810-1889 . He was born in Königsee , Germany , but came to the United States in 1837 . He spent much time exploring the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico , writing memoirs on the botany and human customs of the region .",
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"text": "Deeringothamnus rugelii Deeringothamnus rugelii is a rare species of flowering plant in the custard apple family known by the common names Rugel 's pawpaw , Rugel 's false pawpaw , and yellow squirrel banana . It is endemic to Volusia County , Florida , in the United States , where there are fewer than 5000 plants remaining in severely fragmented habitat . The main threat to this species is habitat destruction and degradation . It was federally listed as an endangered species in 1986 . Rugel 's pawpaw is one of two species in the genus Deeringothamnus . It can be differentiated from Deeringothamnus pulchellus by the width , shape , and color of its petals . This species is a small shrub growing not more than half a meter tall from a taproot . The leathery leaf blades are somewhat oblong or lance-shaped and measure up to 7 centimeters in length . The inflorescence is a solitary flower nodding or held upright on a short peduncle . The lightly scented flowers have usually six fleshy yellow , cream , or purple petals that measure 2 or 3 centimeters long . The fragrance of the flowers has been described as `` rubbery '' , and is caused by several compounds , including ethyl benzoate , trans-β-ocimene , limonene , and germacrene . The fruit is a large yellow-green berry that may be up to 6 centimeters long . One flower may yield several fruits . The berry contains a few seeds each about a centimeter long or slightly larger . This plant sometimes hybridizes with its relative , Asimina pygmaea . This plant occurs in slash pine woods on wet , sandy substrates among other plant species , including saw palmetto , fetterbush ( Lyonia lucida ) , shiny blueberry ( Vaccinium myrsinites ) , dwarf live oak ( Quercus minima ) , and wiregrass ( Aristida stricta ) . It is limited to Volusia County , where there are perhaps 23 occurrences remaining . Some of them are within the bounds of Tiger Bay State Forest The region becoming ever more urbanized and developed , with wild habitat claimed for residential , commercial , and agricultural purposes , including pine plantations and turfgrass farms . Remaining fragments of land in Volusia County are degraded by a number of processes , especially fire suppression . The habitat is naturally maintained by periodic wildfire , and this plant is fire-dependent . It requires fire to clear larger vegetation and brush away so it can receive adequate sunlight . It has also been demonstrated that fire increases the plant 's flower production . Other threats to the habitat and its plants include exotic plant species such as Bahia grass ( Paspalum notatum ) .",
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"text": "Unbelievable Acres Botanic Gardens Unbelievable Acres Botanic Gardens ( 1 ha / 2.5 acres ) is a private man made Tropical Rainforest , nonprofit botanical garden located at 470 63rd Trail North , West Palm Beach , Florida . The garden is open to the general public on the Second Saturday of every month . Guided Tours are given at 1:30 and 3 p.m. . An admission fee ( $ 10 adults and $ 5 Children ) is charged . Tours can be scheduled on other days for parties of 10 or more by calling (561) 242-1686 to make reservations . The Tropical Rainforest garden was established in 1970 by Gene Joyner , who has developed and maintained it since . It is now one of Florida 's largest private collections of tropical fruit trees , with a 30 m tree canopy . The garden contains some 2000 varieties of plants , including more than 160 varieties of fruit trees , with 40 types of citrus , and 35 types of banana and plantain trees . It also includes orchids , bromeliads , palms , and ferns , as well as less well-known plants such as jaboticaba , black sapote , jackfruit , and carambola trees .",
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"text": "Lutjanus johnii Lutjanus johnii , commonly known as John 's snapper or golden snapper , is a marine fish native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans , from East Africa to Fiji and Australia . In Queensland , Northern Territory and other parts of Australia it is perhaps known more commonly as Fingermark bream , and is arguably one of the best estuary eating fish . The former name ( ` Golden snapper ' ) is generally used when the fish is in much larger sizes , with juveniles and young adults usually referred to as the latter ( ` Fingermark ' ) . It has a remarkably slow growth rate , so release is encouraged and bag limits apply . It can grow to approximately 8 kg in weight although 10 kg fish have been recorded off the coast of Cairns , though even a small individual will provide a substantial fight . They are not recommended to be targeted for catch and release when fishing in depths of 10 m or over , as the species is highly susceptible to barotrauma . Fingermark encounters often occur when targeting other species such as barramundi , and can be distinguished by their golden-brown to reddish skin tint and dark ` fingermark ' beneath the dorsal fin -- colourations both lost as the species dies once taken from the water or grows in size . Colourations are extremely prominent in juvenile fish . They are members of the Lutjanus genus of snappers , which also includes mangrove jack and other well-known table species .",
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"text": "Apple Jacks Apple Jacks is a brand of cereal produced by Kellogg 's and targeted mainly at children . It was introduced to the U.S. as `` Apple O 's '' in 1965 after being invented by William Thilly who is currently a professor at MIT . In 1971 the name `` Apple Jacks '' was put into action by advertisers . The product is described by Kellogg 's as a `` crunchy , sweetened multi-grain cereal with apple and cinnamon . '' Originally , all Apple Jacks cereal pieces were orange and O-shaped , although they have become brighter and more orange colored over the decades . In 1998 , O-shaped green pieces were introduced . On December 8 , 2003 , as part of a marketing promotion , the orange jacks remained Os but the green jacks were Xs for a while and in summer 2005 the green jacks were figure-8s ( double Os ) for a period of time . More recently , Apple Jacks has introduced New Apple Jacks ` Crashers ' -- a unique cereal piece that replicates a mid-2007 advertising execution when mascots Bad Apple and CinnaMon were accidentally fused together . The latest ( limited ) edition , in 2010 , are Apple Clones , with red pieces shaped like apples . In 2012 , Apple Jacks was brought to Canada in a Limited Edition box .",
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"text": "Artocarpus hirsutus Artocarpus hirsutus , known by a variety of names , such as Aini , Aini-maram , Aani , Anhili , Anjili , ( Tamil : அயனிபலா ) ( Malayalam : ആഞ ഞിലി ) , Hebbalasu ( Kannada : ಹ ಬ ಬಲಸ ) and the Wild Jack or Jungle Jack is a tropical evergreen tree species that is native to India ( Karnataka , Kerala , Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu ) , where it prefers moist , deciduous to partially evergreen woodlands . The Artocarpus hirsutus grows in altitudes ranging from sea level to an elevation of 1000 m in places with an annual rainfall of 1500 mm or more . They are endemic to the Western Ghats and are found in its evergreen forests . The canopy tree can reach a height of up to 35 m and about 4.5 m in girth . The tree is prized for its durable timber which is comparable in quality with teak . The timber was used extensively in the construction of ceilings , door frames and furniture in older buildings , especially in Kerala . The famous snake boats of Kerala are often hewn out of the Aini 's wood . 140 tons of A. hisutus wood from Kerala was used for Tim Severin 's ship Sohar , in which he traveled from Muscat to Canton in 1980-81 . Its flowers are , unisexual , in axillary inflorescences and its fruits are syncarps and very sweet , changing to an orange hue when ripe . Its simple , alternate leaves will ooze latex if broken . It is harvested for its wood . Diseases : The important diseases of Artocarpus hirsutus reported from Southern part of India ( Kerala state ) are Pink disease ( Corticium salmonicolor ) & Macrophomina leaf spot ( Macrophomina phaseolina ) .",
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"text": "Syzygium malaccense Syzygium malaccense is a species of flowering tree native to Malaysia , Indonesia ( Sumatra and Java ) Vietnam , Thailand , New Guinea and Australia . It has been introduced throughout the tropics , including many Caribbean countries and territories such as Jamaica where it is known simply as `` Jamaican apple '' or the more common Otaheite apple . Syzygium malaccense has a number of English common names . It is known as a Malay rose apple , or simply Malay apple , mountain apple , rose apple , Otaheite apple , pink satin-ash and pommerac ( derived from pomme Malac , meaning `` Malayan apple '' in French ) . Despite the fact that it is sometimes called the otaheite cashew , it is not related to cashew . While cashew nuts ( but not cashew fruits ) may trigger allergic reactions , rose apple fruit has not been observed to do so . The combination of tree , flowers and fruit has been praised as the most beautiful of the Syzygium family . The fruit is oblong-shaped and dark red in color , although some varieties have white or pink skins . The flesh is white and surrounds a large seed . Its taste is bland but refreshing . Jam is prepared by stewing the flesh with brown sugar and ginger . Malay apple is a strictly tropical tree and will be damaged by freezing temperatures . It thrives in humid climates with an annual rainfall of 152 cm or more . It can grow at a variety of altitudes , from sea level up to 2740 m . The tree can grow to 12 - in height . It flowers in early summer , bearing fruit three months afterward . In Costa Rica , it flowers earlier , with ripe fruit in April . Coffee growers use the species to divert birds . In Hawaii , Syzygium malaccense is called mountain apple . When the Polynesians reached the Hawaiian Islands , they brought plants and animals that were important to them . The mountain apple was one of these `` canoe plants , '' arriving 1000 -- 1700 years ago .",
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"text": "Glaucocarpum Glaucocarpum is a monotypic plant genus containing the single species Glaucocarpum suffrutescens ( syn . Hesperidanthus suffrutescens , Schoenocrambe suffrutescens ) , a rare species of flowering plant in the mustard family known by the common names Uinta Basin waxfruit , waxfruit mustard , toad-flax cress , and shrubby reed-mustard . It is endemic to Utah in the United States , where it is known only from Duchesne and Uintah Counties . It is threatened by habitat degradation and destruction . It is federally listed as an endangered species of the United States . This is a perennial herb with multiple erect stems growing 10 to 35 centimeters tall from a woody base . The leaves are lance-shaped or somewhat oval in shape with smooth or slightly toothed edges , the blades measuring up to 2.5 centimeters in length . The inflorescence is a raceme of mustardlike flowers . Each flower has yellow-green sepals and four yellow petals each measuring about a centimeter long . The fruit is a curved silique 1 or 2 centimeters long . The plant is pollinated by several species of bees , likely including Dialictus perdifficilis , D. sedi , Evylaeus pulveris , Andrena walleye , A. prunorum and Halictus rubicundus . This mustard grows in the Uinta Basin on the Green River Formation , a geologic formation , in an area around the border between Duchesne and Uintah Counties in Utah . The substrate is a shallow layer of dry , fine clay and white calcareous shale . The area is a desert shrub or pinyon-juniper woodland plant community . The area is sparsely vegetated , but other plants in the habitat may include Barneby 's catseye ( Cryptantha barnebyi ) . There are seven populations of the plant located in three main areas . Five of the seven populations contain 250 or fewer plants . This plant is threatened by hydrocarbon exploration and the mining of oil shale and tar sands . All the populations of the plant are located on land which has been leased for oil and gas exploration . Its habitat is located over a large deposit of oil shale which may be a target for extraction . When the plant was added to the Endangered Species List , parts of populations had been destroyed during energy development activities . The populations are already somewhat isolated due to habitat fragmentation , which is increased by roads running through the area . Dust from the roads and from energy activity may negatively affect the plant in several ways . Some of the processes that affect the habitat and the plant also affect the plant 's pollinators , such as bees . Other threats include off-road vehicle use , grazing , and the mining of surface rock for use as building stone .",
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"text": "Barren vegetation Barren vegetation describes an area of land where plant growth may be sparse , stunted , and/or contain limited biodiversity . Environmental conditions such as toxic or infertile soil , high winds , coastal salt-spray and climatic conditions are often key factors in poor plant growth and development . Barren vegetation can be categorized depending on the climate , geology and the geographic location of a specific area . Pine Barrens , coastal barrens and serpentine barrens are some of the more distinct ecoregions for barren vegetation and are the most commonly researched by scientists . Often referred to as `` heathlands '' , barrens can be excellent environments for unique biological diversity and taxonomic compositions .",
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"text": "Chakkavaratti Chakkavaratty , Chakka Varattiyathu , Chakka Varatti , Jackfruit Preserves or Jackfruit Halwa is a type of food made from jackfruit . The seeds are removed from the fruit and it is cut into small pieces . The fruit is then cooked with ghee and sarkara , when it prepared in a type of paste . After cooling it can be eaten and keeps for six to ten months . Malayalees prepare ada with this chakkavaratti as a special food .",
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"text": "Solanum candidum Solanum candidum is a species of evergreen shrub native to South America and occasionally grown for its edible fruit . Undomesticated and very rare in cultivation , it is known as fuzzyfruit nightshade , naranjilla silvestre or chichilegua . The fruit somewhat resembles the related cocona ( Solanum sessiliflorum ) , and Solanum candidum will apparently hybridize with a number of close relatives , including cocona , naranjilla , and pseudolulo . One notable difference is the extremely hirsute fruits , which -- unlike most of its relatives -- do not detach easily upon full ripening , which is a hindrance to eating the ripe fruit . Nonetheless , S. candidum is a close relative of other nightshades cultivated for their edible fruit , including the tomato ( S. lycopersicum ) , the naranjilla ( S. quitoense ) and the eggplant ( S. melongena ) . Its relatively strong resistance to pests and disease ( in comparison with its more appetizing relatives ) has drawn some agricultural interest . Scientifically , S. candidum is of additional interest , as it appears to be the closest relative and a possible ancestor to Asian members of the same botanical clade , notably Solanum lasiocarpum , which is native to India , but is cultivated for its naranjilla-like fruits , and will likewise readily hybridize with S. candidum .",
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"text": "Prumnopitys andina Prumnopitys andina ( Lleuque ) , the Chilean plum yew , is an evergreen coniferous tree native to south-central Chile and a few areas in adjacent parts of westernmost Argentina from 36 to 40 ° South latitude . It lives on moderately wet soils , preferably on Andean slopes from 500 -- . It grows up to 30 m high , with a trunk up to 2 m in diameter . The leaves are linear to sickle-shaped , 15 -- 30 mm long and 2 mm broad . The seed cones are highly modified , reducing to a central stem 2 -- 4 cm long bearing 1-4 scales , each scale maturing berry-like , oval , 10 -- 15 mm long and 10 mm broad , green maturing dark purple , with a soft edible pulp covering the single seed . The seeds are dispersed by birds , which eat the ` berries ' and pass the seeds in their droppings . Seeds are very difficult to germinate . It has a straight and cylindrical trunk , with gray and shiny bark . Before the genus Prumnopitys was distinguished , it was treated in the related genus Podocarpus as Podocarpus andinus . It has also been treated by some botanists as Prumnopitys spicata ( Molloy & Muñoz-Schick 1999 ) ; however this name is illegitimate ( Mill & Quinn 2001 ) . Prumnopitys elegans ( Phil ) is a synonym for Prumnopitys andina . The fruit ( an Aril ) are tasty , 1.5 cm long , blue-purple in color , are eaten by Native American people in Chile , and a marmalade is produced with them . The tree is also occasionally grown as an ornamental tree and a hedge in oceanic climate areas in northwest Europe and the Pacific Northwest of North America . In these areas , it is also sometimes known as `` Plum-yew '' or `` Plum-fruited Yew '' , though these names are more commonly applied to plants in the genus Cephalotaxus ( Cephalotaxaceae ) . The wood is a yellowish color and has a good quality . It is used in furniture and construction . Evidence suggests that very little regeneration is occurring to replace current ageing trees in populations . In 2007 , the Forestry Commission planted large numbers of young trees at Bedgebury Pinetum in the UK as part of a project aiming to conserve the genetic resources of endangered conifers .",
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"text": "High Desert (Oregon) The Oregon high desert is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon , located east of the Cascade Range and south of the Blue Mountains , in the central and eastern parts of the state . Divided into a southern region and a northern region , the desert covers most of five Oregon counties and averages 4000 ft above sea level . The southwest region is part of the Great Basin and the southeast is the lower Owyhee River watershed . The northern region is part of the Columbia Plateau , where somewhat more rainfall allows the largest industry on private land to be the cultivation of alfalfa and hay . Public land within the region is owned primarily by the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) , which manages more than 30000 mi2 , including five rivers designated as Wild and Scenic . While the high desert is somewhat dry , it is only arid relative to Western Oregon . The region averages 15 in of annual rainfall ; the Alvord Desert , however , gets only 7 in of rain each year . Contrary to its name , most of the high desert is not dry enough to truly qualify as desert , and biologically , most of the region is classified as scrubland or steppe . At 9733 ft above sea level , the summit of Steens Mountain is the highest point in the high desert . The broad fault-block mountain is characteristic of the basin and range plate tectonics of the high desert . About 16 million years ago , during the early Miocene epoch , lava flows from volcanic eruptions covered about half the surface area of Oregon . The Earth 's crust then began stretching , giving way to further volcanic activity from 15 million to 2 million years ago . Several ice ages over this time formed the large lakes in the high desert . The climate of the high desert provides habitat for mammals such as pronghorn , coyote , mule deer , black-tailed jackrabbit , and cougar . Birds common in the region include sage grouse , California quail , and prairie falcon . The western juniper is the most common tree in the region , and big sagebrush and common woolly sunflower are the region 's most widespread plants .",
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"text": "Alyxia ruscifolia Alyxia ruscifolia , commonly known as the chainfruit or prickly alyxia , is a shrub of high rainfall areas in eastern Australia . The natural range of distribution is from Wollongong in New South Wales to the Wet Tropics and further north to New Guinea . It can be seen in a variety of different situations . Such as the sub tropical Lord Howe Island , surrounded by the ocean , or the tropical rainforest understorey at Kuranda in Queensland . Or the exposed rocky cliffs on the Mount Royal Range in New South Wales , where it is subject to high winds and snow . The habitat is many types of rainforests from sea level to 1200 metres , sometimes also seen in sclerophyll forests .",
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"text": "Canavalia molokaiensis Canavalia molokaiensis , commonly known as the Molokai Jack-bean or puakauhi , is a rare species flowering plant in the legume family , Fabaceae , that is endemic to the island of Molokai in Hawaii . This and other Hawaiian Canavalia are known there as ʻāwikiwiki . The plant is a vine with red-purple pealike flowers . It inhabits exposed , steep cliffs in dry and mesic forests that are dominated by ōhia lehua ( Metrosideros polymorpha ) and aalii ( Dodonaea viscosa ) at elevations of 850 - . Associated plants include āhinahina ( Artemisia spp . ) , akoko ( Euphorbia spp . ) , pilo ( Coprosma spp . ) , pūkiawe ( Styphelia tameiameiae ) , and ākia ( Wikstroemia spp . ) . This rare plant is threatened by habitat destruction , mainly due to introduced grazing mammals . It is limited to four populations with a total of 200 to 500 individuals ; this is sometimes described as one badly fragmented population . Other threats include introduced plant species . This has been a federally listed endangered species of the United States since 1992 .",
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"text": "Schinus polygama Schinus polygama , the Hardee peppertree or Chilean pepper tree , is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family which is native to Argentina and Chile and naturalized in California .",
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"text": "Grias cauliflora The anchovy pear ( Grias cauliflora ) ( also called the river pear ) is a fruit native to Jamaica , Central America , and Colombia . It is often found near rivers or marshes in large colonies . It grows on the evergreen tree Grias cauliflora of the Lecythidaceae ( Brazil nut ) family . The edible nuts grow clumped together in large , round , woody and extremely hard seed pods the size of a large grapefruit . The meat of the seed ( the `` nut '' ) is very rich in oil and grows from 7 to 9 cm long and 2 to 4 cm in diameter . The tree has fragrant yellow flowers about 5 cm across and grows to a height of about 15 m ( 50 feet ) . The anchovy pear tree bears spear-shaped , glossy leaves produced in palm-like tufts that reach an average length of 90 cm . The edible , brown , berrylike fruits for which it is cultivated for pickling are not related to the common pear . The fruit has a taste similar to that of the mango .",
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"text": "Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali ( -LSB- ɑːˈliː -RSB- born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. ; January 17 , 1942 -- June 3 , 2016 ) was an American professional boxer and activist . He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century . From early in his career , Ali was known as an inspiring , controversial , and polarizing figure both inside and outside the ring . Cassius Clay was born and raised in Louisville , Kentucky , and began training as an amateur boxer when he was 12 years old . At age 18 , he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and turned professional later that year . At age 22 in 1964 , he won the WBA , WBC , and lineal heavyweight titles from Sonny Liston in a big upset . Clay then converted to Islam and changed his name from Cassius Clay , which he called his `` slave name '' , to Muhammad Ali . He set an example of racial pride for African Americans and resistance to white domination during the Civil Rights Movement . In 1966 , two years after winning the heavyweight title , Ali further antagonized the white establishment by refusing to be drafted into the U.S. military , citing his religious beliefs and opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War . He was eventually arrested , found guilty of draft evasion charges , and stripped of his boxing titles . He successfully appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court , which overturned his conviction in 1971 , by which time he had not fought for nearly four years and thereby lost a period of peak performance as an athlete . Ali 's actions as a conscientious objector to the war made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation . Ali is regarded as one of the leading heavyweight boxers of the 20th century . He remains the only three-time lineal heavyweight champion , having won the title in 1964 , 1974 , and 1978 . Between February 25 and September 19 , 1964 , Ali reigned as the undisputed heavyweight champion . He is the only boxer to be named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times . He was ranked as the greatest athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated , the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC , and the third greatest athlete of the 20th century by ESPN SportsCentury . Nicknamed `` The Greatest '' , he was involved in several historic boxing matches . Notable among these were the first Liston fight ; the `` Fight of the Century '' , `` Super Fight II '' , the `` Thrilla in Manila '' versus his rival Joe Frazier , and `` The Rumble in the Jungle '' versus George Foreman . At a time when most fighters let their managers do the talking , Ali thrived in and indeed craved the spotlight , where he was often provocative and outlandish . He was known for trash talking , and often freestyled with rhyme schemes and spoken word poetry , both for his trash talking in boxing and as political poetry for his activism , anticipating elements of rap and hip hop music . As a musician , Ali recorded two spoken word albums and a rhythm and blues song , and received two Grammy Award nominations . As an actor , he performed in several films and a Broadway musical . Additionally , Ali wrote two autobiographies , one during and one after his boxing career . As a Muslim , Ali was initially affiliated with Elijah Muhammad 's Nation of Islam ( NOI ) and advocated their black separatist ideology . He later disavowed the NOI , adhering initially to Sunni Islam and later to Sufism , and supporting racial integration , like his former mentor Malcolm X. After retiring from boxing in 1981 , Ali devoted his life to religious and charitable work . In 1984 , Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson 's syndrome , which his doctors attributed to boxing-related brain injuries . As the condition worsened , Ali made limited public appearances and was cared for by his family until his death on June 3 , 2016 , in Scottsdale , Arizona .",
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"text": "Greatest Sports Legends Greatest Sports Legends is a sports anthology series on the lives and careers of noted athletes . First aired in 1972 , the series was produced with 10 new episodes per year nestled amongst 42 reruns . 207 episodes were produced , with athlete hosts including Michael Jordan and Reggie Jackson interviewing the featured athlete . The series won one Emmy award out of three nominations . After production , the series continued to air in reruns . In 2012 , it was announced that Steve Rotfeld Productions would offer one-hour editions.As of 2015 , the series airs sporadically on the cable network Decades .",
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"text": "Chris Myers Christopher Patrick `` Chris '' Myers ( born March 28 , 1959 ) is an American sportscaster . A native of Miami , FL with more than 20 years in broadcasting , he has covered premiere events , including the Super Bowl , World Series , NBA Finals , NCAA Final Four , The Masters and U.S. Open ( golf ) , Triple Crown , the Olympics , and the Daytona 500 .",
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"text": "Teddy Wakelam Captain Henry Blythe Thornhill ( Teddy ) Wakelam ( 8 May 1893 -- 10 July 1963 ) was an English sports broadcaster and rugby union player . He played rugby for Harlequin F.C. and became its captain . On 15 January 1927 Wakelam gave the first ever running sports commentary on BBC radio , a Rugby International match , England v Wales ( final score 11-9 ) at Twickenham . By today 's standard it sounded really odd : to give listeners an idea what it actually was they were hearing a picture was published in the Radio Times of the pitch divided in numbered squares . And as Wakelam described the run of play a voice in the background mentioned the square the play was happening in . It is believed the phrase `` Back to Square One '' comes from this , long abandoned , practice . Wakelam was an expert on a wide variety of sports . A week after his broadcasting debut he and C.A. Lewis gave the first football commentary on British radio , Arsenal - Sheffield United , 1-1 . Later in 1927 he would also cover cricket and Wimbledon . It was in London SW19 that he would prove to be an unflappable character : in the mid 1930s he accidentally set fire to his notes but kept on commentating as if nothing had happened . The first sports commentator on BBC radio also became one of the first on BBC television in 1938 , when he covered the test match at Lord 's . He also gave commentaries on boxing and even non sporting events like Tidworth Tattoo , but rugby union always remained his specialty . Only a handful of his commentaries have survived , but apparently Wakelam was quite a good reporter . John Arlott called him `` a natural talker with a reasonable vocabulary , a good rugby mind and a conscious determination to avoid journalese . '' Teddy Wakelam also was rugby correspondent for The Morning Post . He wrote a number of books including ` Harlequin Story ' ( 1954 ) about the history of his old club . He is namechecked in the title of a sports book , `` After Captain Teddy '' by Mike Jeffrey .",
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"text": "Jack Solomons Jack Solomons OBE ( December 1900 -- 8 December 1979 ) was a British boxing promoter who has been called `` one of the greatest boxing promoters in history '' and `` England 's greatest boxing impresario '' . Solomons was born in Petticoat Lane in the East End of London . He began promoting boxing in London during the 1930s . He took over operations at the Devonshire Club in Hackney , but that club was destroyed in the bombing of 1940 . Later , his base of operations was his gymnasium located at 41 Great Windmill Street in Soho . His first great success came when he put together a match between Jack London and Bruce Woodcock for the British heavyweight title . He was involved in many major British boxing promotions involving Woodcock , Freddie Mills , and Randolph Turpin during those years . He promoted the bout between Turpin and Sugar Ray Robinson when Robinson lost his middleweight world title in 1951 . He was particularly associated with promoting boxing matches at Harringay Arena in north London . In all , he promoted 26 world title fights . He also promoted Henry Cooper 's 1963 bout with Muhammad Ali ( but not their 1966 rematch ) . He was appointed OBE in the 1978 New Year Honours . Solomons died in 1979 and was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995 .",
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"text": "List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored This list is a compilation of total centuries scored by international cricketers , split between different formats , and presents a good view to compare performance of batsmen in different formats of the game . 6 players have scored 50 or more centuries in their international career across all 3 formats while only one , Sachin Tendulkar , has scored 100 centuries . A qualification of 10 overall centuries is now used . To date , as many as 161 cricketers have scored 10 or more international centuries , 72 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries and 39 have 30 or more centuries , the details of which are listed below .",
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"text": "The Trials of Muhammad Ali The Trials of Muhammad Ali is a 2013 American documentary about the heyday of boxer Muhammad Ali 's career , with special focus on his conversion to Islam and his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War .",
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"text": "Nurul Islam (broadcaster) Nurul Islam ( নুরুল ইসলাম 25 November 1928 -- 7 October 2006 ) was a Bangladeshi broadcast journalist , news presenter , and radio producer and presenter . He had more than 50 years of experience in radio and television and is best known for his work with the BBC World Service .",
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"text": "BBC Television BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation . The corporation has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927 . It produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932 , although the start of its regular service of television broadcasts is dated to 2 November 1936 . The BBC 's domestic television channels have no commercial advertising and collectively they account for more than 30 % of all UK viewing . The services are funded by a television licence . As a result of the 2016 Licence Fee settlement , the BBC Television division was split , with in-house television production being separated into a new division called BBC Studios and the remaining parts of television ( channels and genre commissioning , BBC Sport , BBC Three and BBC iPlayer ) being renamed as BBC Content .",
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"text": "List of WBC world champions This is a list of WBC world champions , showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council ( WBC ) . The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and certifies world champions in 10 different weight classes . In 1963 , the year of its foundation , the WBC inaugurated titles in all divisions with the exception of light flyweight , super flyweight , super bantamweight , super middleweight and cruiserweight , which were inaugurated in the subsequent decades . The most recent title inaugurated by the WBC is in the minimumweight ( also called strawweight ) division in 1987 .",
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"text": "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year The BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year is an award presented at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year award ceremony . The award is presented to a non-British sportsperson considered to have made the most substantial contribution to a sport in that year . The award was decided by a panel of over 30 sporting journalists . Each panellist voted for their top two choices ; their first preference was awarded two points , and their second preference was awarded one point . The winning sportsperson had the most total points . In the case of a points tie , the sportsperson chosen as first preference by the most panellists is the winner . If this is also a tie the award is shared . In 2015 the public voted for this award . The Overseas Personality award was first presented in 1960 , six years after the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award was introduced . The first recipient of the award was Australian middle distance runner Herb Elliott . Since then , the award has been presented to 49 sportspersons . American boxer Muhammad Ali , Swiss tennis player Roger Federer and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt have each won the award three times , while Australian golfer Greg Norman won the award twice . The award has been shared on three occasions -- by Ron Clarke and Gary Player in 1965 , Eusébio and Garfield Sobers in 1966 , and Evander Holyfield and Michael Johnson in 1996 . The husband-and-wife skating duo of Oleg Protopopov and Ludmila Belousova are the only pair to have won the award , doing so in 1968 . Belousova was the first woman to become Overseas Personality -- she was also the oldest , aged 33 . George Moore is the oldest recipient of the award , winning in 1967 aged 44 . The youngest recipient of the award is Nadia Comăneci , who won in 1976 at age 15 . Boris Becker , who was 18 when he won in 1985 , is the youngest male to have won . Twenty different countries have been represented by the award winners . United States sportspersons have won the award the most times , having had nineteen recipients , two of whom shared the award . Three cricketers have received the award -- Garfield Sobers of Barbados , Brian Lara of Trinidad and Tobago ( both of whom played for the West Indies cricket team ) , and Shane Warne of Australia . Thirteen sporting disciplines have been represented ; tennis has the highest representation , with fourteen recipients . The most recent recipient in 2016 was American gymnast Simone Biles . Only one winner has ever been stripped of the award -- US cyclist Lance Armstrong , whose 2003 award was rescinded by the BBC following the UCI 's 2012 decision to strip Armstrong of his titles and ban him for life from the sport .",
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"text": "Sounds of the 20th Century Sounds of the 20th Century is a BBC Radio 2 documentary series originally broadcast in the UK between April 2011 and April 2012 . Each 60-minute programme is dedicated to one year from 1951 to 2000 and features a montage of audio relating to that year . Featuring nothing that was n't heard , seen or read at the time , other than brief introduction to each episode by Jeremy Vine , the series does not feature any explanations , reminiscenses or reflections upon the clips . Instead , the series ' website provided a list and description of the audio items , which was also supplied in real time by the show 's Twitter feed . It is described as an ` audio journey through five decades of triumph , tragedy and trivia . ' The first part of the series was first broadcast at 10pm on Thursday 7 April . Focussing upon 1951 , it featured the real King 's Speech ( as he opens the Festival of Britain ) , a General Election victory for the Conservatives and their Liberal allies , the first hit single with multi-tracking ( Les Paul 's `` How High The Moon '' ) , the first rock 'n' roll record ( Jackie Brentson 's `` Rocket 88 '' ) , screen heroes from Marlon Brando to The Lone Ranger . The series was produced by Trevor Dann 's Company , and there is a series blog available at sottc.wordpress.com . The critical reception was generally positive . Comparing the show to BBC One 's The Rock 'n' Roll Years , The Independents Chris Maume asked if `` commissioning Sounds of the 20th Century -LSB- was -RSB- the first thing the 6 Music/Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan has got right in his short but deeply unsatisfactory tenure ? '' . More critically , The Guardians Elisabeth Mahoney identified parallels between the archive clips and the contemporary world , but was frustrated at the lack of a narrative , arguing that `` the jaunty mix is frustratingly hard-going . ''",
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"text": "Religious views of Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali evolved considerably in his religious and spiritual views throughout his life . Ali was introduced to the Nation of Islam in 1962 , and officially became a member of the organization shortly after his first bout with Liston . He converted to Sunni Islam after the death of the Nation 's leader , Elijah Muhammad , in 1975 , following which the organization 's leader Wallace D. Muhammad had aligned the ideology of the Nation with Sunni Islam . Around 2005 , Ali again converted , this time to Sufism .",
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"text": "BBC Books BBC Books ( also formerly known as BBC Publishing ) is an imprint majority owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division . The minority shareholder is BBC Worldwide , the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation . The imprint has been active since the 1980s . BBC Books publishes a range of books connected to BBC radio and television programming , including cookery , natural history , lifestyle , and behind the scenes `` making-of '' books . There are also some non-programme related biographies and autobiographies of various well-known personalities in its list . Amongst BBC Books ' best known titles are cookery books by former TV cook Delia Smith , wildlife titles by Sir David Attenborough and gardening titles by Alan Titchmarsh . In the BBC Publishing days , it turned down The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy , a book which has now sold over 14,000,000 copies worldwide .",
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"text": "Ali Ali ( -LSB- ˈɑːli , _ ɑːˈliː -RSB- -LSB- علي , ʿAlī -RSB- , -LSB- ʕaliː -RSB- ; 15 September 601 -- 29 January 661 ) was the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad , the prophet of Islam . He ruled over the Caliphate from 656 to 661 , and was Imam of Shia Islam from 632 to 661 . Born to Abu Talib and Fatimah bint Asad , ` Ali was the only person born in the sacred sanctuary of the Ka ` bah in Mecca , the holiest place in Islam , according to many classical Islamic sources , especially Shia ones . ` Ali was the first young male who accepted Islam . After migrating to Medina , he married Muhammad 's daughter Fatimah . Ali took part in the early caravan raids from Mecca and later in almost all the battles fought by the nascent Muslim community . He was appointed caliph by Muhammad 's Companions ( Sahaba ) in 656 , after Caliph Uthman ibn Affan was assassinated . ` Ali 's reign saw civil wars and in 661 , he was attacked and assassinated by a Kharijite while praying in the Great Mosque of Kufa , dying two days later . ` Ali is important to various Sunni and Shi`ite denominations politically , legislatively and spiritually . The numerous biographical sources about Ali are often biased due to sectarianism , but they agree that he was a pious Muslim , devoted to the cause of Islam and a just ruler in accordance with the Qur ' an and the Sunnah . While Sunnis consider Ali the fourth and final of the Rashidun ( rightly guided ) caliphs , Shi`ites regard ` Ali as the first Imam after Muhammad due to their interpretation of the events at Ghadir Khumm . Shias also believe that ` Ali and the other Shi`ite Imams ( all of whom are members of the Ahl al-Bayt , Muhammad 's household ) are the rightful successors to Muhammad . This disagreement split the Ummah ( Muslim community ) into the Sunni and Shia branches .",
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"text": "List of British middleweight boxing champions List of British middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the British middleweight championship . The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1909 , and later by its replacement the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929 . A champion may retire or voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship . Where a champion relinquished the title , the date of his final defence is shown with `` ( rel ) '' after it . If he did not defend his title , then `` ( rel ) '' is shown after the date at which he won the title .",
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"text": "Ali Baba (wrestler) Arteen Ekizian ( September 28 , 1901 -- November 16 , 1981 ) , better known by the ring name Ali Baba , was an Turkish professional wrestler and World Heavyweight Champion who was active in the early portion of the twentieth century .",
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"text": "The Atkinson People The Atkinson People is a 1979 BBC radio comedy series . The series , which was first broadcast sporadically in 1979 by the BBC 's arts radio station Radio 3 , features a satirical profile of a fictional famous person each week . It is notable as being the first radio or television programme to star comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson . The programme was co-written by Atkinson and Richard Curtis and produced by future Not the Nine O'Clock News co-star Griff Rhys Jones , then a BBC Radio Comedy producer . In most cases , Atkinson played the lead characters , with other voices provided by Hugh Thomas and Peter Wilson . Following the precedent set by The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy , the series was also an early adopter of stereophonic sound ; it was recorded in 1978 , and broadcast in 1979 . The series has been repeated on BBC Radio 7 and its successor BBC Radio 4 Extra , and was picked by Armando Iannucci during his stint as `` comedy controller '' .",
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"text": "Heroes and Villains (football fanzine) Heroes and Villains is the title of a football fanzine written by and primarily aimed at fans of Aston Villa F.C. . It was launched in 1989 , and has been in regular print ever since , long surpassing 100 issues . It has been edited from the start by Dave Woodhall . Although of course primarily concerned directly with the fortunes of Aston Villa , occasionally other general football articles and humorous , nostalgic pieces are to be found amongst its pages . It was often critical of Doug Ellis who was the chairman of Aston Villa during the period 1982 to 2006 ( his second spell at the club ) . He was seen by many fans as being complacent and unambitious regarding the fortunes of the team . As with most fanzines , many articles contain much baiting of local rival football clubs and their fans , in this case chiefly Birmingham City F.C. and West Bromwich Albion F.C. However , a goodly part of the fanzine 's contents consist of contributors ' personal views on and memories of experiences derived from being a supporter of Aston Villa . Aston Villa 's richly varied history , particularly that of the last 25 years and within living memory of most contributors , consisting as it does of Villa 's League Championship and European Cup winning achievements of '81 and ' 82 , their mid '80s decline culminating in relegation in ' 87 , followed by a revival under Graham Taylor 's management which led to an unexpected league runners-up spot just 3 seasons later , provides much material . As does a further , also unexpected , runners up placing in ' 93 , league cup triumphs in '94 and ' 96 , and the generally solid but unspectacular performance of the team , up to the 2005-2006 season 's underachievements and the broad feeling of dissatisfaction with the way the club was being run . Something of a running joke in the fanzine concerns Villa 's underachievement in the FA Cup , the club having not won the competition since 1957 , with their only final appearance since then consisting of a dismal performance in losing 1-0 to the pre-Roman Abramovich Chelsea in 2000 . As the 3rd round of the competition - Villa 's usual entry point - approaches each season , many fans come to the agreement that this year is definitely `` our year for the cup ... '' For the start of the 2014-15 season , the fanzine phased out the paper publishing format of distribution , and is now available only to download to computers , mobile devices , and so on . The fanzine also spawned a website forum which remains very popular among Villa supporters .",
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"text": "Outstanding Sports Personality, Studio Host The Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality , Studio Host has been awarded since 1993 . The award is given to an on-air personality that hosts a pregame or postgame show , or gives news during event coverage , but does not commentate on the event itself . This award is considered to be the most prestigious of all given under the Outstanding Sports Personality category . Before this subcategory was set up , an award was given to either a studio host or an event commentator from 1968 to 1992 . See that article for a list of winners ( Outstanding Host or Commentator ) .",
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"text": "Boxing in Wales Boxing is a popular sport in Wales , and since the early 20th century Wales has produced a notable number of professional boxers including several World Champions . The most notable boxers include Wales ' first World Champion Percy Jones ; Jimmy Wilde , who is seen as pound-for-pound one of the World 's finest boxers and Joe Calzaghe , who ended his career an undefeated World Champion .",
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"text": "Dangal (film) Dangal ( Wrestling competition ) is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Nitesh Tiwari . Produced by Walt Disney Pictures , Aamir Khan Productions and UTV Motion Pictures , it stars Aamir Khan as Mahavir Singh Phogat , an amateur wrestler , who trains his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to be world-class wrestlers , both of who go on to win medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games . Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra play the older selves of the sisters while Sakshi Tanwar play their mother and Aparshakti Khurana , their cousin . The development of the film began in early 2013 when Tiwari began writing the screenplay before signing Khan for the film . Set primarily in the Indian State of Haryana , principal photography commenced in September 2015 in the neighbouring Punjab . Satyajit Pande served as the cinematographer and Ballu Saluja as the editor . Pritam scored the film 's background music and for its soundtrack , lyrics for which were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya . Kripa Shankar Bishnoi , a coach with the Indian women 's wrestling team , trained Khan and the cast for the wrestling sequences . After a North America premiere on 21 December 2016 , Dangal was released worldwide on 23 December opening to positive response with critics ; praise centered on the film 's `` honest '' depiction of a real-life story and Khan 's performance . It was also screened at the Beijing International Film Festival in April 2017 . At the 62nd Filmfare Awards , it won four awards : Best Film , Best Director ( Tiwari ) , Best Actor ( Khan ) and Best Action ( Shyam ) . The film performed equally well commercially and as of 29 May , it stands as the highest-grossing Indian film having collected over 1,700 crore , of which close to 1,000 crore was earned in China , where it has emerged as one of the top 30 highest-grossers of all time .",
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"text": "Yukon general election, 2016 The 38th general election in Yukon , Canada , took place on November 7 , 2016 to return members to the 34th Yukon Legislative Assembly . The election was fought over issues relating to the economy , the environment , First Nations reconciliation , fracking , and the merits of a territorial carbon tax . The incumbent Yukon Party government , led by Darrell Pasloski , was defeated by the third party Liberal Party of Sandy Silver , ending 14 years of Yukon Party rule . Premier Darrell Pasloski lost his own seat .",
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"text": "O Canada (TV series) O Canada is a Canadian-American animated television anthology series , broadcast in the United States on Cartoon Network . O Canada was the first Canadian cartoon series to air on Cartoon Network . Shown mainly on Sunday nights ( early Monday mornings ) at 12:00 midnight ET , O Canada featured a selection of animated shorts from Canada , mostly from the archives of the National Film Board of Canada . Some of the animated shorts featured were part of the NFB 's Canada Vignettes collection of shorts first produced for CBC Television . The title of the series originated from the name of Canada 's national anthem , O Canada . One of the notable shorts featured in this series was Bob 's Birthday , which would later serve as the basis for Comedy Central / Global Television Network 's Bob and Margaret series , which would debut the following year . Despite its time slot , Bob 's Birthday was censored with one scene , that featured Bob fully bottomless , edited with a maple leaf electronically superimposed over his genitalia .",
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"text": "Degrassi (franchise) Degrassi is a Canadian drama franchise that follows the lives of a group of teenagers who lived on or near De Grassi Street in Toronto , Ontario . The five main series are The Kids of Degrassi Street , Degrassi Junior High , Degrassi High , Degrassi : The Next Generation and Degrassi : Next Class . The early Degrassi series were produced by the small production company owned by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler , Playing With Time Inc. . The recent version of Degrassi , produced by Epitome Pictures , aired on MTV Canada and on VRAK.TV ( dubbed in French ) in Canada and was simultaneously broadcast on TeenNick ( and in syndication ) in the United States . Degrassi : The Next Generations '' 's eighth season aired on BBC Switch in the United Kingdom . The second incarnation of The Next Generation , Degrassi : Next Class '' , is jointly produced by Netflix and Epitome ( a subsidiary of DHX Media ) . The show began airing in January 2016 on Netflix internationally and on Family ( F2N ) in Canada .",
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"text": "Great Canadian Theatre Company The Great Canadian Theatre Company , known for short as GCTC , is a professional theatre company based in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . It was established in 1975 by a group of professors and graduate students at Carleton University . Riding a wave of cultural nationalism , founders Robin Matthews , Larry McDonald , Bill Law , Greg Reid and Lois Shannon envisioned a theatre company that would produce only Canadian plays , especially those with social and political relevance . Driven by a dream to place Canadian stories and Canadian history front and centre in our country 's universities and theatres , the company launched its first production in August 1975 . The group has its origins in a season of Canadian theatre produced by the Sock 'n' Buskin Theatre Company at Carleton University . From Carleton , the company moved to a converted firehall in Ottawa South ( presently the Ottawa South Community Centre ) and then , in 1982 , to the Gladstone Theatre on Gladstone Avenue . In September 2007 the company moved into a larger venue called the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre The Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre , which includes a 262-seat mainstage theatre , a flexible black box studio theatre , and two spacious lobbies , has allowed GCTC to expand its community-based activities . More than 35,000 people visit the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre every year to see productions by GCTC and other live performing arts companies , for concerts such as the Acoustic Waves music series , to visit the Lorraine Fritzi Yale Art Gallery , rent the facility , or to enjoy local homemade fare at the Viva Loca Café . The September 2007 issue of ( Cult ) ure Magazine described the GCTC as `` Ottawa 's pre-eminent promoter of Canadian theatrical content . '' Among playwrights whose works have been performed by the company are : Jean-Marc Dalpé David French Linda Griffiths Wendy Lill Ann-Marie MacDonald Arthur Milner Morris Panych Judith Thompson Michel Tremblay George F. Walker",
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"text": "Westfest Westfest is a free arts festival in Ottawa , Ontario , formerly taking place in Westboro Village during the second weekend of June , but now taking place in the Laroche Park , in the Mechanicsville area of Ottawa , the first weekend in June . The festival brings in over 300 artists , 150 volunteers and 40 staff over the weekend and features only Canadian talent . Westfest has been dedicated to bringing into the spotlight up and coming Canadian talent , while also featuring some of the best known names in the scene . The festival was founded in 2003 by Elaina Martin . The range of artistic disciplines includes music , contemporary dance , visual art , media art , performance art , spoken word , poetry and fiction readings , Aboriginal art forms , and children 's entertainment . The lineup for the Westfest 2016 has been announced and is aptly titled `` Homemade Jam . ''",
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"text": "Searchers (film) Searchers ( Maliglutit ) is a 2016 Inuktitut-language Canadian drama film directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Natar Ungalaaq , which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival . Based in part on the 1956 John Ford film The Searchers , the film is set in Northern Canada in 1913 . It centres on Kuanana ( Benjamin Kunuk ) , a man who returns from hunting to discover that much of his family has been killed and his wife and daughter have been kidnapped . The film was shot in Nunavut with an entirely Inuit cast , and with contributions from a local crew . The production was troubled by extreme cold . It has received positive reviews in Canada , and was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards , including Best Motion Picture .",
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"text": "Bloomberg TV Canada Bloomberg TV Canada is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned in whole or majority-owned by Channel Zero . The channel broadcasts programming focused primarily on the coverage of international business markets and financial news and current events sourced from Bloomberg Television . The channel launched on November 17 , 2015 by replacing the American Bloomberg channel in Canada .",
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"text": "Undercover (2016 TV series) Undercover is a six-part BBC television drama series co-produced with BBC America which was first broadcast beginning 3 April 2016 . The series premiered in the United States as a six-hour miniseries on 16 and 17 November 2016 on BBC America ; it began its run on the CBC in Canada in August ( it has aired Mondays at 9pm/9 :30 NT , premiering 22 August 2016 . ) and on Canal + in France since January 2017 .",
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"text": "Degrassi (season 14) The fourteenth and final season of Degrassi , a Canadian serial teen drama television series , premiered on October 28 , 2014 . Although only four school years have passed in the story timeline since season six , season fourteen is set during the final weeks of the spring semester in the years it aired . Writers have been able to use a semi-floating timeline , so that the issues depicted are modern for their viewers . This season again depicts the lives of a group of high school freshmen , sophomores , juniors , seniors and graduates as they deal with some of the challenges and issues that teenagers face such as teenage pregnancy , dysfunctional families , sexism , arson , sexting , sexual identity , miscarriages , anxiety disorders , drug use , child abuse , abstinence , and gang violence . The fourteenth season was announced on November 13 , 2013 . However , MTV Canada and TeenNick did not announce picking up the season until a month before the first episode was scheduled to air . Filming for the season commenced on April 11 , 2014 at Epitome Studios in Toronto . Filming continued into August , with a break before filming the final four episodes of the season in order to give Epitome the opportunity to start filming episodes for the first season of their new series . Filming for this season completed on October 6 , 2014 . On June 4 , 2015 , it was announced that Degrassi would no longer air on TeenNick or MTV Canada following the fourteenth season . However , on June 9 , 2015 , it was announced that Family Channel and Netflix had picked up the series and will air 20 new episodes in 2016 , renaming the show Degrassi : Next Class . This season featured the telenovela/soap opera format used in previous seasons , airing new episodes five days a week for the last two weeks of the season .",
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"text": "Godiva's Godiva 's is a Canadian television comedy-drama series created by Michael MacLennan with Julia Keatley of Keatley Entertainment . It debuted on Bravo ! and Citytv in 2005 and was celebrated for its intelligent , fast-paced depiction of young Canadians in the restaurant industry . The series was nominated for numerous Gemini Awards including Best Series . Although the series was critically well received , after completing a successful two-season run in 2006 , it was not renewed for a third season by CHUM broadcasting .",
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"text": "The Comedian (2016 film) The Comedian is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Taylor Hackford and written by Lewis Friedman , Richard LaGravenese , Art Linson , and Jeff Ross . The film stars Robert De Niro , Leslie Mann , Danny DeVito , Edie Falco , Veronica Ferres , Charles Grodin , Cloris Leachman , Patti LuPone and Harvey Keitel . The film had its world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 11 , 2016 and was released on December 9 , 2016 , by Sony Pictures Classics . The film opened to negative reviews from critics .",
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"text": "This Life (2015 TV series) This Life is a Canadian television drama series . It premiered on October 5 , 2015 on CBC . The series is based on the French Canadian series Nouvelle adresse , created by Richard Blaimert . On March 31 , 2016 the CBC confirmed the series had been renewed for a second season , to premiere in Fall 2016 . The show was cancelled on January 24 , 2017 .",
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"text": "Zoink'd Zoink 'd is a children 's television game show that started on March 15 , 2012 , and ended on August 20 , 2013 , appearing on Canadian cable channel YTV . The show is produced by Pivotal Media , based in based Toronto . Hosted by Adam D. Christie , the show spotlights the `` weird and wacky '' talent of adults , who are then rated by a panel of judges , made up of four children . Broadcast on Saturday evenings , the show targets an audience which includes children and families .",
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"text": "Just for Laughs: Gags Just for Laughs : Gags ( in French , Juste pour rire : Gags ) is a Canadian silent comedy/hidden camera reality television show that is under the Just for Laughs brand . It is based on the similar American series Candid Camera . The series is also on YouTube . In December 26 , 2000 , JFL : Gags began airing on French Canadian network Canal D . In the following years , the show was picked up by TVA , CBC and The Comedy Network in Canada , BBC1 in the UK , TF1 in France and ABC and Telemundo in the United States ; the Canadian version ( unlike the ones produced for ABC ) aired in the United States in first-run syndication starting in the fall of 2015 and ended in February 2016 . The series uses a hidden camera format , playing pranks on unsuspecting subjects while hidden cameras capture the subjects ' responses ; each episode presents multiple gags . While some segments have included brief dialogue , most do not contain any sound or dialogue ; the audio is replaced with sound effects , a laugh track , and public domain music . Most segments are filmed in Quebec City , Montreal and Vancouver , while some have been filmed in Mexico . British and Asian versions have been produced in the UK and Singapore , respectively . In 2011 the show spawned a spinoff , Just Kidding , which consists exclusively of kids playing pranks on adults . With its silent format and no translation required , Just for Laughs : Gags has been purchased for use in over 100 countries throughout the world as well as in airports and by airlines . Reactions to the gags range from `` inane '' to cross-culturally funny . The same distributors also distribute Surprise Sur Prise , a similar show . In March 2011 , Just for Laughs Gags entered into a partnership with Montreal-based , entertainment site , Videobash.com and now have their own devoted channel there . ( No video has been posted as of this writing . )",
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"text": "Shaw Multicultural Channel __ NOTOC __ Shaw Multicultural Channel ( or simply SMC ) is a multicultural cable television community channel in Canada , offering programming in 25 different languages . It is owned by Shaw Communications , and is available on cable systems in the Vancouver and Calgary markets . The channel operates on digital cable channel 116 in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia , except Delta , where it is seen on analog cable channel 51 ; and on cable channel 89 in the Calgary Region . The channel was launched in 1979 as Rogers Multicultural Channel , under the ownership of Rogers Communications , and was available only in the Vancouver market on Rogers Cable . Shaw took over ownership and renamed the channel in 2000 following an asset swap with Rogers , which also saw Shaw become the primary cable television service provider in British Columbia . Service was subsequently extended to the Calgary market . Following Shaw 's acquisition of the Global Television Network , Global News launched a Mandarin version of Global National from January 23 , 2012-June 30 , 2016 , seen weeknights on Shaw Multicultural Channel in Vancouver , British Columbia and Calgary , Alberta .",
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"text": "Big Brother Canada (season 5) Big Brother Canada 5 is the fifth season of the Canadian reality television series Big Brother Canada . It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name , which gained notoriety in 1999 and 2000 . It was produced by Endemol USA , and Insight Productions . The season premiered on Global on March 15 , 2017 and ended after 69 days -- the shortest season to date by one day -- on May 18 , 2017 , where returning houseguest Kevin Martin was crowned the winner , and Karen Singbeil the runner-up . The series revolves around different strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world . They are constantly filmed during their time in the house with live feeds on the Internet and have no communication with the outside world . One HouseGuest , known as the Head of Household , has the task of nominating two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction . The Power of Veto can be used to save a nominee . The HouseGuests then vote to evict one of the nominees , with the HouseGuest who receives the most votes being evicted from the house . When only two HouseGuests remain , nine of previously evicted houseguests decide which of them will win the grand prize of $ 100,000 , a 2017 Toyota 86 , as well as a $ 30,000 home makeover from The Brick . The runner-up receives a $ 20,000 cash prize .",
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"text": "Stratford Shakespeare Festival production history This page describes the production history of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival . The Stratford Shakespeare Festival ( formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival and the Stratford Festival of Canada ) is a summer-long celebration of theatre held each year in Stratford , Ontario . Theatre-goers , actors , and playwrights flock to Stratford to take part -- many of the greatest Canadian , American and British actors have played roles at Stratford . It was one of the first and is still one of the most prominent arts festivals in Canada . The Festival 's primary mandate is to present productions of Shakespeare 's plays , but it also produces a wide variety of theatre from Greek tragedy to Broadway musicals to contemporary works . By 2017 , only three of the 14 productions were based on Shakespeare 's works . The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged as part of the Stratford Festival since its inception . On February 17 , 2015 , AP News reported that the Stratford Shakespeare Festival plans to film all of Shakespeare 's plays .",
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"text": "Egale Canada Egale Canada ( formerly Equality for Gays And Lesbians Everywhere ) is an advocacy organization founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) people and their families , across Canada . The organization 's current executive director is former Toronto politician Helen Kennedy . Past executive directors have included Gilles Marchildon , John Fisher and Kaj Hasselriis . Kennedy is the first woman to head the organization .",
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"text": "Canada (band) Canada is an American indie folk-pop music group from Ann Arbor , Michigan . Its songs are generally acoustic and feature guitars , drums , cellos , glockenspiels , melodicas , rhodes piano , organ and accordions . The group is known for its group vocals and harmonies and energetic live shows where members switch instruments between songs . `` With a blend of pop , folk , and country , Canada keeps an even keel with amazing melodies and even more engaging instrumentation , never becoming tiresome or trite in its mission to craft the perfect pop song ... They have made what could very well be the best pop album to come out of the ever-fruitful Detroit music scene in 2006 , and considering the quality of the competition , that 's no small praise . '' The band , composed of long-time friends , formed in late 2004 and self-released the six song How Dare You EP in July 2005 . Soon after , they were approached by indie Michigan label Quite Scientific and soon signed with them to record a full length album . Recording took place during the fall and winter of 2005 in Lansing , Michigan on a soundboard originally used to mix portions of the second and third Star Wars films . The band released its first album , This Cursed House , in June 2006 . The album became the No. 1 most-added album in college radio for June 20 , 2006 , and later climbed to No. 13 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 ( CMJ New Music Report , Issue 971 ) . Canada proceeded to embark on a series of tours with friends Page France ( Suicide Squeeze ) , Saturday Looks Good To Me ( Polyvinyl ) Headlights ( Polyvinyl ) , and Margot and the Nuclear So and So 's . Joe , Ryan , and Aaron ( Shaul ) became brief members of Saturday Looks Good To Me during this time , playing bass , drums , and glockenspiel respectively . Ryan later became a more permanent member with the group and toured with them as their drummer during their 2007 US and European tours . Canada also performed at the 2006 Pygmalion Music Festival in Champaign-Urbana , the 2006/7/8 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City and SXSW 2006/7 in Austin . Canada embarked on its longest ( 8 week ) nationwide tour in the summer of 2007 . The band was prepping the release of their second full-length ( which would have been called Put Singing Birds Into Your Messy Hair ) , when creative , scheduling , and recording issues put a halt to production in late 2008 . The band currently has no plans to re-unite , despite several offers for reunion concerts in Southeastern Michigan , however their second record may become available digitally sometime in the future .",
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"text": "Ice hockey Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent 's net to score points . The sport is known to be fast-paced and physical , with teams usually consisting of six players each : one goaltender , and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team . Ice hockey is most popular in Canada , central and eastern Europe , Scandinavia , and the northern regions of the United States . Ice hockey is the official national winter sport of Canada , where the modern version of the sport was created , and enjoys immense popularity ; alongside Canada , hockey is the most popular winter sport in Finland , Latvia , the Czech Republic , Sweden , Slovakia , Belarus and Switzerland . In North America , the National Hockey League ( NHL ) is the highest level for men 's hockey and the most popular . The Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) is the highest league in Russia and much of Eastern Europe . The International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) is the formal governing body for international ice hockey , with the IIHF managing international tournaments and maintaining the IIHF World Ranking . Worldwide , there are ice hockey federations in 74 countries . Ice hockey is believed to have evolved from simple stick and ball games played in the 18th and 19th century United Kingdom and elsewhere . These games were brought to North America and several similar winter games using informal rules were developed , such as `` shinny '' and `` ice polo '' . The contemporary sport of ice hockey was developed in Canada , most notably in Montreal , where the first indoor hockey game was played on March 3 , 1875 . Some characteristics of that game , such as the length of the ice rink and the use of a puck , have been retained to this day . Amateur ice hockey leagues began in the 1880s , and professional ice hockey originated around 1900 . The Stanley Cup , emblematic of ice hockey club supremacy , was first awarded in 1893 to recognize the Canadian amateur champion and later became the championship trophy of the NHL . In the early 1900s , the Canadian rules were adopted by the Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace , the precursor of the IIHF and the sport was played for the first time in the Olympics in the Olympic Games of 1920 . In international competitions , the national teams of six countries ( the `` Big Six '' ) predominate : Canada , Czech Republic , Finland , Russia , Sweden and the United States . Of the 69 medals awarded all-time in men 's competition at the Olympics , only six medals were not awarded to one of those countries . In the annual Ice Hockey World Championships , 177 of 201 medals have been awarded to the six nations . Teams outside the `` Big Six '' have won only five medals in either competition since 1953 : All 12 Women 's Olympic and 36 IIHF World Women 's Championships medals have been awarded to one of these six countries , and every gold medal in both competitions has been won by either the Canadian national team or the United States national team . In Canada , the United States , and some European countries it is known simply as hockey ; the name `` ice hockey '' is used in places where `` hockey '' more often refers to field hockey , such as South America , Asia , Africa , Australasia , and some European countries . In Russia and Ukraine , where `` hockey '' can also refer to bandy , ice hockey is often called `` hockey with puck '' .",
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"text": "Big Six (ice hockey) The Big Six in men 's international ice hockey are the six national teams that have been dominant in competitive play throughout the history of international hockey and especially since the 1950s . The group is composed of the North American countries of Canada and the United States , and four European countries : Czech Republic , Finland , Russia and Sweden . Before the end of the Cold War , the Soviet Union/CIS and Czechoslovakia held the places of Russia and the Czech Republic . The four European members are sometimes referred to as the `` European Big Four '' or `` Big Four '' , especially to distinguish them from the North American teams . Out of the 204 IIHF World Championships medals awarded , only twenty have been won by teams outside the Big Six and only five of those have been won since 1953 ( four by Slovakia , one by Switzerland ) . Of the 69 Olympic ice hockey medals awarded , only 6 have not been won by a Big Six team .",
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"text": "IIHF World U18 Championship The IIHF U18 World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world . The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a system similar to Ice Hockey World Championships and World Junior Ice Hockey Championships . The United States has dominated the tournament with ten championships followed by Finland , Canada and Russia with three . Countries generally send their best team to this tournament , however , several top North American and European amateurs may not participate as in April both the United States Hockey League ( USHL ) and Canadian Hockey League ( CHL ) are still involved in league playoffs . Players who do not participate in the World Championship due to their respective league postseasons have the alternative of representing their country in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in August . __ TOC __",
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"text": "European Trophy European Trophy ( previously named Nordic Trophy between 2006 and 2009 ) was an annually held ice hockey tournament , traditionally composed of teams from the higher-level ice hockey leagues in countries across Europe . It was generally considered to be a preseason tournament , although some games were played mid-season . With 32 participating teams from seven different countries in 2013 , the European Trophy was at the time the biggest active ice hockey tournament in Europe . From the 2014 -- 15 season , the European Trophy would be replaced by the Champions Hockey League , an IIHF-organized tournament . Sweden and Finland always participated , and they were the only two countries participating when the tournament was named `` Nordic Trophy '' . The tournament began in 2006 under the name `` Nordic Trophy '' with eight teams , four from Sweden and four from Finland . In 2010 , several teams from other European countries agreed to join the tournament , which changed name to European Trophy as a result . By the 2013 tournament , eight countries had been represented : Sweden , Finland , Austria , Czech Republic , Germany , Slovakia , Switzerland , and Norway . No team ever won the tournament more than one time .",
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"text": "British National League (1954–60) The British National League was a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom . It was founded in 1954 by the merger of the English National League and the Scottish National League , due to a declining number of teams , as many ice rinks previously fielding several sides chose to cut back . After the 1954/5 season , all the Scottish teams with the exception of Paisley Pirates quit professional ice hockey , and the league was never able to regain its strength . It collapsed in 1960 , after which no ice hockey league operated in the UK until the formation of the Scottish League in 1962 and its successor the Northern League in 1967 .",
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"text": "United States Hockey League The United States Hockey League ( USHL ) is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States . The USHL has 17 member teams located in the Midwestern United States , consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger . The USHL is strictly amateur , allowing former players to compete in NCAA college hockey . The Chicago Steel won the 2016 -- 17 Clark Cup Championship , beating the Western Conference Champion Sioux City Musketeers 3-games-to-2 . The Musketeers won the Anderson Cup as the 2016 -- 17 regular season champions , their third in franchise history .",
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"text": "USA Hockey USA Hockey ( prior to June 1991 , Amateur Hockey Association of the United States or AHAUS ) is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for organized amateur Ice hockey in the United States and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation . Founded on Oct. 29 , 1937 , in New York City , New York , the organization is based in Colorado Springs , Colorado , and has a total membership exceeding one million . Its mission is to promote the growth of hockey in America and provide the best possible experience for all participants by encouraging , developing , advancing and administering the sport . USA Hockey programs support and develop players , coaches , officials , and facilities . In January 2009 , the organization launched the American Development Model , which - for the first time ever - provided associations nationwide with a blueprint for optimal athlete development . USA Hockey also has junior and adult hockey programs that provide opportunities for players of all ability levels . In addition , the organization supports a disabled hockey program . USA Hockey provides certification programs for coaches and officials to ensure education standards are met that coincide with the level of play . A large focus is put on parent education with equipment needs , rules of the game and parental roles in youth sports among common topics . Members of the organization receive a subscription to USA Hockey Magazine . At 412,892 subscribers , it is the most widely circulated hockey publication in the world . Members also receive insurance coverage and access to participate in national championships and player development camps .",
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"text": "Laurentide Ice Sheet The Laurentide Ice Sheet was a massive sheet of ice that covered millions of square kilometers , including most of Canada and a large portion of the northern United States , multiple times during the Quaternary glacial epochs -- from 2.588 ± 0.005 million years ago to the present . < ref name = `` ICS2013 '' > </ref> The last advance covered most of northern North America between c. 95,000 and c. 20,000 years before the present day , and among other geomorphological effects , gouged out the five Great Lakes and the hosts of smaller lakes of the Canadian shield . These lakes extend from the eastern Northwest Territories , through most of northern Canada , and the upper Midwestern United States ( Minnesota , Wisconsin , and Michigan ) to the Finger Lakes , through Lake Champlain and Lake George areas of New York , across the northern Appalachians into and through all of New England and Nova Scotia . At times , the ice sheet 's southern margin included the present-day sites of northeastern coastal towns and cities such as Portsmouth , New Hampshire , Boston , New York City , and Great Lakes coastal cities and towns as far south as Chicago and St. Louis , Missouri -- and then followed quite precisely the present course of the Missouri River up to the northern slopes of the Cypress Hills , beyond which it merged with the Cordilleran Ice Sheet . The ice coverage extended approximately as far south as 38 degrees latitude in the mid-continent .",
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"text": "Big Six energy suppliers The Big Six are the United Kingdom 's largest energy suppliers , supplying gas and electricity to over 50 million homes and businesses in Britain , with over 90 % share of domestic customers . `` Supplier '' is meant by the business of buying wholesale power ( or gas ) , paying network and government policy costs and charges , and charging the customers of that supplier , for their electricity ( or gas ) . The assets of a supplier , which is a separate licensed business , are its people , and its offices . The business of four of the big energy Suppliers , including of their wider company groups , does not entail owning , or running , any actual network assets - underground cables , overhead lines , or pipes - to physically deliver electricity or gas . The two exceptions to this , are the two big Scottish Supplier firms , whose wider company groups do own some network assets . Confusingly , the term `` Big Six '' has recently been used prominently in the British media to refer , instead , to Britain 's energy network firms such as UK Power Networks ( which are generally independent of the biggest six British energy suppliers ) . There has also been a tendency in the media to wrongly refer to electricity network firms as `` electricity suppliers '' , thus sowing further confusion and misunderstanding , The `` Big Six '' as the term has most often been used , tends to be a reference to the oldest British electricity companies ( which are all also involved in the retail Supply of gas ) plus British Gas . This comprises ( 1 ) British Gas ( owned by UK firm Centrica which is listed on the LSE ) , ( 2 ) EDF Energy ( owned by French firm Électricité de France which is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange , ( 3 ) npower , ( 4 ) E.ON UK ( each German-owned ) , ( 5 ) Scottish Power ( Spanish-owned ) , and ( 6 ) SSE ( listed on the LSE ) . According to SERIS , the generation businesses of the ` Big Six ' energy firms amount to around three-quarters of British generating capacity . Three out of the ` Big Ten ' generators in the UK can probably still be categorised as majority-owned by British shareholders ; the other seven are listed firms that are owned by their many shareholders , some of whom will be British , but many of whom may not be British . Figures from independent research group Cornwall Energy suggest that by September 2014 Britain 's big six energy companies had a 92.4 % share of the market -- a decrease from 99.8 % in 2009 .",
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"text": "Draft (sports) A draft is a process used in some countries and sports to allocate certain players to teams . In a draft , teams take turns selecting from a pool of eligible players . When a team selects a player , the team receives exclusive rights to sign that player to a contract , and no other team in the league may sign the player . The best-known type of draft is the entry draft , which is used to allocate players who have recently become eligible to play in a league . Depending on the sport , the players may come from college , high school or junior teams or teams in other countries . An entry draft is intended to prevent expensive bidding wars for young talent and to ensure that no one team can sign contracts with all of the best young players and make the league uncompetitive . To encourage parity , teams that do poorly in the previous season usually get to choose first in the postseason draft , sometimes with a `` lottery '' factor to discourage teams from deliberately losing . Other types of drafts include the expansion draft , in which a new team selects players from other teams in the league ; and the dispersal draft , in which a league 's surviving teams select players from the roster of a newly defunct franchise . Drafts are usually permitted under anti-trust or restraint of trade laws because they are included in collective bargaining agreements between leagues and labor unions representing players . These agreements generally stipulate that after a certain number of seasons , a player whose contract has expired becomes a free agent and can sign with any team . They also require minimum and sometimes maximum salaries for newly drafted players . National Football League President Joseph Carr instituted a draft in 1935 as a way to restrain teams ' payrolls and reduce the dominance of the league 's perennial contenders . It was adopted by the precursor of the National Basketball Association in 1947 ; by the National Hockey League in 1963 ; and by Major League Baseball in 1965 , although draft systems had been used in baseball since the 19th century . Drafts are uncommon outside the U.S. and Canada , and most professional football clubs obtain young players through transfers from smaller clubs or by developing youth players through their own academies . The youth system is operated directly by the teams themselves , who develop their players from childhood . Parity in these leagues is instead maintained through promotion and relegation , which automatically expels the weakest teams from a league in exchange for the strongest teams in the next lower league . The result is a drastically different endgame for poor teams : a North American sports team may see the opportunity to get better through the draft after a poor season , but a European club will instead be relegated down to a league with less money and prestige , potentially exacerbating the problems .",
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"text": "Elias Sports Bureau The Elias Sports Bureau ( ESB ) is a company providing historical and current statistical information for sports , especially for major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada . In 1913 , Al Munro Elias and his brother Walter established the Al Munro Elias Bureau in New York City . At first they sold printed scorecards with baseball data directly to fans , until The Telegram daily newspaper purchased their weekly compilation of `` averages '' in 1916 . Elias was appointed official statistician of the National League and International League in 1919 with the American League and other minor leagues to follow . In 1937 , the Elias brothers assumed publication of Charley White 's Record Book , the so-called Little Red Book , after the death of its originator . It became an official ( authorized ) source for major league records . In 1938 , the Bureau began producing the Pocket Cyclopedia of Major League Baseball , and for many years published the official Green Book , the National League 's annual summary . After the Elias brothers died in the 1940s , the company was managed by Lester Goodman . Seymour Siwoff , who had worked for the Elias brothers as a high school student before serving his country in World War II and earning the Purple Heart , returned to become the company 's accountant . In 1952 , after Lester Goodman 's sudden death , Seymour Siwoff purchased the company from the widows of the Elias brothers . The new company was renamed Elias Sports Bureau to better fulfill Siwoff 's vision of incorporating all professional sports , and Siwoff took the company into the computer age . Under Siwoff 's leadership for over 60 years and to the present , ESB has become the leading authority on sports statistics . Originally official statistician of Major League Baseball , Siwoff was able to add to this distinction the National Football League , the National Basketball Association , the National Hockey League , Major League Soccer , and the Arena Football League . More recently , ESB added pro-women 's basketball ( WNBA ) and pro-golf to its list of league clientele . ESB also is a primary source of statistics for national newspapers , magazines and websites , as well as dozens of broadcasters of MLB , NBA and NHL telecasts . With Sporting News having phased out its record book publishing business during 2007 , The Elias Book of Baseball Records appears to be the sole hard-copy source of official baseball records . This book is available only through the company website . Steve Hirdt , executive vice-president , added his skills as a sports writer . His first venture was writing for ESPN 's Page2 website for a brief time . Later , he moved to a column for ESPN The Magazine . The column is entitled `` Do the Math '' and focuses on sports statistics .",
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"text": "Sabres Hockey Network The Sabres Hockey Network is the official radio network and production company of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The network is currently operated jointly by the Sabres and by Entercom Communications . Rick Jeanneret is the network 's primary play-by-play voice and has served in that capacity since 1971 , with Rob Ray currently serving as color commentator . In the 2008-2009 season , former Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes broadcaster Curt Keilback covered for Jeanneret during the team 's western road trip . In the 2009-2010 season , the Sabres did not send their television broadcast crew on the western road trip and used the local broadcasts of the Phoenix Coyotes , Anaheim Ducks , Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks as the `` home '' broadcast . Jeanneret and then color commentator Harry Neale had reduced duties for 2011 -- 2012 , with the duo only handling home games and a third of the road games ; Kevin Sylvester and Danny Gare handled the broadcasts of the remaining games that season . The radio network 's postgame show is hosted by WGR personality Brian Koziol . Mike Schopp and Chris `` Bulldog '' Parker host the pre-game show , which airs only on WGR . On television , a pregame show and postgame show are broadcast , and hosted by Brian Duff , Harry Neale and Mike Robitaille . ( Prior to 2005 , the television pregame-postgame shows were simulcast on radio . The postgame was known as Hockey Hotline and hosted by Robitaille , first with host Brian Blessing and then Josh Mora . ) The theme song for broadcasts has been the `` Sabre Dance '' by Aram Khachaturian since the team 's debut . From the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs through the 2009 -- 10 season , the team used for its main theme an instrumental cut of `` Hurricane 2000 , '' an orchestral arrangement of the song `` Rock You Like a Hurricane '' recorded by Scorpions and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on the album Moment of Glory . From the 1990s through 2006 the team used a custom-made theme . Beginning shortly after Terry Pegula 's acquisition of the team , the song was changed back to `` Sabre Dance . '' For the 2011-12 season , a hard-rock version of `` Sabre Dance '' rotates with MSG Network 's standard hockey theme as the theme for the Sabres Hockey Network broadcasts .",
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"text": "Northern Ontario Hockey Association The Northern Ontario Hockey Association ( NOHA ) is minor and junior level ice hockey governing body . The NOHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation and Hockey Canada . The major league run by the NOHA is the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League . There used to be a Junior `` B '' league called the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League , but it went defunct in 2004 . There was also a NOHA Jr. . B League , but it became the NOJHL in 1978 . The International Junior B Hockey League existed for many years as well . The NOHA was founded in 1919 and that same year became affiliated with the Ontario Hockey Association . Decades later , that affiliation was broken but both now operate under the Ontario Hockey Federation .",
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"text": "Sports betting Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a wager on the outcome . The frequency of sports bet upon varies by culture , with the vast majority of bets being placed on association football , American football , basketball , baseball , hockey , mixed martial arts , track cycling , and boxing at both the amateur and professional levels . Sports betting can also extend to non-athletic events , such as reality show contests and political elections , and non-human contests such as horse racing , greyhound racing and illegal , underground dog fighting . Sports bettors place their wagers either legally , through a bookmaker/sportsbook , or illegally through privately run enterprises referred to as `` bookies '' . The term `` book '' being a reference to the books used by wagebrokers to track wagers , payouts , and debts . The majority of legal sportsbooks are found online , operated over the internet from jurisdictions separate from the clients they serve , usually to get around various gambling laws ( such as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 in the United States ) in select markets , such as Las Vegas , Nevada , or on gambling cruises through self-serve kiosks . They take bets `` up-front '' , meaning the bettor must pay the sportsbook before placing the bet . Illegal bookies , due to the nature of their business , can operate literally anywhere but only require money from losing bettors and do n't require the wagered money up front , creating the possibility of debt to the bookie from the bettor . This creates a number of other criminal elements , thus furthering their illegality . Sportsbetting has resulted in a number of scandals in sport , affecting the integrity of sports events through various acts including point shaving ( players affecting the score by missing shots ) , spot-fixing ( a player action is fixed ) , bad calls from officials at key moments , and overall match fixing ( the overall result of the event is fixed ) . Examples are the 1919 World Series , the alleged ( and later admitted ) illegal gambling of former MLB player Pete Rose , and former NBA referee Tim Donaghy .",
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"text": "Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga ( English : German Ice Hockey League ) or DEL , is a German professional ice hockey league that was founded in 1994 . It was formed as a replacement for the Eishockey-Bundesliga and became the new top-tier league in Germany as a result . Unlike the old Bundesliga , the DEL is not under the administration of the German Ice Hockey Federation . The DEL currently has the highest number of American and Canadian players outside North America . In the 2015 -- 16 season the league was the second-best supported in Europe , behind the Swiss National League A , with an average attendance of 6,674 spectators per game .",
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"text": "Eastern Conference (NHL) The Eastern Conference ( Conférence de l'Est ) is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) used to divide teams . Its counterpart is the Western Conference . Previously known as the Prince of Wales Conference ( or Wales Conference for short ) , it was created in 1974 when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions . Because the new conferences and divisions had little to do with North American geography , geographical references were removed . The conference was instead named for the Prince of Wales Trophy . . The current champions are the Pittsburgh Penguins , winning in 2016 -- 17 . The Prince of Wales Trophy dates back to 1925 , when it was donated to the League by the then-current Prince of Wales , who later became King Edward VIII . It was originally given to the NHL 's champion . ( Until 1926 , the Stanley Cup was presented to the winner of a post-season playoff between the NHL and Western Hockey League champions . ) Since 1926 -- 27 , the Stanley Cup has gone to the NHL 's playoff champion . During the years when the NHL had no divisions , ( i.e. , 1925 -- 26 ; 1938 to 1967 ) , the Prince of Wales Trophy was presented to the League 's regular season champion ( analogous to today 's Presidents ' Trophy ) . From 1928 to 1937 , the Trophy went to the American Division regular season champion ; from 1967 to 1974 , it was presented to the East Division regular season champion ; and from 1974 to 1981 , it was presented to the Wales Conference regular season champion . The conferences and divisions were re-aligned for the 1981 -- 82 to better reflect the geographical locations of the teams , but the existing names were retained with the Wales Conference becoming the conference primarily for the NHL 's eastern teams . The names of conferences and divisions were changed for the 1993 -- 94 season to reflect their geographic locations . Then-new NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman made the change to help non-hockey fans better understand the game , as the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , National Football League ( NFL ) and Major League Baseball ( MLB ) all use geographic-based names for their conferences and divisions . However , the trophy awarded to the conference champion , the Prince of Wales Trophy , retains some connection to the heritage of the League . In 2005 , following the 2004 -- 05 NHL lockout , Bettman changed the Eastern Conference logo ( along with the Western Conference and NHL logos ) to its current format .",
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"text": "List of Chicago Blackhawks head coaches The Chicago Blackhawks are an American professional ice hockey team based in Chicago , Illinois . They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . The team was first named the `` Chicago Black Hawks '' , until 1986 , when spelling found in the original franchise documents spelled the franchise name as the `` Chicago Blackhawks '' , making the team change its name in response . The team is also referred to as the `` Hawks '' . The Blackhawks began their NHL play in the 1926 -- 27 season as an expansion team with the Detroit Cougars and the New York Rangers , and is one of the Original Six teams . The franchise has 6 Stanley Cup championships , most recently winning in the 2014-2015 season . Having played in the Chicago Coliseum ( 1926 -- 1929 ) and the Chicago Stadium ( 1929 -- 1994 ) , the Blackhawks have played their home games at the United Center since 1994 . The Blackhawks are owned by Rocky Wirtz ; Stan Bowman is the general manager , and Jonathan Toews is the team captain . There have been 37 head coaches for the Blackhawks . The franchise 's first head coach was Pete Muldoon , who coached for 44 games in the 1926 -- 27 season . However , he is also well remembered for allegedly `` putting a curse '' on the Blackhawks , which stipulated that the team would never finish in first in the NHL . The Blackhawks never had a first-place finish until 40 years after that incident . Hughie Lehman , originally the team 's goaltender , became the Blackhawks ' third head coach after yelling at the first Blackhawks owner , Frederic McLaughlin , that his proposed plays were `` the craziest bunch of junk -LSB- he had -RSB- ever seen '' . Orval Tessier became the only head coach to have been awarded the Jack Adams Award with the Blackhawks by winning it in the 1982 -- 83 season . Tommy Gorman , Tommy Ivan , and Rudy Pilous are the only Blackhawks head coaches to have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder . Gorman , Bill Stewart , Pulios , and Joel Quenneville are the only coaches to have won a Stanley Cup championship as the head coach of the Hawks . Billy Reay , the Blackhawks ' head coach for 14 seasons , is the franchise 's all-time leader for the most regular-season and playoff games coached and wins , with 1012 regular-season games coached , 516 regular-season game wins , 117 playoff games coached , and 57 playoff game wins . Twenty-three head coaches spent their entire NHL head coaching careers with the Blackhawks . Darryl Sutter and Brian Sutter are the only pair of brothers to have coached the Blackhawks ; both coached the Hawks for three seasons each . Joel Quenneville has been the head coach of the Blackhawks since the firing of Denis Savard during the 2008 -- 09 season . __ NOTOC __",
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"text": "Major film studio A major film studio is a production and film distributor that releases a substantial number of films annually and consistently commands a significant share of box office revenue in a given market . In the North American , Western , and global markets , the major film studios , often simply known as the majors , are commonly regarded as the six diversified media conglomerates whose various film production and distribution subsidiaries collectively command approximately 80 to 85 percent of U.S. and Canadian box office revenue . The term may also be applied more specifically to the primary motion picture business subsidiary of each respective conglomerate . The `` Big Six '' majors , whose operations are based in or around the Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood , are all centered in film studios active during Hollywood 's Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s . In three cases -- 20th Century Fox , Warner Bros. , and Paramount -- the studios were one of the `` Big Five '' majors during that era as well . In two cases -- Columbia and Universal -- the studios were also considered majors , but in the next tier down , part of the `` Little Three '' . In the sixth case , Walt Disney Studios was an independent production company during the Golden Age ; it was an important Hollywood entity , but not a major . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , United Artists , and RKO were majors . Today , Disney is the only member of the Big Six whose parent entity is still located near Los Angeles ( actually , on Disney 's studio lot and in the same building ) . The five others report to conglomerates headquartered in New York City , Philadelphia , and Tokyo . Of the Big Six , Paramount is the only one still based in Hollywood , and Paramount and Fox are the only ones still located within the Los Angeles city limits , while Disney and Warner Bros. are located in Burbank , Columbia in Culver City , and Universal in the unincorporated area of Universal City . Most of today 's Big Six control subsidiaries with their own distribution networks that concentrate on arthouse pictures ( e.g. Fox Searchlight Pictures ) or genre films ( e.g. Sony 's Screen Gems ) ; several of these specialty units were shut down or sold off between 2008 and 2010 . The six major studios are contrasted with smaller production and/or distribution companies , which are known as independents or `` indies '' . The leading independent producer/distributors -- Lionsgate Films , The Weinstein Company , and former major studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer -- are sometimes referred to as `` mini-majors '' . From 1998 through 2005 , DreamWorks SKG commanded a large enough market share to arguably qualify it as a seventh major , despite its relatively small output . In 2006 , DreamWorks was acquired by Viacom , Paramount 's corporate parent . In late 2008 , DreamWorks once again became an independent production company ; its films were distributed by Disney 's Touchstone Pictures until 2016 , at which point distribution switched to Universal . The Big Six major studios are today primarily backers and distributors of films whose actual production is largely handled by independent companies -- either long-running entities or ones created for and dedicated to the making of a specific film . The specialty divisions often simply acquire distribution rights to pictures in which the studio has had no prior involvement . While the majors still do a modicum of true production , their activities are focused more in the areas of development , financing , marketing , and merchandising . Those business functions are still usually performed in or near Los Angeles , even though the runaway production phenomenon means that most films are now mostly or completely shot on location at places outside Los Angeles . Since the dawn of filmmaking , the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry . U.S. studios have benefited from a strong first-mover advantage in that they were the first to industrialize filmmaking and master the art of mass-producing and distributing high-quality films with broad cross-cultural appeal . Today , the Big Six majors routinely distribute hundreds of films every year into all significant international markets ( that is , where discretionary income is high enough for consumers to afford to watch films ) . It is very rare , if not impossible , for a film to reach a broad international audience on multiple continents and in multiple languages without first being picked up by one of the majors for distribution .",
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"text": "World championship A world championship is generally an international sports competition open to elite competitors from across the world , representing their nations , and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport or contest . The title is usually awarded through a combination of specific contests or , less commonly , ranking systems ( e.g. the ICC Test Championship ) , or a combination of the two ( e.g. World Triathlon Championships in Triathlon ) . This determines a ` world champion ' , who or which is commonly considered the best nation , team , individual ( or other entity ) in the world in a particular field , although the vagaries of sport ensure that the competitor recognised at the best in an event is not always the ` world champion ' ( see Underdog ) . Certain sports do not have a world championship . Instead , they may organise a world cup competition , or they may organize both , for example cycling ( UCI World Championships and UCI World Cups ) ) . Often , the use of the term cup or championship in this sense is just a choice of words . Some sports have multiple champions because of multiple organizations , such as boxing , mixed martial arts and wrestling . Certain sports do not have a world championship or a world cup as such , but may have one or several world champions . Professional boxing , for example , has several world champions at different weights , but each one of them is decided by a `` title fight '' , not a tournament . A certain number of sports hold world championships or world cups which are overshadowed , in terms of prestige , by the same events in the Olympic Games , the most prestigious multi-sports event . Still other sports may or may not have a true world championship but may designate the winners of a domestic competition to be `` world champions . '' This is especially true of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada ; world cups and championships exist in all of the major sports , but the domestic U.S. and Canadian leagues are generally recognized as the world professional championships or the equivalent of a world club championship . ( In American football , although an IFAF World Championship exists , the United States is so far above and beyond the other nations it faces that the winner of the U.S.-based Super Bowl , a competition limited to the 32 teams in the National Football League , is commonly recognized as the world champion . ) Finally , certain professional sports do not have a world championship or world cup , but rather hold a series of events recognised as the elite level in their field ( e.g. tennis has a series of four Grand Slam events recognised as the pinnacle of the game , in addition to key team events , world tour finals and the Olympic Games , but no world championship or world cup ) .",
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"text": "National sport A national sport or national pastime is a sport or game that is considered to be an intrinsic part of the culture of a nation . Some sports are de facto ( not established by law ) national sports , as baseball is in the United States and cricket is in England , while others are de jure ( established by law ) national sports , as lacrosse and ice hockey are in Canada . These sports do not have to be necessarily the most played or most followed , which would be either association football , baseball or basketball in all but a few countries , but are widely considered to be important to the country or significant for its culture .",
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"text": "NFC East The NFC East is a division of the National Football League ( NFL ) 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) . It currently has four members : the Philadelphia Eagles , the New York Giants , the Dallas Cowboys , and the Washington Redskins . The division was formed in 1967 as the National Football League Capitol Division , keeping with the theme of having all of the league 's divisions starting with the letter `` C. '' The division was so named because it was centered on the capital of the United States , Washington , D.C. . In 1967 and 1969 the teams in the NFL Capitol Division were Dallas , Philadelphia , Washington and the expansion New Orleans Saints , which had been replaced by the New York Giants for the 1968 season . Its most recent Super Bowl champions are the New York Giants .",
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"text": "Ice Hockey Superleague The British Ice Hockey Superleague ( BISL , also known as the Sekonda Ice Hockey Superleague from 1998 -- 99 for sponsorship reasons ) was a professional ice hockey league in the United Kingdom between 1996 and 2003 . Devised in 1995 , it replaced the premier division of the British Hockey League at the end of 1995 -- 1996 season ; following the major reshuffle of the league and the split between the first and second tier divisions ; with the British National League becoming the new second tier division . It was disbanded after the 2002 -- 2003 season and replaced by the Elite Ice Hockey League . Unlike its North American counterparts , the Superleague was not divided into conferences ; teams competed in a single division .",
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"text": "Egypt Egypt ( -LSB- ˈiːdʒɪpt -RSB- ; مِصر , مَصر , Kimi ) , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt , is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula . Egypt is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast , the Gulf of Aqaba to the east , the Red Sea to the east and south , Sudan to the south , and Libya to the west . Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia , although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with Egypt . Egypt has one of the longest histories of any modern country , emerging as one of the world 's first nation states in the tenth millennium BC . Considered a cradle of civilisation , Ancient Egypt experienced some of the earliest developments of writing , agriculture , urbanisation , organised religion and central government . Iconic monuments such as the Giza Necropolis and its Great Sphinx , as well the ruins of Memphis , Thebes , Karnak , and the Valley of the Kings , reflect this legacy and remain a significant focus of archaeological study and popular interest worldwide . Egypt 's rich cultural heritage is an integral part of its national identity , which has endured , and at times assimilated , various foreign influences , including Greek , Persian , Roman , Arab , Ottoman , and European . One of the earliest centres of Christianity , Egypt was Islamised in the seventh century and remains a predominantly Muslim country , albeit with a significant Christian minority . With over 92 million inhabitants , Egypt is the most populous country in North Africa and the Arab world , the third-most populous in Africa ( after Nigeria and Ethiopia ) , and the fifteenth-most populous in the world . The great majority of its people live near the banks of the Nile River , an area of about 40000 km2 , where the only arable land is found . The large regions of the Sahara desert , which constitute most of Egypt 's territory , are sparsely inhabited . About half of Egypt 's residents live in urban areas , with most spread across the densely populated centres of greater Cairo , Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta . Modern Egypt is considered to be a regional and middle power , with significant cultural , political , and military influence in North Africa , the Middle East and the Muslim world . Egypt 's economy is one of the largest and most diversified in the Middle East , and is projected to become one of the largest in the 21st century . Egypt is a member of the United Nations , Non-Aligned Movement , Arab League , African Union , and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation .",
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"text": "Ancient Egyptian literature Ancient Egyptian literature was written in the Egyptian language from ancient Egypt 's pharaonic period until the end of Roman domination . It represents the oldest corpus of Egyptian literature . Along with Sumerian literature , it is considered the world 's earliest literature . Writing in ancient Egypt -- both hieroglyphic and hieratic -- first appeared in the late 4th millennium BC during the late phase of predynastic Egypt . By the Old Kingdom ( 26th century BC to 22nd century BC ) , literary works included funerary texts , epistles and letters , hymns and poems , and commemorative autobiographical texts recounting the careers of prominent administrative officials . It was not until the early Middle Kingdom ( 21st century BC to 17th century BC ) that a narrative Egyptian literature was created . This was a `` media revolution '' which , according to Richard B. Parkinson , was the result of the rise of an intellectual class of scribes , new cultural sensibilities about individuality , unprecedented levels of literacy , and mainstream access to written materials . However , it is possible that the overall literacy rate was less than one percent of the entire population . The creation of literature was thus an elite exercise , monopolized by a scribal class attached to government offices and the royal court of the ruling pharaoh . However , there is no full consensus among modern scholars concerning the dependence of ancient Egyptian literature on the sociopolitical order of the royal courts . Middle Egyptian , the spoken language of the Middle Kingdom , became a classical language during the New Kingdom ( 16th century BC to 11th century BC ) , when the vernacular language known as Late Egyptian first appeared in writing . Scribes of the New Kingdom canonized and copied many literary texts written in Middle Egyptian , which remained the language used for oral readings of sacred hieroglyphic texts . Some genres of Middle Kingdom literature , such as `` teachings '' and fictional tales , remained popular in the New Kingdom , although the genre of prophetic texts was not revived until the Ptolemaic period ( 4th century BC to 1st century BC ) . Popular tales included the Story of Sinuhe and The Eloquent Peasant , while important teaching texts include the Instructions of Amenemhat and The Loyalist Teaching . By the New Kingdom period , the writing of commemorative graffiti on sacred temple and tomb walls flourished as a unique genre of literature , yet it employed formulaic phrases similar to other genres . The acknowledgment of rightful authorship remained important only in a few genres , while texts of the `` teaching '' genre were pseudonymous and falsely attributed to prominent historical figures . Ancient Egyptian literature has been preserved on a wide variety of media . This includes papyrus scrolls and packets , limestone or ceramic ostraca , wooden writing boards , monumental stone edifices and coffins . Texts preserved and unearthed by modern archaeologists represent a small fraction of ancient Egyptian literary material . The area of the floodplain of the Nile is under-represented because the moist environment is unsuitable for the preservation of papyri and ink inscriptions . On the other hand , hidden caches of literature , buried for thousands of years , have been discovered in settlements on the dry desert margins of Egyptian civilization .",
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"text": "History of slavery The history of slavery spans many cultures , nationalities , and religions from ancient times to the present day . However the social , economic , and legal positions of slaves were vastly different in different systems of slavery in different times and places . Slavery can be traced back to the earliest records , such as the Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi ( c. 1860 BC ) , which refers to it as an established institution , and it was common among ancient peoples . Slavery is rare among hunter-gatherer populations , because it is developed as a system of social stratification . Slavery was known in the very first civilizations such as Sumer in Mesopotamia which dates back as far as 3500 BC , as well as in almost every other civilization . The Byzantine -- Ottoman wars and the Ottoman wars in Europe resulted in the taking of large numbers of Christian slaves . Slavery became common within much of Europe during the Dark Ages and it continued into the Middle Ages . The Dutch , French , Spanish , Portuguese , British , Arabs and a number of West African kingdoms played a prominent role in the Atlantic slave trade , especially after 1600 . David P. Forsythe wrote : `` The fact remained that at the beginning of the nineteenth century an estimated three-quarters of all people alive were trapped in bondage against their will either in some form of slavery or serfdom . '' Denmark-Norway was the first European country to ban the slave trade in 1802 . Although slavery is no longer legal anywhere in the world , human trafficking remains an international problem and an estimated 25-40 million people are enslaved today . During the 1983 -- 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War people were taken into slavery . Although Slavery in Mauritania was criminalized in August 2007 , in Mauritania it is estimated that up to 600,000 men , women and children , or 20 % of the population , are currently enslaved , many of them used as bonded labor . Evidence emerged in the late 1990s of systematic slavery on cacao plantations in West Africa ; see the chocolate and slavery article .",
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"text": "Al-Nahda Al-Nahda ( النهضة / ALA-LC : an-Nahḍah ; Arabic for `` awakening '' or `` renaissance '' ) was a cultural renaissance that began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Egypt , then later moving to Ottoman-ruled Arabic-speaking regions including Lebanon , Syria and others . It is often regarded as a period of intellectual modernization and reform . In traditional scholarship , the Nahda is seen as connected to the cultural shock brought on by Napoleon 's invasion of Egypt in 1798 , and the reformist drive of subsequent rulers such as Muhammad Ali . However , recent scholarship has shown that the Middle Eastern and North African Renaissance was a cultural reform program that was as `` autogenetic '' as it was Western inspired , linked to the Ottoman Tanzimat and internal changes in political economy and communal reformations in Egypt and Syro-Lebanon . The Egyptian nahda was articulated in purely Egyptian terms , and its participants were mostly Egyptians , and Cairo was the geographical center of the movement . But al-Nahda was also felt in neighboring Arab capitals , notably Beirut and Damascus . The shared language of Arabic-speaking nations ensured that the accomplishments of the movement could be quickly picked up by intellectuals in Arab countries . In the Ottoman-ruled Arabic regions , major influence and motive were the 19th century tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire , which brought a constitutional order to Ottoman politics and engendered a new political class and later the Young Turk Revolution , which allowed proliferation of press and other publications .",
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"text": "Rise of the Ottoman Empire The foundation and rise of the Ottoman Empire is a period of history that started with the emergence of the Ottoman principality in , and ended with the conquest of Constantinople on May 29 , 1453 . This period witnessed the foundation of a political entity ruled by the Ottoman Dynasty in the northwestern Anatolian region of Bithynia , and its transformation from a small principality on the Byzantine frontier into an empire spanning the Balkans and Anatolia . For this reason , this period in the empire 's history has been described as the Proto-Imperial Era . Throughout most of this period , the Ottomans were merely one of many competing states in the region , and relied upon the support of local warlords and vassals to maintain control over their realm . By the middle of the fifteenth century the Ottoman sultans were able to accumulate enough personal power and authority to establish a centralized imperial state , a process which was brought to fruition by Sultan Mehmed II ( r. 1451-1481 ) . The cause of Ottoman success can not be attributed to any single factor , and they varied throughout the period as the Ottomans continually adapted to changing circumstances . The earlier part of this period , the fourteenth century , is particularly difficult for historians to study due to the scarcity of sources . Not a single written document survives from the reign of Osman I , and very little survives from the rest of the century . The Ottomans , furthermore , did not begin to record their own history until the fifteenth century , more than a hundred years after many of the events they describe . It is thus a great challenge for historians to differentiate between fact and myth in analyzing the stories contained in these later chronicles , so much so that one historian has even declared it impossible , describing the earliest period of Ottoman history as a `` black hole . ''",
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"text": "Nubia Nubia is a region along the Nile river located in what is today northern Sudan and southern Egypt . It was the seat of one of the earliest civilizations of ancient Africa , with a history that can be traced from at least 2000 B.C. onward ( through Nubian monuments and artifacts , as well as written records from Egypt and Rome ) , and was home to one of the African empires . There was a number of large Nubian kingdoms throughout the Postclassical Era , the last of which collapsed in 1504 , when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate , resulting in the Arabization of much of the Nubian population . Nubia was again united within Ottoman Egypt in the 19th century , and within the Kingdom of Egypt from 1899 to 1956 . The name Nubia is derived from that of the Noba people , nomads who settled the area in the 4th century following the collapse of the kingdom of Meroë . The Noba spoke a Nilo-Saharan language , ancestral to Old Nubian . Old Nubian was mostly used in religious texts dating from the 8th and 15th centuries AD . Before the 4th century , and throughout classical antiquity , Nubia was known as Kush , or , in Classical Greek usage , included under the name Ethiopia ( Aithiopia ) . Historically , the people of Nubia spoke at least two varieties of the Nubian language group , a subfamily that includes Nobiin ( the descendant of Old Nubian ) , Kenuzi-Dongola , Midob and several related varieties in the northern part of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan . Until at least 1970 , the Birgid language was spoken north of Nyala in Darfur , but is now extinct .",
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"text": "Sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa is , geographically , the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara . According to the UN , it consists of all African countries that are fully or partially located south of the Sahara . It contrasts with North Africa , whose territories are part of the League of Arab states within the Arab world . Somalia , Djibouti , Comoros and Mauritania are geographically in Sub-Saharan Africa , but are likewise Arab states and part of the Arab world . The Sahel is the transitional zone between the Sahara and the tropical savanna ( the Sudan region ) and forest-savanna mosaic to the south . Since probably 3500 BCE , the Saharan and Sub-Saharan regions of Africa have been separated by the extremely harsh climate of the sparsely populated Sahara , forming an effective barrier interrupted by only the Nile in Sudan , though the Nile was blocked by the river 's cataracts . The Sahara pump theory explains how flora and fauna ( including Homo sapiens ) left Africa to penetrate the Middle East and beyond . African pluvial periods are associated with a `` wet Sahara '' phase during which larger lakes and more rivers existed . The use of the term has been criticized because it refers to the South only by cartography conventions and projects a connotation of inferiority ; a vestige of colonialism , which some say , divided Africa into European terms of homogeneity .",
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"text": "Slavery in Sudan Slavery in Sudan began in ancient times , and recently had a resurgence during the 1983 to 2005 Second Sudanese Civil War . During the Trans-Saharan slave trade , many Nilotic peoples from the lower Nile Valley were purchased as slaves and brought to work elsewhere in North Africa and the Orient by Nubians , Egyptians , Berbers and Arabs . Starting in 1995 , many human rights organizations have reported on contemporary practice , especially in the context of the Second Sudanese civil war . According to reports of Human Rights Watch and others , during the war the government of Sudan was involved in backing and arming numerous slave-taking militias in the country as part of its war against the SPLA . It also found the government failed to enforce Sudanese laws against kidnapping , assault and forced labor , or to help victims ' families locate their children . ) Another report ( by the International Eminent Persons Group ) found both the government-backed militias and the rebels ( led by the SPLA ) guilty of abducting civilians , though the abducting civilians by pro-government militias was `` of particular concern '' and `` in a significant number of cases '' , led to slavery `` under the definition of slavery in the International Slavery Convention of 1926 . The Sudanese government maintained that the slavery is the product of inter-tribal warfare , over which it had no control . According to the Rift Valley Institute , slave raiding and abduction `` effectively ceased '' in 2002 , although an `` unknown number '' of slaves remain in captivity .",
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"text": "Generations of Noah The Generations of Noah or Table of Nations ( of the Hebrew Bible ) is a genealogy of the sons of Noah and their dispersion into many lands after the Flood , focusing on the major known societies . The term `` nations '' to describe the descendants is a standard English translation of the Hebrew word `` goy '' , following the 400 CE Latin Vulgate 's `` nationes '' / `` nationibus '' , and does not have the same political connotations that the word entails today . The list of 70 names introduces for the first time a number of well known ethnonyms and toponyms important to biblical geography such as Noah 's three sons Shem , Ham and Japheth , from which were derived Semites , Hamites and Japhetites , certain of Noah 's grandsons including Elam , Ashur , Aram , Cush , and Canaan , from which the Elamites , Assyrians , Arameans , Cushites and Canaanites , as well as further descendants including Eber ( from which `` Hebrews '' ) , the hunter-king Nimrod , the Philistines and the sons of Canaan including Heth , Jebus and Amorus , from which Hittites , Jebusites and Amorites . As Christianity took over the Roman world , it adopted the idea that all the world 's peoples were descended from Noah . But the tradition of Hellenistic Jewish identifications of the ancestry of various peoples , which concentrates very much on the East Mediterranean and the Near East and is described below , became stretched and its historicity questioned . Not all Near Eastern people were covered , and northern peoples important to the Late Roman and medieval world , such as the Celtic , Slavic , Germanic and Nordic peoples were not covered , nor were others of the world 's peoples , such as sub-Saharan Africans , Native Americans and peoples of Central Asia , the Indian subcontinent , the Far East and Australasia . A variety of arrangements were devised by scholars in order to make the table fit , with for example the Scythians , who do feature in the tradition , being claimed as the ancestors of much of northern Europe . According to Joseph Blenkinsopp , the 70 names in the list express symbolically the unity of the human race , corresponding to the 70 descendants of Israel who go down into Egypt with Jacob at and the 70 elders of Israel who visit God with Moses at the covenant ceremony in .",
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"text": "Abydos, Egypt Abydos -LSB- əˈbaɪdɒs -RSB- is one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt , and also of the eighth nome in Upper Egypt , of which it was the capital city . It is located about 11 km west of the Nile at latitude 26 ° 10 ' N , near the modern Egyptian towns of el - ` Araba el Madfuna and al-Balyana . In the ancient Egyptian language , the city was called Abdju ( ꜣbdw or AbDw ) . The English name Abydos comes from the Greek Ἄβυδος , a name borrowed by Greek geographers from the unrelated city of Abydos on the Hellespont . Considered one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt , the sacred city of Abydos was the site of many ancient temples , including Umm el-Qa ` ab , a royal necropolis where early pharaohs were entombed . These tombs began to be seen as extremely significant burials and in later times it became desirable to be buried in the area , leading to the growth of the town 's importance as a cult site . Today , Abydos is notable for the memorial temple of Seti I , which contains an inscription from the nineteenth dynasty known to the modern world as the Abydos King List . It is a chronological list showing cartouches of most dynastic pharaohs of Egypt from Menes until Seti I 's father , Ramesses I. The Great Temple and most of the ancient town are buried under the modern buildings to the north of the Seti temple . Many of the original structures and the artifacts within them are considered irretrievable and lost ; many may have been destroyed by the new construction .",
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"text": "French colonial empire The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies , protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward . A distinction is generally made between the `` first colonial empire '' , that existed until 1814 , by which time most of it had been lost , and the `` second colonial empire '' , which began with the conquest of Algiers in 1830 . The second empire came to an end after the loss of bitter wars in Vietnam ( 1955 ) and Algeria ( 1962 ) , and peaceful decolonization elsewhere after 1960 . Competing with Spain , Portugal , the United Provinces , and later Britain , France began to establish colonies in North America , the Caribbean , and India in the 17th century . A series of wars with Great Britain and other European major powers during the 18th century and early 19th century resulted in France losing nearly all of its conquests . France rebuilt a new empire mostly after 1850 , concentrating chiefly in Africa , as well as Indochina and the South Pacific . Republicans , at first hostile to empire , only became supportive when Germany started to build her own colonial empire . As it developed the new empire took on roles of trade with France , especially supplying raw materials and purchasing manufactured items , as well as lending prestige to the motherland and spreading French civilization and language , and the Catholic religion . It also provided manpower in the World Wars . It became a moral mission to lift the world up to French standards by bringing Christianity and French culture . In 1884 the leading proponent of colonialism , Jules Ferry declared ; `` The higher races have a right over the lower races , they have a duty to civilize the inferior races . '' Full citizenship rights -- assimilation -- were offered , although in reality `` assimilation was always receding -LSB- and -RSB- the colonial populations treated like subjects not citizens . '' France sent small numbers of settlers to its empire , contrary to Great Britain , and previously Spain and Portugal , with the only notable exception of Algeria , where the French settlers nonetheless always remained a small minority . At its apex , it was one of the largest empires in history . Including metropolitan France , the total amount of land under French sovereignty reached 11500000 km2 in 1920 , with a population of 110 million people in 1939 . In World War II , Charles de Gaulle and the Free French used the overseas colonies as bases from which they fought to liberate France . Historian Tony Chafer argues : `` In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation , France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War . '' However , after 1945 anti-colonial movements began to challenge European authority . The French constitution of October 27 , 1946 ( Fourth Republic ) , established the French Union which endured until 1958 . Newer remnants of the colonial empire were integrated into France as overseas departments and territories within the French Republic . These now total altogether 119,394 km ² ( 46,098 sq. miles ) , which amounts to only 1 % of the pre-1939 French colonial empire 's area , with 2.7 million people living in them in 2013 . By the 1970s , says Robert Aldrich , the last `` vestiges of empire held little interest for the French . '' He argues , `` Except for the traumatic decolonization of Algeria , however , what is remarkable is how few long-lasting effects on France the giving up of empire entailed . ''",
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"text": "Immigration to Turkey Since the 19th century , an exodus by the large portion of Turkish ( Turkic ) and Muslim peoples ( who are termed `` Muhacir '' under a general definition ) from the Balkans ( Balkan Turks , Albanians , Bosniaks , Pomaks ) , Caucasus ( Abkhazians , Ajarians , ` Circassians ' , Chechens ) , Crimea ( Crimean Tatar diaspora ) , Crete ( Cretan Turks ) , took refuge in present-day Turkey and moulded the country 's fundamental features . Trends of immigration towards Turkey continue to this day , although the motives are more varied and are usually in line with the patterns of global immigration movements -- Turkey , for example , receives many economic migrants from nearby countries such as Armenia , the Republic of Moldova , Georgia , Iran , and Azerbaijan , but also from Central Asia .",
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"text": "Egypt–Italy relations Egypt -- Italy relations refer to relations between Egypt and Italy . Relations were first established during the period of the Roman Republic , when the Ptolemaic Kingdom frequently interacted with Rome , culminating in the Roman annexation of Egypt in 30 BC . With the dissolution of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD and Egypt 's continuation as a province of the Eastern Roman Empire until the Islamic conquest in 642 AD , there were no independent states of Italy and Egypt , and as such no diplomatic relations . Cultural ties between Egypt and Italy distanced further over time with the Islamisation of Egypt and the strength of Catholicism in Italy . It would not be until Egypt 's official independence from the Ottomans in 1914 that relations with Italy would be reestablished . With the rise of Mussolini and fascism in Italy and the eventual Italian invasion of Egypt during World War II , relations became severely strained . However , after the war , relations were re-established and the countries now have a cordial relationship . Egypt has an embassy in both Rome and Milan , while Italy has an embassy in both Cairo and Alexandria . Egypt and Italy are both members of the Union for the Mediterranean . Italy is Egypt 's largest trade partner in the European Union , and is the third largest internationally following the United States and China . Furthermore , Italy 's investments in Egypt are worth $ 2.6 billion , mostly concentrated in transport and banking services among other sectors , making it the fifth largest European investor in Egypt . By the end of 2014 , the volume of trade between the two countries reportedly reached $ 6 billion . In April 2016 , diplomatic relations between the two countries were seriously strained when an Italian PhD student from the University of Cambridge was found brutally murdered in Cairo after he went missing in January of the same year . Subsequently , Italy withdrew its ambassador to Egypt for consultations in Rome regarding the criminal death of Giulio Regeni , who , at the time , conducted critical academic research on Egyptian labour rights and trade unions . Egyptian law enforcement then produced conflicting information on the fate of the Italian citizen , which was unacceptable to Italian investigators . As a result , the Italian press and foreign ministry pointed at the systematic human right violations in Egypt , and threatened with political sanctions unless police leadership and practices undergo significant revisions .",
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"text": "Hellenization Hellenization or Hellenisation is the historical spread of ancient Greek culture and , to a lesser extent , language , over foreign peoples conquered by Greeks or brought into their sphere of influence , particularly during the Hellenistic period following the campaigns of Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC . The result of Hellenization was that elements of Greek origin combined in various forms and degrees with local elements ; these Greek influences spread from the Mediterranean basin as far east as modern-day Pakistan . In modern times , Hellenization has been associated with the adoption of modern Greek culture and the ethnic and cultural homogenization of Greece .",
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"text": "Foreign policy A country 's foreign policy , also called foreign relations or foreign affairs - policy , consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve goals within its international relations milieu . The approaches are strategically employed to interact with other countries . The study of such strategies is called foreign policy analysis . In recent times , due to the deepening level of globalization and transnational activities , the states will also have to interact with non-state actors . The aforementioned interaction is evaluated and monitored in attempts to maximize benefits of multilateral international cooperation . Since the national interests are paramount , foreign policies are designed by the government through high-level decision making processes . National interests accomplishment can occur as a result of peaceful cooperation with other nations , or through exploitation . Usually , creating foreign policy is the job of the head of government and the foreign minister ( or equivalent ) . In some countries the legislature also has considerable effects . Foreign policies of countries have varying rates of change and scopes of intent , which can be affected by factors that change the perceived national interests or even affect the stability of the country itself . The foreign policy of one country can have profound and lasting impact on many other countries and on the course of international relations as a whole , such as the Monroe Doctrine conflicting with the mercantilist policies of 19th-century European countries and the goals of independence of newly formed Central American and South American countries .",
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"text": "Cuban migration to Miami Cuban immigration has greatly characterized modern Miami , creating what is known as `` Cuban Miami . '' However , Miami reflects global trends as well , such as the growing trends of multiculturalism and multiracialism ; this reflects the way in which international politics shape local communities . Essentially , the coexistence of growth and internationalization within Miami has perpetuated an ethnically driven social polarization . The growing number of Cubans in Miami have remained loyal to their cultural norms , mores , customs , language , and religious affiliations . The transnational force of immigration defines Miami as a growing metropolis , and the 20th century Cuban influx has greatly affected Miami 's growth . As of 2012 , there were 1.2 million Cubans in Greater Miami . As of that year , about 400,000 had arrived after 1980 .",
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"text": "Ancient Egyptian race controversy The question of the race of ancient Egyptians was raised historically as a product of the early racial concepts of the 18th and 19th centuries , and was linked to models of racial hierarchy primarily based on craniometry , anthropometry and genetics . A variety of views circulated about the racial identity of the Egyptians and the source of their culture . These were typically identified in terms of a distinction between the Caucasoid and Negroid racial categories . Some scholars argued that ancient Egyptian culture was influenced by other Afroasiatic-speaking populations in Northeast Africa , the Maghreb or the Middle East , while others pointed to influences from various Nubian groups or populations in Europe .",
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"text": "Tribute A tribute ( from Latin tributum , contribution ) is wealth , often in kind , that a party gives to another as a sign of respect or , as was often the case in historical contexts , of submission or allegiance . Various ancient states exacted tribute from the rulers of land which the state conquered or otherwise threatened to conquer . In case of alliances , lesser parties may pay tribute to more powerful parties as a sign of allegiance and often in order to finance projects that benefited both parties . To be called `` tribute '' a recognition by the payer of political submission to the payee is normally required ; the large sums , essentially protection money , paid by the later Roman and Byzantine Empires to barbarian peoples to prevent them attacking imperial territory , would not usually be termed `` tribute '' as the Empire accepted no inferior political position . Payments by a superior political entity to an inferior one , made for various purposes , are described by terms including `` subsidy '' . The ancient Persian Achaemenid Empire is an example of an ancient ` tribute empire ; one that made relatively few demands on its non-Persian subjects other than the regular payment of tribute , which might be gold , luxury goods , animals , soldiers or slaves . However failure to keep up the payments had dire consequences . The reliefs at Persepolis show processions of figures bearing varied types of tribute . The medieval Mongol rulers of Russia likewise only expected tribute from the Russian states , which continued to govern themselves . Athens received tribute from the other cities of the Delian League . The empires of Assyria , Babylon , Carthage and Rome exacted tribute from their provinces and subject kingdoms . Ancient China received tribute from various states such as Japan , Korea , Vietnam , Cambodia , Borneo , Indonesia , Sri Lanka , Nepal , Myanmar and Central Asia . The Aztec Empire is another example . The Roman republic exacted tribute in the form of payments equivalent to proportional property taxes , for the purpose of waging war . Tribute empires contrast with those like the Roman Empire , which more closely controlled and garrisoned subject territories . A tributary state is one that preserves its political position and such independence as it has only by paying tribute .",
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"text": "Syro-Lebanese in Egypt The Syro-Lebanese of Egypt ( شوام مصر , transliterated : Shawam Masr ) ( Syro-Libanais d'Egypte ) , also known as the Levantines of Egypt , are an ethnic minority group in Egypt . They are Egyptians who have ancestry originating from the Levant , mostly what is now Syria and Lebanon . The majority of Egypt 's historic Syro-Lebanese community is Christian ( Melkite Greek Catholic , Greek Orthodox , and Maronite Catholic ) , although some families were also Muslim ( Shia/Sunni ) and Jewish . Since antiquity , there has always been a Levantine presence in Egypt , however , they started becoming a distinctive minority in Egypt around the early 18th century . The majority of Syro-Lebanese migrants who arrived in Egypt during this time were French-speaking and highly influenced by the European Culture . By the dawn of the 20th century , the Syro-Lebanese of Egypt were considered a powerful and cosmopolitan community that played an important role in both Egypt 's economy and culture . Due to the rise in nationalism along with the loss of economic freedoms during the 1950s , most of Egypt 's Syro-Lebanese community left the country immigrating to the Americas , Europe , and Australia , as well as many returning to their native Lebanon ( especially Beirut ) and Syria . Notable descendants of Egypt 's Syro-Lebanese community include the world-renowned Egyptian actor Omar Sharif ( born Michel Chalhoub ) and Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine .",
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"text": "Palermo Stone The Palermo Stone is one of seven surviving fragments of a stele known as the Royal Annals of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt . The stele contained a list of the kings of Egypt from the First Dynasty ( ~ 3150 -- 2890 BCE ) through to the early part of the Fifth Dynasty ( approx 2392 -- 2283 BCE ) and noted significant events in each year of their reigns . It was probably made during the Fifth dynasty . The Palermo Stone is held in the Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas in the city of Palermo , Italy , from which it derives its name . The term `` Palermo Stone '' is sometimes applied to all seven surviving fragments of the Royal Annals , including those held in museums in Cairo and London . The fragments are also sometimes described collectively as the `` Cairo Annals Stone '' , although the term `` Cairo Stone '' is also used to mean only those fragments of the Royal Annals now in Cairo . The Palermo Stone and other fragments of the Royal Annals preserve what is probably the oldest historical text that has survived from Ancient Egypt and form a key source for Egyptian history in the Old Kingdom .",
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"text": "Edom Edom ( -LSB- ˈiːdəm -RSB- or -LSB- ˈiː.dʌm -RSB- ; Assyrian : Udumi ; Syriac : ܐܕܘܡ ) is a country located initially in Transjordan , between Ammon to the north , the Dead Sea and the Arabah to the west , and the Arabian desert to the south and east . Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant , such as the Hebrew Bible and Egyptian and Mesopotamian records . In classical antiquity the cognate name Idumea was used for a smaller area in the same general region . Edom and Idumea are two related but distinct terms relating to a historically contiguous population , but two separate , if adjacent , territories occupied at different periods of their history by the Edomites/Idumeans . The Edomites first established a kingdom ( `` Edom '' ) in the southern area of modern Jordan , and later migrated into southern parts of the Kingdom of Judah ( `` Idumea '' , or modern southern Israel/Negev ) when Judah was first weakened , then destroyed by the Babylonians in the 6th century BC . Edom is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible , but also in a list of the Egyptian pharaoh Seti I from c. 1215 BC , and in the chronicle of a campaign by Ramses III ( r. 1186 -- 1155 BC ) . The Edomites , who have been identified archaeologically , were a Semitic people who probably arrived in the region around the 14th century BC . Archaeological investigation showed that the country flourished between the 13th and 8th centuries BC , and was destroyed after a period of decline in the 6th century BC by the Babylonians . After the loss of the kingdom , the Edomites were pushed westward towards southern Judah by nomadic tribes coming from the east ; among these were the Nabateans , who first appear in the historical annals of the 4th century BC and already establish their own kingdom in what used to be Edom by the first half of the 2nd century BC . More recent excavations show that the process of Edomite settlement in the southern parts of the Kingdom of Judah and parts of the Negev desert down to Timna had started already before the destruction of the kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar II in 587/86 BCE , both by peaceful penetration and by military means , taking advantage of the already weakened state of Judah . Once pushed out of their territory , the Edomites settled during the Persian period in an area comprising the southern hills of Judea down to the area north of Be'er Sheva . Here the people appear under the graecized form of their old name , as Idumeans or Idumaeans , and their new territory is called Idumea or Idumaea ( Greek : Ἰδουμαία , Idoumaía ; Latin : Idūmaea ) , a term used in New Testament times .",
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Lee Min-ho was in a China-produced film.
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"text": "Lee Min-ho (actor, born 1987) Lee Min-ho ( , born June 22 , 1987 ) is a South Korean actor and singer . He first gained widespread fame in Korea and parts of Asia with his role as Gu Jun-pyo in Boys Over Flowers in 2009 . The role won him a Best New Actor award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards . He is noted for his leading roles in City Hunter ( 2011 ) , The Heirs ( 2013 ) and The Legend of the Blue Sea ( 2016 ) . The success of Lee 's television dramas throughout Asia established him as a top Hallyu star . Lee starred in his first leading role in film with Gangnam Blues ( 2015 ) , followed by his first China-produced film Bounty Hunters ( 2016 ) .",
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"text": "China Movie Channel (organisation) China Movie Channel is a trade name of what is literally translated as the `` Film Satellite Channel Programme Production Centre '' , an agency at the Chinese Government 's State Administration of Press , Publication , Radio , Film and Television .",
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"text": "Haemoo Haemoo ( ; literally `` Sea Fog '' ) is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Shim Sung-bo . The film is adapted from the 2007 stage play of the same name , which in turn was based on the true story of 25 Korean-Chinese illegal immigrants who suffocated to death in the storage tank of the fishing vessel Taechangho ; their bodies were dumped by the ship 's crew into the sea southwest of Yeosu on October 7 , 2001 . There is likely a connection with the 2006 Scottish film `` True North '' which has an identical story line . It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards and the 72nd Golden Globe Awards , but was not nominated .",
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"text": "Forbidden City Cop Forbidden City Cop ( ; literal translation : `` Imperial Secret Agent 008 '' ) is a 1996 Hong Kong wuxia comedy film directed by Vincent Kok and Stephen Chow and starring Chow , Carina Lau , and Carman Lee .",
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"text": "Golden Brother Golden Brother is a 2014 Hong Kong-Chinese romance comedy drama film directed by Shu Kai Chung . It was released in Hong Kong on September 18 and in China on December 24 .",
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"text": "Hidden Track (film) Hidden Track is a film based in Hong Kong with a mixture of Mandarin and Cantonese speakers .",
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},
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"docid": "d5a6ff4a1ec70e8f40841b0f3492c478",
"text": "Night of Adventure Night of Adventure ( Chinese : 疯狂72小时 ) is a 2014 Chinese comedy film directed by Li Jixian .",
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},
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"text": "Heart for Heaven Heart for Heaven is a 2015 Chinese comedy film directed by Zhang Cheng . It was released in China on December 31 , 2015 .",
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"text": "Coming Home (2014 film) Coming Home ( , literally The Return ) is a 2014 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Chen Daoming and Gong Li . It was released in the US September 11 , 2015 and first shown to the public on the 20th May 2014 at the Cannes Film Festival .",
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},
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"docid": "b610f92431049a841286e80c82fdf981",
"text": "Guilty of Mind Guilty of Mind is an upcoming Chinese suspense crime film based on the novel of the same name by Lei Mi , starring Li Yifeng , Liao Fan and Wan Qian . The film will be released in China on August 11 , 2017 .",
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},
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"text": "The Glass Box The Glass Box ( Chinese : 玻璃箱 ) is a short fictional narrative drama produced in the Asian metropolis of Kaohsiung City , Taiwan . The film was directed and produced by Canadian independent filmmaker Matt Finlin . It was produced by Finlin under the name of ` Finkle Films ' with the support of Taiwanese production house Fe Hou Communications Limited , and was shot over a six-month period from 2007 to 2008 .",
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"text": "The Day the Sun Turned Cold The Day the Sun Turned Cold ( , Tian guo ni zi ) is a 1994 Hong Kong drama film directed by Yim Ho . The film was selected as the Hong Kong entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .",
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"docid": "2856bee13c0911213a835783bba0c953",
"text": "Lovers' Concerto (film) Lovers ' Concerto ( ; lit . `` Love Novel '' ) is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Lee Han . It is a romantic melodrama dealing with friendship , jealousy and the ties that bind .",
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{
"docid": "9292b3539881e46c6065cfec72c3c621",
"text": "Lee Sung-min (actor) Lee Sung-min ( born December 4 , 1968 ) is a South Korean actor . He is best known for his supporting roles on television and film , notably his much-praised performances in Golden Time ( 2012 ) , Broken ( 2014 ) , and Misaeng ( 2014 ) .",
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},
{
"docid": "5fb67d92b53cef2a6841e1e8fb720057",
"text": "Black Magic (1975 film) Black Magic is a 1975 Hong Kong horror film directed by Ho Meng Hua and starring Ti Lung , Lo Lieh , Tanny Tien , Lily Li and Ku Feng . A sequel to the film was released in 1976 .",
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"docid": "6d7a02f6d0563cc32e42d6d9fd60ad39",
"text": "A Chinese Tall Story A Chinese Tall Story is a 2005 Hong Kong fantasy adventure film written and directed by Jeffrey Lau . The story is loosely based on the novel Journey to the West .",
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},
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"text": "Old Mao's Second Spring Old Mao 's Second Spring is a 1984 Taiwanese drama film directed by You-ning Lee . The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee . It won the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film in 1984 .",
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"text": "Singapore Dreaming Singapore Dreaming is a 2006 film set in Singapore . The film follows the Loh family , a typical Singaporean working-class family , through their aspirations for a better life and the harsh reality that makes it difficult for them to fulfill these aspirations . The film is inspired by a 2000 essay , Paved with Good Intentions , that the writers of the film had written for the Singapore International Foundation . A concatenation of e-mails Singaporeans sent to writers Colin Goh and Woo Yen Yen on their life stories in relation to the Singaporean dream eventually led them to write , produce and direct Singapore Dreaming . The film stars Richard Low as Poh Huat , Alice Lim as Siew Luan , Serene Chen as Irene , Yeo Yann Yann as Mei , Lim Yu-Beng as CK and Dick Su as Seng . The film was theatrically released on 7 September 2006 , and at one time ranked fifth on the Singapore box office . It won the Montblanc New Screenwriters Award at the 54th San Sebastián International Film Festival , and was the first Singaporean film to receive an IFFPA-recognised international feature film award . Owing to its nature as a Singapore-produced film , Singapore Dreaming received much attention from local viewers , film critics and public figures alike . It has received great praise from some local critics and public figures , most notably from S.R. Nathan , the President of Singapore .",
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"text": "Evening Rain Evening Rain ( Chinese : 巴山夜雨 ) is a 1981 Chinese drama film which reflects the fight between Chinese people and the Gang of Four during the ten years of turmoil in China . It was directed by Wu Yonggang and Wu Yigong with Li Zhiyu , Zhang Yu , Lin Bin playing the leading roles . This movie won the first Golden Rooster Awards for Best Picture in 1981 , a prize it shared with Xie Jin 's Legend of Tianyun Mountain .",
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},
{
"docid": "3e8a5cbd98b7c919d039bccacd6ac951",
"text": "Operation Chromite (film) Operation Chromite is a 2016 South Korean war drama film directed by John H. Lee and based on the real-life events of the Battle of Inchon , although it presents a fictionalised version of the historical CIA/US military intelligence operation `` Trudy Jackson '' , conducted before the actual landing operation . It was released on 27 July 2016 in South Korea .",
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},
{
"docid": "8f05954be3cd26a6bb72a847d01f2fb7",
"text": "Palace (TV series) Palace , also known as Gong , Gong Suo Xin Yu , and Palace : The Locked Heart Jade , is a Chinese television series produced by Yu Zheng ; starring Yang Mi , Feng Shaofeng and Mickey He . The series was directed by Lee Wai-chu and starred cast members from mainland China , Taiwan and Hong Kong . The series was first broadcast on Hunan TV in China in 2011 . It is later followed by Palace 2 .",
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}
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Lexmark is based in a country.
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"docid": "70da3e54d42765d4b9cf37e97eb5e315",
"text": "Lexmark Lexmark International , Inc. is a Chinese-owned corporation based in the United States that manufactures laser printers and imaging products . The company is headquartered in Lexington , Kentucky .",
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"text": "Libor The London Interbank Offered Rate is the average of interest rates estimated by each of the leading banks in London that it would be charged were it to borrow from other banks . It is usually abbreviated to Libor ( -LSB- ˈlaɪbɔr -RSB- ) or LIBOR , or more officially to ICE LIBOR ( for Intercontinental Exchange Libor ) . It was formerly known as BBA Libor ( for British Bankers ' Association Libor or the trademark bba libor ) before the responsibility for the administration was transferred to Intercontinental Exchange . It is the primary benchmark , along with the Euribor , for short-term interest rates around the world . Libor rates are calculated for 5 currencies and 7 borrowing periods ranging from overnight to one year and are published each business day by Thomson Reuters . Many financial institutions , mortgage lenders and credit card agencies set their own rates relative to it . At least $ 350 trillion in derivatives and other financial products are tied to the Libor . In June 2012 , multiple criminal settlements by Barclays Bank revealed significant fraud and collusion by member banks connected to the rate submissions , leading to the Libor scandal . The British Bankers ' Association said on 25 September 2012 that it would transfer oversight of LIBOR to UK regulators , as proposed by Financial Services Authority managing director Martin Wheatley 's independent review recommendations . Wheatley 's review recommended that banks submitting rates to LIBOR must base them on actual inter-bank deposit market transactions and keep records of those transactions , that individual banks ' LIBOR submissions be published after three months , and recommended criminal sanctions specifically for manipulation of benchmark interest rates . Financial institution customers may experience higher and more volatile borrowing and hedging costs after implementation of the recommended reforms . The UK government agreed to accept all of the Wheatley Review 's recommendations and press for legislation implementing them . Significant reforms , in line with the Wheatley Review , came into effect in 2013 and a new administrator took over in early 2014 . The British government regulates Libor through criminal and regulatory laws passed by the Parliament . In particular , the Financial Services Act 2012 brings Libor under UK regulatory oversight and creates a criminal offence for knowingly or deliberately making false or misleading statements relating to benchmark-setting .",
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"text": "Macmillan Publishers Macmillan Publishers Ltd ( occasionally known as the Macmillan Group ) is an international publishing company owned by Holtzbrinck Publishing Group . It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others .",
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"text": "Copyright law of the Netherlands According to the Dutch Copyright Law ( called Auteurswet ) , a Dutch copyright ( called auteursrecht ) is the exclusive right of the author of a work of literature , science or art , to publish and duplicate such work ( article 1 ) . A copyright comes into existence by making the work . No formalities , such as copyright registration , are necessary to obtain a copyright . The duration of a copyright is 70 years after the death of the author ( article 37 ) . The term `` work '' includes many materials , such as books , brochures , films , photographs , musical works , works of visual art and geographical maps ( article 10 ) . Further , the Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that to be considered a work , it should have its own , original character with the personal imprint of the author ( HR 4 January 1991 , NJ 1991 , 608 ( Van Dale/Romme ) ) . The exclusive right to publish a work includes amongst others the publication of a copy of ( part of ) the work , the public recitation thereof and to rent or lend ( part of ) the work to public institutions ( article 12 ) . The exclusive right to duplicate a work includes amongst others the recording , the translation , the music arrangement and the adaptation for the screen of the work ( article 13 ) .",
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"text": "Access to Medicine Index The Access to Medicine Index is an independent initiative that ranks the world 's 20 largest research-based pharmaceutical companies according to their efforts to improve access to medicine in 107 low - to middle-income countries . The Index assesses how companies are making their products more available , affordable , accessible and acceptable to patients in need . By comparing companies to one another , the Index aims to stimulate pharmaceutical companies to play a bigger part in addressing the challenges of access to medicine in developing countries and to offer them insight into the activities of their peers . Furthermore , the Access to Medicine Index seeks to create a platform for stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry , governments , investors , civil society , patient organisations and academia to gather and form a common view of how these pharmaceutical companies can make further progress . The Access to Medicine Index is published every two years by the Access to Medicine Foundation , an international not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving access to medicine for people in need . The organisation is based in Haarlem , The Netherlands and receives financial support from donors such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , the UK Department for International Development ( DFID ) and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs .",
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"text": "List of companies of Austria Austria is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.7 million people in Central Europe . It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north , Hungary and Slovakia to the east , Slovenia and Italy to the south , and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west . The territory of Austria covers 83879 km2 . Austria is the 12th richest country in the world in terms of GDP ( Gross domestic product ) per capita , has a well-developed social market economy , and a high standard of living . Until the 1980s , many of Austria 's largest industry firms were nationalised ; in recent years , however , privatisation has reduced state holdings to a level comparable to other European economies . Labour movements are particularly strong in Austria and have large influence on labour politics . Next to a highly developed industry , international tourism is the most important part of the national economy . For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations , see `` Business entities in Austria '' .",
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"text": "Lenta (retail) Lenta is one of the largest retail chains in Russia and the country 's second largest hypermarket chain . The company was founded in 1993 in St. Petersburg . Founded by Oleg Zherebtsov , Lenta opened its first `` Cash & Carry '' store in St. Petersburg , Russia , in October 1993 . Lenta then registered its trademark in 1994 . And , by 1999 , it opened its first big-box hypermarket format and has expanded ever since . Now Lenta operates 122 hypermarkets in 63 cities across Russia and 27 supermarkets in the Moscow region with a total of approximately 787,807 sq. m. of selling space . The average Lenta hypermarket store has selling space of 6,200 sq m . The company operates five distribution centres for hypermarkets . The company 's stores base themselves on price-led hypermarkets and supermarket scheme . Lenta employs around 35,100 people . Lenta 's largest shareholders include TPG Capital , the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and VTB Capital . Global Depository Receipts ( GDRs ) of Lenta Ltd. are listed on the London Stock Exchange and on the Moscow Exchange . The parent company of the chain -- Lenta LLC -- 100 % belongs to Lenta LTD , that registered in British Virgin Islands . 41,3 % of shares belong to investment - TPG Capital and `` VTB Capital '' ( 35,5 % and 4 % respectively ) , 15,3 % -- belongs to EBRD , minor shareholders share the rest . CEO of the chain -- Jan Dunning .",
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"text": "MarkMonitor MarkMonitor Inc. is an American software company founded in 1999 . It develops software intended to protect corporate brands from Internet counterfeiting , fraud , piracy , and cybersquatting . It also develops and publishes reports on the prevalence of brand abuse on the Internet . MarkMonitor acquired AllDomains in 2001 and DtecNet in 2010 . MarkMonitor was then purchased by Thomson Reuters in 2012 . In 2016 , the IP division of Reuters , including MarkMonitor was sold to two venture capital companies , under the new parent company `` Clarivate Analytics '' .",
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"text": "Chartered mark In the USA , a chartered mark is a trademark or service mark which is given special statutory protection separate from the usual registration of trade marks and service marks . A chartered mark , in effect , is a type of trademark/servicemark in which the organization is granted the mark `` by charter '' , i.e. by express grant of the legislature . When an organization is granted a chartered mark , no one else may use the same mark at all for any purpose . ( There are possible exceptions for organizations using the same or a similar mark before it was chartered . ) Examples of chartered marks in the United States include FDIC for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ; Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts for the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA , respectively ; and Olympic for the United States Olympic Committee . Category : Trademark law",
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"text": "Lexus ES The Lexus ES ( Japanese : レクサス ・ ES , Rekusasu ES ) is a series of compact , then mid-size , and later executive car sold by Lexus since 1989 . Six generations of the sedan have been introduced to date , each offering V6 engines and the front-engine , front-wheel-drive layout . The first five generations of the ES were built on the Toyota Camry platform , with the sixth generation more closely related to the Avalon . Manual transmissions were offered until 1993 , a lower-displacement inline-four engine became an option in Asian markets in 2010 , and a gasoline-electric hybrid version was introduced in 2012 . The ES was Lexus ' only front-wheel drive vehicle until 1998 , when the related Lexus RX was introduced , and the sedan occupied the entry-level luxury car segment of the Lexus lineup in North America and other regions until the debut of the Lexus IS in 1999 . The ES name stands for `` Executive Sedan '' . However , some Lexus importers use the backronymic name , `` Elegant Sedan '' . Introduced in 1989 , the first-generation ES 250 was one of two vehicles in Lexus ' debut lineup , the other being the flagship LS 400 . The second-generation ES 300 debuted in 1991 , followed by the third-generation ES 300 in 1996 , and the fourth-generation ES 300/330 in 2001 . The first - through fourth-generation sedans shared body styling elements with Japan-market Toyota sedans , and a domestic market equivalent , the Toyota Windom , was sold until the launch of the fifth-generation ES in 2006 . The word `` Windom '' is a combination of `` win '' and the suffix `` dom '' expresses a state of perpetual victory . The fifth-generation ES , featuring Lexus ' own L-finesse body styling , debuted in early 2006 as a 2007 model . The sixth-generation ES debuted in the first half of 2012 as a 2013 model , and features increased cabin dimensions due to a longer wheelbase which is shared with the full-size Toyota Avalon . Lexus has positioned the ES in the comfort luxury segment , with an emphasis on interior amenities , quietness , and ride quality , in contrast with more firm-riding sport sedans . Buyers seeking more performance-focused models are targeted by the Lexus IS and rival makes , with such models offering a sportier drive with differently tuned suspensions . In Europe , Japan , and other markets where it is not available , the Lexus GS sport sedans occupy the mid-size category in the Lexus lineup . In the United States , the Lexus ES has been the best-selling Lexus sedan for over fifteen years . __ TOC __",
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"text": "Drug prohibition law Drug prohibition law is prohibition-based law by which governments prohibit , except under licence , the production , supply , and possession of many , but not all , substances which are recognized as drugs , and which corresponds to international treaty commitments in the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 , the Convention on Psychotropic Substances 1971 , and the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1988 . When produced , supplied or possessed under licence , otherwise prohibited drugs are known as controlled drugs . The aforementioned legislation is the cultural institution and social fact that de facto divides world drug trade as illegal vs legal , according to geopolitical issues . The United Nations has its own drug control programme , as part of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC ) , which was formerly called the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention ( ODCCP ) , and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs is the central drug policy-making body within the United Nations system . The International Narcotics Control Board ( INCB ) is an independent and quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug control conventions . It is important to note that there are several different sets of `` schedules '' , or lists , of controlled drugs . One is the INCB schedules ( four schedules numbered I-IV ) , while another is the United States ' Controlled Substances Act schedules of controlled substances ( five schedules , numbered I-V ) . Other countries also have different classifications and numbers of lists , such as those of the United Kingdom and Canada .",
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"text": "LatinFinance LatinFinance ( written as single word , with an upper-case L and F ) is a provider of financial markets intelligence on Latin America and the Caribbean . It publishes a magazine LatinFinance and an early morning daily news alert , the LatinFinance Daily Brief , and runs a data intensive web-site and a series of networking events comprising discursive conferences and educational seminars . LatinFinance also organizes private round-tables focused on narrower more specialist topics , meetings with senior members of the governments of Latin America or the Caribbean , and capital introduction events for issuers from the region and investors in inter alia New York , Boston , London , Zurich , Abu Dhabi , Hong Kong , Mumbai and Beijing . Founded in 1988 and published from New York and Miami , with a network of correspondents across Latin America and the Caribbean , LatinFinance has covered banking and capital markets in the region for over 25 years . It is primarily focused on debt , equity , structured finance , syndicated lending and multilateral financing , and on the practical application of these products in finance and/or investment by sovereign , sub-sovereign , financial and corporate issuers and portfolio , private equity and hedge fund investors . It also covers secondary trading , tracks people-moves within the financial markets of Latin America and the Caribbean , explores legal issues impacting those markets , and examines the business of banking and the role of banking technology within the region .",
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"text": "Legality of cannabis The legality of cannabis varies from country to country . Possession of cannabis is illegal in most countries and has been since the beginning of widespread cannabis prohibition in the late 1930s . However , possession of the plant in small quantities has been decriminalized in many countries and sub-national entities in several parts of the world . For example , cannabis in Canada will be legal for recreational use if legislation is passed in spring 2017 . On 10 December 2013 , Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize the sale , cultivation , and distribution of cannabis . Open sales are `` illegal , but not punishable '' , at `` coffeeshops '' in the Netherlands if certain rules are followed . In the United States , federal law prohibits possession or sale of marijuana for any purpose , but the Obama Administration refrained from prosecuting users and dealers operating in compliance with state ( see Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction ) , territory , and Indian reservation laws which permit medical or recreational marijuana . The medicinal use of cannabis is legal in a number of countries , including Canada , the Czech Republic and Israel . Medical cannabis in the United States is legal in 29 states as of December 2016 . Some countries have laws which are not as vigorously prosecuted as others , but apart from the countries which offer access to medical marijuana , most countries have penalties ranging from lenient to very severe . Some infractions are taken more seriously in some countries than others in regard to the cultivation , use , possession or transfer of cannabis for recreational use . A few jurisdictions have lessened penalties for possession of small quantities of cannabis , making it punishable by confiscation and a fine , rather than imprisonment . Some jurisdictions/drug courts use mandatory treatment programs for young or frequent users , with freedom from narcotic drugs as the goal and a few jurisdictions permit cannabis use for medicinal purposes . Routine drug tests to detect cannabis are most common in the United States , and have resulted in jail sentences and loss of employment even for medical use . In most European countries , privacy and labor laws prevent such testing for job applicants . Simple possession can carry long jail sentences in some countries , particularly in parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia , where the sale of cannabis may lead to life imprisonment or execution .",
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"text": "Benchmark Email Benchmark Email is an international internet-based service provider of email marketing to business clients based in Los Alamitos , CA . The company was founded by Curt and Denise Keller in 2004 . Benchmark Email provides service in creating , sending , and tracking HTML-based emails . The company offers various free and paid editions . In overall quality of services , the company was rated second only to iContact by TopTenReviews and is a member of Returnpath.net , and the Email Sender & Provider Coalition industry consortiums . Expansion into international markets has been pursued by the company , translating the software from English into Spanish , French , German , Chinese , Japanese , Portuguese , and Italian and establishing offices in the Philippines , Japan , China , India , Spain , Taiwan and Italy among several other countries . Recently , the website was also launched in French .",
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"text": "Shire (pharmaceutical company) Shire Plc is a Jersey-registered , Irish-headquartered global specialty biopharmaceutical company . Originating in the United Kingdom with an operational base in the United States , its brands and products include Vyvanse , Lialda , and Adderall XR . Shire has its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . Shire has a secondary listing on NASDAQ . Shire is a global biotechnology company focused on serving people with rare diseases and other highly specialized conditions . The company 's products are available in more than 100 countries across core therapeutic areas including Hematology , Immunology , Neuroscience , Lysosomal Storage Disorders , Gastrointestinal / Internal Medicine / Endocrine and Hereditary Angioedema ; a growing franchise in Oncology ; and an emerging , innovative pipeline in Ophthalmics . The original corporate headquarters was located in Basingstoke , Hampshire , England . Main offices are located in Dublin , Ireland , the United States in Cambridge , Massachusetts and Chicago , Illinois and in Zug , Switzerland . In addition , Shire owns a manufacturing site in Lexington , Massachusetts and building a new manufacturing facility in Dublin , Ireland . It announced in November 2013 that it would be further reducing its presence in the UK .",
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"text": "Securitas Direct Securitas Direct is a security company based in Malmö , Sweden and active in 14 countries in Europe and South America . It was listed at Nasdaq OMX Stockholm in 2006 , when it was distributed to the shareholders of Securitas AB . In 2008 , the company was bought by ESML Intressenter AB and delisted . In 2011 , ESML sells Securitas Direct to Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman . Verisure is the new name of Securitas Direct 's consumer branch and the company name in 14 countries - Spain , Sweden , Norway , Finland , Denmark , Belgium , Holland , France , Portugal , Italy , Brazil , Chile , Peru and the United Kingdom . In the remaining countries the company name is Securitas Direct but will eventually change to Verisure . The Swedish unit addressing the business segment holds the name Securitas Direct and will not change to Verisure . In a judgement from April 2015 the district court of Amsterdam , The Netherlands , ruled that the direct canvassing ( doorstep selling directly to consumers ) , with alarm systems and associated multiyear PAC subscriptions , one of the primary commercial practices of Verisure ( Securitas Direct ) , is unlawful towards consumers .",
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"text": "Legal expenses insurance Legal expenses insurance ( LEI ) , also known as legal protection insurance ( LPI ) or simply legal insurance , is a type of insurance which covers policyholders against the potential costs of legal action brought by or against the policyholder . The concept originated around 1911 as a result of a fatal crash at the famous Le Mans race during which some spectators lost their lives and others were severely injured . When the victims or their families claimed damages from the insurers of the organizers , their claims were repudiated . They then all contributed to a pool which was used to fund collective action against the insurers . They were successful . This gave rise to the first LEI policy being developed in France . Not long after that , a motoring club in Germany called the `` Deutsche Automobil Sportiff '' ( DAS ) increased membership contributions to create a similar pool to pay for the defence of its members charged with traffic related offences . Members of the general public then enquired about joining the scheme . That is when the idea of an insurance available to the general public became firmly established . At present , the DAS of Germany is still the largest legal expenses insurer in the world . It is estimated that they write approximately 50 % of LEI business worldwide . Then follows ARAG , also a German insurer . It is estimated that they write approximately 30 % of global business . A conflict of interest presents itself if LEI is offered by an insurer that also offers other forms of insurance . As a result , most LEI providers are specialists offering LEI only . Internationally , LEI is represented by a non-profit association called The International Association of Legal Protection Insurers ( RIAD ) www.riad-online.net . It operates independently of the general insurance industry . A listing of its members can be found on their website . There are two main forms of LEI , before-the-event and after-the-event ( `` the event '' being that event which triggers legal action ) . `` After-the-event '' legal expenses insurance is a misnomer , since insurance technically , can only indemnify against future unforeseen events . Most legal insurance plans are before-the-event , and `` after the event '' is not common and found mainly in the United Kingdom , where it is an insignificant percentage of total LEI business . The majority of LEI business worldwide , is conducted in Europe ( Germany and France in particular ) . In the United States , the general idea of financial assistance with litigation is most often called pre-paid legal services ( PPL or PPLS ) . The reason for this is that many plans are not insurance based . Some are offered by trade unions as a free benefit of union membership . Others are non-profit clubs set up by groups with a common interest , like University students . Some forms of insurance such as professional liability insurance , medical malpractice insurance , Professional liability insurance , errors and omissions insurance for consultants , agents and brokers of various sorts , and directors and officers liability insurance for principals and supervisory officers of corporations and other organisations , are often marketed under the banner of LEI , but they are in fact liability insurances , a small component of which is to cover the legal expenses of a liability suit . In reality , the insurer is funding the defense of litigation against itself . If it were to fail in doing so , there is a risk that their insured might be held liable for damages that they would be liable to pay under the liability insurance . They are therefore merely protecting their own interests by funding the defence .",
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"text": "L'Oréal L'Oréal S.A. is a French cosmetics company headquartered in Clichy , Hauts-de-Seine with a registered office in Paris . It is the world 's largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field of cosmetics , concentrating on hair colour , skin care , sun protection , make-up , perfume and hair care ; the company is active in dermatology , toxicology , tissue engineering , and biopharmaceutical research fields and is the top nanotechnology patent-holder in the United States . The company is a component of Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index .",
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"text": "Roman-Dutch law Roman-Dutch law ( Dutch : Rooms-Hollands recht , Afrikaans : Romeins-Hollandse reg ) is an uncodified , scholarship-driven , judge-made legal system based on Roman law as applied in the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries . As such , it is a variety of the European continental civil law or ius commune . While Roman-Dutch law was superseded by Napoleonic codal law in the Netherlands proper as early as the beginning of the 19th century , Roman-Dutch law is still applied by the courts of South Africa ( and its neighbours Lesotho , Swaziland , Namibia , Botswana and Zimbabwe ) , Guyana , Indonesia , East Timor , and Sri Lanka . It was largely drawn upon by Scots law . It also had some minor impact on the laws of the American state of New York , especially in introducing the office of Prosecutor ( schout-fiscaal ) .",
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"text": "Uber (company) Infobox company | name = Uber Technologies Inc. . | logo = Uber logo.svg | type = Privately held company | founders = | hq_location = San Francisco , California | area_served = Worldwide , 570 cities | key_people = Uber Technologies Inc. is a transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco , California , United States , operating in 570 cities worldwide . It develops , markets and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery mobile apps . Uber drivers use their own cars , although drivers can rent a car to drive with Uber . The name `` Uber '' is a reference to the common ( and somewhat slangy ) word `` uber '' , meaning `` topmost '' or `` super '' , and having its origins in the German word über , meaning `` above '' . Uber has been a pioneer in the sharing economy and the changes in industries as a result of the sharing economy have been referred to as `` Uberification '' or `` Uberisation '' . Uber has also been the subject of protests and legal actions .",
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"text": ".lv . lv is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD ) for Latvia . Registration is permitted at the second level , and this is the form of registration currently encouraged by the registry ; however , registrations are also accepted at the third level beneath a number of subdomains : . com.lv - commercial entities . edu.lv - educational institutions . gov.lv - government and semi-government entities . . org.lv - various forms of affiliation groups . mil.lv - defense entities of Latvia . id.lv - individuals . net.lv - network infrastructure providers . asn.lv - associations . conf.lv - conferences and exhibitions requiring short duration Internet connectivity Registration is open to foreigners , though the dispute policy says that precedence is generally given to domestic users . There does not appear to be much non-Latvian use of this TLD ; exceptions include a few sites apparently using it to suggest Las Vegas -- much as . la is used for Los Angeles -- or `` love '' -- as in `` my.lv , '' `` we.lv , '' or `` true.lv '' -- but these types of usage are not widespread . The gambling site Bovada , formerly known as Bodog , moved to an . lv domain after the United States Department of Homeland Security confiscated its former domain , bodog.com , in 2012 . Internationalized domain names may also be registered ( see details ) .",
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"text": "Hippocrates Hippocrates of Kos ( -LSB- hɪˈpɒkrəˌtiːz -RSB- Ἱπποκράτης Hippokrátēs ; 460 -- 370 BC ) , also known as Hippocrates II , was a Greek physician of the Age of Pericles ( Classical Greece ) , and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine . He is referred to as the `` Father of Modern Medicine '' in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine . This intellectual school revolutionized medicine in ancient Greece , establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields with which it had traditionally been associated ( theurgy and philosophy ) , thus establishing medicine as a profession . However , the achievements of the writers of the Corpus , the practitioners of Hippocratic medicine , and the actions of Hippocrates himself were often commingled ; thus very little is known about what Hippocrates actually thought , wrote , and did . Hippocrates is commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician , and credited with coining the Hippocratic Oath , still relevant and in use today . He is also credited with greatly advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine , summing up the medical knowledge of previous schools , and prescribing practices for physicians through the Hippocratic Corpus and other works .",
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"text": "Therapeutae The Therapeutae were a Jewish sect which flourished in Alexandria and other parts of the Diaspora of Hellenistic Judaism in the final years of the Second Temple period . The primary source concerning the Therapeutae is the account De vita contemplativa ( `` The Contemplative Life '' ) , purportedly by the Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria ( c. 20 BCE -- 50 CE ) . The authorship has been called into question because of the different stance on Greek philosophy of this work from that of other works that were written by Philo and because elsewhere Philo makes no mention of the Therapeutae although this article will refer to the author as Philo . The author appears to have been personally acquainted with them . The pseudepigraphic Testament of Job is possibly also a Therapeutae text , although this possibility is mostly based on the text being noticeably less misogynist than many other early apocryphal texts . Philo records that they were `` philosophers '' ( cf. I. 2 ) and speaks specifically about a group that lived on a low hill by the Lake Mareotis close to Alexandria in circumstances resembling lavrite life ( cf. III .22 ) , and were `` the best '' of a kind given to `` perfect goodness '' that `` exists in many places in the inhabited world '' ( cf. III .21 ) . Philo was unsure of the origin of the name and derives the name Therapeutae/Therapeutides from Greek θεραπεύω in the sense of `` cure '' or `` worship '' ( cf. I. 2 ) .",
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"text": "Moritz Heinrich Romberg Moritz Heinrich Romberg ( 11 November 1795 -- 16 June 1873 ) was a Jewish physician from Berlin who published his classic textbook in sections between 1840 and 1846 ; Edward Henry Sieveking translated it into English in 1853 . His nephew was Eduard Heinrich Henoch , who was known for describing Henoch -- Schönlein purpura . He described what is now universally recognised as `` Romberg 's sign '' in his original account of tabes dorsalis ( a disease caused by syphilis damaging the back of the spinal cord ) . He related early symptoms as : `` The feet feel numbed in standing , walking or lying down , and the patient has the sensation as if they were covered in fur ; the resistance of the ground is not felt ... '' Romberg 's sign he described as : `` The gait begins to be insecure ... he puts down his feet with greater force ... The individual keeps his eyes on his feet to prevent his movements from becoming still more unsteady . If he is ordered to close his eyes while in the erect posture , he at once commences to totter and swing from side to side ; the insecurity of his gait also exhibits itself more in the dark . '' Romberg had not observed this in other paralyses . The unsteadiness with eyes closed ( sensory ataxia ) , relates to loss of sense of position in the legs and feet that are normally compensated for by the patient who uses vision to provide that information . But when the eyes are closed or in the dark , the loss of sense of position causes unsteadiness and sometimes falls , as Romberg described . He was one of a tiny number of truly innovative neurologists in Europe who in the 1820-50 period introduced order and clinical observation and deduction into what was then an elementary discipline . He is credited with having been `` the first clinical neurologist '' According to Pearce , Romberg acquired much of the wisdom and attitudes prevailing in English medicine when in 1820 he translated into German , Andrew Marshall 's ( 1742 -- 1813 ) The Morbid Anatomy of the Brain and Charles Bell 's The Nervous System of the Human Body . He revolutionised European neurology , publishing his Lehrbuch der Nervenkrankheiten des Menschen : the first systematic textbook in neurology . Romberg 's contribution to neurology , and his establishing tabes dorsalis as a distinctive disease were of crucial importance . Romberg 's sign , once synonymous with tabes dorsalis , became recognised as common to all proprioceptive disorders of the legs . His several major clinical contributions included : a classic description of achondroplasia ( on which he wrote his graduation thesis entitled `` Congenital rickets '' in 1817 ) , progressive facial hemiatrophy , and an unmistakable description of the pupils in tertiary syphilis before E.J. Remak and Argyll Robertson .",
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"text": "Georges Gilles de la Tourette Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette ( 30 October 1857 -- 26 May 1904 ) was a French physician and the namesake of Tourette 's syndrome , a neurological condition characterized by physical and verbal tics . He was born in the small town of Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers in the district of Châtellerault , near the city of Loudun . He could be retrospectively classified as a neurologist , but the field did not exist in his time . During 1873 Tourette began medical studies at Poitiers . He later relocated to Paris where he became a student , amanuensis , and house physician of his mentor , the influential contemporary neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot , director of the Salpêtrière Hospital . Charcot also helped him to advance in his academic career . Tourette studied and lectured in psychotherapy , hysteria and medical and legal ramifications of mesmerism ( modern-day hypnosis ) . Tourette described the symptoms of Tourette 's syndrome in nine patients in 1884 , using the name `` maladie des tics '' . Charcot renamed the syndrome `` Gilles de la Tourette 's illness '' in his honor . In 1893 , a former female patient shot Tourette in the head , claiming he had hypnotized her against her will . Both Tourette and many modern hypnologists state that this is impossible . His mentor , Charcot , had died recently , and his young son had also died recently . After these events , Tourette began to experience mood swings between depression and hypomania . Nevertheless , he organized public lectures in which he spoke about literacy , mesmerism and theatre . Tourette published an article on hysteria in the German Army , which angered Bismarck , and a further article about unhygienic conditions in the floating hospitals on the river Thames . With Gabriel Legué he analyzed abbess Jeanne des Anges ' account of her hysteria that was allegedly based on her unrequited love for a priest Urbain Grandier , who was later burned for witchcraft . Around 1902 , Tourette 's condition worsened and he was dismissed from his post . Gilles de la Tourette died on 26 May 1904 in a psychiatric hospital in Lausanne , Switzerland .",
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"text": "Aeschines (physician) Aeschines ( Gr . Αἰσχίνης ) was an ancient physician who lived in the latter half of the 4th century . He was born on the island of Chios , and settled at Athens , where he appears to have practiced with very little success , but acquired great fame by a happy cure of Eunapius Sardianus , who on his voyage to Athens had been seized with a fever of a very violent kind , which yielded only to treatment of a peculiar nature . Another Athenian physician of this name is quoted by Pliny , of whom it is only known that he must have lived some time before the middle of the 1st century AD .",
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"text": "Aleksei Kozhevnikov Aleksei Yakovlevich Kozhevnikov ( 5 March 1836 - 23 October 1902 ) was a Russian neurologist and psychiatrist who was a native of Ryazan . From 1853 until 1858 he studied medicine at the University of Moscow , and furthered his education in Germany , Switzerland , England and France . At Jean Martin Charcot 's laboratory in Paris he made important pathological correlations in the study of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ) . In 1869 he returned to Moscow , where he worked at the Novo-Ekaterininskii Hospital , and gave classes in neurologic and psychiatric diseases . From 1870 to 1884 he was in charge of the clinic for neurologic diseases , becoming professor extraordinarius in 1873 . In 1880 Kozhevnikov attained the chair of special pathology and therapy at the University of Moscow , and in 1886 founded the university clinic of psychiatry . In 1890 he founded the Moscow Society of Neuropathologists and Psychiatrists . Kozhevnikov was a pioneer of Russian psychiatry , and was an advocate for humane treatment of the mentally insane . His name is lent to the eponymous `` Kozhevnikov 's epilepsy '' , also known as epilepsia continua , which is an epilepsy characterized by almost continuous , rhythmic muscular contractions that affect a limited portion of the body . He provided a comprehensive description of progressive familial spastic diplegia , and made contributions in the neuropathological study of nuclear ophthalmoplegia and asthenic bulbar paralysis . Among his students and assistants were Sergei Korsakoff ( 1853-1900 ) , Grigory Ivanovich Rossolimo ( 1860-1928 ) , Liverij Osipovich Darkshevich ( 1858-1925 ) , Vladimir Karlovich Roth ( 1848-1916 ) and Lazar Salomonovich Minor ( 1855-1942 ) .",
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"text": "Körmendy Körmendy in the Hungarian language , due to its form and implied meaning , is understood to be a family name . Literally it means : a person or family of or originating or associated with the place called Körmend , now one of the smaller townships in Western Hungary , near the Austrian border . It is evident in some public records that the same family name may have been spelled `` Körmendi '' as compared to `` Körmendy '' . It is generally understood in the Hungarian tradition that the use of the form `` Körmendy '' is an entitlement of some sort due to the formerly official title of nobility , received as granted in a traditional European meaning and process . The `` Körmendi '' name , form or usage , may mean in some cases , simply a spelling variation due to whatever reasons , but in some other cases `` Körmendi '' may be just an adopted name , not entitled to the `` Körmendy '' form of spelling . There seem to exist many people in the world with these family names , however to this writer at this point it may be highly speculative to guess how many of these may be related at any distance , or whether there are one or more greater families covered by all these names . On the other hand , as an example , this writer has information of a document and public record granting the nobility title to a `` Körmendy Márton '' and his descendants ( and the same to a companion by a different name ) by `` King Ferdinánd I '' of Hungary , in the year 1549 . This above cited record also refers to an official transcript of another record of the same subject , originating in `` Szentmarja '' of Bács Vármegye , formerly part of the Hungarian Kingdom , ( now called Szabadka in Hungarian , and is now part of modern Serbia ) . This later transcript was sent to the Hungarian National Museum and is deposited under `` Aldányi Antal , LXI 1549 január 5 . '' The above cited granting of nobility to said `` Körmendy Márton '' and his descendants is due to , according to the contents of the cited document ( s ) , a certain incident of his heroic behavior during the Hungarian defensive wars against the Turkish invaders . The said heroic act occurred in a battle at the Hungarian town Győr , rescuing some Christians from the Turks . Along with the title of nobility this `` Körmendy Márton '' and his descendants were granted the right to use a certain coat of arms , described in detail within the above said letter of grant of nobility ( nemeslevél in Hungarian ) . These records at least provide a glimpse into the background and history connected with the name ( s ) Körmendy .",
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"text": "Ludolf von Krehl Albrecht Ludolf von Krehl ( December 26 , 1861 -- May 26 , 1937 ) was a German internist and physiologist who was a native of Leipzig . He was the son of Orientalist Christoph Krehl ( 1825 -- 1901 ) He studied at the Universities of Heidelberg and Leipzig , and later was an assistant to Ernst Leberecht Wagner ( 1829 -- 1888 ) and Heinrich Curschmann ( 1846 -- 1910 ) at the medical clinic in Leipzig . In 1888 he obtained his habilitation , becoming head of the medical clinic at Jena in 1892 . In 1899 he became director of the clinic at the University of Marburg , and soon afterwards served as professor of special pathology and therapy of internal diseases in Greifswald ( 1900 -- 02 ) . From 1902 to 1904 he was a professor at the University of Tübingen , and in 1904 he succeeded Bernhard Naunyn ( 1839 -- 1925 ) at the University of Strasbourg . While at Strasbourg , he provided the necessary facilities to Albert Fraenkel ( 1864 -- 1938 ) for the latter 's testing of intravenous strophanthin . From 1907 until 1932 he was a professor and director of the medical clinic at the University of Heidelberg . One of his better known assistants at Heidelberg was Viktor von Weizsäcker ( 1886 -- 1957 ) . Krehl made contributions in the field of cardiac pathology and in his research of metabolic diseases . Also , he admired the psychoanalytic work of Sigmund Freud and Josef Breuer , and had a keen interest in psychopathological aspects of disease from an individualized , psychosomatic standpoint . Among his written works was a landmark textbook on pathological physiology that laid a scientific basis for clinical medicine . This textbook was first published in 1893 as Grundriß der allgemeinen klinischen Pathologie ( Later known as Pathologische Physiologie ) , and eventually ran to fourteen editions . Krehl was a catalyst behind the founding of the `` Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Medical Research '' , which today is known as the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg .",
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"text": "Kokos Kokos ( Greek : Κόκος ) or Kokoui ( Greek : Κοκούι ) is the diminutive form of the name George ( Greek : Γιώργος ) . It is widely used in Cyprus . Category : Greek masculine given names",
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"text": "Assos Assos ( -LSB- ˈæsɒs -RSB- Ἄσσος ) , also known as Behramkale or for short Behram , is a small historically rich town in the Ayvacık district of the Çanakkale Province , Turkey . After leaving the Platonic Academy in Athens , Aristotle ( joined by Xenocrates ) went to Assos , where he was welcomed by King Hermias , and opened an Academy in this city . Aristotle also married Pythias , the adopted daughter of Hermias . In the Academy of Assos , Aristotle became a chief to a group of philosophers , and together with them , he made innovative observations on zoology and biology . When the Persians attacked Assos , King Hermias was caught and put to death . Aristotle fled to Macedonia , which was ruled by his friend King Philip II of Macedon . There , he tutored Philip 's son , Alexander the Great . There is a modern statue of Aristotle at the town entrance . The Acts of the Apostles refers to visits by Luke the Evangelist and Paul the Apostle to Assos . Today , Assos is an Aegean-coast seaside retreat amid ancient ruins .",
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"text": "Schooliosis Schooliosis , a pun on `` school '' and `` scoliosis '' , is a term for a type of medical misdiagnosis . The word was coined by Petr Skrabanek and James McCormick . The authors asserted that there is some degree of overdiagnosis of scoliosis in school , which causes ethical , social , and economic damage to the welfare of children . Such overdiagnosis is called `` schooliosis '' by some academics . Schooliosis is a type of disease mongering . Preventative medical screening in school or college may lead to an incorrect diagnosis of scoliosis that triggers a series of unnecessary medical interventions on adolescents . There can be diagnostic and therapeutic cascades involving several specialists , which can end with iatrogenic damage to a healthy child with a normal back . The risks are unnecessary overexposure to X-rays ( repeated diagnostic X-rays ) , rehabilitation techniques with side effects ( traction ) , stigmatizing orthopaedic treatment ( braces for back injury ) and costs in time , travel , etc. . The term has also been used in a non-medical sense for students ' inability to imagine themselves as graduates .",
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"text": "Zeno (physician) Zeno ( or Zenon , Ζήνων 3rd and 2nd centuries BC ) was a Greek physician . He was one of the most eminent of the followers of Herophilus , whom Galen calls `` no ordinary man , '' and who is said by Diogenes Laërtius to have been better able to think than to write . He lived probably at the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 2nd centuries BC , as he was a contemporary of Apollonius Empiricus , with whom he carried on a controversy concerning the meaning of certain marks that are found at the end of some of the chapters of the third book of the Epidemics of Hippocrates . He gave particular attention to the materia medica , and is perhaps the physician whose medical formulae are quoted by Galen , in which case he must have been a native of Laodicea . He is mentioned in several other passages by Galen , and also by Erotianus ; perhaps also by Pliny , Caelius Aurelianus , Alexander of Aphrodisias , and Rufus of Ephesus , but this is uncertain .",
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"text": "Timeline of Orthodoxy in Greece (33–717) This is a timeline of the presence of Orthodoxy in Greece . The history of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greek people , the areas they ruled historically , as well as the territory now composing the modern state of Greece . Christianity was first brought to the geographical area corresponding to modern Greece by the Apostle Paul , although the church 's apostolicity also rests upon St. Andrew who preached the gospel in Greece and suffered martyrdom in Patras , Titus , Paul 's companion who preached the gospel in Crete where he became bishop , Philip who , according to the tradition , visited and preached in Athens , Luke the Evangelist who was martyred in Thebes , Lazarus of Bethany , Bishop of Kition in Cyprus , and John the Theologian who was exiled on the island of Patmos where he received the Revelation recorded in the last book of the New Testament . In addition , the Theotokos is regarded as having visited the Holy Mountain in 49 AD according to tradition . Thus Greece became the first European area to accept the gospel of Christ . Towards the end of the 2nd century the early apostolic bishoprics had developed into metropolitan sees in the most important cities . Such were the sees of Thessaloniki , Corinth , Nicopolis , Philippi and Athens . By the 4th century almost the entire Balkan peninsula constituted the Exarchate of Illyricum which was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome . Illyricum was assigned to the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople by the emperor in 732 . From then on the Church in Greece remained under Constantinople till the fall of the Byzantine empire to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 . As an integral part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate , the church remained under its jurisdiction until Greek independence . Under Ottoman rule , up to `` 6,000 Greek clergymen , ca. 100 Bishops , and 11 Patriarchs knew the Ottoman sword '' . The Greek War of Independence of 1821 -- 28 created an independent southern Greece , but created anomalies in ecclesiastical relations since the Ecumenical Patriarch remained under Ottoman tutelage , and in 1850 the Endemousa Synod in Constantinople declared the Church of Greece autocephalous . The cultural roots of both Byzantine and modern Greece can not be separated from Orthodoxy . Therefore , it was natural that in all Greek Constitutions the Orthodox Church was accorded the status of the prevailing religion . In the 20th century , during much of the period of communism , the Church of Greece saw itself as a guardian of Orthodoxy . It cherishes its place as the cradle of the primitive church and the Greek clergy are still present in the historic places of Istanbul and Jerusalem , and Cyprus . The autocephalous Church of Greece is organised into 81 dioceses , however 35 of these -- known as the Metropolises of the New Lands -- are nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but are administered as part of the Church of Greece ; although the dioceses of Crete , the Dodecanese , and Mount Athos are under the direct jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople . `` Codified in the 1928 Patriarchal and Synodical Act , the `` New Lands '' were entrusted to the temporary stewardship of the Church of Greece , provided that the Church respected the terms of the Act . The Act subsequently has been incorporated into several pieces of Greek legislation ( Laws 3615/1928 , 5438/1932 , 599/1977 , and Article 3 , paragraph 1 of the current Greek Constitution ) , thereby recognizing the ecclesiastical agreement between the two sides . '' The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece presides over both a standing synod of twelve metropolitans ( six from the new territories and six from southern Greece ) , who participate in the synod in rotation and on an annual basis , and a synod of the hierarchy ( in which all ruling metropolitans participate ) , which meets once a year . The government observes several religious holidays as national holidays including Epiphany , Clean Monday ( the start of Great Lent ) , Good Friday , Easter Sunday , Easter Monday , Holy Spirit Day , the Dormition of the Theotokos and Christmas . Among the current concerns of the Church of Greece are the Christian response to globalization , to interreligious dialogue , and a common Christian voice within the framework of the European Union . The population of Greece is 11.4 million ( 2011 ) , of which 95 % to 98 % are Greek Orthodox .",
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"text": "Koss Koss can refer to :",
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"text": "Philonides (physician) Philonides was the name of two physicians in the time of Ancient Greece and Rome : A physician of Catana in Sicily , the tutor of Paccius Antiochus , who lived about the beginning of the 1st century . He is probably the physician who is quoted by Dioscorides , and said by him to have been a native of Enna in Sicily ; by Erotianus ; and also by Galen , who refers to his eighteenth book , Περὶ Ἰατρικῆς , De Medicina . A physician of Dyrrachium in Illyricum , who was a pupil of Asclepiades of Bithynia in the 1st century BC , practised in his own country with some reputation , and wrote as many as 45 books . One of these physicians wrote a work , Περὶ μύρων καὶ Στεφάνων , De Unguentis et Coronis , which is quoted by Athenaeus , and one on Pharmacy quoted by Andromachus , and by Marcellus Empiricus .",
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"text": "Body politic The body politic is a metaphor that regards a nation as a corporate entity , likened to a human body . Here the word `` politic '' is a postpositive adjective : this is `` a body of a politic nature '' , rather than `` a politic of a bodily nature '' . A body politic comprises all the people in a particular country , considered as a single group . The analogy typically includes reference to the top of the government as head of state , though the analogy may also be extended to other anatomical parts , as in political readings of Aesop 's fable of `` The Belly and the Members '' . A later European reference to the concept appears in The Book of the Body Politic ( 1407 ) by poet and court writer Christine de Pizan , in which she admits having borrowed the concept from a letter of Plutarch 's to the Roman Emperor Trajan but does not mention John of Salisbury 's work , Policraticus . The metaphor appears in the French language as the corps-état . The metaphor was elaborated in the Renaissance , and subsequently , as medical knowledge based on Galen was challenged by thinkers such as William Harvey . Analogies were drawn between supposed causes of disease and disorder and their equivalents in the political field , viewed as plagues or infections that might be remedied with purges and nostrums .",
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"text": "Michael Nikoletseas Michael M. Nikoletseas is a medical scientist , philosopher , classicist , poet . He was born in Androussa , Messinia , Greece in 1943 . After graduating from high school in Greece , he came to America where he studied Psychology ( B.A. with Honors , 1969-1973 ) , Psychobiology ( Rutgers University , M.S. , PhD , 1973-1978 ) , and continued with postdoctoral studies at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey . He taught at the School of Medicine of the University of Wisconsin in Madison , WI , and UPR . Visiting professor at the University of Texas at Houston School of Medicine . He has written books spanning a wide range : medicine , neuroscience , mathematics , philosophy , the classics , and literature . His outstanding accomplishment is his groundbreaking work on presocratic philosophers in relation to philosophy of science and his interpretation of Homer 's Iliad from an anthropological , psychoanalytic perspective . Awards : Franklin Honors Society . Parents : Johannes Peter Müller ( Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ) - > Hermann von Helmholtz ( Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ) - > Wilhelm Max Wundt ( Universität Leipzig ) - > Edward B. Titchener ( Cornell University ) - > John Paul Nafe - > Clarence Graham ( Columbia University ) - > William S. Verplank , Jr. ( Indiana University Bloomington ) - > George H. Collier ( Rutgers University ) - > Michael M. Nikoletseas",
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"text": "Heta Heta is a conventional name for the historical Greek alphabet letter Eta and several of its variants , when used in their original function of denoting the consonant / h / . The letter Η had been adopted by Greek from the Phoenician letter Heth originally with this consonantal sound value , and Hēta was its original name . The Italic alphabets , and ultimately Latin , adopted the letter H from this Greek usage . However , Greek dialects progressively lost the sound / h / from their phonological systems . In the Ionic dialects , where this loss of / h / happened early , the name of the letter naturally changed to Ēta , and the letter was subsequently turned from a consonant to a new use as a vowel , denoting the long half-open -LSB- / ɛː / -RSB- sound . In this function it later entered the classical orthography adopted across the whole of Greece . According to traditional accounts , the new vowel , Ēta , was originally the innovation of the poet Simonides of Ceos ( 556-468 BC ) . In dialects that still had the / h / sound as part of their phonological systems , including early Athens , the same letter continued to be used in its consonantal function . Just like vocalic Eta , it could occur in a number of glyph variants in different local varieties of the alphabet , including one shaped like a square `` 8 '' similar to the original Phoenician , but also a plain square , a crossed square , shapes with two horizontal or with diagonal bars . During the classical era , more dialects adopted the new Ionian vocalic Eta ( as Athens did around c. 400 BC ) . As many of these dialects nevertheless still also pronounced / h / , they faced the problem of distinguishing between their own old consonantal symbol and the new vocalic symbol . Some dialects , including classical Attic , simply omitted the marking of the / h / - sound . In others ( for instance Rhodes ) , the same symbol was used in both functions . Others distinguished between glyph variants , for instance in Delphi by using the closed square sign for / h / , and the open H for the vowel . In the southern Italian colonies of Heracleia and Tarentum , a new innovative shape for / h / was invented , consisting of a single vertical stem and a rightward-pointing horizontal bar , like a half H . From this sign , later scholars developed the rough breathing or spiritus asper , which brought back the marking of the old / h / sound into the standardized post-classical ( polytonic ) orthography of Greek in the form of a diacritic . From scholia to the grammar of Dionysius Thrax , it appears that the memory of the former consonantal value of the letter Η was still alive in the era of the Alexandrine Koiné insofar as the name of the vocalic η was still pronounced `` heta '' and accordingly written with a rough breathing . The later standard spelling of the name eta , however , has the smooth breathing . Under the Roman emperor Claudius in the mid-1st century AD , Latin briefly re-borrowed the letter in the shape of the half-H tack glyph , as one of the so-called Claudian letters . It denoted the sonus medius , a short close vowel sound of a quality between i and u. In modern transcriptions and editions of ancient Greek epigraphic text that use consonantal Heta , in any of its shapes , the letter is most often rendered simply with a Latin h , both in Latin transliteration and in Greek scholarly transcriptions ( using lowercase in Greek , so that Latin h and Greek η are distinct ) . Some authors have also adopted the Heracleian `` tack '' Heta for use in modern transcription . Jeffery ( 1961 ) uses the tack symbol also as a modern label for the abstract grapheme , i.e. as a cover label for any letter shape denoting / h / in any given local alphabet .",
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"text": "Hippias Hippias of Elis ( -LSB- ˈhɪpiəs -RSB- Ἱππίας ὁ Ἠλεῖος late 5th century BC ) was a Greek sophist , and a contemporary of Socrates . With an assurance characteristic of the later sophists , he claimed to be regarded as an authority on all subjects , and lectured on poetry , grammar , history , politics , mathematics , and much else . Most of our knowledge of him is derived from Plato , who characterizes him as vain and arrogant .",
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"text": "Porphyria Porphyria is a group of diseases in which substances called porphyrins build up , affecting the skin or nervous system . The types that affect the nervous system are also known as acute porphyria . Symptoms of acute porphyria include abdominal pain , chest pain , vomiting , confusion , constipation , fever , and seizures . These symptoms typically come and go with attacks that last for days to weeks . Attacks may be triggered by alcohol , smoking , stress , or certain medications . If the skin is affected , blisters or itching may occur with sunlight exposure . The disease is usually inherited from a person 's parents and is due to a mutation in one of the genes that make heme . Some types are autosomal dominant and others are autosomal recessive . One type , porphyria cutanea tarda , may also be due to increased iron in the liver , hepatitis C , alcohol , or HIV/AIDS . The underlying mechanism results in a decrease in the amount of heme produced and a build-up of substances involved in making heme . Porphyrias may also be classified by whether the liver or the bone marrow is affected . Diagnosis is typically by blood , urine , and stool tests . Genetic testing may be done to determine the specific mutation . Treatment depends on the type of porphyria and a person 's symptoms . The treatment of porphyria of the skin generally involves the avoidance of sunlight . The treatment for acute porphyria may involve giving intravenous heme or a glucose solution . Rarely a liver transplant may be carried out . The frequency of porphyria is unclear . It is estimated that it affects 1 to 100 per 50,000 people . Rates vary around the world . Porphyria cutanea tarda is believed to be the most common type . The disease was described at least as early as 370 BC by Hippocrates . The underlying mechanism was first described by Felix Hoppe-Seyler in 1871 . The name porphyria is from the Greek πορφύρα , porphyra , meaning `` purple '' , a reference to the color of the urine that may occur during an attack .",
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"text": "Kaposi's sarcoma Kaposi 's sarcoma or Kaposi sarcoma ( -LSB- ˈkæpəʃi_sɑrˈkoʊmə -RSB- KS ) is a tumor caused by infection with human herpesvirus 8 ( HHV8 ) , also known as Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus ( KSHV ) or KS agent . It was originally described by Moritz Kaposi , a Hungarian dermatologist practicing at the University of Vienna in 1872 . It became more widely known as one of the AIDS-defining illnesses in the 1980s . The viral cause for this cancer was discovered in 1994 . Although KS is now well-established to be caused by a viral infection , there is widespread lack of awareness of this even among persons at risk for KSHV/HHV -8 infection . Kaposi sarcoma ( KS ) is a systemic disease that can present with cutaneous lesions with or without internal involvement . Four subtypes have been described : Classic KS , affecting middle aged men of Mediterranean descent ; African endemic KS ; KS in iatrogenically immunosuppressed patients ; and AIDS-related KS . The erythematous to violaceous cutaneous lesions seen in KS have several morphologies : macular , patch , plaque , nodular , and exophytic . The cutaneous lesions can be solitary , localized or disseminated . KS can involve the oral cavity , lymph nodes , and viscera . Classic KS tends to be indolent , presenting with erythematous or violaceous patches on the lower extremities . African endemic KS and AIDS-related KS tend to be more aggressive . The AIDS-related KS lesions often rapidly progress to plaques and nodules affecting the upper trunk , face , and oral mucosa . The diagnosis can be made with a tissue biopsy and , if clinically indicated , internal imaging should be done . Once the diagnosis of KS has been made , treatment is based on the subtype and the presence of localized versus systemic disease . Localized cutaneous disease can be treated with cryotherapy , intralesional injections of vinblastine , alitretinoin gel , radiotherapy , topical immunotherapy ( Imiquimod ) , or surgical excision . Extensive cutaneous disease or internal disease may require intravenous chemotherapy and immunotherapy . Discontinuation or reduction of immunosuppressive therapy is recommended when KS arises in the setting of iatrogenic immunosuppression . However , with AIDS-related KS , highly active antiretroviral therapy ( HAART ) has been shown to prevent , or induce regression of , KS . Some AIDS patients have complete resolution of the lesions and prolonged remission while continuing the therapy . Therefore , HAART should be considered first-line treatment for these patients , though they may require other treatments at the same time .",
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"text": "Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( -LSB- ˈstɛfəniː_dʒɜrməˈnɒtə -RSB- ; born March 28 , 1986 ) , known professionally as Lady Gaga , is an American singer , songwriter , and actress . At the beginning of her career , Gaga became known for her unconventionality and provocative work . A popular contemporary recording artist , she is noted for constantly experimenting with new musical ideas and images . Gaga initially played roles in high school plays , and studied at CAP21 through NYU 's Tisch School of the Arts before dropping out to pursue a musical career . After leaving a rock band , participating in a performance art circuit , and being dropped from a contract with Def Jam Recordings , Gaga worked as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing . From there , Akon noticed her vocal abilities and helped her sign a joint deal with Interscope Records and his own KonLive Distribution in 2007 . Gaga rose to prominence with the release of her successful debut album The Fame ( 2008 ) and its international chart-topping singles `` Just Dance '' and `` Poker Face '' . A follow-up EP , The Fame Monster ( 2009 ) , was met with a similar reception and the singles `` Bad Romance '' , `` Telephone '' , and `` Alejandro '' were also successful . Gaga 's second full-length album Born This Way ( 2011 ) topped the charts in more than 20 countries , including the US , where it sold over one million copies in its first week . The album produced the number-one single `` Born This Way '' . Gaga 's third album Artpop , released in 2013 , topped the US charts and included the successful single `` Applause '' . In 2014 , Gaga released a collaborative jazz album with Tony Bennett titled Cheek to Cheek , her third consecutive number one in the US . For her work in the television series American Horror Story : Hotel , Gaga won a Golden Globe Award in 2016 . With her fifth studio album Joanne ( 2016 ) , she became the first woman to have four US number one albums in the 2010s . In February 2017 , Gaga headlined the Super Bowl LI halftime show , which had over 150 million audience across various platforms worldwide , making it the most viewed musical event in history . With global album and single sales of 27 million and 146 million respectively , as of January 2016 , she is one of the best-selling musicians of all time . Her achievements include twelve Guinness World Records , three Brit Awards , and six Grammy Awards . She has also received awards from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Council of Fashion Designers of America . Gaga regularly appears on Billboards Artists of the Year lists and Forbess power and earnings rankings . She was ranked at number four on VH1 's Greatest Women in Music , finished second on Times 2011 readers ' poll of the most influential people of the past ten years , and was named Billboards Woman of the Year ( 2015 ) . She is known for her philanthropic work and social activism , including LGBT rights and her own non-profit organization , the Born This Way Foundation , which focuses on promoting youth empowerment and combating bullying .",
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"text": "Hall of Fame (song) `` Hall of Fame '' is a song by Irish pop rock band The Script . It is the lead single from their third studio album # 3 . The track features hip-hop artist will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas . The track was given its first radio play on Capital on 23 July 2012 . Written and co-produced by the band , the song is about following dreams and making an impact on the world . The song has been licensed for use in various media since its release .",
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"text": "Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ( previously called Best Rhythm and Blues Solo Vocal Performance , Female ) was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards , a ceremony established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards , to female recording artists for quality R&B songs . Awards in several categories are distributed annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to `` honor artistic achievement , technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry , without regard to album sales or chart position . '' According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards , the award was presented to artists that performed `` newly recorded solo R&B vocal performances '' . Solo numbers by members of an established group were not eligible for the award as `` separate entries from the duo or group performances . '' Albums were also considered for the accolade until 1992 . As a part of the major overhaul of Grammy categories , the award was discontinued in 2011 . The Female R&B Vocal Performance category , Male R&B Vocal Performance category and all duo/group vocal performances in the R&B category shifted to the Best R&B Performance category in 2012 . The award for the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was first presented to Aretha Franklin at the 10th Grammy Awards ceremony in 1968 for the song `` Respect '' . Franklin received the most wins with eleven , followed by Anita Baker with five . Franklin also holds the record for the most nominations with twenty-three , while Chaka Khan is second with eight nominations . Fantasia Barrino became the final recipient of the award , when her song `` Bittersweet '' won the award in 2011 . The award was presented to artists from the United States each year .",
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"text": "The Cure (song) `` The Cure '' is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Lady Gaga . She co-wrote the song with Paul Blair , Nick Monson , Lukas Nelson , and Mark Nilan ; Detroit City , Gaga , and Monson produced the song . Following `` Perfect Illusion '' and `` Million Reasons '' as singles from Gaga 's fifth album Joanne ( 2016 ) , `` The Cure '' was released as a single on April 16 , 2017 , after her live debut performance of the song at the Coachella music festival where she was a main headliner . It has reached the top 10 of the record charts in Australia , France , Hungary , Scotland , Slovakia and Spain as well as the top 20 in Czech Republic , United Kingdom , Lebanon and Latvia .",
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"text": "Grammy Award for Best New Artist The Grammy Award for Best New Artist has been awarded since 1959 . Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were handed out , for records released in the previous year . The award was not presented in 1967 . The official guidelines are as follows : `` For a new artist who releases , during the Eligibility Year , the first recording which establishes the public identity of that artist . '' Note that this is not necessarily the first album released by an artist . It is sometimes asserted , with varying degrees of sincerity , that winning the award is a curse , as several award winners ( particularly from the late 1970s and early 1980s ) were never able to duplicate the success they experienced in their debut year . This viewpoint was expressed by former Starland Vocal Band member Taffy Danoff in a 2002 interview for VH1 's 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders : `` We got two of the five Grammys -- one was Best New Artist . So that was basically the kiss of death and I feel sorry for everyone who 's gotten it since . '' The category is also notable for being the only one of its kind in which a Grammy Award was vacated . This occurred in 1990 after it was revealed winners Milli Vanilli did not contribute their own vocals on their debut album . The award was revoked , but was not handed out to another artist . Of the 54 awards presented in the category since its inception , the honor has been presented to 25 solo female artists , 18 duos or groups , and 11 solo male artists . Between 1997 and 2003 , all the winners were solo female artists . Also , from 1993 to 2005 , no winner was a solo male artist . In 2006 , John Legend broke this trend , which started with Marc Cohn in 1992 . Only four artists have won both Best New Artist and Album of the Year in the same year : Bob Newhart in 1961 , Christopher Cross in 1981 , Lauryn Hill in 1999 and Norah Jones in 2003 . Of all the winners , only three have been country artists . In 1997 , LeAnn Rimes became the first country artist to win the award . She was followed by Carrie Underwood in 2007 and Zac Brown Band in 2010 . Additionally , 2017 marked the first time that two country artists were nominated in this category in the same year . 1984 marked the first time that all of the nominees were from outside of the United States ( Winner Culture Club , Eurythmics , and Musical Youth were from England , Big Country was from Scotland , and Men Without Hats were from Canada ) .",
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"text": "The Barbra Streisand Album The Barbra Streisand Album is the debut album by Barbra Streisand , released February 25 , 1963 , on Columbia Records , catalogue CL 2007 in mono and CS 8807 in stereo . It peaked at # 8 on the Billboard pop albums chart , and has been certified a gold album by the RIAA . The album won Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Female Vocal Performance . In January 2006 , the album was inducted in Grammy Hall of Fame .",
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"text": "MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Song is the main award of the EMA 's . It was first awarded in 1994 , when `` 7 Seconds '' won it , and has been given out since . Lady Gaga , Pink and Beyoncé have been the big winners with two awards . In 2007 and 2008 the category was named Most Addictive Track , but in 2009 called again Best Song .",
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"text": "Get Lifted Get Lifted is the debut studio album by American singer John Legend , released via Kanye West 's GOOD Music label on December 28 , 2004 in the United States . Featuring production by West , John Legend , Dave Tozer and will.i.am , the album sold over three million units worldwide , with a total of 2.1 million copies in the U.S. , where it was certified double platinum . The album won the 2006 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album , and earned Legend another two awards , for Best New Artist and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his single `` Ordinary People '' .",
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"text": "Before Your Love `` Before Your Love '' is a song recorded by American pop singer Kelly Clarkson . It was released as her debut single alongside `` A Moment Like This '' on September 17 , 2002 , following her win as the first American Idol winner . It went on to become the best-selling single of 2002 in the United States . A new mix of song was later included on her debut album , Thankful ( 2003 ) .",
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"text": "Colby O'Donis Colby O'Donis ( born Colby O'Donis Colón ; March 14 , 1989 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actor and record producer . He is best known as a featured artist in the Lady Gaga single `` Just Dance '' , which spent more than eleven months on the Billboard Hot 100 . He is also well known for his lead single on his debut album Colby O titled `` What You Got '' featuring Akon , which peaked at number 14 on the Hot 100 , and being featured on Akon 's song `` Beautiful '' , which peaked at number 19 on the Hot 100 .",
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"text": "Purpose (Algebra album) Purpose is the debut album by contemporary R&B singer , Algebra . It stayed on the Billboard Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums chart for 14 weeks , peaking at No. 56 .",
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"text": "Poker Face (Lady Gaga song) `` Poker Face '' is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album , The Fame ( 2008 ) . It was released on September 26 , 2008 as the album 's second single . `` Poker Face '' is a synthpop song in the key of G minor , following in the footsteps of her previous single `` Just Dance '' , but with a darker musical tone . The main idea behind the song is bisexuality and was a tribute by Gaga to her rock and roll boyfriends . The song 's lyrics feature various sexual innuendos . `` Poker Face '' was acclaimed by most critics , who praised the robotic hook and the chorus . The song attained worldwide success , topping the charts in twenty countries including the United States , United Kingdom , Australia , New Zealand , Canada and many European countries . `` Poker Face '' is the best-selling single of 2009 worldwide , with over 9.5 million in sales . It is among the best-selling singles of all time , having sold over 14 million copies . The accompanying music video for the song portrays Gaga singing it in various costumes and playing strip poker in a getaway villa . Gaga performed the song for the eighth season of the television show American Idol as well as the Fame Ball and Monster Ball tours . The live performances included an electronic version and an acoustic version , which she played on the piano . It was nominated for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards , and won the Award for Best Dance Recording .",
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"text": "Radio (LL Cool J album) Radio is the debut studio album by American rapper LL Cool J , released November 18 , 1985 on Def Jam Recordings in the United States . It serves as the label 's first full-length album release . Recording sessions for the album took place during 1984 to 1985 at Chung King House of Metal in New York City . The album was primarily produced by Rick Rubin , who provided a sparse and minimal production style . Radio also features a sound that is punctuated by DJ scratching , mostly brief samples , and emphasis of the downbeat . LL Cool J 's b-boy lyricism conveys themes of inner city culture , teenage promiscuity , and braggadocio raps . The album experienced a significant amount of commercial success and sales for a hip hop record at the time , earning U.S. Billboard chart success and selling over 500,000 copies within its first five months of release . On April 19 , 1989 , Radio was certified platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , following sales in excess of one million copies in the United States . Initial criticism of the album was generally positive , as LL Cool J 's lyricism and Rick Rubin 's production were praised by several music critics . It has since been recognized by critics as LL Cool J 's greatest work . Reflecting the new school and ghettoblaster subculture in the U.S. during the mid-1980s , Radio belongs to a pivotal moment in the history and culture of hip hop . Its success contributed to the displacement of the old school with the new school form and to the genre 's mainstream success during the period . Its success also served as a career breakthrough for LL Cool J and Rick Rubin . Radio has been recognized by music writers as one of the first cohesive and commercially successful hip hop albums .",
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"text": "Selena Gomez & the Scene: Live in Concert The Selena Gomez & the Scene : Live in Concert was the debut concert tour by American pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene . Beginning in the fall of 2009 , the trek supported the band 's first studio album , Kiss & Tell . The tour primarily reached the United States and England .",
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"text": "Dance/Electronic Digital Songs Dance/Electronic Digital Songs is a weekly chart that ranks the best-selling digital dance and electronic singles in the United States , according to Billboard . Although it originally started tracking singles the week of January 2 , 2010 , it did not become an official chart until the issue dated April 3 , 2010 . The Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart tracks the 50 most popular downloaded dance music singles , including tracks that are exclusively available online only . This chart also includes previously released dance and disco songs that became available for downloading , which means that songs like `` You Spin Me Round ( Like a Record ) '' by Dead or Alive are eligible to chart . On January 17 , 2013 , Billboard added a new chart , Dance/Electronic Songs , which tracks the 50 most popular Dance and Electronic singles and tracks based on club play , single sales , radio airplay , digital downloads , and online streaming . As such , this chart serves as the main component for the Dance Club Songs , Dance/Mix Show Airplay , Dance Single Sales , and Dance/Electronic Digital Songs charts . The chart 's first number one was `` Bad Romance '' by Lady Gaga in the January 23 , 2010 issue and Gaga 's songs spent so far ( as December , 2014 ) a total of 1025 weeks on the chart . The chart 's longest running number-one is `` Bulletproof '' by La Roux , reigning at the lead position for 18 consecutive weeks .",
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"text": "Nothing Gold Can Stay (album) Nothing Gold Can Stay is the debut studio album by American rock band New Found Glory , released on October 19 , 1999 through independent record label Eulogy Recordings . At the time , the band was then named `` A New Found Glory '' , but later dropped the indefinite article `` A '' due to some fans struggling to find their records in stores . The original pressings of the album contained samplings from several films including The Outsiders ( 1983 ) , Weird Science ( 1985 ) , and That Thing You Do ! ( 1996 ) , as well as Robert Frost 's poem `` Nothing Gold Can Stay '' , after which the album is named . On the strength of the release , Richard Reines , co-founder of Drive-Thru Records , signed the band after paying Eulogy a $ 5,000 license fee in order to re-release the album . Propelled by debut single `` Hit or Miss '' , Nothing Gold Can Stay garnered a cult following and sold in excess of 300,000 copies . The record was responsible for breaking the band in the United States and has been noted for its influence on contemporary pop punk music .",
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"text": "Appetite for Destruction Appetite for Destruction is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Guns N ' Roses . It was released on July 21 , 1987 , by Geffen Records to massive commercial success . It topped the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling debut album as well as the 11th best-selling album in the United States . With about 30 million copies sold worldwide , it is also one of the best-selling records ever . Although critics were ambivalent toward the album when it was first released , Appetite for Destruction has since received retrospective acclaim and been viewed as one of the greatest albums of all time .",
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"text": "Grace (Mandy Capristo album) Grace is the debut studio album by German singer Mandy Capristo . The album was released on April 27 , 2012 under the recordings of EMI , Capitol Records and Starwatch Entertainment . The project is Capristo 's first solo release following the disbandment with her band Monrose whom after four years have enjoyed four successful albums and seven consecutive top-ten singles . Recorded in Hamburg , Cologne and Berlin , Germany , Capristo had mainly collaborated with David Jost , Twin , Lamb , Julie Frost and Will Simms , among others for the album . Upon the release of the album , the album charted debuted at number-eight on the German Albums Chart in the first week . She became the first German television talent show contestant in history to reach a top ten album .",
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"text": "Records and achievements of Madonna American singer Madonna , throughout her career , spanning three decades , has obtained a remarkable series of statistical achievements , setting and breaking several world records with her participation in entrepreneurial activities , of acting and her performance in the musical scene for her videos , singles , albums , and tours . Her first appearance in the Guinness Book of World Records was in 1986 with her third studio album , True Blue . Since then , she has earned multiple appearances , some 20 at least in February 2012 , including her insigne record title as the top-selling female recording artist of all time . Madonna 's commerciality has achieved scrutiny studies and analysis from different point of view in the academia world or by marketers , through her marketing strategies , controversies and reinvention , surpassing to others new or contemporary artists . In popular culture , many international artists have been called `` Madonna '' , many times , by their impact and success in their respective countries or genres . Also , her presence in popular culture , has been led to create world records about Madonna . Dubbed as the most successful and most influential female artist of all time , Madonna 's music is defined in several occasions , for changing contemporary music history for women 's , mainly rock , dance and pop scene .",
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"text": "Alexandra Burke discography The discography of British R&B and pop recording artist Alexandra Burke , which consists of one studio album , seven singles as a main artist , two as a featured artist and nine music videos . All songs which have been released under the recording label of Sony BMG and Syco Music . Alexandra made her debut in 2008 when she auditioned for British reality talent show , The X Factor during the fifth series , and ultimately won the show on 12 December 2008 . During the series she dueted with Beyoncé Knowles on Knowles ' `` Listen '' . After winning the show , she instantly had a record deal with Sony BMG and Syco Music and released debut single , `` Hallelujah '' . `` Hallelujah '' peaked at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart . The song became the current European record holder for single sales over a period of 24 hours , selling 105,000 copies in one day . It was also the top-selling song of the year in the UK , and became the 2008 UK Christmas number one single . By January 2009 , UK sales of Burke 's version had passed one million copies , a first for a British female soloist . The music video for the song was directed by Max and Dania who directed the charity single Burke released with fellow X Factor Finalists 2008 , `` Hero '' which also charted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart . Burke returned in late 2009 with follow up single , `` Bad Boys '' which featured vocals from American rapper , Flo Rida . She performed the song on the first live show of the sixth series of The X Factor . The R&B single debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart as well as Burke gaining international success with the single . `` Bad Boys '' went on to gain a Platinum certification and Burke was nominated for a BRIT Award , it was the second time Burke was nominated for the Best British Single , first time with `` Hallelujah '' . In the UK , `` Bad Boys '' is the 18th Biggest Download of all time . She released her debut album Overcome in October 2009 . It was described as `` edgy '' and `` beaty '' . The album was said to resemble artists such as Rihanna or Lady Gaga . Upon the release of the album , the album went straight to number one on the UK Albums Chart selling 132,065 in its first week . Its first-week numbers were the fourth largest first-week sales by a female artist in 2009 behind releases by Susan Boyle , Lily Allen and Leona Lewis and was the twenty-second best-selling album of 2009 , and the forty-third best-selling album of 2010 . The album spent 60 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified double platinum by The British Recorded Music Industry for shipments over 600,000 copies . `` Broken Heels '' was released as the album third single and `` All Night Long '' featuring Pitbull as the fourth . `` All Night Long '' received a platinum certification and Burke was nominated for another BRIT Award in 2010 . `` Start Without You '' was released in mid-2010 and the song went on to top the UK Singles Chart , `` The Silence '' was released as the final single from the album . Work began in 2011 on a second studio album , titled Heartbreak on Hold - was released on the 4 June 2012 . The lead single , `` Elephant '' - featuring Erick Morillo - was released on 11 March 2012 through RCA Records , where it debuted at number three in the United Kingdom ; marking Burke 's sixth top ten single as a solo artist . A second single , `` Let It Go '' was released and underperformed peaking at 33 . The album then debuted and peaked at 18",
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"text": "Fame Looks At Music '83 Fame Looks At Music '83 was a special concert episode for the third season of the hit TV series Fame . The concert took place on December 27 , 1983 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica , California before a live capacity audience . The broadcast was aired on January 28 , 1984 . This special features the cast of Fame , billed as `` The Kids from Fame , '' along with the season three regular dancers . The concert is the second of the season , their first concert in the U.S. , and their third overall . The concert featured performances of popular music by the cast taking a look back at popular music in the year 1983 ( See 1983 in music ) . Guest starring was Irene Cara , who sang `` Fame '' -- the song an Academy Award winner -- originally for the film of the same title in which she also starred as the original Coco .",
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"text": "Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II ( born June 30 , 1985 ) is an American former competitive swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time , with a total of 28 medals . Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals ( 23 ) , Olympic gold medals in individual events ( 13 ) , and Olympic medals in individual events ( 16 ) . In winning eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games , Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz 's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games . At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , Phelps won four gold and two silver medals , and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , he won five gold medals and one silver . This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row . Phelps is the long course world record holder in the 100 meter butterfly , 200 meter butterfly , and 400 meter individual medley as well as the former long course world record holder in the 200 meter freestyle and 200 meter individual medley . He has won 83 medals in major international long course competition , of which 66 were gold , 14 silver , and 3 bronze , spanning the Olympics , the World , and the Pan Pacific Championships . Phelps 's international titles and record-breaking performances have earned him the World Swimmer of the Year Award eight times and American Swimmer of the Year Award eleven times , as well as the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2012 and 2016 . His unprecedented Olympic success in 2008 earned Phelps Sports Illustrated magazine 's Sportsman of the Year award . After the 2008 Summer Olympics , Phelps started the Michael Phelps Foundation , which focuses on growing the sport of swimming and promoting healthier lifestyles . Phelps retired following the 2012 Olympics , but in April 2014 he made a comeback . At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , his fifth Olympics , he won five golds and one silver . Phelps was chosen to be a captain of the 2016 US Olympic team , and was also voted by his team to be the flag bearer of the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations .",
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"text": "Melbourne Vicentre Melbourne Vicentre is a swimming club based at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre ( MSAC ) , Melbourne , Australia . Its head coach is Ian Pope , supported by Craig Jackson , Alex Hirschauer , Matt King and Brad Harris and others . Vicentre is one of the largest clubs in Victoria , and Swimming Australia Podium Performance Centre . Amongst the swimmers who train currently with Vicentre are 2014 Commonwealth Games team members Mack Horton and Kotuku Ngawati , Paralympians Ahmed Kelly , Tanya Huebner and Matthew Haanappel as well as Masters World Record holder Linley Frame . Past club members include Giaan Rooney , Matt Welsh , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski , Marieke Guehrer and Nicole Livingstone . Nicole Livingstone has been CEO of the club since July 2014 . The club was formed in 1988 following the amalgamation of Melbourne Aquatic and ACI Vicentre swimming clubs . In 1996 , the club amalgamated with Malvern Swimming Club Inc. . The club is an incorporated association under the Associations Incorporation Act 1986 ( Vic ) and is an affiliate of Swimming Victoria and Metro South District . Melbourne Vicentre won the Australian Open Longcourse Championships points score every year since 2004 Athens Olympic trials to 2008 , and 2011-2013 .",
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"text": "2016 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2016 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of nine two-day meets in nine different cities between August and October 2016 . After switching to long-course ( 50 meter ) pools in the previous year 's pre-Olympic season , this edition returned to the usual short-course ( 25 meter pool ) format . Like the previous short course World Cup in 2014 , 36 events were scheduled . The total amount of prize money was US$ 2,178,000 . The first meet started 13 days after the final day of the Olympic pool swimming program .",
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"text": "Misty Hyman Misty Dawn Marie Hyman ( born March 23 , 1979 ) is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic gold medalist , and former world record-holder . Hyman won the gold medal in the women 's 200-meter butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney . In March 1996 , she just missed making the U.S. Olympic team for the 1996 Games , finishing third and fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 - and 200-meter butterfly events . Hyman competed as a member of the U.S. Finswimming Team at the 8th World Championship held in Hungary during August 1996 . At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , Hyman was only expected to contend for silver in women 's 200-meter butterfly on the night of September 20 , 2000 , as Australian Susie O'Neill was expected to repeat her title ( O'Neill had been undefeated in the 200-meter butterfly for the previous 3 -- 4 years ; and was swimming in her home country ) . Hyman was so shocked that she looked at the scoreboard three times just to make sure that she had won . Hyman 's victory was largely credited to her expert use of the very difficult fish kick on turns . Also in 2000 , Hyman was ranked 35th in the world in the 50-meter butterfly , twelfth in the 100-meter butterfly , and second in the 200-meter butterfly . Hyman failed to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after finishing a disappointing 8th place in the 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic Trials . She retired from the sport of swimming shortly after .",
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"text": "Six-day racing A six or six-day is a track cycling race that lasts six days . Six-day races started in Britain , spread to many regions of the world , were brought to their modern style in the United States and are now mainly a European event . Initially , individuals competed alone , the winner being the individual who completed the most laps . However , the format was changed to allow teams ( usually of two riders each ) , one rider racing while the other rested . The 24-hours a day regime has also been relaxed , so that most six-day races involve six nights of racing , typically from 6pm to 2am , on indoor tracks ( velodromes ) . The overall winner is the team which completes most laps . In the event of teams completing the same number of laps , the winner is the team with most points won in intermediate competitions ( see points race ) . As well as the ` chase ' to gain laps over competitors , a typical six-day programme will include time trials , motor-paced , intermediate sprint and elimination races . In the main ` chase ' or madison events ( so-called after Madison Square Garden in New York City where the two-man format was devised ) , both riders may be on the track at the same time , taking it in turns to race , hand-slinging each other back into action .",
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"text": "List of high schools producing multiple Olympic gold medalists The Olympic Gold medal is the mark of achievement of the highest level in a particular sport . Many high schools proudly point to an alumnus who has been to the Olympics . Relatively few high schools have the depth to have produced more than one Olympic Gold medalist . Notes : T = team gold medalist WR = also hold the current world record Bedford School ( Bedford , Bedfordshire , England ) Harold Abrahams 1924 , Jack Beresford 1924 , 1932 , 1936 , Edward Vaughan Bevan 1928 , Sven Meinhardt 1992 , Stefan Tewes 1992 , Phelan Hill 2016 Eton College ( Berkshire , England ) Guy Nickalls 1908 , Ewart Horsfall 1912 , Robin Dixon 1964 , Matthew Pinsent 1992-2004 , Andrew Lindsay 2000 , Ed Coode 2004 Jefferson High School ( Los Angeles , California ) Mal Whitfield 1948 Charles Dumas 1956 John Muir High School ( Pasadena , California ) Alice Brown 1984T Inger Miller 1996T Linetta Wilson 1996 T Jordan High School ( Los Angeles , California ) Hayes Edward Sanders 1952 , Florence Griffith Joyner 1988 & WR Kevin Young 1992 & WR Lincoln High School , East St. Louis , Illinois Al Joyner 1984 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 1988 & WR , 1992 brother and sister Mount Albert Grammar School , ( Auckland , New Zealand ) Peter Snell ( runner ) 1960 & 1964 ; Shane O'Brien ( rower ) 1984T . North Salinas High School Calvin Harrison 2000T ( team later disqualified ) Alvin Harrison 1996T , 2000T ( team later disqualified ) identical twin brothers Oakland Catholic High School ( Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) Amanda Polk ( rower ) 2016 , Leah Smith ( swimmer ) 2016 President William McKinley High School , Honolulu , Hawaii , Duke Kahanamoku 1912 , 1920 Ford Konno 1952 St. Patrick 's High School ( Kenya ) Peter Rono 1988 Matthew Birir 1992 , David Rudisha 2012 Note : Between Wilson Kipketer and David Rudisha the school has also held the world record for 800 metres since August 13 , 1997 Samuel F. B. Morse High School , ( San Diego ) Arnie Robinson 1976 Monique Henderson 2004T , 2008T San Gorgonio High School and John F. Kennedy High School ( Los Angeles ) Sherri Howard and Denean Howard , sisters who both won a Gold medal on the same 1984 4x400 relay team ( Denean ran in the preliminary round ) . The sisters transferred to Kennedy in 1981 after setting the NFHS National High School Record in the 4x440y relay at San Gorgonio with two other sisters ( Howard , Howard , Howard , Howard ) Santa Clara High School ( Santa Clara , California ) Donna de Varona 1964 Don Schollander 1964 , 1968T Claudia Kolb 1968 Mark Spitz 1968T , 1972 Joe Bottom 1976T Brian Boitano 1988 Heather Simmons-Carrasco 1996T Silver Creek High School ( San Jose , California ) Millard Hampton 1976T Andre Phillips 1988 Tulare Union High School ( Tulare , California ) Bob Mathias 1948 , 1952 Sim Iness 1952",
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"text": "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's two-mile run This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the 2 mile run until the event was terminated in 1958 in favor of the 5000 meters . Starting in 1936 , the event was substituted for the 5000 meters Olympic distance . Hand timing was used throughout the duration of this event .",
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"text": "Track & Field News Track & Field News is an American monthly sports magazine founded in 1948 by brothers Bert Nelson and Cordner Nelson , focused on the world of track and field . The magazine provides coverage of athletics in the U.S.A. from the high school to national level as well as covering the sport on an international bases . The magazine has given itself the motto of `` The Bible of the Sport '' . E. Garry Hill is the magazine 's editor and Sieg Lindstrom is the managing editor . Ed Fox is publisher and Janet Vitu is executive publisher . Each year , the magazine produces world and US rankings of top track & field athletes , selected by the magazine 's editors along with an international team of experts . Many of the standard abbreviations used throughout the sport , like WR = World Record ; WJR = World Junior Record ; AR = American Record , started as print saving abbreviations in the magazine .",
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"text": "Obea Moore William Obea Moore ( born January 10 , 1979 ) is a former American sprinter . Particularly excelling in the 400 metres , Moore holds the World Youth Best in this event . He was expected to be the next great American quarter miler , to follow Michael Johnson as Olympic champion , but never lived up to the expectations . Starting as an eight-year-old , running for the Los Angeles Jets youth club under coach James Robertson , Moore went on to set American youth records in the Bantam ( 9 -- 10 ) , the Midget ( 11 -- 12 ) , the Youth ( 13 -- 14 ) , and the Intermediate division ( 15 -- 16 ) -- some of which are still standing -- , adding the 200 metres record in the Intermediate division , and was part of the 4 × 400 metres relay team in the Youth division . Moore ran for John Muir High School in Pasadena , California , though his mother arranged for him to continue to run under Robinson . His freshman year , his team won the CIF California State Meet 4x400 relay . In 1995 , his sophomore year , Moore won the 400 , beating future World Champion , Tyree Washington by a half a second . He was also second in the 200 and again anchored his team to winning the relay in remarkable come from behind fashion . Later in the season , he represented the United States at the 1995 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Santiago , Chile , where he set the still standing World Youth Best in the 400 metres at 45.14 . And the following year Moore won both the 400 , 200 and anchored the relay to the state meet record . At major relay events around the country , including the Penn Relays , Moore became a trackside legend as one of the best , a high school junior being clocked doing 45 second laps . He was Track and Field News `` High School Athlete of the Year '' in 1996 . With high expectations of having a chance to be the first high school athlete to qualify for the Olympics since Dwayne Evans and Lam Jones in 1976 , Moore qualified for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials . Those dreams were dashed by a 7th place finish in the semi-finals . Later in 1996 , Moore won the World Junior Championships in Sydney , Australia under cool conditions . Moore expected many better things to come . Moore looked at 1997 , his senior year of high school , as the chance to set records out of sight . Instead , he suffered a minor injury early in the season . Still focused on setting records , Moore ignored the problem and continued to press . Some have also suggested Moore lost focus . However , the effects of expectations and celebrity certainly were a factor on the 17 year old 's life . Moore aspired to go to nearby powerhouse University of Southern California , but his SAT and then ACT scores left him .1 point away from eligibility . In order to improve his academic standing Moore went first to Pasadena City College , then Long Beach City College . Further attempts took him across the continent to Morehouse College Moore spent his time in injury rehabilitation . His heart and aspirations were still in Southern California . He left Morehose a year later . The following year , Moore ended up at Life University , an NAIA college . After a successful and healthy fall training season , he entered the Pomona Pitzer Invitational , a tune up meet before the Mt. SAC Relays . Facing serious competition from people with marks equivalent to Moore 's high school junior accomplishments , Moore pulled out of the race at the last minute . `` He could n't go to the line , '' recalls then Life University head coach Mark Spino . `` If he just was even around , people had such high expectations of him , it was hard for him to start anyplace and very hard for him to have intermediary goals . '' The psychological effects from this event led to a crushing stigma about high level racing . He next moved to Wallace State Community College where Moore regained eligibility and ran impressively in practice . But when he went to the first Indoor meet of the season again the psychological pressure got to him , scratching from the race 10 minutes before the gun . Moore eventually disappeared from the college . Back in California , Moore has made repeated starts at regaining form , seeking help from his youth coach Robinson and others . After showing flashes of his original brilliance . `` I 'm just hoping and praying he does get the stability , because people all across the country are still pulling for him and want him to be successful , '' Robertson says . `` I 'm at a loss what to do . But I believe inside he 's a great kid , he 's always been a great kid , he 's always done everything that I 've asked him to do on the track '' `` One thing I know for sure , if he really wanted to , he could still be the greatest quartermiler in the world today -- just off of talent . Every time I worked with him , what I did see was that the talent is still there . If he really worked and did what he needs to do , in my mind , there 's still nobody better . All these guys I see going around the track today would n't have a chance of beating him if he really did what he was supposed to do . '' Currently , Obea Moore resides in Los Angeles , California . He owns Sirius Body and Wellness where he trains youth and adults full time in track and fitness . He enjoys giving back to the community . In his spare time , he has perfected cooking healthy gourmet dishes and has become quite the culinary savant . In 2014 he began talks with a writer to tell his story in the form of a biography/training manual to inspire others , scheduled to be released in late 2015 .",
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"text": "United States at the Olympics The United States of America have sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games , except the 1980 Summer Olympics , during which it led a boycott . The United States Olympic Committee ( USOC ) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States . U.S. athletes have won a total of 2,521 medals ( 1,022 of them being gold ) at the Summer Olympic Games and another 282 at the Winter Olympic Games . Most medals have been won in athletics ( track and field ) ( 801 , 32 % ) and swimming ( 553 , 22 % ) . Thomas Burke was the first athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics . He took first place in both the 100 meters and the 400 meters of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece . American track and field athlete James Connolly was the first modern Olympic champion . He took first place in the triple jump which was the first opening day final event at the 1896 Summer Olympics . American swimmer Michael Phelps is the most-decorated Olympic athlete of any nation , with 28 medals ( including 23 golds ) . The United States has won gold at every games at which it has competed , more gold and overall medals than any other country in the Summer Games and also has the second-most gold and overall medals at the Winter Games , trailing only Norway . From the mid-20th century to the late 1980s , the United States mainly competed with the Soviet Union at Summer Games and with the Soviet Union , Norway , and East Germany at the Winter Games . However , after the dissolution of the Soviet Union , it now primarily contends with China at the Summer Games for both the overall medal count and the gold medal count and with Norway at the Winter Games for the overall medal count . The United States has topped the total medal count at two Winter Olympics : 1932 in Lake Placid and 2010 in Vancouver . At the 2010 games , the United States set a record for the most total medals ( 37 ) of any country at a single Winter Olympics .",
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"text": "Melbourne Cup The Melbourne Cup is Australia 's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race . It is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over . It is the richest `` two-mile '' handicap in the world , and one of the richest turf races . Conducted by the Victoria Racing Club on the Flemington Racecourse as part of the spring carnival in Melbourne , Victoria , the event starts at 3pm on the first Tuesday in November and is known locally as `` the race that stops a nation '' . The Melbourne Cup has a long tradition with the first race held in 1861 over 2 mi but was shortened to 3,200 m in 1972 when Australia adopted the metric system . This reduced the distance by 18.688 m , and Rain Lover 's 1968 race record of 3:19.1 was accordingly adjusted to 3:17.9 . The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3:16.3 .",
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"text": "Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle The men 's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 29 -- 30 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London , United Kingdom . After overhauling the Americans in the 4x100 freestyle relay with a stunning anchor leg , France 's Yannick Agnel pulled away from a star-studded field by over a full body length to earn his second Olympic gold in swimming at these Games . Billed as the `` Race of the Century '' , he came up again with a spectacular swim on the final stretch to hit the wall first in 1:43.14 , posting a textile best in the process and moving rapidly to third in the world 's all time rankings . Meanwhile , South Korea 's Park Tae-Hwan and China 's Sun Yang tied for the silver medal in a matching time of 1:44.93 , following a dramatic rivalry in the 400 m freestyle final two days earlier . U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte , the reigning world champion , missed the podium by 11-hundredths of a second with a fourth-place time in 1:45.04 . Germany 's world-record holder Paul Biedermann faded down the stretch to pick up a fifth spot in 1:45.53 , edging out British home favorite Robbie Renwick by a full body length with a highly-creditable , sixth-place effort ( 1:46.53 ) . Australia 's Thomas Fraser-Holmes ( 1:46.93 ) and Russia 's Danila Izotov ( 1:47.75 ) also vied for an Olympic medal to round out the stellar championship field . Notable swimmers missed out the final roster featuring Lochte 's teammate Ricky Berens , who replaced Michael Phelps to fill out the slot for the Americans but placed ninth ( 1:46.87 ) ; and Switzerland 's Dominik Meichtry , a sixth-place finalist in Beijing four years earlier , who finished fifteenth in the semifinals ( 1:48.25 ) .",
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"text": "Lindsay Benko Lindsay Dianne Benko ( born November 29 , 1976 ) , also known by her married name as Lindsay Mintenko , is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic gold medalist , and former world record-holder . She represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics . She held the short-course world record in the 400-meter freestyle ( at 3:59.53 ) for nearly three years from January 2003 to December 2005 . At the 2000 Olympics , she was a member of the USA 's gold-medal-winning 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay . Four years later , at the 2004 Olympics , she earned gold swimming in the heats of the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay and silver swimming the heats of the 4 × 100-meter freestyle relay . In 2005 , she married Canadian swimmer Mike Mintenko . She works for USA Swimming as the national team managing director and uses her married name professionally .",
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"text": "Eric Heiden Eric Arthur Heiden ( born June 14 , 1958 ) is an American physician and a former long track speed skater , road cyclist and track cyclist . Heiden won an unprecedented five individual gold medals , and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid , New York , United States . He was the most successful athlete at those Olympic Games , single-handedly winning more gold medals than all nations except for the Soviet Union ( 10 ) and East Germany ( 9 ) . He is the most successful Winter Olympian from a single edition of any Winter Olympics . He delivered the Athlete 's Oath at those same 1980 Games . Heiden is an icon in the speed skating community . His victories are significant , as few speed skaters ( and athletes in general ) have won competitions in both sprint and long-distance events . Heiden is the only athlete in the history of speed skating to have won all five events in a single Olympic tournament and the only one to have won a gold medal in all events . He is considered by some to be the best overall speed skater ( short and long distances ) in the sport 's history . Heiden ranked No. 46 in ESPN 's SportsCentury 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century in 1999 , the only speed skater to make the list . In 2000 , a Dutch newspaper called him the greatest skater ever .",
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"text": "2012 Olympic Marathon Course The 2012 Olympic Marathon Course is that of both the men 's and women 's marathon races at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London . The 42.195 km route consists of one short circuit of 3.571 km followed by three circuits of 12.875 km . The course , which was designed to pass many of London 's well-known landmarks , starts and finishes on The Mall , within sight of Buckingham Palace , and extends as far as the Tower of London in the east and the Victoria Memorial in the west . The route of the marathon had been changed , for various logistical reasons , from that originally envisaged in London 's original 2005 bid for the Games and now breaks with the normal Olympic tradition that the race finishes inside the main Olympic Stadium . The 2012 Summer Olympics is the third to be held in London . The stated distance of the marathon at the London 1908 Summer Olympics 26 miles and 385 yards , later converted to metric units as 42.195 kilometres formed the basis of the standard distance adopted by International Association of Athletics Federations in 1921 .",
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"text": "James Beckford (athlete) James Beckford ( born 9 January 1975 in Saint Mary , Jamaica ) is a Jamaican track and field athlete competing in the long jump . He represented Jamaica at the Olympic level in 1996 , 2000 and 2004 . He was the silver medallist in the long jump at the 1996 Olympics and also has two silvers from the World Championships in Athletics ( from 1995 and 2003 ) . He was chosen as the Jamaica Sportsman of the Year for 1995 , 1996 and 2003 . He is the current holder of the Jamaican record for both the long jump and triple jump with marks of 8.62 m and 17.92 m , respectively . Beckford was educated in the United States and began his athletics career there , specialising in the horizontal jumps . He took the triple jump title at Florida 's Class AAAA championship , representing William R. Boone High School . He moved to Texas to study at Blinn College . While there he improved Delroy Poyser 's Jamaican record with a jump of 17.29 metres ( 56 ft 8 3/4 in ) -- a mark which was also the world-leading outdoor jump at that point in April 1994 . He was banned from competition for three months in 1997 after he tested positive for ephedrine , a banned stimulant . He has competed at the World Championships on five occasions and the IAAF World Indoor Championships on six occasions . Aside from his global performances , he has won medals at the Summer Universiade , the Goodwill Games , the IAAF Grand Prix Final , as well as a silver medal from the 1998 CAC Games .",
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"text": "List of Commonwealth Games records in athletics The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1930 as the British Empire Games . The Commonwealth Games Federation accepts only athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations and recognises records set at editions of the Commonwealth Games . The athletics events at the Games are divided into four groups : track events ( including sprints , middle - and long-distance running , hurdling and relays ) , field events ( including javelin , discus , hammer , pole vault , long and triple jumps ) , road events and combined events ( triathlon , heptathlon and decathlon ) . There are also several track and field events held for disabled athletes . Many Commonwealth Games records were set over distances using imperial measurements , such as the 100-yard dash , and ( as a result of metric standardisation in 1966 ) many records belong to defunct events . The oldest record is George Bailey 's 9:52.0 minutes in the seldom used men 's two mile steeplechase , which was set at the inaugural Games . The two longest lasting records in current events were both set at the 1974 edition of the Games : Englishman Ian Thompson 's record of 2:09:12 hours in the Marathon , and Tanzanian Filbert Bayi 's record of 3:32.16 minutes in the 1500 metres , which was also a world record . Nathan Deakes holds two Commonwealth Games records : the 20 km and 50 km walk events . Adekunle Adesoji and Chantal Petitclerc also hold two records each in the para-sports events .",
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"text": "Paul MacDonald Christopher Paul MacDonald , MBE ( born 8 January 1960 ) , is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s . He is widely regarded as one of New Zealand 's most successful international athletes and holds innumerable international speed records in canoeing . Competing in three Summer Olympics , MacDonald won five medals . This included three golds ( K-2 500 m : 1984 , 1988 ; K-4 1000 m : 1984 ) , one silver ( K-2 1000 m : 1988 ) , and one bronze ( K-1 500 m : 1988 ) . His five Olympic medals is the record for the most Olympic medals won by a New Zealander , a record he shares with fellow canoeist Ian Ferguson , and equestrian Mark Todd . He also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds ( K-1 500 m : 1987 , K-2 500 m : 1985 , K-2 1000 m : 1987 ) and three silvers ( K-2 500 m : 1982 , 1987 , K-2 10000 m : 1990 ) . In retirement from professional competition , MacDonald has produced many television sports events and programmes including Clash of the Codes ( the ultimate sporting challenge ) and annually presents the Dragon Boat Festival . In the 1988 New Year Honours , MacDonald was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire , for services to canoeing .",
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"text": "UAE Healthy Kidney 10K The UAE Healthy Kidney 10K is an annual road running event over 10 kilometers ( 6.2 miles ) that takes place in May in New York City in the United States . The event features both an elite-level men 's race and a general mass race for fun runners . Almost 8000 runners take part in the event each year . Its course is situated entirely within Manhattan 's Central Park . It is one of two major annual 10K races held at the venue by the New York Road Runners Club , alongside the women-only New York Mini 10K . The event was launched in May 2005 by New York Road Runners with the sponsorship of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates . Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , a former president of the country , received treatment and a kidney transplant at the Cleveland Clinic in 2000 . He lived until November 2004 and the event was created in his honour soon after , with proceeds from the race going towards the National Kidney Foundation . The course for the race is a single-looped circuit on the paths and roads within the park , comprising a little over one full lap of the park in a clockwise direction . Runners start in the south-west corner of Central Park , heading north past Sheep Meadow and The Ramble and Lake via West Park Drive . It loops southwards past Harlem Meer at the 5 km ( 3-mile ) mark and goes south on East Park Drive , passing the Reservoir and Great Lawn and Turtle Pond . The course reaches the 5-mile mark just before Central Park 's Bandshell . Runners turn back north after Wollman Rink , reach the 6-mile mark at the start line , then cross the finish line near the Tavern on the Green . The first two editions of the men 's race were won by Craig Mottram . Dathan Ritzenhein became the first American to win the race and Patrick Makau became the first African the year after . Ethiopians Tadese Tola and Gebre Gebremariam ran course records under 28 minutes to win in 2009 and 2010 . The 10K world record holder Leonard Patrick Komon set the current record at 27:35 minutes in 2011 . The event does not actively invite an elite women 's field , due to the proximity of June 's New York Mini 10K women 's race , but elite level female athletes who are resident in the area typically take part . Ethiopia 's Bizunesh Deba holds the women 's course record of 33:09 minutes , set in 2010 .",
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"text": "Mike Powell (long jumper) Michael `` Mike '' Anthony Powell ( born November 10 , 1963 ) is an American former track and field athlete , and the holder of the long jump world record . He is a two-time world champion in this event and two-time Olympic silver medallist .",
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"text": "John Halstead John Preston Halstead ( August 15 , 1886 - November 15 , 1951 ) was an American athlete . At the Olympic trials held at Franklin Field , Philadelphia , in June 1908 , he established the North American record for the 1500 meters of 4:01.2 , besting the then Olympic record of 4:05.4 . At the summer Olympics held in London in July 1908 , owing to the English system of a blind draw for the preliminary heats , he was paired in the 2nd heat with America 's other best miler , Mel Sheppard . Nauseated by an upset stomach just before the heat , Halstead was unable to produce his customary final sprint and lost the heat by a yard to Sheppard in a time of 4:05 , thus disqualifying him for the finals . Sheppard went on to win the gold in a time of 4:03.4 . Halstead upheld the American team 's reputation for good sportsmanship by never uttering a word of complaint about the English system of a blind draw . In the 800 metres , held a week later , Halstead won his first round heat with a time of 2:01.4 . He then placed sixth in the final . He graduated from Cornell University the same year with a degree in Mechanical Engineering . During the latter part of 1908 and 1909 he was one of the engineers who worked on the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station in New York City . He held the rank of Major in World War I and served as Commanding Officer of the Field Training Battalion at the Field Artillery Officers ' Central Training School , Camp Zachary Taylor , Louisville , KY. . He was married on August 17 , 1922 to Frances Lewis Underwood , at Hutchinson , Kansas . He died on November 15 , 1951 in Buffalo , New York . His ashes are buried in the Rome ( NY ) Cemetery .",
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"text": "The Muse (1999 film) The Muse is a 1999 comedy film starring Albert Brooks , Sharon Stone , Andie MacDowell and Jeff Bridges , directed by Brooks .",
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"text": "9 (Alice Nine album) 9 is the fifth studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band Alice Nine . The album was officially released on February 22 , 2012 . 9 was released in two formats : a limited edition with an exclusive DVD and a regular edition . The DVD included with the limited edition of the album features a music video for '' すべてへ '' , as well as a multi-angle version of the music video focusing on one of the five members of the band and a making-of documentary for the music video . The album was preceded by three singles : `` Blue Flame '' , released in August 2011 , and `` Heart of Gold '' , released in September 2011 and finally Niji no Yuki on 21 December 2011 . After the release , the band embarked on four tours of Japan entitled Alice Nine `` Court of ' 9 ' '' # 1-4 . So far they have completed the first two of these tours with relative success in all areas of Japan , managing to sell out in many medium-to-large venues nationwide .",
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"text": "List of American films of 1999 A list of American films released in 1999 . American Beauty won the Academy Award for Best Picture .",
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"text": "Das Floß der Medusa ( The Raft of the Medusa ) is an oratorio by the German composer Hans Werner Henze . It is regarded as a seminal work in the composer 's political alignment with left-wing politics . Henze wrote it as a requiem for Che Guevara , and set it to a text by Ernst Schnabel . It tells the story of the French frigate Meduse , which ran aground off the west coast of Africa in 1816 , an ignominious episode in French political and maritime history , immortalised by the painting of the same name by Théodore Géricault . The work employs a large orchestra , a speaker , a soprano , a baritone , and choruses . In the course of a performance , the chorus members move from left side of the stage , `` the Side of the Living '' , to the right side , `` the Side of the Dead '' . The text is principally in German , with the addition of passages in Italian drawn from Dante 's Divine Comedy sung by some of the dead . Aside from the dedication , and one possible musical reference to a popular leftist slogan chant of the 1960s , `` there 's very little else in the text or music arouse political emotions '' , wrote one critic . She thought the work `` expertly put together , scintillating in its scoring and at -LSB- its -RSB- best moments ... a superheated , expressionist narrative . ''",
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"text": "The Tragic Muse The Tragic Muse is a novel by Henry James , first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1889-1890 and then as a book in 1890 . This wide , cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two would-be artists : Nick Dormer , who vacillates between a political career and his efforts to become a painter , and Miriam Rooth , an actress striving for artistic and commercial success . A huge cast of supporting characters help and hinder their pursuits .",
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"text": "The Del-Byzanteens The Del-Byzanteens was a New York-based no wave band active in the early 1980s . The band comprised Phil Kline ( vocals , guitar ) ; Jim Jarmusch ( vocals , keyboards ) ; Philippe Hagen ( bass ) ; Josh Braun ( percussion , drums ) ; and Dan Braun ( drums , percussion ) . Luc Sante wrote the lyrics to some of their songs , while James Nares sometimes contributed as a percussionist , and occasionally John Lurie performed with them on stage . They released a 12 '' EP : Girl 's Imagination ( 1981 ) , an LP : Lies to Live By ( 1982 ) , and a 7 '' single : Draft Riot ( 1982 ) . In 1985-86 they recorded two more songs ( `` The Last Time '' and `` Fascination '' ) , which were never finished or officially released . `` At that time everyone in New York had a band , '' Jarmusch recalled in an interview The Washington Post ( 1984 ) . `` The idea was that you did n't have to be a virtuoso musician to have a band . The spirit was more important than having technical expertise , and that influenced a lot of filmmakers . '' According to Sante , they were `` a band that insouciantly blended high and low , virtuosity and amateurism , calypso and science fiction , pots and pans and drones and the Supremes . They released several records , on a British label , which did very well in the former Yugoslavia . '' They played a number of concerts at clubs such as CBGB , Hurrah and the Mudd Club in New York City . Two of their songs were featured in Wim Wenders ' 1982 film The State of Things . At the time , Hot Press said that their debut LP was `` a debut equal to anything out of New York these past six years '' , and Melody Maker described it as `` mighty stuff ... You are strongly urged to investigate this record ... outstanding . '' Like the filmmaker Jim Jarmusch , many of its members have gone on to become famous in their own right , making music ( Phil Kline ) , art ( James Nares ) , and writing ( Luc Sante ) . Their back catalogue has never been re-issued on CD , and Del-Byzanteens vinyl is a rare sight on the second-hand market . However , `` Girl 's Imagination '' was featured on the Beggars Banquet 's 1999 compilation Pspyched ! , and again on the Gomma compilation Anti-NY in 2001 , while `` My Hands Are Yellow ( from the job that i do ) '' was released on New York Noise Vol 2 , in 2003 . Three of their shows at the Hurrah club were filmed , in their entirety , by Merrill Aldighieri . In early 2011 she released a 52-minute `` hand-made '' DVD , `` Eskimo Lounge Music '' , featuring live footage from these performances , interfoiled with recent interviews with the band members .",
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"text": "Swing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Swing is a soundtrack for the 1999 film of the same name , which stars Lisa Stansfield , who also recorded ten songs for the soundtrack and co-wrote four of them . The album was released in Europe on 10 May 1999 and in North America on 13 July 1999 . Swing garnered favorable reviews from music critics who called it a `` gem '' among the soundtracks . The album , full of jazz and swing songs , reached number six on Billboard 's Top Jazz Albums chart . On 2 June 2003 , it was remastered and re-released in Europe with an alternative cover art .",
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"text": "The Muses (painting) The Muses is a 1578 painting by Tintoretto showing the Muses from Greek mythology . It is recorded in the inventory of the collection of Guglielmo Gonzaga , Duke of Mantua in 1627 as hanging alongside Esther before Ahasuerus in a passage in the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua . It was acquired from the Gonzagas by Charles I of Great Britain . On his execution it was valued at # 80 and sold , before being reacquired by the royal family on the Restoration . It now hangs in Kensington Palace .",
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"text": "American Beauty (1999 film) American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball . Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham , a 42-year-old advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenaged daughter 's best friend , Angela ( Mena Suvari ) . Annette Bening co-stars as Lester 's materialistic wife , Carolyn , and Thora Birch plays their insecure daughter , Jane . Wes Bentley , Chris Cooper , and Allison Janney also feature . The film is described by academics as a satire of American middle-class notions of beauty and personal satisfaction ; analysis has focused on the film 's explorations of romantic , and paternal love , sexuality , beauty , materialism , self-liberation , and redemption . Ball began writing American Beauty as a play in the early 1990s , partly inspired by the media circus around the Amy Fisher trial in 1992 . He shelved the play after realizing the story would not work on stage . After several years as a television screenwriter , Ball revived the idea in 1997 when attempting to break into the film industry . The modified script had a cynical outlook that was influenced by Ball 's frustrating tenures writing for several sitcoms . Producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen took American Beauty to DreamWorks ; the then-fledgling film studio bought Ball 's script for $ 250,000 , outbidding several other production bodies . DreamWorks financed the $ 15 million production and served as its North American distributor . American Beauty marked acclaimed theater director Mendes ' film debut ; courted after his successful productions of the musicals Oliver ! and Cabaret , Mendes was , nevertheless , only given the job after 20 others were considered and several `` A-list '' directors turned down the opportunity . Spacey was Mendes ' first choice for the role of Lester , though DreamWorks had urged the director to consider better-known actors ; similarly , the studio suggested several actors for the role of Carolyn until Mendes offered the part to Bening without DreamWorks ' knowledge . Principal photography took place between December 1998 and February 1999 on soundstages at the Warner Bros. backlot in Burbank , California , and on location in Los Angeles . Mendes ' dominant style was deliberate and composed ; he made extensive use of static shots and slow pans and zooms to generate tension . Cinematographer Conrad Hall complemented Mendes ' style with peaceful shot compositions to contrast with the turbulent on-screen events . During editing , Mendes made several changes that gave the film a less cynical tone than the script . Released in North America on September 17 , 1999 , American Beauty was positively received by critics and grossed over $ 356 million worldwide . Reviewers praised most aspects of the production , with particular emphasis on Mendes , Spacey , and Ball ; criticism focused on the familiarity of the characters and setting . DreamWorks launched a major campaign to increase the film 's chances of Academy Award success ; at the 72nd Academy Awards the following year , the film won Best Picture , Best Director , Best Actor ( for Spacey ) , Best Original Screenplay , and Best Cinematography . It was nominated for and won many other awards and honors , mainly for the direction , writing , and acting .",
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"text": "Muse Entertainment Muse Entertainment is a Canadian producer of films and television programs founded by Michael Prupas in 1998 . The company gained press attention in 2011 for their production of the multi-Emmy winning and nominated miniseries The Kennedys in association with Asylum Entertainment .",
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"text": "The Passion of Ayn Rand The Passion of Ayn Rand is a biography of Ayn Rand by writer and lecturer Barbara Branden , a former friend and business associate . Published by Doubleday in 1986 , it was the first full-length biography of Rand , and was the basis for the 1999 film of the same name with Helen Mirren playing the part of Rand .",
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"text": "The Big Tease The Big Tease is a 1999 comedy film starring Craig Ferguson , directed by Kevin Allen , and written by Ferguson and Sacha Gervasi .",
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"text": "Freak Talks About Sex Freak Talks About Sex , released for home video as Blowin ' Smoke ( its working title was Syracuse Muse ) , is a 1999 film starring Steve Zahn and Josh Hamilton . The movie was shot in Auburn and Syracuse , New York . It deals with issues such as love , sex , life after college , and living in a medium-sized city , in this case Syracuse .",
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"text": "The Memorial Times The Memorial Times was a publication of Memorial University College prior to its successor , The Muse . The Times was started at least as early as November 28 , 1936 , in a bimonthly format . The periodical continued ( with a gap from March 1937-November 30 , 1945 ) until December 19 , 1947 , by which it had moved to a monthly edition .",
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"text": "Nine Muses Nine Muses may refer to : The nine Muses of Greek mythology Nine Muses ( band ) , a South Korean girl group The Nine Muses , an elegiac volume of poetry published in 1700 Nine letters written by Aeschines",
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"text": "Creature (1999 film) Creature is a 1999 documentary film that was directed by Parris Patton . The film was released on June 3 , 1999 and follows the life of American transgender actor , model , and club personality Stacey `` Hollywood '' Dean .",
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"text": "The Miller's Daughter (album) The Miller 's Daughter is the third album released by Perth band The Drones . The album was also released as a limited ( 500 copies ) vinyl edition and included an extra track , `` Well Well Well '' . </blockquote> On the record liner Liddiard provides the following description for each song : `` Someone On Your Bond '' - name kinda taken from a Blind Willie Johnson song , the last contract you 'll ever make ... . so do n't fuck it up . wait long sessions . `` Bird In A Church '' - people who sing or have sung that dreadful song `` sometimes I feel like a motherless child '' should be killed . simple . came out as the A-side of a 7 '' issued by infidelity records 2003ish . `` She Had An Abortion That She Made Me Pay For '' - regrets , I 've had a few ... Brendon plays bass , Crisso has pneumonia . recorded September 2000 at Cavalier Studios in Research . then it just sat there . `` The Miller 's Daughter '' - I think a couple of these lines appear in a song `` Death on the Installment Plan '' by Louis Ferdinand Celine . kind of up back somewhere . it may be part of a real song , who knows . I made the rest up . `` I Believe '' - based on an Alan Vega song of the same name , Coltrane 's ` love supreme ' , a Blind Willie Johnson song I ca n't recall and a couple of lines some bloke was singing to himself on the street ... Warren on drums , Rui on Hammond and Zipzichord , and me and James on guitars . recorded in our lounge room in east perth 1999 . `` Meanstreak '' - you ca n't put a .303 against your forehead without first removing your shoes , everyone knows that . here come the lies sessions . `` Slammin ' On The Brakes '' - real showbiz this ... I 'm talking about the end . oldest trick in the book that one !! a Spencer Jones masterpiece . came out as a B-side to `` Bird In A Church '' around 2003 ?? `` Henry Ford '' - unfinished recording of an unrecorded , finished song . containing the greatest analogy for the eternal question in song today ... ` G.M.H or Henry Ford ? ' `` Stop Dreaming '' - name taken from John Lee Hooker song called that or something else ... . the best advice in the world really . wait long sessions . `` The City '' - spot where tape runs out . here come the lies sessions .",
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"text": "Shades of Blue (Ben E. King album) Shades of Blue was released in 1999 and is the 18th album released by Ben E. King .",
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"text": "1999 Academy Awards 1999 Academy Awards may refer to : 71st Academy Awards , the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 1999 72nd Academy Awards , the 2000 ceremony honoring the best in film for 1999",
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"text": "Ode to a Nightingale `` Ode to a Nightingale '' is a poem by John Keats written either in the garden of the Spaniards Inn , Hampstead , London or , according to Keats ' friend Charles Armitage Brown , under a plum tree in the garden of Keats ' house at Wentworth Place , also in Hampstead . According to Brown , a nightingale had built its nest near the house Keats and Brown shared in the spring of 1819 . Inspired by the bird 's song , Keats composed the poem in one day . It soon became one of his 1819 odes and was first published in Annals of the Fine Arts the following July . The poem is one of the most frequently anthologized in the English language . `` Ode to a Nightingale '' is a personal poem that describes Keats 's journey into the state of negative capability . The tone of the poem rejects the optimistic pursuit of pleasure found within Keats 's earlier poems and , rather , explores the themes of nature , transience and mortality , the latter being particularly personal to Keats . The nightingale described within the poem experiences a type of death but does not actually die . Instead , the songbird is capable of living through its song , which is a fate that humans can not expect . The poem ends with an acceptance that pleasure can not last and that death is an inevitable part of life . In the poem , Keats imagines the loss of the physical world and sees himself dead -- as a `` sod '' over which the nightingale sings . The contrast between the immortal nightingale and mortal man sitting in his garden , is made all the more acute by an effort of the imagination . The presence of weather is noticeable in the poem , as spring came early in 1819 , bringing nightingales all over the heath .",
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"text": "Art film An art film is typically a serious , independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience . An art film is `` intended to be a serious artistic work , often experimental and not designed for mass appeal '' ; they are `` made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit '' , and they contain `` unconventional or highly symbolic content '' . Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing `` formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films '' , which can include , among other elements , a sense of social realism ; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director ; and a focus on the thoughts , dreams , or motivations of characters , as opposed to the unfolding of a clear , goal-driven story . Film scholar David Bordwell describes art cinema as `` a film genre , with its own distinct conventions '' . Art film producers usually present their films at specialty theatres ( repertory cinemas , or , in the U.S. , `` arthouse cinemas '' ) and film festivals . The term art film is much more widely used in the United States , the UK and Australia than in Europe , where the term is more associated with `` auteur '' films and `` national cinema '' ( e.g. , German national cinema ) . Because they are aimed at small niche market audiences , they can rarely get the financial backing that will permit large production budgets , expensive special effects , costly celebrity actors , or huge advertising campaigns , as are used in widely released mainstream blockbuster films . Art film directors make up for these constraints by creating a different type of film , which typically uses lesser-known film actors ( or even amateur actors ) and modest sets to make films that focus much more on developing ideas or exploring new narrative techniques or film-making conventions . A certain degree of experience and knowledge are required to fully understand or appreciate such films . One mid-1990s art film was called `` largely a cerebral experience '' that one enjoys `` because of what you know about film '' . This contrasts sharply with mainstream `` blockbuster '' films , which are geared more towards escapism and pure entertainment . For promotion , art films rely on the publicity generated from film critics ' reviews , discussion of their film by arts columnists , commentators and bloggers , and `` word-of-mouth '' promotion by audience members . Since art films have small initial investment costs , they only need to appeal to a small portion of the mainstream viewing audiences to become financially viable .",
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"text": "Odin In Germanic mythology , Odin ( from Old Norse Óðinn ) is a widely revered god . In Norse mythology , from which stems most of the information about the god , Odin is associated with healing , death , royalty , the gallows , knowledge , battle , sorcery , poetry , frenzy , and the runic alphabet , and is the husband of the goddess Frigg . In wider Germanic mythology and paganism , Odin was known in Old English as Wōden , in Old Saxon as Wōdan , and in Old High German as Wuotan or Wōtan , all stemming from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym wōđanaz . Odin is a prominently mentioned god throughout the recorded history of the Germanic peoples , from the Roman occupation of regions of Germania through the tribal expansions of the Migration Period and the Viking Age . In the modern period , Odin continued to be acknowledged in the rural folklore of Germanic Europe . References to Odin appear in place names throughout regions historically inhabited by the ancient Germanic peoples , and the day of the week Wednesday bears his name in many Germanic languages , including English . In Anglo-Saxon England , Odin held a particular place as a euhemerized ancestral figure among royalty , and he is frequently referred to as a founding figure among various other Germanic peoples , including the Langobards . Forms of his name appear frequently throughout the Germanic record , though narratives regarding Odin are mainly found in Old Norse works recorded in Iceland , primarily around the 13th century . These texts make up the bulk of modern understanding of Norse mythology . In Old Norse texts , Odin is depicted as one-eyed and long-bearded , frequently wielding a spear named Gungnir , and wearing a cloak and a broad hat . He is often accompanied by his animal companions -- the wolves Geri and Freki and the ravens Huginn and Muninn , who bring him information from all over Midgard -- and rides the flying , eight-legged steed Sleipnir across the sky and into the underworld . Odin is attested as having many sons , most famously the gods Thor ( with Jörð ) and Baldr ( with Frigg ) , and is known by hundreds of names . In these texts , he frequently seeks greater knowledge , at times in disguise ( most famously by obtaining the Mead of Poetry ) , makes wagers with his wife Frigg over the outcome of exploits , and takes part in both the creation of the world by way of slaying the primordial being Ymir and the gift of life to the first two humans Ask and Embla . Odin has a particular association with Yule , and mankind 's knowledge of both the runes and poetry is also attributed to him . In Old Norse texts , Odin is given primacy over female beings associated with the battlefield -- the valkyries -- and oversees Valhalla , where he receives half of those who die in battle , the einherjar . The other half are chosen by the goddess Freyja for her afterlife location , Fólkvangr . Odin consults the disembodied , herb-embalmed head of the wise being Mímir for advice , and during the foretold events of Ragnarök , Odin is told to lead the einherjar into battle before being consumed by the monstrous wolf Fenrir . In later folklore , Odin appears as a leader of the Wild Hunt , a ghostly procession of the dead through the winter sky . He has also been associated with charms and other forms of magic , particularly in Old English and Old Norse texts . Odin has been a frequent subject of study in Germanic studies , and numerous theories have been put forward regarding his development . Some of these focus on Odin 's particular relation to other figures ; for example , the fact that Freyja 's husband Óðr appears to be something of an etymological doublet of the god , whereas Odin 's wife Frigg is in many ways similar to Freyja , and that Odin has a particular relation to the figure of Loki . Other approaches focus on Odin 's place in the historical record , a frequent question being whether the figure of Odin derives from Proto-Indo-European religion , or whether he developed later in Germanic society . In the modern period , Odin has inspired numerous works of poetry , music , and other forms of media . He is venerated in most forms of the new religious movement Heathenry , together with other gods venerated by the ancient Germanic peoples ; some branches focus particularly on him .",
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"text": "Oseberg tapestry fragments The Oseberg tapestry is a fragmentary tapestry , discovered within the Viking Oseberg ship burial in Norway , The tapestry ( dated to about 834AD ) is in bad condition and was probably a part of the funeral offering in the ship burial . Its decay meant it took several years to extract . The fragments of the tapestry feature a scene containing two black birds hovering over a horse , possibly originally leading a wagon ( as a part of a procession of horse-led wagons on the tapestry ) . Anne Stine Ingstad interprets these birds as Huginn and Muninn flying over a covered cart containing an image of Odin , drawing comparison with the images of Nerthus attested by Tacitus in 1AD . The tapestry was one of a number of textile remains found in the Oseberg ship ( 1903AD ) . Other finds included rolled-up rugs , tapestries , curtains . Most are embroidered with mythological and battle scenes . There was no representation of the ships owner . The tapestry is stylistically similar to the Bayeux tapestry . Graves have shown Vikings loved the expensive fabrics , which were acquired through trade . Their clothes were decorated with delicate embroidery , sometimes in gold thread .",
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"text": "Thor (volcano) Thor is an active volcano on Jupiter 's moon Io . It is located on Io 's anti-Jupiter hemisphere at . A major eruption with high thermal emission and a large , volcanic plume was observed during a Galileo flyby on August 6 , 2001 , when the spacecraft flew through the outer portions of the plume allowing for direct sampling . The eruption continued into Galileo 's next flyby in October 2001 . As seen during high-resolution images taken during the eruption , Thor consists of a series of dark lava flows emanating from a set of nearby volcanic depressions . Before the eruption , the area consisted of red-brown plains , composed of irradiated sulfur , typical of Io 's mid - to high-northern latitudes and a set of yellow flows , possibly consisting of sulfur or silicate flows covered by diffuse sulfur deposits . During the New Horizons encounter in February 2007 , Thor was still active , with the spacecraft observing thermal emission in the near-infrared and a volcanic plume at the volcano . Thor was named in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union ( IAU ) after the Norse god of thunder , Thor .",
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"text": "Ved-ava Ved-ava is a water deity , common to several Finno-Ugric peoples traditionally dependent on fishing . She is also sometimes associated with fertility . She is generally depicted as a water creature resembling a mermaid , with long hair , large breasts , and the lower body of a fish complete with tail , and is sometimes said to play or sing , seducing humans with her music . Fishermen sacrificed to her the first of their catch and observed numerous taboos related to her while fishing . Seeing Ved-ava boded ill , most often drowning . She has been regarded as the spirit of a drowned person or simply as a personification of the water itself . Among the Mordvins ( an area in what is now Western Russia ) she was the Water Mother , ruler of the waters and their bounty ; she is known as Vete-ema among the Estonians and Veen emo among the Finns .",
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"text": "Naglfari In Norse mythology , Naglfari is the father of Auðr by the personified night , Nótt . Naglfar is attested in a single mention in the Prose Edda ( written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson ) book Gylfaginning , where he is described as one of a series of three husbands of Nótt , and that the couple produced a son , Auðr . No additional information is provided about Naglfari . Rudolf Simek theorizes that Snorri invented Naglfari but states that his reason for doing so is unknown .",
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"text": "Sadhbh '' For the personal name , see Sadhbh ( name ) . In Irish mythology , Sadhbh ( or Saba ) was the mother of Oisín by Fionn mac Cumhail . She is either a daughter of Bodb Derg , king of the Síd of Munster , or may derive in part from Sadb ingen Chuinn , daughter of Conn of the Hundred Battles . Sadhbh was enchanted to take the form of a doe for refusing the love of Fer Doirich ( or Fear Doirche ) , the dark druid of the Men of Dea ( here meaning the Tuatha Dé Danann ) . She held this form for three years , until a serving man of the Dark Druid took pity on her and told her that if she set foot in the dún ( fort or castle ) of the Fianna of Ireland , the druid would no longer have any power over her . She then travelled straight to Almhuin ( Fionn 's house ) and was found by Fionn while he was out hunting . Since Sadhbh was a human in animal form , she was not harmed by Fionn 's hounds Bran and Sceolan , as they too had been transformed from their original human shape . On their return to Almhuin , Sadhbh became a beautiful girl once more and soon she and Fionn were married . Fionn loved her so much that he gave up hunting and all other pleasures but her , and she quickly became pregnant . It was while Fionn was in battle against the Vikings that Sadhbh was taken from him . A false image of Fionn and of Bran and Sceolan appeared outside the dún and Sadhbh ran out to her husband , unaware of the danger . As soon as she reached the false image it changed to reveal the Fear Doirche , who took out a wand made of hazel and struck her , thus she became a deer once more . Fionn spent seven years searching for Sadhbh , but to no avail . At the end of these seven long years , a wild boy was found in the forest while the Fianna hunted . Immediately , Fionn recognised in the boy 's face some of Sadhbh 's features and realised he was looking at their son . He was named Oisín and over time he became as famous as his father is in Irish mythology . Category : Irish mythology Category : Fenian Cycle Category : Irish-language feminine given names",
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"text": "Brunnmigi In Norse mythology , a Brunnmigi ( Old Norse `` well-pisser '' ) is a being who defiles wells encountered by King Hjörleifr in Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka and , as recorded in the Prose Edda þulur , is also a kenning applied to foxes . It is a large beast .",
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"text": "Mímameiðr In Norse mythology , Mímameiðr ( Old Norse `` Mimi 's tree '' ) is a tree whose branches stretch over every land , is unharmed by fire or metal , bears fruit that assists pregnant women , and upon whose highest bough roosts the cock Víðópnir . Mímameiðr is solely attested in the Old Norse poem Fjölsvinnsmál . Due to parallels between descriptions of the two , scholars theorize that Mímameiðr may be another name for the world tree Yggdrasil , and also Hoddmímis holt , a wood within which Líf and Lífthrasir are foretold to take refuge during the events of Ragnarök . Mímameiðr is sometimes modernly anglicized as Mimameid or Mimameith .",
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"text": "Halfdan Long-Leg Halfdan Long-Leg ( Old Norse : Hálfdan háleggur , Norwegian : Halvdan Hålegg ) was a Viking-Age warrior who lived in the latter half of the 9th century . He was the son of King Harald Fairhair and a Sami woman named Snofrid Svasadottir . Snorri Sturluson in Heimskringla states that Halfdan was one of Harald 's many sons who were involved in a power struggle with one another . Halfdan and his brother Gudrød Ljome were responsible for murdering Rognvald Eysteinsson and 60 of his men by burning them inside of a structure . Upon learning of this event , Harald flew into a rage and sent out a great force against Gudrød who was then banished . Rognvald 's son Torf-Einarr performed the Blood eagle ritual on Halfdan in retaliation after a battle . Harald made Rognvald 's son Thorirm Earl of Møre and gave his daughter Alof to him in marriage .",
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"text": "Oksoko Oksoko ( Turkish : Öksökö ) , also known as Zuzulo ( Turkish : Züzülö ) , is a double-headed eagle in Turkish mythology related to Burkut the eagle God . The Oksoko bird brings down lightning from the Heavens to Earth with rain which in return creates human bodies and humans themselves . This lightning carries Oz ( Turkish : Öz ) . Oz is the human soul . This energy carrying the will of Tengri with a purpose and desire . In fact Oksoko consists of two birds , Toghrul and Kongrul ( Tuğrul and Konrul ) , and sometimes Semruk and Merkut , and it is their combined form . Oksoko symbolizes luck and happiness similar to the Huma bird . In Turkey , the symbol is being used in various areas like the police , schools , vehicles , football clubs and municipalities .",
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"text": "Raven (given name) Raven -LSB- ˈreɪvən -RSB- is a unisex given name in the English language . In the United States of America , the name is more commonly used as a feminine name , and has ranked amongst the top 1,000 feminine names given to baby girls since 1977 .",
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"text": "Buðli Buðli or Budli is the name of one or two legendary kings from the Scandinavian Legendary sagas .",
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"text": "Shyena (Hinduism) Shyena ( Sanskrit : श्येन ) is the divine hawk identified with Agni , who ascends to heaven for bringing soma ( nectar ) to earth with the intention of rejuvenating and revitalizing of all things that exist on earth . It also refers to the fire-altar constructed with bricks ( Agni Chayana ) in the shape of a hawk ( symbolizing the essence of Agni ) in the Vedic ritual . The Yajurveda prescribes prayers and mantras meant to be recited during the course of the construction of this fire-altar which represents the creator and the created . In the Puranas , Shyena becomes Garuda , the vehicle of Lord Vishnu , which finds mention also in the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata , and who brought amrita from heaven at the behest of Kadru , the mother of serpents and a co-wife of Rishi Kasyapa . Shyena and Suparna , both , refer to the eagle and the falcon ( hawk ) , two of the swiftest birds ( of prey ) . In the Rig Veda mantra ( I. 164.20 ) - द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परि षस्वजाते -- there is in fact a reference to these two types of suparnas which are identified as the golden oriole , having beautiful wings , and the eagle . In a mantra addressed to the Vedic god Indra , प्र सु ष विभ्यो मरुतो विरस्तु प्र श्येनः श्येनेभ्य आशुपत्वा | अचक्रया यत्स्वधया सुपर्णो हव्यं भरन्मनवे देवजुष्टम् | | '' Before all birds be ranked this bird , O Maruts ; supreme of falcons , be this fleet-winged Shyena , because , strong-pinioned , with no chariot to bear him , he brought to Manu the god-loved oblation ( Soma ) . '' -- ( Rig Veda IV .26.4 ) Rishi Vamadeva refers to Shyena as the suparna which brings soma , the favorite oblation of the gods . In the Rig Veda , this term is also used to denote a horse . Shyena , along with Ketu Agneya and Vatsa , is one of the sons of Agni , who are all rishis . Shyena denotes the Atman , to it belongs the power of realizing the Sole Reality . Shyena is referred to as a malevolent sacrifice ( yajna ) conducted with the intention of causing harm to others . At the commencement of the Kurukshetra War which lasted for eighteen days , the Pandavas , being aware that Bhishma stood protected by the `` makara vyuha '' and was ready for battle , they had adopted the invincible `` sheyna vyuha '' with Bhima leading stationed at the mouth and Arjuna stationed at the neck of the bird-shaped vyuha , and Yudhishthira patrolling the rear .",
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"text": "Cŵn Annwn In Welsh mythology and folklore , Cŵn Annwn ( -LSB- kuːn ˈanʊn -RSB- , `` hounds of Annwn '' ) were the spectral hounds of Annwn , the otherworld of Welsh myth . They were associated with a form of the Wild Hunt , presided over by either Arawn , king of Annwn in the First Branch of the Mabinogi and alluded to in the Fourth , or by Gwyn ap Nudd as the underworld king and king of the fair ( y ) folk is named in later medieval lore . In Wales , they were associated with migrating geese , supposedly because their honking in the night is reminiscent of barking dogs . Hunting grounds for the Cŵn Annwn are said to include the mountain of Cadair Idris , where it is believed `` the howling of these huge dogs foretold death to anyone who heard them '' . According to Welsh folklore , their growling is loudest when they are at a distance , and as they draw nearer , it grows softer and softer . Their coming is generally seen as a death portent .",
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"text": "Finnish mythology Finnish mythology is a commonly applied description of the folklore of Finnish paganism , of which a modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of the Finnish people . It has many features shared with fellow Finnic Estonian mythology and its non-Finnic neighbours , the Balts and the Scandinavians . Some of their myths are also distantly related to the myths of other Finno-Ugric speakers like the Samis . Finnish mythology survived within an oral tradition of mythical poem-singing and folklore well into the 19th century . Although the gradual influence of surrounding cultures raised the significance of the sky-god in a monolatristic manner , the father god `` Ukko '' ( Old Man ) was originally just a nature spirit like all the others . Of the animals , the most sacred was the bear , whose real name was never uttered out loud , lest his kind be unfavorable to the hunting . The bear ( `` karhu '' in Finnish ) was seen as the embodiment of the forefathers , and for this reason it was called by many circumlocutions : mesikämmen ( `` mead-paw '' ) , otso ( `` browed one '' ) , kontio ( `` dweller of the land '' ) , metsän kultaomena ( `` the golden apple of the forest '' ) but not a god .",
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"text": "Ninurta In Mesopotamian religion , Ninurta ( -LSB- , lord of barley ) was a god of law , scribes , farming , and hunting . In Lagash he was identified with the city god Ningirsu . In the early days of Assyriology , the name was often transliterated Ninib or Ninip and he was sometimes analyzed as a solar deity . Ninurta often appears holding a bow and arrow , a sickle sword , or a mace ; the mace , named Sharur , is capable of speech and can take the form of a winged lion , possibly representing an archetype for the later Shedu . In Nippur , Ninurta was worshiped as part of a triad of deities including his father , Enlil and his mother , Ninlil . In variant mythology , his mother is said to be the harvest goddess Ninhursag . The consort of Ninurta was Ugallu in Nippur and Bau when he was called Ningirsu . In another legend , Ninurta battles a birdlike monster called Imdugud or Anzû ; a Babylonian version relates how the monster steals the Tablet of Destinies -- believed to contain the details of fate and the future -- from Enlil . Ninurta slays each of the monsters later known as the `` Slain Heroes '' ( the Warrior Dragon , the Palm Tree King , Lord Saman-ana , the Bison-beast , the Mermaid , the Seven-headed Snake , the Six-headed Wild Ram ) , and despoils them of valuable items such as Gypsum , Strong Copper , and the Magilum boat . Eventually , Ninurta kills Anzû and returns the Tablet of Destinies to his father Enlil . There are many parallels with both and the story of Marduk , who slew Tiamat and delivered the Tablets of Destiny from Kingu to his father Enki . A number of scholars have suggested that either the god Ninurta or the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I may have been the inspiration for the Biblical character Nimrod .",
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"text": "Snær In Norse mythology , Snær ( Old Norse Snærr , East Norse Sniō , Latin Nix , Nivis , English `` snow '' ) is seemingly a personification of snow , appearing in extant text as an euhemerized legendary Scandinavian king .",
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"text": "Fjölsvinnsmál Fjölsvinnsmál or The Sayings of Fjölsvinnr is the second of two Old Norse poems commonly published under the title Svipdagsmál `` The Lay of Svipdagr '' . These poems are found together in several 17th-century paper manuscripts with Fjölsvinnsmál . In at least three of these manuscripts , the poems appear in reverse order and are separated by a third eddic poem titled Hyndluljóð . For a long time , the connection between the two poems was not realized , until in 1854 Svend Grundtvig pointed out a connection between the story told in Gróagaldr and the first part of the medieval Scandinavian ballad of Ungen Sveidal/Herr Svedendal/Hertig Silfverdal . Then in 1856 , Sophus Bugge noticed that the last part of the ballad corresponded to Fjölsvinnsmál . Bugge wrote about this connection in Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1860ææ , calling the two poems together Svipdagsmál . Subsequent scholars have accepted this title . In the first poem , Svipdagr enlists the aid of his dead mother , Gróa , a witch , to assist him in the completion of a task set by his cruel stepmother . At the commencement of Fjölsvinnsmál , Svipdagr has arrived at a castle on a mountain top . There he encounters a watchman , Fjölsviðr , who tells him to be gone before asking him his name . Svipdagr conceals it , only revealing it later in the poem . A game of question and answers ensues , wherein Svipdagr learns that Menglöð lives in the castle guarded by Fjölsviðr , and that the castle may not be entered by any save one : Svipdagr . He gives his true name and the gates are opened and Menglöð greets Svipdagr . The poem is considered to be among the youngest of the Eddic poems . Nevertheless , it is cryptic and some stanzas are corrupt .",
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"text": "Hygd Queen Hygd , introduced in line 1925 of the poem Beowulf , is the wife of King Hygelac of Geatland . She is the daughter of Hæreth2 . After Beowulf defeats Grendel and Grendel 's mother , he and his men returned to their native country , where they are received by Hygelac and Hygd . Hygd is beautiful , wise , courteous , and attentive . She pours mead in the drinking horns of the warriors thus fulfilling ( in the same vein as Wealhþeow , the queen of Denmark ) the important role of hostess and cup-bearer in the poem . The poet juxtaposes this virtue with the vice of Queen Modþryð ( who appears in line 1932 ) . Beowulf gives her three horses and a magnificent torc ( the Brosing , i.e. Brisingamen , the necklace of the goddess Freyja ) that he received from Wealhþeow . Hygd shows her wisdom and love for the Geatish people when her husband falls in the raid in Frisia against the Franks . Instead of securing the throne for her own offspring , she offers it to Beowulf as she considers her son Heardred to be too inexperienced to defend Geatland against the Swedes . Beowulf , however , talks in favour of young Heardred and convinces her to proclaim him King of the Geats instead . Unfortunately , two Swedish princes , Eadgils and Eanmund , arrive and ask for protection as their uncle Onela had usurped the Swedish throne . Heardred graciously offers them his protection , which leads to a Swedish invasion in which Heardred is slain . The Swedish warrior Weohstan kills Eanmund , and Beowulf can no longer refuse Hygd 's offer of kingship .",
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"text": "Vinotonus Vinotonus is a god from Celtic Mythology of which little is known . Only seven altars dedicated to Vinotonus have been found , all of which are on the Yorkshire Moors . As is common in Celtic Mythology , it is possible that Vinotonus was a local deity of Yorkshire . His name may mean `` God of the Vines '' , and it is estimated that he may have been worshipped from BCE until about 5th century CE . Romans found Vinotonus to be equivalent to Silvanus and that he was a wilderness god . It was common for the Romans to assign local deities of the Celts the names of popular Roman gods . Silvanus is also equated with the Celtic god Callirius , of whom little is known as well , and with the god Nodens . It is possible that many local nature deities of the Celts were grouped under the name of Silvanus to the Romans , as is the case with Vinotonus . David Rankine & Sorita D'Este , The Isles of the Many Gods : An A-Z of the Pagan Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in Ancient Britain During the First Millennium CE through to the Middle Ages , BM Avalonia 2007 Category : Celtic mythology",
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"text": "Helgi Hundingsbane Helgi Hundingsbane is a hero in Norse sagas . Helgi appears in Volsunga saga and in two lays in the Poetic Edda named Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hundingsbana II . The Poetic Edda relates that Helgi and his mistress Sigrún were Helgi Hjörvarðsson and Sváva of the Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar reborn . They were once again reborn as Helgi Haddingjaskati and Kára whose story survives as a part of the Hrómundar saga Gripssonar .",
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"text": "Toy Story Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The directorial debut of John Lasseter , Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first theatrical film produced by Pixar . Taking place in a world where anthropomorphic toys pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present , the film 's plot focuses on the relationship between Woody , an old-fashioned pullstring cowboy doll ( voiced by Tom Hanks ) , and Buzz Lightyear , an astronaut action figure ( voiced by Tim Allen ) , as they evolve from rivals competing for the affections of Andy , their owner , to friends who work together to be reunited with Andy as his family prepares to move to a new home . The screenplay was written by Joss Whedon , Andrew Stanton , Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow , based on a story by Lasseter , Pete Docter , Stanton and Joe Ranft . The film features music by Randy Newman , and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull . Pixar , which produced short animated films to promote their computers , was approached by Disney to produce a computer-animated feature after the success of their short film Tin Toy ( 1988 ) , which is told from a small toy 's perspective . Lasseter , Stanton and Docter wrote early story treatments which were thrown out by Disney , as they wanted the film to be edgier . After disastrous story reels , production was halted and the script was re-written , better reflecting the tone and theme Pixar desired : that `` toys deeply want children to play with them , and that this desire drives their hopes , fears , and actions '' . The studio , then consisting of a relatively small number of employees , produced the film under minor financial constraints . Released in theaters on November 22 , 1995 , Toy Story was the highest-grossing film on its opening weekend and earned over $ 373 million worldwide . The film was widely acclaimed by critics , who praised the animation 's technical innovation , the wit and thematic sophistication of the screenplay , and the performances of Hanks and Allen . It is now considered by many critics to be one of the best animated films ever made . The film received three Academy Award nominations , including Best Original Screenplay , Best Original Score , and Best Original Song for `` You 've Got a Friend in Me '' , as well as winning a Special Achievement Academy Award . It was inducted into the National Film Registry as being `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' in 2005 , its first year of eligibility . In addition to home media releases and theatrical re-releases , Toy Story-inspired material has run the gamut from toys , video games , theme park attractions , spin-offs , merchandise , and two sequels -- Toy Story 2 ( 1999 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) -- both of which also garnered massive commercial success and critical acclaim , with a third sequel , Toy Story 4 , slated for a 2019 release .",
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"text": "Willy McBean and his Magic Machine Willy McBean and his Magic Machine is a 1965 full-length stop-motion puppet animation film produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in the United States and Dentsu Motion Pictures in Japan . It was distributed by Magna Pictures Distribution Corporation , and released in movie theaters on June 23 , 1965 . Its main theme is time travel . The film was also the first stop-motion animated feature produced in the United States since Hansel and Gretel : An Opera Fantasy .",
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"text": "Dollhouse A dollhouse or doll 's house is a toy home made in miniature . For the last century , dollhouses have primarily been the domain of children but their collection and crafting is also a hobby for many adults . The term dollhouse is used commonly in the United States and Canada . In the UK ( United Kingdom ) the term dolls ' house or dollshouse is used . Today 's dollhouses trace their history back about four hundred years to the baby house display cases of Europe , which showed idealized interiors . Smaller dollhouses with more realistic exteriors appeared in Europe in the 18th century . Early dollhouses were all handmade , but following the Industrial Revolution and World War II , they were increasingly mass-produced and became more standardized and affordable . Dollhouses can range from simple boxes stacked together used as rooms for play , up to multimillion-dollar structures displayed in museums . Contemporary children 's play dollhouses are mostly in 1:18 ( or 2/3 '' ) scale , while 1:12 ( or 1 '' ) scale is common for dollhouses made for adult collectors .",
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"text": "Pixar Play Parade Pixar Play Parade was a parade at Disney California Adventure . The parade features floats and characters based on Disney · Pixar films such as Monsters , Inc. , The Incredibles , and Toy Story . In a first for Disney California Adventure , the floats feature small water jets that shoot water into the crowd of spectators ( this parade effect was first introduced in 1993 for `` Aladdin 's Royal Caravan '' at Disneyland . The music used in the parade is derived from Hong Kong Disneyland 's Mickey 's WaterWorks Parade , both having the same tunes with changes in lyrics . Due to the large construction phase in the park , the parade went on hiatus starting on January 4 , 2011 . It was originally set to return in November , however it did not as construction was still ongoing . During the hiatus , it was replaced by `` Pixar Pals '' , an interactive show that only featured characters from Monsters , Inc. and The Incredibles . Pixar Pals concluded in May 2012 and Pixar Play Parade returned on June 15 , 2012 to coincide with the grand reopening of Disney California Adventure . During the 2016 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival , the parade was put on hiatus and Pixar pals temporarily return to the park with `` The Incredibles '' , but `` The Monsters Inc '' float did not return this time . The parade later returned when the food and wine festival ended .",
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"text": "Child World Child World was an American chain of toy stores that was founded in Avon , Massachusetts , in 1970 by Joseph Arnesano . Child World once boasted 182 stores and revenues of approximately $ 830 million annually . From 1975 until its closure Child World also operated the Children 's Palace chain of stores after acquiring it from Kobacker Stores , and later incorporated most of the aesthetic design features from the latter chain into Child World stores .",
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"text": "Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation Tiny Toon Adventures : How I Spent My Vacation is a 1992 American direct-to-video animated comedy film from Warner Bros. . Animation and Amblin Entertainment . Featuring the regular characters from the animated program Tiny Toon Adventures , the film follows them during their summer vacation from school , mainly focused on Babs and Buster going downriver , Plucky and Hamton going to a world-famous amusement park , and Fifi in search of her favorite movie star . Steven Spielberg was the executive producer of the film , which was written by Paul Dini , Nicholas Hollander , Tom Ruegger , and Sherri Stoner . Japanese studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha produced the animation . How I Spent My Vacation was released on VHS and LaserDisc formats on March 11 , 1992 . It was the first animated film to be released direct-to-video in the United States . The film was later aired on television as four separate Tiny Toon Adventures episodes . The film was one of the highest selling videos in the United States , listing on Billboard magazine 's 40 `` Top Video Sales '' for 16 weeks as of July 1992 . Points of praise by critics included the film 's jokes and celebrity caricatures , while points of criticism included the segmented plot . Themes of the film included parodies of pop culture and summer vacations .",
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"text": "Play value Play value is the essential value of a toy or game for play . The term is frequently employed in the field of child development and playwork for the assessment of toys , games , equipment and spaces . When they are fun and engaging , playthings and spaces are said to have play value ; those that are quickly discarded or are considered uninteresting do not . In short , objects of play must be compelling and encourage the child 's involvement in order to have true play value . Play value has been defined as ` how much play can you get out of something ' . Classic toys are examples of toys with true play value as they continue to provide new discoveries and adventures in each subsequent session of play .",
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"text": "Toy Story (franchise) Toy Story is a computer animated film series and Disney media franchise that began with the original 1995 film , Toy Story , produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . The franchise is based on the anthropomorphic concept that all toys , unknown to humans , are secretly alive , and the films focus on a diverse group of toys that feature a classic cowboy , Sheriff Woody , and modern spaceman , Buzz Lightyear . The group unexpectedly embark on adventures that challenge and change them . The first two films of the franchise were directed by John Lasseter , and the third by Lee Unkrich , who acted as the co-director of the second film ( together with Lasseter and Ash Brannon ) . Lasseter will return to direct the upcoming fourth film . All three films , produced on a total budget of $ 320 million , have grossed more than $ 1.9 billion worldwide . Each film set box office records , with the third included in the top 15 all time worldwide films . Critics have given all three films extremely positive reviews . Special Blu-ray and DVD editions of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were released on March 23 , 2010 . They were also re-released in theaters as a Disney Digital 3-D `` double feature '' for at least two weeks in October 2009 . The series is the 24th highest-grossing franchise worldwide , the fifth highest-grossing animated franchise ( behind Shrek , Ice Age , Despicable Me and Madagascar ) , and is among the most critically acclaimed trilogies of all time . On November 1 , 2011 , all three Toy Story films were released in Disney Blu-ray 3D as a trilogy pack and as individual films .",
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"text": "Academy Award for Best Animated Feature The Academy Awards are given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS or the Academy ) for the best films and achievements of the previous year . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films . An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters ' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique , a significant number of the major characters are animated , and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given for films made in 2001 . Through the 89th Academy Awards , presented in 2017 , Academy Award nominations in this category were made by the Academy 's animation section ; effective with the 2018 awards , all Academy members will be eligible to vote on nominations . The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award 's inception . If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category , the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films , which has happened six times , otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist . Additionally , eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated . Animated films can be nominated for other categories , but have rarely been so ; Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) was the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture . Up ( 2009 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees . Waltz with Bashir ( 2008 ) is the only animated film ever nominated for Best Foreign Language Film ( though it did not receive a nomination for Best Animated Feature ) . The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ) and Kubo and the Two Strings ( 2016 ) are the only two animated films to ever be nominated for Best Visual Effects .",
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"text": "Animation studio An animation studio is a company producing animated media . The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce , own the physical equipment for production , employ operators for that equipment , and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the media produced . They also own rights over merchandising and creative rights for characters created/held by the company , much like authors holding copyrights . In some early cases , they also held patent rights over methods of animation used in certain studios that were used for boosting productivity . Overall , they are business concerns and can function as such in legal terms . Currently there are about 201 animation studios dedicated to the production and distribution of animated films that are active . Few are actual production house where as others are corporate entities . Many of these animation studios help with the fulfillment of animation works for big brand names and have carried out outsourced projects including Nemo .",
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"text": "Spin Master Spin Master is a Canadian global toy and entertainment company that has been designing , developing , manufacturing , and marketing consumer products for children around the world since 1994 . Its brands include Bakugan , Meccano , Air Hogs , PAW Patrol , Aquadoodle , TGR , Tech Deck and 2015 Toy of the Year , Zoomer Dino . Spin Master employs over 1000 people globally with offices in Canada , United States , Mexico , France , Italy , United Kingdom , Slovakia , Germany , Sweden , the Netherlands , China , Hong Kong , Japan , and Australia . Since 2005 , Spin Master has received 63 TIA Toy of The Year ( TOTY ) nominations with 16 wins across a variety of product categories . Spin Master has been recognized with 12 TOTY nominations for Innovative Toy of the Year . In 2007 , the company launched Spin Master Entertainment , a media division that develops and produces global entertainment properties , characters and content . Spin Master Entertainment has produced five television series , including Bakugan Battle Brawlers , Little Charmers and its current hit PAW Patrol , which is broadcast in over 160 countries and territories globally . In 2014 Spin Master Entertainment launched a news broadcast named TGR . In 2016 , The Ohio Art Company announced that they sold its Etch A Sketch and Doodle Sketch brands to Spin Master .",
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"text": "A Dinosaur's Tale A Dinosaur 's Tale is a 1993 Sega Genesis action video game that is based on the Steven Spielberg animated feature , We 're Back ! A Dinosaur 's Story . It was only released in North America . Hi Tech Expressions also released different games based on the film for other platforms . Visual Concepts developed an SNES/DOS title and Beam Software developed a Game Boy title ( known in Australia as Agro Soar , in Europe as Baby T-Rex , and in Sweden as Bamse ) .",
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"text": "Toystory (bull) Toystory was a Holstein bull that has sired an estimated 500,000 offspring in more than 50 countries around the world . He was owned by Genex Cooperative Inc and he was housed Shawano , Wisconsin . In 2012 Toystory produced a world record-breaking 2 millionth unit of semen at eleven years of age and was the first Holstein bull in history to achieve this mark . This surpassed the previous world record of 1.7 million units of semen set by a Dutch Bull named Sunny Boy . Over his lifetime Toystory produced 2.4 million units of semen . Toystory died on Thanksgiving day in 2014 at thirteen years of age . `` The death of TOYSTORY means the passing of the industry 's most prolific sire , '' stated Keith Heikes , Genex Chief Operating Officer , `` This bull was one of a kind for many reasons . ''",
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"text": "John Morris (actor) John Charles Morris ( born October 2 , 1984 ) is an American voice actor . He is best known for his role as Andy Davis in the Toy Story film trilogy . When auditioning for the role of Andy , he brought some of his X-Men action figures and made voices for them , the Pixar staff loved it and gave him the part . Morris was brought back on to Toy Story 3 by the request of the director Lee Unkrich . Unkrich described the process by which he went to get Morris on the Toy Story 3 Blu-ray/DVD detailing how he called him to ask him to reprise his role as Andy ( from the original Toy Story ) and after hearing Morris ' voicemail greeting , Unkrich knew immediately that Morris would again be playing Andy . He also has minor fame for voicing `` Pepper '' in the 1997 video game Lego Island . A 2007 graduate from the University of California-Los Angeles School of Theater , Film & Television , he currently resides in Northern California .",
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"text": "Toy2R Toy2R ( abbreviation of Toy to Raymond ) is a designer toy company based in Hong Kong that was founded by Prof. Raymond Choy M.H.in 1995 .",
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"text": "Sheriff Woody Sheriff Woody Pride is a fictional character in the Toy Story franchise . He is voiced by Tom Hanks in all of the feature-length and short films and by Jim Hanks in video games and shorts . He is a stuffed cowboy character that leads the other toys in adventures in the movies . His facial features are based on Tone Thyne , an animator for Disney at the time .",
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"text": "Joe Ranft Joseph Henry `` Joe '' Ranft ( March 13 , 1960 -- August 16 , 2005 ) was an American screenwriter , animator , storyboard artist , voice actor and magician who worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation . His brother , Jerome Ranft , is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies . He received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination as one of the writers of Toy Story ( 1995 ) , and was also co-director on Cars ( 2006 ) , his final work .",
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"text": "Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues Jurassic Park 2 : The Chaos Continues ( also known as Jurassic Park Part 2 : The Chaos Continues ) is a 1995 video game and a non-canonical continuation of the Jurassic Park series , developed and published by Ocean Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( SNES ) . Jurassic Park 2 : The Chaos Continues was originally scheduled for release in December 1994 , but was ultimately released in January 1995 . A Game Boy version , with a different storyline , was released in February 1995 .",
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"text": "Toy Biz, Inc. v. United States Toy Biz v. United States was a 2003 decision in the United States Court of International Trade that determined that for purposes of tariffs , Toy Biz 's action figures were toys , not dolls , because they represented `` nonhuman creatures '' . This decision effectively halved the tariff rate .",
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"text": "Funko Funko is an American company that manufactures licensed pop culture toys . Funko is most known for producing over 1000 different licensed vinyl figures . In addition , Funko produces licensed plush , bobbleheads , action figures , and licensed electronic items such as USB drives , lamps , and headphones . Founded in 1998 by Frank Malone , the company was originally conceived by Becker as a small project to bring back various low-tech , nostalgia-themed toys in the high-tech world of today . Funko 's first manufactured bobblehead was of the restaurant advertising icon Big Boy . Sold in 2005 , Funko LLC is now headed by Brian Mariotti as president . Since 2005 , the company has increased the scope of unique toy lines , and has signed licensing deals with Marvel , DC Comics , WWE , Lucasfilm , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Paramount Pictures , Nickelodeon , DreamWorks , Hasbro , CBS , Fox , Warner Bros , Disney , HBO , Peanuts , BBC , NFL , Ubisoft , NBCUniversal , Cartoon Network , 2K Games , Bethesda Games , and many more . Funko products now have worldwide distribution . According to Mariotti , `` We were in the $ 40 million range for revenue -LSB- in 2013 -RSB- -- and $ 28 million of that was from Pop figures alone . '' In 2015 , Funko added Mopeez , Dorbz , Vinyl Idolz , Vinyl Vixens , and Super Deluxe vinyl to their existing lines .",
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"text": "National Toy Hall of Fame The National Toy Hall of Fame is an American hall of fame that recognizes the contributions of toys and games that have sustained their popularity for many years . Criteria for induction include : icon status ( the toy is widely recognized , respected , and remembered ) ; longevity ( more than a passing fad ) ; discovery ( fosters learning , creativity , or discovery ) ; and innovation ( profoundly changed play or toy design ) . Established in 1998 under the direction of Ed Sobey , the National Toy Hall of Fame was originally housed at A. C. Gilbert 's Discovery Village in Salem , Oregon , United States , but was moved to the Strong National Museum of Play ( now The Strong ) in Rochester , New York , in 2002 after it outgrew its original home . Sixty-three toys have been enshrined in the National Toy Hall of Fame :",
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Kristen Bell did not win a Saturn Award.
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"text": "Kristen Bell Kristen Anne Bell ( born July 18 , 1980 ) is an American actress and singer . She began her acting career starring in stage productions and attended the Tisch School of Arts in New York . In 2001 , she made her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and starred in the Broadway revival of The Crucible the following year . In 2004 , she had a supporting role in the film Spartan and received praise for her first leading performance in Gracie 's Choice . Bell gained critical acclaim for her first major role as the title character in the teen noir drama television series Veronica Mars ( 2004 -- 07 ) . For her performance she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television . She reprised the eponymous role in the 2014 film continuation of the series . During her time on Veronica Mars , Bell appeared as Mary Lane in the film Reefer Madness : The Movie Musical ( 2005 ) , a reprise of the role she had played in the New York musical upon which the film was based . In 2007 , Bell joined the cast of the sci-fi series Heroes , playing the character Elle Bishop , for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award . In 2008 , she had her breakout film role as the title character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall . She has since appeared in a number of comedy films , such as Couples Retreat ( 2009 ) , When in Rome ( 2010 ) , You Again ( 2010 ) , and The Boss ( 2016 ) . Bell garnered further recognition for voicing Princess Anna in the Disney film Frozen ( 2013 ) , the short film Frozen Fever ( 2015 ) , and the upcoming Frozen 2 . She also starred as the female lead on the Showtime series House of Lies . Since 2016 , she has starred in the main role of Eleanor Shellstrop on the NBC comedy series The Good Place . Bell married actor Dax Shepard in 2013 , with whom she has two daughters .",
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"text": "Bell Awards Bell Awards may refer to : Australian Jazz Bell Awards - music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia . Bell Awards for Publishing Excellence - an Australian Publishing Industry award list . Bert Bell Award - for the Professional American football Player of the Year . Grand Bell Awards - film awards presented in South Korea",
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"text": "Carlson Young Carlson Young ( born ) is an American actress . She is known for her roles on Disney Channel 's As the Bell Rings , the film Premature , Comedy Central 's Key & Peele , and for her role as Brooke Maddox in the main cast of MTV 's Scream television series .",
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"text": "Chris Bell (American musician) Christopher Branford `` Chris '' Bell ( January 12 , 1951December 27 , 1978 ) was an American guitarist , singer , and songwriter . Along with Alex Chilton , he led the power pop band Big Star through its first acclaimed album , # 1 Record ( 1972 ) . He also pursued a solo career throughout the mid-1970s , resulting in the posthumous I Am the Cosmos LP . All Music Guide praised Bell as `` one of the unsung heroes of American pop music '' and noted his lasting impression , saying : `` Despite a life marked by tragedy and a career crippled by commercial indifference , the singer/songwriter 's slim body of recorded work proved massively influential on the generations of indie rockers who emerged in his wake . '' His catalog of proto-alternative rock has inspired the likes of Beck , R.E.M. , Teenage Fanclub , Primal Scream , Afghan Whigs , Pete Yorn , Wilco , The Posies , and The Replacements , all of which have covered his music or name-dropped Big Star in the press . His life was documented in the acclaimed Big Star : Nothing Can Hurt Me documentary , released in 2013 on Magnolia Pictures . In the winter 2017 , Bell 's life will be documented in the book There Was a Light : The Cosmic History of Chris Bell and the Rise of Big Star . The oral-history style bio is slated for a November 2017 release .",
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"text": "Breakthrough Performance Award The Breakthrough Performance Award is presented by the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Films , in conjunction with their annual Saturn Award ceremony .",
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"text": "6th Saturn Awards The 6th Saturn Awards was the sixth ceremony in which media properties and personalities related to the science fiction , fantasy and horror which were released in the year 1977 were awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Films . The ceremony was held on February 24 of 1979 .",
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"text": "Locations in Veronica Mars Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas . The series premiered on September 22 , 2004 , during UPN 's last two years , and ended on May 22 , 2007 , after a season on UPN 's successor , The CW Television Network . Set in the fictional town of Neptune , the series starred Kristen Bell as the title character , a student who progressed from high school to college during the series while moonlighting as a private investigator under the wing of her detective father .",
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"text": "38th Saturn Awards The 38th Saturn Awards , honoring the best in science fiction , fantasy and horror film and television in 2011 , were held on July 26 , 2012 in Burbank , California . The awards are presented by the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Films . The six Best Film Award categories were respectively won by Rise of the Planet of the Apes ( Science Fiction ) , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 ( Fantasy ) , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ( Horror or Thriller ) , Mission : Impossible -- Ghost Protocol ( Action or Adventure ) , The Skin I Live In ( International ) and Puss in Boots ( Animated ) . Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Super 8 led the winners with three each . In the television categories , Breaking Bad won three of its six nominations , including Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series . Fringe , The Walking Dead and Teen Wolf won the other Best Series Awards . Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2 became the first Harry Potter film to win Best Fantasy Film , for which the seven previous Harry Potter films were nominated , and only the second film of the series to win a Saturn Award , following The Philosopher 's Stone which won Best Costume in 2001 . Mission : Impossible -- Ghost Protocol also became the first Mission : Impossible film to win Best Action or Adventure Film , following the nominations of the first and third installments .",
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"text": "Kristen Wiig Kristen Carroll Wiig ( -LSB- ˈwɪɡ -RSB- born August 22 , 1973 ) is an American actress , comedian , writer , and producer . She is known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live ( 2005 -- 12 ) , and such films as Bridesmaids , The Martian , and Ghostbusters . Wiig was born in Canandaigua , New York , and raised in Lancaster , Pennsylvania , and Rochester , New York . Wiig attended the University of Arizona , where she majored in Fine Art . She later relocated to Los Angeles , where she broke into comedy as a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings and made her television debut in 2003 . Wiig joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2005 and the following year she co-starred in the Christmas comedy film Unaccompanied Minors . After appearing in a series of supporting roles in comedy films such as Adventureland , Whip It , and Paul , she starred in and co-wrote the screenplay for Bridesmaids , which was both critically and commercially successful . Wiig received seven consecutive Emmy Awards nominations and has been nominated for an Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her work on Despicable Me 2 . In 2012 , Bridesmaids earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress -- Musical or Comedy , as well as nominations for the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay and a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast . She was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role as Cynthia Morehouse in the miniseries The Spoils of Babylon .",
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"text": "10th Saturn Awards The 10th Saturn Awards , honoring the best in science fiction , fantasy and horror film in 1982 , were held on July 30 , 1983 .",
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"text": "Ted Bell Ted Bell is an American author of suspense novels such as Hawke and Assassin , Pirate , and Spy and Warlord and Phantom . He is best known for his New York Times Bestselling series of spy thriller novels featuring the character Lord Alexander Hawke . Before becoming a novelist , he was President and Chief Creative Officer of the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago . He was later named Vice-Chairman of the Board and World-Wide Creative Director of Young & Rubicam , one of the world 's largest advertising agencies . At age 25 , he sold his first Hollywood screenplay , ` Screamathon ' to producers Joel B. Michaels and Garth Drabinsky .",
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"text": "Jean Smart Jean Elizabeth Smart ( born September 13 , 1951 ) is an American film , television , and stage actress . After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest , she appeared on Broadway as Marlene Dietrich in Piaf in 1981 . Smart was later cast in a lead role as Charlene Frazier Stillfield on the CBS sitcom Designing Women , which she played from 1986 to 1991 . She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 2000 Broadway revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner , and would go on to win two Emmy Awards for her role as Lana Gardener on the NBC sitcom Frasier ( 2000 -- 01 ) , and a third Emmy in 2008 for her role as Regina Newley on the ABC sitcom Samantha Who ? ( 2007 -- 09 ) . Her film credits include The Brady Bunch Movie ( 1995 ) , Guinevere ( 1999 ) , Sweet Home Alabama ( 2002 ) , I Heart Huckabees ( 2004 ) , and The Accountant ( 2016 ) . Between 2006 and 2007 , she portrayed Martha Logan on the series 24 , and later starred as Floyd Gerhardt on Noah Hawley 's critically acclaimed FX series Fargo ( 2015 ) , which earned her a Critics ' Choice Television Award as well as an Emmy Award nomination . Since 2017 , she stars in the FX series Legion , also by Hawley .",
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"text": "11th Saturn Awards The 11th Saturn Awards , honoring the best in science fiction , fantasy and horror film in 1983 , were held on March 24 , 1984 .",
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"text": "Wedding Bell Blues (Gilmore Girls) `` Wedding Bell Blues '' is the thirteenth episode of the fifth season of the American comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls and the show 's 100th episode overall . Written and directed by series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino , the episode was originally broadcast on The WB in the United States on February 8 , 2005 . The episode features the renewal of vows by Emily ( Kelly Bishop ) and Richard Gilmore ( Edward Herrmann ) . Their daughter Lorelai Gilmore ( Lauren Graham ) and their granddaughter Rory Gilmore ( Alexis Bledel ) serve as maid of honor and best man , respectively . `` Wedding Bell Blues '' received positive reviews from television critics .",
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"text": "Worst Friends (2014 film) Worst Friends is an American comedy film , written , produced and directed by Ralph Arend . The film stars Richard Tanne , Noah Barrow , Kristen Connolly , and Cody Horn , with Larry Fessenden , Geoffrey Arend , and Kathryn Erbe and was released on November 4 , 2014 .",
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"text": "Gothika Gothika is a 2003 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and written by Sebastian Gutierrez . Halle Berry plays a psychiatrist in a women 's mental hospital who wakes up one day to find herself on the other side of the bars , accused of having murdered her husband . The film was first released on November 21 , 2003 in the United States . At the time of its release , Gothika was the most successful film from Dark Castle Entertainment , with a worldwide gross of $ 141.6 million .",
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"text": "Stay Alive Stay Alive is a 2006 American slasher film directed by William Brent Bell , who co-wrote it with Matthew Peterman . It was produced by McG , and was released on March 24 , 2006 in the US . It was the first film in five years released by Hollywood Pictures . It was also Disney 's only slasher film .",
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"text": "MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss This is a following list for the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Kiss . Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson won for `` The Twilight Saga films '' ( along with `` Best Movie '' ) in four consecutive years ( 2009-2012 ) .",
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"text": "Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television The following is a list of Saturn Award winners for Best Actor on Television ( formerly Best Genre TV Actor ) . The award is presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Films , honoring the work of actresses in science fiction , fantasy , and horror fiction on television . ( NOTE : Year refers to year of eligibility , the actual ceremonies are held the following year . ) The winners are listed in bold .",
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"text": "Bell, Book & Candle (band) Bell , Book & Candle is a German musical group consisting of Jana Gross ( vocals ) , Andy Birr ( vocals , guitars , drums ) and Hendrik Röder ( vocals , bass guitar ) . Their first album to be released was Read My Sign in 1998 . The album spawned a hit single called `` Rescue Me ( Let Your Amazement Grow ) '' and featured a cover of a Sheryl Crow song , `` Destiny '' . Birr is the son of Puhdys singer and guitarist Dieter Birr , and Röder is the son of Puhdys keyboardist Peter Meyer .",
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"text": "Kevin Bellie Kevin Bellie ( born May 8 , 1971 ) is an American director and choreographer based in the Chicago , Illinois area . Bellie has been nominated for 20 Joseph Jefferson Awards and is a five-time award winner . Bellie was artistic director for Circle Theatre Chicago in Forest Park from 2003-2012 before stepping down to pursue freelance work .",
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Adolf Hitler was leader of Nazi Germany.
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"text": "Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler ( -LSB- ˈadɔlf ˈhɪtlɐ -RSB- ; 20 April 1889 -- 30 April 1945 ) was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party ( Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei ; NSDAP ) , Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 , and Führer ( `` Leader '' ) of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945 . As dictator of the German Reich , he initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939 , and was central to the Holocaust . Hitler was born in Austria , then part of Austria-Hungary , and raised near Linz . He moved to Germany in 1913 and was decorated during his service in the German Army in World War I . He joined the German Workers ' Party ( DAP ) , the precursor of the NSDAP , in 1919 and became leader of the NSDAP in 1921 . In 1923 he attempted a coup in Munich to seize power . The failed coup resulted in Hitler 's imprisonment , during which he dictated the first volume of his autobiography and political manifesto Mein Kampf ( `` My Struggle '' ) . After his release in 1924 , Hitler gained popular support by attacking the Treaty of Versailles and promoting Pan-Germanism , anti-semitism , and anti-communism with charismatic oratory and Nazi propaganda . Hitler frequently denounced international capitalism and communism as being part of a Jewish conspiracy . By 1933 , the Nazi Party was the largest elected party in the German Reichstag , which led to Hitler 's appointment as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 . Following fresh elections won by his coalition , the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act , which began the process of transforming the Weimar Republic into Nazi Germany , a one-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of National Socialism . Hitler aimed to eliminate Jews from Germany and establish a New Order to counter what he saw as the injustice of the post-World War I international order dominated by Britain and France . His first six years in power resulted in rapid economic recovery from the Great Depression , the effective abandonment of restrictions imposed on Germany after World War I , and the annexation of territories that were home to millions of ethnic Germans -- actions which gave him significant popular support . Hitler sought Lebensraum ( `` living space '' ) for the German people in Eastern Europe . His aggressive foreign policy is considered to be the primary cause of the outbreak of World War II in Europe . He directed large-scale rearmament and on 1 September 1939 invaded Poland , resulting in British and French declarations of war on Germany . In June 1941 , Hitler ordered an invasion of the Soviet Union . By the end of 1941 German forces and the European Axis powers occupied most of Europe and North Africa . Failure to defeat the Soviets and the entry of the United States into the war forced Germany onto the defensive and it suffered a series of escalating defeats . In the final days of the war , during the Battle of Berlin in 1945 , Hitler married his long-time lover , Eva Braun . On 30 April 1945 , less than two days later , the two killed themselves to avoid capture by the Red Army , and their corpses were burned . Under Hitler 's leadership and racially motivated ideology , the Nazi regime was responsible for the genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other victims whom he and his followers deemed Untermenschen ( `` sub-humans '' ) and socially undesirable . Hitler and the Nazi regime were also responsible for the killing of an estimated 19.3 million civilians and prisoners of war . In addition , 29 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of military action in the European Theatre of World War II . The number of civilians killed during the Second World War was unprecedented in warfare , and constitutes the deadliest conflict in human history .",
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"text": "Vorbunker The Vorbunker ( upper bunker or forward bunker ) was an underground concrete structure originally intended to be a temporary air-raid shelter for Adolf Hitler and his guards and servants . It was located behind the large reception hall that was added onto the old Reich Chancellery , in Berlin , Germany , in 1936 . The bunker was officially called the `` Reich Chancellery Air-Raid Shelter '' until 1943 , when the complex was expanded with the addition of the Führerbunker , located one level below . On 16 January 1945 , Hitler moved into the Führerbunker . He was joined by his senior staff , including Martin Bormann . Later , Eva Braun and Joseph Goebbels moved into the Führerbunker while Magda Goebbels and their six children took residence in the upper Vorbunker . The Goebbels family lived in the Vorbunker until their deaths on 1 May 1945 .",
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"text": "History of Austria The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states , from the early Stone Age to the present state . The name Ostarrîchi ( Austria ) has been in use since 996 AD when it was a margravate of the Duchy of Bavaria and from 1156 an independent duchy ( later archduchy ) of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation ( Heiliges Römisches Reich 962 -- 1806 ) . Austria was dominated by the House of Habsburg ( Haus Österreich ) from 1273 to 1806 , when the Holy Roman Empire came to an end . Austria then became the Austrian Empire , a part of the German Confederation until the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 , which Austria lost and was subsequently excluded from German affairs . In 1867 Austria formed with Hungary as a dual monarchy the Austro-Hungarian Empire ( 1867 -- 1918 ) . When this empire collapsed after the end of World War I in 1918 , Austria was reduced to the main German speaking areas of the empire ( its current frontiers ) , and adopted the name The Republic of German-Austria , with hope of joining the new German Weimar Republic . However the union and name were forbidden by the Allies at the Treaty of Versailles . This led to the creation of the First Austrian Republic ( 1918-1933 ) . Following the First Republic , Austrofascism tried to keep Austria independent from the German Reich . Engelbert Dollfuss accepted that Austrians were Germans but wanted Austria to remain independent from a Protestant Germany . In 1938 Austrian-born Adolf Hitler annexed Austria to the German Reich with the Anschluss , which was supported by a large majority of the Austrian people . After the Second World War Austria again became an independent republic as the Second Republic in 1955 and joined the European Union in 1995 .",
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"text": "Frankfurt Documents thumb | right | 200px | Members of the Frankfurt conference Frankfurt Documents were a series of documents which were an important step on the way to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany . On July 1 , 1948 the representatives of the Western allied occupation forces handed over a number of documents to the prime ministers and two ruling mayors from the western zones of occupation , in which the recommendations were made , including establishing a West German state . The main problem of these recommendations was that they did not provide all-German solution , but only a West German state . The Frankfurt documents formed a working basis for the work on the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany . They were created at the London 6-Power Conference in early 1948 . The handover took place in the IG Farben Building in Frankfurt am Main , and the documents took the name of this town . The military governors Lucius D. Clay ( United States ) , Marie-Pierre Koenig ( France ) and Sir Brian Robertson ( UK ) issued an order establishing a western German state . Present were Peter Altmeier ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) , Karl Arnold ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) , Lawrence Bock ( Württemberg-Hohenzollern ) , Max Brauer ( Hamburg ) , Hans Ehard ( Bavaria ) , Wilhelm Kaisen ( Bremen ) , Hinrich Wilhelm Kopf ( Lower Saxony ) , Hermann Lüdemann ( Schleswig-Holstein ) , Reinhold Maier ( Württemberg-Baden ) , Christian Stock ( Hessen ) and Leo Wohleb ( Baden ) . A West German state was to be established under the following conditions : There should be a constitutional convention ( German : Verfassunggebende Versammlung , literally , `` Constituent Assembly '' ) before September 1 , 1948 , to draft a constitution shaping a federal form of government , while maintaining the rights of people and the participating states . This constitution should first be approved by the military governments , then a referendum in the countries to ratify the Constitution . The respective simple majority in two thirds of eleven West German states should be sufficient for ratification . Constitutional amendments must be approved by the military governors . The German foreign policy should continue to be controlled by the military governors in a minimum , as Ruhr questions , repairs , industrial and rights of the Allied forces . The boundaries of each state should be reviewed and it should , if necessary , taking into account of traditional forms of new countries are created , none compared to the other should be too large or too small . The Frankfurt Documents prompted the Prime Minister to hold Rittersturz Conference in Koblenz , on the resolutions that were passed . Category : Political history of Germany Category : Political conferences",
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"text": "Extermination camp The German extermination camps or death camps and killing centers were designed and built by Nazi Germany during World War II ( 1939 -- 45 ) to systematically kill millions of Jews , Slavs , Communists , and others whom the Nazis considered `` Untermenschen '' , primarily by gassing , but also in mass executions and through extreme work under starvation conditions . The idea of mass extermination with the use of stationary facilities built exclusively for that purpose was a result of earlier Nazi experimentation with the chemically manufactured poison gas during the secretive Action T4 euthanasia programme against Germans with mental and physical disabilities . The technology was adapted , expanded and applied in wartime to unsuspecting victims of many ethnic and national groups ; the Jews however were the primary targets accounting for over 90 percent of the extermination camp death toll . This genocide of the Jewish people of Europe was the Third Reich 's `` Final Solution to the Jewish question '' . It is now collectively known as the Holocaust . Extermination camps were also set up by the fascist Ustaše regime of the Independent State of Croatia allied with Germany , carrying out genocidal policy between 1941 and 1945 against Serbs , Jews , Roma and its Croat and Muslim political opponents .",
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"text": "Emanuel Hirsch Emanuel Hirsch ( June 14 , 1888 , Bentwisch , Province of Brandenburg - July 17 , 1972 , Göttingen ) was a German Protestant theologian and also a member of the Nazi Party and the Nazi supporting body . He escaped denazification at the end of the war by obtaining an early medical retirement and pension from his University . Hirsch studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin where his teachers were Karl Holl and Adolf von Harnack . He earned his PhD with the thesis Fichte 's Philosophy of Religion in the context of his overall philosophical development ( in German : Fichtes Religionsphilosophie im Rahmen der philosophischen Gesamtentwicklung Fichtes ) . Hirsch was a member of the Wingolf student fraternity . He was a professor at Göttingen University ( 1921-1945 ) . Shortly after the Nazi seizure of power he wrote : `` No other people of the world has a statesman who is so serious about Christendom ; when Adolf Hitler concluded his great speech on May 1st with a prayer everybody could feel the wonderful candor therein . '' In 1933 Hirsch signed the Loyalty Oath of German Professors to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist State . Emanuel Hirsch joined the NSDAP in 1937 and also became a Patron Member of the SS and joined the National Socialist People 's Welfare . Hirsch was a leader of the German Christians and an advisor of Reich Bishop Ludwig Müller .",
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"text": "Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt The presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4 , 1933 , when he was inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States , and ended upon his death on April 12 , 1945 , a span of ( 4422 days ) . Roosevelt assumed the presidency in the midst of the Great Depression . Starting with his landslide victory over Republican President Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election . He won a record four presidential terms , and became a central figure in world affairs during World War II . His program for relief , recovery and reform , known as the New Deal , involved a great expansion of the role of the federal government in the economy . Under his steady leadership , the Democratic Party built a `` New Deal Coalition '' of labor unions , big city machines , white ethnics , African Americans , and rural white Southerners , that would significantly realign American politics for the next several decades in the Fifth Party System and also define modern American liberalism . During his first hundred days in office , Roosevelt spearheaded unprecedented major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal -- a variety of programs designed to produce relief ( government jobs for the unemployed ) , recovery ( economic growth ) , and reform ( through regulation of Wall Street , banks and transportation ) . He created numerous programs to support the unemployed and farmers , and to encourage labor union growth while more closely regulating business and high finance . The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 added to his popularity , helping him win re-election by a landslide in 1936 . The economy improved rapidly from 1933 to 1937 , but then relapsed into a deep recession in 1937 -- 38 . The bipartisan Conservative Coalition that formed in 1937 prevented his attempted packing of the Supreme Court , and blocked most of his legislative proposals , aside from the Fair Labor Standards Act . When the war began and unemployment largely became a non-issue , conservatives in Congress repealed the two major relief programs , the WPA and CCC , but kept most of the regulations on business . Along with several smaller programs , major surviving programs from the New Deal include the Securities and Exchange Commission , the Wagner Act , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , and Social Security . A potential worldwide war loomed after 1937 , with the Japanese invasion of China and the aggression of Nazi Germany , which invaded Poland in September 1939 . Roosevelt remained officially neutral but gave strong diplomatic and financial support to China , the United Kingdom , Free France , and the Soviet Union via initiatives such as the Lend-Lease programs . Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 , 1941 , Roosevelt sought and obtained a declaration of war upon Japan . A few days later , he sought and obtained a declaration of war upon the other major Axis powers , Germany and Italy . Assisted by his top aide Harry Hopkins , and with very strong national support , he worked closely with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill , Soviet leader Joseph Stalin , and Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in leading the Allies during World War II . He supervised the mobilization of the U.S. economy to support the war effort , and the war saw the end of the massive unemployment that characterized the Great Depression . Roosevelt sought to desegregate the federal workforce with the Fair Employment Practice Committee , but he also controversially ordered the internment of 100,000 Japanese American civilians . As an active military leader , Roosevelt implemented a war strategy on two fronts that ended in the defeat of the Axis Powers and the development of the world 's first nuclear bomb . Though he died months before the end of the war , his work on the post-war order shaped the new United Nations and the Bretton Woods international financial system . Roosevelt 's health seriously declined during the war years , and he died three months into his fourth term . He was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman . It was on Roosevelt 's watch that the Democratic Party was returned to dominance , prosperity returned , and two great military enemies were destroyed . Scholars , historians and the public typically rank Roosevelt alongside Abraham Lincoln and George Washington as one of the three greatest U.S. Presidents .",
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"text": "Alfred Hugenberg Alfred Ernst Christian Alexander Hugenberg ( 19 June 1865 -- 12 March 1951 ) was an influential German businessman and politician . A leading figure in nationalist politics in Germany for the first few decades of the twentieth century , he became the country 's leading media proprietor during the inter-war period . As leader of the German National People 's Party he was instrumental in helping Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany and served in his first cabinet in 1933 , hoping to control Hitler and use him as his `` tool . '' Those plans backfired , and by the end of 1933 Hugenberg had been pushed to the sidelines . Although Hugenberg continued to serve as a `` guest '' member of the Reichstag until 1945 , he wielded no political influence .",
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"text": "Lebensraum The German concept of Lebensraum ( -LSB- ˈleːbənsˌʁaʊm -RSB- , `` living space '' ) refers to policies and practices of settler colonialism which proliferated in Germany from the 1890s to the 1940s . First popularized around 1901 , Lebensraum became a geopolitical goal of Imperial Germany in World War I ( 1914 -- 1918 ) originally , as the core element of the Septemberprogramm of territorial expansion . The most extreme form of this ideology was supported by the Nazi Party ( NSDAP ) and Nazi Germany until the end of World War II . Following Adolf Hitler 's rise to power Lebensraum became an ideological principle of Nazism , and provided justification for the German territorial expansion into East-Central Europe . The Nazi Generalplan Ost policy ( the Master Plan for the East ) was based on its tenets . It stipulated that most of the indigenous populations of Eastern Europe would have to be removed permanently ( either through mass deportation to Siberia , death , or enslavement ) including Polish , Ukrainian , Russian , and other Slavic nations considered racially inferior and non-Aryan . The Nazi government aimed at repopulating these lands with Germanic colonists in the name of Lebensraum during World War II and thereafter . The entire populations were to be decimated by starvation , allowing for their own agricultural surplus to feed Germany . Hitler 's strategic program for world domination was based on the belief in the power of Lebensraum , pursued by a racially superior society . People deemed to be part of inferior races , within the territory of Lebensraum expansion , were subjected to expulsion or destruction . The eugenics of Lebensraum assumed the right of the German Aryan master race ( Herrenvolk ) to remove indigenous people they considered to be of inferior racial stock ( Untermenschen ) in the name of their own living space . Nazi Germany also supported other ` Aryan ' nations ' pursuing their own Lebensraum , including Fascist Italy 's Spazio vitale .",
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"text": "Georg Escherich Georg Escherich ( born 4 January 1870 in Schwandorf - died 26 August 1941 in Munich ) was a German politician , representative of the Bavarian People 's Party . By profession he was a forester . In 1919 he became head of the Bavarian Einwohnerwehren , anti-communist home guard groups set up by General Ludwig Maercker . The following year Escherich organised his supporters into the ` Orgesch ' ( from ` Organisation Escherich ) , an anti-Semitic paramilitary group . This new group quickly established links with the Heimwehr in Austria and gave weapons to the units commanded by Richard Steidle and Walter Pfrimer . Escherich was a close ally of Rudolf Kanzler , the leader of ` Orka ' , who was also close to the Heimwehr . The Orgesch was disarmed and disbanded on the orders of the Allies in 1921 as part of wider moves against the private armies that had sprouted up in Germany since the armistice . He returned in 1928 by founding a Bavarian Heimatschutz , a name also used by the Styrian Heimwehr of his ally Pfrimer , although this group was less significant due to the growth on the right of militia such as the Sturmabteilung and the Stahlhelm , Bund der Frontsoldaten , and was disbanded in 1933 when Adolf Hitler took power .",
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"text": "Gerd von Rundstedt Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt ( 12 December 1875 -- 24 February 1953 ) was a Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II . Born into a Prussian family with a long military tradition , Rundstedt entered the Prussian Army in 1892 . During World War I , he served mainly as a staff officer . In the inter-war years , he continued his military career , reaching the rank of Colonel General ( Generaloberst ) before retiring in 1938 . He was recalled at the beginning of World War II as commander of Army Group South in the invasion of Poland . He commanded Army Group A during the Battle of France , and was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal in 1940 . In the invasion of the Soviet Union , he commanded Army Group South , responsible for the largest encirclement in history , the Battle of Kiev , as well as the largest mass killing of the Holocaust to that date , at Babi Yar . He was relieved of command in December 1941 , but was recalled in 1942 and appointed Commander-in-Chief in the West . He was dismissed after the German defeat in Normandy in July 1944 , but was again recalled as Commander-in-Chief in the West in September , holding this post until his final dismissal by Adolf Hitler in March 1945 . Rundstedt was aware of the various plots to depose Hitler , but refused to support them . After the war , he was charged with war crimes , but did not face trial due to his age and poor health . He was released in 1949 , and died in 1953 .",
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"text": "Golden Party Badge __ NOTOC __ The Golden Party Badge ( Goldenes Parteiabzeichen , officially the Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP ; Golden Medal of the National Socialist German Workers ' Party ) was a special badge of the Nazi Party . The first 100,000 members who had joined and had uninterrupted service in the Party were eligible for the badge ( these were denoted by the party members ' number stamped on the reverse ) . Other Golden Party Badges ( with the initials ` A.H. ' stamped on the reverse ) were awarded at the discretion of Adolf Hitler to certain members of the party who merited special treatment . An identical badge was awarded each year on 30 January to persons who had shown outstanding service to the Nazi Party or State . Only 20,487 men and 1,795 women were actually approved for and awarded the badge ( outside of the ones Hitler awarded at his discretion ) . The Golden Party Badge was the basic Nazi Party Badge with the addition of a gold wreath completely encircling the badge . The badge was awarded in two sizes : 30.5 mm for wearing on uniforms and 24 mm for other use . Adolf Hitler 's own Golden Party Badge had the number ' 1 ' . He awarded it to Magda Goebbels in late April 1945 and proclaimed her as the `` First Mother of the Reich '' . The ' 1 ' badge was stolen from a display in Russia in 2005 . The guards thought that a cat had set off the alarms and this allowed the burglar to escape .",
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"text": "Free Society of Teutonia The Free Society of Teutonia was one of the earliest National Socialist organizations to appear in America . It was a German American organization that was associated with a strong support for Nazism . The Society was formed in 1924 by four German immigrants , including Nazi Party members Fritz and Peter Gissibl and their brother Andrew . The organization was originally led by German immigrant and non-citizen Fritz Gissibl , who made his headquarters in Chicago and from there it set about recruiting ethnic Germans who supported German nationalist aims . The Teutonia Society initially functioned as a club , but soon raised a group of militants based on the SA and , with membership increasing , became vocal critics of Jews , communism and the Treaty of Versailles . Alongside this however it retained a social function , with Teutonia Society meetings frequently ending up in heavy beer drinking sessions . The group changed its name to the Nationalistic Society of Teutonia in 1926 , at which point Peter Gissibil was advising members to also seek Nazi Party membership . The group gained a strong , if fairly small following , and was able to establish units in Milwaukee , St. Louis , Missouri , Detroit , New York City , Cincinnati and Newark , New Jersey The group 's treasurer was Fritz Gissibil , who was also the main Nazi Party representative in the United States and who regularly collected money for the Nazis through the Society . A `` thank you '' letter from Adolf Hitler to the Society would cause a stir during the Second World War when the Gissibil brothers were brought to trial following an FBI investigation . The group accepted Hitler as its titular leader and members adopted the Nazi salute , the Society changed its name again in October 1932 to become the Friends of the Hitler Movement . Under orders of German immigrant and German Nazi Party member Heinz Spanknöbel , the Society was dissolved in March 1933 . In May 1933 , Nazi Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess gave Heinz Spanknöbel authority to form an American Nazi organization . Shortly thereafter , with help from the German consul in New York City , Spanknöbel created the Friends of New Germany by merging two older organizations in the United States , Gau-USA and the Free Society of Teutonia , which were both small groups with only a few hundred members each . The Friends of New Germany in turn formed the basis of the German American Bund in 1936 , the latter name being chosen to emphasise the group 's American credentials after press criticism that the Society was unpatriotic . One of the leaders of the Teutonia Society was Walter Kappe . Kappe ( b. 1904 ) arrived in the United States in 1925 and worked in a farm implement factory in Kankakee , Illinois . Later he moved to Chicago and began to write for German language newspapers . Kappe was fluent in English and later became the press secretary for the German American Bund . He founded their paper Deutscher Weckruf und Beobachter and its predecessor Deutsche Zeitung . In 1936 , when the German American Bund was established , Kappe organized the AV Publishing Company and five other Bund corporations . Fritz Kuhn ousted Kappe from his position in the Bund seeing him as a dangerous rival . In 1937 , Kappe returned to Germany , where he was attached to Abwehr II ( the sabotage branch of German intelligence ) where he obtained a Naval commission with the rank of lieutenant . He was designated by Adolf Hitler to launch a sabotage operation against America shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor . Known as Operation Pastorius , Kappe recruited men for the mission by reviewing records from the Ausland Institute ( German Foreign Institute ) of those who were paid to return to Germany from America . He established a sabotage school on the outskirts of Berlin to train the new recruits . Once the sabotage network was established and transferred to America , Kappe planned to slip into the US with a new identity and direct operations . On June 13 , 1942 , Richard Quirin , George John Dasch , Heinrich Harm Heinck and Ernst Peter Burger landed on a beach near Amagansett , Long Island , New York on a U-boat . A similar group landed on Ponte Vedra Beach , near Jacksonville , Florida on June 17 , 1942 .",
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"text": "Ideology of the SS The ideology espoused by the Schutzstaffel ( `` Protection Squadron '' ; SS ) , a paramilitary force and instrument of terror of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany , emphasized a racist vision of `` racial purity '' , antisemitism , and loyalty to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany . SS men were indoctrinated with the belief they were members of a `` master race '' . The ideology of the SS was , even more so than in Nazism in general , built on the belief in a superior `` Aryan race '' . This led to the SS playing the main role in political violence and crimes against humanity , including the Holocaust and `` mercy killing '' of those with congenital illnesses . After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II , the SS and Nazi Party were found to be criminal organizations at the Nuremberg Trials .",
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"text": "Hans Refior Hans Refior was an officer in the German Army during World War II . Refior was on the staff of the last two German commanders of the `` Berlin Defense Area '' during the final assault by Soviet forces on the city of Berlin . On 18 March 1945 , Colonel Refior became the Chief of Staff for Lieutenant General ( Generalleutnant ) Helmuth Reymann during the Battle for Berlin . Reymann was named the commander of the Berlin Defense Area on 6 March . From the beginning , it was clear to Refior that Reymann 's predecessor , General Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild , had left them nothing . By early April , Refior and Reymann confirmed to themselves that Berlin had no chance of holding out with the forces at their disposal . They recommended to Joseph Goebbels , the Minister of Propaganda , that civilians be allowed to leave . Refior and Reyman indicated that this was especially important for the women and children . Goebbels ' feeble response made it clear to Refior and Reymann that he had never considered nor had he any idea of the logistics required for such a mass evacuation . To determine how many soldiers and weapons could be counted on , Refior and Reymann attempted to make an accounting of what was available to them in the `` Berlin Defense Area '' . They soon discovered that the title `` Berlin Defense Area '' carried no significance . `` Berlin Defense Area '' was just another phrase , like `` Fortress '' ( Festung ) , coined by German dictator Adolf Hitler . Attempts by Refior to coordinate the defences with the field commanders of the surrounding areas of Berlin were not successful . On 23 April , Hitler replaced Reymann with General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling as the commander of the Berlin Defense Area . Weidling kept Refior and made him his `` civil '' Chief-of-Staff . Early on the morning of 26 April , Refior was awoken from a brief sleep in Weidling 's headquarters , the Bendlerblock . What woke him was a rapid sequence of ranging artillery shells ( what the Soviets called `` framing '' ) . Refior noted that these were `` old frontline hares '' . He knew from experience that these were the `` greeting '' before a salvo of katyusha rockets . Weidling remained in command of Berlin 's defences to the end . On 2 May General Weidling , Theodor von Dufving , Weidling 's `` military '' Chief-of-Staff , and other members of Weidling 's staff which included Refior , ultimately surrendered the city to Soviet General Vasily Chuikov .",
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"text": "6th SS-Standarte The 6th SS-Standarte was a regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS situated in the city of Berlin . As the command was located in the capital of Germany , the 6th Standarte was considered one of the more important SS units in Nazi Germany . The members of the Standarte themselves , however , were non-paid mustering troops of the `` General-SS '' as was the practice for most Allgemeine-SS regiments . The Standarte was first formed in October 1931 and was part of the so-called `` Northern SS '' under the control of Kurt Daluege . At the time , there was a divisional disunity in the SS , with SS units in southern Germany controlled by Heinrich Himmler and the northern units answering to Daluege . It was not until 1934 , after most of the SS headquarters offices had relocated to Berlin , that this division was eventually done away with . During Reichstag elections of 1931 , the 6th SS Standarte played a significant role in campaigning for the Nazi Party and repeated the effort again when Adolf Hitler ran for the office of President of Germany in 1932 . One early member of the Standarte , who would later become the Reichsführer-SS was Karl Hanke . After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 , the 6th SS-Standarte adopted the honor title of `` Charlottenburg '' and often participated in several major Nazi Party rallies held in the German capitol . A year later , during the Night of the Long Knives , the Standarte played a major role in rounding up the Sturmabteilung leadership in Berlin , although most SA executions were carried out by SD troops and Gestapo agents . One of the most notorious actions that the 6th SS-Standarte engaged in was `` Kristallnacht '' where Berlin SS men sought out and destroyed numerous Jewish synagogues and businesses . Shortly afterwards , the Standarte was granted a second honor title as `` 6 SS-Standarte Eduard Felsen '' . When World War II began in 1939 , the Berlin SS regiment slowly began losing its members to regular military service , since mustering Allgemeine-SS personnel were not exempt from conscription . The Standarte was still participating in ceremonial functions as late as 1944 , however , and in the last year of the war many of the remaining members became involved with the Volksturm and participated in the Battle of Berlin .",
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"text": "Manifesto of Race The Manifesto of Race ( Manifesto della razza ) , sometimes known as the Charter of Race or Racial Manifesto , was a manifesto published on 14 July 1938 which prepared the enactment , in October 1938 , of the Racial Laws in Fascist Italy . The antisemitic laws stripped the Jews of Italian citizenship and governmental and professional positions . The manifesto demonstrated the enormous influence Adolf Hitler had over Benito Mussolini since Italy had become allied with Nazi Germany .",
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"text": "German–Soviet Axis talks In October and November 1940 , German -- Soviet Axis talks occurred concerning the Soviet Union 's potential entry as a fourth Axis Power in World War II . The negotiations , which occurred during the era of the Molotov -- Ribbentrop Pact and the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement , included a two-day Berlin conference between Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov , Adolf Hitler and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop , followed by both countries trading written proposed agreements . After two days of negotiations from 12 to 14 November 1940 , Germany presented the Soviets with a draft written Axis pact agreement defining the world spheres of influence of the four proposed Axis powers ( Japan , Germany , Soviet Union , Italy ) . Hitler , Ribbentrop and Molotov tried to set German and Soviet spheres of influence ; Hitler encouraged Molotov to look south to Iran and eventually India while preserving German access to Finland 's resources , and to remove Soviet influence in the Balkans . Molotov remained firm , seeking to remove German troops from Finland and gain a warm water port in the Balkans . Soviet foreign policy calculations were predicated by the idea that the war would be a long - term struggle and therefore German claims that Britain would be defeated swiftly were treated with scepticism . In addition Stalin sought to remain influential in Bulgaria and Yugoslavia . These factors resulted in Molotov taking a firm line . According to a Columbia University academical source , on 25 November 1940 , the Soviets presented a Stalin-drafted written counterproposal where they would accept the four power pact , but it included Soviet rights to Bulgaria and a world sphere of influence centered on the area around modern Iraq and Iran . Germany did not respond , leaving the negotiations unresolved . Regarding the counterproposal , Hitler remarked to his top military chiefs that Stalin `` demands more and more '' , `` he 's a cold-blooded blackmailer '' and that `` a German victory has become unbearable for Russia '' so that `` she must be brought to her knees as soon as possible . '' Germany ended the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in June 1941 by invading the Soviet Union .",
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"text": "President of Germany The President of Germany , officially the President of the Federal Republic of Germany ( Bundespräsident der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ) , is the head of state of Germany . Germany has a parliamentary system of government in which the Chancellor is the nation 's leading political figure and de facto chief executive . However , the President has a role which , while not an executive post , is more than ceremonial . Presidents have extensive discretion regarding the way they exercise their official duties . The President gives direction to general political and societal debates and has some important `` reserve powers '' in case of political instability ( such as those provided for by Article 81 of the Basic Law ) . Under Article 59 ( 1 ) of the Basic Law ( German Constitution ) , the President represents the Federal Republic of Germany in matters of international law , concludes treaties with foreign states on its behalf and accredits diplomats . Furthermore , all federal laws must be signed by the President before they can come into effect , but usually he or she only vetoes a law that he/she believes to violate the constitution . The President , by his or her actions and public appearances , represents the state itself , its existence , its legitimacy , and unity . The President 's office involves an integrative role and the control function of upholding the law and the constitution . It is a matter of political tradition -- not legal restrictions -- that the President generally does not comment routinely on issues in the news , particularly when there is some controversy among the political parties . This distance from day-to-day politics and daily governmental issues allows the President to be a source of clarification , to influence public debate , to voice criticism , offer suggestions and make proposals . In order to exercise this power , he/she traditionally acts above party politics . The 12th and current officeholder is Frank-Walter Steinmeier who was elected on 12 February 2017 and started his first five-year-term on 19 March 2017 .",
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"text": "Netherlands in World War II The direct involvement of the Netherlands in World War II began with its invasion by Nazi Germany on 10 May 1940 . The Netherlands had proclaimed neutrality when war broke out in September 1939 , just as it had in World War I , but Adolf Hitler ordered it to be invaded anyway . On 15 May 1940 , one day after the bombing of Rotterdam , the Dutch forces surrendered . The Dutch government and the royal family escaped and went into exile in London . Following the defeat , the Netherlands was placed under German occupation , which endured in some areas until the German surrender in May 1945 . Active resistance was carried out by a small minority , which grew in the course of the occupation . The occupiers deported the majority of the country 's Jews to Nazi concentration camps , with the cooperation of much of the Dutch police and civil service . Due to the high variation in the survival rate of Jewish inhabitants amongst local regions in the Netherlands , scholars have questioned the validity of a single explanation at the national level . Nonetheless , and also due to the well organized population registers comparing to other countries , about 70 % of the country 's Jewish population were killed during the conflict ; a much higher percentage than comparable countries , like Belgium and France . However , the city of Amsterdam organized the only industrial action in protest to the persecution of their Jewish fellow citizens ever in all of the Nazi occupied areas . Most of the south of the country was liberated in the second half of 1944 . The rest , especially the west and north of the country still under occupation , suffered from a famine at the end of 1944 , known as the `` Hunger Winter '' . On 5 May 1945 , the whole country was finally liberated by the total surrender of all German forces .",
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"text": "Adolf Hitler's directives Adolf Hitler made many hundreds of directives , orders and decrees while Führer of Nazi Germany , many of them related to military policy , and the treatment of civilians in occupied countries . Many of them are direct evidence of the commission of war crimes such as the notorious Commando Order . Other orders provide evidence of crimes against humanity , such as the Hitler order establishing forced euthanasia of disabled people in 1939 under Action T4 , and the Nacht und Nebel order for eliminating civilian resisters in occupied countries .",
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"text": "Doctor Who (series 10) The tenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who premiered on 15 April 2017 and is set to consist of twelve episodes , after it was released in July 2015 that BBC Worldwide had invested in a tenth series of the programme in its annual review . The series is led by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat , alongside executive producer Brian Minchin . It is the third and final series overseen by the two as executive producers , as well as Moffat 's sixth and final series as head writer . This series is the tenth to air following the programme 's revival in 2005 , and is the thirty-sixth season overall . Preceded by a Christmas special in December 2016 , `` The Return of Doctor Mysterio '' , the series is the third and final series starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor , an incarnation of the Doctor , an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS , which appears to be a British police box on the outside ; Capaldi announced in January 2017 that he would be stepping down from the role after the tenth series . The series introduces Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts , the Doctor 's newest travelling companion , and also features Matt Lucas as Nardole , who appeared in the 2015 and 2016 Christmas specials . Steven Moffat wrote four episodes for the series . Other returning writers who have worked on this series and previous ones include Frank Cottrell-Boyce , Sarah Dollard , Jamie Mathieson , Peter Harness , Toby Whithouse and Mark Gatiss , as well as two new writers for the revived era of the programme , Mike Bartlett and Rona Munro , the latter of whom wrote Survival , the final serial of the original classic era . Directors of the series included three who have previously worked on the show , and three brand new ones . Filming began on 20 June 2016 and lasted just over nine months , ending on 7 April 2017 .",
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"text": "Andrew Marshall (screenwriter) Andrew Marshall ( b. Lowestoft 27 August 1954 ) is a British comedy screenwriter , most noted for the domestic sitcom 2point4 children . He was also the inspiration for Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy . Although he had also previously adapted stories for Agatha Christie 's Poirot , in 2002 he made a further move into writing `` straight '' drama , with the fantasy horror series Strange . He has also written several screenplays .",
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"text": "The Name of the Doctor `` The Name of the Doctor '' is the thirteenth and final episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who and was broadcast on . It was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein . The episode stars Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald . It also features the return of Alex Kingston as River Song , Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra , Dan Starkey as Commander Strax , Catrin Stewart as Jenny and Richard E. Grant as the Great Intelligence . The episode also features new monsters called the Whisper Men .",
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"text": "Doctor Who Magazine Doctor Who Magazine ( abbreviated as DWM ) is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Its current editor is Tom Spilsbury , who has been with the magazine since 2003 . It is currently recognised by Guinness World Records as the longest running TV tie-in magazine .",
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"text": "Day One (Torchwood) `` Day One '' is the second episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series Torchwood . Directed by Brian Kelly , the episode was first broadcast on the digital channel BBC Three on 22 October 2006 with the series pilot , `` Everything Changes '' , and later repeated on terrestrial channel BBC Two on 25 October . It was the first work in the Doctor Who universe to be written by future Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall . The episode centres on Gwen Cooper ( Eve Myles ) working her first case with Torchwood Three in Cardiff . A purple alien gas is loose in the city and takes Carys Fletcher ( Sara Gregory ) host ; the gas kills its victims by orgasm , leaving behind a pile of dust . Over the course of the episode , the team hunt for Carys before the gas kills her . In the end they track her down to a fertility clinic ; the gas leaves Carys to take Gwen host , but is stopped by a portable prison cell and dies out . Originally entitled `` New Girl '' , the episode was written to interpret Gwen 's `` first day in hell '' . On the sex gas , series creator Russell T Davies stated `` when we 're launching a new adult science fiction drama , it 's kind of inevitable you 're going to do the sex monster '' . The episode was filmed during a three - to four-week period in May 2006 , with much of it filmed before the first episode in the same production block . `` Day One '' was originally seen by 2.3 million viewers , making it one of the highest-rated BBC Three broadcasts of all time , but was met with generally mixed reviews .",
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"text": "Tom MacRae Tom MacRae ( born 1980 ) is an English television writer . He is the creator of Comedy Central 's Threesome . He has also written for Marple and Lewis for ITV , and Casualty and Bonekickers for the BBC . He wrote the two-part story `` Rise of the Cybermen '' and `` The Age of Steel '' for the 2006 series of Doctor Who . Issue 383 of Doctor Who Magazine reported that MacRae had been commissioned to write the episode `` Century House '' for Series 4 , broadcast in 2008 ; however , this episode was cancelled after Russell T Davies decided that it was too close in tone to another episode . More recently , MacRae wrote `` The Girl Who Waited '' for the 2011 series of Doctor Who . MacRae wrote a picture book for children called The Opposite which has gone into paperback and been published in several languages . His second book for children , Baby Pie also received a paperback edition . His writing for television includes ; BBC One 's Mayo starring Alistair McGowan , `` At Bertrams Hotel '' for Marple and `` Life Born of Fire '' for Lewis ( both for ITV1 ) , The Lines of War for the BBC series Bonekickers and an episode of Casualty . He was nominated for a BAFTA in 2002 for Off Limits : School 's Out for Channel 4 . MacRae grew up in Weedon Bec , Northamptonshire and attended Campion School , Bugbrooke . In 2011 , he created and wrote Threesome , Comedy Central UK 's first original scripted comedy since the channel was renamed in 2009 . It starred Stephen Wight and Amy Huberman as a young couple and Emun Elliott as their gay best friend . A second series has aired . He wrote the book and lyrics to new musical Everybody 's Talking About Jamie , which premiered in Sheffield in February 2017 .",
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"text": "The Trial of a Time Lord The Trial of a Time Lord is a 14-part science fiction serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . The serial , produced as the show 's twenty-third season , aired in weekly episodes from 6 September to 6 December 1986 . The only Doctor Who presentation of its kind , it contains four adventures : The Mysterious Planet , Mindwarp , Terror of the Vervoids , and The Ultimate Foe -- Colin Baker 's final story . The idea for the serial stemmed from several production changes to Doctor Who , such as reduced screen time for the season and a request from BBC controller Michael Grade that the series contain less violence and more humour . Several problems occurred during production , including the death of scriptwriter Robert Holmes , and the resignation of script editor Eric Saward . This was the last serial to star Colin Baker because he was dismissed from the role when it ended .",
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"text": "Richard Dinnick Richard Dinnick ( born 22 January 1968 ) is a British screenwriter , novelist , and audio playwright . He is the winner of the 2012 BBC Writersroom opportunity to create a new show and to write for TV on the BBC and is now writing on the CBeebies TV shows Tree Fu Tom and Go Jetters - amongst others - as well as Mind Candy 's new Moshi Monsters TV show . He was one of six finalists in a recent BBC Academy opportunity to workshop a script for Waterloo Road . Dinnick is now Head Writer on the new Disney TV show Eena Meena Deeka and in-development action adventure show Captain Extraordinary . He was also a BAFTA Judge for Children 's Drama and produced a session for the 2014 Children 's Media Conference . He is developing several ideas for TV including a fantasy drama , Never After and a primetime crime drama , Murder of Crows , which is the first of its kind . Richard is currently in pre-production on new web series -- Light & Shadows -- with Capital City Entertainment as writer/producer . Dinnick is also developing a workplace drama , No Kidding , and an urban fantasy show , The Last Horseman . Dinnick has written prose , scripts and comics for many media properties including MGM 's Stargate and the BBC 's Doctor Who , as well as adapting the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- including The Hound of the Baskervilles -- for CD release . His first novel Alien Adventures was published by BBC Children 's Books in 2010 and he has since gone on to write books and short stories for Penguin UK , Titan Publishing , Black Library , Running Press and Snow Books . He has also written comic strips for IDW and BBC Magazines and his first original graphic novel is in the works . He is also often a guest at writing events ( including the London Screenwriters ' Festival ) and Doctor Who conventions ( such as Gallifrey One ) . His pre-school series Elf Stackers is in the commissioning process with the BBC . Dinnick is a member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain and the Royal Television Society and a Patron of the Children 's Media Foundation . His UK TV agent is Emily Smith at The Agency and his manager in the USA is Joe Riley .",
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"text": "Shayde Shayde is a fictional character who appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Shayde is an artificial being , a construct of the Gallifreyan Matrix -- the massive computer network that serves as the repository of all Time Lord knowledge . He was created by the minds of the dead Time Lords that reside within the Matrix , and was a servant of Rassilon . He first appeared in the story The Tides of Time , published in DWM # 61 - # 67 , written by Steve Parkhouse and drawn by Dave Gibbons . In that story , he aided the Fifth Doctor in defeating the otherdimensional demon Melanicus , at first covertly but then , as the Time Lords increased his power levels , he was able to manifest himself and help the Doctor directly . Among Shayde 's powers are the abilities to travel through space and time unaided , fire deadly self-generated `` psychic bullets '' and be invisible to security systems . He can also phase through solid objects and track people through time and space given enough data . Shayde next appeared when the TARDIS was possessed by an Elemental being . Having no instructions from the Time Lords , Shayde was allowed to act on his own and helped the Doctor expel the entity from the TARDIS . When the Doctor was placed on trial by the Time Lords for allowing the possession to take place and possibly placing Gallifrey in danger , Shayde surreptitiously erased the evidence , leading to the Doctor 's acquittal ( The Stockbridge Horror , DWM # 70 - # 75 ) . It was nearly fifteen years before Shayde reappeared in the comic strip . At that time , the Doctor was in his Eighth incarnation and was dying due to the events of the previous adventure ( Tooth and Claw , DWM # 257 - # 260 ) . His companions at the time , Izzy and Fey had taken him back to Gallifrey where he was cured and his mind placed within the Matrix to recover . While within the Matrix , an attempt was made on the Doctor 's life by a secret Time Lord sect known as the Elysians , and Shayde stopped them . The assassination attempt was part of a plot by Overseer Luther , an insane Time Lord who wanted to rewrite Gallifrey 's history and set himself up as a god . The Doctor managed to thwart Luther by short-circuiting his watchtower ( a gigantic TARDIS ) , but apparently at the cost of his eighth body . As Izzy and Fey watched , the Doctor regenerated into a new incarnation . ( The Final Chapter , DWM # 262 - # 265 ) . However , this was a ruse . The Doctor had realised that Fey was under external control when she had managed to pilot the TARDIS even though the TARDIS manual was in Gallifreyan script , which she did not understand . Just before the Doctor prepared to sacrifice himself , Shayde offered to take his place and fake a regeneration . This way , the group that was controlling Fey -- the Threshold , a mercenary organisation that the Doctor had tangled with before -- would seize the opportunity to bring a newly regenerated and thus weaker Doctor to them . Both disguised with personal chameleon circuits , Shayde would hold their attention while the Doctor sabotaged the Threshold 's operations . In a Wild West town on an alien moon run by the Threshold , the Doctor 's plans came to fruition . When Shayde and the Doctor revealed themselves to the Threshold , Shayde had to contend with the Pariah , an immensely powerful being who was his predecessor . The Pariah was another construct of Rassilon , but he had tried to destroy her when she developed free will and rebelled . Now , the Pariah wanted to take revenge , not just on Gallifrey but the whole universe . Shayde was unable to defeat the Pariah on his own , and she crushed his skull . However , Fey merged with the dying Shayde and together they were able to kill the Pariah and eliminate the Threshold . The shared being , dubbed `` Feyde '' by the Doctor , although both of them retained their own consciousness , decided to leave and deal with what had just happened to them ( Wormwood , DWM # 266 - # 271 ) . Fey returned to her own time period , the 1940s , where , as an agent of the British government , she spent two years fighting the Nazis and being frustrated that Shayde would not allow her to use their powers to kill Adolf Hitler , as this would change history . In 1941 , she received a sub-ether summons from the Doctor -- Izzy had been kidnapped , and the Doctor needed Shayde 's abilities to track her whereabouts . Together , they succeeded in recovering Izzy , and `` Feyde '' returned to World War II . Shayde is one of the few characters from the comic strip that has made the cross-over into the other spin-off media . In a special Big Finish Productions audio play given away with DWM # 326 titled No Place Like Home , Shayde helped the Fifth Doctor against another force -- a mutated Gallifreyan mouse called a rovie -- that had infiltrated the TARDIS and was trying to kill the Doctor and his companions . The character of Shayde was voiced by Mark Donovan . Category : Comics characters introduced in 1982 Category : Doctor Who comic strip characters Category : Doctor Who audio characters",
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"text": "Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963 . The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called `` The Doctor '' , an extraterrestrial being from the planet Gallifrey . He explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS . Its exterior appears as a blue British police box , which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired . Accompanied by a number of companions , the Doctor combats a variety of foes , while working to save civilisations and help people in need . The show is a significant part of British popular culture , and elsewhere it has gained a cult following . It has influenced generations of British television professionals , many of whom grew up watching the series . The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989 . There was an unsuccessful attempt to revive regular production in 1996 with a backdoor pilot , in the form of a television film titled Doctor Who . The programme was relaunched in 2005 , and since then has been produced in-house by BBC Wales in Cardiff . Doctor Who has also spawned numerous spin-offs , including comic books , films , novels , audio dramas , and the television series Torchwood ( 2006 -- 2011 ) , The Sarah Jane Adventures ( 2007 -- 2011 ) , K-9 ( 2009 -- 2010 ) , and Class '' ( 2016-present ) , and has been the subject of many parodies and references in popular culture . Twelve actors have headlined the series as the Doctor . The transition from one actor to another is written into the plot of the show with the concept of regeneration into a new incarnation -- an idea introduced in 1966 to allow the show to continue after the departure of original lead William Hartnell who was becoming very ill at the time . The concept is that this is a Time Lord trait through which the character of the Doctor takes on a new body and personality to recover from a severe injury or anything that would otherwise kill a normal person . Each actor 's portrayal differs , but all represent stages in the life of the same character and form a single narrative . The time-travelling feature of the plot means that different incarnations of the Doctor occasionally meet . The current lead , Peter Capaldi , took on the role after Matt Smith 's exit in the 2013 Christmas special `` The Time of the Doctor '' . In 2017 , Capaldi confirmed he would be leaving at the end of the tenth series , with his final appearance being the 2017 Christmas Special .",
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"text": "The Impossible Planet `` The Impossible Planet '' is the eighth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who , first broadcast on 3 June 2006 . It is the first part of a two-part story , followed by `` The Satan Pit '' . The TARDIS lands in a base on a planet orbiting a black hole , an allegedly impossible situation that stumps even the Doctor . The base crew are drilling towards a mysterious subterranean power source , to claim the power that keeps the planet in orbit for the good of the Human Empire . However , an ancient evil is down there too , and it is awakened .",
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"text": "John Wyndham John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris ( -LSB- ˈwɪndəm -RSB- 10 July 1903 -- 11 March 1969 ) was an English science fiction writer best known for his works written using the pen name John Wyndham , although he also used other combinations of his names , such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes . Many of his works were set in post-apocalyptic landscapes . His best known works include The Day of the Triffids ( 1951 ) and The Midwich Cuckoos ( 1957 ) , the latter filmed twice as Village of the Damned .",
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"text": "Doctor Who (series 9) The ninth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who premiered on 19 September 2015 with `` The Magician 's Apprentice '' and concluded on 5 December 2015 with `` Hell Bent '' . The series was led by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat , alongside executive producer Brian Minchin . Nikki Wilson , Peter Bennett , and Derek Ritchie served as producers . The series is the ninth to air following the programme 's revival in 2005 , and is the thirty-fifth season overall . This is the second series starring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor , an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS , which is disguised as a British police box . It also stars Jenna Coleman as the Doctor 's companion , Clara Oswald , for her third and final series in the role . Also playing a major recurring role in the series is Maisie Williams as Ashildr , a Viking girl made immortal by the Doctor , which leads to major events resulting of her encounters with the Doctor . The series ' main story arc revolves around the mystery of a being called the Hybrid , the combination of two great warrior races . The Hybrid is alluded to with the appearance of many other hybrids such as Osgood and Ashildr , with both being dramatically revealed as being hybrids . The Doctor 's investigation into this being ultimately leads him back to his home planet of Gallifrey , which returns fully in the series . Steven Moffat wrote four episodes solo and co-wrote an additional two . The other writers who worked on this series included Toby Whithouse , Jamie Mathieson , Catherine Tregenna , Peter Harness , Mark Gatiss , and Sarah Dollard . Directors of the series included ones who had previously worked with Moffat on the show , and brand new ones . Filming began on 5 January 2015 . The ninth series received high acclaim from critics , with many labelling it as the show 's strongest season to date . Aspects of the series that were met with the most praise included the writing , directing , and structure of the series , as well as the performances of Peter Capaldi , Jenna Coleman and Maisie Williams .",
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"text": "Chris Cwej Christopher Rodonanté Cwej , usually just known as Chris Cwej , is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who . His surname should technically be pronounced `` Shvay '' , but he pronounces it `` Kwedge '' rather than keep correcting people . His first appearance was in the novel Original Sin by Andy Lane , with his adjudicator partner Roz Forrester . Adjudicators are the police force of 30th century Earth , which was at that time divided into the Overcity and the Undercity . Chris was born in 2954 to a family who lived in the lower levels of the Overcity . Chris 's father , Volsted Kornbluth Cwej , was also an adjudicator . Chris 's father was fairly old when Chris was born , having retired from the Adjudicators the previous year , 2953 , after 48 years of service , and he is well over 70 years old when the young Chris meets the Doctor . Chris 's grandfather died when Chris was only five , and Chris cried when he saw his grandfather being put into a coffin . A more distant ancestor , possibly a great grandfather was Nathaniel Cwej . Even further back , there was a Cwej involved with the founding of the Adjudicators , and the family have had a long association with the Adjudicators ever since . Chris 's accent sounds American , although his home would once have been considered a part of England , and his surname may have a Germanic/Saxon derivation . Chris is tall , blonde and muscular , and when he first met the Seventh Doctor and Bernice , he had had a `` body bepple '' ( bodily alteration ) which made him look like a teddy bear . He and Roz were investigating a murder case in Undercity in the year 2975 when they encountered the Doctor and Bernice . They helped the Doctor defeat his old enemy Tobias Vaughn , who had been manipulating human advancement since the 20th century . Having realise the extent of corruption in the Earth Empire and the Adjudicators , Chris and Roz chose to leave in the TARDIS . Chris and Roz travelled with the Doctor for many adventures . In this eventful period , Chris fathered two daughters : Jasmine Surprise Cwej-Hutchings with Ishtar Hutchings , and iKrissi with Dep of the People . After Roz 's death in battle , Chris continued to travel with the Doctor for a short time , but the event had a profound effect on him . During the events of Eternity Weeps , the Doctor 's former companion Liz Shaw contracted a deadly virus and begged Chris to kill her , however he was unable to do it . This and the subsequent death of millions of people from the virus caused Chris to question himself and first consider quitting the TARDIS . It took the apparent death of the Doctor in Japan to make him put aside his doubts and help protect the people of the local village from the local warlord , who wanted an alien device in their possession . The Doctor and Chris then travelled to the Doctor 's home planet of Gallifrey , where the Doctor faced members of his House and many dark secrets were revealed . After this , Chris decided to travel alone using a time ring given to him by Romana . The book which depicts Chris 's sexual encounter with a gay man , Damaged Goods , was written by future executive producer of the series Russell T Davies , whose works often include gay themes . Much like Davies ' later introduction to the series proper , Jack Harkness , Cwej opines that sexuality is not an issue where he comes from .",
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"text": "Mark Burton (writer) Mark Burton is a British screenwriter specialising in comedy .",
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"text": "Remembrance of the Daleks Remembrance of the Daleks is the first serial of the 25th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who . The serial was first broadcast in four weekly episodes from 5 October to 26 October 1988 . It was written by Ben Aaronovitch and directed by Andrew Morgan . In the serial , alien time traveller the Doctor ( Sylvester McCoy ) and his companion Ace ( Sophie Aldred ) travel back to 1963 to retrieve the Hand of Omega , a powerful device created by the Doctor 's Time Lord race , and keep it from the Daleks . The serial contained many references to the history of the show . It is set in 1963 , around the same time as the very first Doctor Who episode , An Unearthly Child . Remembrance of the Daleks returns the Doctor to Coal Hill School and the junkyard at 76 Totter 's Lane , locations first seen in that episode . The serial also continues the story arc of a civil war between rival Dalek factions , culminating in a showdown between the Doctor and Dalek Emperor Davros . This was the last appearance of Davros and the Daleks in the original run of Doctor Who . Davros appears for one scene only , and this in the fourth and final part . In a variety of reader polls conducted by Doctor Who Magazine from 1998 onwards , Remembrance of the Daleks has consistently been voted as one of the greatest Doctor Who stories of all time .",
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"text": "Michael Brooks (science writer) Michael Edward Brooks ( born 7 May 1970 ) is an English science writer , noted for explaining complex scientific research and findings to the general population .",
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"text": "Doctor at Large (TV series) Doctor at Large is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of newly qualified doctors . The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor in the House , and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1971 . Writers for the Doctor at Large episodes were Bill Oddie , Graeme Garden , John Cleese , Graham Chapman , Bernard McKenna , Geoff Rowley , Andy Baker , Jonathan Lynn and David Yallop , as well as George Layton ( under the pseudonym of `` Oliver Fry '' ) .",
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"text": "Doctor Who (pinball) Doctor Who is a pinball machine designed by Bill Pfutzenreuter ( Pfutz ) and Barry Oursler , and released by Midway ( under the Bally brand name ) in September 1992 . It is based on the television series of the same name , although the relationship of spinoff media to the parent series is open to question . As stated in the Gameplay section , the rulesheet is rather different from other pinball machines released at the time , which did n't help popularity ( and even now it is still seen as an exotic machine amongst collectors ) as casual players did not understand the complex rule changes that occur during the game . The first 100 games included a moving Dalek topper that would turn side-to-side while the robot was speaking . The effect was achieved by fitting the robot 's body with a complex motor , cam , and optoelectronics system . Its complexity and expense lead to it being cut from the production run . Production Dalek toppers can be made to move with `` wobble head kits '' . Prototypes featured the old Bally-style backbox ( and a totally different backglass ) , but this was changed to the Williams-styled one in order to cheapen the production process for both product lines .",
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"text": "Tenth Doctor The Tenth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor , the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who , who is played by David Tennant in three series as well as nine specials . As with previous incarnations of the Doctor , the character has also appeared in other Doctor Who spin-offs . In the programme 's narrative , the Doctor is a centuries-old Time Lord alien from the planet Gallifrey who travels in time in his TARDIS , frequently with companions . When the Doctor is critically injured beyond medical repair , he can regenerate his body ; in doing so , his physical appearance and personality change , and a new actor assumes the role . Tennant 's portrayal of the Doctor is of an outwardly charismatic and charming adventurer whose likable and easygoing attitude can quickly turn to righteous fury when provoked . This incarnation 's companions include working class shop assistant Rose Tyler ( Billie Piper ) , medical student Martha Jones ( Freema Agyeman ) , and fiery temp worker Donna Noble ( Catherine Tate ) . He eventually parts ways with them all by the end of the 2008 series finale , `` Journey 's End '' , after which he attempts to travel alone for the duration of the 2008 -- 2010 specials before being accompanied by Donna Noble 's grandfather Wilfred Mott on his final adventure in The End of Time . In November 2013 , Tennant 's Doctor was voted `` The UK 's favourite Doctor '' in a survey held by the Radio Times magazine .",
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"text": "Tom Baker (English actor) Thomas Stewart `` Tom '' Baker ( born 20 January 1934 ) is an English actor . He is known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981 , a longer tenure than any other actor , and for the narration of the comedy series Little Britain . Baker 's voice , which has been described as `` sonorous '' , was voted the fourth-most recognisable in the UK . At the age of 15 Baker began study as a monk . However , he gradually lost his vocation and at 21 he left monastic life and undertook National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps . On leaving the army , he joined the Merchant Navy and then became an actor , joining the Royal National Theatre Company under Laurence Olivier . Baker was in his thirties when his professional acting career began , and his first major film role was as Grigori Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra in 1971 , when he was 37 . He went on to play the villainous Prince Koura in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad in 1973 , which led to his casting in Doctor Who . During his period as its star , the series was distinguished by high viewing figures and many stories which became regarded as classics . He remains one of the most instantly recognisable incarnations of the character . He continued to win regular roles in TV later in his career , most notably in the series Medics and Monarch of the Glen . In addition to performing acting roles , Baker has narrated commercials , video games , audiobooks and television series . In a poll for the BBC Homes and Antiques magazine in January 2006 , Baker was voted the world 's fourth-most eccentric star . He was beaten by Björk , Chris Eubank and David Icke . Married three times , the second to Doctor Who co-star Lalla Ward , Baker has two sons from his first marriage .",
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"text": "Unstoppable (2010 film) Unstoppable is a 2010 American disaster thriller film directed and produced by Tony Scott in his final film as director before his death in 2012 . The film stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine . The film , loosely based on the real-life CSX 8888 incident , tells the story of a runaway freight train and the two men ( Washington and Pine ) who attempt to stop it . The film was released in the United States and Canada on November 12 , 2010 . It has received mostly favorable reviews from film critics ; it garnered a `` Certified Fresh '' rating on Rotten Tomatoes based upon aggregated reviews , and a rating of `` Generally favorable reviews '' at Metacritic . The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 83rd Academy Awards , but it was beaten by Inception .",
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"text": "Chris Pine Christopher Whitelaw Pine ( born August 26 , 1980 ) is an American actor . He is known for his role as James T. Kirk in Star Trek ( 2009 ) , Star Trek Into Darkness ( 2013 ) , and Star Trek Beyond ( 2016 ) . He also appeared in the films The Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engagement ( 2004 ) , Just My Luck ( 2006 ) , Smokin ' Aces ( 2007 ) , Bottle Shock ( 2008 ) , Unstoppable ( 2010 ) , This Means War ( 2012 ) , Rise of the Guardians ( 2012 ) , Horrible Bosses 2 ( 2014 ) , Jack Ryan : Shadow Recruit ( 2014 ) , Into the Woods ( 2014 ) , Z for Zachariah ( 2015 ) , The Finest Hours ( 2016 ) , Hell or High Water ( 2016 ) , and Wonder Woman ( 2017 ) .",
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"text": "El Rati Horror Show El Rati Horror Show is a 2010 Argentine film directed by Enrique Piñeyro and written by Piñeyro and Pablo Galfre .",
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"text": "Titanic II (film) Titanic II ( also entitled Titanic 2 ) is a 2010 low-budget disaster film written , directed by , and starring Shane Van Dyke and distributed by The Asylum . Despite this title , the film is not a sequel to the 1997 film by James Cameron , although movie website Dread Central has suggested the film may be a mockbuster of it . It was released direct-to-TV in Australia on August 7 , 2010 . It premiered on Syfy on Sky in the UK and Ireland on August 9 . It was released on August 25 in the United States . The film is set on a fictional replica Titanic that sets off exactly 100 years after the original ship 's maiden voyage to perform the reverse route , but global warming and the forces of nature cause history to repeat itself on the same night , only on a more disastrous and deadly scale .",
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"text": "Small World (2010 film) Small World ( Je n'ai rien oublié ) is a 2010 Franco-German drama film directed by Bruno Chiche and adapted from the book Small World by Martin Suter .",
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"text": "Black Clouds & Silver Linings Black Clouds & Silver Linings is the tenth studio album by American progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater , released on June 23 , 2009 through Roadrunner Records . It is the band 's last album to feature drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy before his departure on September 8 , 2010 . The album was recorded between October 2008 and March 2009 at Avatar Studios in New York City . It was produced by John Petrucci and Portnoy , and was engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield .",
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"text": "127 Hours 127 Hours is a 2010 British-American biographical survival drama film directed , co-written , and produced by Danny Boyle . The film stars James Franco as Aron Ralston . In 127 Hours , canyoneer Aron Ralston becomes trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Blue John Canyon , southeastern Utah , in April 2003 . It is a British and American venture produced by Everest Entertainment , Film4 Productions , HandMade Films and Cloud Eight Films . The film , based on Ralston 's memoir Between a Rock and a Hard Place ( 2004 ) , was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy , produced by Christian Colson and John Smithson , and scored by A. R. Rahman . Beaufoy , Colson , and Rahman had all previously worked with Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ) . 127 Hours was well received by critics and audiences , and was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Actor for Franco and Best Picture .",
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"text": "Forgotten Pills Forgotten Pills is a 2010 American indie film written and directed by David Hefner . It stars Chris Blasman , Christina Murphy , Tye Alexander , Shane Callahan and Larry Bishop as the drug dealer Mathis . The film is a feature-length version of an original short film of the same name . It was shot in Los Angeles , California in late 2007 . The film was released on June 5 , 2010 as an Official Selection for the 2010 Dances With Films festival in Los Angeles , where it was awarded the Grand Jury Award for Features .",
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"text": "10 Stories Down 10 Stories Down '' is the fourth album by The Pineapple Thief , released in June 2005 . This album was also remixed and re-mastered by Bruce Soord and Steve Kitsch in 2011 , the second in a series of re-mastered reissues from the band 's back catalogue under the Kscope label . The reissue was released via the Kscope online store ( and via their Official Online Store ) on June 20 , 2011 ,",
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"text": "Unfinished Business (2015 film) Unfinished Business is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Ken Scott and written by Steven Conrad . The film stars Vince Vaughn , Tom Wilkinson , Dave Franco , Sienna Miller , Nick Frost , and James Marsden . It was released on March 6 , 2015 . The film received negative reviews and was a box office bomb .",
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"text": "Arctic Blast Arctic Blast is a 2010 Australian-Canadian disaster film . Its world premiere took place at the 2010 Canadian Film Festival in Sydney , at the Dendy Opera Quays cinema , on 4 August .",
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"text": "Loose Change Loose Change is a series of films released between 2005 and 2009 that argue in favor of certain conspiracy theories relating to the September 11th attacks . The films were written and directed by Dylan Avery and produced by Korey Rowe , Jason Bermas , and Matthew Brown . The original 2005 film was edited and re-released as Loose Change : 2nd Edition ( 2006 ) , and then subsequently edited a third time for the 2nd Edition Recut ( 2007 ) . Loose Change : Final Cut , deemed `` the third and final release of this documentary series '' was released on DVD and Web-streaming format on November 11 , 2007 . Another version of the film , Loose Change 9/11 : An American Coup , released on September 22 , 2009 , is narrated by Daniel Sunjata and distributed by Microcinema International . Coverage of the film increased in 2006 with the recut release having airings on U.S. and European television stations and over 4 million views online in four months , leading Vanity Fair to say it could be the first internet blockbuster . Loose Change asserts that the usual account of the Pentagon attack , World Trade Center collapse and United 93 phone calls and crash is implausible and instead suggests the 9/11 attacks were a false flag operation . The film 's main claims have been debunked by journalists , independent researchers , and prominent members of the scientific and engineering community .",
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"text": "Winter's Bone Winter 's Bone is a 2010 American independent drama film , an adaptation of Daniel Woodrell 's 2006 novel of the same name . Written and directed by Debra Granik , the film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a teenaged girl in the rural Ozarks of the central United States who , to protect her family from eviction , must locate her missing father . The film explores the interrelated themes of close and distant family ties , the power and speed of gossip , self-sufficiency , and poverty as they are changed by the pervasive underworld of illegal methamphetamine labs . Winter 's Bone won several awards , including the Grand Jury Prize : Dramatic Film at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival . It also received four 2011 Academy Award nominations : Best Picture , Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor .",
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"text": "Fearless (1993 film) Fearless is a 1993 American drama film directed by Peter Weir and starring Jeff Bridges , Isabella Rossellini , Rosie Perez and John Turturro . It was written by Rafael Yglesias from his novel of the same name . Rosie Perez was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Carla Rodrigo . The film was also entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival . Jeff Bridges ' role as Max Klein is widely regarded as one of the best performances of his career . The film 's soundtrack features part of the first movement of Henryk Górecki 's Symphony No. 3 , subtitled Symphony of Sorrowful Songs . The film 's screenwriter was inspired to write the script after he was in a car accident . Yglesias began writing the story after reading about United Airlines Flight 232 , that crashed in Sioux City , Iowa in 1989 .",
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"text": "List of accolades received by Gone Girl (film) Gone Girl is a 2014 psychological thriller film directed by David Fincher , and produced by Leslie Dixon , Bruna Papandrea , Arnon Milchan , Reese Witherspoon , Ceán Chaffin , and Joshua Donen . The screenplay was adapted by Gillian Flynn from her eponymous 2012 novel . Set in Missouri , United States , the film stars Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne , a writer who becomes the prime suspect in the mysterious disappearance of his wife Amy , played by Rosamund Pike . Neil Patrick Harris and Tyler Perry feature in supporting roles . The score was composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross . Gone Girl premiered at the New York Film Festival on September 26 , 2014 , before 20th Century Fox gave the film a wide release at over 3,000 theaters in the United States and Canada on October 3 . It grossed over $ 368 million on a production budget of $ 61 million . As of June 2016 , Gone Girl is Fincher 's highest-grossing film . Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator , surveyed 295 reviews and judged 88 % to be positive . Gone Girl garnered awards and nominations in a variety of categories with particular praise for its direction , Pike 's lead acting performance , Flynn 's screenplay , and its score . At the 87th Academy Awards , Pike received a nomination for Best Actress . The film received four nominations at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards : Best Director for Fincher , Best Actress in a Drama for Pike , Best Screenplay for Flynn , and Best Original Score . Pike won the Empire Award for Best Actress , and garnered nominations in the same category at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards and 68th British Academy Film Awards ( BAFTAs ) . She also received the Breakthrough Performance Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival . Flynn was nominated at the BAFTAs , as well as the Writers Guild of America Awards . The National Board of Review included the film in their list of top ten films of the year .",
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"text": "Cool It (film) Cool It is a 2010 documentary film based on the book Cool It : The Skeptical Environmentalist 's Guide to Global Warming by Danish political scientist Bjørn Lomborg . The film stars Lomborg , best known for authoring The Skeptical Environmentalist . It premiered in September in Canada at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and had a theatrical United States release on November 12 , 2010 . The film was directed by Ondi Timoner .",
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"text": "Saturday Night (2010 film) Saturday Night is a 2010 documentary directed by James Franco . The film examines the production process of the NBC late-night live television sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live . Shot over a period of six days from December 1 -- 6 , 2008 , the film was originally a school assignment for Franco at New York University . The film premiered at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival on March 14 , 2010 , but was shelved for several years due to legal matters regarding its distributor and NBC . It was released on September 26 , 2014 on Hulu .",
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"text": "The Curse of Downers Grove The Curse of Downers Grove is an American thriller film written by Bret Easton Ellis . The film is based on the 1999 novel Downers Grove by Michael Hornburg , the film stars Kevin Zegers , Bella Heathcote , Penelope Mitchell , Lucas Till , Zane Holtz , Helen Slater , and Tom Arnold . The film receives a limited theatrical release on August 21 , 2015 and a subsequent DVD/Blu-Ray release on September 1 , 2015 .",
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"text": "Airport 2010 `` Airport 2010 '' is the twenty-second episode of the American television sitcom series Modern Family and the twenty-second episode of the series overall . It premiered on May 5 , 2010 , on ABC . The episode was written by Bill Wrubel & Dan O'Shannon and directed by Jason Winer . In the episode , Gloria invites the whole family on a getaway to Hawaii for Jay 's birthday much to Jay 's chagrin . While waiting for their flight , Mitchell realizes that he does not have his wallet - that includes his ID - with him and he has to go back and get it . Phil offers to drive him back home , something that upsets Claire because Phil leaves her alone while he knows how much nervous she is when they are about to fly . Manny is kept for questioning after his name matches a name on a no-fly list and Haley flirts with a boy while Dylan is trapped inside the Dunphy 's house . The episode references Lost which guest starred Julie Bowen . `` Airport 2010 '' has received positive reviews from critics with a lot praising of Ed O'Neill 's performance as Jay . Despite the positive reviews the episode dropped three-tenths from last week 's episode , `` Travels with Scout '' , and was viewed by an estimated 9.32 million households according to the Nielsen Media Research .",
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"text": "The Last Winter (2006 film) The Last Winter is a 2006 thriller film directed by Larry Fessenden . The Last Winter premiered in The Contemporary World Cinema Programme at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11 , 2006 . The script for the film originally featured a more woodsy Alaska with pine trees and it was after a research trip to Prudhoe Bay that they discovered the harsh flat conditions that ultimately ended up in the film .",
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"text": "Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2010 The 4th Houston Film Critics Society Awards were presented on December 18 , 2010 . These awards for `` extraordinary accomplishment in film '' are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society ( HFCS ) based in Houston , Texas . The organization , founded in 2007 , includes 22 film critics for print , radio , television , and internet publications in the greater Houston area . The awards are co-sponsored by the Houston Film Commission , Southwest Alternate Media Project , Women in Film and Television/Houston , WorldFest , and the Houston Cinema Arts Society . The nominations for the 2010 awards were announced on December 12 , 2010 . Eligible films do not need to have played or opened in a Houston film theater prior to the nomination deadline , merely made available to the HFCS membership at a screening or on DVD . Along with the 13 `` best of '' category awards , this year also saw the introduction of a new category for `` Worst Movies of the Year '' . The Social Network , True Grit , and 127 Hours each received six nominations , all including the Best Picture , Actor , Direction , and Original Score categories . The Social Network was the HFCS 's most awarded film of 2010 taking top honors in the Best Picture , Best Director ( David Fincher ) , Best Actor ( Jesse Eisenberg ) , and Best Screenplay ( Aaron Sorkin ) categories . Inception was the only other film to garner multiple awards , winning both the Best Original Score ( Hans Zimmer ) and Best Cinematography ( Wally Pfister ) prizes . The other acting awards went to Natalie Portman as Best Actress for Black Swan , Hailee Steinfeld as Best Supporting Actress for True Grit , and Christian Bale as Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter . The remaining film honors went to Toy Story 3 as Best Animated Film , Restrepo as Best Documentary , and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Best Foreign Language Film . `` We Are Sex Bob-Omb '' by Beck from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was named the Best Original Song . The HFCS 's first-ever award for `` Worst Picture '' was given to Jonah Hex starring Josh Brolin . In addition to the category awards , the HFCS presented their annual Lifetime Achievement Award to Sissy Spacek and its Humanitarian Award to George Clooney . Clooney was selected for `` selflessly using his celebrity for greater good '' . The HFCS award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema awards were presented to Charles Dove , director of the Rice University Media Center , and Hector Luna , the founder and editor of C-47 Houston .",
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"text": "Climate Change Denial Disorder Climate Change Denial Disorder ( CCDD ) is a satirical short film which parodies climate change denial and perspectives on climate change through discussion of a fictional disease . The film stars actors Ed Begley Jr. , Timothy Brennan , and Susan Yeagley . It was directed by Carly Usdin , written by Nicol Paone , and produced by Brianne Trosie . The film was released on April 14 , 2015 , by the comedy video website and film/TV production company Funny or Die and on April 16 to YouTube . Climate Change Denial Disorder was recognized by the Environmental Media Association with a nomination in the 2015 Environmental Media Awards for Best Digital Short . Environmental news website EcoWatch highlighted the film among the highest viewed environmental videos of 2015 .",
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"text": "Celtic F.C. The Celtic Football Club ( -LSB- ˈsɛltɪk -RSB- ) is a professional football club based in Glasgow , Scotland , which plays in the Scottish Premiership . The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigrant Irish population in the East End of Glasgow . They played their first match in May 1888 , a friendly match against Rangers which Celtic won 5 -- 2 . Celtic established itself within Scottish football , winning six successive league titles during the first decade of the 20th century . The club enjoyed their greatest successes during the 1960s and 70s under Jock Stein when they won nine consecutive league titles and the European Cup . Celtic have won the Scottish league championship on 48 occasions , most recently in the 2016 -- 17 season , the Scottish Cup 37 times and the Scottish League Cup 16 times . The club 's greatest season was 1966 -- 67 , when Celtic became the first British team to win the European Cup , also winning the Scottish league championship , the Scottish Cup , the League Cup , and the Glasgow Cup . Celtic also reached the 1970 European Cup Final , and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final . Celtic have a long-standing fierce rivalry with Rangers , and the clubs have become known as the Old Firm . The two clubs have dominated Scottish football , winning 102 league titles between them since the inception of Scottish league football in 1890 . The club 's fanbase was estimated in 2003 as being around nine million worldwide , and there are in excess of 160 Celtic supporters clubs in over 20 countries . An estimated 80,000 fans travelled to Seville for the 2003 UEFA Cup Final .",
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"text": "St Roch's F.C. St Roch 's Football Club is a Scottish football club , based in Royston Road , Glasgow . Nicknamed `` the Candy Rock '' , they were formed in 1920 and play at James McGrory Park . They currently compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association . They wear green and white strips ( uniforms ) . St Roch 's was the first club of Jimmy McGrory , the British record goalscorer with 550 goals . McGrory , who grew up in the Garngad area where the club originated , began playing for them aged just 16 . After helping the club win the Scottish Junior Cup in 1922 , scoring in the final , he joined Celtic the following season . The team are managed since June 2014 by Andy Cameron .",
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"text": "1973–74 Scottish Cup The 1973-74 Scottish Cup was the 89th staging of Scotland 's most prestigious football knockout competition . The Cup was won by Celtic who defeated Dundee United in the final .",
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"text": "Clonmel Celtic F.C. Clonmel Celtic F.C. are a football club from Clonmel in Ireland . The club plays at Celtic Park . They compete in the Tipperary Southern & District Football League . The club colours are green shirts , white shorts and green socks . The club competed in the FAI Cup in 2015 , but did not make it past the first round .",
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"text": "List of Scottish League Cup finals The Scottish League Cup is a knockout cup competition in Scottish football , organised by the Scottish Professional Football League ( SPFL ) . It is considered to be the second most important domestic cup competition in Scottish football , after the Scottish Cup . The competition is open to all 42 members of the SPFL as well as invited sides from the Highland League and Lowland League . The competition was established in 1947 , the format was taken from the Southern League Cup which operated as a regional tournament ( national for its last season ) during World War II . The Scottish League Cup was formed , operated by and named after the Scottish Football League ( SFL ) , who continued to operate it after the top division clubs formed the Scottish Premier League ( SPL ) in 1998 . The competition is now organised by the SPFL , the body formed by the merger of the SPL and SFL in 2013 . Rangers hold the record for most wins with 27 and the most final appearances with 34 , Celtic are second with 16 wins and 31 appearances . The cup is currently held by Celtic , whose defeat of Aberdeen won them their 100th major trophy in the November 2016 final .",
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"text": "Cork Celtic F.C. Cork Celtic F.C. , originally Evergreen United F.C. , was an Irish football club based in Cork . They played in the League of Ireland between 1951 and 1979 and played their home games at Turners Cross . In 1974 they were League of Ireland champions and the following season they reached the second round of the European Cup .",
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"text": "2016–17 St Mirren F.C. season The -LSB- -LSB- 2016 -- 17 in Scottish football | 2016 -- 17 season -RSB- -RSB- is the club 's second season in the -LSB- -LSB- Scottish Championship -RSB- -RSB- . St Mirren will also compete in the -LSB- -LSB- 2016 -- 17 Scottish Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup -RSB- -RSB- , the -LSB- -LSB- 2016 -- 17 Scottish League Cup | League Cup -RSB- -RSB- and the -LSB- -LSB- 2016 -- 17 Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup -RSB- -RSB- .",
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"text": "Cleator Moor Celtic F.C. Cleator Moor Celtic Football Club is a football club based in Cleator Moor , Cumbria , England . The club are currently members of the and play at the Birks Road Ground .",
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"text": "Berwick Rangers F.C. Berwick Rangers Football Club is a football team in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed , England , on the border with Scotland . Founded in 1881 , they currently play in Scottish League Two , the fourth tier of Scottish football , and are the only club from outside Scotland in the Scottish Professional Football League . The club play at Shielfield Park , which has a capacity of 4,500 and are currently managed by John Coughlin , who started his second spell in charge of the side in November 2015 after Colin Cameron was sacked in October 2015 .",
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"text": "1987–88 Celtic F.C. season The 1987 -- 88 season was Celtic 's 99th season of competitive football , and also marked the club 's centenary . Davie Hay was dismissed as manager in the close season following the team 's failure to win any trophies during season 1986 -- 87 . Billy McNeill returned as manager , following four years in England with Manchester City and Aston Villa . The playing squad saw a large turnaround in the summer of 1987 , with Brian McClair , Mo Johnston , Murdo MacLeod and Alan McInally all leaving . Danny McGrain was given a free transfer and Davie Provan retired due to ill health . Centre-half Mick McCarthy was signed by Davie Hay a few days prior to his sacking . Billy McNeill then went on to sign Motherwell striker Andy Walker , Sheffield Wednesday full-back Chris Morris and Aberdeen midfielder Billy Stark over the summer . As the season progressed , forwards Frank McAvennie and Joe Miller were also signed . Celtic made a strong start to their league campaign , and went on to win their 34th league championship title . During the autumn , Celtic were knocked out of the UEFA Cup by Borussia Dortmund and the Scottish League Cup by Aberdeen . Celtic reached the Scottish Cup Final having come from behind against Hearts in the semi-final , scoring twice in the final four minutes to win 2 -- 1 . Celtic again went a goal down in the final against Dundee United , but came back to win , Frank McAvennie scoring the winning goal in the last minute to clinch a league and cup double .",
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"text": "UEFA The Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA , -LSB- juːˈeɪfə -RSB- Union des Associations Européennes de Football ) Vereinigung Europäischer Fußballverbände ) is the administrative body for association football in Europe , although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia . It is one of six continental confederations of world football 's governing body FIFA . UEFA consists of 55 national association members . UEFA represents the national football associations of Europe , runs nation and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship , UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League , and UEFA Super Cup , and controls the prize money , regulations , and media rights to those competitions . Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris , and later in Bern . In 1995 , UEFA headquarters were transferred to Nyon , Switzerland . Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president . The current president is Aleksander Čeferin , a former Football Association of Slovenia president , who was elected as UEFA 's seventh president at the 12th Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens in September 2016 , and automatically became a vice-president of the world body FIFA .",
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"text": "History of FC Barcelona The history of Futbol Club Barcelona goes from the football club 's founding in 1899 and up to current time . FC Barcelona , also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is based in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . The team was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss , English and Spanish footballers led by Joan Gamper . The club played amateur football until 1910 in various regional competitions . In 1910 , the club participated in their first of many European competitions , and has since amassed ten UEFA trophies and a sextuple . In 1928 , Barcelona co-founded La Liga , the top-tier in Spanish football , along with a string of other clubs . As of 2016 , Barcelona has never been relegated from La Liga , a record they share with Athletic Bilbao and arch-rival Real Madrid . The history of super Barcelona has often been political . Though it is a club created and run by foreigners , Barcelona gradually became a club associated with Catalan values . In Spain 's transition to autocracy in 1925 , Catalonia became increasingly hostile towards the central government in Madrid . The hostility enhanced Barcelona 's image as a focal point for Catalonism , and when Francisco Franco banned the use of the Catalan language , the stadium of Barcelona became one of the few places the people could express their dissatisfaction . The Spanish transition to democracy in 1978 has not dampened the club 's image of Catalan pride . In the 2000s -- a period of sporting success in the club and an increased focus on Catalan players -- club officials have openly called for Catalonia to become an independent state .",
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"text": "Gateshead F.C. Gateshead Football Club is a professional football club based in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear , England . Established in 1977 after Gateshead United folded , they are currently members of the and play at the International Stadium .",
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"text": "Celtic TV Celtic TV is the official Internet channel of Celtic F.C. . It was a television channel until 2009 but it has since relaunched online , replacing Channel 67 .",
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"text": "Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club ( Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd ) is a professional association football club based in the city of Cardiff , Wales that competes in the Championship , the second tier of the English football league system . The club was founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C. before changing its name to Cardiff City in 1908 . They play their home games at the Cardiff City Stadium , after moving from Ninian Park in 2009 . The club is one of six Welsh sides playing within the English football league system , having joined the Southern Football League in 1910 before moving into the Football League in 1920 , and is the only club from outside England to have won the FA Cup , doing so in 1927 . They have also reached three other cup finals in English competitions , the 1925 FA Cup Final against Sheffield United , the 2008 FA Cup Final against Portsmouth and the 2012 Football League Cup Final against Liverpool , suffering defeat on each occasion , and have won the Welsh Cup on 22 occasions , making them the second most successful team in the competition 's history behind Wrexham . The club 's longest period in the top-tier of English football came between 1921 and 1929 and they have spent seven seasons in the top-flight since this period , the most recent being in the 2013 -- 14 , being relegated after a single season . Since 1908 , the club 's home colours have been blue and white , leading to a nickname of The Bluebirds , with the exception of a period between 2012 and 2015 when the club 's owner , Vincent Tan , rebranded the club and changed the home colours to red . The club reverted to their traditional blue in January 2015 . They have long-standing rivalries with nearby clubs Swansea City , known as the South Wales derby , and Bristol City , known as the Severnside derby .",
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"text": "List of Rangers F.C. records and statistics Rangers Football Club are a Scottish professional association football club based in Govan , Glasgow . They have played at their home ground , Ibrox , since 1899 . Rangers are founding members of the Scottish Football League in 1890 , the Scottish Premier League in 1998 . Rangers have won 54 domestic league titles ( from Scottish top-flight division ) , more titles than any other professional football club in the world . The club not only hold the record for the most league titles but also hold the world record for the most domestic trophies won by a single professional football club , recognised by UEFA , winning 118 in all . The club 's record appearance maker is John Greig , who made 755 appearances between 1961 and 1978 in all matches . Ally McCoist is the club 's record goalscorer , scoring 355 goals during his Rangers career . This list encompasses the major honours won by Rangers , records set by the club , their managers and their players . The player records section includes details of the club 's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions . It also records notable achievements by Rangers players on the international stage , and the highest transfer fees paid and received by the club . Attendance records at Ibrox are also included in the list .",
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"text": "1967 Intercontinental Cup The 1967 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over three legs in 1967 between the winners of the 1966 -- 67 European Cup , Celtic , and Racing Club , winners of the 1967 Copa Libertadores . The first leg was played at Hampden Park in Glasgow , with Celtic winning 1 -- 0 through a Billy McNeill header . The game however was marred by Racing Club 's incessant cynical fouling and spitting . The return match at El Cilindro in Buenos Aires was also acrimonious , with Celtic 's Ronnie Simpson struck by an object thrown from the crowd just before the start of the match . He was badly dazed and had to be replaced by John Fallon . Celtic again took the lead , but Racing Club fought back to win 2 -- 1 through goals from Norberto Raffo and Juan Carlos Cárdenas . The series of games went to a play-off match in Montevideo , Uruguay . The game was a shambles , exacerbated by Racing Club 's continued cynical fouling , Celtic 's loss of composure and discipline , and the incompetence of the Paraguayan referee who was clearly out of his depth . Riot police had to intervene on the pitch several times as six players were sent off ; four from Celtic and two from Racing Club . Celtic 's Bertie Auld however refused to leave the field on being `` sent off '' and still played for the whole game . Racing Club scored the only goal of the game in the second half through Cárdenas , winning the game 1 -- 0 and the Intercontinental Cup series , becoming the first Argentinian holders of the trophy .",
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"text": "NIFL Premiership The Northern Ireland Football League Premiership , known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship purposes , is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Northern Ireland Football League -- the national league in Northern Ireland . It was formerly called the IFA Premiership until 2013 , with previous competition formats called the Irish Premier League , Irish Football League Premier Division , and before that simply the Irish Football League . Still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League , the Premiership was established in 2008 under the auspices of the Irish Football Association before the Northern Ireland Football League was created for the start of the 2013 -- 14 season . At the end of the season , the champion club is presented with the Gibson Cup . Linfield are the current champions , after they secured their 52nd League title by beating Cliftonville 3-1 at Solitude .",
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"text": "James Forrest (footballer) James Forrest ( born 7 July 1991 ) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Scotland national football team . He joined Celtic 's youth academy in 2003 and progressed through the ranks before making his debut in the 2009 -- 10 season . He has progressed to become a key player in Celtic 's team and was widely regarded as one of the brightest young talents in the Scottish game . In November 2011 , the Scottish Football Association 's performance director , Mark Wotte , described him as being `` the light in the darkness '' of Scottish football . Forrest had played at every youth level for Scotland before making his first team debut on 29 May 2011 in a match against the Republic of Ireland . He won 13 caps for the under-19s , having scored two goals . He also won four caps for the under-21s . Forrest has won 13 caps Scotland national football team . His younger brother , Alan Forrest , plays football for Ayr United .",
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"text": "Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club -LSB- ˈblækbɜrn_ˈroʊvərz -RSB- is a professional association football club based in Ewood , Blackburn in the county of Lancashire , England . It competes in League One following its relegation from the Championship at the conclusion of the 2016 -- 17 season . The club was established in 1875 , becoming a founding member of The Football League in 1888 . It is one of only three clubs to have been both a founder member of the Football League and the Premier League ( the others being Aston Villa and Everton ) . In 1890 , Rovers moved to Ewood Park . Blackburn Rovers have been English champions three times , and have won six FA Cups and one Football League Cup . Blackburn are the only extant club to have won three consecutive FA Cups . The club has spent the majority of its existence in the top flight of English football ( 72 years ) . In 1992 , Rovers gained promotion to the new Premier League a year after being taken over by local entrepreneur Jack Walker , who installed Kenny Dalglish as manager . In 1995 , Rovers became Premier League champions . In the 1998 -- 99 season , the club was relegated . It was promoted back to the Premier League two years later , in the 2000 -- 01 season . It has qualified for the UEFA Cup four times : once as League Cup winners , twice as the Premier League 's sixth-placed team and once via the Intertoto Cup . The 2011 -- 12 season marked the club 's 72nd , non-consecutive , year in the top flight . Rovers are currently one of only six clubs to have won the Premier League , along with Arsenal , Chelsea , Manchester United , Manchester City and Leicester City . The club 's motto is `` Arte et Labore '' , `` By Skill and Hard Work '' in Latin .",
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"text": "Kenny Dalglish Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish , MBE ( born 4 March 1951 ) is a Scottish former footballer and manager . In a career spanning 22 years , he played for Celtic and Liverpool , winning numerous honours with both . He is Scotland 's most capped player of all time with 102 appearances , and also Scotland 's joint-leading goal scorer , with 30 goals . Dalglish won the Ballon d'Or Silver Award in 1983 , the PFA Player of the Year in 1983 , and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1979 and 1983 . In 2009 FourFourTwo named Dalglish as the greatest striker in post-war British football , and in 2006 he topped a Liverpool fans ' poll of `` 100 Players Who Shook the Kop '' . He has been inducted into both the Scottish and English Football Halls of Fame . Dalglish began his career with Celtic in 1971 , going on to win four Scottish First Divisions , four Scottish Cups and one Scottish League Cup with the club . In 1977 , Liverpool manager Bob Paisley paid a British transfer record of # 440,000 ( # today ) to bring Dalglish to Liverpool . His years at Liverpool were among the club 's most successful periods , as he won six Football League First Divisions , two FA Cups , four League Cups , seven FA Charity Shields , three European Cups and one UEFA Super Cup . For these achievements and his style of play he was given the name King Kenny by Liverpool supporters . Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool in 1985 after the resignation of Joe Fagan , winning a further three First Divisions , two FA Cups and four FA Charity Shields , before resigning from Liverpool in 1991 . Eight months later Dalglish made a return to football management with Blackburn Rovers , whom he led from the Second Division to win the Premier League in 1995 . Soon afterwards he stepped down as Blackburn manager to become Director of Football at the club , before leaving altogether in 1996 . In January 1997 Dalglish took over as manager at Newcastle United . Newcastle finished runners-up in both the Premier League and FA Cup during his first season , but they could only finish 13th in 1997 -- 98 , which led to his dismissal the following season . Dalglish went on to be appointed Director of Football at Celtic in 1999 , and later manager , where he won the Scottish League Cup before an acrimonious departure the following year . Between 2000 and 2010 Dalglish focused on charitable concerns , founding The Marina Dalglish Appeal with his wife to raise money for cancer care . In January 2011 Dalglish was appointed Liverpool 's caretaker manager after the dismissal of Roy Hodgson , becoming the permanent manager in May 2011 . Despite winning the League Cup which earned them a place in the Europa League and reaching the FA Cup Final , Liverpool could only finish 8th in the Premier League , and Dalglish was dismissed in May 2012 . In October 2013 , Dalglish returned to Anfield as a non-executive director . On 3 May 2017 , it was announced that in recognition of Dalglish 's contribution to the club and community , the stadium 's Centenary Stand was to be renamed the Kenny Dalglish Stand .",
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"text": "Renaissance art Renaissance art is the painting , sculpture and decorative arts of that period of European history known as the Renaissance , emerging as a distinct style in Italy in about 1400 , in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy , literature , music and science . The Renaissance art , perceived as the noblest of ancient traditions , took as its foundation the art of Classical antiquity , but transformed that tradition by absorbing recent developments in the art of Northern Europe and by applying contemporary scientific knowledge . Renaissance art , with Renaissance Humanist philosophy , spread throughout Europe , affecting both artists and their patrons with the development of new techniques and new artistic sensibilities . Renaissance art marks the transition of Europe from the medieval period to the Early Modern age . In many parts of Europe , Early Renaissance art was created in parallel with Late Medieval art . The influences upon the development of Renaissance men and women in the early 15th century are those that also affected Philosophy , Literature , Architecture , Theology , Science , Government and other aspects of society . The following list presents a summary , dealt with more fully in the main articles that are cited above . Classical texts , lost to European scholars for centuries , became available . These included Philosophy , Prose , Poetry , Drama , Science , a thesis on the Arts and Early Christian Theology . Simultaneously , Europe gained access to advanced mathematics which had its provenance in the works of Islamic scholars . The advent of movable type printing in the 15th century meant that ideas could be disseminated easily , and an increasing number of books were written for a broad public . The establishment of the Medici Bank and the subsequent trade it generated brought unprecedented wealth to a single Italian city , Florence . Cosimo de ' Medici set a new standard for patronage of the arts , not associated with the church or monarchy . Humanist philosophy meant that man 's relationship with humanity , the universe and with God was no longer the exclusive province of the Church . A revived interest in the Classics brought about the first archaeological study of Roman remains by the architect Brunelleschi and sculptor Donatello . The revival of a style of architecture based on classical precedents inspired a corresponding classicism in painting and sculpture , which manifested itself as early as the 1420s in the paintings of Masaccio and Uccello . The improvement of oil paint and developments in oil-painting technique by Dutch artists such as Jan van Eyck , Rogier van der Weyden and Hugo van der Goes led to its adoption in Italy from about 1475 and had ultimately lasting effects on painting practices , worldwide . The serendipitous presence within the region of Florence in the early 15th century of certain individuals of artistic genius , most notably Masaccio , Brunelleschi , Ghiberti , Piero della Francesca , Donatello and Michelozzo formed an ethos out of which sprang the great masters of the High Renaissance , as well as supporting and encouraging many lesser artists to achieve work of extraordinary quality . A similar heritage of artistic achievement occurred in Venice through the talented Bellini family , their influential inlaw Mantegna , Giorgione , Titian and Tintoretto . The publication of two treatises by Leone Battista Alberti , De Pitura ( On Painting ) , 1435 , and De re aedificatoria ( Ten Books on Architecture ) , 1452 .",
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"text": "Sir Thomas More and Family Sir Thomas More and Family is a lost painting by Hans Holbein the Younger , painted circa 1527 and known from a number of surviving copies . The original was destroyed in 1752 in a fire at Schloss Kremsier ( Kroměříž Castle ) , the Moravian residence of Carl von Liechtenstein , archbishop of Olmutz . A study by Holbein for the painting survives in the Kunstmuseum Basel ( Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel , Kupferstichkabinett Inv . 1662.31 ) . The work is also preserved in a number of sixteenth-century versions by Rowland Lockey , including those in Nostell Priory and the National Portrait Gallery ( formerly part of the Lenthall pictures ) . Strong calls it `` arguably the greatest and most innovative work of his English period '' and `` the earliest portrait conversation piece in English painting , at least a century ahead of its time '' and asserts that `` its destruction means we lost the greatest single visual artefact to epitomize the aims and ideals of the early Renaissance in England . ''",
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"text": "Pregnancy in art Pregnancy in art covers any artistic work that portrays pregnancy in women . In art as in life , it is often unclear whether an actual state of pregnancy is intended to be shown . A common visual indication is the gesture of the woman placing a protective open hand on her abdomen . Historically , married women were at some stage of pregnancy for much of their life until the menopause , but the depiction of this in art is relatively uncommon , and generally restricted to some specific contexts . This probably persists even in contemporary culture ; despite several recent artworks depicting heavily pregnant women , one writer was `` astonished at the shortage of visual images ... of pregnant women in public visual culture '' . A research study conducted by Pierre Bourdieu in 1963 found that the great majority of 693 French subjects thought that a photo of a pregnant woman could not , by definition , be beautiful . There are two subjects often depicted in Western narrative art , or history painting , where pregnancy is an important part of the story . These are the unhappy scene usually called Diana and Callisto , showing the moment of discovery of Callisto 's forbidden pregnancy , and the biblical scene of the Visitation . Gradually , portraits of pregnant women began to appear , with a particular fashion for `` pregnancy portraits '' in elite portraiture of the years around 1600 . As well as being a subject for depiction in art , pregnant women were also consumers of art , with some special types of work developed for them , including Madonna del Parto images of Mary .",
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"text": "Madonna del Granduca The Madonna del Granduca is a Madonna painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael . It was probably painted in 1505 , shortly after Raphael had arrived in Florence . The influence of Leonardo da Vinci , whose works he got to know there , can be seen in the use of sfumato . The painting belonged to Ferdinand III , Grand Duke of Tuscany , from whom it got its name .",
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"text": "Rasa Renaissance Rasa Renaissance is a movement in the art of painting that makes evocation of rasas the prime aim in the creation and appreciation of a work of art . Rasa is the quality of emotional fulfilment that a work of art produces through the personalities , their expression and the situation presented in a painting . Rasa is a Sanskrit word that denotes the quality of emotional fulfilment that a work of art brings about . Rasa Theory is a theory of aesthetic criticism that has been prevalent in appreciation of literary works in Sanskrit language for millenniums ( see Indian aesthetic ) . The idea of Rasa Renaissance has evolved in the last quarter of the twentieth century in the domain of painting as a countermovement to abstract and conceptual art . Rasa Renaissance is led by artist , philosopher and Sanskrit scholar Dr. Mumbiram of India ( Ph.D Berkeley California ) . In the twentieth century the art of painting progressively became dissociated from depiction of personalities in real world situations . It concerned itself with exploration of forms and colours for their own sake . It became more or less an exercise in clever intellectual sophistication . Art of Rasa Renaissance presupposes personalities in various situations and in various emotional states as central to a work of art .",
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"text": "Renaissance Latin Renaissance Latin is a name given to the distinctive form of Latin style developed during the European Renaissance of the fourteenth to fifteenth centuries , particularly by the Renaissance humanism movement .",
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"text": "Old master print An old master print is a work of art produced by a printing process within the Western tradition . The term remains current in the art trade , and there is no easy alternative in English to distinguish the works of `` fine art '' produced in printmaking from the vast range of decorative , utilitarian and popular prints that grew rapidly alongside the artistic print from the 15th century onwards . Fifteenth-century prints are sufficiently rare that they are classed as old master prints even if they are of crude or merely workmanlike artistic quality . A date of about 1830 is usually taken as marking the end of the period whose prints are covered by this term . The main techniques used , in order of their introduction , are woodcut , engraving , etching , mezzotint and aquatint , although there are others . Different techniques are often combined in a single print . With rare exceptions printed on textiles , such as silk , or on vellum , old master prints are printed on paper . This article is concerned with the artistic , historical and social aspects of the subject ; the article on printmaking summarizes the techniques used in making old master prints , from a modern perspective . Many great European artists , such as Albrecht Dürer , Rembrandt , and Francisco Goya , were dedicated printmakers . In their own day , their international reputations largely came from their prints , which were spread far more widely than their paintings . Influences between artists were also mainly transmitted beyond a single city by prints ( and sometimes drawings ) , for the same reason . Prints therefore are frequently brought up in detailed analyses of individual paintings in art history . Today , thanks to colour photo reproductions , and public galleries , their paintings are much better known , whilst their prints are only rarely exhibited , for conservation reasons . But some museum print rooms allow visitors to see their collection , sometimes only by appointment .",
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"text": "San Giovenale Triptych The San Giovenale Triptych or Cascia Altarpiece is a 1422 painting by Italian Renaissance artist Masaccio , housed in a museum behind the church of Cascia di Reggello , in the Roman Pieve of San Pietro di Cascia near Florence , Italy . This work , discovered in 1961 in a state of poor preservation , in the loft of a house adjacent to the small chapel of San Giovenale two kilometres from Cascia by Juliana Arnetoli . It had allegedly been hidden there before the Second World War to prevent the occupying German army from removing it from the chapel . It is probably the first original work by Masaccio . It was commissioned by the Florentine family of Castellani for the Basilica of San Lorenzo , and was later moved to San Giovenale . It is dated at the bottom in modern humanist letters , the first work in Europe not inscribed in Gothic characters , which read , `` ANNO DOMINI MCCCCXXII A DI VENTITRE D'AP -LSB- RILE -RSB- '' ( April 23 , 1422 ) . The central panel shows the Madonna enthroned with two angels and the child Jesus eating some vine , as a symbol of the Eucharist . The halo of the Madonna bears the Shahada written backwards . The left panel depicts Saint Bartholomew and Saint Blaise , and the right panel depicts Saint Anthony and Saint Juvenal ( Giovenale ) . The left and right panels show a marked influence of 14th century models , while the complex perspective of the centre panel would have been something new for its time . Also , the use of three-dimensional solidity makes the painting revolutionary for its time .",
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"text": "Portrait of Isabella of Portugal (van Eyck) __ NOTOC __ Portrait of Isabella of Portugal was a betrothal painting by the Early Netherlandish artist Jan van Eyck , one of his earliest works and now lost , known only from copies . It dates to his 1428-29 visit to Portugal on behalf of Philip the Good , when he was sent as part of an embassy to evaluate the then 30-year-old Isabella 's suitability as a bride for Philip . Van Eyck was tasked with bringing back two ( mostly likely a pair were painted to increase the probability that one would make it back to the Netherlands ) faithful representations of her likeness for the duke to evaluate . Because Portugal was ridden with plague , their court was itinerant and the Dutch party met them at the out of way castle of Aviz . Van Eyck spent nine months there , returning successfully to the Netherlands with Isabella as a bride to be ; the couple married on Christmas Day of 1429 . The portrait was executed around the time the preliminary marriage agreement was drawn up , to be sent concurrently to Philip , with the document of agreement . In this it was intended as eyewitness testimony to the `` person of the princess '' , providing independent verification of her identity when she would later travelled to Philip in Burgundy . Portrait of Isabella of Portugal is especially notable for the forward way in which she places her hand over the faux stone parapet . With this gesture Isabella extends her presence out of the pictorial space and into that of the viewer . This illusionistic motif was later developed in his London Léal Souvenir , where the subject 's arm rests on the painting 's lower left frame as if the subject had just suddenly and informally arrived to the sitting and casually positioned herself . This conceit was later and most famously emulated by Petrus Christus 's Portrait of a Carthusian '' 's which placed a fly perched on the faux center lower border of his canvas . Van Eyck had already gone further than this however , and has in this portrait created a number of illusionistic perspectives . From surviving copies it can be deduced that apart from the actual oak frame there were two other ` painted on ' frames , one of which was lettered with gothic inscription to the top , while a faux stone parapet provided support for her hands to rest upon . Van Eyck painted a second portrait during his visit to Portugal , his 1428 Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon . Art historians tend to look to this work to deduce how the Isabella portrait may have looked . The Blue Hood '' painting is rendered in a miniaturist scale , presumably so as to make it easier to ship back to Bruges , so it is reasonable to assume the future Queen 's portrait was of much the same scale . Although the original has been lost and is today known only from a few copies , van Eyck was a renowned and widely copied artist at the time and its probable influence can be seen in paintings of the queen by Rogier van der Weyden as well as in a depiction by an unknown northern artist of the mid-15th century , although both works show Isabella at a much older age . From a copy by an unknown follower , we can see that Isabella is shown directly gazing at the viewer , a highly daring and intimate pose for a betrothal portrait . Although her look is suitably coy , it is obviously intended to be alluring .",
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"text": "Flemish painting Flemish painting flourished from the early 15th century until the 17th century . The term does not refer to modern Flanders but to the County of Flanders and neighbouring areas of the Low Countries such as the Tournaisis and Duchy of Brabant which delivered the leading painters in Northern Europe and attracted many promising young painters from other countries . These painters were invited to work at foreign courts and had a Europe-wide influence . Since the end of the Napoleonic era , Flemish painters had again been contributing to a reputation that had been set by the Old Masters . The Franco-Flemish School of musical composition flourished at the same time .",
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"text": "Ecce Homo (Caravaggio) Ecce Homo ( c. 1605/6 or 1609 according to John Gash ) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio . It is housed in the Palazzo Bianco , Genoa . According to Giambatista Cardi , nephew of the Florentine artist Cigoli , Cardinal Massimo Massimi commissioned paintings on the theme of Ecce Homo from three artists , Cigoli , Caravaggio , and Domenico Passignano , without informing the artists of the multiple commissions . Cardi claimed the cardinal liked Cigoli 's version best . The scene is taken from the Gospel of ( John 19 ) : Pontius Pilate displays Christ to the crowd with the words , `` Ecce homo ! '' ( `` Behold the man '' ) . Caravaggio 's version of the scene combined Pilate 's display with the earlier moment of Christ , already crowned with thorns , mockingly robed like a king by his tormentors . Massimi already possessed a Crowning with Thorns , by Caravaggio , and Ecce Homo may have been intended as a companion piece . Stylistically , the painting displays characteristics of Caravaggio 's mature Roman-period style . The forms are visible close-up and modelled by dramatic light , the absence of depth or background , and the psychological realism of , the torturer , who seems to mix sadism with pity . Pilate , in keeping with tradition , is shown as a rather neutral and perhaps almost sympathetic figure . The contract for Ecce Homo was signed on 25 June 1605 , with the painting to be delivered in August . Whether Caravaggio met his deadline is uncertain , as by July he was arrested for attacking the house of Laura della Vecchia and her daughter , Isabella . Friends stood bail for him , but on 29 July he was in far more serious trouble for assaulting the notary Mariano Pasqualone over a well-known courtesan Lena and Caravaggio 's model who is referred to by Pasqualone in the police complaint as `` Michelangelo 's ( i.e. Caravaggio 's ) girl '' . Consequently , Caravaggio fled to Genoa until the end of August . He continued to be in trouble with the law throughout the year , with a complaint against him in September for throwing stones at his landlady 's house , and a mysterious incident in October in which he was wounded in the throat and ear ( Caravaggio claimed he had fallen on his own sword ) . In May 1606 he fled Rome again after killing Ranuccio Tomassoni in a duel , and he was not settled in Naples until the latter part of that year . Cigoli 's Ecce Homo was not painted until 1607 , and clearly attempts to mimic Caravaggio 's style , suggesting that Massimi had not yet received his Caravaggio and was turning elsewhere . It is instructive to compare the two paintings : Caravaggio , unlike Cigoli , has dropped the convention of showing Christ 's torturer as a grotesque , and has shown Pilate dressed as a 17th-century official .",
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"text": "Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi The Master of the Prado Adoration of the Magi was a Netherlandish painter active between c. 1475 -- 1500 whose identity is now lost . He is thought to have originated from the southern Netherlands and is known for his vibrant colourisation in panels depicting scenes from the infancy of Christ , he is thought to have been a pupil of Rogier van der Weyden , and is named after a copy of the `` Adoration of the Magi '' panel from that painter 's St Columba Altarpiece . Although the Magi became a popular topic for northern painters in the second half of the 15th century and the Columba altarpiece was widely copied , the master is associated with van der Weyden 's workshop because the copy is so close , it is believed he must have had access to a reproduction of the underdrawing . Six panels are today associated to the master ; five showing scenes from christ 's infancy and one of Saint Francis . Two panels now in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow , are assumed to be wings of a lost portable triptych . All six works had been attributed by art historian Georges Hulin de Loo to Hans Memling , a painter strongly influenced by van der Weyden ( although this would date the work as 1464 at latest ) . de Loo noted the Glasgow panel 's `` elegance and sensitivity '' , and speculated that they were based on proto-types by van der Weyden , perhaps finished by Memling under van der Weyden 's supervision . However this view was eventually rejected and the panels attributed to an unidentified painter , who had apprenticed under van der Weyden and was in contact and influenced by Memling and the Master of the Legend of St. Catherine , who is sometimes though to have been Pieter van der Weyden , Rogier 's son .",
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"text": "Renaissance Revival architecture Renaissance Revival ( sometimes referred to as `` Neo-Renaissance '' ) is an all-encompassing designation that covers many 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Grecian ( see Greek Revival ) nor Gothic ( see Gothic Revival ) but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes . Under the broad designation `` Renaissance architecture '' nineteenth-century architects and critics went beyond the architectural style which began in Florence and central Italy in the early 15th century as an expression of Humanism ; they also included styles we would identify as Mannerist or Baroque . Self-applied style designations were rife in the mid - and later nineteenth century : `` Neo-Renaissance '' might be applied by contemporaries to structures that others called `` Italianate '' , or when many French Baroque features are present ( Second Empire ) . The divergent forms of Renaissance architecture in different parts of Europe , particularly in France and Italy , has added to the difficulty of defining and recognizing Neo-Renaissance architecture . A comparison between the breadth of its source material , such as the English Wollaton Hall , Italian Palazzo Pitti , the French Château de Chambord , and the Russian Palace of Facets -- all deemed `` Renaissance '' -- illustrates the variety of appearances the same architectural label can take .",
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"text": "Style (visual arts) In the visual arts , style is a '' ... distinctive manner which permits the grouping of works into related categories '' . or '' ... any distinctive , and therefore recognizable , way in which an act is performed or an artifact made or ought to be performed and made '' . It refers to the visual appearance of a work of art that relates it to other works by the same artist or one from the same period , training , location , `` school '' , art movement or archaeological culture : `` The notion of style has long been the art historian 's principal mode of classifying works of art . By style he selects and shapes the history of art '' . Style is often divided into the general style of a period , country or cultural group , group of artists or art movement , and the individual style of the artist within that group style . Divisions within both types of styles are often made , such as between `` early '' , `` middle '' or `` late '' . In some artists , such as Picasso for example , these divisions may be marked and easy to see , in others they are more subtle . Style is seen as usually dynamic , in most periods always changing by a gradual process , though the speed of this varies greatly , between the very slow development in style typical of prehistoric art or ancient Egyptian art to the rapid changes in modern art styles . Style often develops in a series of jumps , with relatively sudden changes followed by periods of slower development . After dominating academic discussion in art history in the 19th and early 20th centuries , so-called `` style art history '' has come under increasing attack in recent decades , and many art historians now prefer to avoid stylistic classifications where they can .",
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"text": "Master of Anthony of Burgundy The Master of Anthony of Burgundy was a Flemish miniature painter active in Bruges between about 1460 and 1490 , apparently running a large workshop , and producing some of the most sophisticated work of the final flowering of Flemish illumination . He was first identified by Winkler in 1921 ; his name is derived from one of his most elevated patrons , Anthony of Burgundy , Philip the Good 's illegitimate son , though he also worked for the Dukes and other bibliophiles in Burgundian court circles , who had already been allocated `` Masters '' by art historians . His contributions to the heavily illustrated Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse ( BnF Fr 2643-6 ) from the early 1470s , on which several of the leading illuminators of the day worked , show him excelling some more famous names , like Loiset Lyédet . The young Master of the Dresden Prayer Book worked as his assistant on this book , suggesting he was an apprentice ; a number of other anonymous masters have been postulated as his pupils . Other works are in the libraries of Paris , Wrocław , Philadelphia , Munich , Cambridge University Library and elsewhere . He sometimes painted using gold and silver on a black background , as in the Vienna Black Hours ( or Sforza Hours and other titles ) now in Vienna . It is through the somewhat controversial attribution of that book to him , and its further identification with a book presented to Charles the Bold and known to have been illustrated by Philippe de Mazerolles , the Frenchman appointed as Burgundian court illuminator , that he has been proposed as identical to de Mazerolles , who is documented between 1454-1479 . The Master , or his circle , have also been associated with the first engravings produced for book illustration , in an edition of Boccaccio printed in Bruges by Colard Mansion in about 1476 .",
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"text": "Lorenzo de' Medici Lorenzo de ' Medici ( -LSB- loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi -RSB- , 1 January 1449 -- 8 April 1492 ) was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic , who was the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of the Renaissance . Also known as Lorenzo the Magnificent ( Lorenzo il Magnifico -LSB- loˈrɛntso il maɲˈɲiːfiko -RSB- ) by contemporary Florentines , he was a magnate , diplomat , politician and patron of scholars , artists and poets . He is well known for his contribution to the art world by sponsoring artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo . His life coincided with the mature phase of Italian Renaissance and his death coincided with the end of the Golden Age of Florence . The fragile peace that he helped maintain among the various Italian states collapsed with his death . He is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence .",
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"text": "Baroque sculpture Baroque sculpture is the sculpture of the period between the early 17th and late 18th centuries associated with the Baroque cultural movement , based on exaggerated motion and drama . Stylistically , Baroque sculpture followed Renaissance sculpture and was succeeded by Neoclassical Sculpture . Gian Lorenzo Bernini is the first developer of this style and many of his works are the most important works in this period . Rome is the first place where was the style formed . After the second half of the 17th century Baroque expanded also to the other parts of Italy and Europe . France had main position in spread of Baroque art after the late 17th century , but other lands , mainly Spain , Dutch Republic and Habsburg Monarchy , supported the baroque ideas , too .",
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"text": "Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages . It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture . Originating in 12th century France and lasting into the 16th century , Gothic architecture was known during the period as Opus Francigenum ( `` French work '' ) with the term Gothic first appearing during the later part of the Renaissance . Its characteristics include the pointed arch , the ribbed vault ( which evolved from the joint vaulting of Romanesque architecture ) and the flying buttress . Gothic architecture is most familiar as the architecture of many of the great cathedrals , abbeys and churches of Europe . It is also the architecture of many castles , palaces , town halls , guild halls , universities and to a less prominent extent , private dwellings , such as dorms and rooms . It is in the great churches and cathedrals and in a number of civic buildings that the Gothic style was expressed most powerfully , its characteristics lending themselves to appeals to the emotions , whether springing from faith or from civic pride . A great number of ecclesiastical buildings remain from this period , of which even the smallest are often structures of architectural distinction while many of the larger churches are considered priceless works of art and are listed with UNESCO as World Heritage Sites . For this reason a study of Gothic architecture is often largely a study of cathedrals and churches . A series of Gothic revivals began in mid-18th century England , spread through 19th century Europe and continued , largely for ecclesiastical and university structures , into the 20th century .",
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"text": "The Age of the Medici The Age of the Medici , originally released in Italy as L'età di Cosimo de Medici ( The Age of Cosimo de Medici ) , is a 1973 3-part TV series about the Renaissance in Florence , directed by Roberto Rossellini . The series was shot in English in the hope of securing a North American release , which it failed to achieve , and was later dubbed into Italian and shown on state television . The films are : Cosimo de Medici , The Power of Cosimo and Leon Battista Alberti : Humanism . It is Fred Ward 's debut role . Like several other TV series directed by Rossellini during the 1970s , The Age of the Medici is a form of docudrama , in which historical information is communicated via dramatized conversations between figures from history , and between ordinary people . They are unabashedly `` teaching films . '' As Dave Kehr explains , `` The dialogue is bluntly didactic , with characters telling one another things they would already know entirely for the benefit of the audience ... . Rossellini is n't asking his viewers to identify with his characters or become caught up in their personal dramas ... Instead he creates a detached perspective . '' Each scene plays out in a single long take , with the camera slowly moving and zooming to create different framings of the action , or , as Kehr puts it , `` to close in on details or investigate relationships '' . When the films debuted in New York 's Public Theater in 1973 , New York Times movie critic Vincent Canby noted that while not difficult , the austere style of the films , `` as well as Rossellini 's total lack of concern for what might be called performance , take some getting used to . Yet once you 've grasped the method and the rhythm of the films , they are a ravishingly beautiful experience '' : The actors make few attempts to act . They recite as they walk about magnificent locations , sounding and looking like ferociously gifted dress-extras . The talk has been rather flatly dubbed into English so that it 's not always possible to tell who is speaking.Forget these problems , though . The film is about what is being said and what you can see around and behind these figures . When you connect with The Age of the Medici , it has the effect of reducing every other film you 've seen recently to the status of an ornament .",
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"text": "Accademia delle Arti del Disegno The Accademia delle Arti del Disegno , or `` Academy of the Arts of Drawing '' , is an academy of artists in Florence , Italy . The Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno , or `` academy and company of the arts of drawing '' , was founded on 13 January 1563 by Cosimo I de ' Medici , under the influence of Giorgio Vasari . It was made up of two parts : the Company was a kind of guild for all working artists , while the Academy was for more eminent artistic personalities of Cosimo 's court , and supervised artistic production in Tuscany . It was later called the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno . Artists including Michelangelo Buonarroti , Lazzaro Donati , Francesco da Sangallo , Agnolo Bronzino , Benvenuto Cellini , Giorgio Vasari , Bartolomeo Ammannati , and Giambologna were members . Most members of the Accademia were male ; Artemisia Gentileschi was the first woman to be admitted . Its declared purposes are the promotion and diffusion of the arts , and the protection and conservation of cultural heritage worldwide . It organises conferences , concerts , book presentations and exhibitions , and elects noted artists from all over the world to honorary membership . The president is Luigi Zangheri .",
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"text": "Bronzino Agnolo di Cosimo ( -LSB- ˈaɲɲolo di ˈkɔːzimo -RSB- ; November 17 , 1503 -- November 23 , 1572 ) , usually known as Bronzino ( `` Il Bronzino '' -LSB- il bronˈdziːno -RSB- in Italian ) , or Agnolo Bronzino , was a Florentine Mannerist painter . His sobriquet , Bronzino , in all probability refers to his relatively dark skin . He lived all his life in Florence , and from his late 30s was kept busy as the court painter of Cosimo I de ' Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany . He was mainly a portraitist but also painted many religious subjects , and a few allegorical subjects , which include what is probably his best known work , Venus , Cupid , Folly and Time , c. 1544-45 , now in London . Many portraits of the Medicis exist in several versions with varying degrees of participation by Bronzino himself , as Cosimo was a pioneer of the copied portrait sent as a diplomatic gift . He trained with Pontormo , the leading Florentine painter of the first generation of Mannerism , and his style was greatly influenced by him , but his elegant and somewhat elongated figures always appear calm and somewhat reserved , lacking the agitation and emotion of those by his teacher . They have often been found cold and artificial , and his reputation suffered from the general critical disfavour attached to Mannerism in the 19th and early 20th centuries . Recent decades have been more appreciative of his art .",
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"text": "Monica Seles Monica Seles ( -LSB- ˈsɛləs -RSB- Szeles Mónika , Моника Селеш , Monika Seleš , -LSB- ˈsɛlɛʃ -RSB- , born December 2 , 1973 ) is a former Yugoslav world no. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame . An ethnic Hungarian , she was born and raised in Novi Sad , SFR Yugoslavia . She became a naturalized American citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007 . She won nine Grand Slam singles titles , eight of them while a citizen of Yugoslavia and the final as a citizen of the United States of America . In 1990 , Seles became the youngest-ever French Open champion at the age of 16 . She went on to win eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday and was the year-end world no. 1 in 1991 and 1992 . However , on April 30 , 1993 , she was the victim of an on-court attack , when a man stabbed her in the back with a 9 in long knife ; Seles did not return to tennis for over two years . Though she enjoyed some success after rejoining the tour in 1995 , including a fourth Australian Open title in 1996 , she was unable to consistently reproduce her best form . She played her last professional match at the 2003 French Open , but did not officially retire until February 2008 . Regarded by many in the sport as one of the greatest tennis players of all time , Seles was named one of the `` 30 Legends of Women 's Tennis : Past , Present and Future '' by Time .",
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"text": "CordeValle Golf Club CordeValle , A Rosewood Resort is a private golf course and spa resort near San Martin , California , southeast of San Jose . Operated by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts , it is located in the Santa Clara Valley , near the eastern edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains . The club 's 1996 permit required that 60 % of the golf rounds played be reserved for the general public , but the Club defines `` general public '' as including guests of members . In the resulting dispute with the county planning commission , the club agreed to create a Youth Golf Foundation , to pay for underprivileged youths to learn the game of golf at CordeValle or elsewhere . In exchange , the planning commission agreed to waive the requirement for 60 % public play . Nancy Pelosi , the minority leader of the U.S. House , owns approximately $ 1,000,000 worth of the club .",
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"text": "Defense of Marriage Act The Defense of Marriage Act ( DOMA ) ( , and ) was a United States federal law that , prior to being ruled unconstitutional , defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman , and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states . Until Section 3 of the Act was struck down in 2013 ( United States v. Windsor ) , DOMA , in conjunction with other statutes , had barred same-sex married couples from being recognized as `` spouses '' for purposes of federal laws , effectively barring them from receiving federal marriage benefits . DOMA 's passage did not prevent individual states from recognizing same-sex marriage , but it imposed constraints on the benefits received by all legally married same-sex couples . Initially introduced in May 1996 , DOMA passed both houses of Congress by large , veto-proof majorities and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in September 1996 . By defining `` spouse '' and its related terms to signify a heterosexual couple in a recognized marriage , Section 3 codified non-recognition of same-sex marriages for all federal purposes , including insurance benefits for government employees , social security survivors ' benefits , immigration , bankruptcy , and the filing of joint tax returns , as well as excluding same-sex spouses from the scope of laws protecting families of federal officers ( 18 U. S. C. § 115 ) , laws evaluating financial aid eligibility , and federal ethics laws applicable to opposite-sex spouses . In United States v. Windsor ( 2013 ) , the U.S. Supreme Court declared Section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment .",
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"text": "Graduation Graduation is getting a diploma or academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated with it , in which students become graduates . Before the graduation , candidates are referred to as graduands . The date of graduation is often called graduation day . The graduation ceremony itself is also called commencement , convocation or invocation . Normally , the ceremony and name apply to high school and above ( the next ascending levels being Associate 's , Bachelor 's , Master 's , and Doctorate ) . In the United States of America , graduations for elementary school or even Kindergarten have been a fad of recent years . When ceremonies are associated , they usually include a procession of the academic staff and candidates and a valediction . At the college and university level the faculty will usually wear academic dress at the formal ceremonies , as will the trustees and degree candidates . `` Graduation '' at the college and university level occurs when the presiding officer confers degrees upon candidates , either individually or en masse , even if graduates physically receive their diploma later at a smaller college or departmental ceremony . After degree completion , graduates can be referred to by their graduating year . In some places , graduation parties to celebrate graduation from school , college or university are popular . In a recent 2014 nationwide survey in the United States , $ 985 was the average amount spent on graduation parties . When a student graduates without attending the ceremony , then it is called graduation in absentia .",
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"text": "Severina Vučković Severina Kojić ( née Vučković , born 21 April 1972 ) , known professionally simply as Severina , is a Croatian pop icon and the most popular recording artist in Croatia and the Balkans . Her music videos on YouTube have been viewed more than 600 million times and her last tour Dobrodosao u klub was one of the most spectacular tours ever seen in ex-Yugoslavian countries . In 2006 Nacional weekly listed her among the 100 most influential Croats , calling her `` the only bona fide Croatian celebrity '' . She represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 , held in Athens , Greece , with the song `` Moja Štikla '' and finished at 12th place in the Grand Final with 56 points . In 2015 , she was the most googled person in Croatia and Slovenia.Although often criticized for her controversial appearance she has been loved and adored across the whole Ex-Yu area .",
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"text": "Monica Rutherford Monica Kathleen Rutherford ( born 29 March 1944 ) is a retired artistic gymnast from England . She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events with the best ranking of 59th on the vault . After marrying Brian Phelps , an Olympic diver , she changed her last name to Phelps . Following her career as a gymnast , Rutherford successfully coached for many years at the OLGA club in Poole , Dorset . She has since retired and , now resides in France .",
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"text": "Rosemary Dempsey Rosemary Dempsey was Vice President of NOW , The National Organization of Women . Rosemary Dempsey is a mother of two who is constantly fighting for women 's reproductive rights . Rosemary practiced law out of New Jersey and was heavily involved in the justice system . Aside from being Vice-President of NOW she was also The President of NOW based out of New Jersey . Her reason for pursuing such a controversial movement was simply that she was being affected by the current issues at hand and wanted change for her and other women . Rosemary was a part of the `` We Wo n't Go Back '' March in April 1992 . Aside from marching to raise awareness she is also a regular at giving speeches about women 's rights . Rosemary would go around to many different college campuses to help raise awareness about the wage gap between men and women because at that time women only made 58 % of what men earned . Rosemary won custody of her children despite being openly gay . In 1991 , there was roughly 1 million incidents reported of domestic violence towards women with another 3 million incidents predicted to go unreported . Domestic violence had become so common in society at the time that it had become the top health risk against women . Rosemary was heavily involved in the act of demanding more laws towards domestic violence by raising awareness about the abuse women endure . This was the start to the idea of the Violence Against Women Act . Rosemary traveled to Tokyo in 1996 to raise awareness about a sexual harassment issue between Mitsubishi and hundreds of women that were employed by them . Rosemary was doing a lot of talking during her trip with many officials from Tokyo including Mitsubishi Motors representatives . With her help and others , the EEOC , sued Mitsubishi which eventually agreed to pay $ 34 million in a settlement .",
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"text": "1992 US Open – Women's Singles Monica Seles was the defending champion , and she successfully defended her title without losing a set , defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final , 6 -- 3 , 6 -- 3 . By reaching the final , Monica became the sixth woman , after Maureen Connolly , Margaret Court , Chris Evert , Martina Navratilova , Steffi Graf , to reach all four Grand Slam finals in a calendar year .",
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"text": "Office lady An office lady , often abbreviated OL , is a female office worker in Japan who performs generally pink collar tasks such as serving tea and secretarial or clerical work . Office ladies are usually full-time permanent staff , although the jobs they perform usually have little opportunity for promotion , and there is usually the tacit expectation that they leave their jobs once they get married . Often nicknamed shokuba no hana or `` office flower '' , office ladies are usually hired right after high school or junior high , with university graduates discouraged from pursuing this type of career . They are kept around the office for the youth they bring to it , hence the `` flower '' nickname . They are charged with routine , menial tasks meant to support the male workers . This type of career offers very little chance of advancement and was specifically designed so that women would leave for marriage before their thirties . Women between the ages of twenty four and twenty eight often are advised to settle down as a subtle message to quit , as those years are considered the most suitable for marriage . Due to some Japanese pop culture influence in China mainland , Taiwan and Hong Kong , the term is also in common usage there . However , the meaning of the word is slightly different . In China , the word represents the white-collar women ( usually highly educated , high-pressure , high-income , smartly dressed ) , the combination of beauty and wisdom .",
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"text": "Congressional pension Congressional pension is a pension made available to members of the United States Congress . Members who participated in the congressional pension system are vested after five ( 5 ) years of service . A full pension is available to members 62 years of age with 5 years of service ; 50 years or older with 20 years of service ; or 25 years of service at any age . A reduced pension is available depending upon which of several different age/service options is chosen . If Members leave Congress before reaching retirement age , they may leave their contributions behind and receive a deferred pension later . The current pension program , effective January 1987 , is under the Federal Employees Retirement System ( FERS ) , which covers members and other federal employees whose federal employment began in 1984 or later . This replaces the older Civil Service Retirement System ( CSRS ) for most members of congress and federal employees .",
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"text": "Hillary Clinton email controversy In March 2015 , it became publicly known that Hillary Clinton , during her tenure as United States Secretary of State , had used her family 's private email server for official communications , rather than official State Department email accounts maintained on federal servers . Those official communications included thousands of emails that would retroactively be marked classified by the State Department . The controversy unfolded against the backdrop of Clinton 's 2016 presidential election campaign and hearings held by the United States House Select Committee on Benghazi . Some experts , officials , and members of Congress have contended that her use of private messaging system software and a private server violated State Department protocols and procedures , as well as federal laws and regulations governing recordkeeping . In response , Clinton has said that her use of personal email was in compliance with federal laws and State Department regulations , and that former secretaries of state had also maintained personal email accounts , though not their own private email servers . After allegations were raised that some of the emails in question contained classified information , the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) initiated an investigation regarding the origin and handling of classified emails on Clinton 's server . The FBI Report found that some of the emails originated in five other intelligence agencies . The FBI found that all classified emails on Clinton 's server were stored and sent from `` unclassified systems '' , violating the same policies as those on Clinton 's personal server . FBI Director James Comey identified 110 emails as containing information that was classified at the time it was sent , including 65 emails deemed `` Secret '' and 22 deemed `` Top Secret '' . None of these had classification markings . However , as noted in Clinton 's non-disclosure agreement , unmarked classified information should be treated the same as marked classified information . An additional three email chains contained `` portion markings '' , simply a '' ( C ) '' indicating `` Confidential '' in front of one or more paragraphs . These were not included in Comey 's list of 110 because the State Department failed to confirm they were classified at the time they were sent . Clinton told the FBI she did not know the meaning of '' ( C ) '' . Nearly 2,100 emails on the server were retroactively marked as classified by the State Department . In May 2016 , the State Department 's Office of the Inspector General released an 83-page report about the State Department 's email practices , including Clinton 's . On July 5 , 2016 , Comey announced that the FBI 's investigation had concluded that Clinton was `` extremely careless '' in handling her email system but recommended that no charges be filed against her . On July 6 , 2016 , Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that no charges would be filed . On July 7 , the State Department reopened its probe into the email controversy . On October 28 , 2016 , Comey notified Congress that the FBI had started looking into newly discovered emails that may be pertinent to the case . Law enforcement officials stated the emails were found on a laptop belonging to Clinton aide Huma Abedin 's husband , Anthony Weiner , during an investigation of his sexting scandals . On November 6 , Comey notified Congress that the FBI had not changed its conclusion , reached in July , regarding Clinton 's emails .",
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"text": "Santa Monica 13 Santa Monica 13 or SMG is a Mexican-American street gang located in Santa Monica , California ( US ) . They reside mainly in the Pico Neighborhood of Santa Monica , which is said to be one of the last remaining ghettos of the Westside . Even though Santa Monica 13 is a Sureño gang , they wear their traditional black bandanas . The acronym SM17 refers to Santa Monica 17th Street , which is the gang 's primary subset or `` clique '' . They write up `` SMG '' or `` Santa Monica Gang '' to show solidarity",
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"text": "Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy On December 7 , 2006 , the George W. Bush administration 's Department of Justice ordered the unprecedented midterm dismissal of seven United States Attorneys . Congressional investigations focused on whether the Department of Justice and the White House were using the U.S. Attorney positions for political advantage . Allegations were that some of the attorneys were targeted for dismissal to impede investigations of Republican politicians or that some were targeted for their failure to initiate investigations that would damage Democratic politicians or hamper Democratic-leaning voters . The U.S. attorneys were replaced with interim appointees , under provisions in the 2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization . A subsequent report by the Justice Department Inspector General in October 2008 found that the process used to fire the first seven attorneys and two others dismissed around the same time was `` arbitrary '' , `` fundamentally flawed '' , and `` raised doubts about the integrity of Department prosecution decisions '' . In July 2010 , the Department of Justice prosecutors closed the two-year investigation without filing charges after determining that the firing was inappropriately political , but not criminal , saying `` Evidence did not demonstrate that any prosecutable criminal offense was committed with regard to the removal of David Iglesias . The investigative team also determined that the evidence did not warrant expanding the scope of the investigation beyond the removal of Iglesias . ''",
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"docid": "f16279ae6f24269170cde05ff1260e91",
"text": "Síle de Valera Síle de Valera ( -LSB- ˈʃiːlʲə ˌdɛvəˈlɛrə -RSB- ) ( born 17 December 1954 ) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician . She was first elected a Teachta Dála ( TD ) in 1977 serving as a member of Dáil Éireann until 1981 , and then again from 1987 to 2007 , as well as being a Member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) for Dublin from 1979 to 1984 . She served as Minister for Arts , Heritage , Gaeltacht and the Islands from 1997 to 2002 .",
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"text": "Advanta Championships of Philadelphia The Advanta Championships of Philadelphia ( also long known as the Virginia Slims of Philadelphia ) was a WTA Tour professional tennis tournament for women played from 1971 through 2005 in Philadelphia , United States . The tournament was classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I event from 1993 through 1995 . It was classified as a Tier II event in 1991 , 1992 , and from 1996 through 2005 . The tournament was played indoors , on carpet from 1991 through 2000 and on hard courts from 1971 through 1979 and from 2003 through 2005 . Past singles champions include Conchita Martínez , Margaret Court , Chris Evert , Monica Seles , Steffi Graf , Martina Hingis , Lindsay Davenport , and Amélie Mauresmo .",
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"text": "Grunting in tennis Grunting in tennis is the very loud noise , sometimes described as `` shrieking '' or `` screaming '' , made by some players while hitting their shots . It is prominent in both men 's and women 's tennis . Many players and spectators find it to be distracting or obnoxious above a certain sound level . Monica Seles and Jimmy Connors are generally considered as the `` grunt creator '' in the women 's and men 's games respectively . Examples of contemporary tennis players who notably grunt are Serena Williams , Venus Williams , Maria Sharapova , Victoria Azarenka , Rafael Nadal , Novak Djokovic , David Ferrer and Gustavo Kuerten .",
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"text": "María Carmen López Segura María Carmen López Segura ( born 30 March 1946 ) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRI . As of 2013 she served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Baja California as replacement of María Elvia Amaya Araujo .",
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"text": "United States v. Windsor United States v. Windsor , ( Docket No . ) , is a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of `` marriage '' and `` spouse '' to apply only to opposite-sex unions , by Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ( DOMA ) , is unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment ; Justice Kennedy wrote : `` The federal statute is invalid , for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and to injure those whom the State , by its marriage laws , sought to protect in personhood and dignity . '' Edith Windsor ( born 1929 ) and Thea Spyer ( October 8 , 1931 -- February 5 , 2009 ) , a same-sex couple residing in New York , were lawfully married in Toronto , Canada , in 2007 . Later in 2008 , New York recognized their marriage following a court decision . Spyer died at the age of 77 in 2009 , leaving her entire estate to Windsor . Windsor sought to claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses . She was barred from doing so by Section 3 of DOMA ( codified at ) , which provided that the term `` spouse '' only applied to marriages between a man and woman . The Internal Revenue Service found that the exemption did not apply to same-sex marriages , denied Windsor 's claim , and compelled her to pay $ 363,053 in estate taxes . On November 9 , 2010 , Windsor sued the federal government in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York , seeking a refund because DOMA singled out legally married same-sex couples for `` differential treatment compared to other similarly situated couples without justification . '' On February 23 , 2011 , U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice would not defend the constitutionality of Section 3 in Windsor . On April 18 , 2011 , Paul Clement , representing the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group ( BLAG ) , intervened to defend the law . On June 6 , 2012 , Judge Barbara S. Jones ruled that Section 3 of DOMA was unconstitutional under the due process guarantees of the Fifth Amendment and ordered the federal government to issue the tax refund , including interest . The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit , in a 2 -- 1 decision , affirmed the district court 's judgment on October 18 , 2012 . BLAG petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision , and the Court issued a writ of certiorari in December 2012 . On March 27 , 2013 , the court heard oral arguments . On June 26 , 2013 , the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5 -- 4 decision declaring Section 3 of DOMA to be unconstitutional `` as a deprivation of the liberty of the person protected by the Fifth Amendment . '' On the same day , the court also issued a separate 5 -- 4 decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry -- a case related to California 's constitutional amendment initiative barring same-sex marriage . The decision effectively allowed same-sex marriages in that state to resume after the court ruled that the proponents of the initiative lacked Article III standing to appeal in federal court based on its established interpretation of the case or controversy clause .",
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"text": "Nuclear option The nuclear option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the United States Senate to override a rule or precedent by a simple majority of 51 votes , instead of by a supermajority of 60 votes . The option is invoked by the presiding officer of the body ruling that the validity of a Senate rule or precedent is a constitutional question . The issue is immediately put to the full Senate , which decides by majority vote . The procedure thus allows the Senate to decide any issue by majority vote , regardless of existing procedural rules , such as current Senate rules specifying that ending a filibuster requires the consent of 60 senators ( out of 100 ) for legislation , and 67 for amending a Senate rule . The term `` nuclear option '' is an analogy to nuclear weapons being the most extreme option in warfare . The nuclear option has only been used in practice twice -- in 2013 and 2017 , however the threat to use it dates back at least to 1917 , in opinions related to reform of the Senate 's filibuster rules . Subsequently , an opinion written by Vice President Richard Nixon in 1957 concluded that the U.S. Constitution grants the presiding officer the authority to override existing Senate rules . The option was used to make further rule changes in 1975 . In November 2013 , Senate Democrats used the nuclear option to eliminate filibusters on executive branch nominations and federal judicial appointments other than those to the Supreme Court . On April 6 , 2017 , Senate Republicans used the nuclear option to eliminate the exception for Supreme Court nominees , after the nomination of Neil Gorsuch failed to meet the requirement of 60 votes for ending the debate . Before November 2013 , Senate rules required a three-fifths vote of the `` duly chosen and sworn '' members of the Senate -- ( usually 60 votes ) to end debate on a bill , nomination or other proposal ; they also require a two-thirds vote ( `` present and voting '' -- 67 or more votes ) to end debate on a change to the Senate rules . Those rules effectively allowed a minority of the Senate to block a bill or nomination through the technique of the filibuster . This had resulted in a de facto requirement that a nomination have the support of 60 Senators to pass , rather than a majority of 51 . A three-fifths vote is still required to end debates on legislation . Before April 2017 , Senate rules required a three-fifths vote to confirm nominations for Supreme Court nominees . Under the new nuclear option proceedings , the majority leader and presiding officer , guided by parliamentary experts , go through a series of choreographed steps in which the leader suggests a change to the rules , the presiding officer challenges him , and then the leader calls a second vote on a rules change , which requires only 51 votes . This effectively ends what had become a 60-vote requirement for confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee or the passage of legislation .",
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"text": "CMLL Mini-Estrellas tournaments The Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre ( CMLL ) has held a number of tournaments for their Mini-Estrella division since it was founded in 1992 , some recurring and others a one off tournament held for a special event . Being professional wrestling tournaments , it they are not won legitimately ; they are instead won via predetermined outcomes to the matches that is kept secret from the general public . The Mini-Estrella division has been featured in a Ruleta de la Muerte ( Spanish for `` Roulette of Death '' ) tournament . A Ruleta de la Muerte tournament is a tournament in which tag teams face off in a single elimination tournament , but unlike traditional tournaments it is the losing team that advances in the tournament . The team that loses the tag team match final must immediately wrestle against each other in a Lucha de Apuestas match , where either their mask or their hair is on the line . In 2010 CMLL held a Mini-Estrella focused Torneo Bicentenario , celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mexico 's independence , a tournament where the winning Mini-Estrella would be `` Promoted '' to the regular sized male division and compete on equal footing in CMLL . The movement from Mini-Estrella to `` Regular '' competitor is rare in Lucha Libre , but not without precedent as CMLL themselves held such a match in 1997 , but this marked the first time a Mini-Estrella was openly promoted to the regular division without changing their ring persona or moving to a different wrestling promotion .",
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"text": "Sedevacantism Sedevacantism is the position , held by a minority of traditionalist Catholics , that the alleged present occupant of the Holy See is not truly pope due to the mainstream church 's espousal of the heresy of modernism and that , for lack of a valid pope , the see has been vacant since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958 . The term `` sedevacantism '' is derived from the Latin phrase sede vacante , which literally means `` with the chair -LSB- of Saint Peter -RSB- vacant '' . The phrase is commonly used to refer specifically to a vacancy of the Holy See from the death or resignation of a pope to the election of his successor . `` Sedevacantism '' as a term in English appears to date from the 1980s , though the movement itself is older . Among those who maintain that the see of Rome , occupied by what they declare to be an illegitimate pope , was really vacant , some have chosen an alternative pope of their own , and thus in their view ended the vacancy of the see , and are known sometimes as `` conclavists '' . The number of sedevacantists is largely unknown , with estimates given in tens to hundreds of thousands .",
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"text": "Hannibal Hannibal Barca ( Punic language : ð $ ð $ ð $ ð $ ð $ ð $ ð $ `` ð $ ' , Q-R-B L-A - ' - A-B-N-Ḥ ; 247 -- between 183 and 181 BC ) , was a Carthaginian general , considered one of the greatest military commanders in history . His father Hamilcar Barca was the leading Carthaginian commander during the First Punic War . His younger brothers were Mago and Hasdrubal , and he was brother-in-la Hannibal lived during a period of great tension in the Mediterranean Basin , when the Roman Republic established its supremacy over other great powers such as ancient Carthage and the Greek kingdoms of Macedonia , Syracuse , and the Seleucid Empire . One of his most famous achievements was at the outbreak of the Second Punic War , when he marched an army which included war elephants from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into Italy . In his first few years in Italy , he won three dramatic victories -- the Trebia , Lake Trasimene , and Cannae , in which he distinguished himself for his ability to determine his and his opponent 's strengths and weaknesses , and to play the battle to his strengths and the enemy 's weaknesses -- and won over many allies of Rome . Hannibal occupied much of Italy for 15 years but was unable to march on Rome . An enemy counter-invasion of North Africa forced him to return to Carthage , where he was decisively defeated by Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama . Scipio had studied Hannibal 's tactics and brilliantly devised some of his own , and finally defeated Rome 's nemesis at Zama , having previously driven Hannibal 's brother Hasdrubal out of the Iberian Peninsula . After the war , Hannibal successfully ran for the office of sufet . He enacted political and financial reforms to enable the payment of the war indemnity imposed by Rome ; however , Hannibal 's reforms were unpopular with members of the Carthaginian aristocracy and in Rome , and he fled into voluntary exile . During this time , he lived at the Seleucid court , where he acted as military advisor to Antiochus III the Great in his war against Rome . Antiochus met defeat at the Battle of Magnesia and was forced to accept Rome 's terms , and Hannibal fled again , making a stop in the Kingdom of Armenia . His flight ended in the court of Bithynia , where he achieved an outstanding naval victory against a fleet from Pergamon . He was afterwards betrayed to the Romans and committed suicide by poisoning himself . Hannibal is often regarded as one of the greatest military strategists in history and one of the greatest generals of Mediterranean antiquity , together with Philip of Macedon , Alexander the Great , Julius Caesar , and Scipio Africanus . Plutarch states that Hannibal was questioned by Scipio as to who was the greatest general , and Hannibal replied either Alexander or Pyrrhus , then himself , or , according to another version of the event , Pyrrhus , Scipio , then himself . Military historian Theodore Ayrault Dodge called Hannibal the `` father of strategy '' , because his greatest enemy , Rome , came to adopt elements of his military tactics in its own strategic arsenal . This praise has earned him a strong reputation in the modern world , and he was regarded as a great strategist by Napoleon and others .",
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"text": "Joe Biden presidential campaign, 2008 The 2008 presidential campaign of Joe Biden , the longtime Senator from Delaware , announced his candidacy for President of the United States on the edition of January 7 , 2007 of Meet the Press . He officially became a candidate on January 31 , 2007 after filing papers with the Federal Elections Commission . Biden had previously run for president in 1988 , but failed to receive the nomination of the Democratic Party . If elected , Biden would have been the first sitting Senator and Roman Catholic to be president since John F. Kennedy , and the first President to be born during World War II . ( b. 1942 ) During the campaign , Biden focused on his plan to achieve political success in the Iraq War through a system of federalization . He touted his record in the Senate as the head of several congressional committees and experience in foreign policy . Despite a few notable endorsements , Biden failed to garner significant support in opinion polls , and was marred by controversial comments made while campaigning . He ultimately dropped out of the race on January 3 , 2008 , after capturing less than 1 % of the vote in the Iowa caucus . Seven months after conclusion of his campaign , Biden was selected to be Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama 's vice presidential running mate . The pair won in the general election , and were sworn in on January 20 , 2009 .",
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"text": "Governor of Vermont The Governor of the U.S. state of Vermont is the head of the government of the state . The governor is elected in even-numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years . Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are now the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every two years , instead of every four as in the other 48 states . There is no limit on the number of terms a governor can serve . If no candidate receives at least 50 percent plus one vote of all votes for governor cast in the election , the governor is then elected by the state legislature . The incumbent governor is Phil Scott . He was sworn in on Thursday January 5 , 2017 , becoming Vermont 's 82nd Governor . The governor 's working offices are located in The Pavilion in the state capital of Montpelier , Vermont . The governor 's ceremonial office , used during the legislative session of the General Assembly , is located in the Vermont State House , also in Montpelier . The Constitution of Vermont details the powers of the governor : To commission or appoint all officers ( `` except where provision is , or shall be , otherwise made by law or this Frame of Government '' ) To fill all vacancies in office until the office can be filled in the manner directed by state constitution or by state law To correspond with other States To `` transact business with officers of government , civil and military '' To `` prepare such business as may appear necessary , to lay before the General Assembly . To grant pardons and remit fines , except for cases of treason , in which the Governor may only grant reprieves until the end of the next session of the General Assembly , and for cases of impeachment , in which the Governor can not grant either reprieves or pardons To `` take care that the laws be faithfully executed '' and `` expedite the execution of such measures as may be resolved upon by the General Assembly '' To `` draw upon the Treasury for such sums as may be appropriated by the General Assembly '' To `` lay embargoes , or prohibit the exportation of any commodity '' for up to 30 days during a recess of the General Assembly To `` grant such licenses as shall be directed by law '' To call special sessions of the General Assembly when necessary To be the `` Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief '' of the `` forces of the State '' ( the Vermont State Guard and Vermont National Guard ) , although the Governor can not `` command in person , in time of war , or insurrection , unless by the advice and consent of the Senate , and no longer than they shall approve thereof '' There is a separately-elected Lieutenant Governor of Vermont . The Lieutenant Governor becomes the new Governor , if the incumbent Governor dies , resigns or is removed ( via impeachment ) from office . The Lieutenant Governor is also the Lieutenant-General of the `` forces of the State . ''",
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"text": "Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was the first railroad to cross Missouri starting in Hannibal in the northeast and going to St. Joseph , Missouri , in the northwest . It is said to have carried the first letter to the Pony Express on April 3 , 1860 , from a train pulled behind the locomotive Missouri . The line connected the second and third largest cities in the state of Missouri prior to the American Civil War . The stage route that it paralleled previously been called the `` Hound Dog Trail '' .",
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"text": "Michael Hahn George Michael Decker Hahn ( November 24 , 1830 -- March 15 , 1886 ) , a native of Germany and immigrant to the United States as a child , became an attorney , politician , publisher and planter in New Orleans , Louisiana . He served twice in Congress during two widely separated periods , elected first as a Unionist Democratic Congressman in 1862 , as a Republican US Senator in 1865 , and later as a Republican Congressman in 1884 . He was elected as the 19th Governor of Louisiana , serving from 1864 to 1865 during the American Civil War , when the state was occupied by Union troops . He was the first German-born governor in the United States , and is also claimed as the first Jewish governor ; by that time he was a practicing Episcopalian . In 1865 Hahn was elected as US Senator , but Radical Republicans refused to allow him and other Southerners to be seated . Later he was elected for several terms as a Republican to the state House during the Reconstruction era , where he was also elected as Speaker . He was active as a publisher and editor , owning and operating three newspapers in succession that supported the Republican Party , its program , and its candidates in the state . He spent much of his wealth in supporting these papers . Hahn continued to be politically active , being elected to Congress from the 2nd congressional district in 1884 with a strong majority , and serving about a year until his death in office .",
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"text": "List of members of the United States House of Representatives who served a single term One-term congressmen are members of the United States House of Representatives that spent only one two-year term ( or less ) in office usually either due to death , resignation , or defeat . In some rare cases freshmen members have decided to run for another office or not run for reelection . A good many members that serve in the House for only one term are viewed as accidental congressmen due to having been elected in a fluke election or by riding in on the coattails of a popular presidential candidate . Among the most famous one-term congressmen were Abraham Lincoln , who served as a Whig in the 30th Congress of 1847-1849 and was later the 16th President of the United States ; John Marshall , who was elected as a Federalist to the 6th Congress and was later the 4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ; William Pennington , who served as a Republican in the 36th Congress and was the first sitting Speaker of the House to be defeated in a bid for re-election ; Joseph Pulitzer , the famed newspaper man that resigned from office during his first term ; George Sutherland , who served as a Republican in the 57th Congress and was later an associate U.S. Supreme Court justice ; and William M. `` Boss '' Tweed , who served as a Democrat to the 33rd Congress and later went on to become infamous for his leadership of Tammany Hall , the dominant political machine in New York City throughout the nineteenth century ; and Isidor Straus , the co-owner of Macy 's department store who died in the sinking of the Titanic .",
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"text": "Dictator A dictator is a political leader who wields absolute power . A state ruled by a dictator is called a dictatorship . The word originated as the title of a magistrate in the Roman Republic appointed by the Senate to rule the republic in times of emergency ( see Roman dictator and justitium ) . Like the term `` tyrant '' ( which was originally a respectable Ancient Greek title ) , and to a lesser degree `` autocrat '' , `` dictator '' came to be used almost exclusively as a non-titular term for oppressive , even abusive rule , yet had rare modern titular use . In modern usage , the term `` dictator '' is generally used to describe a leader who holds and/or abuses an extraordinary amount of personal power , especially the power to make laws without effective restraint by a legislative assembly . Dictatorships are often characterised by some of the following traits : suspension of elections and of civil liberties ; proclamation of a state of emergency ; rule by decree ; repression of political opponents without abiding by rule of law procedures ; these include one-party state , and cult of personality . The term `` dictator '' is comparable to but not synonymous with the ancient concept of a tyrant ; initially `` tyrant '' , like `` dictator '' , did not carry negative connotations . A wide variety of leaders coming to power in a number of different kinds of regimes , such as military juntas , one-party states and civilian governments under personal rule , have been described as dictators . They may hold left or right-wing views , or may be apolitical .",
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"text": "Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012 The 2012 reelection campaign of Barack Obama , the 44th President of the United States , was formally announced on April 4 , 2011 . Along with his running mate , Vice President Joe Biden , Obama was opposed in the general election by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney , along with various minor candidates from other parties . The election took place on Tuesday , November 6 , 2012 . Obama 's campaign headquarters was in Chicago and key members of his successful campaign in 2008 , such as Jim Messina and David Axelrod , returned to staff it . On the day of the announcement , the campaign released a promotional video showing supporters of Obama organizing for the re-election effort . As The Guardian newspaper noted , this was the first U.S. presidential re-election campaign to use Facebook and Twitter for promotion . Between early-2011 and June 30 , 2012 , the Obama campaign and supporters spent approximately $ 400 million , according to the Federal Election Commission . Obama won his re-election bid by a margin of 51.06 -- 47.21 % . This was the first time since 1944 , when President Franklin D. Roosevelt won re-election , that a Democratic president had won by a majority of the electoral votes and over 51 % of the popular vote twice .",
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"text": "Siege of Massilia -RCB- | - | | -RCB- The Siege and naval Battle of Massilia was an episode of Caesar 's civil war , fought in 49 BC . Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus had become proconsul of Gaul and was sent to gain control of Massilia ( modern Marseille ) in order to oppose Caesar . As Caesar marched to Hispania ( en route to the Battle of Ilerda ) , the Massiliots closed their gates to him , having allied with Ahenobarbus and the Optimates . Roused by their hostile actions , he commenced a siege against Massilia , leaving the newly raised 17th , 18th , and 19th legions to conduct the siege . These were the same legions that would be wiped out at Teutoburg Forest 58 years later . He also placed Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in charge of his fleet there . After the siege had begun , Ahenobarbus arrived in Massilia to defend it against the Caesarian forces . In late June , Caesar 's ships , although they were less skillfully built than those of the Massiliots and outnumbered , were victorious in the ensuing naval battle . Gaius Trebonius , Caesar 's legatus , conducted the siege using a variety of siege machines including siege towers , a siege-ramp , and a `` testudo-ram '' . Gaius Scribonius Curio , careless in adequately guarding the Sicilian Straits , allowed Lucius Nasidius to bring more ships to the aid of Ahenobarbus . He fought a second naval battle with Decimus Brutus in early September , but withdrew defeated and sailed for Hispania . Caesar built a stationary tower , 30 ft. square and six stories in height , under the very walls of the city and in face of a rain of missiles from its engines . The walls of the tower were of brickwork 5 ft. thick . When the lowest storey was built it was covered with a solid fireproof roof which was not secured to the walls but rested upon them like a lid . The eaves projected considerably , and from them screens were hung on all sides , covering all the walls . By means of screws the whole canopy , roof and screens , was now raised to the height of one storiey and the workmen proceeded to build the walls of that storiey under its protection . This process was repeated in the same manner until the full height of the tower was attained . The Massiliots valiantly defended against the siege machines and works . They threw down burning pitch and pine-shavings and the Caesarians undermined the foundations of their city walls . At one point they seemed likely to surrender and declare a truce , but at night they cunningly destroyed the siege works in a gross violation of the treaty , according to Caesar 's own account ( Bellum Civile 2.14 ; alternatively , Dio 41.25.2 records that the Massiliots destroyed these works in response to a surprise attack by the Caesarian forces ) . The city 's inhabitants were then near surrender . At the final surrender of Massilia , Caesar showed his usual leniency and Lucius Ahenobarbus escaped to Thessaly in the only vessel that was able to escape from the Populares . Afterwards , Massilia was allowed to keep nominal autonomy , due to ancient ties of friendship and support of Rome , along with some territories while most of its empire was confiscated by Julius Caesar .",
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"text": "Pigasus (politics) Pigasus was a 145-pound ( 66-kg ) domestic pig who was nominated for President of the United States as a theatrical gesture by the Youth International Party on August 23 , 1968 , just before the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , Illinois . The youth-oriented party ( whose members were commonly called `` Yippies '' ) was an anti-establishment and countercultural revolutionary group whose views were inspired by the free speech and anti-war movements of the 1960s , mainly the opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War . Yippies were known for using dramatic theatrics in their demonstrations , and they used Pigasus as a way to mock the social status quo . At a rally announcing his candidacy , Pigasus was seized by Chicago policemen and several of his Yippie backers were arrested for disorderly conduct .",
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"text": "List of Romans named Publius Cornelius Scipio The name Publius Cornelius Scipio was regularly , though not always , given by the Scipio branch of the gens Cornelia to the eldest son in each generation . At first most of the Scipios who became consuls were not named Publius , probably because the eldest son rarely survived to adulthood . The first Scipio to become consul was named Lucius , the first to become censor was also Lucius . The first Publius to become consul was Scipio Africanus 's father . At least eleven men bearing this name have been identified in Livy and Polybius , of whom eight men were consuls ( and a ninth consular tribune at a time when there were no consuls ) . Of the eight men , three were censors . Of these three , two were famous generals . Two of the men , father and son , became Pontifex Maximus successively . Publius Cornelius Scipio ( consular tribune 395 BC ) was the first Scipio to be named in Livy . He was Master of the Horse to Marcus Furius Camillus . Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina was consul in 221 BC . Publius Cornelius Scipio ( consul 218 BC ) was married to Pomponia , a daughter of Manius Pomponius Matho , by whom he had at least two sons . Scipio Africanus , aka Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus , the general who defeated Hannibal of Carthage at Zama , was the elder son of Publius Cornelius Scipio ( consul 218 BC ) . Publius Cornelius Scipio P.f. P.n. Africanus , eldest son of Scipio Africanus and flamen dialis . Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica ( consul 191 BC ) was a cousin of Africanus and the son of Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus . His wife was possibly a Caecilia Metella . Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus ( augur ) was the elder surviving son of Publius Cornelius Scipio P.f. P.n. Africanus . Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum ( consul 162 and 155 BC , censor 159 BC , Pontifex Maximus ) was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio P.f. P.n. Africanus . He married Cornelia Africana Major , daughter of Scipio Africanus . Scipio Aemilianus Africanus ( `` Scipio the Younger , '' or Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Numantinus ) was the adoptive son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica and adoptive grandson of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus ( augur ) . Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio ( consul 138 BC and Pontifex Maximus ) was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus ( augur ) and grandson maternally of Scipio Africanus . Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio ( consul 111 BC ) , son of the previous , was married to Caecilia Metella Macedonica Minor , daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus . Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica ( praetor 94 BC ) was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio . He was married to Licinia , younger daughter of Lucius Licinius Crassus . Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica ( d. 46 BC ) , was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica ( praetor ) , named Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica prior to his adoption and referred to by Cicero as `` P. Scipio '' Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito ( consul 35 BC ) was a former husband of Scribonia whose connection to Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica is not clear Publius Cornelius Scipio ( consul 16 BC ) was the son of Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito .",
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"text": "List of mayors of Atlanta The Mayor is the highest elected official in Atlanta , Georgia . Since its incorporation in 1789 , the town has had 64 mayors . This is a list of mayors of Atlanta in the state of Georgia in the United States . The term of office was one year until Cicero C. Hammock 's second term ( 1875 -- 77 ) , when a new city charter changed it to two years . The term was changed to four years in 1929 , giving Ragsdale the modern stay in office . Though a political party is listed where known , the mayoral election is officially non-partisan , so the candidate did not represent their party when elected . In recent history , the viable candidates in the race have primarily been Democrats .",
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"text": "Massachusetts General Court The Massachusetts General Court ( formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts ) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . The name `` General Court '' is a hold-over from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , when the colonial assembly , in addition to making laws , sat as a judicial court of appeals . Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780 , it was called the Great and General Court , but the official title was shortened by John Adams , author of the state constitution . It is a bicameral body . The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members . The lower body , the Massachusetts House of Representatives , has 160 members . ( Until 1978 , it had 240 members ) It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston . The current President of the Senate is Stan Rosenberg , and the Speaker of the House is Robert DeLeo . Democrats hold super-majorities in both chambers . State Senators and Representatives both serve two-year terms .",
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"text": "Benjamin Gwinn Harris Benjamin Gwinn Harris ( December 13 , 1805 -- April 4 , 1895 ) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland . Born near Leonardtown , St. Mary 's County , Maryland , Harris attended Yale College in the late 1820s , and Harvard Law School from 1829 to 1830 . He served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1833 and 1836 , and was admitted to the bar in 1840 . Harris was removed from Yale after taking part in a student protest against the poor quality of the food in the campus housing . While serving in the Maryland House of Delegates , he opposed the Know-Nothing Party and championed religious freedom . Yet , he also sought to enforce slavery and the oppression of African-Americans including the re-enslavement of Maryland 's freedmen on the eve of the Civil War . Harris was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses ( March 4 , 1863 -- March 3 , 1867 ) . He voted against every war appropriations measure brought to the House of Representatives . His vote on the Thirteenth Amendment is recorded as nay . He was censured by the House of Representatives on April 9 , 1864 , for treasonable utterances . In his defense of Congressman Alexander Long , Harris openly prayed for a southern victory on the floor of the House . He was tried by a military court in Washington , D.C. in May 1865 for harboring two paroled Confederate soldiers , and sentenced to three years imprisonment and forever disqualified from holding any office under the United States Government , but President Andrew Johnson subsequently remitted the sentence . He died on his estate , `` Ellenborough , '' near Leonardtown , Maryland , April 4 , 1895 . He was interred in the family burying ground on his estate .",
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"text": "Half-Breed (politics) The `` Half-Breeds '' were a political faction of the United States Republican Party in the late 19th century . The Half-Breeds were a moderate-wing group , and were the opponents of the Stalwarts , the other main faction of the Republican Party . The main issue that divided the Stalwarts and the Half-Breeds was political patronage . The Stalwarts were in favor of political machines and spoils system-style patronage , while the Half-Breeds , led by Maine senator James G. Blaine , were in favor of civil service reform and a merit system . The epithet `` Half-Breed '' was invented in derision by the Stalwarts to denote those whom they perceived as being only half Republican . In the 1880 Republican National Convention , the Stalwart candidate , former president Ulysses S. Grant , was pitted against Half-Breed James G. Blaine for the party nomination . Grant 's campaign was led by Stalwart leader Roscoe Conkling of New York , the state with the biggest split between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds . Despite Conkling 's attempts at imposing a unit-rule in the Republican National Convention by which a state 's votes would be grouped together for only one candidate , a number of Stalwarts went against him by vocalizing their support for the Half-Breed Blaine . The Half-Breeds united to defeat the unit-rule in a vote , and elected Half-Breed George Frisbie Hoar to the position as temporary chairman of the convention . Both sides knew there was no chance of victory for either candidate , and the Half-Breeds chose James Garfield as a compromise candidate . Garfield won the party 's nomination on the thirty-sixth ballot , and won the 1880 presidential election . Blaine was chosen as Garfield 's Secretary of State , and carried heavy influence over the political appointments Garfield issued for congressional approval . After Garfield was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau , a Stalwart , who proclaimed , `` I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts and Arthur will be President '' , the new Stalwart president Chester A. Arthur surprised those in his own faction by promoting civil service reform and issuing government jobs based on a merit system . The Half-Breeds put through Congress the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act ( authored by Democrat George H. Pendleton ) , and Arthur signed the bill into law on January 16 , 1883 . The act put an end to the spoils system , at least symbolically , placing a significant number of federal employees under the merit system and putting the government on the road to true reform . The act also set up the United States Civil Service Commission , banished political tests , denied jobs to alcoholics and created competitive measures for some federal positions . The Half-Breed and Stalwart factions both dissociated towards the end of the 1880s .",
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"text": "Election An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office . Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century . Elections may fill offices in the legislature , sometimes in the executive and judiciary , and for regional and local government . This process is also used in many other private and business organizations , from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations . The universal use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype , ancient Athens , where the Elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition , also known as allotment , by which officeholders were chosen by lot . Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are not in place , or improving the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems . Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections ( especially with a view to predicting future results ) . To elect means `` to choose or make a decision '' , and so sometimes other forms of ballot such as referendums are referred to as elections , especially in the United States .",
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"text": "Devon Nicholson Devon Nicholson ( born October 16 , 1982 ) is a Canadian professional wrestler , who wrestles primarily under the name Hannibal . He was also known as Kid Nichols or Adam Lust . He has worked for various companies , including World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , Great North Wrestling , the International Wrestling Association ( Puerto Rico ) ( IWA ) , the World Wrestling Council ( WWC , Puerto Rico ) and Stampede Wrestling as well as All Star Wrestling in the UK . He is the lead interviewer on `` The HANNIBAL TV '' Youtube channel . As an amateur wrestler Nicholson is a former National Champion in freestlyle wrestling and Canadian Olympic Qualification Trial Silver medalist in Greco-Roman Wrestling . He has won the Canadian Open and Ontario Championships in grappling ( submission wrestling ) . Nicholson is also an actor and has played such roles as a character named Sid in a Canadian feature film , Kenneyville , released by Robanzo Pictures in 2010 . He also was the feature performer in the Canadian documentary This is Hannibal , produced by Maximilian Moskal . The film appeared in multiple film festivals and won 3 awards at the 2013 Los Angeles Movie Awards . In 2014 , he had a role on the Science Fiction series `` Haphead , '' about a futuristic video game subculture .",
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"text": "Papal majordomo The papal majordomo or chief steward of the household of the pope is one of the three ( formerly four ) palatine prelates ( prelati palatini ) , concerning whom particulars have been given in the article maestro di camera . He belongs also to the four `` prelati di fiocchetto '' , so called because they have the right to ornament the harness of their horses with violet and peacock-coloured feathers . The four prelates di fiocchetto are the Governor of Rome in his quality of Vice-Chamberlain , the Auditor and the Treasurer of the Apostolic chamber , and the Majordomo . In the `` Introitus et Exitus Cameræ Apostolicæ '' of the Vatican Archives , which begins with the year 1295 , the officials of the Apostolic Household were given in regular order according to their stipends . Although even at this date there undoubtedly existed a supreme steward of the papal palace , the name and duties attached to the office of a majordomo were not strictly defined until later . The alterations in the domestic administration of the papal household , necessitated under Clement V and John XXII by the transition from the `` natural economy '' to the `` economy of money '' , were of a far-reaching nature ; but it was only after the return of Martin V from Avignon to Rome in 1418 that the modern offices were gradually evolved , to attain subsequently during the Renaissance a full development . In the sixteenth century a maestro DI casa ` master of the house ( hold ) ' stood at the head of the whole administration of the papal household . Towards the end of the 16th century , the same official was accorded the title of prefetto del Sacro Palazzo Apostolico , and under Urban VIII ( 1623 -- 44 ) he was first granted the title of Maggiordomo Pontificio ` pontifical majordomo ' . It was then his duty , on the accession of a new pope , to form the papal famiglia , that is , to suggest candidates for the various household offices and then to direct the whole household . In so far as this duty necessitated expenditure , the Treasurer of the Holy Roman Church , the minister of finance for the time being , exercised sharply defined control over the majordomo and his assistants . This circumstance did not , however , constitute the treasurer a household official , or the Præfectus Sacri Palatii and administrative official ; the Majordomo has always been exclusively a household official . A complete list of the occupants of the office from 1534 is preserved . The general rule recognised by the Roman Curia at the close of the Middle Ages , that the head of any important , department should have jurisdiction over all his assistants , extended to the Majordomo . Not merely in civil matters but likewise in criminal charges , sedebat pro tribunali -- he pronounced judgment on all officials of the papal palace . In the course of time his duties as majordomo were sharply distinguished from those he performed as Prefect of the Palace , so that the majordomo was said to be simultaneously Prefect of the Palace . To the prefecture belonged the management of the museums and of all establishments of a special kind existing in the palaces -- provided they were not autonomous . The keeping of the palace accounts also fell to the prefect . After 1870 , following the loss of the Papal states to reunited Italy , there was a great change in these conditions . The important office of the prefect was separated from that of the majordomo , and entrusted to the commission of cardinals appointed to administer the business affairs of the Holy See . The arrangement of Leo XIII was so far altered by Pius X , that the Cardinal Secretary of State was made Prefect of the Apostolic Palaces . Subordinate to him were the subprefect , the forriere maggiore , the cavallerizzo maggiore , the segreteria della prefettiora , the computisteria , the architetto and the juristic counsellors , forming in their corporate capacity , the divisional boards of direction of the palace administration . The museums and galleries were also entrusted to this body . The above-mentioned alteration by Leo XIII took place on 29 December 1891 , after the prefecture had been separated by a Motu proprio of 7 December . The rights of the Majordomo became as follows : He retained his old privilege of accompanying the Pope , and remained Governor of the Conclave . In this capacity he has the general control of the personnel of the palaces , and responsibility for the quiet and good order therein during the Conclave . In the Congresso Palatino ( Palatine Commission ) , should it be hereafter convened , he got a seat and a vote . He conducted the Congregation of the Apostolic Hospice and was director of the Sistine Chapel Choir , the musical direction of which was in 1910 entrusted to Maestro Perosi . All ordinary and extraordinary religious functions in which the pope and papal court participate came under his arrangement and direction . The appointments of papal chamberlains were forwarded by him at the pope 's order , and he distributed the annual medals to the members of the papal household . His earlier duty of issuing cards of admission to the galleries and museums for purposes of study and copying was withdrawn from him . The Majordomo as the chief Prelate of the Household has a distinctive dress and a free official residence in the papal palace .",
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"text": "List of Governors of Mississippi The Governor of Mississippi is the head of the executive branch of Mississippi 's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state 's military forces . The governor has a duty to enforce state laws , and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Mississippi Legislature , to convene the legislature at any time , and , except in cases of treason or impeachment , to grant pardons and reprieves . To be elected governor , a person must be at least 30 years old , and must have been a citizen of the United States for twenty years and a resident of Mississippi for at least five years at the time of inauguration . The Constitution of Mississippi , ratified in 1890 , calls for a four-year term for the governor . He or she may be reelected once . The original constitution of 1817 had only a two-year term for governor ; this was expanded to four years in the 1868 constitution . The lieutenant governor is elected at the same time as the governor and serves as president of the Mississippi Senate . When the office of governor becomes vacant for any reason , the lieutenant governor becomes governor for the remainder of the term . The Governor of Mississippi is also , by virtue of his office , President of the Board of Trustees of the University of Mississippi .",
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"text": "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 Fear and Loathing : On the Campaign Trail '72 is a collection of articles covering the 1972 presidential campaign written by Hunter S. Thompson and illustrated by Ralph Steadman . The articles were first serialized in Rolling Stone magazine throughout 1972 and later released as a book in early 1973 ( San Francisco , CA : Straight Arrow Books , 1973 ; London : Allison & Busby , 1973 ) . The book focuses almost exclusively on the Democratic Party 's primaries and the breakdown of the party as it splits between the different candidates . Of particular focus is the manic maneuvering of the George McGovern campaign during the Miami convention as they sought to ensure the Democratic nomination despite attempts by the Hubert Humphrey campaign and other candidates to block McGovern . Thompson began his coverage of the campaign in December 1971 , just as the race toward the primaries was beginning , from a rented apartment in Washington , DC ( a situation he compared to `` living in an armed camp , a condition of constant fear '' ) . Over the next 12 months , in voluminous detail , he covered every aspect of the campaign , from the smallest rally to the raucous conventions . Because of the freewheeling nature of the campaign , a first-generation fax machine was procured at great expense by the magazine for Thompson . Dubbing it `` the mojo wire '' , Thompson used the new technology to extend the writing process precariously close to printing deadlines , often haphazardly sending in notes mere hours before the magazine went to press . Fellow writers and editors would have to assemble the finished product with Thompson over the phone . Like his earlier novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Thompson employed a number of unique literary styles in On the Campaign Trail , including the use of vulgarity and the humorous exaggeration of events . Despite the unconventional style , the book is still considered a hallmark of campaign journalism and helped to launch Thompson 's role as a popular political observer .",
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"text": "The Selling of the President 1968 The Selling of the President 1968 is a non-fiction book written by American author Joe McGinniss and published by Trident Press in October , 1969 . The book describes the marketing of Richard Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign . It has been described as `` a classic of political journalism '' and a `` classic of campaign reporting that first introduced many readers to the stage-managed world of political theater . '' It was reprinted in 1988 under the title The Selling of the President . McGinniss became an overnight success when the book , his first , landed on The New York Times bestseller list . He was 26 years old , making him the youngest living writer with that achievement . The book was on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list for 31 weeks from October 1969 to May 1970 . The idea for the book came to McGinniss almost serendipitously : -LSB- He -RSB- stumbled across his book 's topic while taking a train to New York . A fellow commuter had just landed the Hubert Humphrey account and was boasting that ` in six weeks we 'll have him looking better than Abraham Lincoln . ' McGinniss tried to get access to Humphrey 's campaign first , but they turned him down . So he called up Nixon 's , and they said yes . '' . The book was very well received by both critics and the public . It `` spent more than six months on best-sellers lists , and McGinniss sold a lot of those books through television , appearing on the titular shows of Merv Griffin , David Frost and Dick Cavett , among others . '' Conservative writer William F. Buckley `` assumed McGinniss had relied on ` an elaborate deception which has brought joy and hope to the Nixon-haters . ' But even Buckley liked the book . '' In 1972 , the book was adapted into a short-lived Broadway musical .",
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"text": "Cowboy (Kid Rock song) `` Cowboy '' is a single by Kid Rock from his album Devil Without a Cause . The song 's rapping style has been adapted by country artists like Toby Keith , Trace Adkins and Blake Shelton . Many musicians have been influenced and inspired by this song , who include Jason Aldean , Big & Rich , Eric Church , Colt Ford , Florida Georgia Line , Brantley Gilbert and Luke Bryan . Originally referred to as the genre `` Hick Hop '' , it has gone on to be labeled as `` Bro Country '' . His 2008 single `` All Summer Long '' helped push along the bro country genre more so then `` Cowboy '' . Both have themes of partying , drinking , boats , cars , and girls . The song also helped influence a more prominent hip hop from the south , drawling on country music in Bubba Sparks , Rehab , The Lacs and Moonshine Bandits . Kid Rock actually did this first on the song `` Desperate-Rado '' on his independent release The Polyfuze Method in 1993 , but `` Cowboy '' broke into the mainstream . Kid Rock describes the song as `` Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Run-D.M.C . '' . The song uses dobro , slide , banjo and a ragtime piano , which was actually a sample of The Doors ' song `` L.A. Woman '' . The song `` Cowboy '' was originally rejected by Atlantic Records , after Kid Rock told them it was the best song he had written to that point . The song is about how Kid Rock had foreseen his move to Hollywood to become a star . `` Cowboy '' peaked at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 , 34 on The Top 40 , 5 on Mainstream Rock Chart , and 10 on the Modern Rock charts . The song is used as the walk-in music for UFC fighter Donald Cerrone . This song was used in the first promotional commercial for WrestleMania XXV . An instrumental remake of this song was used by Jeff Jarrett in WCW . `` Cowboy '' appeared in the movies Shanghai Noon , Ready To Rumble , Serving Sara , Matchstick Men and Coyote Ugly . In 2000 , Kid Rock and The Neptunes made a rap single version of the song . There was also a live version released on the `` American Bad Ass '' single in 2000 . The song was performed during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in 2004 . A live version was released on 2006 's Live Trucker with a bluesy into given to it . Porn star Ron Jeremy and actor Gary Coleman made cameos in the music video , which was a spoof on Smokey and the Bandit . Joe C and Gary Coleman dueled while Ron Jeremy pretended to do the piano solo .",
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"text": "AFL and NFL era competitive college drafts During the first seven years of existence ( 1960 -- 1966 ) of the American Football League ( AFL , 1960 -- 1969 ) , the AFL and the NFL held separate , competing drafts for college football talent . These drafts were conducted differently in each league , with the AFL , as a new league , starting its existence with the 1960 AFL draft that was actually held in December , 1959 and had 33 rounds . Each AFL team had `` territorial rights '' to players from its general region for a `` bonus '' draft selection , so that teams could sign players who were known to their fans . These were not `` picked '' as such , but agreed on by consensus . The 1960 AFL draft proceeded with teams selecting by lot and player position , e.g. , each team selected quarterbacks from the available list , then running backs , etc. . These were not listed in order of selection , but alphabetically in two groups called `` First Selections '' and `` Second Selections '' by each team . Minneapolis-Saint Paul was originally included in the AFL draft on November 22 , 1959 . When the Minneapolis-Saint Paul owners reneged on their agreement to join the AFL and jumped to the NFL , some of the remaining AFL teams signed several players from the deserters ' draft list . To compensate for this , after the Oakland Raiders ' AFL franchise was granted , an allocation draft was held , to permit the Raiders to stock their team with players from the other seven AFL teams . The established NFL held drafts more similar to the present day , in which the team with the worst record from the previous year selected first , and the reigning league champion selected last . Starting in 1961 , the AFL also followed this procedure . Because of the competition between the leagues , unlike today 's drafts , they were held soon after the end of the football season in each league , often before the college bowls were over . Many players , such as LSU 's Billy Cannon signed pro contracts `` under the goalposts '' at bowl games ; and in the College East-West Game and other all-star college bowls , many players wore the helmets of the professional team that they had signed with . The AFL was at a disadvantage in name-recognition with the established NFL , but contrary to common belief , during this period , its franchises signed a significant number of stars away from the older league . These included Cannon , as well as eventual Hall of Famers Lance Alworth , Buck Buchanan , Jim Otto , Billy Shaw , and Nick Buoniconti , and such standouts as Matt Snell , Tom Sestak , Charley Hennigan , Abner Haynes , Johnny Robinson and many others . Category : American Football League draft Category : National Football League Draft",
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"text": "2001–02 NFL playoffs The National Football League playoffs for the 2001 season began on January 12 , 2002 . The postseason tournament concluded with the New England Patriots defeating the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI , 20 -- 17 , on February 3 , at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana . For the first time , the NFL scheduled prime time playoff games for the first two rounds in an attempt to attract more television viewers . Saturday wild card and divisional playoff games were moved from 12:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. EST to 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. , respectively . Thus , the league abandoned its practice of scheduling colder , northern playoff games for daylight hours only ; any stadium , regardless of evening January temperatures , could host prime time playoff games .",
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"text": "Barcelona Dragons The Barcelona Dragons were a team originally in the World League of American Football and later in the resurrected NFL Europe . Their home field in Barcelona was the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuic , the 1992 Olympic Stadium , and later the Mini Estadi . The Dragons were successful on the field , making it to 4 World Bowls ( 1991 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001 ) and winning World Bowl V in 1997 . The team was made part of the FC Barcelona organization in 2002 as the FC Barcelona Dragons . Despite these efforts , the franchise 's fan support decreased and the team began to struggle financially . After the 2003 season , the Dragons were discontinued and they were replaced in the league by the Cologne Centurions . For the entire duration of the Dragons ' history they had only one head coach , `` Cowboy '' Jack Bicknell . His nickname was roughly translated by his adoptive city to El Caballero ( meaning , literally , `` The Knight '' or `` The Gentleman '' in Spanish ) . From 1991 -- 2002 , Seymour `` Red '' Kelin was responsible for Defensive Coordinating duties . Bicknell and Kelin had been coaching together since their days at Boston College , where they helped lead the Eagles to a Cotton Bowl Classic victory in 1984 .",
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"text": "1983 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the University of Miami , led by Bernie Kosar , winning their first national championship over perennial power and top ranked Nebraska in the Orange Bowl . The Hurricanes ' 31-30 win over Nebraska is still talked about as one of the greatest games of all time , not only for its last minute finish , but for its role in changing the face of college football . Miami came into the game ranked # 5 , but losses by # 2 Texas in the Cotton Bowl and # 4 Illinois in the Rose Bowl launched them to # 1 ( despite protests from # 3 Auburn ) Nebraska scored a touchdown with 48 seconds remaining , putting them within one point of the Hurricanes . Despite knowing a tie would still give Nebraska the national title , Coach Tom Osborne decided to go for two points and the win rather than one point and the tie . Miami was able to hold , snapping Nebraska 's 22-game winning streak and launching Miami as a powerhouse program . This Miami team was the first to win a national title without a single player voted to the first team All-Americans and only the second to win a national title gaining more passing yards than rushing . The Auburn Tigers , featuring Bo Jackson also had a stellar season going 11-1 and beating Michigan in the Sugar Bowl 9-7 . Despite entering the bowl games ranked third in both major polls , and with both teams ranked higher losing their bowl games , the Tigers ended ranked third in the final AP poll as Miami jumped from 5th to ranked # 1 when they beat # 1 ranked Nebraska to gain the National Championship . Auburn had played the toughest schedule in the nation , including eight bowl teams , seven of which were ranked in the top 20 ( four in the top ten ) . Even with this difficult schedule the Tigers were ranked first by a few polls , including the New York Times computer rankings . The NCAA record book also formally recognizes the Tigers as co-national champions , along with Nebraska ( and of course , Miami ) . It is not uncommon for the NCAA record book to `` recognize '' multiple national champions in a given year , with the AP and Coaches ' poll winner regarded as true national champions . The Holiday Bowl was also a classic , as BYU , led by future NFL star Steve Young , defeated Missouri with a last second halfback pass . The annual rivalry game between Oregon and Oregon State is still widely known and derided as `` The Toilet Bowl '' , as the teams played to a 0-0 tie , the last scoreless tie in college football . The game featured 11 total turnovers , as 6 fumbles were lost ( out of 11 total ) , 5 interceptions , and 4 missed field goals . This season saw no conference have two or more teams tie for the title -- an event that did not happen again in either Division I-A or its successor , Division I FBS , until 2009 . ( Note , however , that even when a conference officially recognizes multiple champions , it will invariably have some kind of tiebreaker system to determine placement for bowl berths . )",
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"text": "Super Bowl XXXVIII Super Bowl XXXVIII was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Carolina Panthers and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2003 season . The Patriots defeated the Panthers by the score of 32 -- 29 , winning their second Super Bowl championship in three years . The game was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston , Texas , on February 1 , 2004 . At the time , this was the most watched Super Bowl ever with 144.4 million viewers . The Panthers were making their first ever Super Bowl appearance after posting an 11 -- 5 regular season record . They also made it the second straight year that a team from the NFC South division made the Super Bowl , with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning Super Bowl XXXVII . The Patriots were seeking their second Super Bowl title in three years after posting a 14 -- 2 record . NFL fans and sports writers widely consider this game one of the most well-played and thrilling Super Bowls ; Sports Illustrated writer Peter King hailed it as the `` Greatest Super Bowl of all time . '' Although neither team could score in the first and third quarters , they both ended up with a combined total of 868 yards and 61 points . The game was scoreless for a Super Bowl record 26:55 before the two teams combined for 24 points prior to halftime . The clubs then combined for a Super Bowl record 37 points in the fourth quarter . The contest was finally decided on New England kicker Adam Vinatieri 's 41-yard field goal with four seconds left . Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named Super Bowl MVP for the second time in three years . He set a Super Bowl record for the most pass completions ( 32 ) , completing 66.7 percent of his passes and accumulating 354 passing yards , 3 touchdowns , and 12 rushing yards . Jake Delhomme for his part overcame the poor start with 323 passing yards and three touchdowns . The 61 combined points stood as a Super Bowl record until the 62 points scored in Super Bowl LI in 2017 . The game is also known for its controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson 's breast , adorned with a nipple shield , was exposed by Justin Timberlake for about half a second , in what was later referred to as a `` wardrobe malfunction '' . Along with the rest of the halftime show , it led to an immediate crackdown by the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) , and widespread debate on perceived indecency in broadcasting .",
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"text": "1969 NFL Championship Game The 1969 NFL Championship Game was the 37th and final championship game prior to the AFL -- NFL merger , played January 4 , 1970 , at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington , Minnesota , a suburb south of Minneapolis . The winner of the game earned a berth in Super Bowl IV in New Orleans against the champion of the American Football League . The Minnesota Vikings of the Western Conference hosted the Cleveland Browns of the Eastern Conference . It was the Vikings ' first appearance in the title game , while the Browns were making their second straight appearance and fourth of the 1960s . Minnesota had a regular season record of 12 -- 2 , including a 51 -- 3 defeat of the Browns eight weeks earlier on November 9 . The Vikings defeated the Los Angeles Rams 23 -- 20 in the Western Conference championship a week earlier at Met Stadium . They were coached by Bud Grant and led on offense by quarterback Joe Kapp and wide receiver Gene Washington . The defense allowed only 133 points ( 9 1/2 per game ) during the regular season and their four defensive linemen were known as the `` Purple People Eaters . '' Cleveland was 10 -- 3 -- 1 during the regular season and had upset the Dallas Cowboys 38 -- 14 at the Cotton Bowl for the Eastern Conference title . The Browns were coached by Blanton Collier ; Bill Nelsen was the starting quarterback and Gary Collins and Paul Warfield were star wide receivers for the team . Although not as severe as the `` Ice Bowl '' of 1967 , the weather conditions were bitterly cold at 8 F , with a sub-zero wind chill factor . Cleveland linebacker Jim Houston suffered frostbite during the game and was hospitalized . Minnesota was favored by nine points to win the title game at home , and they won , 27 -- 7 . Of the four NFL teams that joined the league during the AFL era ( 1960s ) , Minnesota was the sole winner of a pre-merger NFL championship . The Dallas Cowboys entered the league in 1960 and lost two NFL title games to the Green Bay Packers , in 1966 and 1967 . The expansion Atlanta Falcons ( 1966 ) and New Orleans Saints ( 1967 ) did not qualify for the postseason until 1978 and 1987 , respectively . Starting with the season , the NFL champion was determined in the Super Bowl , beginning with Super Bowl V.",
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"text": "2011 TicketCity Bowl The 2011 TicketCity Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Cotton Bowl in Dallas , Texas . The game was played on January 1 , 2011 , at 12:00 p.m. ET and was telecast on ESPNU . This game replaced the Cotton Bowl Classic , which moved from its long-time home to Cowboys Stadium in nearby Arlington in 2010 , and pitted the Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Ten Conference against the Texas Tech Red Raiders from the Big 12 Conference . The game was originally labeled `` The Dallas Football Classic , '' but on November 8 , 2010 , a deal was announced for TicketCity to become the title sponsor of the bowl .",
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"text": "Duke Preston Raymond Newton `` Duke '' Preston , III ( born June 12 , 1982 in San Diego , California ) is a former American football center . He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL Draft . He played college football at Illinois . Preston has also been a member of the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys . He is the son of former NFL linebacker Ray Preston .",
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"text": "Alamo Bowl The Alamo Bowl is a NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the Alamodome in San Antonio , Texas . The current champions are the Oklahoma State Cowboys . Since 2010 it matches the second choice team from the Pac-12 Conference and the third choice team from the Big 12 Conference . Traditionally , the Alamo Bowl has been played in December , although there have been three instance where it was played in January ; the games following the 2009 , 2014 , and 2015 seasons were played early in the next calendar year .",
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"text": "Charles Haley Charles Lewis Haley ( born January 6 , 1964 ) is a former American football linebacker and defensive end who played in the National Football League ( NFL ) for the San Francisco 49ers ( 1986 -- 1991 , 1998 -- 1999 ) and the Dallas Cowboys ( 1992 -- 1996 ) . A versatile defensive player , Haley began his career as a specialty outside linebacker , eventually progressing to pass-rusher and finally full-fledged defensive end . He is the first five-time Super Bowl champion , and is one of only two such players , the other being Tom Brady . Haley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011 and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2015 .",
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"text": "Cotton Speyrer Charles Wayne Speyrer ( born April 29 , 1949 ) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins . He played college football at the University of Texas . Speyrer was a key play-maker in what is considered by some to be the most famous drive in Texas history . Texas was fresh off its famed 15 -- 14 come-from-behind victory over No. 2 Arkansas in the `` 1969 Shootout '' , and was eager to avoid a letdown over the eighth-ranked Irish in the 1970 Cotton Bowl National Championship game between Notre Dame , featuring Joe Theismann , and the University of Texas at Austin . But the early proceedings had the makings of one of the decade 's biggest upsets when Notre Dame charged out to a 10 -- 0 lead . Starting on their own 24-yard line , the Longhorns embarked upon a fourth-quarter , 17-play march that included a pair of fourth-and-two conversions , the last coming at the Notre Dame 10 when James Street completed a clutch pass to a diving Speyrer that took the Horns to the two . From there , it took three plays before Billy Dale pushed the ball over the goal line to cement UT 's second national title -- Texas 21 , Notre Dame 17 . Speyrer is also known for his last minute touchdown catch for a come-from -- behind win in the Texas -- UCLA game in the fall of 1970 . That victory cemented Texas ' third National Championship year .",
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"text": "2005 Cincinnati Bengals season The 2005 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team 's 38th year in professional football and its 36th with the National Football League . 2005 was the team 's first season with a winning record , playoff berth , and division title since 1990 . In the fourteen years and 224 games in between ( 1991 -- 2004 ) , the Bengals ' record was 71 -- 153 , a 0.317 winning percentage . It would be the Bengals ' lone playoff appearance in a span of 18 years ( 1991 -- 2008 ) . QB Carson Palmer got off to a strong start on his way to a solid 3836 yard season with 32 Touchdown passes , earning a trip to the Pro Bowl . Receiving many of Palmer 's passes was Chad Johnson , who followed teammate Palmer to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii , racking up an impressive 1,432 yards in receiving with nine TDs , many of which were followed by unique celebrations that made him a regular star on the spots highlight shows . Following a 42 -- 29 win over the Baltimore Ravens , the Bengals faced the Steelers again this time in Pittsburgh , where the Bengals offense continued to fly behind Carson Palmer who had three Touchdown passes and 227 yards passing in an impressive 38 -- 31 win that gave the Bengals first place in the AFC North at 9 -- 3 . The Bengals would not relinquish first place winning the next two games to clinch the division with two weeks to go . On December 18 , with a 41 -- 17 win over the Detroit Lions , the Bengals clinched a playoff spot . After clinching the division the Bengals played cautiously and dropped their final two games to finish with an 11 -- 5 record , beating out the eventual Super Bowl champion Steelers , who finished with an identical record , on a tiebreaker situation .",
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"text": "In Pieces In Pieces is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks . It was released on August 31 , 1993 . It debuted at # 1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart . It was also a huge hit outside the United States . In Great Britain it was Brooks ' highest placed album on the charts . It reached the top ten of the country album charts before it was issued officially ( due to imports from both the United States and Ireland ) . Critics felt that this would ruin the album 's sales once it was issued . However , when it was eventually issued in Britain in early 1994 it went to # 1 on the country charts and reached # 2 in the pop charts and also produced two top 40 hit singles on the British pop charts . The track `` Callin ' Baton Rouge '' was previously a # 37 peaking single in 1987 for the New Grass Revival , whose members back Brooks on his rendition . It was the first time the group had recorded together since they disbanded in 1989 . In an interview with BBC Radio DJ Richard Wooton , Brooks stated that the track `` The Cowboy Song '' ( which was composed in 1987 by Roy Robinson ) was found in a trash can by someone on his team who liked the song and played the track to him .",
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"text": "2001 NFL season The 2001 NFL season was the 82nd regular season of the National Football League ( NFL ) . In the wake of the September 11 attacks , the NFL 's week 2 games ( September 16 -- 17 ) were postponed and re-scheduled to the weekend of January 6 -- 7 . In order to retain the full playoff format , all playoff games , including Super Bowl XXXVI , were re-scheduled one week later . The New England Patriots won the Super Bowl , defeating the St. Louis Rams 20 -- 17 at the Louisiana Superdome .",
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"text": "1984 NFL season The 1984 NFL season was the 65th regular season of the National Football League . The Colts relocated from Baltimore , Maryland to Indianapolis , Indiana before the season . The Colts new home field was the Hoosier Dome . The New York Jets moved their home games from Shea Stadium in New York City to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey . The season ended with Super Bowl XIX when the San Francisco 49ers defeated the Miami Dolphins 38-16 at Stanford Stadium in California . This was the first Super Bowl televised by ABC , who entered into the annual championship game rotation with CBS and NBC . This game marked the second shortest distance between the Super Bowl host stadium ( Stanford , California ) and a Super Bowl team ( San Francisco 49ers ) . The 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win 15 games in a regular season and to win 18 in an entire season ( including the post-season ) . Additionally , two major offensive records were set this season , with quarterback Dan Marino establishing a new single-season passing yards record with 5,084 ( later broken by Drew Brees and Tom Brady in 2011 and by Peyton Manning in 2013 ) , and Eric Dickerson establishing a new single-season rushing yards record with 2,105 . Also during the season , San Diego Chargers wide receiver Charlie Joiner became the all-time leader in career receptions ; he set that mark in a game between the Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Pittsburgh 's Three Rivers Stadium . Salaries increased significantly over the past two seasons in the NFL , up nearly fifty percent ; quarterback Warren Moon led the list at $ 1.1 million .",
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"text": "1968 Sugar Bowl The 1968 Sugar Bowl featured the fifth-ranked Wyoming Cowboys and the unranked LSU Tigers . Wyoming was the only undefeated team in the nation among major schools . Wyoming scored first in the second quarter , on a one-yard touchdown run from Jim Kiick , as Wyoming took a 7 -- 0 lead . Jerry DePoyster added field goals of 24 and 49 yards as Wyoming extended its lead to 13 -- 0 at halftime . In the third quarter , LSU running back Glenn Smith scored on a one-yard touchdown run , making the score 13 -- 7 . In the fourth quarter , LSU quarterback Nelson Stokley completed touchdown passes of eight and 14 yards to end Tommy Morel as LSU rallied for a 20 -- 13 win . Glenn Smith was named the game 's most valuable player .",
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"text": "1996 NFL season The 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end . The season ended with Super Bowl XXXI when the Green Bay Packers defeated the New England Patriots 35-21 at the Louisiana Superdome .",
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"text": "Super Bowl VII Super Bowl VII was an American football game between the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Miami Dolphins and the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion Washington Redskins to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1972 season . The Dolphins defeated the Redskins by the score of 14 -- 7 , and became the first and still the only team in NFL history to complete a perfect undefeated season . They also remain the only Super Bowl team to be shut out in the second half and still win . The game was played on January 14 , 1973 , at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles , the second time the Super Bowl was played in that city . At kickoff the temperature was 84 F , making the game the warmest Super Bowl ever . This was the Dolphins ' second Super Bowl appearance after losing Super Bowl VI . They posted an undefeated 14 -- 0 regular season record before defeating the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs . The Redskins were making their first Super Bowl appearance after posting an 11 -- 3 regular season record and playoff victories over the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys . Despite being undefeated , the Dolphins were actually one point underdogs , largely based on the weakness of their regular season schedule . Super Bowl VII was largely dominated by the Dolphins , and remains the lowest-scoring Super Bowl to date with a total of only 21 points ( 3 touchdown and 3 extra points ) . The only drama was during the final minutes of the game , in what was later known as `` Garo 's Gaffe '' . Miami attempted to cap off their 17 -- 0 perfect season with a 17 -- 0 perfect score shutout with a 42-yard field goal by Garo Yepremian , but instead the game and the season was jeopardized when his kick was blocked . Instead of falling on the loose ball , the Dolphins kicker picked it up , attempted a forward pass , but batted it in the air , and Redskins ' cornerback Mike Bass ( who was Garo 's former teammate on the Detroit Lions years earlier ) caught it and returned it 49 yards for a touchdown . This game also remains as the longest period in a Super Bowl for one team to be shut out , as Washington was held scoreless until 2:07 remained in the fourth quarter.The previous Super Bowl with the longest period for being shut out was in 1969 , where the Jets held the Colts scoreless until 3:19 left in the game . Don Shula was head coach on the losing side that time , so he held the record for the longest period to be held under a shut out as well as the longest period to hold a shut out . Dolphins safety Jake Scott was named Most Valuable Player . He recorded two interceptions for 63 return yards , including a 55-yard return from the end zone during the 4th quarter . Scott became the second defensive player in Super Bowl history ( after linebacker Chuck Howley in Super Bowl V ) to earn a Super Bowl MVP .",
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"text": "1978 NFL season The 1978 NFL season was the 59th regular season of the National Football League . The league expanded the regular season from a 14-game schedule to 16 . Furthermore , the playoff format was expanded from 8 teams to 10 teams by adding another wild card from each conference . The wild card teams played each other , with the winner advancing to the playoff round of eight teams . The season ended with Super Bowl XIII when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Dallas Cowboys at the Orange Bowl in Miami . The average salary for a player in 1978 was under $ 62,600 , up 13.2 percent over the previous year . Fran Tarkenton was the highest-paid quarterback at $ 360,000 and running back O. J. Simpson was the highest paid player , at just under $ 733,400 .",
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"text": "2015 Pro Bowl The 2015 Pro Bowl was the National Football League 's all-star game for the 2014 season . It began at 6 pm local time on January 25 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale , Arizona , and it was the first Pro Bowl to be held outside of Hawaii since 2010The game was televised nationally by ESPN . The game continued the `` unconferenced '' format that was debuted in the 2014 Pro Bowl . The game was the third Pro Bowl that took place in the same site as that year 's Super Bowl . It was also the sixth consecutive year where the Pro Bowl took place prior to the Super Bowl . Hall of Fame wide receivers Cris Carter and Michael Irvin were selected as the alumni captains of the game . Jason Garrett of the Dallas Cowboys and John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens were the game 's coaches . The coaches were to come from the higher seeded teams in each conference to lose in the Divisional Round of the 2014 -- 15 NFL playoffs , which has been the convention since the 2010 Pro Bowl . However , the Denver Broncos ( the highest seeded Divisional Round loser in the AFC ) and head coach John Fox mutually agreed to part ways following their playoff loss , so Harbaugh ( who coached the Ravens , the other Divisional Round loser from the AFC ) was selected instead .",
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"text": "Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola ( -LSB- ˈkoʊpələ -RSB- ; born May 14 , 1971 ) is an American screenwriter , director , producer and actress . Her father is director , producer and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola . In 2003 , she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedy-drama Lost in Translation , and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director . In 2010 , with the drama Somewhere , she became the first American woman ( and fourth American filmmaker ) to win the Golden Lion , the top prize at the Venice Film Festival . In 2017 , Coppola directed The Beguiled , a remake of the 1971 Western film of the same name , starring Nicole Kidman , Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst . The film premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , where Coppola became the second woman ( and the first American woman ) in the festival 's history to win the Best Director award .",
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"text": "The Beguiled (2017 film) The Beguiled is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola , based on the novel The Beguiled ( originally published as A Painted Devil ) by Thomas P. Cullinan . It stars Colin Farrell , Nicole Kidman , Kirsten Dunst , and Elle Fanning . A film of the same name , also based on Cullinan 's book , was released in 1971 . It premiered on May 24 , 2017 and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival , where Coppola won the Best Director award , becoming only the second woman to do so . The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 23 , 2017 .",
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"text": "Saracinesca Saracinesca is a novel by F. Marion Crawford , first published as a serial in Blackwood 's Magazine and then as a book in New York ( Macmillan ) and Edinburgh ( Blackwood ) in 1887 . Set chiefly in Rome of twenty years earlier , the novel paints a rich picture of the period , detailing the spiritual and economic problems of the aristocracy at a time when its influence and status were under attack from the emerging forces of modernity . This romance tells the tale of Giovanni Saracinesca and his courting of Corona d'Astradente , complete with intrigue and sword fights ( Crawford was an expert fencer ) . It can be categorized as a work of historical fiction in that it relates a time when the author was only a child , and also in the sense that the particulars of that time and place are carefully delineated . In a sense , Crawford had been researching for this book all his life : his parents had witnessed the brief 1848 revolution , and his cousin , in her memoirs of Crawford , insisted that '' -LSB- t -RSB- here is little doubt that Crawford as a boy had heard first-hand descriptions of -LSB- the -RSB- exciting events '' of the 1860s . Saracinesca proved to be both an immediate hit and Crawford 's greatest critical success . It was also a commercial triumph : he negotiated separate contracts for the serial printing and the simultaneous American and British publication , as well as future royalties . He followed it with two brilliant sequels , Sant ' Ilario and Don Orsino , the three of which are usually considered a trilogy . Subsequent sequels , such as Corleone , continue the saga of Saracinesca family , but with a diversion from the previous focus on the drama and status of family members into heavily plotted , incident-heavy melodrama . Characters from Saracinesca and its sequels also appear in A Lady of Rome ( 1906 ) and The White Sister ( 1909 ) . Crawford , though an American by parentage and citizenship , was born in the Italian resort of Bagni de Lucca , spent most of his life abroad , and wrote Saracinesca while living in Sant ' Agnello di Sorrento , Italy .",
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"text": "Sam Coppola Sam Coppola ( July 31 , 1932 -- February 5 , 2012 ) was an American actor . He appeared in almost 70 films , beginning in 1968 , but may be best remembered for his role as Dan Fusco , owner of the Bay Ridge , Brooklyn , hardware and paint store , in Saturday Night Fever , who gave John Travolta 's character sage but salty advice in the classic 1977 film . Later in his career , Coppola made a brief but memorable appearance on The Sopranos as the idiosyncratic family therapist of Jennifer Melfi . Coppola was a cop in Serpico ( 1973 ) , starring Al Pacino , and a detective in Fatal Attraction ( 1987 ) , starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close . His many TV credits include The Practice , The Good Wife , Law & Order , The Sopranos , Ryan 's Hope and the 2001 A&E movie The Big Heist , in which he portrayed mob boss Paul Castellano . Coppola , no relation to film director Francis Ford Coppola , played a nursing home resident in a Chevy commercial that aired during 2011 's Super Bowl and a hot dog vendor in a Ball Park Franks spot starring Michael Jordan . Coppola , a 38-year resident of Leonia , also had many stage roles . He played the hobo Vladimir in a 2005 off-Broadway production of `` Waiting for Godot '' and an aging real estate salesman , Aaronow , in a 2000 production of Glengarry Glen Ross at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton . Coppola died February 5 , 2012 from an aneurysm , and was predeceased by his wife , Helen . He is survived by his children , Jason Coppola of Brooklyn and Samantha Coppola of Bogota , and three grandchildren .",
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"text": "Anita B. Anita B. is a 2014 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Faenza . It is loosely based on the 2009 autobiographic novel Quanta stella c ' è nel cielo ( How Many Stars Twinkle in the Sky ) by Edith Bruck .",
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"text": "Agents and Patients Agents and Patients is the fourth novel by the English writer Anthony Powell . It combines two of the aspects of 1930s life , film and psychoanalysis . In what Powell himself has acknowledged is a roman a clef of sorts ( Anthony Powell , Journals 1987-1989 , 121 ) , a comically critical eye is cast across entre deux guerres society and its often self-indulgent , usually unsatisfied quest for contentment . Published in 1936 , the novel reflects some of Powell 's recent experience scriptwriting for Warners in London . The epigraph from John Wesley which gives the novel its title distinguishes between actors and those acted upon , equating freedom with the condition of ` agency . ' Powell 's fourth novel illustrates the painstaking , sometimes painful , process by which one young man recognizes the truth of Wesley 's assertion in his own life , thereby , perhaps , reaching a change in his status as the novel ends . As is usual in Powell 's fiction , the settings are often restaurants , parties , and private apartments ( though a Berlin film studio also figures significantly ) , with social behaviour in such surroundings the sustained focus of comically critical and detailed attention . Of Powell 's pre-war novels , Agents and Patients is most insistently focused on the questions of what one wants from life and how one might recognize moments when such desires have been achieved , even when the results are unexpected . The novel continues Powell 's evolution of the style and technique he will employ in A Dance to the Music of Time .",
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"text": "Billy Budd Billy Budd , Sailor is the final novel by American writer Herman Melville , first published posthumously in London in 1924 as edited by Raymond M. Weaver , a professor at Columbia University . Other versions were later published . Melville had begun writing the original work in November 1888 , but left it unfinished at his death in 1891 . Acclaimed by British critics as a masterpiece when published in London , it quickly took its place as a classic literary work in the United States . The novella was discovered in manuscript form in 1919 by Weaver , who was studying Melville 's papers as his first biographer . Melville 's widow had begun to edit the manuscript , but had not been able to decide her husband 's intentions at several key points or even to see his intended title . Poor transcription and misinterpretation of Melville 's notes marred the first published versions of the text . After several years of study , Harrison Hayford and Merton M. Sealts , Jr. published what is now considered the best transcription and critical reading text in 1962 . The novella was adapted as a stage play in 1951 and produced on Broadway , where it won the Donaldson Awards and Outer Critics Circle Awards for best play . Benjamin Britten adapted it as an opera by the same name , first performed in December 1951 . The play was adapted into a film in 1962 , produced , directed , co-written , and starring Peter Ustinov with Terence Stamp receiving an Academy Award nomination in his film debut .",
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"text": "The Brothers Karamazov (1947 film) The Brothers Karamazov ( I fratelli Karamazoff ) is a 1947 Italian drama film directed by Giacomo Gentilomo . It is based on the novel with the same title by Fyodor Dostoyevsky . It won two Nastro d'Argento Awards , for best screenplay and for best score .",
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"text": "Resurrection (1944 film) Resurrection ( Italian : Resurrezione ) is a 1944 Italian drama film directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Doris Duranti , Claudio Gora and Germana Paolieri . It is an adaptation of the 1899 work Resurrection , the final novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy . It was one of a significant number of Italian films based on works of Russian literature made during the era . It was made at the Scalera Studios in Rome .",
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"text": "Tetro Tetro is a 2009 American-Argentine drama film written , directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Vincent Gallo , Alden Ehrenreich and Maribel Verdú . Filming took place in 2008 in Buenos Aires , Patagonia , and Spain . Tetro received a limited release in the United States on June 11 , 2009 .",
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"text": "Mimì Bluette... fiore del mio giardino Mimì Bluette ... fiore del mio giardino ( Mimì Bluette ... flower of my garden ) is a novel written by Guido da Verona in 1918 . It was a huge commercial success , selling 300,000 copies as of 1922 , an impressive run in Italy where illiteracy characterized the majority of the population . A film based on the novel directed by Carlo Di Palma and starring Monica Vitti was released in 1976 .",
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"text": "Manhattan Transfer (novel) Manhattan Transfer is an American novel by John Dos Passos published in 1925 . It focuses on the development of urban life in New York City from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age as told through a series of overlapping individual stories . It is considered to be one of Dos Passos ' most important works . The book attacks the consumerism and social indifference of contemporary urban life , portraying a Manhattan that is merciless yet teeming with energy and restlessness . The book shows some of Dos Passos ' experimental writing techniques and narrative collages that would become more pronounced in his U.S.A. trilogy and other later works . The technique in Manhattan Transfer was inspired in part by James Joyce 's Ulysses ( 1922 ) , T. S. Eliot 's The Waste Land , and experiments with film collage by Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein . Sinclair Lewis described it as `` a novel of the very first importance ... The dawn of a whole new school of writing . '' D. H. Lawrence called it `` the best modern book about New York '' he had ever read , describing it as `` a very complete film ... of the vast loose gang of strivers and winners and losers which seems to be the very pep of New York . '' In a blurb for a European edition , Ernest Hemingway wrote that , alone among American writers , Dos Passos has `` been able to show to Europeans the America they really find when they come here . ''",
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"text": "Imagining Argentina (film) Imagining Argentina is a 2003 drama historical film written and directed by Christopher Hampton and starring Antonio Banderas , Emma Thompson , Leticia Dolera and Rubén Blades . It is based on the award-winning homonymous novel by Lawrence Thornton . It was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 2003 Venice Film Festival . The film , centered on a couple living through the ominous last military dictatorship in Argentina ( 1976-1983 ) , depicts graphic images of suffering , such as rape and torture . The closing caption states that around 30,000 Argentines disappeared during the beginning and end of the regime .",
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"text": "Wandering Star (novel) Wandering Star ( original title : Étoile errante ) is a novel by French Nobel laureate writer J. M. G. Le Clézio . The novel tells the story of two teenage girls on the threshold and in the aftermath of World War II . Esther , a French Jew who flees for Jerusalem with her mother just after Italy 's occupation of a small section of south-east France ended during World War II ; and Nejma , a young Arab orphaned and unable to return to the ancient city of her birth , Akka , after the Israeli declaration of statehood . Esther emigrates to the newborn state of Israel , where she encounters another group of refugees , this time Palestinian .",
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"text": "Santa Evita Santa Evita is a 1995 novel by the Argentine writer Tomás Eloy Martínez . In a blend of fact and fiction , the novel focuses on the Argentine first lady Eva Perón , and tracks her embalmed corpse after her death from cancer at age 33 . The book became a bestseller in Argentina and has been widely translated . Worldwide , it estimated to have sold 10 million copies , which makes it one of the best-selling books of all time .",
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"text": "I viaggiatori della sera I viaggiatori della sera is a 1979 Italian/Spanish science fiction-drama film written and directed by Ugo Tognazzi . It is loosely based on a novel with the same name by Umberto Simonetta .",
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"text": "Lolita (1962 film) Lolita is a 1962 British-American black comedy-drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick . Based on his novel of the same title , Vladimir Nabokov also wrote the screenplay . It follows a middle-aged literature lecturer who becomes obsessed with an adolescent girl . The film stars James Mason as Humbert Humbert , Sue Lyon as Dolores Haze ( Lolita ) , and Shelley Winters as Charlotte Haze , with Peter Sellers as Clare Quilty . Owing to the MPAA 's restrictions at the time , the film toned down the more provocative aspects of the novel , sometimes leaving much to the audience 's imagination . The actress who played Lolita , Sue Lyon , was 14 at the time of filming . Lolita polarized contemporary critics , but is well-received today . Kubrick later commented , however , that if he had realized how severe the censorship limitations were going to be , he probably would never have made the film .",
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"text": "Letters from War (film) Letters from War ( Cartas da Guerra ) is a 2016 Portuguese drama film directed by Ivo M. Ferreira and based on the epistolary novel D'este viver aqui neste papel descripto by António Lobo Antunes . It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival , where it had its world premiere . It was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated .",
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"text": "The Fugitive (2003 film) The Fugitive ( Il fuggiasco ) is a 2003 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Andrea Manni . It is based on an autobiographical novel by Massimo Carlotto , about his period in hiding in France and Mexico following a miscarriage of justice . For this film Andrea Manni was nominated for David di Donatello for Best New Director .",
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"text": "Las películas de mi vida Las películas de mi vida ( translated as The Movies of My Life : A Novel ) is a 2002 semi-autobiographical novel by Chilean writer Alberto Fuguet . The novel has received a significant amount of critical attention .",
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"text": "The Frontier (novel) The Frontier ( Granica in Polish ) is a novel written by Zofia Nałkowska , a renowned Polish prose writer , dramatist , and prolific essayist . It tells the story of the life of Zenon Ziembiewicz , his way to the top and success , as well as love affairs and problems . The novel itself combines features of many different genres : psychological novel , sensation novel , realistic prose and detective novel . Originally , the author wanted to title her book `` Patterns '' , however , she changed her mind and decided on `` The Frontier '' . The novel has been made into a film twice : in 1938 and 1977 . Story is written by means of analepsis and the plot often is interjected with scenes that take the narrative back in time from the current point . Written during the interwar period , the novel describes such controversial topics as abortion , and the economic and social problems of that time .",
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"text": "Rosaura at 10 O'Clock Rosaura at 10 O'Clock ( Rosaura a las 10 ) is a 1958 Argentine crime film directed by Mario Soffici , based on a novel by Marco Denevi . It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival . It is based on a 1955 novel of the same title by Marco Denevi .",
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"text": "Thomas Haden Church Thomas Haden Church ( born Thomas Richard McMillen ; June 17 , 1960 ) is an American actor , director , and writer . After co-starring in the 1990s sitcom Wings , Church became known for his film roles , including his Academy Award-nominated performance in Sideways and his role as the Sandman in Spider-Man 3 . He also made his directorial debut with Rolling Kansas .",
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"text": "Schoenstein Organ at the Conference Center The Schoenstein Organ at the Conference Center is a pipe organ built by Schoenstein & Co. , San Francisco , California located in the Conference Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) in Salt Lake City , Utah . The organ was completed in 2003 . It is composed of 160 speaking stops spread over five manuals and pedals . Along with the nearby Salt Lake Tabernacle organ , it is typically used to accompany the Mormon Tabernacle Choir . Schoenstein & Co. . President and tonal director Jack Bethards describes it as `` an American Romantic organ '' that is `` probably more English than anything else . '' The Conference Center organ is heard at the church 's semi-annual General Conference , and at other performances throughout the year . The organ is about two-thirds the size of the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ in number of pipes ( the Conference Center Organ has 7,708 pipes in 130 ranks , while the Tabernacle Organ has 11,623 pipes in 206 ranks ) . Former Tabernacle organist John Longhurst described it as a `` project of immense proportion . '' Longhurst described his reaction to the announcement in 1996 of the building of the Conference Center and his involvement in the building of the organ as follows : `` Needless to say , -LSB- the announcement of the Conference Center -RSB- made it difficult for me to concentrate on the rest of the Conference session . I could only begin to envision a space like President Hinckley had described . I assumed that an organ would be necessary in that building and immediately began considering what that instrument might be . By this time Robert Cundick had retired , and Richard Elliott was now on staff . As it turned out , all of the experience previously gained working on the other Temple Square organs ( and particularly the Tabernacle organ , which we had thought of as a culmination ) we now viewed as preparation for what was to follow . President Hinckley 's announcement that Easter morning began a journey for us organists that would not conclude for seven years , when the Conference Center 's Schoenstein & Co. organ was finally declared finished , just in time for the A.G.O. bi-regional convention held in Salt Lake City in the summer of 2003 . '' The organ includes a number of so-called `` mechanical aids , '' though these are actually electronic . According to principal Tabernacle organist Dr. Richard Elliott ( organist ) , these include a `` built-in recorder , '' which allows organists to play a performance , and then go out into the auditorium and listen as the organ 's computer replays the piece by physically sounding the pipes .",
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"text": "Standing High Council The Standing High Council of the Community of Christ is composed of 12 persons holding the office of High Priest . The right to call members to the Council resides in the First Presidency and the call is sustained by a vote of the Community of Christ World Conference . The only mention of the council in the current church bylaws refers to their authority to approve church judicial procedures presented by the First Presidency . In practice , however , they also issue policy statements at the request of the First Presidency , such as the 1982 Standing High Council Statement on Homosexuality and the 1997 Standing High Council Statement on Privileged and Confidential Communications . According to the Church Administrator 's Handbook Current members of the Standing High Council are : William M. Barnhard , Kent G. Bradford , Valerie K. Brennan , David M. Byrn , Dennis R. Clinefelter , Matthew J. Frizzell , Gwendolyn Hawks-Blue , Sharon M. Kirkpatrick , Marilee A. Martens , Scott A. Roberson , Kathy D. Robinson , Patricia K. Trachsel .",
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"text": "Scientology status by country Scientology status by country describes the status of Scientology and its recognition as a religion or otherwise in different countries . The Church of Scientology pursues an extensive public relations campaign for state recognition of Scientology as a religion and cites numerous scholarly sources supporting its position . The level of recognition Scientology has been able to obtain varies significantly from country to country . The Church of Scientology has been recognized as a religious denomination in its home country , the United States , and has received full recognition in various other countries such as Italy , South Africa , Australia , Sweden , New Zealand , Portugal and Spain ; it thus enjoys and regularly cites the constitutional protection afforded in these nations to religious practice . Some countries , mostly in Europe , have regarded Scientology as a potentially dangerous cult , or at least have not considered local branches of the Church of Scientology to meet the legal criteria for being considered religion-supporting organizations , seeing Scientology as a business . The 2014 ruling in London , which had five judges in the UK Supreme Court unanimously rule that a Scientology chapel is a `` place of meeting for religious worship , '' solidified the church 's status as a religion in the region . While some theologians critically approach Scientology 's status as a religion , social scientists as a whole agree that it `` satisfies the abstract criteria for recognition as a religion . ''",
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"text": "Two by Twos Two by Twos is one of the names used to denote an international , home-based church that has its origins in Ireland at the end of the 19th century . Among members , the church is typically referred to as `` The Truth '' or `` The Way '' . Those outside the church refer to it as `` Two by Twos '' , `` No-name Church '' , `` Cooneyites '' , `` Workers and Friends '' or `` Christians Anonymous . '' Church ministers are itinerant and work in groups of two , hence the name `` Two by Twos '' . The church 's registered names include `` Christian Conventions '' in the United States , `` Assemblies of Christians '' in Canada , `` The Testimony of Jesus '' in the United Kingdom , `` Kristna I Sverige '' in Sweden , and `` United Christian Conventions '' in Australia . These organization names are used only for registration purposes and are not used by members . The church was founded in 1897 in Ireland by William Irvine , an evangelist with the interdenominational Faith Mission . Irvine began independently preaching a return to the method of itinerant ministry he claimed was set forth in the 10th chapter of Matthew . Church growth was rapid , spreading outside Ireland . Irvine eventually began preaching a new order in which the hierarchy that had developed within the church would have no placement . This teaching became controversial within the church and led to his expulsion by church overseers around 1914 . One of the church 's most prominent evangelists , Edward Cooney , was expelled a decade after Irvine . The church then became much less visible to outsiders for the next half-century . Publication of several articles and books , increased news coverage , and the appearance of the Internet have since opened the church to wider scrutiny . The church does not explicitly publish any doctrinal statements , claiming these must be orally imparted by its ministers , referred to as `` workers '' . Doctrine of the church teaches that salvation is available only by accepting the preaching of its homeless , penniless ministry workers and by attending the group 's home meetings . The orthodox Christian Trinitarian doctrine is rejected , and members are told to deny any church name . Baptism by immersion as performed by one of the church 's workers is required for full participation . Some in the church claim it is a direct continuation of the 1st-century Christian church , although some believe that a restoration of some sort may have occurred in the late 19th century . Members hold regular weekly worship gatherings in local homes on Sunday and in the middle of the week . The church holds annual regional conventions and public Gospel meetings . The church claims no official headquarters or official publications . Its hymnbook and various other materials for internal use are produced by outside publishers and printing firms . Printed invitations and advertisements for its open gospel meetings are the only written materials which those outside the church are likely to encounter .",
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"text": "Norwegian Church Abroad The Norwegian Church Abroad or The Norwegian Seamen 's Church ( Sjømannskirken ) is a religious organisation serving Norwegians and other Scandinavians travelling abroad . Founded in 1864 , The Norwegian Seamen 's Mission -- Sjømannsmisjonen -- was established to secure the moral and religious education of Scandinavian seafarers , but also to give them a `` breathing room '' where a fellow countryman was available to lend an ear and give some attention . Today , the churches and their staff together with travelling pastors around the globe represent a `` resource center '' for all Norwegians travelling internationally . Sjømannskirken annually serves around 700 thousand Norwegians through over 30 churches and 16 mobile services in 30 countries around the world . Several churches operate on a Scandinavian basis . The Norwegian Church Abroad , its main office in Bergen , is a charitable organization supported by the Church of Norway and the Norwegian Government . Sjømannskirken is also a member of the ICMA and the Council of Nordic Seamen 's Missions . For most Norwegians travelling abroad , Sjømannskirken is a nice place to rest : one can read newspapers from home , buy Norwegian food and speak to other Norwegians . Many Norwegians living permanently abroad use the seamen 's churches instead of the local ones .",
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"text": "Free Church of England The Free Church of England ( FCE ) is an episcopal church based in England . The church was founded when a number of congregations separated from the established Church of England in the middle of the 19th century . The doctrinal basis of the FCE , together with its episcopal structures , organisation , worship , ministry and ethos are recognisably `` Anglican '' although it is not a member of the Anglican Communion . Its worship style follows that of the Book of Common Prayer or conservative modern-language forms that belong to the Anglican tradition . The Church of England acknowledges the FCE as a church with valid orders and its canons permit a range of shared liturgical and ministerial activities .",
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"text": "American Catholic Church in the United States The American Catholic Church in the United States ( ACCUS ) is a small Independent Catholic denomination which considers itself in the tradition of the Old Catholic Church . The ACCUS , which was founded in 1999 , holds some similar theological beliefs and practices to the Roman Catholic Church . It is not in communion with the Roman Catholic Church or under papal jurisdiction . Its website states : `` The ACCUS and its affiliated Worldwide jurisdictions are not under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church and are therefore not subject to the same rules and regulations . ''",
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"text": "Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Churches Together in Britain and Ireland ( CTBI ) is an ecumenical organisation . The members include most of the major churches in England , Scotland , Wales and Ireland . CTBI is registered at Companies House with number 05661787 . Its office is in Central London ; the General Secretary was Canon Bob Fyffe ( of the Scottish Episcopal Church ) . It was formed on 1 September 1990 , as the successor to the British Council of Churches , and was formerly known as the Council of Churches of Britain and Ireland . Its stated aims are to `` serve the churches of the four nations on their shared journey towards full visible unity in Christ '' and works in areas of Faith and Order , Mission , Inter Faith , Church and Society , Racial Justice , International Affairs and International Students . It also produces material for the `` Week of Prayer for Christian Unity '' and `` Racial Justice Sunday '' . CTBI works closely with Action of Churches Together in Scotland , Churches Together in England , Cytûn ( Churches Together in Wales ) , and the Irish Council of Churches . CTBI , unlike its predecessor the British Council of Churches , includes the Catholic Church as full members , and includes Ireland .",
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"text": "Free Methodist Church in Canada The Free Methodist Church is a denomination of Methodism , which is a branch of Protestantism . It was founded in 1860 in New York by a group , led by B. T. Roberts , who was defrocked in the Methodist Episcopal Church for criticisms of the spiritual laxness of the church hierarchy . The Free Methodists are so named because they believed it was improper to charge for better seats in pews closer to the pulpit . They also opposed slavery and supported freedom for all slaves in the United States , while many Methodists in the South at that time did not actively oppose slavery . Beyond that , they advocated `` freedom '' from secret societies ( e.g. , Freemasons ) , which had allegedly undermined parts of the Methodist Episcopal Church .",
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"text": "Thomas (2001 film) Gli amici di Gesù - Tommaso is a 2001 Italian film directed by Raffaele Mertes and Elisabetta Marchetti , written by Gareth Jones . The cast includes Ricky Tognazzi as the apostle Thomas . It was later dubbed into English and included in the TNT Bible Collection series .",
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"text": "Film director A film director is a person who directs the making of a film . Generally , a film director controls a film 's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay ( or script ) while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision . The director has a key role in choosing the cast members , production design , and the creative aspects of filmmaking . Under European Union law , the director is viewed as the author of the film . The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized , or noticed . Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the boundaries of the film 's budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director . Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , film editors or actors . Other film directors have attended a film school . Directors use different approaches . Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue , while others control every aspect , and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely . Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners . Some directors edit or appear in their films , or compose the music score for their films .",
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"text": "The National Office for Black Catholics The National Office for Black Catholics ( NOBC ) was an organization of Black Catholics in the United States , headquartered in Washington , DC . Its mission was `` to make the Church relevant to the needs of the black community ; to assist generally in the black liberation movement ; to assist black Catholics in their efforts to become self-determining ; and to become an effective voice in the whole of Church government . '' NOBC was founded in 1970 , as an umbrella group for the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus ( NBCCC ) , the National Black Sisters Conference ( NBSC ) , and the National Black Lay Catholic Caucus ( NBLCC ) . However , tension over the mission and organizational structure of the organization led to the formal withdrawal of the NBSC and NBCCC from NOBC in the early 1980s . Funding for the NOBC came primarily from an annual collection taken at Catholic churches around the country , called `` Black Catholics Concerned . '' NOBC undertook a variety of programs in the 1970s and 1980s . Its major departments included the Office of Culture and Worship , Office of Evangelization , Department of Church Vocations , and Education Department . The organization 's work included promoting black clerical leadership , supporting the development of African-rooted liturgy and ministries , contributing to the revitalization of black parishes , and strengthening black Catholic education . The organization also worked with the American Catholic hierarchy to bring issues around race to the forefront and participated in the 1976 `` Call to Action '' conference held by the U.S. bishops . NOBC sponsored many conferences and events throughout the 1970s and 1980s . Among its most successful events was a regular conference on African American Culture and Worship ( AACW ) . Beginning in 1980 , it also hosted a biennial conference for the organization 's members . In 1988 and 1989 , NOBC and NBLCC hosted two Lay Leadership symposiums in Belleville , Illinois . The Office of Evangelization also sponsored revival events throughout the country . The NOBC 's publications included its newsletter , Impact ! , as well as Freeing the Spirit , a newsletter of the Office of Culture and Worship . Freeing the Spirit ceased publication in 1983 , but Impact ! continued sporadic publication through the 1980s . Executive directors of the NOBC included : Br . Joseph Davis , SM ( 1970-1977 ) , Fr . Cyprian Lamar Rowe , SSF ( 1978-1980 ) , James Henderson ( 1981-1987 ) , Penelope Taylor Powell ( 1978 -LSB- acting director -RSB- , 1987-1988 ) , and Walter Hubbard ( 1988-c . 2000 ) . Although the NOBC continued its activity through the 1990s and early 2000s , its level of activity seems to have decreased .",
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"text": "Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption was a legally recognized church in the United States , established by comedian and satirist John Oliver . Its purpose was to expose and ridicule televangelists like Robert Tilton and Creflo Dollar who preach the `` prosperity gospel '' as a way to defraud victims of their money , and to draw attention to the tax-exempt status given churches and charities with little government oversight . Oliver announced formation of his church on August 16 , 2015 , in a twenty-minute segment on his show Last Week Tonight . Oliver announced that the Church would be shutting down during his show on September 13 , 2015 . All donations were forwarded to Doctors Without Borders .",
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"text": "City Temple, London The City Temple is a Nonconformist church on Holborn Viaduct in London . It is the only English Free Church still worshipping in its own building every Sunday in the City of London . The current Minister is Rev Dr Rodney Woods . The church is part of the Thames North Synod of the United Reformed Church and is a member of the Evangelical Alliance . The City Temple is most famous as the preaching place of the 20th century liberal theologian Leslie Weatherhead . Other notable preachers have included R. J. Campbell , Joseph Fort Newton , Thomas Goodwin and Joseph Parker . The first church building on the present site was built in 1874 . The congregation was founded much earlier ; the traditional date is 1640 but some evidence suggests it was founded as early as the 1560s by the Puritans . Destroyed by bombing during the Second World War , it was rebuilt and reopened in 1958 .",
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"text": "National church This article discusses ` national churches ' in the ethnic sense . See state church for church organizations at a national level . For Catholic churches in Rome associated with various countries , see National churches in Rome . A national church is a Christian church associated with a specific ethnic group or nation state . The idea was notably discussed during the 19th century , during the emergence of modern nationalism . Samuel Taylor Coleridge , in a draft discussing the question of church and state around 1828 wrote that `` a National Church might exist , and has existed , without -LSB- Christianity -RSB- , because before the institution of the Christian Church - as -LSB- ... -RSB- the Levitical Church in the Hebrew Constitution , -LSB- and -RSB- the Druidical in the Celtic , would suffice to prove '' . John Wordsworth , Bishop of Salisbury , wrote about the National Church of Sweden in 1911 , interpreting the Church of Sweden and the Church of England as national churches of the Swedish and the English peoples , respectively . Lake ( 1987 ) traces the development of Presbyterianism in 16th-century England from the status of a `` godly minority '' which saw itself surrounded by the corrupt or hostile mass of the population , into a `` genuine national church '' . The concept of a national church remains alive in the Protestantism of England and Scandinavia in particular . While , in a context of England , the national church remains a common denominator for the Church of England , some of the Lutheran `` folk churches '' of Scandinavia , characterized as national churches in the ethnic sense as opposed to the idea of a state church , emerged in the second half of the 19th century following the lead of Grundtvig . However , in countries in which the state church ( also known as the established church ) has the following of the majority of citizens , the state church may also be the national church , and may be declared as such by the government e.g. Church of Denmark , Church of Greece , Church of Iceland .",
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"text": "Michael Church Michael Church is a Grenadian politician . He was the Minister of Trade and the Environment . He was demoted in November 2010 after a trip to Italy . He resigned after he boycotted his own swearing-in ceremony .",
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"text": "Church Growth Church Growth is a movement within evangelical Christianity which aims to develop methods to grow churches based on business marketing strategies . Various church leaders have proposed different ways to grow churches . One prominent example is the `` seeker-sensitive '' approach , which aims to make churches more accessible and sensitive to the needs of spiritual seekers .",
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"text": "Doubting Thomas A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience -- a reference to the Apostle Thomas , who refused to believe that the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles , until he could see and feel the wounds received by Jesus on the cross . In art , the episode ( formally called the Incredulity of Thomas ) has been frequently depicted since at least the 5th century , with its depiction reflecting a range of theological interpretations .",
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"text": "Polity of the Seventh-day Adventist Church The governance ( polity ) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is based on democratic representation , and therefore resembles the Presbyterian system of church organization . The organizational structure of the church consists of the following levels : The global church is called the `` General Conference '' , composed operatively of 13 `` Divisions '' . Each division is composed of `` Union Conferences '' and/or `` Union Missions '' ( 112 total ) . Union Conferences are self-supporting financially , while Union Missions are not . Each union conference is composed of -LSB- local -RSB- `` Conferences '' and/or `` Missions '' ( 572 total ) . Local Conferences are self-supporting financially , while Local Missions are not . Certain unions are composed of local congregations . They do not have local conferences/missions . Each local conference/mission is composed of local churches ( congregations ) . Often a number of local congregations are grouped operatively as a district , led by one senior pastor . In the United States , these numbers tend to be smaller ( 2-4 churches per district , perhaps ) , while in most of the worldwide church , the numbers tend to be larger ( 5 + per district and per pastor , sometimes as many as 15 or more ) . Each level of organization holds a `` general session '' at certain intervals , when elected representatives gather to vote on general decisions and church business . The president of the General Conference , for instance , is elected at the General Conference Session every five years . At the local churches , decisions are made by elected committees through vote of members . The day-to-day running of churches is governed by a church board formed by members of that church , together with the pastor of that congregation . In contrast to congregational polity , the conference corporation owns church property , employs and pays ministers , and receives tithes from members . In contrast to episcopal polity , the ministers or pastors are a single level of ordained clergy and there are no bishops ; elders and deacons are lay ministries . Moreover , it incorporates a hierarchical polity . A 2002 survey of Adventists worldwide showed three quarters `` affirm the structure , polity , and financial policies of the church . ''",
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"text": "It Takes a Church It Takes a Church is an American dating game show hosted by Natalie Grant and broadcast by Game Show Network . The show travels to multiple churches across the country looking for single members of congregations looking for a partner . The congregation of the church is primarily in charge of looking at potential daters and judging which one would be the best match . The first season , sponsored by Christian Mingle , began airing on June 5 , 2014 . The series was later renewed for a second season , which began airing March 26 , 2015 . The series received mixed reviews ; one critic gave the series an `` Amen ! '' while another argued the viewers should `` pass '' on watching it . Ratings for the first season provided 6 million total viewers for the eight episodes , while the second season saw a decline in the ratings .",
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"text": "Danny DeVito Daniel Michael DeVito , Jr. ( born November 17 , 1944 ) is an American actor , comedian , director and producer . He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series Taxi ( 1978 -- 1983 ) , which won him a Golden Globe and an Emmy . A major film star , he is known for his roles in Tin Men , Throw Momma from the Train , One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest , Ruthless People , Man on the Moon , Terms of Endearment , Romancing the Stone , Twins , Batman Returns , Look Who 's Talking Now , Big Fish , Other People 's Money , Get Shorty , Be Cool , and L.A. Confidential and for his voiceover in such films as Space Jam , Hercules and The Lorax . DeVito and Michael Shamberg founded Jersey Films . Soon afterwards , Stacey Sher became an equal partner . The production company is known for films such as Pulp Fiction , Garden State , and Freedom Writers . DeVito also owns Jersey Television , which produced the Comedy Central series Reno 911 ! . DeVito and wife Rhea Perlman starred together in his 1996 film Matilda , based on Roald Dahl 's children 's novel . DeVito was also one of the producers nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for Erin Brockovich . He currently stars as Frank Reynolds on the FX and FXX sitcom It 's Always Sunny in Philadelphia . He directs , produces and appears in graphic , short , horror films for his Internet venture The Blood Factory . DeVito 's short stature is the result of multiple epiphyseal dysplasia ( Fairbank 's disease ) , a rare genetic disorder that affects bone growth in those afflicted .",
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"text": "California Film Awards The California Film Awards is a film awards ceremony that offers awards in the categories of Best Picture , Actor , Actress , Cinematography , Directing , First-Time Directors , Editing , Screenplay , Animation , Art Design , Music Videos , Short Films , Experimental Films , Student Films , California Films , Foreign Films , Documentaries and Feature Narratives . Only independent films are eligible .",
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"text": "Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy The Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy has been awarded annually since 1952 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ( HFPA ) .",
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"text": "Academy Award for Best Animated Feature The Academy Awards are given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS or the Academy ) for the best films and achievements of the previous year . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films . An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters ' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique , a significant number of the major characters are animated , and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given for films made in 2001 . Through the 89th Academy Awards , presented in 2017 , Academy Award nominations in this category were made by the Academy 's animation section ; effective with the 2018 awards , all Academy members will be eligible to vote on nominations . The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award 's inception . If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category , the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films , which has happened six times , otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist . Additionally , eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated . Animated films can be nominated for other categories , but have rarely been so ; Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) was the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture . Up ( 2009 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees . Waltz with Bashir ( 2008 ) is the only animated film ever nominated for Best Foreign Language Film ( though it did not receive a nomination for Best Animated Feature ) . The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ) and Kubo and the Two Strings ( 2016 ) are the only two animated films to ever be nominated for Best Visual Effects .",
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"text": "BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language The BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . The award was first given at the 36th British Academy Film Awards , recognising the films of 1982 , and until 1990 was known as the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Film . Prior to this , films recorded in a language other than English were often recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best Film , known between 1949 and 1969 as Best Film from any Source . In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .",
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"text": "London International Awards The London International Awards , or LIA ( formerly known as London International Advertising Awards , LIAA ) , are a worldwide awards annually honoring `` pioneers , and embodiments of excellence '' in advertising , digital media , production , design , music & sound and branded entertainment . It was the first truly international advertising award of its kind to acknowledge all media and methods from all over the world to be judged by a diverse global jury .",
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"text": "Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film Every year since its inception , the Japanese Academy has recognized an outstanding foreign film . The year that any given film is nominated is not based on the film 's domestic release date but rather on the date it is released in Japan . As delays of over four months are not uncommon , many films are nominated in Japan the following year after their release to the Japanese market ( i.e. Million Dollar Baby won the American Academy Award for Best Picture for films made in 2004 , but the Japanese award , based on its localized release date , is for 2005 ) . In fact , not one of the five films nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture had been released in Japan by February 15 , 2008 , the date of the Japan Academy Prize Ceremony . Although the 2007 recipient of this award , Letters from Iwo Jima , a film almost entirely in Japanese , would not seem to meet the qualification of a `` Foreign Language Film '' , the actual Japanese title of the award , 最優秀外国作品賞 makes no mention of language . It would be more accurately translated as `` Best Foreign Production '' . 2017 - Sully The Martian Zootopia Star Wars : The Force Awakens The Revenant 2016 - American Sniper Kingsman : The Secret Service Mad Max : Fury Road Spectre Whiplash 2015 - Frozen Interstellar Jersey Boys Fury Godzilla 2014 - Les Misérables 3 Idiots Captain Phillips Django Unchained Gravity 2013 - The Intouchables Argo The Dark Knight Rises The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Skyfall 2012 - The King 's Speech Rise of the Planet of the Apes Moneyball The Social Network Black Swan 2011 - Avatar Inception Toy Story 3 Invictus The Hurt Locker 2010 - Gran Torino Slumdog Millionaire Changeling The Wrestler Red Cliff Part II 2009 - The Dark Knight The Bucket List No Country for Old Men Lust , Caution Red Cliff Part I 2008 - Letters from Iwo Jima Dreamgirls Babel Hairspray The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 - Flags of Our Fathers Crash Hotel Rwanda Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man 's Chest The Da Vinci Code 2006 - Million Dollar Baby Cinderella Man Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Phantom of the Opera Star Wars : Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith 2005 - The Last Samurai The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Mystic River Seabiscuit Troy 2004 - The Pianist Chicago The Hours The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers Yeopgijeogin geunyeo 2003 - Monster 's Ball Gangs of New York Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets I Am Sam The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring 2002 - Billy Elliot Artificial Intelligence : AI Chocolat Harry Potter and the Philosopher 's Stone Postmen in the Mountains 2001 - Dancer in the Dark American Beauty Gladiator The Green Mile Swiri 2000 - The Sixth Sense Elizabeth The Matrix Shakespeare in Love La Vita è bella 1999 - L.A. Confidential Armageddon As Good as It Gets Good Will Hunting Saving Private Ryan 1998 - Titanic The English Patient Shine Air Force One Seven Years in Tibet1997 - Il Postino Independence Day Mission : Impossible Se7en 12 Monkeys1996 - The Shawshank Redemption Apollo 13 The Bridges of Madison County Forrest Gump Léon 1995 - Schindler 's List The Piano Pulp Fiction Speed True Lies 1994 - Jurassic Park Cliffhanger The Fugitive Heaven & Earth Unforgiven 1993 - JFK The Lover Basic Instinct The Bodyguard A League of Their Own 1992 - Dances with Wolves Awakenings Nikita The Silence of the Lambs Terminator 2 : Judgment Day 1991 - Field of Dreams Die Hard 2 Ghost Cinema Paradiso Total Recall 1990 - Die Hard Black Rain Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Major League Rain Man 1989 - The Last Emperor Fatal Attraction Full Metal Jacket Moonstruck Wall Street 1988 - Platoon Hannah and Her Sisters Stand By Me Top Gun The Untouchables 1987 - Back to the Future Aliens A Chorus Line The Color Purple Out of Africa 1986 - Amadeus The Cotton Club The Killing Fields A Passage to India Witness 1985 - Once Upon a Time in America Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The Natural The Right Stuff Terms of Endearment 1984 - An Officer and a Gentleman The Woman Next DoorFlashdanceGandhiSophie 's Choice1983 - E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialDas BootChariots of FireOn Golden PondRocky III1982 - Die BlechtrommelBeing ThereThe Elephant ManOrdinary PeopleLes Uns et les Autres1981 - Kramer vs. KramerAll That JazzApocalypse NowManhattanTess1980 - The Deer HunterThe Tree of Wooden ClogsBig WednesdayThe ChampThe Travelling Players1979 - Conversation PieceClose Encounters of the Third KindThe Goodbye GirlStar Wars Episode IV : A New HopeThe Turning Point1978 - RockyThe Fire WithinNetworkSlap ShotVoyage of the Damned ''",
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"text": "David di Donatello for Best New Director The David di Donatello is a major Italian film award given by the Italian Film Academy .",
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"text": "List of Belgian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Belgium has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1967 . The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue . It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards , in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit , known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award , was created for non-English speaking films , and has been given annually since . Seven Belgian films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . Of these films , two have been directed by Gérard Corbiau : The Music Teacher and Farinelli . The five other Belgian directors to have films accepted as nominees are Jacques Boigelot , Stijn Coninx , Dominique Deruddere , Michaël R. Roskam and Felix Van Groeningen . Boigelot 's Peace in the Fields was accepted as a nominee at the 43rd Academy Awards , Stijn Coninx 's Daens was a nominee in 1993 , Deruddere 's Everybody 's Famous ! was a nominee at the 73rd Academy Awards , Roskam 's Bullhead for the 84th and Van Groeningen 's The Broken Circle Breakdown for the 86th .",
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"text": "ITFA Best Villain Award The ITFA Best Villain Award is given by the state government as part of its annual International Tamil Film Awards for Tamil ( Kollywood ) films .",
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"text": "Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts Each year since 1988 The Critics ' Circle has presented an award for Distinguished Service to the Arts , voted for by all members of the Circle , embracing Dance , Drama , Film , Music , Visual Arts and Architecture . This performing arts Award takes the form of an engraved crystal rose bowl , presented at a celebratory luncheon . The recipients were : 1988 Sir Peter Hall 1989 Dame Ninette de Valois 1990 Sir Michael Tippett 1991 Sir David Lean 1992 Sir John Mills 1993 Sir Peter Ustinov 1994 Sir John Drummond 1995 Sir Peter Wright 1996 Sir Richard Eyre 1997 Dame Judi Dench 1998 Sir Edward Downes 1999 Harold Pinter 2000 Dame Alicia Markova 2001 Paul Scofield 2002 Sir Alfred Brendel 2003 Sir Ian McKellen 2004 Mike Leigh 2005 Alan Bennett 2006 Dame Helen Mirren 2007 Sir Tom Stoppard 2008 Peter Brook 2009 Sir Alan Ayckbourn 2010 Ken Loach 2011 Stephen Sondheim 2013 Grayson Perry 2014 Sir Nicholas Hytner 2015 Dame Maggie Smith Category : Performing arts awards",
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"text": "Breakthrough Performance Award The Breakthrough Performance Award is presented by the Academy of Science Fiction , Fantasy and Horror Films , in conjunction with their annual Saturn Award ceremony .",
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"text": "BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards , representing the best films of 1947 , but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source . It is possible for films from any country to be nominated , although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and ( since 1983 ) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language . As such , there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories . There has been one tie for the Best Film award when , in 1962 , Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source . Until 1981 , the award was given to the director , except in 1976 and 1977 , when it was given to the producers . From 1981 to 1985 , it was given solely to the producers , and then in 1986 , it was shared between the Director and Producer . In 1998 , it was once again given to only the producers . In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .",
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"text": "Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association .",
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"text": "Filmfare Award for Best Special Effects The Filmfare Best Special Effects Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films . It was first given in the year 2007 where Five films Don - The Chase Begins Again , Dhoom 2 , Krrish , Rang De Basanti and Jaan-E-Mann were nominated .",
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"text": "AACTA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft The AACTA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft is a special discretionary award , presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ( AACTA ) for achievements in television screen crafts , in fields excluding acting , direction , producing and screenwriting . The award was presented by the Australian Film Institute ( AFI ) , from 2006 to 2010 , at the Australian Film Institute Awards ( known commonly as the AFI Awards ) . In the following tables , from 2000-2006 winners are listed first , in boldface and highlighted in gold ; those listed below the winner that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees ; from 2007 , onwards , the award was presented as a special award .",
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"text": "1959 FAMAS Awards The 7th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held on March 7 , 1959 for the Outstanding Achievements for the year 1958 . Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig under the Pacific Movie Productions won the most coveted FAMAS Award for Best Picture award . It also won the best director award , best screenplay , best editing , best cinematography and the best actor award for its lead star Pancho Magalona . On the other hand , Talipandas has the most nominations with 12 , winning only 1 for its lead star , screen legend Rita Gomez .",
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"text": "César Award for Best Original Screenplay The César Award for Best Original Screenplay ( César du meilleur scénario original ) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma . It was initially awarded from 1983 to 1985 , and then awarded again in 2006 , when the original category ( César Award for Best Writing ) was split into two awards , the other being César Award for Best Adaptation .",
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"text": "Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Chicago Film Critics Association .",
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"text": "Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing The Independent Spirit Award for Best Editing is one of the annual awards given by Independent Spirit Awards , a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers .",
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"text": "8th IIFA Awards The 2007 IIFA Awards , officially known as the 8th International Indian Film Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the International Indian Film Academy honoured the best films of 2006 and took place between June 7 -- 9 , 2007 . The official ceremony took place on June 9 , 2007 , at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield , England . During the ceremony , IIFA Awards were awarded in 29 competitive categories . The ceremony was televised in India and internationally on Star Plus . Actors Boman Irani and Lara Dutta co-hosted the ceremony for the first time . Some other salient events held during this weekend included the IIFA World Premiere , IIFA-BAFTA Film Workshop , FICCI-IIFA Global Business Forum and the IIFA Foundation Celebrity Charity Cricket Match . The tag line of the IIFA 2007 was IIFA 2007 : Yorkshire `` Love At First Sight '' . Rang De Basanti received twenty one nominations out of the total twenty nine and won eleven awards , two of which were popular awards : ( Best Picture , Best Performance In A Supporting Role Female ) Omkara and Lage Raho Munna Bhai won four awards each . Other multiple winners included Krrish with three awards and Dhoom 2 and Fanaa with two each . In addition movies receiving a single awards included , Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna for ( Best Performance In A Leading Role Female ) , Golmaal : Fun Unlimited for ( Best Performance In A Comic Role ) , 36 China Town for ( Male Debutant Star ) and Gangster for ( Female Debutant Star ) . Rajkumar Hirani and A. R. Rahman each won three awards in the event .",
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"text": "Page Hamilton Page Hamilton ( born May 18 , 1960 ) is an American guitarist , singer , songwriter and record producer , mostly noted for his work with alternative metal band Helmet . Most of his work has been in the hard rock and alternative metal styles , though he trained in jazz guitar and has substantial connections with avant-garde music and film soundtrack composition .",
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"text": "Hamilton Place Hamilton Place may refer to : Hamilton Place , London , a street with its origins in the 1660s Hamilton Place ( shopping mall ) , Chattanooga , Tennessee Hamilton Place Theatre , Hamilton , Ontario Hamilton Place ( Columbia , Tennessee ) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP ) Hamilton Place within Hamilton Place Historic District , St. Louis , Missouri , NRHP-listed Alexander Hamilton Place , Washington , DC , at the south facade of the U.S. Treasury Building",
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"text": "The Cat Concerto The Cat Concerto is a 1947 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the 29th Tom and Jerry short , released to theatres on April 26 , 1947 . It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera , with musical supervision by Scott Bradley , and animation by Kenneth Muse , Ed Barge and Irven Spence and additional animation by Richard Bickenbach ( uncredited ) . Following its release , it was met with critical acclaim , and is considered one of the best Tom and Jerry cartoons ever . It won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Short Subject : Cartoons . In 1994 it was voted # 42 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field . The short won the duo their fourth consecutive Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film . The short also appears in Empire Magazine 's The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time list as the number 434 .",
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"text": "Hamilton's Pharmacopeia Hamilton 's Pharmacopeia is a Vice series featuring Hamilton Morris .",
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"text": "Bad Kitty (series) Bad Kitty is a series of American children 's books by Nick Bruel , about a housecat named Kitty , who often wreaks havoc about her owner 's home . The first book , Bad Kitty , was a picture book , published in 2005 , and featured Kitty encountering foods and doing activities categorized by the alphabet . It was followed by Poor Puppy , which deals with Kitty 's housemate , Puppy . Bruel also created chapter books including Bad Kitty Gets a Bath , Happy Birthday , Bad Kitty , Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray : The Uproar at the Front Door , Bad Kitty Meets the Baby and Bad Kitty for President . The chapter books feature tips on caring for cats . In late 2011 , Bruel published A Bad Kitty Christmas as a picture book . The series won a Wyoming Buckaroo Book Award .",
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"text": "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back The Cat in the Hat Comes Back is a children 's book written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House in 1958 . The book is a sequel to The Cat in the Hat .",
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"text": "Professor Hamilton Professor Emil Hamilton is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by DC Comics , usually as a supporting character in stories featuring Superman .",
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"text": "Peter Hamilton Peter Hamilton may refer to :",
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"text": "The Adventures of Superman (novel) The Adventures of Superman is a novel by George Lowther . It was first published in 1942 with illustrations by Joe Shuster , the co-creator of Superman . A facsimile edition was released in 1995 by Applewood Books , with a new introduction by Roger Stern . This book is the first novelization of a comic book character , and also the first Superman story credited to someone other than Jerry Siegel . It was Lowther who first provided many now-familiar details of Superman 's birth and early life . The first two chapters provided the first detailed description of the planet Krypton , and renamed Kal-El 's parents Jor-El and Lara who previously had been named Jor-L and Lora . The next three chapters dealt with Clark Kent 's childhood on the farm of his adoptive parents , Eben and Sarah Kent . ( In the comics , the Kents suffered through many name changes before settling on Jonathan and Martha in 1952 . ) In the sixth chapter , Clark arrived in Metropolis and got a job with the Daily Planet , while the remaining eleven chapters deal with a mystery involving ghost ships and Nazi spies . The book is illustrated with four full-page color illustrations , six full-page black-and-white illustrations , and numerous sketches , all examples of Joe Shuster 's work . Category :1942 American novels Category : Superman novels Category :1940 s fantasy novels",
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"text": "When the Cat's Away When the Cat 's Away may refer to : When the Cat 's Away ( 1929 film ) , a Mickey Mouse short cartoon When the Cat 's Away ( 1996 film ) , a French drama directed by Cédric Klapisch When the Cat 's Away ( band ) , a New Zealand female vocal group . When the Cat 's Away ( album ) , a live album from When the Cat 's Away ( band ) ( 1987 ) `` When the Cat 's Away '' ( The Brothers Garcia ) , an episode of The Brothers Garcia `` When the Cat 's Away '' ( Desmond 's ) , an episode of Desmond 's `` When the Cat 's Away '' ( Romeo ! ) , an episode of Romeo ! When the Cat 's Away , an unproduced screenplay co-written by Cara Buono",
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"text": "Page Two Page Two or Page 2 may refer to : Page Two , album by Page Cavanaugh 1993 Page Two , album by Peter Beets and New York Trio 2003 Page Two -- Sings a Collection of Her Most Famous Songs , LP by Patti Page Page Two ( EP ) , EP by Korean girl group Twice 2016 Page Two : Ten years of `` News and views '' , by rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Holy Blossom Temple 1971",
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"text": "John R. Hamilton (architect) John R. Hamilton was an English architect who moved to Cincinnati , Ohio . In England Hamilton designed the Lincoln and Worcester Insane Asylums ; the Birmingham , Plymouth , and Leicester Cemeteries ; and churches in London and Oxford ( according to an affidavit ) . He is believed to have come to the U.S. in approximately 1850 and to Cincinnati in approximately 1852 . According to the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati 's Biographical Dictionary of Cincinnati Architects : `` relatively little is known about Hamilton 's American career , but he seems to have been a fine designer , willing to explore new technology , and with a significant influence through his pupils on later 19th-century Cincinnati-area architecture . '' He is listed on his own in 1853-1855 , with Rankin , 1856 -- 1857 , and with James W. McLaughlin in 1857-1858 . Prominent Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford , born in England and brought to the Cincinnati area as a child , got his start in Hamilton 's office in 1857 . Hamilton won a silver medal at the Ohio Mechanics ' Institute for his ` Paintings , Lithographic , Architectural , and other Drawings . ' He may have been in New York City at 36 Wall Street by 1859 ( or 1858 , according to Haverstock ) , and was `` made a Fellow of the fledgling American Institute of Architects in 1860 . '' According to Haverstock , page 369 , `` he served during the Civil War as special artist for Harper 's Weekly , traveling as far south as Port Hudson , Louisiana , '' and was in Richmond , Virginia , from about 1864 to 1866 . Hamilton was an early member of the Literary Club of Cincinnati ( 1857 ) . In 1854 Hamilton won a design competition for the Henry Clay Monument in the Lexington , Kentucky Cemetery , a Gothic dome `` constructed entirely and innovatively of cast-iron '' , but it was not built and a `` more conventional ( if provincial ) column , raised on an Egyptoid mausoleum base , supported a statue of Clay . '' The Horticultural Review and Botanical Magazine ( published in Cincinnati by H.W. Derby -LSB- a Hamilton & Rankin client -RSB- and edited by John Aston Warder and James W. Ward ) published Hamilton 's Charles Anderson House ( later Broadwell House ) at SEC Fifth and Pike streets in downtown Cincinnati , and ran a series of signed articles on architecture by Hamilton . The article about `` rural architecture '' are `` perhaps '' the earliest known architectural writings by a Cincinnati-based architect , announced by the publication 's editor in the first issue of the volume , IV , 1 ( 1/1854 ) , 47 .",
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"text": "Year of the Cat Year of the Cat is the seventh studio album by Al Stewart , released in 1976 and was produced and engineered by Alan Parsons ; it is considered his masterpiece , its sales helped by the hit single `` Year of the Cat '' , `` one of those ` mysterious woman ' songs , '' co-written by Peter Wood . The other single from the album was `` On the Border '' . Stewart wrote `` Lord Grenville '' about the Elizabethan sailor and explorer Sir Richard Grenville ( 1542 -- 1591 ) . Stewart had all of the music and orchestration written and completely recorded before he even had a title for any of the songs . In a Canadian radio interview he stated that he has done this for six of his albums , and he often writes four different sets of lyrics for each song . The title track derives from a song Stewart wrote in 1966 called `` Foot of the Stage '' with prescient lyrics about Tony Hancock , one of Britain 's favourite comedians who tragically committed suicide two years later . When Stewart discovered that Hancock was not well known in the United States , he went back to his original title `` Year of the Cat '' . While Stewart is known for his guitar virtuosity , the song is recognized for producing amazing interplay of multiple guitars , piano , saxophone , violin and drums .",
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"text": "Year of the Cat (song) `` Year of the Cat '' is a single by singer-songwriter Al Stewart , released in July 1976 . The song is the title track of his 1976 album Year of the Cat , and was recorded at Abbey Road Studios , London in January 1976 by engineer Alan Parsons . The song reached # 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1977 . Although Stewart 's highest charting single on that chart was 1978 's `` Time Passages '' , `` Year of the Cat '' has remained Stewart 's signature recording , receiving regular airplay on both classic rock and folk rock stations .",
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"text": "John Hamilton (Kansas) John Daniel Miller Hamilton ( c. 1892 -- September 24 , 1973 ) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Kansas . Hamilton was raised in Topeka , Kansas , where his father was general counsel of the Atchison , Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad . Upon graduation from preparatory school in 1913 , he stopped in Chicago to see his father 's friend , Dean Wigmore , who promptly invited him to enroll in Northwestern University Law School . Hamilton went on to become Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 1927 Session and 1928 Special Session . He lost the Republican Governor primary election to Clyde Reed in 1928 . In the 1930 Republican Governor primary he was the campaign manager for Frank Hauke who defeated incumbent Governor Clyde Reed , but lost in the general election . As Hauke 's campaign manager , Hamilton was also made Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party from 1930 to 1932 , In November 1932 , following the death of Kansas Republican National Committeeman David Mulvane , Governor Alf Landon had Hamilton elected as the new Kansas Republican National Committeeman for Kansas , a role he filled from 1932 to 1940 . In 1936 , following the nomination of then-Governor Alf Landon to run against President Franklin D. Roosevelt , Mr. Hamilton was appointed chairman of the Republican National Committee . His picture was on Time 's cover on September 23 , 1936 . Landon lost the election in a landslide , but Mr. Hamilton continued as chairman of the Republican National Committee until 1940 , due in large part to the considerable help of a freshman Illinois congressman , Everett Dirksen , whose eloquent support turned back several efforts to replace Mr. Hamilton . Mr. Hamilton personally visited 3,000 GOP county chairmen during his four-year term , and , in the process , eliminated the huge Landon campaign debt . Mr. Hamilton presided at the 1940 Republican National Convention that nominated Wendell Willkie to run against Roosevelt . When , according to well-established custom , Willkie picked his own national party chairman , Mr. Hamilton retired from active politics . In 1940 , Hamilton at the age of 48 resigned from the RNC and two days later married Jane Kendall Mason , 30 , who a month earlier divorced George Grant Mason Jr. , member of the Civil Aeronautics Board in Tampa , Florida . According to former first lady Grace Coolidge , Jane Kendall was `` the most beautiful debutante who ever entered the White House '' . At the urging of members of Philadelphia 's Pew family , he came to Philadelphia , rather than return to Kansas , and joined the Pepper firm . Even in private practice , he remained an active and shrewd observer of the political scene . He was a consummate raconteur of political stories , and in the days before timesheets , partners and associates drifted into his office for impromptu gatherings where they heard Hamilton tell tales of political lore . Hamilton received national and international attention in 1950 , when he was appointed to represent Harry Gold , a Philadelphia chemist and confessed courier in the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg network that passed atomic secrets to the Soviet Union . In 1955 he became chairman of the Pepper Law Firm and resigned the position in 1964 .",
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"text": "Pages (word processor) Pages is a word processor developed by Apple Inc. . It is part of the iWork productivity suite and runs on the macOS and iOS operating systems . The first version of Pages was announced on January 11 , 2005 , and was released one month later . The most recent Macintosh version , Pages 6.1.1 , was last updated on April 25 , 2017 . Pages is marketed by Apple as an easy-to-use application that allows users to quickly create documents on their devices . A number of Apple-designed templates comprising different themes ( such as letters , résumés , posters , and outlines ) , are included with Pages . Many advanced features that were available in version 4.3 , including mail merge , bookmarks , text box linking , advanced find/replace , alternating left-right margins ( along with alternating left-right headers and footers ) , 2-up `` page spread '' viewing , non-contiguous text selection , and robust Applescript support were not included in version 5 . Also , many of the templates available in version 4.3 have been removed in version 5 , but some templates can be found on other locations . For instance , there 's a free screenplay template for Apple Pages which has been compiled according to Final Draft 's Cole & Haag standard . See external link below .",
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"text": "Cat Bauer Catherine `` Cat '' Bauer ( born July 27 , 1955 in Greenville , South Carolina ) is the award-winning author of contemporary novels featuring the young protagonist , Harley Columba , and is known for her unique and honest voice . Publishers Weekly said , `` Bauer creates a witty and resilient narrator in ... Harley Columba ... Readers will be rooting for this sympathetic heroine . '' In the Thomson Gale biography , the authors noted that : `` Readers and reviewers often found the strength of Bauer 's novel in the authentic voice of its heroine , Harley . Patricia Morrow , for example , in Voice of Youth Advocates ( VOYA ) , remarked that ` Harley 's voice is true to the experience of many young people , ' and that ` Although the outcomes are not unexpected , they do not follow any formulas . ' '' Bauer is the oldest of five children . She was born on an Air Force Base where her father was stationed in Greenville , South Carolina . According to family lore , she was struck by ball lightning while sleeping in her bassinet during a thunderstorm . She spent the first five years of her life in Kearney , New Jersey in the same three-family house as her paternal grandparents , and her summers at the Bauer family property on Bodin Lake in Upstate New York . Her grandfather was the foreman of Kearfott , where her father was also an engineer . When she was nearly five years old , her grandparents relocated to Montreat , North Carolina , while her immediate family moved to Pompton Lakes , New Jersey , a small , suburban town in North Jersey which Bauer has fictionalized in her novels as `` Lenape Lakes '' -- `` only forty-five minutes outside of New York City , if there 's no traffic , although it may as well be four zillion light-years away since no one from here ever goes there . '' Bauer learned to read and use the slide rule before she went to kindergarten , and began writing books at the age of six . She showed musical ability at a young age , and played the clarinet , piano , violin and guitar , and was also active in the theater . Bauer graduated with honors from Pompton Lakes High School in 1973 . After a brief marriage to her high school sweetheart , she moved to the West Village in New York City , and studied acting with Stella Adler and the National Shakespeare Conservatory . She later moved to Los Angeles , California to pursue an acting career , and was active in the LA theater scene as both an actress and a playwright , co-authoring and performing in the cult hit , `` Peacocks . '' She was a close friend and student of the late Don Richardson , whose former students also included Grace Kelly and Anne Bancroft . Bauer assisted Mr. Richardson with his book `` Acting Without Agony , '' and it was in his workshop that she met her future husband , television director , James Quinn , noted for one-hour episode shows such as Law & Order . During this period , Bauer lived in the hills of Los Feliz . In July , 1993 , Sassy published her first short story , Run Away , which was the inspiration for her first novel , Harley , Like a Person . Under the working title of `` Zee , '' that effort was the recipient of the very first Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award given by the Society of Children 's Book Writers and Illustrators ( SCBWI ) . Selected from manuscripts submitted for individual critique at the SCBWI Annual Conference in Los Angeles , the award is given to the manuscript deemed most promising for publication . Another in the list of `` firsts , '' Bauer 's winning entry was critiqued by Walter Dean Myers , the first-ever Michael L. Printz Award winner , a prize which recognizes excellence in young adult literature . Bauer later changed the title of her first novel to Harley , Like a Person , which was originally published in 2000 by Winslow Press , a boutique publisher that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002 . John Lennon 's life and work were major influences on Bauer , and her novels are peppered with references to the former Beatle . For example , Harley Columba was born on the anniversary of John Lennon 's death , December 8 , while her parents were attending a memorial concert in his honor . In 2004 , Holly Bolstad of White Bear Lake , Minnesota , won her state Level I Letters About Literature competition , a national reading-writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress , together with Target Stores , by writing to Cat Bauer about how Harley , Like a Person had affected her life . To enter , readers write a personal letter to an author , living or dead , from any genre -- fiction or nonfiction , contemporary or classic , explaining how that author 's work changed the student 's way of thinking about the world or themselves . In April 1998 , Bauer moved to Venice , Italy , where she lives today on the Grand Canal . She is presently divorced . Bauer was also a regular contributor to International Herald Tribune 's Italian supplement , Italy Daily , writing about the art , culture and architecture of Venice . Her popular blog , Venetian Cat - Venice Blog has been featured in the Financial Times Arts & Weekend Magazine . On May 27 , 2004 the Honorable Prudence Carter Beatty signed an Order reverting all rights to Harley , Like a Person to Bauer . That book was republished in a slightly different form in 2007 by Alfred A. Knopf , a division of Random House , Inc. , New York , together with a companion novel entitled , Harley 's Ninth , which takes place all on one day , October 9 , John Lennon 's birthday . AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS for HARLEY , LIKE A PERSON Booklist Top Ten Youth First Novel American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults Two-time Winner American Library Association YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults American Library Association YALSA Quick Pick New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age Bookreporter Top Ten Teen First Novel Book of the Year - First Place YA Fiction - ForeWord Magazine Oregon Young Adult Network Book Rave BookSense 76 Pick teenreads.com Top 10 Teen Book Teen People Book Club Selection CosmoGirl Book Club Selection Selected Adoption-Related Book No . American Council on Adoptable Children Awareness Guide Winner - SCBWI Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award Novels Harley , Like a Person Harley 's Ninth Collections Sixteen - Stories About that Sweet and Bitter Birthday , edited by Megan McCafferty Lines in the Sand , New Writing on War and Peace Time Out Venice : Verona , Treviso and the Veneto Time Out Guides",
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"text": "Edward Page Mitchell Edward Page Mitchell ( 1852 -- 1927 ) was an American editorial and short story writer for The Sun , a daily newspaper in New York City . He became that newspaper 's editor in 1897 , succeeding Charles Anderson Dana . Mitchell was recognized as a major figure in the early development of the science fiction genre . Mitchell wrote fiction about a man rendered invisible by scientific means ( `` The Crystal Man '' , published in 1881 ) before H.G. Wells 's The Invisible Man , wrote about a time-travel machine ( `` The Clock that Went Backward '' ) before Wells 's The Time Machine , wrote about faster-than-light travel ( `` The Tachypomp '' ; now perhaps his best-known work ) in 1874 , a thinking computer and a cyborg in 1879 ( `` The Ablest Man in the World '' ) , and also wrote the earliest known stories about matter transmission or teleportation ( `` The Man without a Body '' , 1877 ) and a superior mutant ( `` Old Squids and Little Speller '' ) . `` Exchanging Their Souls '' ( 1877 ) is one of the earliest fictional accounts of mind transfer . Mitchell retired in 1926 , a year before dying of a cerebral hemorrhage . The gradual rediscovery of Mitchell and his work is a direct result of the publication in 1973 of a book-length anthology of his stories , compiled by Sam Moskowitz with a detailed introduction by Moskowitz giving much information about Mitchell 's personal life . Because Mitchell 's stories were not by-lined on original publication , nor indexed , Moskowitz expended major effort to track down and collect these works by an author whom Moskowitz cited as `` the lost giant of American science fiction '' . Mitchell 's stories show the strong influence of Edgar Allan Poe . Among other traits , Mitchell shares Poe 's habit of giving a basically serious and dignified fictional character a humorous name , such as `` Professor Dummkopf '' in Mitchell 's `` The Man Without a Body '' . Since Mitchell 's fictions were originally published in newspapers , typeset in the same format as news articles and not identified as fiction , he may possibly have used this device to signal to his readers that this text should not be taken seriously .",
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"text": "Front page The front page is the first page of a publication . Front Page or The Front Page may refer to : Entertainment : The Front Page , a 1928 Broadway comedy written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur , and its adaptations : The Front Page ( 1931 film ) , starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien The Front Page ( 1974 film ) , directed by Billy Wilder , starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau The Front Page ( TV series ) , an American series that aired in 1949 Front Page ( film ) , a 1990 Hong Kong film starring Michael Hui Frontpage ( TV series ) , a 2008 Malaysian drama series `` The Front Page '' ( Diff ` rent Strokes ) , the final episode of the sitcom Diff ` rent Strokes Front Page , a 2003 jazz album by Biréli Lagrène , Dominique Di Piazza , and Dennis Chambers Media : FrontPage Magazine , an online political magazine , sometimes known as The Front Page Front Page ( newsmagazine ) , a short-lived newsmagazine TV show that aired in 1993 Frontpage : Ulat ni Mel Tiangco , a Philippine news bulletin Front Page ( New Zealand company ) , a news and political media company Other uses : Microsoft FrontPage , discontinued Web site software",
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"text": "Ted Page Ted Page is a former defensive back in the Canadian Football League who played on two Grey Cup winning teams . A North Bay , Ontario native , Page started his career with the Montreal Alouettes , playing 38 regular season games . He next moved to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats , where he won 2 Grey Cups in 6 years , and finished his football career with the Edmonton Eskimos in 1971 . He was mostly adept as a defensive back , intercepting a career-high of 4 balls with the Tiger Cats in 1965 and 1969 , but was also used as a punt returner and a kick returner , scoring one touchdown as the latter in 1964 .",
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"text": "Kathy Hamilton Kathy Hamilton is an Illinois elected official who serves as the chairwoman of the Board of Trustees at the College of DuPage , a community college in the Chicago suburbs . She was chosen as chairwoman after the election of three `` clean slate '' candidates backed by Hamilton in April 2015 . Hamilton is a registered CPA and holds a BA and an MBA in finance . Her term as a trustee of the college has been marked with controversy for her , the college and the college 's top administrators . When the administration came under media scrutiny in 2014 for a number of incidents related to its spending practices , Hamilton made national headlines for trying to make public the details of the college 's spending . She opposed a tuition hike ; spoke out against the college 's attempt to get a $ 20 million grant from the state ; pushed for transparency following the exposure of the college president spending college funds on personal items ; and openly criticized the college 's spending and accounting practices . Following these events , she was formally censured by the college 's board of trustees . Following her censure , local and national media outlets published stories supporting Hamilton and chastising the college . The Chicago Tribune criticized the college president 's actions and the board 's censure of Hamilton . Forbes magazine praised her efforts to require public transparency of the college 's finances . The Washington Times gave the college its Golden Hammer Award , which the newspapers uses to spotlight waste , fraud and abuse in government . Subsequent to the Hamilton 's censure , she continued her public efforts to implement fiscal responsibility and was the only member of the board to vote against a taxpayer-funded $ 760,000 early retirement buyout of the college president 's contract . The buyout also became a widely covered event in the media and invoked negative reactions from the local community and several Illinois state legislators .",
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"text": "Kurupt Ricardo Emmanuel Brown ( born November 23 , 1972 ) , better known by his stage name Kurupt , is an American rapper , actor and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records . He is a member of the rap group Tha Dogg Pound , and is mostly known for his work with Death Row Records . He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroup The HRSMN .",
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"text": "Radio personality A radio personality ( American English ) or radio presenter ( British English ) , commonly referred to as a `` Disc Jockey '' or `` DJ '' for short , is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting . A radio personality that hosts a radio show is also known as a radio host , and in India and Pakistan as a radio jockey . Radio personalities who introduce and play individual selections of recorded music are known as disc jockeys . The term has evolved to also describe a person who mixes a continuous flow of recorded music in real time . Broadcast radio personalities may include talk radio hosts , AM/FM radio show hosts , and satellite radio program hosts . Notable radio personalities include pop music radio hosts Martin Block , Alan Freed , Dick Clark , Delilah Luke , Wolfman Jack , and Casey Kasem , shock jocks such as Don Imus and Howard Stern , also Ameen Sayani of India , as well as sports talk hosts such as Mike Francesa and political talk hosts such as Rush Limbaugh .",
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"text": "Abhijeet Abhijeet is a male name common in the Indian subcontinent . The meaning of Abhijeet is `` victorious '' or `` conqueror '' in the Sanskrit language . Alternative transliterations include Abhijit and Abhijith . Abhijeet is the Sanskrit name for Vega , the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra . It also refers to a period of 48 minutes centered on solar noon which is considered a good time ( Muhurat ) to start any task . Notable people with the name include : Abhijeet Bhattacharya , Indian playback singer best known by his first name Abhijit Pohankar , Indian classical keyboardist and fusion music producer Abhijeet Kosambi ( born 1982 ) , classical singer and winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - Maharashtra cha Maha Gayak Abhijeet Sawant ( born 1981 ) , singer and winner of Indian Idol Abhijeet Gupta ( born 1989 ) , chess grandmaster Abhijit Das ( born 1969 ) , Indian political leader & social activist",
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"text": "Kuchen Kuchen ( -LSB- ˈkuːxən -RSB- ) , the German word for cake , is used in other languages as the name for several different types of savory or sweet desserts , pastries , and gateaux . Most Kuchen have eggs and flour as common ingredients while also , but not always , including some form of sweetener and/or fat . In Germany it is a common tradition to invite friends over to one 's house or to a cafe between noon and evening to drink coffee and eat Kuchen ( `` Kaffee und Kuchen '' ) . The term itself may cover as many distinct desserts as its English counterpart `` cake '' . However , the word `` cake '' covers both Kuchen and Torte , sometimes confused with one another . The key difference being that a Torte is a Kuchen that is decorated or layered with cream , frosting , ganache , or fruit based filling after baking . A Kuchen is typically less decorative or fancy in nature . Examples of a Torte made from a base Kuchen include the Jewish Palacsinken Torte and Mohn Torte ( or Kindli ) .",
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"text": "Theatrical jousting Coined in the late 20th century by American stunt performer Kent Shelton , the term theatrical jousting refers to a form of live entertainment in which a medieval jousting tournament is recreated in conjunction with a scripted performance . Alternative terms are `` jousting reenactment '' or `` choreographed jousting '' . The Hanlon-Lees Action Theater is credited with developing the theatrical joust format in 1979 ; its first appearance was at the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo , New York . This type of performance has become very popular at various renaissance fairs by the early 2000s . Typically a three-act affair , the theatrical joust consists of a display of skill ; a mock battle which results in a verbal challenge ; an armed joust on horseback , often `` to the death . '' A variety of colorful characters , either villainous or heroic , give the audience ( which is usually divided into sectors based upon the number of `` knights '' ) a particular person to root for or against . As the show must be repeated on a daily or weekly basis , all fights are carefully choreographed and rehearsed . Horses must be trained to withstand such peculiarities as the clatter of steel weaponry , the occurrence of a rider being knocked from the saddle , and the roar of large crowds . Special makeup and/or property effects are often incorporated into the performance to provide the illusion of violent death or shattering equipment .",
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"text": "Tushite svet Tushite svet ! ( Тушите свет ! `` turn off the light ! '' ) was a Russian satirical television program , broadcast from 31 July 2000 to 21 June 2003 . In 2002 , the program won the TEFI award for the best entertainment program . The program is based on two cartoon characters of the Soviet era ( 1970s ) , a piglet and a baby rabbit , Khryusha and Stepashka from Spokoynoy nochi , malyshi ! , but now grown to adulthood and known as Khryun Morzhov ( Хрюн Моржов , allusion to a `` mat '' expression ) and Stepan Kapusta ( Степан Капуста `` Stephen Cabbage '' ) . The original puppets were replaced by computer animated cartoons . The main characters form a contrasting double act , Stepan is the cultivated intellectual , while Khryun is a lower-class or rustic type with an aphoristic mode of expression ( his catchphrase expressing approval , '' Мощно задвинул ! Внушаить '' , became widely popular ) . Initially , the program was broadcast on NTV , and hosted by Leo Novozhenov . It later switched to TNT , TV-6 and TVS , with various hosts . After TVS was shut down in 2003 , a second version of the program was started on NTV , called Red Arrow , running until July 2004 . After the end of the program , the two characters continued to appear in Novaya Gazeta and Echo of Moscow .",
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"text": "Gut (ritual) Gut or kut , also spelled goot , is the ritual performed by Korean mu ( shamans ) in the tradition of Sinism ( or Muism ) , involving offerings a sacrifices to the gods and ancestor worship , rhythmic movements , songs , oracles and prayers . The main varieties of the gut are naerim-gut , dodang-gut and ssitgim-gut . These rites are meant to create welfare , promoting commitment between the spiritual and the mundane world . Through singing and dancing the mu begs the gods to intervene in the fortunes of men . The shaman wears a very colourful costume and normally speaks in ecstasy . During a gut a shaman changes his or her costume several times . Gut are performed through a number of ceremonial phases , gori .",
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"text": "Mimicry Srinivos Mimicry Srinivos is an international impressionist ( entertainment ) , ventriloquist and very first sound illusionist from India . For past 37 years he performed more than 6500 shows all over India and around the world , including US , UK , UAE , Singapore , Malaysia , Sharjah , Bahrain , Kuwait , Tanzania , Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka . He is a disciple of world-renowned mimic Padmashri Dr. Nerella Venumadhav and learnt ventriloquism from Prof. M.M. Roy of Chennai , India and later he graduated in ventriloquism from Mahers institute of ventriloquists , Colorado , US . He is a member of '' North American Association of Ventriloquists '' . He is also known as `` mimikry srinivas , '' Mimicry sreenivas , `` mimicry srinivas '' `` Mimicry Seenu '' and `` Mimicry Srinivos '' . This year , 2013 Education department of previous combined Andhra Pradesh state ( India ) included Srinivos story in class 8th physics lesson in the chapter '' Sound '' .",
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"text": "Kuchaman City Kuchaman City -LCB- Hindi : कुचामन सिटी -RCB- is a second largest city and a municipality in Nagaur district after Nagaur City in the Indian state of Rajasthan . The city includes a few Havelis in the Shekhawati style and a fort overlooking the city . The fort is about 1100 years old and was built in the 9th century , by the -LSB- Rathore -RSB- ruler , Zalim Singh . One can also find fresco painting there on variable subjects such as flowers , motifs , and Hindu mythology . Kuchaman is also known for its hospitality called ` mehmaan nawazi ' . In 950 , the Chauhans of Ajmer drove out the Gurjar Pratihars to open a new chapter in the history of Kuchaman Fort . In the following centuries , the Gaurs won and controlled the fort until they surrendered it to the Rathores . Being Suryavanshi Kshatriyas , who trace their lineage back to Lord Rama , the hero of the epic Ramayana , the Rathores brought to the fort their long view . In 470 AD with Nayal Pals conquest of Kanauj , near modern Kanpur in U.P. The fort is a major tourist attraction and is also part of the route of Palace on Wheels . A few havelis have also opened their doors to the foreign guests , who visit during the winter . In 2006 , part of the Bollywood movie Drona , starring Abhishek Bachchan was shot at Kuchaman Fort . In 2008 , part of the movie Jodha-Akbar starring Hrithik Roshan and Ashwarya Rai was shot at Kuchaman Fort .",
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"text": "Professional performances Professional performances , as opposed to amateur performances , are those in which performers receive payment for their performances . Professional performances are engaged in creative and intellectually challenging work . A professional actor is someone who derives income by participating in professional performances . A professional theatre company auditions actors to perform in their professional theatre . The company sells tickets ; actors receive payment for their performances . This is the same for musicians , dancers , comedians . Also see : professional sports . A professional performer is a person in a profession that requires certain types of skilled work requiring formal training or education . In western nations , such as the United States , the term commonly describes highly educated , salaried workers , who enjoy considerable work autonomy , economic security , a comfortable salary , and are commonly engaged in creative and intellectually challenging work . A professional athlete is someone who derives income by participating in competitive sports . Sometimes also called `` commercial grade '' .",
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"text": "Streetlights (Kurupt album) Streetlights is the sixth studio album by American rapper Kurupt , it was released on April 20 , 2010 .",
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"text": "Ubhayābhisārika Ubhayābhisārika is a Sanskrit single-player satirical play formatted as a monologue . It was written by Vararuchi , who is thought to have lived in the Gupta period The literal meaning of the title is `` Both Go to Meet '' or `` The Two Have a Tryst '' . However , `` abhisārika '' usually refers to a courtesan or prostitute . The only character in the play is Vita , which , loosely translated , means a lecher or a satyr . Vita knows all the courtesans of the city ( Kusumapura , a part of Pataliputra or the modern Patna ) by their name , ancestry and their partners in sexual congress . Besides the courtesans , a remarkable character is a eunuch who is portrayed as being as seductive as any courtesan . The play is a good example of the social life of the upper class of medieval India . In particular , it reveals the epicurean lifestyles of the rich and powerful , the considerable sexual freedom enjoyed by courtesans , and the avaricious nature of their mothers who were once courtesans themselves .",
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"text": "Terukkuttu Terukkuttu is a Tamil street theatre form practised in Tamil Nadu state of India and Tamil-speaking regions of Sri Lanka . Terukuttu is a form of entertainment , a ritual , and a medium of social instruction . The terukkuttu plays various themes . One theme is from the Tamil language versions of the Hindu epic Mahabharata , focusing on the character Draupadi . The terms Terukkuttu and Kattaikkuttu are often used interchangeably in the modern times ; however , historically the two terms appear to have distinguished , at least in certain villages , between two different kinds of performance : while Terukkuttu referred to mobile performances in a procession , Kattaikkuttu denotes overnight , narrative performances at a fixed performance space .",
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"text": "Entertainer of the Year Entertainer of the Year is the twenty-first studio album by American country music singer-songwriter , Loretta Lynn . It was released on February 26 , 1973 , by MCA Records . Entertainer of the Year was titled after Lynn received the `` Entertainer of the Year '' award from the Country Music Association the previous year , becoming the first woman to win that award . The one and only single from the album was released in late 1972 , `` Rated X '' . The song was a self-penned song by Lynn and peaked at # 1 on the Billboard country chart in 1973 , her first # 1 hit since 1971 , and became also one of her more controversial songs , describing the double-standard frequently endured by divorced women at the time . The album was Lynn 's first studio album of 1973 , and Lynn would end up releasing an additional two for the year . The album was very successful on the Billboard album charts , peaking at # 1 on the Top Country Albums chart , and did not chart on the Billboard 200 . The album became Lynn 's fourth album to top the Top Country Albums chart . The album was Lynn 's first released on the MCA Records label , after the Decca label was retired by the company .",
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"text": "Kà Kà is a show by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas , Nevada . Kà describes the story as `` the coming of age of a young man and a young woman through their encounters with love , conflict and the duality of Kà , the fire that can unite or separate , destroy or illuminate . '' In its review , the Los Angeles Times stated it `` may well be the most lavish production in the history of Western theater . It is surely the most technologically advanced . '' The New York Times highly praised all the technical aspects and costumes , but felt that it did not succeed in a particularly compelling story , rather it was `` essentially about the kind of wild physical feats that all Cirque shows are about , their jaw-dropping effect multiplied by the huge dimensions of the theatrical space . '' The show has been seen by more than one million spectators since its opening in February 2005 .",
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"text": "Superstar Superstar is a term used to refer to some one who has great popular appeal and is widely known , prominent , or successful in some field . Celebrities referred to as `` superstars '' may include individuals who work as actors , actresses , musicians , athletes , and other media-based professions .",
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"text": "Undhiyu Undhiyu is a Gujarati mixed vegetable dish that is a regional specialty of Surat , India . The name of this dish comes from the Gujarati word `` undhu '' , which translates to upside down , since the dish is traditionally cooked upside down underground in earthen pots , termed `` matlu '' , which are fired from above . The dish is a seasonal one , comprising the vegetables that are available on the South Gujarat coastline , including the Surat , Navsari and Valsad regions , during the winter season , including ( amongst others ) green beans or new peas ( typically used along with the tender pod ) , unripe banana , small eggplants , muthia ( dumplings/fritters made with fenugreek leaves and spiced chickpea flour , and either steamed or fried ) , potatoes , and purple yam , and sometimes plantain . These are spiced with a dry curry paste that typically includes cilantro leaves , ginger , garlic , green chili pepper , sugar and sometimes includes freshly grated coconut . The mixture is slow cooked for a long time , with some vegetable oil and a very small amount of water sufficient to steam the root vegetables . The finished preparation is dry : individual chunks of vegetables are coated with a thin layer of spice and oil but retain their shape : the contents of the dish must therefore be stirred relatively infrequently during the cooking . Crisp vegetables such as bean pods must ideally retain a little of their crunchy texture . To ensure that no individual component is overcooked , the vegetables may need to be cooked in stage : the root vegetables and eggplant are half-cooked before adding the quick-cooking bean pods and ripe plantain . The finished dish is garnished with chopped cilantro leaf and lemon or lime juice before serving . Surti undhiyu is a variant that is served with puri at weddings and banquets . Again it is a mixed vegetable casserole , made with red lentils and seasoned with spices , grated coconut , and palm sugar in a mild sauce . It is garnished with chopped peanuts and toasted grated coconut , and served with rice . Undhiyu with puri and shrikhand is often eaten in Gujarati houses during winter season .",
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"text": "Shūmei Shūmei ( 襲名 , `` name succession '' ) are grand naming ceremonies held in kabuki theatre . Most often , a number of actors will participate in a single ceremony , taking on new stage-names . These stagenames , most often those of the actor 's father , grandfather , or teacher , are passed down between generations of actors ' lineages , and hold great honor and importance . Many names are associated with certain roles or acting styles , and the new possessor of each name must live up to these expectations ; there is the feeling almost of the actor not only taking a name , but embodying the spirit , style , or skill of each actor to previously hold that name . Many actors will go through at least three names over the course of their career , their participation in a shūmei representing their passage into a new chapter of their performing career . The shūmei usually is followed by a performance significant to the actors ' new names ; these might involve larger parts , a new play , or roles traditional for actors with those names . For example , the stagename of Ichikawa Danjūrō is strongly associated with the role of the hero in the Shibaraku scene . Many of the twelve men to be called Ichikawa Danjūrō have excelled at this role , and so upon becoming the next Ichikawa Danjūrō , an actor may perform that role , which he never would have as a younger , less experienced actor with a different stagename .",
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"text": "Prop comedy Prop comedy is a comedy genre in which performers use humorous objects , or conventional objects in humorous ways . The stages and films term `` prop '' , an abbreviation of `` property '' , refers to any object an actor handles in the course of a performance . Though some form of prop comedy has likely existed as long as there have been comedians , the genre reached its zenith in the vaudeville era . The vaudeville team Olsen and Johnson used prop comedy extensively in their long running Broadway revue Hellzapoppin . A prop comic is a comedian who uses prop comedy . Prop comics are sometimes looked down upon by other comedians , and the term is sometimes used derisively . However , some , such as Tommy Cooper , rose to critical acclaim as their props revolved around a gimmick ( such as Cooper 's magic ) and the comedian 's character around that gimmick .",
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"text": "Dick Whittington (DJ) `` Sweet '' Dick Whittington ( born 1934 ) is a long-time disc jockey in Los Angeles , who has also appeared as an actor in movies and on television . Prior to his arrival in California , Whittington was a popular radio personality in the San Francisco Bay area at Oakland 's KROW ( 960 AM ) , where he hosted the Night Watchman overnight program , and , later , a weekday afternoon show , from 1955 to 1958 . In the fall of 1958 , he moved to KSFO ( 560 AM ) in San Francisco , as host of the 9 p.m. to midnight program . He began his stint in Los Angeles at KABC 790 AM , doing a one-hour talk show weekdays and a 3-hour Sunday talk show from 1965-69 . His greatest fame in the Los Angeles market came after he moved in 1969 to the morning drive time slot at KGIL AM 1260 in the `` Sin Fernando Valley '' . For a brief time , he left KGIL to do the evening drive time slot at KFI AM 640 . He was briefly heard in the late 1980s on KIEV ( 870 AM ) and , for a few months in 1989 , was back at KABC AM . Many people regard his broadcast style as being ahead of its time . Rather than the `` happy morning to you '' type of radio personality , he often spoke on the air about things that bothered him and foreshadowed the Howard Stern era of speaking your mind . At stations where he was still spinning records , he would many times interrupt a song midway through saying , `` I like it up to that point , then I get bored . '' He was an ensemble member of the top-rated TV series Rowan And Martin 's Laugh-In ( 1968-69 season ) . One of Whittington 's notable film roles was as the disc jockey in the TV movie Duel , Steven Spielberg 's directorial debut . He can also be seen briefly as a ring announcer in Martin Scorsese 's Raging Bull .",
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"text": "Humbug A humbug is a person or object that behaves in a deceptive or dishonest way , often as a hoax or in jest . The term was first described in 1751 as student slang , and recorded in 1840 as a `` nautical phrase '' . It is now also often used as an exclamation to mean nonsense or gibberish . When referring to a person , a humbug means a fraud or impostor , implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle . In modern usage , the word is most associated with the character Ebenezer Scrooge , created by Charles Dickens in his novella `` A Christmas Carol '' . His famous reference to Christmas , `` Bah ! Humbug ! '' , declaring Christmas to be a fraud , is commonly used in stage and television versions of A Christmas Carol and also appeared frequently in the original book . The word is also prominently used in The Wizard of Oz , in which the Scarecrow refers to the wizard as a humbug , and the wizard agrees . Another use of the word was by John Collins Warren , a Harvard Medical School professor who worked at Massachusetts General Hospital . Dr. Warren performed the first public operation with the use of ether anesthesia , administered by William Thomas Green Morton , a dentist . To the stunned audience at the Massachusetts General Hospital , Dr. Warren declared , `` Gentlemen , this is no humbug . ''",
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"text": "Thiokol Thiokol ( variously Thiokol Chemical Corporation , Morton-Thiokol Inc. , Cordant Technologies Inc. , Thiokol Propulsion , AIC Group , ATK Thiokol ; finally ATK Launch Systems Group before becoming part of Orbital ATK ) was an American corporation concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals , and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems . Its name is a portmanteau of the Greek words for sulfur ( θειον `` theion '' ) and glue ( κολλα `` kolla '' ) , an allusion to the company 's initial product , Thiokol polymer . The Thiokol Chemical Company was founded in 1929 . Its initial business was a range of synthetic rubber and polymer sealants , and Thiokol was a major supplier of liquid polymer sealants during World War II . When scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory discovered that Thiokol 's polymers made ideal binders for solid rocket fuels , Thiokol moved into the new field , opening laboratories at Elkton , Maryland , and later production facilities at Elkton and at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville , Alabama . Huntsville produced the XM33 Pollux , TX-18 Falcon , and TX-135 Nike-Zeus systems . It closed in 1996 . In the mid-1950s the company bought extensive lands in Utah for its rocket test range , and in 1986 was found at fault for the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger and the deaths of its astronauts . Thiokol continues to have major operations in the state , at Magna and Promontory ( manufacture of the Space Shuttle 's solid rocket motors ) , and its current headquarters at Brigham City . the company employed over 15,000 people worldwide and records annual sales of around .",
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"text": "Thionyl chloride Thionyl chloride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula SOCl2 . It is a moderately volatile colourless liquid with an unpleasant acrid odour . Thionyl chloride is primarily used as a chlorinating reagent , with approximately 45,000 tons per year being produced during the early 1990s . It is toxic and will react violently with water to produce toxic gases , it is also listed as a Schedule 3 compound as it may be used for the production of chemical weapons . Thionyl chloride is sometimes confused with sulfuryl chloride , SO2Cl2 , but the properties of these compounds differ significantly . Sulfuryl chloride is a source of chlorine whereas thionyl chloride is a source of chloride ions .",
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"text": "Bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium(III) chloride Bis ( cyclopentadienyl ) titanium ( III ) chloride , also known as the Nugent-RajanBabu reagent , is the organotitanium compound which exists as a dimer with the formula -LSB- ( C5H5 ) 2TiCl -RSB- 2 . It is an air sensitive green solid . The complex finds specialized use in synthetic organic chemistry as a single electron reductant . In the presence of a suitable solvent that can act as a two-electron donor ( `` solv '' ) , such as an ether like tetrahydrofuran , the dimer separates and forms a chemical equilibrium between the forms -LSB- ( C5H5 ) 2TiCl -RSB- and -LSB- ( C5H5 ) 2Ti ( solv ) Cl -RSB- . It is these forms that are responsible for much of the chemical properties of this reagent , which is also the reason that the substance is sometimes written as -LSB- ( C5H5 ) 2TiCl -RSB- or -LSB- Cp2TiCl -RSB- , where Cp − represents the cyclopentadienyl anion . An example of an application of this reagent is in the preparation of vinorelbine , a chemotherapeutic agent which can be prepared in three steps from the nautrally-occurring alkaloid leurosine .",
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"text": "Chlorothalonil Chlorothalonil ( 2,4,5,6-tetrachloroisophthalonitrile ) is an organic compound mainly used as a broad spectrum , nonsystemic fungicide , with other uses as a wood protectant , pesticide , acaricide , and to control mold , mildew , bacteria , algae . Chlorothalonil-containing products are sold under the names Bravo , Echo , and Daconil . It was first registered for use in the US in 1966 . In 1997 , the most recent year for which data are available , it was the third most used fungicide in the US , behind only sulfur and copper , with some 12 million pounds used in agriculture alone that year . Including nonagricultural uses , the EPA estimates , on average , almost 15 million pounds were used annually from 1990-1996 .",
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"text": "Fowler's solution Fowler 's solution is a solution containing 1 % potassium arsenite ( KAsO2 ) , and once prescribed as a remedy or a tonic . Thomas Fowler of Stafford , England , proposed the solution in 1786 as a substitute for a patent medicine , `` tasteless ague drop '' . From 1845 , Fowler 's solution was a leukemia treatment . At 1905 , inorganic arsenicals , like Fowler 's solution , saw diminished use as attention turned to organic arsenicals , starting with Atoxyl . Still , into the late 1950s , Fowler 's solution -- also termed liquor potassii arenitis , Kali arsenicosum , or Kali arseniatum -- was prescribed in the United States for a wide range of diseases , including malaria , chorea , and syphilis . As arsenical compounds are notably toxic and carcinogenic -- with side effects such as cirrhosis of the liver , idiopathic portal hypertension , urinary bladder cancer , and skin cancers -- Fowler 's solution fell from use . ( In 2001 , however , the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) approved a drug of arsenic trioxide to treat acute promyelocytic leukaemia , and interest in arsenic has returned . )",
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"text": "Tavoyan dialects The Tavoyan or Dawei dialect of Burmese is spoken in Dawei ( Tavoy ) , in the coastal Tanintharyi Region of southern Myanmar ( Burma ) . Tavoyan retains -LSB- / - l - / -RSB- medial that has since merged into the -LSB- / - j - / -RSB- medial in standard Burmese and can form the following consonant clusters : -LSB- / ɡl - / -RSB- , -LSB- / kl - / -RSB- , -LSB- / kʰl - / -RSB- , -LSB- / bl - / -RSB- , -LSB- / pl - / -RSB- , -LSB- / pʰl - / -RSB- , -LSB- / ml - / -RSB- , -LSB- / m̥l - / -RSB- . Examples include ( -LSB- / mlè / -RSB- → Standard Burmese -LSB- / mjè / -RSB- ) for `` ground '' and ( -LSB- / kláʊɴ / -RSB- → Standard Burmese -LSB- / tʃáʊɴ / -RSB- ) for `` school '' . Also , voicing only with unaspirated consonants , whereas in standard Burmese , voicing can occur with both aspirated and unaspirated consonants . Also , there are many loan words from Malay and Thai not found in Standard Burmese . An example is the word for goat , which is hseit in Standard Burmese but be in Tavoyan , most likely from Mon -LSB- / həbeˀ / -RSB- or Thai -LSB- / pʰɛ́ʔ / -RSB- . In the Tavoyan dialect , terms of endearment , as well as family terms , are considerably different from Standard Burmese . For instance , the terms for `` son '' and `` daughter '' are ( -LSB- / pʰa̰ òu / -RSB- ) and ( -LSB- / mḭ òu / -RSB- ) respectively . Moreover , the honorific ( Naung ) is used in lieu of ( Maung ) for young males .",
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"text": "Beryozka Beriozka ( Russian : Берёзка , lit . `` little birch tree '' ) was a twin chain of state-run retail stores in the Russian SFSR that sold goods for hard currency . Beriozkas sold goods that were generally unavailable in regular shops . In English-language advertisements and signs , the spelling was always `` Beriozka '' rather than the more conventional transliteration `` Beryozka . '' One chain that belonged to the Vneshposyltorg ( Foreign Mail Order Trade ) was intended for Soviet citizens who received some income in hard currency . Some of them were forced to sell their currency for ruble-denominated Vneshposyltorg checks , while others never laid their hands on foreign currency , receiving their pay from Western sources in Vneshposyltorg checks via Soviet intermediaries . The checks were to be used to purchase goods in the Vneshposyltorg Beriozkas . The other chain sold goods directly for foreign currency and for Vneshtorgbank series D checks . Soviet citizens ( except for high-ranking officials ) were not allowed to enter these stores as they were legally forbidden to be in possession of hard currency . The hard currency stores were named Beriozka only in the territory of the RSFSR . Other republics of the Soviet Union had similar stores usually named after their `` national trees . '' For example , hard currency stores were named Kashtan ( Chestnut ) in the Ukrainian SSR and Chinara ( Oriental plane ) in the Azerbaijan SSR , etc. . There were also separate Albatross stores in the Soviet port cities , e.g. Vladivostok , that sold goods to Soviet sailors returning from abroad . The Albatross stores sold goods for Torgmortrans checks issued by the Department of the Soviet Naval Fleet in exchange for foreign currency earned by the sailors . Beriozka stores were opened in 1964 . Their predecessors were Torgsin stores of the 1930s and the highly ineffective Vneshposyltorg departments of the large Soviet department stores ( e.g. State Universal Store ) that allowed catalog mail order from abroad by customers paying in hard currency . Beriozka stores became obsolete in the early 1990s when conversion of rubles into hard currency was allowed . The stores were privatized and in the mid-1990s most were closed as uncompetitive . Many other countries had similar institutions , such as Intershops in the German Democratic Republic or Friendship Stores in the People 's Republic of China , Pewex in Poland , though some of these systems allowed anyone with hard currency to shop there .",
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"text": "Lignum nephriticum Lignum nephriticum ( Latin for `` kidney wood '' ) is a traditional diuretic that was derived from the wood of two tree species , the narra ( Pterocarpus indicus ) and the Mexican kidneywood ( Eysenhardtia polystachya ) . The wood is capable of turning the color of water it comes in contact with into beautiful opalescent hues that change depending on light and angle , the earliest known record of the phenomenon of fluorescence . Due to this strange property , it became well known in Europe from the 16th to the early 18th-century Europe . Cups made from lignum nephriticum were given as gifts to royalty . Water drunk from such cups , as well as imported powders and extracts from lignum nephriticum , were thought to have great medicinal properties . The lignum nephriticum derived from Mexican kidneywood was known as the coatli , coatl , or cuatl ( `` snake water '' ) or tlapalezpatli ( `` blood-tincture medicine '' ) in the Nahuatl language . It was traditionally used by the Aztec people as a diuretic prior to European contact . Similarly , the lignum nephriticum cups made from narra wood were part of the native industry of the Philippines before the arrival of the Spanish . The cups were manufactured in southern Luzon , particularly in the Naga region . The name of which was derived from the abundance of the narra trees , which was known as naga in the Bikol language ( literally `` serpent '' or `` dragon '' ) .",
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"text": "Thai stick A Thai stick is a form of cannabis from Thailand that was popular during the late 1960s and 1970s . It consisted of premium buds of seedless marijuana which were skewered on stems . Several rows of fiber found in the stalk of the marijuana plant were then used to tie the marijuana to the stem to keep it in place . Thai stick bud may also be tied around bamboo sticks with a piece of string known as a `` rasta hair . '' The Thai sticks exhibited considerably higher potency in comparison with other cannabis available in Western countries at the time . This added potency was rumored to be caused by the Thai sticks being dipped in opium or in hash oil . However , the more widely accepted reason is that Thai cannabis growers had for hundreds of years selected seeds from their strongest plants , which coupled with Thailand 's long growing season , high temperatures , and rich volcanic soil , conspired to produce an exceptionally potent product . A number of reasons have been cited for the decline of the Thai stick ; stricter policing of cannabis cultivation ; dilution of traditional cannabis populations by earlier maturing , less psychoactive cultivars imported from Pakistan and Afghanistan ; the burgeoning indoor growing industry in target markets ; and the reduction of military troop transports ( which was the primary means of export ) between Thailand , particularly Bangkok , and the United States , at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 . In modern terminology , Thai stick often refers to marijuana tied to a stem as documented above and then dipped into a hashish oil , a potent cannabis derivative which saturates the buds and lends to a stronger smoke . Some California and Washington cannabis clubs sell this product . Originally , this was a frequent practice of the 1970s with the actual Thai stick . There are still some surviving recipes from Cambodia where high quality marijuana and hash oil are used .",
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"text": "HempMeds HempMeds is an American company that sells hemp-based consumer products . It is a subsidiary of Medical Marijuana , Inc. and is partly owned by CannaBank . The company operates within the general hemp industry and is one of the biggest marketers and distributors of cannabidiol ( CBD ) hemp oil ( also known as CBD oil or CBD hemp oil ) . Their products range from nutraceuticals , cosmetics , foods , pet nutrition and other products . Many of HempMeds ' products contain naturally occurring CBD , which is sometimes erroneously confused with tetrahydrocannabinol ( THC ) , the active ingredient in marijuana . Hemp is classed as a Schedule I controlled substance according to the US Controlled Substances Act , however hemp products are legal to sell throughout the United States and most of the world . Hemp is made up of multiple cannabinoids , including CBD , and contains only trace levels of THC ( in quantities far too low to produce the `` high '' associated with recreational marijuana ) .",
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"text": "Aesopian language Aesopian language is communications that convey an innocent meaning to outsiders but hold a concealed meaning to informed members of a conspiracy or underground movement . For instance , if Person X is known for exposing secrets in an organization , the organization leaders announce that `` any members who have dirty talking habits will be dealt with '' to warn Person X . It refers to the ancient Greek fabulist Aesop . The term `` Aesopian language '' was first used by the nineteenth-century Russian writer Mikhail Saltykov-Schedrin to describe the writing technique he began using late in his career , which he compared to Aesop 's Fables . His purpose was to satirize the social ills of the time but evade the harsh censorship of late Tsarist Russia of which he was a particular target . The Soviet-era writer Lev Loseff noted that the use of Aesopian language remained a favorite technique of writers ( including himself ) under Soviet censorship . Maliheh Tyrell defines the term in the Soviet context and observes that the use of Aesopian language extended to other national literatures under Soviet rule : `` In short , this form of literature , like Aesop 's animal fables , veils itself in allegorical suggestions , hints , and euphemisms so as to elude political censorship . ` Aesopian language ' or literature is a technical term used by Sovietologists to define allegorical language used by Russian or nationality -LSB- that is : non-Russian -RSB- nonconformist publicists to conceal antiregime sentiments . Under Soviet rule , this ` Aesopian ' literature intended to confuse the Soviet authorities , yet illuminate the truth for native readers . '' According to one critic , `` Censorship ... had a positive , formative impact upon the Aesopian writers ' style by obliging them to sharpen their thoughts . '' The German-American philosopher Herbert Marcuse uses the term in his book One-Dimensional Man somewhat interchangeably with Orwellian language . In that context , `` Aesopian Language '' refers to the idea that certain usages of language work to ` suppress certain concepts or keep them out of the general discourse within society ' . An example of such a technique is the use of abbreviations to possibly prevent undesirable questions from arising : `` AFL-CIO entombs the radical political differences which once separated the two organizations . '' Within the context of politics , a term with a very similar meaning is called dog-whistle politics , which describes the use of coded language to address voters ' interests . Certain sections of the electorate will react strongly to controversial content if spoken of overtly but may not be so attuned that they notice statements that appear neutral to outsiders .",
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"text": "3-Thiophene acetic acid 3-Thiophene acetic acid is an organic compound .",
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"text": "Sulcalization Sulcalization , in phonetics , is the pronunciation of a sound , typically a sibilant consonant , such as English -LSB- slinks -RSB- and -LSB- slinkz -RSB- , with a deep groove running along the back of the tongue that focuses the airstream on the teeth , producing a more intense sound . That is accomplished by raising the sides of the back of the tongue ( `` lateral contraction '' ) and leaving a hollow along the mid-line . It is not clear if all sibilants are so grooved : Catford ( 1977 ) observed that the degree of sulcalization differs between places of articulation as well as between languages , but no language is known to contrast a grooved and non-grooved sibilant . English -LSB- -LSB- ɹ -RSB- -RSB- , which allows various tongue positions without apparent distinction , may also receive its characteristic quality from being sulcal . In phonology and historical linguistics , sulcalization is the development of such a groove in a non-sulcal consonant . For example , close vowels trigger the effect in Japanese , in which historic * tu and * ti have become -LSB- -LSB- tsu -RSB- -RSB- and -LSB- -LSB- tɕi -RSB- -RSB- , respectively . A similar sound change as operated in the Senufo languages . ( The palatalization of * tsi to -LSB- -LSB- tɕi -RSB- -RSB- in Japanese is a different process and does not occur in Senufo . ) Vowels may also be sulcalized , which has been described as giving them a `` throaty '' sound ( Jones 1967:82 ) . The -LSB- slinkɒ -RSB- vowel of Received Pronunciation , which is normally described as a rounded , is pronounced by some speakers without rounded lips for whom the characteristic quality is rather one of sulcality ( Lass 1984:124 ) . One scholar has also suggested that the vowel in the RP pronunciation of words like bird , typically transcribed -LSB- blinkɜ -RSB- , is actually a sulcal schwa , retaining the sulcality of the original rhotic consonant . Accordingly , the realization of -LSB- / ə / -RSB- in other contexts , such as beard and scarce , is interpreted as the product of a loss of sulcality ( Erickson 2003:197 ) .",
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"text": "Illegal logging in Madagascar Illegal logging has been a problem in Madagascar for decades and is perpetuated by extreme poverty and government corruption . Often taking the form of selective logging , the trade has been driven by high international demand for expensive , fine-grained lumber such as rosewood and ebony . Historically , logging and exporting in Madagascar have been regulated by the Malagasy government , although the logging of rare hardwoods was explicitly banned from protected areas in 2000 . Since then , government orders and memos have intermittently alternated between permitting and banning exports of precious woods . The most commonly cited reason for permitting exports is to salvage valuable wood from cyclone damage , although this reasoning has come under heavy scrutiny . This oscillating availability of Malagasy rosewood and other precious woods has created a market of rising and falling prices , allowing traders or `` timber barons '' to stockpile illegally sourced logs during periodic bans and then flood the market when the trade windows open and prices are high . The unsustainable exploitation of these tropical hardwoods , particularly rosewood from the SAVA Region , has escalated significantly since the start of the 2009 Malagasy political crisis . Thousands of poorly paid Malagasy loggers have flooded into the national parks -- especially in the northeast -- building roads , setting up logging camps , and cutting down even the most difficult to reach rosewood trees . Illegal activities are openly flaunted , armed militia have descended upon local villages , and a rosewood mafia easily bribe government officials , buying export permits with ease . These illegal operations are funded in part by advance payments for future shipments ( financed by Chinese expatriates and Chinese importers ) and by loans from large , international banks . Demand is fueled mostly by a growing Chinese middle class and their desire for exotic imperial-style furniture . European and American demand for high-end musical instruments and furniture have also played a role . However , public scrutiny has put significant pressure on shipping companies involved in the trade , and the United States is starting to enforce the Lacey Act by investigating companies with suspected involvement in the illegal trade of Malagasy precious woods . Logging in Madagascar 's tropical rainforests has had many secondary effects , beyond the risk of depletion of rare , endemic trees . Habitat has been disturbed , illegal mining has begun , local people have turned in desperation to the forests for resources , and poaching of endangered wildlife has escalated . Lemurs , the most well-known faunal group from the island , have been captured for the exotic pet trade as well as killed for food . Even the most critically endangered species have been targeted , primarily to feed a growing demand for delicacy food in up-scale restaurants . The local villagers have also suffered as tourism has declined sharply or ceased almost entirely . Some have resorted to working as loggers for minimal pay , while others have spoken out against it , often receiving death threats from the rosewood mafia in return .",
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"text": "Sulfur Sulfur or sulphur ( see spelling and etymology ) is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16 . It is abundant , multivalent , and nonmetallic . Under normal conditions , sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S8 . Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow crystalline solid at room temperature . Chemically , sulfur reacts with all elements except for gold , platinum , iridium , tellurium , and the noble gases . Though sometimes found in pure , native form , sulfur usually occurs as sulfide and sulfate minerals . Being abundant in native form , sulfur was known in ancient times , being mentioned for its uses in ancient India , ancient Greece , China , and Egypt . In the Bible , sulfur is called brimstone . Today , almost all elemental sulfur is produced as a byproduct of removing sulfur-containing contaminants from natural gas and petroleum . The greatest commercial use of the element is the production of sulfuric acid for sulfate and phosphate fertilizers , and other chemical processes . The element sulfur is used in matches , insecticides , and fungicides . Many sulfur compounds are odoriferous , and the smells of odorized natural gas , skunk scent , grapefruit , and garlic are due to organosulfur compounds . Hydrogen sulfide gives the characteristic odor to rotting eggs and other biological processes . Sulfur is an essential element for all life , but almost always in the form of organosulfur compounds or metal sulfides . Three amino acids ( cysteine , cystine , and methionine ) and two vitamins ( biotin and thiamine ) are organosulfur compounds . Many cofactors also contain sulfur including glutathione and thioredoxin and iron -- sulfur proteins . Disulfides , S -- S bonds , confer mechanical strength and insolubility of the protein keratin , found in outer skin , hair , and feathers . Sulfur is one of the core chemical elements needed for biochemical functioning and is an elemental macronutrient for all organisms .",
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"text": "Apophyllite The name apophyllite refers to a specific group of phyllosilicates , a class of minerals . Originally , the group name referred to a specific mineral , but was redefined in 1978 to stand for a class of minerals of similar chemical makeup that comprise a solid solution series , and includes the members fluorapophyllite - ( K ) , fluorapophyllite - ( Na ) , hydroxyapophyllite - ( K ) . The name apophyllite is derived from the Greek ἀποφυλλίζω apophylliso , meaning `` it flakes off '' , a reference to this class 's tendency to flake apart when heated , due to water loss . These minerals are typically found as secondary minerals in vesicles in basalt or other volcanic rocks . A recent change ( 2008 ) in the nomenclature system used for this group was approved by the International Mineralogical Association , removing the prefixes from the species names and using suffixes to designate the species . A subsequent nomenclature change approved by the International Mineralogical Association in 2013 renamed the minerals to include both suffixes and prefixes , as shown above . Though relatively unfamiliar to the general public , apophyllites are fairly prevalent around the world , with specimens coming from some of the world 's most well-known mineral localities . These localities include : Jalgaon , India ; the Harz Mountains of Germany , Mont Saint-Hilaire in Canada , and Kongsberg , Norway , with other locations in Scotland , Ireland , Brazil , Japan , and throughout the United States .",
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"text": "Mount Kholodilnik Kholodilnik Mountain ( гора́ Холоди́льник or со́пка Холодильник lit . `` Mt. Refrigerator '' ) , is a mountain in eastern Russia . It is located in Primorsky Krai , and is in the highest peak within the city of Vladivostok . Mount Kholodilnik ( height 257.9 , was-Mount Myravyov-Amursky ) is the highest point in Vladivostok . Height is 297 meters . There are fortifications : Fort Count Muravyov - Amur Vladivostok fortress , five lettered fortress batteries and Soviet battery № 198 '' Kholodilnik '' . Currently , some fortifications are abandoned , others are on the territory of the military unit . Tourists want to visit this place to see the Soviet naval battery sample number 198 1935 years and four 130 - mm gun B - 13-3s . There are still buildings and cellars of the former fort of Major-General Count Nikolai Muravyov - Amursky . Many fortifications have long been abandoned , but some of them are now used by the military unit , which is located almost at the top of the mountain . On the eastern slope of the hill there are many places for a picnic . There is a spring of pure water . Geologically the hills to the south of Vladivostok are the Sikhote-Alin . Slopes on the mountain are used for the open championship of the Far East for downhill and cross-country . It is also used by mountain paragliders . So the rules are elements of air , the result of magical work on the hill Fridge is always weather changing . Therefore , if the weather in city changes completely unexpected , for example suddenly among of the blue sky clouds are formed and it begins to rain , most likely the reason for that is in the magical effect on a hill Fridge . Or , conversely , when the whole sky is overcast over the city , citizens can see in the sky a large circle of clear sky over the hill forts Refrigerator - It is an evidence of that at this moment being magical work is . Entrance to the mountain , oddly enough , is under water . Every 3 years products are imported there in the event of war , then they `` close '' the entrance to this place . They say that the food will last for a whole year to feed the city of Vladivostok . Mount Refrigerator is protected with naval vessels .",
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"text": "Kókómjólk Kókómjólk ( -LSB- ˈkoːukouˌmjoul̥k -RSB- , ChocoMilk ) is a popular Icelandic chocolate milk beverage manufactured by Mjólkursamsalan . The beverage used to have a purple and yellow striped female cat mascot named Branda ( `` bröndótt '' being the Icelandic word for brindle ) , which has now been replaced by Klói , a more muscular male cat , who is portrayed claiming `` you will get strength from Kókómjólk . '' There was a very minor controversy when the mascot 's design was changed in 2014 and made more minimalistic . In Icelandic shops , Kókómjólk is also available in a sugar free variation and in a 250ml milk carton . Every summer there is a game called `` Kókómjólkurleikurinn '' , translated as `` The ChocoMilk Game '' . In this game , one buys a 6-pack of Kókómjólk cartons , on which there will be a little note with a lucky number . The customer then goes to the Kókómjólk website and checks to see if the lucky number awards any prizes . Prizes could be , for example , a box of Kókómjólk or a ticket to the movies .",
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"text": "Hydroxynaphthoquinone A hydroxynaphthoquinone ( formula : ) is any of several organic compounds that can be viewed as derivatives of a naphthoquinone through replacement of one hydrogen atom ( H ) by an hydroxyl group ( - OH ) . In general , the term may mean any naphthoquinone derivative where any number n of hydrogens have been replaced by n hydroxyls , so that the formula is . In this case the number n ( which is between 1 and 6 ) is indicated by a multiplier prefix ( mono - , di - , tri - , tetra - , penta - , or hexa - ) . The unqualified term `` hydroxynaphthoquinone '' usually means a derivative of 1,4-naphthoquinone . Other hydroxy - compounds can be derived from other isomers of the latter , such as 1,2-naphthoquinone and 2,6-naphthoquinone . The IUPAC nomenclature uses dihydronaphthalenedione instead of `` naphthoquinone '' , with the necessary prefixes to indicate the positions of the carbonyl oxygens ( =O ) -- as in 5,8-dihydroxy-1a ,8 a-dihydronaphthalene-1 ,4 - dione ( = 5,8-dihydroxy-1 ,4 - naphthoquinone ) . The hydroxynaphtoquinones ( in the particular or the general sense ) include many biologically and industrially important compounds , and are a building-block of many medicinal drugs .",
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"text": "Merchant's mark Merchants ' marks are as old as the sealings of the third millennium BCE found in Sumer that originated in the Indus Valley . Impressions of cloth , strings and other packing material on the reverse of tags with seal impressions indicate that the Harappan seals were used to control economic administration and trade . Amphorae from the Roman Empire can sometimes be traced to their sources from the inscriptions on their handles . Commercial inscriptions in Latin , known as Tituli picti , appear on Roman containers used for trade . Symbolic merchants ' marks continued to be used by artisans and townspeople of the medieval and early modern eras to identify themselves and authenticate their goods . These distinctive and easily recognizable marks often appeared in their seals on documents and on products made for sale . They are often found on headstones and in works of stained glass , brass and stone , serving in place of heraldic imagery , which could not be used by the middle classes . They were the precursors of hallmarks , printer 's marks and trademarks . To manage the risks of piracy or shipwreck , merchants often consigned a cargo to several vessels or caravans ; a mark on a bale established legal ownership and avoided confusion . Early travellers , voyagers and merchants displayed their merchant 's marks as well to ward off evil . Adventurous travellers and sailors ascribed the terrors and perils of their life to the wrath of the Devil . To counter these dangers merchants employed all sorts of religious and magical means to place their caravans , ships and merchandise under the protection of God and His Saints . One such symbol combined the mystical `` Sign of Four '' with the merchant 's name or initials . The `` Sign of Four '' was an outgrowth of an ancient symbol adopted by the Romans and by Christianity , Chi Rho ( XP ) , standing for the first two letters of Christus in Greek letters ; this was simplified to a reversed `` 4 '' in Medieval times . The evolution of this symbol is shown in M. J. Shah 's article . The `` Sign of Four '' is called the `` Staff of Mercury '' ( Caduceus ) in German and Scandinavian literature on house marks . The joint stock company or limited liability company was another way to reduce a merchant 's risks of loss of ships and merchandise from dangerous voyages and travel . By royal charter a monopoly was assured and a merchant 's personal liability was limited to the amount of his own investment . If a voyage succeeded the gains accrued to all of the investors in proportion to their invested capital shares . Modern institutions , corporations and trademarks , find some of their origins in these symbolic and legal devices for limiting physical and pecuniary risks .",
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"text": "Tioxolone Tioxolone ( INN , also spelled thioxolone ) is an anti-acne preparation .",
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"text": "Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss ( stylized as Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $ $ ) is the sixth studio album by American rapper Snoop Dogg . It was released on November 26 , 2002 , by his Doggystyle label , alongside Priority and Capitol Records . Following his departure from the No Limit Records , he later signed a recording contract to Capitol through Priority Records . The album was supported by two singles : `` From tha Chuuuch to da Palace '' featuring Pharrell , and the other-Pharrell featured track `` Beautiful '' along with featuring Charlie Wilson . The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 , selling 174,000 copies in its first week . To date , the album became a certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , selling over 1,500,000 copies worldwide .",
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"text": "Snoop Dogg Cordozar Calvin Broadus , Jr. ( born October 20 , 1971 ) , known professionally as Snoop Dogg ( sometimes shortened to Snoop and formerly called Snoop Doggy Dogg and Snoop Lion ) , is an American rapper and actor from Long Beach , California . His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Dre of N.W.A , and as a result was prominently featured throughout Dr. Dre 's solo debut album , The Chronic ( 1992 ) . He has since sold over twenty-three million albums in the United States and thirty-five million albums worldwide . Snoop 's debut album , Doggystyle , was released in 1993 under Death Row Records , debuting at number one on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums charts . Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release , Doggystyle became certified 4 × platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles , including `` What 's My Name ? '' and `` Gin & Juice '' . In 1994 Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case , starring himself . His second album Tha Doggfather ( 1996 ) , also debuted at number one on both charts with `` Snoop 's Upside Ya Head '' , as the lead single . The album was certified double platinum in 1997 . After leaving Death Row Records , Snoop signed with No Limit Records , where he recorded his next three albums . Da Game Is to Be Sold , Not to Be Told ( 1998 ) , No Limit Top Dogg ( 1999 ) , and Tha Last Meal ( 2000 ) . Snoop then signed with Priority/Capitol/EMI Records in 2002 , where he released Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss . He then signed with Geffen Records in 2004 for his next three albums R&G ( Rhythm & Gangsta ) : The Masterpiece , Tha Blue Carpet Treatment , and Ego Trippin ' . Malice 'n Wonderland ( 2009 ) , and Doggumentary ( 2011 ) , were released on Priority . Snoop Dogg has starred in motion pictures and hosted several television shows , including Doggy Fizzle Televizzle , Snoop Dogg 's Father Hood , and Dogg After Dark . He also coaches a youth football league and high school football team . In September 2009 , Snoop was hired by EMI as the chairman of a reactivated Priority Records . In 2012 , after a trip to Jamaica , Snoop announced a conversion to the Rastafari movement and a new alias , Snoop Lion . Under the new moniker , he released a reggae album , Reincarnated , and a documentary film of the same name , of his Jamaican experience , in early 2013 . His fourteenth solo studio album , Coolaid , was released in July 2016 . Snoop Dogg holds the dubious distinction of having seventeen Grammy nominations without a win . In March 2016 , the night before WrestleMania 32 in Arlington , Texas , Snoop was inducted into the celebrity wing of the WWE Hall of Fame having made several appearances for the company , including as Master of Ceremonies during a match at Wrestlemania XXIV .",
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"text": "Pluto (Future album) Pluto is the debut studio album by American rapper Future . It was released on April 13 , 2012 , by A1 Recordings , Freebandz and Epic Records . The album features guest appearances from Drake , R. Kelly , T.I. , Trae tha Truth and Snoop Dogg , with the production , which was handled by Will-A-Fool , Sonny Digital and K.E. on the Track , among others . Pluto was supported by five singles : `` Tony Montana '' , `` Go Harder '' , `` Magic ( Remix ) '' featuring T.I. , `` Same Damn Time '' and `` Turn On the Lights '' . The album received generally positive reviews from critics , debuting at number eight on the Billboard 200 , selling 41,000 copies in its first week . It was reissued later in 2012 as Pluto 3D .",
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"text": "Charles Hamilton (rapper) Charles Eddie-Lee Hamilton , Jr. ( born November 10 , 1987 ) , is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Harlem , New York City , New York . In addition to his solo career , he is a former member of The Chosen Few , and is also a former member of the All City Chess Club . Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper , Hamilton would sign to independent record label Demevolist Music Group . In 2008 , Hamilton would release a series of mixtapes entitled the The Hamiltonization Process , and on December 8 , 2008 Hamilton would independently release his debut album entitled The Pink Lavalamp . Hamilton would gain major recognition after being featured on the cover of the XXL 's 2009 Freshmen Class issue and signing an undisclosed million dollar distribution record deal with Interscope Records , in 2008 . Hamilton was due to release his major-label debut album for Interscope entitled This Perfect Life but , in late 2009 , due to Hamilton 's undiagnosed bipolar disorder at the time , he would start to become a frequent source of controversy and public scrutiny for his conduct on social media , and in public settings causing Hamilton to be later dropped from the record label . In 2010 Hamilton would sign a new record deal with NewCo Records and was due to release a new debut album entitled My Heart but for unknown reasons Hamilton would leave the label and shelve the album . Through 2011-14 , Hamilton would begin to independently release mixtapes , frequently from his personal blogs , with much of his new music taking on more of a horrorcore approach , and also having much of his unreleased shelved musical projects leak online . In early 2015 Hamilton would sign new record deals with Turn First Records and Republic Records . In 2015 Hamilton would release an EP entitled The Black Box . Hamilton is currently working on his new debut major-label album entitled Hamilton Charles scheduled for release in 2016 . Hamilton has developed other ventures as well , including being former president of his former record labels Demevolist Records and NewCo Records . In 2015 , Hamilton made a musical cameo in the hip hop TV show Empire .",
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"text": "So Fly (213 song) `` So Fly '' is a song performed by American Hip Hop supergroup 213 , which consisted of Snoop Dogg , Warren G and Nate Dogg . was released on July 6 , 2004 as the first single of his debut studio album The Hard Way , with the record label TVT Records . The song was produced by Spike & Jamahl and Missy Elliott . It uses the same backing track as another Elliott-produced song , So Gone which had been released by Monica the previous year .",
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"text": "Doggfather `` Doggfather '' is a single by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg . It was released in August 26 , 1997 as the last single from Snoop Dogg 's second studio album Tha Doggfather .",
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"text": "Suicide Tour: Ten Years Later The Suicide Tour ( 10 Years Later ) is a 3-disc bootleg compilation of Brotha Lynch Hung songs , released by Siccmade Muzicc on October 7 , 2014 . It features Snoop Dogg , Bad Azz , Keak Da Sneak , Xzibit , Warren G , X-Raided , Art B. , Zigg Zagg , Phonk Beta , Loki , D-Dubb , C.O.S. , and the original Siccmade Muzicc family .",
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"text": "Childish Gambino discography The discography of hip hop recording artist Childish Gambino ( Donald Glover ) comprises three studio albums , seven mixtapes , and two EPs . After releasing his first five mixtapes and EP independently , he signed to Glassnote Records and released Camp ( 2011 ) , his first album on a major record label .",
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"text": "It Blows My Mind `` It Blows My Mind '' is a song by American rapper Snoop Dogg , featuring guest vocals from American singer Pharrell Williams , taken from The Neptunes 's first compilation album Clones . The song was written by Snoop Dogg , Chad Hugo and Pharrell , with production handled by The Neptunes .",
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"text": "La La La (Snoop Lion song) `` La La La '' is a song by American rapper Snoop Lion ( mainly known as Snoop Dogg ) , taken from Snoop Lion 's twelfth studio album Reincarnated ( 2013 ) . The song was written by Snoop , Ariel Rechtshaid , Ken Boothe , Thomas Pentz , Joelle Clarke and William Cole , with production handled by Major Lazer and Dre Skull . `` La La La '' was released on July 20 , 2012 as the promotional single from the album .",
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"text": "ColleGrove ColleGrove is the third studio album by American hip hop recording artist 2 Chainz . It was released on March 4 , 2016 , by Def Jam Recordings . The album is the debut LP between 2 Chainz and fellow American rapper Lil Wayne under the stage name ColleGrove , but due to Wayne 's ongoing lawsuit with Cash Money Records , only 2 Chainz was credited as the primary artist . The album includes production from several high-profile record producers ; including Mike Will Made It , TM88 , Infamous , Zaytoven , Lil ' C , Metro Boomin , Ben Billions and London on da Track , among others . ColleGrove received generally positive reviews from critics and it debuted at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 . Complex awarded it the 29th best album of 2016 .",
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"text": "Dumb Shit `` Dumb Shit '' ( also known by the censored version title `` Dumb S ** t '' ) , is a song by American singer Tyrese . It features vocals from American rapper Snoop Dogg . It was released on March 10 , 2015 as the first single off his sixth studio album Black Rose , on the record label Voltron Recordz .",
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"text": "List of awards and nominations received by Snoop Dogg The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American rapper Snoop Dogg .",
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"text": "Uncle Charlie Uncle Charlie is the fourth studio album by Charlie Wilson and was released on February 17 , 2009 . It features production from Gregg Pagani , The Underdogs , Bigg D , T-Pain and L.O.S. da Maestro . It features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg , Jamie Foxx and T-Pain . The first two singles from the album are `` Supa Sexxy '' and `` There Goes My Baby '' , the latter receiving major airplay on the Urban and Adult R&B radio stations as well being named Billboard Magazine 's number one Urban Adult Song for 2009 . It debuted and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 with sales of 58,000 copies in its first week . This was his highest peak on the Billboard 200 to date and so far has sold 362,355 copies . At the 52nd Grammy Awards the album was nominated for Best R&B Album and the song `` There Goes My Baby '' was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance .",
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"text": "Snoop Dogg discography The discography of American rapper Snoop Dogg of fifteen studio albums , four collaborative albums , seventeen compilation albums , one extended play , twenty mixtapes , 127 singles ( including seventy-four as a featured artist ) , and fourteen promotional singles . He has sold over 23.5 million albums in United States and 37 million albums worldwide . He has garnered fourteen top ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100 ( including eight as a featured artist ) . Snoop Dogg came to attention of the music industry in 1992 , through his vocal contributions on Dr. Dre 's The Chronic . That album is considered to have `` transformed the entire sound of West Coast rap '' by its development of what later became known as the `` G-funk '' sound . The Chronic expanded gangsta rap with profanity , anti-authoritarian lyrics and multi-layered samples taken from 1970 's P-Funk records . Snoop Dogg contributed vocals to Dre 's solo single , `` Deep Cover '' , which led to a high degree of anticipation among hip hop for the release of his own solo album . Snoop 's debut album , Doggystyle , was released in 1993 under Death Row Records , debuting at number one on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums charts , powered by spectacular first week sales 803,000 units . Doggystyle became certified 4 × platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles , including `` What 's My Name ? '' , `` Gin & Juice '' and the European hit `` Doggy Dogg World '' . As of March 2008 , the album has sold 6,137,000 copies in the United States . In 1994 , Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was The Case , starring himself . Murder Was the Case debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one , selling 329,000 units in the first week sales . The following week it stayed on top with 197,000 copies sold and was certified Gold . The album is certified 2x platinum with 2,030,000 copies sold . Following to the successful release of his debut album Doggystyle ( 1993 ) , Snoop was charged with a murder . In 1995 , Snoop had been spending much time preparing for the case , which went to trial , which took place later that year . In February 1996 , he was cleared of all charges and began working on his second album , without Dr. Dre as a frequent record producer on the album . This is also Snoop 's final album on Death Row Records , under the name of Snoop Doggy Dogg . His second album Tha Doggfather ( 1996 ) , also debuted at number one on US charts and UK R&B Charts . The album was certified double platinum in 1997 . Preceding the album 's release by European singles ; `` Snoop 's Upside Ya Head '' , `` Vapors '' and `` Doggfather '' . In 1998 Snoop released Da Game Is to Be Sold , Not to Be Told it was released , by No Limit Records . It is his first album following his departure from Death Row Records . It was also his first album to be released under a slight change to his stage name `` Snoop Dogg '' for contractual reasons . The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart , selling over 520,000 copies in its first week , and remained on top for the second week selling additional 246,000 units according to SoundScan . It remained in the top ten for five weeks ; thus it was quickly certified double platinum later that year . In terms of chart success it is one of his most successful containing the singles Still a G Thang and Woof . As of March 2008 , the album has sold 2,085,000 copies in the United States . The fourth studio album , No Limit Top Dogg , was released on May 11 , 1999 . The album 's lead single `` Bitch Please '' featuring Xzibit and Nate Dogg , produced by Dr. Dre became a hit . The music video for the album 's second single `` G Bedtime Stories '' which was a success , the song was produced by Meech Wells . No Limit Top Dogg debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 , selling 187,400 copies in its first week . Though it was Snoop Dogg 's first album to not debut at number one and have strong album sales for the first week , it eventually sold 1,100,000 copies by closing the year of 1999 making it the 73rd best selling album of the year . As of March 2008 , the album had sales 1,518,000 copies in the United States . The third and final album released on No Limit Records and his first album on his newly founded label Doggystyle Records , Tha Last Meal was released on December 19 , 2000 . The album included the singles `` Snoop Dogg ( What 's My Name Pt . 2 ) '' , `` Hennesey n Buddah '' featuring Kokane , `` Lay Low '' featuring Nate Dogg , `` Loosen ' Control '' and `` Wrong Idea '' featuring Bad Azz . The single `` Snoop Dogg ( What 's My Name II ) '' was nominated for Music Video of the Year at The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards 2001 . The album was nominated Album of the Year at the same ceremony . The single `` Wrong Idea '' was also included in Bad Azz 's second album Personal Business released on Doggystyle . Tha Last Meal debuted at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 , selling 397,238 copies in its first week . In the third week the album reached at number 4 in the US chart . The album topped the Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums for four consecutive weeks . In 2001 the album has sold 1,200,000 copies in the United States . Has sold over 2,068,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan . The sixth studio album , Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo $ $ was supported by two singles : `` From tha Chuuuch to da Palace '' featuring Pharrell and the other-Pharrell track `` Beautiful '' also featuring Charlie Wilson . The album debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 , selling 174,000 copies in its first week . The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) and has sold 1,500,000 copies worldwide . The album 's lead single , titled `` From tha Chuuuch to da Palace '' featuring guest vocals from Pharrell , was released on October 15 , 2002 . The song was produced by The Neptunes . The music video for `` From tha Chuuuch to da Palace '' , was directed by Diane Martel , under the alias Bucky Chrome . The second single , `` Beautiful '' featuring Pharrell and Charlie Wilson , was released on January 28 , 2003 . The song also was produced by The Neptunes . The music video for `` Beautiful '' featuring Pharrell and Charlie Wilson ( who he did not make it to the video ) , was directed by Chris Robinson and it was released in 2003 . The video took place in Brazil . The video helped exceeded the song to become a hit on the Billboard charts . The seventh studio R&G ( Rhythm & Gangsta ) : The Masterpiece was released 2004 . `` Drop It Like It 's Hot '' featuring Pharrell , was released as the album 's lead single on September 14 , 2004 . With the production by The Neptunes , the song gained some critical attention for its very sparse production . The song essentially is just tongue clicks , keyboards and a drum machine beat , which compared to much early 2000s rap , was very minimalist . It was nominated at the Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group , though it lost both awards to the songs `` Jesus Walks '' by Kanye West and `` Let 's Get It Started '' by The Black Eyed Peas , respectively . The song reached at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 , becoming Snoop 's first US number one single . The song internationally reached the top-ten in a huge 12 countries . The second single , `` Let 's Get Blown '' featuring Pharrell , was released on December 14 , 2004 . The song was produced by The Neptunes . It did not repeat the success of `` Drop It Like It 's Hot '' , but it filled the gap between the aforementioned song and the club hit `` Signs '' . Keyshia Cole , who had not garnered a reputation at that time and was therefore left uncredited ( her contribution to the R&G song `` Pass It Pass It '' also went uncredited ) . The song samples and contains interpolations from Slave 's `` Watching You '' , which was also interpolated in `` Gin and Juice . '' The single is one of Snoop Dogg 's biggest hits in the UK for peaking at number 13 and number 54on the US Billboard Hot 100 . `` Signs '' featuring Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson , was released on April 25 , 2005 . The song was produced by The Neptunes . In May 2005 , the single reached at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and number 46 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart . However , it was more popular in Australia staying at number one on the Australian Singles Chart for two weeks . Internationally , the song reached the top-ten in 11 countries . The final single , `` Ups & Downs '' featuring Bee Gees , was released on August 15 , 2005 . The song was produced by Warryn Campbell . The song interpolates The Bee Gees ' 1979 hit `` Love You Inside Out '' . The song charted in several countries , but did n't match the success from his previous singles on the album . R&G debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard 200 chart , selling 225,000 copies in its first week . In its second week , the album fell to number 9 on the Billboard 200 , selling 203,000 copies , for a two-week total of 428,000 units . As of March 2008 , the album sales 1,724,000 copies in the United States . In 2006 , the song `` I Wan na Love You '' , a collaboration with Akon , became Snoop 's second number one on the Hot 100 . Tha Blue Carpet Treatment Snoop 's eighth studio album , was released in 2006 . Tha Blue Carpet Treatment debuted at number 5 on the US Billboard 200 , selling 264,000 copies in its first week . On the Nielsen SoundScan annual `` Best Sellers Top 100 '' rankings when the album was listed 97th with the 2006 year-end catalog closing sales number of 637,000 copies despite having been released in mid-November and its sales data is accumulated for only one and a half months . As of March 2008 , the album had sales 903,000 copies in the United States . On November 20 , 2007 he released the single `` Sexual Eruption '' peaked at number 7 on The Hot 100 . The ninth studio album Ego Trippin ' , it was released by Geffen Records on March 11 , 2008 . The album sold over 137,000 copies in its first week in the United States , debuting at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 chart . In its second week the album fell to number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart , selling 57,000 copies , for a two-week total of 194,000 units . Ego Trippin was the tenth best selling hip hop album of the year , selling 401,000 copies in the US . Malice n Wonderland is the tenth studio album by American rapper Snoop 's ; it was released on December 8 , 2009 . The album included the Billboard charts singles `` Gangsta Luv '' and `` I Wan na Rock '' . Malice n Wonderland debuted at number 23 on the US Billboard 200 , selling 61,000 copies in its opening week . It is his first album since Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss ( 2002 ) not to reach the top ten on the Billboard 200 , his lowest charting album on the US R&B / Hip-Hop charts and his only album to miss the British and Australian Top 100 . Malice n Wonderland has sold over 400,000 copies in the United States as of 2011 . In 2011 , Snoop 's was released top ten album Doggumentary , the album debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 chart , selling 50,000 copies in its first week in the United States . Snoop Dogg collaborated with David Guetta for a remix of the latter 's single `` Wet '' , newly titled `` Sweat '' . It topped the charts in countries such as France , Australia and Austria . In 2011 , Snoop released a soundtrack on Mac & Devin Go to High School with Wiz Khalifa . `` Young , Wild & Free '' , the soundtrack 's lead single which features Bruno Mars , and produced by The Smeezingtons , was released on October 11 , 2011 . In its first week it sold 159,000 digital copies , debuting at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 , and number 44 on the Canadian Hot 100 . In 2012 , after a trip to Jamaica , Snoop announced a conversion to the Rastafari movement and a new alias , Snoop Lion '' ' . Under the new moniker , he released a reggae album , Reincarnated . As of May 2015 , the album has sold 104,000 copies in the United States . The album topped Billboard Top Reggae Albums for 34 non-consecutive weeks n His thirteenth solo studio album , Bush , was released in May 2015 . It was supported by the singles ; `` Peaches N Cream '' featuring Charlie Wilson , `` So Many Pros '' , and `` California Roll '' featuring Stevie Wonder . The album was the eighth best-selling album of the week . Bush was the sixth Snoop 's solo album to debut at number one on the Billboard '' Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums . Coolaid was released July 1 , 2016 on eOne . His latest album Neva Left was released on Doggystyle and Empire records on May 19 , 2017 .",
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"text": "Street Hop Street Hop is the fourth studio album by the American rapper Royce da 5 ' 9 '' , released in the United States on October 20 , 2009 , on One Records . It is the follow-up to his previous album Independent 's Day ( 2005 ) . At the release of Success Is Certain ( August 9 , 2011 ) , Street Hop sold approximately 24,000 units in the United States via HitsDailyDouble .",
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"text": "Over the Counter (album) Over the Counter is the debut demo album and is the officially unreleased but heavily bootlegged debut studio album by rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg . Guest appearances include Tha Dogg Pound , Dr. Dre , Nate Dogg , Warren G , George Clinton and others . The album was released only on cassette version .",
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"text": "Reincarnated (album) Reincarnated is the twelfth studio album by American recording artist Snoop Dogg . It is his first release under his reggae persona Snoop Lion . The album was released on April 23 , 2013 , under Berhane Sound System , Mad Decent , Vice Records and RCA Records . The album is his departure from hip hop and his debut in the reggae genre . The album 's production was handled mainly by Diplo and his group Major Lazer . The album features guest appearances from Busta Rhymes , Akon , Chris Brown , Mavado , Popcaan , Mr. Vegas , Collie Buddz , Miley Cyrus , Rita Ora , and Drake among others . The album 's production was handled by Major Lazer , Ariel Rechtshaid , 6Blocc , Dre Skull , Supa Dups and Diplo , who also served as executive producer . It is a companion project to the documentary film Reincarnated . The album was nominated at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Reggae Album .",
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"text": "The Marshall Mathers LP The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem . It was released on May 23 , 2000 , by Aftermath Entertainment , Interscope Records , and Eminem 's newly founded label , Shady Records in the United States , and on September 11 , 2000 , by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom . The album was produced mostly by Dr. Dre and Eminem , along with The 45 King , the Bass Brothers , and Mel-Man . Released a year after Eminem 's breakout album The Slim Shady LP , the record features more introspective lyricism including the rapper 's response to his sudden rise to fame and controversy surrounding his lyrics . The album sold more than 1.78 million copies in the US in its first week alone , becoming the fastest-selling studio album by any solo artist in American music history . In 2001 , the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and was nominated for Album of the Year . Eminem lost the latter to jazz-rock duo Steely Dan and their album Two Against Nature . The album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in March 2011 for shipping 10 million copies in the United States . By December 2016 , the album had sold over 11 million copies in the United States and more than 32 million copies worldwide . A sequel to the album , The Marshall Mathers LP 2 , was released on November 5 , 2013 .",
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"text": "Alpha Thug Alpha Thug is an unreleased album by American rapper Mopreme Shakur .",
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"text": "Lets Celebrate Lets Celebrate , also known as The Christmas Album , is a collaboration album by Namibian musicians The Dogg and Qonja . The album was launched at the Playhouse Theatre in Windhoek on 16 December 2010 . The album was released to celebrate Christmas during the vestive season . Most of the album is about the spirit of giving and praising Jesus Christ . The album was released under Mshasho Productions and features productions by The Dogg and Elvo with guest appearances of Tequila , Nasty , KK , Lil ' D and Chesta Mshasho as the only Mshasho artist . More members of Mshasho Records are featured on the intro , where they shoutout their families and friends . `` This is actually planned to be a real party . We just want the people to come and have fun with us . This is a very historical moment for both Qonja and I and we want to make it a memorable event for all our fans . It is not always that artists come up with something Christmas and we are both thrilled about this project . We want to give our fans a real Christmas gig and just have fun at the Playhouse Theatre , so put on your dancing shoes and come in numbers . '' The Dogg speaking about the album launch party .",
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"text": "Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz Superbad : The Return of Boosie Bad Azz is the fourth studio album by American rapper Lil Boosie . It was released on September 15 , 2009 , by Bad Azz , Asylum Records , Trill Entertainment and Warner Bros. . Records . The album debuted at number 7 on the US Billboard 200 chart .",
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"text": "Watchmen Watchmen is an American comic-book limited series published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 , and collected in 1987 . The series was created by a British collaboration consisting of writer Alan Moore , artist Dave Gibbons , and colorist John Higgins . Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics . As Moore 's proposed story would have left many of the characters unusable for future stories , managing editor Dick Giordano convinced Moore to create original characters instead . Moore used the story as a means to reflect contemporary anxieties and to deconstruct and parody the superhero concept . Watchmen depicts an alternate history where superheroes emerged in the 1940s and 1960s and their presence changed history so that the United States won the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal was never exposed . In 1985 , the country is edging toward World War III with the Soviet Union , freelance costumed vigilantes have been outlawed and most former superheroes are in retirement or working for the government . The story focuses on the personal development and moral struggles of the protagonists as an investigation into the murder of a government-sponsored superhero pulls them out of retirement . Creatively , the focus of Watchmen is on its structure . Gibbons used a nine-panel grid layout throughout the series and added recurring symbols such as a blood-stained smiley face . All but the last issue feature supplemental fictional documents that add to the series ' backstory , and the narrative is intertwined with that of another story , an in-story pirate comic titled Tales of the Black Freighter , which one of the characters reads . Structured , at times , as a nonlinear narrative , the story skips through space , time and plot . In the same manner , entire scenes and dialogue have parallels with others through synchronicity , coincidence and repeated imagery . A commercial success , Watchmen has received critical acclaim both in the comics and mainstream press , and is considered by several critics and reviewers to be one of the most significant works of 20th-century literature . Watchmen was recognized in Times List of the 100 Best Novels as one of the best English language novels published since 1923 , and placed # 91 on The Comics Journals list of the top 100 comics of the 20th century . The BBC described it as `` The moment comic books grew up . '' After a number of attempts to adapt the series into a feature film , director Zack Snyder 's Watchmen was released in 2009 . A video game series , Watchmen : The End Is Nigh , was released in the same year to coincide with the film 's release . In 2012 , DC Comics published Before Watchmen , a comic-book series acting as a prequel to the original Watchmen series , without Moore and Gibbons ' involvement .",
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"text": "1986 Laurence Olivier Awards The 1986 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 1986 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre .",
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"text": "Specters (film) Spettri , internationally released as Specters , is a 1987 Italian horror film directed by Marcello Avallone .",
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"text": "Top Gun Top Gun is a 1986 American romantic military action drama film directed by Tony Scott , and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer , in association with Paramount Pictures . The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps , Jr. , and was inspired by an article titled `` Top Guns '' published in California magazine three years earlier . The film stars Tom Cruise , Kelly McGillis , Val Kilmer , Anthony Edwards , and Tom Skerritt . Cruise plays Lieutenant Pete `` Maverick '' Mitchell , a young Naval aviator aboard the aircraft carrier . He and his Radar Intercept Officer ( RIO ) Nick `` Goose '' Bradshaw ( Edwards ) are given the chance to train at the Navy 's Fighter Weapons School at Miramar in San Diego . Top Gun was released on May 16 , 1986 . Upon its release , the film received generally mixed reviews from film critics but many particularly praised the action sequences , the effects , the aerial stunts , and the acting performances with Cruise and McGillis receiving the most praise . Four weeks after release , the number of theaters showing it increased by 45 % . Despite its initial mixed critical reaction , the film was a huge commercial hit grossing $ 356 million against a production budget of only $ 15 million . With its success , the film became a cult film over the years and earned an IMAX 3D re-release in 2013 . Additionally , the film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for `` Take My Breath Away '' performed by Berlin . In 2015 , the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry , finding it `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' .",
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"text": "The Seventies (miniseries) The Seventies is a documentary miniseries which premiered on CNN on June 11 , 2015 . Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman ' studio Playtone , and serving as a follow-up to The Sixties , the 8-part series chronicled events and popular culture of the United States during the 1970s . In February 2016 , CNN announced that it would premiere a third installment in the franchise , The Eighties , on March 31 , 2016 .",
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"text": "Nayakan Nayakan ( The Hero ) , also spelt Nayagan , is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language crime-drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam and starring Kamal Haasan . It is loosely based on the real-life Bombay underworld don Varadarajan Mudaliar , and sympathetically depicts the struggle of South Indians living in Bombay ( now Mumbai ) . The film also stars Saranya Ponvannan in her film debut . Karthika , Nassar , Janagaraj , Delhi Ganesh and Tinnu Anand play significant roles . The soundtrack and score of the film were composed by Ilaiyaraaja and was met with a successful response after release . The film has been inspired from Francis Ford Coppola 's 1972 film The Godfather . Principal photography commenced in November 1986 with test shoots featuring Haasan . The film was released on 21 October 1987 on the occasion of Diwali and received critical acclaim worldwide . Kamal Haasan 's performance as Velu Nayakan earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor . The film also earned the National Awards for Best Cinematography ( P. C. Sriram ) and Best Art Direction ( Thotta Tharani ) . The film was India 's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988 at the 60th Academy Awards , but was not nominated . In 2005 , the magazine TIME included Nayagan in its list of `` All-Time 100 Best Films '' . The film was also included in The Moving Arts Film Journals list of greatest films of all time . Nayagan was also included in NDTV 's list `` India 's 20 greatest films '' . CNN-IBN included the film in its list of `` 100 greatest Indian films of all time '' . The film was dubbed in Telugu under the title Nayakudu . It was also remade in Hindi as Dayavan in 1988 starring Vinod Khanna . A Hindi dub of the film was released in 1999 as Velu Nayakan .",
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"text": "List of animated feature films of 1986 A list of animated feature films first released in 1986 .",
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"text": "Guard Me, My Talisman Guard Me , My Talisman ( Храни меня , мой талисман , `` Kranj menja , moj talisman '' , also known as Protect Me , My Talisman ) is a 1986 Russian drama film directed by Roman Balayan . The film was entered into the main competition at the 43rd edition of the Venice Film Festival . It also won the Golden Tulip at the 1987 International Istanbul Film Festival .",
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"text": "43rd Venice International Film Festival The 43rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 30 August to 10 September , 1986 . It was the last edition directed by Gian Luigi Rondi .",
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"text": "Morgan Creek Productions Morgan Creek Productions is an American film studio that has released box-office hits including Young Guns , Dead Ringers , Major League , True Romance , Ace Ventura : Pet Detective , The Crush , Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves and The Last of the Mochicans . The studio was co-founded in 1988 by James Robinson and Joe Roth . Robinson leads the company as chairman and CEO . He has two sons Brian Robinson and David C. Robinson who run the day to day operations . In October 2014 , Morgan Creek sold the international distribution rights and copyrights to their films to Revolution Studios . In September 2015 , Morgan Creek began negotiating the sale of rights for the remaining territories , though they will retain remake and TV rights to the Ace Ventura , Major League , Young Guns , and Exorcist franchises . Miramax is currently the digital and television distributor for the pre-2012 Morgan Creek library , via Revolution Studios . The domestic rights to the Morgan Creek library ( with the exception of Young Guns , which still stand with Lionsgate/Vestron Video ) , have since been purchased by Westchester Films/Shout ! Factory .",
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"text": "The Watch (TV series) The Watch is a British fantasy police procedural television series under development since 2011 . It is to be based on the stories about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett .",
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"text": "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel 's toy line Masters of the Universe . The show , often referred to as simply He-Man , was one of the most popular animated children 's shows of the 1980s , and has retained a heavy cult following to this day . It made its television debut in 1983 and ran until 1985 , consisting of two seasons of 65 episodes each . Reruns continued to air in syndication until 1988 , at which point USA Network bought the rights to the series . USA aired He-Man until September 1990 . Reruns of the show are no longer being broadcast on the Qubo Night Owl nor on Retro Television Network in the US , but the show is now available on Netflix .",
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"text": "Masters of the Universe: The Movie Masters of the Universe : The Movie is an action-adventure game developed by Gremlin Graphics , and published in 1987 . It is based on the American film Masters of the Universe ( 1987 ) , directed by Gary Goddard . The film and the game are part of the Masters of the Universe media franchise . A promotional photo of Dolph Lundgren as He-Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor illustrates the video game packaging . The MSX version of the game is titled Masters of the Universe . Two other Masters of the Universe video games were published in the same year : Masters of the Universe : The Arcade Game and Masters of the Universe : The Super Adventure .",
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"text": "Soldati - 365 all'alba Soldati - 365 all ` alba ( i.e. `` Soldiers 365 Days Before Discharge '' ) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi . The film , which deals with the military service seen as a traumatic experience , marked the switch of Risi from low-wattage comedies to more complex themes . Before coming into production , the screenplay was submitted to the Ministry of Defence to obtain the necessary permits to shoot in real barracks , but it received an outright refusal , as the Ministry feared to exacerbate the already harsh controversy that at the time had invested the Army because of a chain of suicides in the barracks as a result of hazing . The film , therefore , was filmed partly in Rome between the Empire Studios , the private school Nazarene College and the psychiatric hospital Santa Maria della Pietà , and Trieste , in the museum of national history .",
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"text": "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country is a 1991 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures . It is the sixth feature film based on Star Trek , and a sequel to the 1966 -- 1969 Star Trek television series . Taking place after the events of Star Trek V : The Final Frontier , it is the last film featuring the entire cast of the original series . After the destruction of the Klingon moon Praxis leads the Klingon Empire to pursue peace with their long-time adversary the Federation , the crew of the USS Enterprise must race against unseen conspirators with a militaristic agenda . The sixth film in the series was initially planned as a prequel to the original series , with younger actors portraying the crew of the Enterprise while attending Starfleet Academy , but the idea was discarded because of negative reaction from the original cast and the fans . Faced with producing a new film in time for Star Trek 's 25th anniversary , Nicholas Meyer , the director of Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , and Denny Martin Flinn wrote a script based on a suggestion from Leonard Nimoy about what would happen if `` the Wall came down in space '' , touching on the contemporary events of the Cold War . Principal photography took place between April and September 1991 . The production budget was smaller than anticipated because of the critical and commercial disappointment of The Final Frontier . Because of a lack of sound stage space on the Paramount lot , many scenes were filmed around Hollywood . Meyer and cinematographer Hiro Narita aimed for a darker and more dramatic mood , subtly altering sets originally used for the television series Star Trek : The Next Generation . Producer Steven-Charles Jaffe led a second unit that filmed on an Alaskan glacier that stood in for a Klingon gulag . Cliff Eidelman produced the film 's score , which is intentionally darker than previous Star Trek offerings . The film was released in North America on December 6 , 1991 . The Undiscovered Country garnered positive reviews , with publications praising the lighthearted acting and facetious references . The film performed strongly at the box office . It posted the largest opening weekend gross of the series before going on to earn $ 96,888,996 worldwide . The film earned two Academy Award nominations , for Best Makeup and Best Sound Effects , and is the only Star Trek movie to win the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film . A special collectors ' edition DVD version of the film was released in 2004 , to which Meyer had made minor alterations . Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry died shortly before the movie 's premiere , just days after viewing the film . The film marked the final appearance together of the original series ' cast .",
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"text": "Goodfellas Goodfellas ( stylized as GoodFellas ) is a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese . It is an adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi , who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese . The film narrates the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill and his friends over a period from 1955 to 1980 . Scorsese initially named the film Wise Guy and postponed making it ; later , he and Pileggi changed the name to Goodfellas . To prepare for their roles in the film , Robert De Niro , Joe Pesci , and Ray Liotta often spoke with Pileggi , who shared research material left over from writing the book . According to Pesci , improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals wherein Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted . The director made transcripts of these sessions , took the lines he liked best , and put them into a revised script , which the cast worked from during principal photography . Made on a budget of $ 25 million , Goodfellas grossed $ 46.8 million . It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Director , with Pesci winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role . The film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , including Best Film and Best Director . Additionally , Goodfellas was named the year 's best film by various critics ' groups . Goodfellas is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in the crime genre . In 2000 , it was deemed `` culturally , historically , and aesthetically significant '' and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress . Its content and style have been emulated in numerous other films and television shows .",
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"text": "List of The New York Times Manga Best Sellers The New York Times Best Seller list for manga published in the United States was introduced on March 5 , 2009 , along with two additional lists for hardcover and paperback graphic novels . The three lists are grouped under the `` Graphic Books '' category . Deborah Hoffman , an editor for the Best Seller lists , explained that the term `` Graphic Books '' was selected to create an `` inclusive and expansive '' list which can extend to works of both fiction and non-fiction . Journalist George Gustines announced , in his introduction of the new lists , `` Comics have finally joined the mainstream . '' The announcement was made the week the film Watchmen , based on the comic book of the same name , was released in movie theaters throughout the U.S. . The Best Seller lists are printed weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine , which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication . Gustines explained the methodology used to determine the rankings : Rankings reflect sales of graphic novels -LSB- ... -RSB- at many thousands of venues where a wide range of books are sold nationwide . These include hundreds of independent book retailers ( statistically weighted to represent all such outlets ) ; national , regional and local chains ; online and multimedia entertainment retailers ; university , gift , supermarket , discount department stores and newsstands . In addition , these rankings also include unit sales reported by retailers nationwide that specialize in graphic novels and comic books . On multiple occasions , manga have been listed outside its designated list . Mike Kiley , then-Senior Vice President of the publisher Tokyopop , explained in 2010 that it has become more difficult to draw a distinguishing line between works that are manga and manga-inspired , such as Korean manhwa and American original English language ( OEL ) manga . A Drifting Life , an autobiographical manga by Yoshihiro Tatsumi , appeared on the May 3 , 2009 , Best Seller list for paperback graphic novels , where it ranked third . X-Men : Misfits , an original English manga based on the X-Men comic book franchise , ranked fifth at its debut on the August 30 , 2009 , paperback graphic novels list , and stayed on the chart for five consecutive weeks . The first volume of a manhwa adaptation of the popular vampire-themed Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer remained on the hardcover graphic novels Best Seller list for 27 consecutive weeks in 2010 . In January 2017 , the Times decided to stop producing the separate manga best seller list .",
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"text": "Watchmen: Motion Comic The Watchmen : Motion Comic is a 2008 American animated short film series of motion comics for web and television based on the DC comic book series Watchmen , written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Dave Gibbons . The series consists of twelve abridged 25 -- 30 minute segments , each based on and sharing a name with one of the twelve chapters of the book . Both male and female characters are voiced by actor Tom Stechschulte . It was released on DVD in March 2009 to coincide with the Watchmen movie 's release .",
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"text": "Birmingham Sound Reproducers Birmingham Sound Reproducers was a British manufacturer of record player turntables . Daniel McLean McDonald founded Birmingham Sound Reproducers as a private company in 1932 in the West Midlands of England , UK . By 1947 , the company chiefly manufactured communications sets ( intercoms ) , laboratory test equipment , and sound recording and reproducing instruments , including phonographs . In the early 1950s , Samuel Margolin began buying auto-changing turntables from BSR , using them as the basis of his Dansette record player . Over the next twenty years , Margolin manufactured more than a million of these players , and `` Dansette '' became a household word in Britain . In 1957 , BSR , also known by the name BSR McDonald , became a public company and , by 1961 , had grown to employ 2,600 workers . In addition to manufacturing their own brand of player -- the Monarch Automatic Record Changer that could select and play 7 '' , 10 '' and 12 '' records at 33 , 45 or 78 rpm , changing automatically between the various settings of disc sizes only , speeds were changed Manually -- BSR McDonald supplied turntables and autochangers to most of the world 's record player manufacturers , eventually gaining 87 % of the market . By 1977 , BSR 's various factories produced over 250,000 units a week . Changing times and technology hit BSR hard in the early 1980s . Although BSR McDonald produced tape recording decks in addition to their widely used turntables and changers , consumers had begun to expect portability from their music players , and BSR were not prepared to compete with eight-track and cassette tape players or later , the groundbreaking Walkman from Japan . In the first five years of the 1980s , once-mighty BSR closed factories and made thousands of workers redundant . During the 1980s BSR manufactured the Rotronics Wafadrive for the ZX Spectrum range of computers . After producing their last turntable in 1985 , BSR McDonald closed all divisions except for Astec Power Supply , as well as keeping investments in various entities , including dbx , X10 , BSR Housewares ( the latter sold to the French small electrical appliances and kitchen equipment manufacturer Moulinex ) . BSR then moved its head office to Hong Kong , as Astec ( BSR ) plc , and continued in Hong Kong until 1998 , when Astec ( BSR ) plc was 100 % acquired by Emerson Electric Company ( NYSE : EMR ) .",
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"text": "BAFTA Award for Best Film The BAFTA Award for Best Film is given annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and presented at the British Academy Film Awards . It has been given since the 1st BAFTA Awards , representing the best films of 1947 , but until 1969 it was called the BAFTA Award for Best Film From Any Source . It is possible for films from any country to be nominated , although British films are also recognised in the category BAFTA Award for Best British Film and ( since 1983 ) foreign-language films in BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language . As such , there have been multiple occasions of a film being nominated in two of these categories . There has been one tie for the Best Film award when , in 1962 , Ballad of a Soldier tied with The Hustler for Best Film from any Source . Until 1981 , the award was given to the director , except in 1976 and 1977 , when it was given to the producers . From 1981 to 1985 , it was given solely to the producers , and then in 1986 , it was shared between the Director and Producer . In 1998 , it was once again given to only the producers . In the following lists , the titles and names in bold with a dark grey background are the winners and recipients respectively ; those not in bold are the nominees . The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released , not the year of the ceremony , which always takes place the following year .",
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"text": "Catherine Tregenna Catherine Tregenna is a Welsh playwright , television scriptwriter and actress . She wrote the play Art and Guff , co-wrote the series Cowbois ac Injans and four episodes of the BBC 's science fiction drama Torchwood : `` Out of Time '' , `` Captain Jack Harkness '' , `` Meat '' and `` Adam '' . As well as co-writing Meat , she also created the meat props shown in the episode . `` Captain Jack Harkness '' was nominated for the 2008 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation , Short Form . She has also written episodes for EastEnders , Casualty , and for the first four series of ITV1 crime drama Law & Order : UK , which began transmitting in February 2009 . She played the character Kirsty McGurk , for several years , in Pobol Y Cwm and a doctor in Satellite City . In November 2014 , it was confirmed that she would be writing an episode for the ninth series of Doctor Who , later confirmed to be titled `` The Woman Who Lived '' .",
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"text": "Tamara Taggart Tamara Taggart , OBC is a Canadian television presenter , born on May 2 , 1968 , in Vancouver , British Columbia . She currently serves as the weekday anchor of CTV News at Six alongside Mike Killeen on CIVT-TV ( `` CTV British Columbia '' ) in Vancouver , British Columbia . Taggart 's career in broadcasting started while she was attending BCIT in Burnaby , British Columbia , where she was enrolled in the Broadcast Communications program . She graduated in 1991 ( her class included Vancouver sports broadcaster John Shorthouse ) . Her early work was in radio and concert promotion . However , in 1997 , she landed a recurring role on community calendar spots on CIVT-TV ( then known as `` Vancouver Television '' ) . From there , she moved on to co-host the breakfast show and then , later , the entertainment spot on the evening news . In 2001 , Taggart moved over to the weather desk where she stayed for 9 years . During the station 's 5pm , 6pm and 11:30 pm newscasts she presented the forecast from CTV 's studios as well as various ( and numerous ) locations around Vancouver , the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island . In January 2011 , Taggart transferred to the CTV news desk . Taggart also hosted a home renovation show , Love It or Lose It for two seasons , on the Home and Garden TV network ( HGTV ) . Taggart had minor roles in the films Antitrust ( film ) , Josie and the Pussycats , Halloween : Resurrection and Along Came a Spider and on several television series , including , Robson Arms , Cold Squad , and Touching Evil . The Georgia Straight Annual Reader 's Poll has named Taggart as Vancouver 's `` Best TV Weather Person '' and `` Best TV Personality '' in 2002 , 2003 and 2004 . She was named `` Woman of the Year '' at the Consumer 's Choice Awards in 2003 and has appeared on the cover of TV Week Magazine seven times . In 2005 , Taggart was nominated for a Leo Award for `` Best Host , Lifestyles Series '' for Love It or Lose It . Taggart has also been featured in Hello Canada in July 2009 and August 2009 . Taggart was married on February 4 , 2006 , to Juno award-winning guitarist and record producer Dave Genn , formerly of the Matthew Good Band and currently of the band 54-40 . ( Senator Larry Campbell , former mayor of Vancouver , served as the officiant at the marriage ceremony . ) Tamara and her husband Dave have a son , Beckett , born August 2 , 2007 ; a daughter , Zoë , born September 24 , 2008 ; and a daughter , Poppy , born August 16 , 2010 . Taggart co-hosted Live ! with Regis and Kelly for one day on Friday August 21 , 2009 . On December 8 , 2010 , it was announced that Taggart would co-anchor the CTV News at Six alongside Mike Killeen , effective January 3 , 2011 , following the stepping-down of longtime anchors Pamela Martin and Bill Good .",
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"text": "Porterhouse Blue (TV series) Porterhouse Blue is a 1987 television series adapted by Malcolm Bradbury from the Tom Sharpe novel of the same name for Channel 4 in four episodes . It starred David Jason as Skullion , Ian Richardson as Sir Godber Evans , Barbara Jefford as his wife Lady Mary , Charles Gray as Sir Cathcart D'Eath , and John Sessions as Zipser . Also appearing were Griff Rhys Jones as Cornelius Carrington , Paula Jacobs as Mrs. Biggs , Bob Goody as Walter , Paul Rogers as the Dean , John Woodnutt as the Senior Tutor , Lockwood West as the Chaplain , Willoughby Goddard as Professor Siblington , and Harold Innocent as the Bursar . The title song `` Dives in Omnia '' ( cod-Latin for `` Excess in everything '' ) was sung by a cappella group The Flying Pickets . The series won an International Emmy and two BAFTA Awards ( including Best Actor for David Jason ) . The television adaptation has been released on DVD and VHS . Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge , Sacrist 's Gate near Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire , Knebworth House and Apethorpe Hall in Northamptonshire were used as locations in the series .",
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"text": "Elogium `` Elogium '' is the fourth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek : Voyager , the 20th episode overall . The episode first aired on the UPN network on February 18 , 1995 . The story was written by freelancers Jimmy Diggs and Steve J. Kay , based on Diggs ' experience while serving in the United States Navy . It was rewritten by executive producer Jeri Taylor and guest writer Kenneth Biller . Set in the 24th century , the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet and Maquis crew of the starship USS Voyager after they were stranded in the Delta Quadrant far from the rest of the Federation . In this episode , Voyager encounters a swarm of space-borne lifeforms , which mistake the vessel for a member of their species . The presence of the aliens induce a premature mating cycle in Kes ( Jennifer Lien ) , causing her and Neelix ( Ethan Phillips ) to question whether or not they are ready to have children . Taylor incorporated Diggs ' suggestion to name a character `` Samantha Wildman '' after an organ donor who saved his wife 's life . The script was Biller 's first work for the series and earned him a permanent spot on the Voyager writing staff after impressing the producers . The episode received Nielsen ratings of 5.7 / 9 percent , placing it in 87th position for the week overall . The episode was praised by the cast , although director Winrich Kolbe was satisfied but felt that Kes could have been taken further in the episode . Critics gave the episode a mixed response , lauding Lien 's performance while criticizing the character dynamics and the message about women wanting to become a mother .",
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"text": "The Duchess of Duke Street The Duchess of Duke Street is a BBC television drama series set in London between 1900 and 1925 . It was created by John Hawkesworth , previously the producer of the ITV period drama Upstairs , Downstairs . It starred Gemma Jones as Louisa Leyton/Trotter , the eponymous `` Duchess '' who works her way up from servant to renowned cook to proprietrix of the upper-class Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street , St. James 's , in London . The story is loosely based on the real-life career of Rosa Lewis ( née Ovenden ) , the `` Duchess of Jermyn Street '' , who ran the Cavendish Hotel in London . When the show first aired , there were many people who still remembered her , as she lived until 1952 . According to census returns , she was born in Leyton , Essex , to a watchmaker . In the series , Louisa 's family name is Leyton , and her father is a clock-maker . The programme lasted for two series totalling 31 episodes , shown in 1976 and 1977 . It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series in 1980 . The theme music was composed by Alexander Faris .",
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"text": "When the Boat Comes In When the Boat Comes In is a British television period-drama produced by the BBC between 1976 and 1981 . The series stars James Bolam as Jack Ford , a First World War veteran who returns to his poverty-stricken ( fictional ) town of Gallowshield in the North East of England . The series dramatises the political struggles of the 1920s and 1930s and explores the impact of national and international politics upon Ford and the people around him . The memorable traditional tune `` When The Boat Comes In '' was adapted by David Fanshawe and sung by Alex Glasgow for the title theme of the series . Fanshawe also composed the incidental music . The BBC revived the series in 1981 , with the fourth series telling the story of Jack Ford as he returns to Britain penniless , after six years spent bootlegging in the United States , and follows him as he sets up in London . The series ' creator James Mitchell also wrote three tie-in books to the T.V. show : When the Boat Comes In , When the Boat Comes In : The Hungry Years and When the Boat Comes In : Upwards and Onwards . The final book brings the reader up to date with the end of the second series of the TV show . The majority of episodes were written by creator Mitchell , but in Season 1 north-eastern writers Tom Hadaway , Sid Chaplin and Alex Glasgow contributed episodes , and in Season 3 Jeremy Burnham and Colin Morris shared writing duties with Mitchell .",
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"text": "Cranford (TV series) Cranford is a British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson . The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was adapted from three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 1849 and 1858 : Cranford , My Lady Ludlow , and Mr Harrison 's Confessions . ( `` The Last Generation in England '' was also used as a source . ) The series was transmitted in five parts in the UK by BBC One in November and December 2007 . In the United States , it was broadcast in three episodes by PBS as part of its Masterpiece Theatre series in May 2008 . Cranford returned with a two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford in 2009 .",
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"text": "Rumen Petkov Rumen Petkov ( born 26 January 1948 ) is a Bulgarian animator and comic creator . His influence spawned a new generation of young Bulgarian comic book artists as Vladimir Nedialkov , Koko Sarkisian , Ivan Kirjakov and others . He was one of the main artists of the comics magazine DUGA ( Rainbow ) , which was the most popular comics for several generations of Bulgarian children . His most popular cartoon is The Adventures of Choko the Stork and Boko the Frog which was popular in Bulgaria during the 1970s and 1980s . Other famous animated films he directed are Friends of Gosho the Elephant , Treasure Planet , etc. . He has won the Grand Prize at the Ottawa Animation Festival and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . Recently Rumen Petkov has worked as a writer , storyboard artist , animation director and director on some episodes of Johnny Bravo , Dexter 's Laboratory , Cow and Chicken , I Am Weasel , The New Woody Woodpecker Show and other series . He has said about animation : `` Animation will never die because it 's like music , because it 's like running with the wind , because it 's funny . ''",
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"text": "Susan Harris Susan Harris ( born October 28 , 1940 ) is an American television comedy writer and producer . Harris created numerous TV series : Fay , Soap , Loves Me , Loves Me Not , Benson , It Takes Two , The Golden Girls , Empty Nest , Nurses , Good & Evil , The Golden Palace and The Secret Lives of Men . She also wrote or co-wrote all of the episodes of Soap . Her most successful show was The Golden Girls . Harris married television producer Paul Junger Witt on September 18 , 1983 ; he co-produced all the shows she created . She was married from 1965 to 1969 to actor Berkeley Harris , and is the mother of Sam Harris . The first script Harris sold was Then Came Bronson . She then wrote for Love , American Style , All in the Family , The Partridge Family and the TV adaptation of Neil Simon 's Barefoot in the Park . Her abortion episode for the Bea Arthur-starring series Maude in the 1970s won Harris the Humanitas Prize . She would later work with Arthur again in the 1980s when Arthur took one of the lead roles in The Golden Girls . Harris had the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome , which affected her ability to participate in the production of The Golden Girls . In an episode of that show titled `` Sick and Tired '' ( 1989 ) , Harris wrote some of her struggles into the storyline where Arthur 's character Dorothy was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome . It later turned out Harris had an adrenal issue , but she wrote the episode as `` my revenge script for all the people out there who had a disease like that . '' Harris formed the production company Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions with Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas . She was honored with the Writers ' Guild 's Paddy Chayefsky Award in 2005 and inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2011 .",
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"text": "Terry Louise Fisher Terry Louise Fisher ( born February 21 , 1946 ) is an American television producer , screenwriter and novelist .",
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"text": "Clement Virgo Clement Virgo ( born June 1 , 1966 in Montego Bay , Jamaica ) is a Canadian film and television writer , producer and director who runs the production company , Conquering Lion Pictures , with producer Damon D'Oliveira . Virgo is best known for co-writing and directing an adaptation of the novel by Canadian writer Lawrence Hill , The Book of Negroes ( 2015 ) , a six-part miniseries that aired on CBC Television in Canada and BET in the United States .",
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"text": "Jenny Colgan Jenny Colgan ( born 14 September 1972 in Prestwick , Ayrshire , Scotland ) is a writer of romantic comedy fiction and science-fiction , and has written for the Doctor Who line of stories . She writes under her own name and using the pseudonyms Jane Beaton and J. T. Colgan .",
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"text": "The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec , based on the popular book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith . The series premiered on The CW on September 10 , 2009 and concluded on March 10 , 2017 , airing 171 episodes over eight seasons . The pilot episode attracted the largest audience for The CW of any series premiere since the network began in 2006 . The first season averaged 3.60 million viewers . It was the most-watched series on the network before being supplanted by Arrow . The show has received numerous award nominations , winning four People 's Choice Award and many Teen Choice Awards . On April 26 , 2013 , The CW officially announced that the spin-off The Originals , which focuses on the Original family of vampires , had been ordered to series , and the show began airing during the 2013 -- 14 American television season . On April 6 , 2015 , lead actress Nina Dobrev confirmed via Instagram that she and co-star Michael Trevino ( who plays Tyler Lockwood ) would be leaving the show after its sixth season . Dobrev returned to record a voiceover for the seventh-season finale . Trevino appeared as a guest star in season seven and returned for season 8 . On March 11 , 2016 , The CW renewed the series for an eighth season , but on July 23 , 2016 , announced that the eighth season , which would have 16 episodes , would be the show 's last . The final season began airing on October 21 , 2016 .",
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"text": "WOW! (TV series) WOW ! was a children 's entertainment magazine programme , broadcast in 1996 on the UK 's ITV television network ( under the CITV branding ) . It aired for 16 weeks from 31 August to 14 December 1996 , preceded by the Summer 1996 run of Scratchy & Co. and followed by the spring 1997 run of the same show . The presenters of WOW ! were Simeon Courtie ( previously of CBBC ) and Sophie Aldred ( a former Doctor Who star ) . The programme was broadcast from The Maidstone Studios in Maidstone , Kent , also home over the years to shows such as No. 73 , Motormouth , and Holly & Stephen 's Saturday Showdown . ( On one occasion , a power issue in the studio meant that part of the episode was an outside broadcast from the studio car park . ) The programme was produced by The Media Merchants in association with Meridian Television for ITV . The show was a live , anarchic , entertainment magazine similar to Tiswas or Motormouth . It featured imported cartoons , guest interviews and music performances , games and competitions , and comedy . Comic characters featured within the show included the ` Tea Ladies ' - played by male actors Peter Cocks and Woody Taylor - supposedly ` interrupting ' the show to provide banter and bicker with the guests ; and Syd the Spider , a puppet arachnid voiced by Phil Cornwell . The show was dropped after a single run , and the following autumn , ITV aired the series Tricky .",
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"text": "Century Falls Century Falls is a British cross-genre series broadcast in six twenty-five-minute episodes on BBC1 in early 1993 . Written by Russell T Davies , it tells the story of teenager Tess Hunter and her mother , who move to the seemingly idyllic rural village of Century Falls , only to find that it hides many powerful secrets .",
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"text": "Big School (TV series) Big School is a British sitcom , starring David Walliams , Catherine Tate , Steve Speirs , Frances de la Tour and Philip Glenister . It is set in a secondary school and follows the comedic relationships of the teachers . The first series began airing on BBC One on 16 August 2013 , and was met with polarised reviews . The final episode of the first series aired on 20 September 2013 . On 2 December 2013 , BBC One controller Charlotte Moore announced that Big School had been renewed for a second and final series , which concluded on 10 October 2014 . In June 2015 , it was officially announced that Big School was not to be returning for a third series .",
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"text": "List of Cow and Chicken episodes This is a list of episodes of the animated television series Cow and Chicken , which ran on Cartoon Network from July 15 , 1997 , to July 24 , 1999 . The series was created and directed by David Feiss , with the co-directions of : Monte Young in `` The Ugliest Weenie '' ; John McIntyre in `` Alive ! '' ; Robert Alvarez in : `` Field Trip to Folsom Prison '' , `` The Girl 's Bathroom '' , `` Supermodel Cow '' , `` Part Time Job '' , `` Who Is Supercow ? '' , `` Confused '' , `` Happy Meat '' , `` Orthodontic Police '' , `` The Cow with Four Eyes ! '' , `` Cow 's Instincts ... Do n't It ? '' , `` Ballerina Cow '' , `` Lawnmower Chicken '' , `` Space Cow '' , `` Headhunting in Oregon '' , and `` The King and Queen of Cheese '' .",
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"text": "Richard Dinnick Richard Dinnick ( born 22 January 1968 ) is a British screenwriter , novelist , and audio playwright . He is the winner of the 2012 BBC Writersroom opportunity to create a new show and to write for TV on the BBC and is now writing on the CBeebies TV shows Tree Fu Tom and Go Jetters - amongst others - as well as Mind Candy 's new Moshi Monsters TV show . He was one of six finalists in a recent BBC Academy opportunity to workshop a script for Waterloo Road . Dinnick is now Head Writer on the new Disney TV show Eena Meena Deeka and in-development action adventure show Captain Extraordinary . He was also a BAFTA Judge for Children 's Drama and produced a session for the 2014 Children 's Media Conference . He is developing several ideas for TV including a fantasy drama , Never After and a primetime crime drama , Murder of Crows , which is the first of its kind . Richard is currently in pre-production on new web series -- Light & Shadows -- with Capital City Entertainment as writer/producer . Dinnick is also developing a workplace drama , No Kidding , and an urban fantasy show , The Last Horseman . Dinnick has written prose , scripts and comics for many media properties including MGM 's Stargate and the BBC 's Doctor Who , as well as adapting the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- including The Hound of the Baskervilles -- for CD release . His first novel Alien Adventures was published by BBC Children 's Books in 2010 and he has since gone on to write books and short stories for Penguin UK , Titan Publishing , Black Library , Running Press and Snow Books . He has also written comic strips for IDW and BBC Magazines and his first original graphic novel is in the works . He is also often a guest at writing events ( including the London Screenwriters ' Festival ) and Doctor Who conventions ( such as Gallifrey One ) . His pre-school series Elf Stackers is in the commissioning process with the BBC . Dinnick is a member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain and the Royal Television Society and a Patron of the Children 's Media Foundation . His UK TV agent is Emily Smith at The Agency and his manager in the USA is Joe Riley .",
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"text": "John Trefor John Trefor is a Bafta Cymru-winning British television director and producer .",
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"text": "Caridad Bravo Adams Caridad Bravo Adams ( -LSB- kaɾiˈðað ˈbɾaβo ˈaðams -RSB- ) ( born on January 14 , 1908 in Villahermosa , Tabasco -- August 13 , 1990 in Mexico City ) was a prolific Mexican writer and the most famous telenovela writer worldwide . She was born to a couple of Cuban actors and she was part of an extended family of artists , being the sister of Venezuelan actor Leon Bravo , one of the pioneers of theater , radio and TV in Venezuela . She published her first book at the age of 16 , titled Pétalos sueltos . She then moved back to Cuba with her parents , and later returned to Mexico , where she kept writing and obtained a role in her only film , Corazón bandolero ( 1934 ) . She became a chair member of the Ateneo Mexicano de Mujeres and later moved back to Cuba , where she wrote the radionovela Yo no creo en los hombres , which was adapted in Mexico for telenovelas in 1969 and 1988 . Upon the rise of Fidel Castro , she returned to Mexico , where she would remain the rest of her life . Back in Mexico , she wrote Corazón salvaje , a novel that has been adapted to the screen twice and as a telenovela four times ( including once as Juan del Diablo in Puerto Rico ) . She then wrote La intrusa , Bodas de odio and other novels that earned her important awards .",
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"text": "The Tomfoolery Show The Tomfoolery Show is an American cartoon comedy television series made and first broadcast in 1970 , based on the works of Edward Lear . The animation was done at the Halas and Batchelor Studios in London and Stroud . Though the works of other writers were also used , notably Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash , Lear 's works were the main source , and characters like the Yongy-Bonghy-Bo and the Umbrageous Umbrella Maker were all Lear creations . Other regular characters included the Enthusiastic Elephant , the Fizzgiggious Fish , and the Scroobious Snake . Some original material was also written based on characters created by Lear , although much of the material was a straight recital of poems and limericks or songs using Lear 's poems set to music . A recurring joke had a delivery boy running around trying to deliver a large plant and shouting ` Plant for Mrs Discobolus ! ' . Some of the gags were based on Abbott and Costello skits which involved one of the regular characters in troubling situations . A cooking lesson for a silly recipe was presented in each episode . The series was produced by Rankin/Bass , and Videocraft International , who also made the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman television specials . The series was made in England , featuring the voices of Peter Hawkins , Bernard Spear , and the Maury Laws Singers . The series received mostly mixed and negative reviews for not using original material . The series was not renewed after one year on the air . Original air : September 12 , 1970 - September 4 , 1971",
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"text": "George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair ( 25 June 1903 -- 21 January 1950 ) , better known by his pen name George Orwell , was an English novelist , essayist , journalist , and critic . His work is marked by lucid prose , awareness of social injustice , opposition to totalitarianism , and outspoken support of democratic socialism . Orwell wrote literary criticism , poetry , fiction , and polemical journalism . He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm ( 1945 ) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) . His non-fiction works , including The Road to Wigan Pier ( 1937 ) , documenting his experience of working class life in the north of England , and Homage to Catalonia ( 1938 ) , an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War , are widely acclaimed , as are his essays on politics , literature , language , and culture . In 2008 , The Times ranked him second on a list of `` The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 '' . Orwell 's work continues to influence popular and political culture , and the term Orwellian -- descriptive of totalitarian or authoritarian social practices -- has entered the language together with many of his neologisms , including cold war , Big Brother , Thought Police , Room 101 , memory hole , newspeak , doublethink , and thoughtcrime .",
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"text": "Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell 's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War . The first edition was published in the United Kingdom in 1938 . The book was not published in the United States until February 1952 , when it appeared with an influential preface by Lionel Trilling . The only translation published in Orwell 's lifetime was into Italian , in December 1948 . A French translation by Yvonne Davet -- with whom Orwell corresponded , commenting on her translation and providing explanatory notes -- in 1938 -- 39 , was not published until five years after Orwell 's death .",
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"text": "Nineteen Eighty-Four Nineteen Eighty-Four , often published as 1984 , is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell . The novel is set in Airstrip One ( formerly known as Great Britain ) , a province of the superstate Oceania in a world of perpetual war , omnipresent government surveillance , and public manipulation . The superstate and its residents are dictated to by a political regime euphemistically named English Socialism , shortened to `` Ingsoc '' in Newspeak , the government 's invented language . The superstate is under the control of the privileged elite of the Inner Party , a party and government that persecutes individualism and independent thinking as `` thoughtcrime '' , which is enforced by the `` Thought Police '' . The tyranny is ostensibly overseen by Big Brother , the Party leader who enjoys an intense cult of personality , but who may not even exist . The Party `` seeks power entirely for its own sake . It is not interested in the good of others ; it is interested solely in power . '' The protagonist of the novel , Winston Smith , is a member of the Outer Party , who works for the Ministry of Truth ( or Minitrue in Newspeak ) , which is responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism . His job is to rewrite past newspaper articles , so that the historical record always supports the party line . The instructions that the workers receive portray the corrections as fixing misquotations and never as what they really are : forgeries and falsifications . A large part of the Ministry also actively destroys all documents that have not been edited and do not contain the revisions ; in this way , no proof exists that the government is lying . Smith is a diligent and skillful worker but secretly hates the Party and dreams of rebellion against Big Brother . The heroine of the novel , Julia , is based on Orwell 's second wife , Sonia Orwell . As literary political fiction and dystopian science-fiction , Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic novel in content , plot and style . Many of its terms and concepts , such as Big Brother , doublethink , thoughtcrime , Newspeak , Room 101 , telescreen , 2 + 2 = 5 , and memory hole , have entered into common use since its publication in 1949 . Nineteen Eighty-Four popularised the adjective Orwellian , which describes official deception , secret surveillance , and manipulation of recorded history by a totalitarian or authoritarian state . In 2005 , the novel was chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005 . It was awarded a place on both lists of Modern Library 100 Best Novels , reaching number 13 on the editor 's list , and 6 on the readers ' list . In 2003 , the novel was listed at number 8 on the BBC 's survey The Big Read .",
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"text": "Culture of the United Kingdom The culture of the United Kingdom is influenced by the UK 's history as a developed island country , a liberal democracy and a major power ; its predominantly Christian religious life ; and its composition of four countries -- England , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland -- each of which has distinct customs , cultures and symbolism . The wider culture of Europe has also influenced British culture , and Humanism , Protestantism and representative democracy developed from broader Western culture . British literature , music , cinema , art , theatre , comedy , media , television , philosophy , architecture and education are important aspects of British culture . The United Kingdom is also prominent in science and technology , producing world-leading scientists ( e.g. Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin ) and inventions . Sport is an important part of British culture ; numerous sports originated in the country , including football . The UK has been described as a `` cultural superpower '' , and London has been described as a world cultural capital . The Industrial Revolution , which started in the UK , had a profound effect on the socio-economic and cultural conditions of the world . As a result of the British Empire , significant British influence can be observed in the language , law , culture and institutions of a geographically wide assortment of countries , including Australia , Canada , India , the Republic of Ireland , New Zealand , Nigeria , Pakistan , South Africa , the United States and English speaking Caribbean nations . These states are sometimes collectively known as the Anglosphere , and are among Britain 's closest allies . In turn the empire also influenced British culture , particularly British cuisine . The cultures of England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland are diverse and have varying degrees of overlap and distinctiveness .",
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"text": "Coming Up for Air Coming Up for Air is a novel by George Orwell , first published in June 1939 , shortly before the outbreak of World War II . It combines premonitions of the impending war with images of an idyllic Thames-side Edwardian era childhood . The novel is pessimistic , with its view that speculative builders , commercialism and capitalism are killing the best of rural England , `` everything cemented over '' , and there are great new external threats .",
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"text": "George Smiley George Smiley OBE is a fictional character created by John le Carré . Smiley is a career intelligence officer with `` The Circus '' , the British overseas intelligence agency . He is a central character in the novels Call for the Dead , A Murder of Quality , Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , The Honourable Schoolboy , and Smiley 's People , and a supporting character in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold , The Looking Glass War and The Secret Pilgrim .",
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"text": "Family and Kinship in East London Family and Kinship in East London was a 1957 sociological study of an urban working class tight-knit community , and the effects of the post-war governments ' social housing policy leading to their rehousing . Many East Londoners by rigid slum clearance moved out into the new estates of the Home Counties ( some of which is now outer Greater London ) . The study was carried out in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green , in the East End of London and a new housing estate in Essex . The research was carried out by Michael Young and Peter Willmott , who had been an integral part of building the welfare state in Britain during the tenure of Clement Attlee and the Labour government between 1945-51 . The study itself has been acknowledged by many sociologists and in its authors ' critiques as being one of the most influential sociological studies of the twentieth century . It is argued by some that it has inspired British sociology to take new paths away from the more traditional broad Functionalist versus Marxist dichotomy . It used social observation as its means to do so , going away from statistical information that had been previously preferred . In this sense , it counters the Structuralist ( Positivist ) model that posits statistics can always be found to prove cause and effect within society . The idea was to interact and understand a post-war community , to determine its aspirations , worries , doubts and insecurities . This key understanding moves the study into a more Interactionist line , about each individual 's role within society . Indeed , it could also be linked to Max Weber 's idea of empathy and `` going deep '' to comprehend the complexity of communities . In 1992 , Michael Young and the Institute of Community Studies he founded commenced on a new survey of the area to examine the changes to the area and in particular to examine the conflict between the white working class and Bangladeshi immigrants which had become a major feature of the area . This was eventually published in 2005 after his death as The New East End : Kinship , Race and Conflict by Michael Young , Kate Gavron , Geoff Dench . On Wednesday 25 April 2007 , The Guardian society section reported on the 50th Anniversary of the study . Madeleine Bunting expressed how `` the voices they found described a world rich in social relationships , networks of dependence and mutual support that were central to the people 's resilience in facing the adversity of insecure and low paid employment . '' Bunting also mentions how the pair were amongst the first to discover `` social capital '' and its role in shaping community life . It was the first British sociological study that really investigated deeply people 's attitudes , beliefs and feelings . Using detailed prose and limited statistical analysis , it charted how decisions from the top affected ordinary people in their day-to-day and prospective lives . ISBN 978-0-14-020595-4",
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"text": "George Mogridge (Old Humphrey) George Mogridge ( `` Old Humphrey '' ) ( 17 February 1787 -- 2 November 1854 ) was a prolific 19th century writer , poet and author of children 's books and religious tracts . He is chiefly known by his pseudonym of ` Old Humphrey ' , under which name he published 46 works , but also used the pen-names ` Jeremy Jaunt ' , ` Ephraim Holding ' , ` Peter Parley ' and ` Old Father Thames ' . He wrote approximately 200 published works , many of which are still in publication today , and at the time of his death it was estimated that over 15 million copies of his writings were in circulation .",
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"text": "Orthodox Marxism Orthodox Marxism is the body of Marxist thought that emerged following the death of Karl Marx which became the official philosophy of the socialist movement as represented in the Second International until the First World War . Orthodox Marxism aims to simplify , codify and systematize Marxist methodology and theory , ironing out the perceived ambiguities and contradictions of Classical Marxism . The `` orthodoxy '' in orthodox Marxism specifically refers to the methodology of historical materialism and dialectical materialism employed and not to any of the normative aspects inherent to classical Marxism . `` Orthodox '' does not imply adherence to the results of Marx 's own investigations . The fundamental characteristics of orthodox Marxism include the understanding that material development ( advances in technology in the productive forces ) is the primary agent of change in the structure of society and human social relations , and that social systems and their relations ( e.g. : feudalism , capitalism , etc. ) become increasingly contradictory and inefficient as the productive forces advance , resulting in some form of social revolution arising in response to these mounting contradictions . This revolutionary change serves as the vehicle for fundamental society-wide changes and ultimately leads to the emergence of new economic systems .",
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"text": "Post-truth politics Post-truth politics ( also called post-factual politics ) is a political culture in which debate is framed largely by appeals to emotion disconnected from the details of policy , and by the repeated assertion of talking points to which factual rebuttals are ignored . Post-truth differs from traditional contesting and falsifying of truth by rendering it of `` secondary '' importance . While this has been described as a contemporary problem , there is a possibility that it has long been a part of political life , but was less notable before the advent of the Internet . In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four , George Orwell cast a world in which the state changes historic records daily to fit its propaganda goals of the day . Political commentators have identified post-truth politics as ascendant in American , Australian , British , Chinese , Indian , Japanese , Russian and Turkish politics , as well as in other areas of debate , driven by a combination of the 24-hour news cycle , false balance in news reporting , and the increasing ubiquity of social media . In 2016 , `` post-truth '' was chosen as the Oxford Dictionaries ' Word of the Year , due to its prevalence in the context of that year 's Brexit referendum and U.S. presidential election .",
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"text": "Science, Liberty and Peace Science , Liberty and Peace is an essay written by Aldous Huxley , published in 1946 . The essay debates a wide range of subjects reflecting Huxley 's views towards the direction of society at that time . He puts forward a number of predictions , many of which resonate far beyond the time when it was written . A consistent theme throughout the essay is Huxley 's preference towards a decentralised society .",
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"text": "English writing style An English writing style is a way of using the English language . The style of a piece of writing is the way in which features of the language are used to convey meaning , typically but not always within the constraints of more widely accepted conventions of usage , grammar , and speling . An individual 's writing style may be a very personal thing . Organizations that employ writers or commission written work from individuals may require that writers conform to a standardized style defined by the organization . This allows a consistent readability of composite works produced by many authors , and promotes usability of , for example , references to other cited works . In many kinds of professional writing aiming for effective transfer of information , adherence to a standardised style of writing helps readers make sense of what the writer is presenting . Many standardised styles are documented in style guides . Some styles are more widely used , others restricted to a particular journal . Adherence to no particular style is also a style in its own right ; some may think it undesirable , others not .",
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"text": "Prolefeed Prolefeed is a Newspeak term in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell . It was used to describe the deliberately superficial entertainment including literature , movies and music that were produced by Prolesec , a section of the Ministry of Truth , to keep the `` proles '' ( i.e. , proletariat ) content and to prevent them from becoming too knowledgeable . The ruling Party believes that too much knowledge could motivate the proles to rebel against them . In the novel , Prolesec is described in detail : The term is used occasionally to describe shallow entertainment in the real world . For example , Charles Spencer , reviewing the Queen musical We Will Rock You for the Daily Telegraph , described it as ` prolefeed at its worst ' . Theodore Dalrymple wrote in The Spectator that `` France ... . is less dominated by mass distraction ( known here as popular culture , but in Nineteen Eighty-Four as prolefeed ) than Britain is . ''",
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"text": "1984 (disambiguation) 1984 is a year . It may also refer to : Nineteen Eighty-Four , a 1949 novel by George Orwell 1984 ( U.S. TV program ) , a 1953 television adaptation Nineteen Eighty-Four ( UK TV programme ) , a 1954 BBC television adaptation 1984 ( 1956 film ) , a 1956 film adaptation Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1984 film ) , a 1984 film adaptation 1984 ( opera ) , a 2005 opera adaptation composed by Lorin Maazel 1984 ( play ) , a 2013 play adaptation by Robert Icke and Duncan MacMillan",
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"text": "Aristopia Aristopia : A Romance-History of the New World is an 1895 utopian novel by Castello Holford , considered the first novel-length alternate history in English ( and among the earliest alternate histories in general ) . Though part of the major wave utopian and dystopian literature that distinguished the final decades of the nineteenth century , Holford 's book reverses the normal stance of utopian projection : instead of imagining a better society at a future time or in a far-off place , he supposes that the founding of the United States occurred under different conditions and follows its development forward to a superior society in his own day . In Aristopia ( Greek for `` the best place '' ) , Ralph Morton , an early settler in Virginia , discovers a reef made of solid gold . He cannily uses his wealth to build a planned society , based on the Utopia of Sir Thomas More , with innovations and adaptations of his own . In Aristopia , all the land is owned by the government , and only leased to businesses and private citizens . Large-scale trade is also monoplized by the state , and inherited wealth is limited . Morton welcomes productive refugees from European conflicts -- Huguenots , Irish fugitives from Cromwell 's wars , and northern Italian and Swiss artisans . The colony prospers , buys more land from the Indians , and spreads westward . Morton dies at the age of 100 ; his descendants and successors carry his policies forward . The Aristopians support the American Revolution , and on their own initiative conquer Canada . Aristopia comes to dominate the new nation , eventually ruling all of North America north of Mexico . Holford loads his description of Aristopia with satirical remedies for what he saw as contemporary problems and circumstances . In Aristopian jurisprudence , for example , the Court for Assessing the Value of Abstract Words and Phrases polices the language to prevent abuses ; it is the largest and busiest function in the Palace of Justice . The English playwright Henry Arthur Jones was taken with the idea of Aristopia , and used it in his own polemical writings , as in his `` The Tax-Wise Men of Aristopia '' and his My Dear Wells . Holford was not the first writer in English to employ the term `` Aristopia . '' The eighteenth-century freethinker John Fransham ( 1730 -- 1810 ) left a posthumous manuscript titled Memorablilia Classica , which contains a piece called `` The Code of Aristopia , or Scheme for a Perfect Government . ''",
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"text": "Aesopian language Aesopian language is communications that convey an innocent meaning to outsiders but hold a concealed meaning to informed members of a conspiracy or underground movement . For instance , if Person X is known for exposing secrets in an organization , the organization leaders announce that `` any members who have dirty talking habits will be dealt with '' to warn Person X . It refers to the ancient Greek fabulist Aesop . The term `` Aesopian language '' was first used by the nineteenth-century Russian writer Mikhail Saltykov-Schedrin to describe the writing technique he began using late in his career , which he compared to Aesop 's Fables . His purpose was to satirize the social ills of the time but evade the harsh censorship of late Tsarist Russia of which he was a particular target . The Soviet-era writer Lev Loseff noted that the use of Aesopian language remained a favorite technique of writers ( including himself ) under Soviet censorship . Maliheh Tyrell defines the term in the Soviet context and observes that the use of Aesopian language extended to other national literatures under Soviet rule : `` In short , this form of literature , like Aesop 's animal fables , veils itself in allegorical suggestions , hints , and euphemisms so as to elude political censorship . ` Aesopian language ' or literature is a technical term used by Sovietologists to define allegorical language used by Russian or nationality -LSB- that is : non-Russian -RSB- nonconformist publicists to conceal antiregime sentiments . Under Soviet rule , this ` Aesopian ' literature intended to confuse the Soviet authorities , yet illuminate the truth for native readers . '' According to one critic , `` Censorship ... had a positive , formative impact upon the Aesopian writers ' style by obliging them to sharpen their thoughts . '' The German-American philosopher Herbert Marcuse uses the term in his book One-Dimensional Man somewhat interchangeably with Orwellian language . In that context , `` Aesopian Language '' refers to the idea that certain usages of language work to ` suppress certain concepts or keep them out of the general discourse within society ' . An example of such a technique is the use of abbreviations to possibly prevent undesirable questions from arising : `` AFL-CIO entombs the radical political differences which once separated the two organizations . '' Within the context of politics , a term with a very similar meaning is called dog-whistle politics , which describes the use of coded language to address voters ' interests . Certain sections of the electorate will react strongly to controversial content if spoken of overtly but may not be so attuned that they notice statements that appear neutral to outsiders .",
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"text": "List of works in critical theory This is a list of important and seminal works in the field of critical theory . Otto Maria Carpeaux História da Literatura Ocidental , 8 vol . ( Portuguese , 1959 -- 66 ) M. H. Abrams The Mirror and the Lamp : Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition Theodor Adorno Aesthetic Theory Negative Dialectics Theodor Adorno & Max Horkheimer Dialectic of Enlightenment Louis Althusser For Marx Lenin and Philosophy Erich Auerbach Mimesis : The Representation of Reality in Western Literature Mikhail Bakhtin Discourse in the Novel Rabelais and his World Roland Barthes Image , Music , Text Mythologies Jean Baudrillard The Perfect Crime Simulation and Simulacra Walter Benjamin Illuminations The Origin of German Tragic Drama Homi K. Bhabha The Location of Culture Pierre Bourdieu La distinction Kenneth Burke A Rhetoric of Motives A Grammar of Motives John Brannigan New Historicism and Cultural Materialism Cleanth Brooks The Well Wrought Urn : Studies in the Structure of Poetry Sean Burke The Death and Return of the Author Judith Butler Bodies That Matter Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Cathy Caruth Unclaimed Experience : Trauma , Narrative and History Samuel Taylor Coleridge Biographia Literaria Jonathan Culler Structuralist Poetics The Pursuit of Signs Literary Theory : A Very Short Introduction Gilles Deleuze Difference and Repetition Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari Capitalism and Schizophrenia : Anti-Oedipus ( pt .1 ) and A Thousand Plateaus ( pt .2 ) Jacques Derrida Of Grammatology Writing and Difference Peter Dews The Limits of Disenchantment The Logic of Disintigration Terry Eagleton Marxism and Literary Criticism The Idea of Culture Antony Easthope The Unconscious William Empson Seven Types of Ambiguity Some Versions of Pastoral The Structure of Complex Words Norman Fairclough Language and Power Critical Discourse Analysis Frantz Fanon Black Skins , White Masks Stanley Fish Is There a Text in this Class ? Northrop Frye Anatomy of Criticism Gerald Graff Literature Against Itself Jürgen Habermas Legitimation Crisis The Theory of Communicative Action , volumes 1 & 2 The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity Wolfgang Iser The Act of Reading : a Theory of Aesthetic Response Leonard Jackson The Poverty of Structuralism Fredric Jameson The Political Unconscious Postmodernism , or , the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism The Prison-House of Language Frank Kermode Romantic Image Julia Kristeva Desire in Language Powers of Horror Jacques Lacan Ecrits The Seminars F.R. Leavis The Great Tradition Ania Loomba Colonialism/Postcolonialism Herbert Marcuse Reason and Revolution . Hegel and the Rise of Social Theory Eros and Civilization Soviet Marxism . A Critical Analysis One-Dimensional Man Toril Moi Sexual/Textual Politics I.A. Richards Practical Criticism : A Study of Literary Judgement Principles of Literary Criticism K.K. Ruthven Critical Assumptions Edward Said Culture and Imperialism Orientalism ( 1978 ) Jean-Paul Sartre What Is Literature ? ( 1947 ) Ferdinand de Saussure Cours de linguistique générale ( posthumously 1916 ) Alfred Schmidt The Concept of Nature in Marx ( 1962 ) Zur Idee der Kritischen Theorie ( German , 1974 ) Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Between Men Epistemology of the Closet Susan Sontag Against Interpretation Styles of Radical Will Under the Sign of Saturn Where The Stress Falls Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak `` Can the Subaltern Speak ? '' In Other Words Raymond Tallis Not Saussure Scott Wilson Cultural Materialism W.K. Wimsatt The Verbal Icon Virginia Woolf A Room of One 's Own Slavoj Žižek The Sublime Object of Ideology The Ticklish Subject : The Absent Centre of Political Ontology ''",
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"text": "Utopian and dystopian fiction The utopia and its derivative , the dystopia , are genres of literature that explore social and political structures . Utopian fiction portrays a setting that agrees with the author 's ethos , having various attributes of another reality intended to appeal to readers . Dystopian ( or dystopic ) fiction ( sometimes combined with , but distinct from apocalyptic literature ) is the opposite : the portrayal of a setting that completely disagrees with the author 's ethos . Many novels combine both , often as a metaphor for the different directions humanity can take , depending on its choices , ending up with one of two possible futures . Both utopias and dystopias are commonly found in science fiction and other speculative fiction genres , and arguably are by definition a type of speculative fiction . More than 400 utopian works were published prior to the year 1900 in the English language alone , with more than a thousand others during the twentieth century .",
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"text": "Carlos Blacker Carlos Paton ( ` C.P. ' ) Blacker GM MC FRCP ( 8 December 1895 -- 21 April 1975 ) was an eminent war hero , psychiatrist and eugenicist who worked with R.A. Fisher and Lionel Penrose . Blacker was educated at Eton and Oxford where he attained distinction in biology under the tutelage of Julian Huxley . He served with the Coldstream Guards during World War I and was twice mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross , for action in which he was involved in on 15 September 1916 . Twelve months previously he had lost his only sibling , a brother Robin , at Loos . Robin had also been an officer in the Coldstream Guards . C.P felt that war was dysgenic because it killed people who tended to be above the physical average and deterred thoughtful people from parenthood . He was deeply shaken by his war experience and in coming to terms with it and the loss of his brother and many of his contemporaries acknowledged a debt to Freud 's writings which stimulated in him an interest in psychiatry . Qualifying in medicine in 1925 , Blacker became a registrar in Guy 's Hospital 's psychiatric department for three years and continued his study at the Maudsley Hospital . He later became a part-time member of its teaching staff and was later the first chairman of the newly-established Simon Population Trust . In 1943 , on active service , Blacker was awarded the George Medal . The official citation read : From 1931 to 1952 , Blacker was secretary of the Eugenics Society and he gave it a new focus on birth control and population planning . . His appointment as Secretary was `` not without some misgivings of -LSB- Leonard -RSB- Darwin , its chairman . The differences in outlook , aspirations and in judgement of these two men during their partnership in office in the Eugenics Society led to tensions which have been ably traced by Richard Soloway . Two prominent issues here were Darwin 's reluctance to endorse Blacker 's deep-rooted conviction that research and provision of contraception should be a major feature in the Eugenic Society 's strategy to reduce the fecundity of the lower , less able classes and his disagreement with Blacker 's aspiration to redirect more of the Eugenic Society 's effort from education and propaganda to research and promotion of contraception . '' Ann Thetis Blacker ( 1927 -- 2006 ) , the painter and singer , was a daughter of Carlos Blacker .",
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"text": "Wealth and Poverty Wealth and Poverty is a best-selling 1981 non-fiction book by investor and author George Gilder . After completing Visible Man in the late 1970s Gilder began writing `` The Pursuit of Poverty . '' In early 1981 Basic Books published the result as Wealth and Poverty . The book was an analysis of the roots of economic growth . Reviewing it within a month of the inauguration of the Reagan Administration the New York Times reviewer called it `` A Guide to Capitalism '' . It offered , he wrote , `` a creed for capitalism worthy of intelligent people . '' The book was a New York Times bestseller and eventually sold over a million copies . In Wealth and Poverty Gilder extended the sociological and anthropological analysis of his early books in which he had advocated for the socialization of men into service to women through work and marriage . He wove these sociological themes into the economic policy prescriptions of supply-side economics . The breakup of the nuclear family and the policies of demand-side economics led to poverty . Family and supply-side policies led to wealth . In reviewing the problems of the immediate past -- the inflation , recession , and urban problems of the 1970s -- and proposing his supply-side solutions , Gilder argued not just the practical but the moral superiority of supply-side capitalism over the alternatives . `` Capitalism begins with giving , '' he asserted , while New Deal liberalism created moral hazard . It was work , family , and faith that created wealth out of poverty . `` It is this supply-side moral vision that underlies all the economic arguments of Wealth and Poverty , '' he wrote . In 1994 Gilder asserted that America has no poverty problem , that the real problem is the `` moral decay '' of the `` so-called poor '' , and that their real need is `` Christian teaching from the churches . '' He calls the poor in America `` the so-called poor '' who have been `` ruined by the overflow of American prosperity '' , and asserts they have more purchasing power than the middle class in Japan in the 1990s . Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for supply-side economics and capitalism during the early months of the Reagan administration and made him Ronald Reagan 's most quoted living author .",
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"text": "Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship The Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship , better known as the Williams Committee , was a 1970s British Home Office committee chaired by Professor Bernard Williams . The task of the committee was to `` review the laws concerning obscenity , indecency and violence in publications , displays and entertainments in England and Wales , except in the field of broadcasting , and to review the arrangements for film censorship in England and Wales '' . The committee reported in 1979 that : `` Given the amount of explicit sexual material in circulation and the allegations often made about its effects , it is striking that one can find case after case of sex crimes and murder without any hint at all that pornography was present in the background . '' The Committee 's report was evidently influenced by the liberal thinking of John Stuart Mill , a philosopher greatly admired by Williams , and who used Mill 's principle of liberty to develop what he called the `` harm condition , '' whereby `` no conduct should be suppressed by law unless it can be shown to harm someone . '' Williams concluded that pornography could not be shown to be harmful and that `` the role of pornography in influencing society is not very important ... to think anything else is to get the problem of pornography out of proportion with the many other problems that face our society today . '' The committee reported that , so long as children were protected from seeing it , adults should be free to read and watch pornography as they saw fit . It found that the existing variety of laws in the field should be scrapped , and that terms such as ` obscene ' , ` indecent ' and ` deprave and corrupt ' should be abandoned as they were no longer useful . The Committee thought existing laws should be replaced with a comprehensive new statute , under which the availability of material would be restricted so that it did not cause offence to reasonable people , and was not accessible to children . The recommended restrictions on availability would not have been confined just to material that involved nudity and/or which was sexually explicit . Restrictions were to apply to : `` matter ( other than the printed word ) and to a performance whose unrestricted availability is offensive to reasonable people by reason of the manner in which it portrays , deals with or relates to violence , cruelty or horror , or sexual , faecal or urinary functions or genital organs . '' Regarding the definition of pornography the commission stated that , `` a pornographic representation is one that combines two features : it has a certain function or intention , to arouse its audience sexually , and also a certain content , explicit representations of sexual material ( organs , postures , activity , etc ) . On the difference between ` obscenity ' and ` pornography ' , the committee found that the word ` obscene ' was a subjective term that refers to peoples reaction to material , and that '' it principally expresses an intense or extreme version of what we have called ` offensiveness ' . It may be that it particularly emphasises the most strongly aversive element in that notion , the idea of an object 's being repulsive or disgusting . '' ` Pornography ' however was found to be `` a rather more objective expression referring to a certain kind of writing , picture etc ... Pornography will have some tendency to be obscene , but will not necessarily be so ... a tendency to be offensive is built into it , but it is not universally even offensive ... Still less must it inevitably be very strongly offensive or obscene . '' On whether art could be obscene , it reported that , `` work ... may be experienced as offensive , and also be experienced as having aesthetic interest , but in the case of which the two experiences do not occur at the same time . These will be works which are found offensive at first , or by a spectator who remains distanced from them , but which lose that character for someone involved in them . It did however recognize that `` it would be unwise to deny that ... there could be works which were , and remained , offensive , indeed intensely offensive or obscene . ''",
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"text": "Novel in Scotland The novel in Scotland includes all long prose fiction published in Scotland and by Scottish authors since the development of the literary format in the eighteenth century . The novel was soon a major element of Scottish literary and critical life . Tobias Smollett 's picaresque novels , such as The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle mean that he is often seen as Scotland 's first novelist . Other Scots who contributed to the development of the novel in the eighteenth century include Henry Mackenzie and John Moore . There was a tradition of moral and domestic fiction in the early nineteenth century that included the work of Elizabeth Hamilton , Mary Brunton and Christian Johnstone . The outstanding literary figure of the early nineteenth century was Walter Scott , whose Waverley is often called the first historical novel . He had a major worldwide influence . His success led to a publishing boom in Scotland . Major figures that benefited included James Hogg , John Galt , John Gibson Lockhart , John Wilson and Susan Ferrier . In the mid-nineteenth century major literary figures that contributed to the development of the novel included David Macbeth Moir , John Stuart Blackie , William Edmondstoune Aytoun and Margaret Oliphant . In the late nineteenth century , a number of Scottish-born authors achieved international reputations , including Robert Louis Stevenson and Arthur Conan Doyle , whose Sherlock Holmes stories helped found the tradition of detective fiction . In the last two decades of the century the `` kailyard school '' ( cabbage patch ) depicted Scotland in a rural and nostalgic fashion , often seen as a `` failure of nerve '' in dealing with the rapid changes that had swept across Scotland in the industrial revolution . Figures associated with the movement include Ian Maclaren , S. R. Crockett and J. M. Barrie , best known for his creation of Peter Pan , which helped develop the genre of fantasy , as did the work of George MacDonald . Among the most important novels of the early twentieth century was The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown , which broke with the Kailyard tradition . John Buchan played a major role in the creation of the modern thriller with The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle . The Scottish literary Renaissance attempted to introduce modernism into art and create of a distinctive national literature . It increasingly focused on the novel . Major figures included Neil Gunn , George Blake , A. J. Cronin , Eric Linklater and Lewis Grassic Gibbon . There were also a large number of female authors associated with the movement , who included Catherine Carswell , Willa Muir , Nan Shepherd and Naomi Mitchison . Many major Scottish post-war novelists , such as Robin Jenkins , Jessie Kesson , Muriel Spark , Alexander Trocchi and James Kennaway spent most of their lives outside Scotland , but often dealt with Scottish themes . Successful mass-market works included the action novels of Alistair MacLean and the historical fiction of Dorothy Dunnett . A younger generation of novelists that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s included Allan Massie , Shena Mackay and Alan Spence . Working class identity continued to be explored by Archie Hind , Alan Sharp , George Friel and William McIlvanney . From the 1980s Scottish literature enjoyed another major revival , with figures including Alasdair Gray , James Kelman , Irvine Welsh , Alan Warner , Janice Galloway , A. L. Kennedy , Iain Banks , Candia McWilliam , Frank Kuppner and Andrew O'Hagan . In genre fiction Iain Banks , writing as Iain M. Banks , produced ground-breaking science fiction and Scottish crime fiction has been a major area of growth with the success of novelists including Frederic Lindsay , Quintin Jardine , Val McDermid , Denise Mina , Christopher Brookmyre , and particularly Ian Rankin and his Inspector Rebus novels . The most successful author of Scottish origins in recent years has been J. K. Rowling , author of the Harry Potter series .",
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"text": "Down and Out in Paris and London Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell , published in 1933 . It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities . The first part is an account of living in near-destitution in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens . The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp 's perspective , with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins .",
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"text": "Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall ( -LSB- duːˈvɔːl -RSB- born January 5 , 1931 ) is an American actor and filmmaker . He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards ( winning for his performance in Tender Mercies ) , seven Golden Globes ( winning four ) , and has multiple nominations and one win each of the BAFTA , Screen Actors Guild Award , and Emmy Award . He received the National Medal of Arts in 2005 . Duvall has starred in numerous films and television series , including To Kill a Mockingbird ( 1962 ) , The Twilight Zone ( 1963 ) , The Outer Limits ( 1964 ) , Bullitt ( 1968 ) , True Grit ( 1969 ) , MASH ( 1970 ) , THX 1138 ( 1971 ) , Joe Kidd ( 1972 ) , The Godfather ( 1972 ) , The Godfather Part II ( 1974 ) , The Conversation ( 1974 ) , Network ( 1976 ) , Apocalypse Now ( 1979 ) , The Great Santini ( 1979 ) , Lonesome Dove ( 1989 ) , The Handmaid 's Tale ( 1990 ) , Rambling Rose ( 1991 ) , and Falling Down ( 1993 ) . Duvall began appearing in theatre during the late 1950s , moving into television and film roles during the early 1960s , playing Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird ( 1962 ) and appearing in Captain Newman , M.D. ( 1963 ) . He landed many of his most famous roles during the early 1970s , such as Major Frank Burns in the blockbuster comedy MASH ( 1970 ) and the lead role in THX 1138 ( 1971 ) , as well as Horton Foote 's adaptation of William Faulkner 's Tomorrow ( 1972 ) , which was developed at The Actors Studio and is Duvall 's personal favorite . This was followed by a series of critically lauded performances in commercially successful films . Since then , Duvall has continued to act in both film and television with such productions as Tender Mercies ( 1983 ) , The Natural ( 1984 ) , Colors ( 1988 ) , the television mini-series Lonesome Dove ( 1989 ) , Stalin ( 1992 ) , The Man Who Captured Eichmann ( 1996 ) , A Family Thing ( 1996 ) , The Apostle ( 1997 ) , A Civil Action ( 1998 ) , Deep Impact ( 1998 ) , Gods and Generals ( 2003 ) , Secondhand Lions ( 2003 ) , Broken Trail ( 2006 ) , Get Low ( 2010 ) , Jack Reacher ( 2012 ) , and The Judge ( 2014 ) .",
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"text": "127 Hours 127 Hours is a 2010 British-American biographical survival drama film directed , co-written , and produced by Danny Boyle . The film stars James Franco as Aron Ralston . In 127 Hours , canyoneer Aron Ralston becomes trapped by a boulder in an isolated slot canyon in Blue John Canyon , southeastern Utah , in April 2003 . It is a British and American venture produced by Everest Entertainment , Film4 Productions , HandMade Films and Cloud Eight Films . The film , based on Ralston 's memoir Between a Rock and a Hard Place ( 2004 ) , was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy , produced by Christian Colson and John Smithson , and scored by A. R. Rahman . Beaufoy , Colson , and Rahman had all previously worked with Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ) . 127 Hours was well received by critics and audiences , and was nominated for six Academy Awards , including Best Actor for Franco and Best Picture .",
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"text": "28th Golden Raspberry Awards The 28th Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies were held on February 23 , 2008 , in Santa Monica , California , USA , to honor the worst films of 2007 . The nominations were announced on January 21 . In line with Razzies tradition , both the nominee announcements and ceremony preceded the corresponding Academy Awards functions by one day . The most nominated film of 2007 was I Know Who Killed Me with nine nominations , followed by I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and Norbit with eight each . I Know Who Killed Me was the big winner of the evening , receiving eight awards for a new Razzie record . Eddie Murphy received a Razzie record five personal nominations , all surrounding his work ( especially his performance of multiple characters ) in Norbit . He ended up winning three awards , one for each character he portrayed . The actress Lindsay Lohan also won three awards for her dual roles in I Know Who Killed Me . The special category introduced this year was Worst Excuse for a Horror Movie .",
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"text": "8th Golden Raspberry Awards The 8th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on April 10 , 1988 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the film industry had to offer in 1987 . Leonard Part 6 was the biggest `` winner '' with three awards out of five nominations . Although he did not attend the ceremony , actor/producer/co-writer Bill Cosby later accepted all his awards on The Late Show . The list of nominees follows , with recipients marked in bold .",
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"text": "1985 Academy Awards 1985 Academy Awards may refer to : 57th Academy Awards , the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 1985 58th Academy Awards , the 1986 ceremony honoring the best in film for 1985",
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"text": "78th Academy Awards The 78th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , took place on March 5 , 2006 , at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST. . The ceremony was scheduled one week later than usual to avoid conflicting with the 2006 Winter Olympics . During the ceremony , AMPAS presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2005 . The ceremony , televised in the United States by ABC , was produced by Gil Cates and directed by Louis J. Horvitz . Actor Jon Stewart hosted the show for the first time . Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills , California held on February 18 , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Rachel McAdams . Crash won three awards including Academy Award for Best Picture . Other winners included Brokeback Mountain , King Kong , and Memoirs of a Geisha also with three awards apiece , and Capote , The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe , The Constant Gardener , Hustle and Flow , March of the Penguins , The Moon and the Son : An Imagined Conversation , A Note of Triumph : The Golden Age of Norman Corwin , Six Shooter , Syriana , Tsotsi , Walk the Line , and Wallace & Gromit : The Curse of the Were-Rabbit with one each . The telecast garnered nearly 39 million viewers in the United States .",
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"text": "52nd Academy Awards The 52nd Academy Awards were presented April 14 , 1980 , at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles . The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny Carson who , in noting the long duration of the production , joked that President Jimmy Carter was working hard for their `` release '' from the ceremonies , a clear reference to the Iranian hostage crisis . Among the nominees for Best Supporting Actor were 8 year-old Justin Henry -- the youngest Best Supporting Actor nominee ever -- and 79-year-old Melvyn Douglas . This was the largest age difference between two competing actors in Oscar history until 2013 . Ironically , their age difference was partially the reason why Douglas did not attend the Oscars that night , despite winning the award . Henry was nominated for Kramer vs. Kramer , which out of its eight other nominations , finished with five awards , including Best Picture , Best Director for Robert Benton , and Best Actor for Dustin Hoffman .",
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"text": "List of awards and nominations received by Robert Redford The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor , director and producer Robert Redford . He was first nominated for an Academy Award in 1973 for his role as Johnny `` Kelly '' Hooker in The Sting . He then won Best Director in 1980 for Ordinary People . In 1994 , he was nominated twice for Best Picture and Best Director for Quiz Show . He has been nominated for seven Golden Globes , winning two for Inside Daisy Clover as New Star of the Year -- Actor ( 1965 ) , Ordinary People as Best Director ( 1980 ) , and won the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1994 . He was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1995 .",
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"text": "David E. Campbell (sound engineer) David E. Campbell is an American sound engineer . He won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for five more in the same category . He has worked on over 160 films since 1977 .",
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"text": "Academy Award for Best Animated Feature The Academy Awards are given each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS or the Academy ) for the best films and achievements of the previous year . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for animated films . An animated feature is defined by the Academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters ' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique , a significant number of the major characters are animated , and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time . The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given for films made in 2001 . Through the 89th Academy Awards , presented in 2017 , Academy Award nominations in this category were made by the Academy 's animation section ; effective with the 2018 awards , all Academy members will be eligible to vote on nominations . The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award 's inception . If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category , the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films , which has happened six times , otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist . Additionally , eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated . Animated films can be nominated for other categories , but have rarely been so ; Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) was the first animated film ever nominated for Best Picture . Up ( 2009 ) and Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ) also received Best Picture nominations after the Academy expanded the number of nominees . Waltz with Bashir ( 2008 ) is the only animated film ever nominated for Best Foreign Language Film ( though it did not receive a nomination for Best Animated Feature ) . The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 ) and Kubo and the Two Strings ( 2016 ) are the only two animated films to ever be nominated for Best Visual Effects .",
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"text": "Robert Thirlwell Robert Thirlwell is an American sound engineer . He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Sound .",
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"text": "Assassination Tango Assassination Tango is a 2002 American-Argentine crime thriller film written , produced , directed by , and starring Robert Duvall . Other actors include Rubén Blades , Kathy Baker and Duvall 's Argentine wife , Luciana Pedraza . Francis Ford Coppola was one of the executive producers . The film centers on the life of a hitman who travels to Argentina for a job , as well as his discovery of Argentine tango and his relationship with a woman living there . The film is considered a `` labour of love '' of Duvall , a self-confessed tango addict . Most of the film was shot in Buenos Aires , and some scenes at the beginning and end of the story were filmed in Coney Island , Brooklyn .",
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"text": "Robin Gregory Robin Gregory is an American sound engineer . He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Sound .",
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"text": "Golden Raspberry Awards The Golden Raspberry Awards ( often shortened to Razzies and Razzie Awards ) is an award in recognition of the worst in film . Co-founded by UCLA film graduates and film-industry veterans , John J. B. Wilson and Mo Murphy , the annual Razzie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles precedes the corresponding Academy Awards ceremony by one day . The term raspberry in the name is used in its irreverent sense , as in `` blowing a raspberry '' . The awards themselves are in the form of a `` golf ball-sized raspberry '' which sits atop a Super 8 mm film reel , the whole of which is spray painted gold . The first Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony was held on March 31 , 1981 , at John J. B. Wilson 's living-room alcove in Los Angeles , to honor the worst in film of the 1980 film season . The 37th ceremony was held on February 25 , 2017 .",
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"text": "List of submissions to the 78th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film The following 63 films , all from different countries , were submitted for the 78th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ( release at the country of origin October 2004 - September 2005 , ceremony March 2006 ) . Costa Rica , Iraq and Fiji submitted films for the first time .",
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"text": "List of submissions to the 56th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film The following 26 films , all from different countries , were submitted for the 56th Academy Awards in the category Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . The bolded titles were the five nominated films , which came from Algeria , France , Hungary , Spain and the eventual winner , Fanny and Alexander , from Sweden . The Dominican Republic submitted a film for the first time .",
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"text": "Bob Beemer Robert Joseph `` Bob '' Beemer ( born February 8 , 1955 ) is an American sound mixer who has won four Oscars .",
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"text": "Gary Cooper filmography The filmography of Gary Cooper chronicles the film appearances of American actor Gary Cooper . After starting his career in 1925 as a film extra and stuntman , Cooper made his official cinematic debut in 1926 in the Samuel Goldwyn production The Winning of Barbara Worth . He went on to become a contract player with Paramount Pictures where he established himself as a popular leading man prior to the end of the silent film era . Cooper 's future in the sound era was assured with the release of The Virginian ( 1929 ) , his first all-talkie film . For the next 32 years , he would be one of cinema 's top money-making stars . From 1936 to 1957 , Cooper ranked 18 times among the top ten box office attractions -- a record when he died in 1961 , and later surpassed only by John Wayne , who ranked among the top ten 25 times , Clint Eastwood ( 21 times ) and Tom Cruise ( 20 times ) . Cooper was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award five times and won twice , for Sergeant York ( 1942 ) and High Noon ( 1952 ) . The latter film boosted his popularity , resulting in him being the number one box office attraction in 1953 . Cooper received a third Academy Award -- an honorary one -- just prior to his death in 1961 . His final film , The Naked Edge , was released shortly after his death . As of February 2008 , more than half of Gary Cooper 's feature films are available on DVD , while others not yet on home video are available for television broadcast . Unfortunately , at least two of his silent films -- Beau Sabreur ( 1928 ) and The Legion of the Condemned ( 1928 ) -- are now considered lost films . Another of his silent films , Wolf Song ( 1929 ) , was originally released as a part talkie , but survives only as a silent film . One of Cooper 's earliest talkies , Paramount on Parade ( 1930 ) , survives incomplete . The prints that are available for television are missing all but one of the film 's Technicolor scenes -- a partial restoration of these scenes was done by the UCLA Film Archives . This filmography contains sections for Cooper 's work as an extra in the earliest part of his film career , his feature film appearances , his occasional appearances in short films , and a section for a compilation film . Due to its length ( 92 films ) , the listing of his feature films is divided in four sections . Cooper 's film roles are listed , as well as the names of each film 's director and co-stars . Cooper 's awards and nominations are also listed . Except where noted , all of his films were shot in 35mm black and white . All films released prior to Lilac Time ( 1928 ) are silent films and all from The Virginian ( 1929 ) onward are sound films . The films made during the silent-to-sound transition are noted as being either silent or sound films . As an addendum , Cooper 's handful of television appearances are also listed .",
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"text": "48th Academy Awards The 48th Academy Awards were presented March 29 , 1976 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion , Los Angeles . The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau , Robert Shaw , George Segal , Goldie Hawn , and Gene Kelly . This year , ABC took over broadcast rights from NBC , and continues to broadcast them today . ( NBC 's coverage of the 1976 NCAA Final Four aired opposite the ceremony ; during the presentation of the Best Film Editing award , the winner was jokingly announced ( by presenter Elliott Gould ) as `` Indiana , 86 -- 68 '' ; the Indiana Hoosiers had won the NCAA Final Four that night . ) Miloš Forman 's One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest made a `` clean sweep '' of the major categories : Best Picture , Best Actor , Best Actress , Best Director and Best Screenplay ( Adapted ) . It was the second of three films to date to accomplish the sweep , following It Happened One Night in 1934 and preceding The Silence of the Lambs in 1991 . French actress Isabelle Adjani received her first nomination for Best Actress this year , making Adjani , 20 at the time , the youngest actress to be nominated in the leading actress category , breaking the record set by 22-year-old Elizabeth Hartman in 1967 . This record would later be surpassed by 13-year-old Keisha Castle-Hughes in 2004 , and again in 2013 by nine-year old Quvenzhane Wallis . Adjani also presented the Best Film Editing award that night along with Gould who delivered the Indiana joke during the presentation . At age 80 , George Burns became the oldest acting and Best Supporting Actor awardee , a record which stood until Jessica Tandy won Best Actress in 1989 . For males , Burns was succeeded by Christopher Plummer , who won Best Supporting Actor in 2012 for Beginners at the age of 82 . Jaws was followed 25 years later by Traffic for a film that won all its nominations except Best Picture . Jaws is one of the few films to be nominated for Best Picture but not for directing , acting , or writing .",
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"text": "List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film every year since the award was created in 1956 . The award is presented annually by the Academy to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue . The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films . Nine shortlisted contenders will be revealed a week before the announcement of the Oscar nominations . The submitted motion pictures must be first released theatrically in their respective countries between 1 October 2011 , and 30 September 2012 . On 8 October 2012 , the Academy announced the final list of eligible submissions , with a record number of 71 films . Nine finalists were announced in December 2012 , which were shortlisted in January , with the final five nominees announced on 10 January 2013 . The Austrian entry Amour directed by Michael Haneke was the eventual winner . Kenya submitted its first film in the Foreign Language category with Nairobi Half Life . Cambodia made its first submission in 18 years ( and its second overall ) with Lost Loves .",
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"text": "8th Academy Awards The 8th Academy Awards were held on March 5 , 1936 , at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles , California . They were hosted by Frank Capra . This was the first year in which the gold statuettes were called `` Oscars '' . The category of Best Dance Direction was introduced this year . The DGA successfully lobbied for its elimination three years later . Mutiny on the Bounty became the last film to date to win Best Picture and nothing else ( following The Broadway Melody and Grand Hotel ) , and the only film to receive three nominations for Best Actor . This was the second and last year that write-in votes were allowed at the Oscars . A Midsummer Night 's Dream became the only film to win a write-in Oscar , taking Best Cinematography .",
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Future is American.
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"text": "Future (rapper) Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn ( born November 20 , 1983 ) , known professionally as Future , is an American rapper , singer , songwriter , and record producer . Born and raised in Atlanta , Georgia , Wilburn first became involved in music as part of the Dungeon Family collective , where he was nicknamed `` the Future '' . After amassing a series of mixtapes between 2010 and 2011 , Future signed a major record label deal with Epic Records and A1 Recordings , which helped launch Future 's own label imprint , Freebandz . He subsequently released his debut album , Pluto , in April 2012 to positive reviews . Future 's second album , Honest , was released in April 2014 , surpassing his debut on the album charts . Between late 2014 and early 2015 , he released a trio of mixtapes to critical praise : Monster ( 2014 ) , Beast Mode ( 2015 ) , and 56 Nights ( 2015 ) . His next releases , DS2 ( 2015 ) , What a Time to Be Alive ( 2015 , in collaboration with Drake ) , EVOL ( 2016 ) , FUTURE ( 2017 ) and HNDRXX ( 2017 ) all debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 . The latter two made him the first artist to debut two albums in consecutive weeks at the top of that chart . Future has also released several singles certified gold or higher by the RIAA , including `` Turn On the Lights '' , `` Move That Dope '' , `` Fuck Up Some Commas '' , `` Where Ya At '' , `` Jumpman '' , `` Low Life '' and `` Mask Off '' .",
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"text": "Future (disambiguation) The future is the time after the present . Future or The Future may also refer to : Futures contract , a standardized financial contract Future ( programming ) Future tense , in grammar",
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"text": "Future Comics Future Comics is a semi-active comic book publishing company founded by industry all-rounder Bob Layton , and his creative partners -- Layton 's mentor , artist/editor Dick Giordano and his frequent writing-partner David Michelinie , CFO Allen Berrebbi -- and publisher Skip Farrell .",
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"text": "Beautiful Future Beautiful Future is the ninth studio album by British rock band Primal Scream , released on on B-Unique Records/Atlantic Records . The album was promoted by the single `` Ca n't Go Back '' , which was released on , and it was produced by Björn Yttling ( of Peter Bjorn and John ) and Paul Epworth . According to the press release , `` the album displays a heady mix of genre crunching taking in Philly soul , dark electro , accelerated rock 'n' roll riffs and pure British pop , all given that particular Scream edge . '' The album features special guest appearances from Lovefoxxx ( of Cansei de Ser Sexy ) , Josh Homme ( of Queens of the Stone Age ) and folk legend Linda Thompson . With the extended edition of Beautiful Future , as well as the album featuring two extra songs ( `` Urban Guerrilla '' , `` Time of Assassins '' ) , the album also includes the video for the single , `` Ca n't Go Back '' . It is the first album not to feature the guitarist Robert `` Throb '' Young , who left after the release of their previous album Riot City Blues in 2006 due to his retirement for personal reasons , and it is also the last album to feature the bassist Mani , who departed after Screamadelica Live in 2011 , and then re-formed The Stone Roses in the same year .",
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"text": "Holidays of Future Passed `` Holidays of Future Passed '' is the ninth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 11 , 2011 . Most of the episode is set thirty years into the future , when Bart and Lisa take their children with them to Homer and Marge 's house over Christmas , while a pregnant Maggie goes into labor . Bart has divorced his wife Jenda and is struggling to become a better father for his two boys , while Lisa has trouble connecting with her rebellious teenage daughter Zia . The Simpsons creator Matt Groening made a minor uncredited cameo appearance as a sports commentator shouting `` goal ! '' during a soccer game . Originally written as a potential series finale , the episode has received highly positive reception from television critics who often cited it as the best episode of the season . It has been particularly praised for its humor and for its emotional scenes , such as one where Bart and Lisa sit in their old treehouse and talk about how difficult parenting is . During the original broadcast , `` Holidays of Future Passed '' was watched by about 6.43 million people . Since then , it has garnered attention in the media for a segment taking place thirty years in the future in which it is implied that the city of Dearborn , Michigan is `` still under sharia law '' . Commentators have had mixed opinions on what the segment is mocking , whether it is the increasing Islamic influence in the US , specifically in Dearborn , or rather those who are thinking that Dearborn is under sharia law in December 2011 , the time that the episode aired .",
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"text": "The Entrepreneurial State The Entrepreneurial State : Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths is a 2013 book written by Mariana Mazzucato which argues that the United States ' economic success is a result of public and state funded investments in innovation and technology , rather than a result of the small state , free market doctrine that often receives credit for the country 's strong economy . Mazzucato argues that understanding the difference between the `` myth '' and the reality of this success is particularly important saying : `` If the rest of the world wants to emulate the US model , they should do as the United States actually did , not as they say they did '' . The book was listed among the Financial Times best books of the year , and was reviewed in several publications including The New York Times and The Wall Street Jornal . It is both praised and criticized by several social science journals , and has started numerous discussions among economists and social scientists around the world about the role of the state in the world of technological innovations .",
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"text": "Future 2 Future Future 2 Future is the forty-third album by Herbie Hancock . Hancock reunited with bass player Bill Laswell ( who worked on the influential early 1980s albumsFuture Shock , Sound-System and Perfect Machine ) and the two of them tried to recapture the success of the three previous albums that fuse jazz with cutting-edge electronic music . In yet another innovative stylistic move , Herbie reunited with Bill Laswell in the creation of a 21st Century collaboration with some of the young hip-hop and techno artists who have drawn on his massive influence to create their own music of the future . The album was released in spring , 2001 , and is entitled FUTURE2FUTURE . This group of artists ( minus Tony Williams , due to his death four years prior ) would go on tour , and produce a live concert that would eventually go on DVD ( which features live versions of his songs `` Rockit '' and `` Chameleon '' ) .",
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"text": "Tomorrowland (film) Tomorrowland ( subtitled A World Beyond in some regions ) is a 2015 American science-fiction mystery adventure film directed and co-written by Brad Bird . Bird co-wrote the film 's screenplay with Damon Lindelof , from an original story treatment by Bird , Lindelof and Jeff Jensen . The film stars George Clooney , Hugh Laurie , Britt Robertson , Raffey Cassidy , Tim McGraw , Kathryn Hahn and Keegan-Michael Key . In the film , a disillusioned genius inventor and a teenage science enthusiast embark to an ambiguous alternate dimension known as `` Tomorrowland '' where their actions directly affect the world and themselves . Walt Disney Pictures originally announced the film in June 2011 under the working title 1952 , and later retitled it to Tomorrowland , after the futuristic themed land found at Disney theme parks . In drafting their story , Bird and Lindelof took inspiration from the progressive cultural movements of the Space Age , as well as Walt Disney 's optimistic philosophy of the future , notably his conceptual vision for the planned community known as EPCOT . Principal photography began in August 2013 , with footage shot in British Columbia , Alberta , Florida , and Spain with second unit filming in France , California and the Bahamas . Tomorrowland was released in conventional and IMAX formats on May 22 , 2015 , and was the first theatrical film to be released in Dolby Vision and Dolby Cinema . Upon its release , the film received mixed reviews from critics ; earning praise for its original premise , musical score , action , visuals , and themes , but criticism in regards to the screenplay 's uneven writing and tone . The film grossed $ 209 million worldwide against a total production and marketing cost of $ 330 million , losing Disney $ 120 -- 140 million .",
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"text": "American way The American way of life or simply the American way is the unique lifestyle of the people of the United States of America . It refers to a nationalist ethos that adheres to the principle of life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness . At the center of the American way is the American Dream that upward mobility is achievable by any American through hard work . This concept is intertwined with the concept of American exceptionalism , the belief in the unique culture of the nation . Author William Herberg offers the following definition : One commentator notes , `` The first half of Herberg 's statement still holds true nearly half a century after he first formulated it '' , even though `` Herberg 's latter claims have been severely if not completely undermined ... materialism no longer needs to be justified in high-sounding terms '' . In the National Archives and Records Administration 's 1999 Annual Report , National Archivist John W. Carlin writes , `` We are different because our government and our way of life are not based on the divine right of kings , the hereditary privileges of elites , or the enforcement of deference to dictators . They are based on pieces of paper , the Charters of Freedom - the Declaration that asserted our independence , the Constitution that created our government , and the Bill of Rights that established our liberties . ''",
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"text": "Dividend future In finance , a dividend future is an exchange-traded derivative contract that allows investors to take positions on future dividend payments . Dividend futures can be on a single company , a basket of companies , or on an Equity index . They settle on the amount of dividend paid by the company , the basket of companies , or the index during the period of the contract . For example , if company A pays a quarterly dividend of $ 0.25 in 2012 . If an investor buys a 2012 dividend future , the settlement price of the future will be equal to 4 x $ 0.25 = $ 1 per contract . The profit or loss the investor makes depends on the difference between the price they bought or sold the future and the settlement price . For instance , if the investor bought the 2012 dividend future at $ 0,90 , he would make a profit of $ 0.10 per contract . Most dividend futures trades occur before the dividend is known , hence allowing investors to go `` long '' or `` short '' the future dividend payment . The `` buyer '' of the contract , is said to be `` long '' , and the `` seller '' of the contract , is said to be `` short '' . The terminology reflects the expectations of the parties : the buyer thinks the dividend is going to increase , while the seller thinks it will decrease . The contract itself costs nothing to enter ; the buy/sell terminology is a linguistic convenience reflecting the position each party is taking ( long or short ) . Dividend futures are usually traded in increments/lots/batches of 100 or 1000 and have a 1-year time span . When purchased , no transmission of share rights or dividends occurs . Being futures contracts , they are traded on margin , thus offering leverage , and are not subject to the taxes equity holders must pay when they receive dividend distribution on their stocks . They are traded in various financial markets , mainly in Europe , and Asia , and several Blue chip companies and Equity Indices are available with maturities going as long as 5 years for Equities and 10 years for Equity indices .",
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"text": "Future US Future US , Inc. ( formerly known as Imagine Media and The Future Network USA ) is an American media corporation specializing in targeted magazines and websites in the video games , music , and technology markets . Future US is headquartered in the San Francisco with a small sales office in New York City . Future US is owned by parent company , Future plc , a small publishing company based in the United Kingdom . Its magazines and websites include : PC Gamer Official Xbox Magazine TechRadar Maximum PC",
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"text": "Thefuture.fm The Future FM is an online mixed-audio distribution platform that allows DJs to upload , host and share their mixes , podcasts , etc. . It assures DJs that the underlying rights holders sampled within the mix will be paid royalties for their works . The Future FM is the distribution arm of Dubset Media Holdings ( DMH ) which is based out of New York City .",
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"text": "Soon (EP) Soon is an EP released in 1997 by American rock band Far . It contains two songs later released on their 1998 release `` Water & Solutions '' , an acoustic version of a song released on their earlier release `` Tin Cans With Strings To You '' , and one song previously unreleased . This EP was a limited release and has long been out of print , it is extremely hard to find .",
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"text": "Prospect (magazine) Prospect is a monthly British general interest magazine , specialising in politics , economics and current affairs . Topics include British , European , and US politics , social issues , art , literature , cinema , science , the media , history , philosophy , and psychology . It features a mixture of lengthy analytic articles , first-person reportage , one-page columns , and shorter , quirky items . Notable features of the magazine include head-to-head debates between two writers with opposing views on a subject ; roundtable discussions , in which a series of experts with varying views on a given topic meet for a discussion , an edited transcript of which is published in the magazine ; and interviews with major political and cultural figures ( recent examples include Orhan Pamuk , Paul Wolfowitz , and Hilary Mantel ) . The magazine prizes independence over ideology and its articles and authors span the political spectrum . In recent years the magazine 's founding editor , David Goodhart , has stirred controversy with a series of articles arguing that the increasing diversity of the United Kingdom may weaken the bonds of solidarity on which the welfare state depends . The debate fed into the broader discussions of `` Britishness '' that have become increasingly common in the public sphere . Contributors include Lionel Shriver , A. C. Grayling , Gordon Brown , Mohamed ElBaradei , Michael Lind , Michael Ignatieff , Geoff Dyer , Francis Fukuyama , Roger Scruton , Andrew Marr , John Kay , and J. M. Coetzee . Prospect received worldwide attention in October 2005 when it published its list of the world 's top 100 public intellectuals , which included Noam Chomsky , Umberto Eco , Richard Dawkins , Steven Pinker and Christopher Hitchens . The magazine asked readers to vote for their top intellectual from the longlist ; Chomsky was the eventual winner . Subsequent lists have continued to attract attention . Dawkins claimed the top spot in 2013 . In August 2009 in a roundtable interview in Prospect , Adair Turner supported the idea of new global taxes on financial transactions , warning that a `` swollen '' financial sector paying excessive salaries has grown too big for society . Lord Turner 's suggestion that a `` Tobin tax '' - named after the economist James Tobin -- should be considered for financial transactions reverberated around the world . Prospect has also attempted to revitalise the art of the short story in Britain , by publishing the winning story of the Royal Society of Literature 's V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize since 2009 .",
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"text": "Future Leaders Exchange Future Leaders Exchange ( FLEX ) is a scholarship student exchange program administered by the U.S. Department of State through funding from the Freedom Support Act . The program provides opportunities for high school students ( ages 15 -- 19 ) from former Soviet Union ( from 2015 including Baltic states ) , initially including Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Moldova , Poland , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , and Ukraine , to spend a year in the United States , living with a host family and attending an American high school . The program seeks to develop the leadership abilities and cultural awareness . The competition is intense . Only about one in fifty applicants are ultimately selected . The program was created in 1992 after former Senator Bill Bradley 's conviction `` that the best way to ensure long-lasting peace and understanding between the U.S. and Eurasia is to enable young people to learn about democracy firsthand through experiencing it '' . Since its inception in 1993 , more than 18,000 high school students from 12 Eurasian countries ( two more countries which used to participate in the program are Belarus and Uzbekistan ) have studied in the U.S. under the program . On 1 October 2014 Russia pulled out of the programme . Russian students remaining in the US were allowed by the Russian side to complete their scholarship , and in the next editions , Russian students will be replaced by students from Ukraine and other countries . The motive behind Russia 's decision to end the cooperation was the case of a 16 year old student who had refused to return to Russia and searched for asylum in the USA on the grounds of his sexual orientation . He had met a homosexual couple and asked them for help to stay in the USA . He was put under the couple 's tutelage . Russian officials criticized the USA for lack of responsibility towards Russian students .",
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"text": "Future Folk Future Folk is a New York City-based folk music comedy duo . Founded as a live act in 2004 , the duo includes General Trius ( Nils d'Aulaire ) and The Mighty Kevin ( Jay Klaitz ) .",
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"text": "Future orientation Future orientation is broadly defined as the extent to which an individual thinks about the future , anticipates future consequences , and plans ahead before acting . Across development , future orientation is particularly important during periods of major changes , for example during the transition from adolescence to adulthood , when youth must make choices about social groups , academic paths , as well as risky behaviors like drug and alcohol use , and sexual activity . Several models have been developed to describe the various factors that combine to impact future orientation .",
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"text": "Chronic Future (album) Chronic Future is the self-titled first album of the band Chronic Future . It was released on September 9 , 1996 , with the members of the band having an average age of only 15 . The album became an instant success locally , but never reached the mainstream . The album was re-released on August 12 , 1997 as simply Chronic with an alternate track listing , also featuring one extra track titled `` Buster Brown '' . The re-released version was released by Tommy Boy Records . Currently , both versions of the album are out of print , and can only be found on sites such as Amazon and eBay . A party video with strange lighting was made for the track `` Insomniac '' , featuring a club with the band playing , as well as a first-person exploration of the club . To date , it is one of only two Chronic Future music videos , the other being the video for `` Time and Time Again '' from the album Lines in My Face .",
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"text": "Baby boomers Baby boomers are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation . There are no precise dates when the cohort birth years start and end . Typically , they range from the early-to-mid 1940s and end from 1960 to 1964 . Increased birth rates were observed during the post -- World War II baby boom making the baby boomers a relatively large demographic cohort . The term `` baby boomer '' is also used in a cultural context , so it is difficult to achieve broad consensus of a precise date definition . Different people , organizations , and scholars have varying opinions on who is a baby boomer , both technically and culturally . Ascribing universal attributes to such a generation is difficult , and some believe it is inherently impossible , but many have attempted to determine their cultural similarities and historical impact , and the term has thus gained widespread popular usage . Baby boomers are associated with a rejection or redefinition of traditional values . Many commentators , however , have disputed the extent of that rejection , noting the widespread continuity of values with older and younger generations . In Europe and North America , boomers are widely associated with privilege , as many grew up in a time of widespread government subsidies in post-war housing and education , and increasing affluence . As a group , baby boomers were the wealthiest , most active , and most physically fit generation up to the era in which they arrived , and were amongst the first to grow up genuinely expecting the world to improve with time . They were also the generation that received peak levels of income ; they could therefore reap the benefits of abundant levels of food , apparel , retirement programs , and sometimes even `` midlife crisis '' products . The increased consumerism for this generation has been regularly criticized as excessive . One feature of the boomers was that they have tended to think of themselves as a special generation , very different from those that had come before . In the 1960s , as the relatively large numbers of young people became teenagers and young adults , they , and those around them , created a very specific rhetoric around their cohort , and the changes they were bringing about . This rhetoric had an important impact in the self perceptions of the boomers , as well as their tendency to define the world in terms of generations , which was a relatively new phenomenon . The baby boom has been described variously as a `` shockwave '' and as `` the pig in the python . '' The term `` Generation Jones '' is sometimes used to describe those born between 1954 and 1965 . The term is typically used to refer to the later years of the Baby boomer cohort ( 1954-1960 ) and the early years of Generation X ( 1961-1965 ) .",
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"text": "Future Development Future Development is the third studio album by Del the Funky Homosapien under the Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings label . Its 1997 release was only on the Hieroglyphics website and as a cassette in Japan . It was rereleased in America as a CD in 2002 . It was still able to achieve decent success , selling over 400,000 copies worldwide .",
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"text": "1950s American automobile culture 1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States , as reflected in popular music , major trends from the 1950s and mainstream acceptance of the `` hot rod '' culture . The American manufacturing economy switched from producing war-related items to consumer goods at the end of World War II , and by the end of the 1950s , one in six working Americans were employed either directly or indirectly in the automotive industry . The United States became the world 's largest manufacturer of automobiles , and Henry Ford 's goal of 30 years earlier -- that any man with a good job should be able to afford an automobile -- was achieved . A new generation of service businesses focusing on customers with their automobiles sprang up during the decade , including drive-through or drive-in restaurants and more drive-in theaters ( cinemas ) . The decade began with 25 million registered automobiles on the road , most of which predated World War II and were in poor condition ; no automobiles or parts were produced during the war owing to rationing and restrictions . By 1950 , most factories had made the transition to a consumer-based economy , and more than 8 million cars were produced that year alone . By 1958 , there were more than 67 million cars registered in the United States , more than twice the number at the start of the decade . As part of the U.S. national defenses , to support military transport , the National Highway System was expanded with Interstate highways , beginning in 1955 , across many parts of the United States . The wider , multi-lane highways allowed traffic to move at faster speeds , with few or no stoplights on the way . The wide-open spaces along the highways became a basis for numerous billboards showing advertisements . The dawning of the Space Age and Space Race were reflected in contemporary American automotive styling . Large tailfins , flowing designs reminiscent of rockets , and radio antennas that imitated Sputnik 1 were common , owing to the efforts of design pioneers such as Harley Earl .",
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Hopman Cup was founded.
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"text": "Hopman Cup The Hopman Cup is an annual international eight-team indoor hardcourt tennis tournament held in Perth , Western Australia in early January ( sometimes commencing in late December ) each year , which plays mixed-gender teams on a country-by-country basis . The championship is named in honour of Harry Hopman ( 1906 -- 1985 ) , an Australian tennis player and coach who guided the country to 15 Davis Cup titles between 1938 and 1969 . Since the Hopman Cup was founded in 1989 , it has been attended each year by Harry Hopman 's widow , his second wife Lucy , who travels to the tournament annually from her home in the United States . The tournament is a sanctioned event in the calendar of the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) , but while individual player results are tallied , they are not included in the calculation of tennis world rankings . The competition receives extensive television coverage in Australia and is an important lead-up tournament to the Australian Open each January as part of the Australian Open Series . The winning team receives a silver cup perpetual trophy and up to 2014 the winning team members were presented with distinctive individual trophies in the shape of a tennis ball encrusted with diamonds from the Argyle diamond mine in the Kimberley region of Western Australia . In 2014 and 2015 , the individual trophies were created in the shape of an intricate diamond encrusted tennis racket and ball , using just under an ounce of 18-carat white , yellow and rose gold and approximately half an ounce of pink argyle diamonds . These trophies are valued at $ 26,000 . Until 2012 , the Hopman Cup was played at the Burswood Dome . Since 2013 , the Hopman Cup has been played at the Perth Arena .",
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"text": "Croatia at the Hopman Cup Croatia is a nation that has competed at three Hopman Cup tournaments since it gained its independence following the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s . It first competed in the Hopman Cup in 1996 and went on to win the title that year , its best showing at the tournament to date .",
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"text": "Modern Pentathlon World Cup Modern Pentathlon World Cup is an annual series of modern pentathlon competitions organised by the International Modern Pentathlon Union ( UIPM ) . Competitions are held in a number of countries and each series culminates in a World Cup Final . It is the top level annual series for the sport . The 2010 edition had its world cup final in Moscow and the 2014 series has its final in Sarasota Bradenton .",
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"text": "2017 WTA Tour The 2017 WTA Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) for the 2017 tennis season . The 2017 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments ( supervised by the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) , the WTA Premier tournaments ( Premier Mandatory , Premier 5 , and regular Premier ) , the WTA International tournaments , the Fed Cup ( organized by the ITF ) , the year-end championships ( the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy ) . Also included in the 2017 calendar is the Hopman Cup , which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points .",
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"text": "Eastern Conference (NHL) The Eastern Conference ( Conférence de l'Est ) is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) used to divide teams . Its counterpart is the Western Conference . Previously known as the Prince of Wales Conference ( or Wales Conference for short ) , it was created in 1974 when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions . Because the new conferences and divisions had little to do with North American geography , geographical references were removed . The conference was instead named for the Prince of Wales Trophy . . The current champions are the Pittsburgh Penguins , winning in 2016 -- 17 . The Prince of Wales Trophy dates back to 1925 , when it was donated to the League by the then-current Prince of Wales , who later became King Edward VIII . It was originally given to the NHL 's champion . ( Until 1926 , the Stanley Cup was presented to the winner of a post-season playoff between the NHL and Western Hockey League champions . ) Since 1926 -- 27 , the Stanley Cup has gone to the NHL 's playoff champion . During the years when the NHL had no divisions , ( i.e. , 1925 -- 26 ; 1938 to 1967 ) , the Prince of Wales Trophy was presented to the League 's regular season champion ( analogous to today 's Presidents ' Trophy ) . From 1928 to 1937 , the Trophy went to the American Division regular season champion ; from 1967 to 1974 , it was presented to the East Division regular season champion ; and from 1974 to 1981 , it was presented to the Wales Conference regular season champion . The conferences and divisions were re-aligned for the 1981 -- 82 to better reflect the geographical locations of the teams , but the existing names were retained with the Wales Conference becoming the conference primarily for the NHL 's eastern teams . The names of conferences and divisions were changed for the 1993 -- 94 season to reflect their geographic locations . Then-new NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman made the change to help non-hockey fans better understand the game , as the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , National Football League ( NFL ) and Major League Baseball ( MLB ) all use geographic-based names for their conferences and divisions . However , the trophy awarded to the conference champion , the Prince of Wales Trophy , retains some connection to the heritage of the League . In 2005 , following the 2004 -- 05 NHL lockout , Bettman changed the Eastern Conference logo ( along with the Western Conference and NHL logos ) to its current format .",
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"text": "Africa Cup The Africa Cup is an annual rugby union tournament involving African nations , organised by Rugby Africa . The tournament was first held in 2000 , and has since been contested on an annual basis . Prior to being renamed the Africa Cup in 2006 , the tournament was known as the CAR Top 9 and CAR Top 10 . Due to its too high level , South Africa is the best African nation . It did compete five times and won the competition three times . The Springboks aligned on these occasions were the under 23 or amateur players ( in 2005 , 2006 and 2007 ) .",
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"text": "1994 Hopman Cup The 1994 Hopman Cup was the sixth edition of the Hopman Cup that was held at the Burswood Entertainment Complex , in Perth , Australia . Jana Novotná and Petr Korda of the Czech Republic defeated Anke Huber and Bernd Karbacher of Germany in the final to win the title .",
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"text": "2003 Hopman Cup The 2003 Hopman Cup ( also known as the Hyundai Hopman Cup for sponsorship reasons ) was the fifteenth edition of the Hopman Cup tennis sporting event , held on 28 December 2002 through 4 January 2003 at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth , Australia . The champions are Serena Williams and James Blake of the United States , who defeated Alicia Molik and Lleyton Hewitt of Australia in the final .",
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"text": "Temple Cup The Temple Cup was a cup awarded to the winner of a best-of-seven , post-season championship series in the National League , from 1894 to 1897 . The 30-inch-high ( 76.2-cm-high ) silver cup cost $ 800 , ( $ in dollars ) and was donated by coal , citrus , and lumber baron William Chase Temple , a part-owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates at the time . Much like the Stanley Cup of ice hockey and the Temple Cup 's predecessor the Dauvray Cup , there was only one actual Temple Cup . There was only one major league at the time , so the series was played between the first - and second-place teams . The Temple Cup was also known as the World 's Championship Series . If one team won three titles , that team would have permanent possession of the Cup .",
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"text": "Belgium at the Hopman Cup Belgium is a nation that has competed at six Hopman Cup tournaments and first competed in the 12th Hopman Cup in 2000 . Belgium has been the runner-up on one occasion , in 2011 , when they finished second in their group but after Serbia 's withdrawal from the final due to an abdominal injury sustained by Ana Ivanovic , they were promoted to face USA in the final .",
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"text": "Dutch Cup (ice hockey) The Dutch Cup , better known in Dutch as the `` Beker '' or `` Bekercompetitie '' , is the national ice hockey cup in the Netherlands . It was held from 1938-1939 , and 1971-present . The Dutch Cup is usually an autumn competition that precedes or runs simultaneously with the regular season of the Eredivisie , the Dutch and Belgian semi-professional ice hockey league . The format of the Dutch Cup competition is determined before each season and can vary depending on the number of teams competing . In 2011 , the format consisted of : a 16-game preliminary round-robin , followed by a three-game playoff round-robin among the top four teams in the preliminary round a one-game final game among the top two teams from the playoff round . In 2012-2013 , the Cup competition was a knock-out competition of home-and-home series among the six Dutch teams of the Eredivisie and eight teams of the Eerste Divisie , the Netherlands ' top amateur league . The Dutch Cup is a separate competition from the Dutch National Championship , which is determined in a playoff amongst Eredivisie teams only .",
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"text": "Speedway Champions Cup The Speedway Champions Cup was an annual motorcycle speedway event held each year organized by the International Motorcycling Federation ( FIM ) between 1986 and 1993 . This competition featured the national champions of the top sixteen countries . It was held to give smaller speedway nations their own `` World Final '' , but was scrapped with the introduction of the Speedway Grand Prix in 1995 .",
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"text": "Germany at the Hopman Cup Germany is a nation that has competed at fourteen Hopman Cup tournaments and first competed in the inaugural Hopman Cup in 1989 ( competing in 1989 under the name West Germany ) . Germany reached the final for three consecutive years between 1993 and 1995 , finishing as the runners-up in 1994 but winning the tournament on the other two occasions .",
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"text": "Fed Cup Fed Cup is the premier international team competition in women 's tennis , launched in 1963 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) . The competition was known as the Federation Cup until 1995 . The Fed Cup is the world 's largest annual women 's international team sports competition , in terms of the number of nations that compete . The men 's equivalent of the Fed Cup is the Davis Cup . Australia , Czech Republic and the United States are the only countries that have held both the Fed Cup and Davis Cup at the same time .",
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"text": "Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman , CBE ( née Hotchkiss ; December 20 , 1886 -- December 5 , 1974 ) was an American tennis player and founder of the Wightman Cup , an annual team competition for British and American women . She dominated American women 's tennis before World War I , and won 45 U.S. titles during her life .",
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"text": "United Hospitals Cup The United Hospitals Challenge Cup is contested by the six medical schools in London and is most notable for being the 1st oldest rugby cup competition in the world .",
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"text": "2010 ATP World Tour The Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) World Tour is the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP . The 2010 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments ( supervised by the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) ) , the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 , the ATP World Tour 500 series , the ATP World Tour 250 series , the ATP World Team Championship , the Davis Cup ( organized by the ITF ) , and the ATP World Tour Finals . Also included in the 2010 calendar is the Hopman Cup , which does not distribute ranking points , and is organized by the ITF .",
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"text": "CIS at the Hopman Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States ( or CIS ) is a regional organisation formed of former Soviet states that competed at the Hopman Cup in 1992 . It reached the quarterfinal stage of the tournament . Since 1992 , four of the independent states which form the CIS have competed in the Hopman Cup individually . These are : Kazakhstan , Russia , Ukraine and Uzbekistan . Prior to 1992 , they all competed as the Soviet Union .",
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"text": "List of sports rivalries A sports rivalry is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes . This pressure of competition is felt by players , coaches , and management , but is perhaps felt strongest by the fans . The intensity of the rivalry varies from a friendly competition on one end to serious violence on the other that , in one case ( the Football War ) , was suggested to have led to military conflicts . Owners typically encourage rivalries as they tend to improve game attendance and television ratings for rivalry matches , but a rivalry that gets out of control can lead to fighting , hooliganism , rioting and some , with career-ending or even fatal consequences . Rivalries stem from various sources . Simple geographic proximity as well as frequent meetings in important games can lead to rivalries . Games between two rivals of close geographical proximity are usually called a local derby , or simply just derby ( UK : -LSB- 'd ɑrbi -RSB- or US : -LSB- ˈdɜrbi -RSB- ) ; a sporting fixture between two teams from the same town , city or region , particularly in association football . The phrase most likely originated from The Derby , a horse race in England , founded by the 12th Earl of Derby in 1780 , since at least as early as 1840 ` derby ' has been used as a noun in English to denote any kind of sporting contest . In the United States , the term crosstown rivalry is more commonly encountered for this type of rivalry . The town of Derby was renowned as the site of a chaotic and exuberant game that involved the whole town and often resulted in fatalities . The goals were at Nuns Mill in the north and the Gallows Balk in the south of the town , and much of the action took place in the River Derwent or the Markeaton Brook . Nominally the players came from All Saints ' and St Peter 's parishes , but in practice the game was a free-for-all with as many as 1,000 players . A Frenchman who observed the match in 1829 wrote in horror , ` if Englishmen call this play , it would be impossible to say what they call fighting ' . The traditional Shrovetide football match is commonplace in the town of Ashbourne , Derbyshire . ''",
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"text": "1996 World Cup of Hockey The first World Cup of Hockey ( WCH ) , or 1996 World Cup of Hockey , replaced the Canada Cup as one of the premier championships for professional ice hockey .",
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"text": "1992 Hopman Cup The 1992 Hopman Cup was the fourth edition to the Hopman Cup tennis event . Jakob Hlasek and Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere ( who mostly , but not in this case , played for Bulgaria ) of Switzerland beat Helena Suková and Karel Nováček of Czechoslovakia in the final at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth , Australia . The tournament took place between 27 December 1991 through 3 January 1992 .",
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"text": "Illuminati The Illuminati ( plural of Latin illuminatus , `` enlightened '' ) is a name given to several groups , both real and fictitious . Historically , the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati , an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1 May 1776 . The society 's goals were to oppose superstition , obscurantism , religious influence over public life and abuses of state power . `` The order of the day , '' they wrote in their general statutes , `` is to put an end to the machinations of the purveyors of injustice , to control them without dominating them '' . The Illuminati -- along with Freemasonry and other secret societies -- were outlawed through edict , by the Bavarian ruler , Charles Theodore , with the encouragement of the Roman Catholic Church , in 1784 , 1785 , 1787 and 1790 . In the several years following , the group was vilified by conservative and religious critics who claimed that they continued underground and were responsible for the French Revolution . Many influential intellectuals and progressive politicians counted themselves as members , including Ferdinand of Brunswick and the diplomat Xavier von Zwack , who was the Order 's second-in-command . It attracted literary men such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Johann Gottfried Herder and the reigning dukes of Gotha and Weimar . In subsequent use , `` Illuminati '' refers to various organisations which claim or are purported to have links to the original Bavarian Illuminati or similar secret societies , though these links are unsubstantiated . They are often alleged to conspire to control world affairs , by masterminding events and planting agents in government and corporations , in order to gain political power and influence and to establish a New World Order . Central to some of the most widely known and elaborate conspiracy theories , the Illuminati have been depicted as lurking in the shadows and pulling the strings and levers of power in dozens of novels , films , television shows , comics , video games , and music videos .",
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"text": "Conspiracy (criminal) In criminal law , a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime at some time in the future . Criminal law in some countries or for some conspiracies may require that at least one overt act must also have been undertaken in furtherance of that agreement , to constitute an offense . There is no limit on the number participating in the conspiracy and , in most countries , no requirement that any steps have been taken to put the plan into effect ( compare attempts which require proximity to the full offence ) . For the purposes of concurrence , the actus reus is a continuing one and parties may join the plot later and incur joint liability and conspiracy can be charged where the co-conspirators have been acquitted or can not be traced . Finally , repentance by one or more parties does not affect liability -- unless , in some cases , it occurs before the parties have committed overt acts -- but may reduce their sentence .",
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"text": "Mafia state This article refers to a systematic corruption of a government by major organized crime syndicates . For the greater connotation that literally means `` rule by thieves '' , see Kleptocracy . A mafia state is a state system where the government is tied with organized crime , including when government officials , police , and/or military take part in illicit enterprises . The term mafia is a reference to any organized crime groups strongly connected with the authorities . According to the critics of the mafia state concept , the term `` has now been so used and abused in popularized descriptions of organized criminal activity that it has lost much of its analytic value '' . According to US diplomats , Alexander Litvinenko coined the phrase Mafia state .",
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"text": "List of organizations described as Communist fronts by the US government This list of organizations described as Communist fronts by the US government includes the names of groups included in various reports of the Attorney General of the United States or House Un-American Activities Committee listing `` subversive '' or `` Communist '' front groups . While most of these were documentable mass organizations of the Communist Party , USA , others were included out of convenience or political expedience . Inclusion on any of these lists should not be regarded as definitive proof of covert organizational ties or actual subversive intent .",
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"text": "Antisemitic League of France The Antisemitic League of France ( Ligue antisémitique de France ) was founded in 1889 by the journalist Edouard Drumont . First known under the name of Ligue nationale antisémitique de France ( National Antisemitic League of France ) or Ligue antisémite française ( French Antisemitic League ) , this nationalist league was particularly active during the Dreyfus Affair . Beside spreading anti-Semitic propaganda , the League was also anti-Masonry and anti-Communist . It had as general delegates Jacques de Biez . Jules Guérin was an active member of it . The League was located on rue Lepic in Paris . Its 1889 foundation was inspired by the success of Drumont 's antisemitic pamphlet La France juive ( 1886 ) , and also by the Boulangist crisis . It was supported by newspapers such as Drumont 's La Libre Parole ; Jules Guérin 's French weekly L'Antijuif ( fr ) ( Paris , 1896-1902 ) ; the daily La Cocarde ( fr ) ( 1888-1907 ) founded by Georges de Labruyère ( fr ) and edited September 1894 - March 1895 by Maurice Barrès ; Henri Rochefort 's L'Intransigeant ; and the Catholic newspaper La Croix . Beside propaganda , the League also organized antisemitic demonstrations and provoked some riots , a method later generalized by the far-right leagues in France . It denounced the Panama scandals , took side against Alfred Dreyfus and spread conspiracy theories concerning the Masonry 's alleged activities in the Third Republic . After a disagreement between Drumont and Guérin in 1899 , the League became , under the direction of Guérin , the Grand Occident de France , still antisemitic but even more anti-Masonic , the name itself being a reaction against the Masonic Grand Orient de France . It was thereafter essentially linked to Guérin 's newspaper , L'Antijuif . The League progressively disappeared after the `` Fort Chabrol '' affair and the arrest of Guérin . After an initial surge during the Dreyfus Affair , far right leagues appeared again during the interwar period .",
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"text": "Lawsuits against the Devil Lawsuits against the devil ( or Satan ) have occurred in reality and in fiction .",
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"text": "Hasidic Judaism Hasidism , sometimes Hasidic Judaism ( , hasidut , Ashkenazi pronunciation : -LSB- χaˈsidus -RSB- ; originally , `` piety '' ) , is a Jewish religious sect . It arose as a spiritual revival movement in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , what is now contemporary Western Ukraine , during the 18th century and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe . Today , most affiliates reside in the United States , Israel , and Britain . Israel Ben Eliezer , the `` Baal Shem Tov '' , is regarded as its founding father , and his disciples developed and disseminated it . Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Ultra-Orthodox ( `` Haredi '' ) Judaism and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion . Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice -- with the movement 's own unique emphases -- and the traditions of Eastern European Jews , so much that many of the latter , including various garments or the use of the Yiddish language , are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism . Hasidic thought draws heavily on Lurianic Kabbalah and to an extent is a popularization of it . Teachings emphasize God 's immanence in the universe , the need to cleave and be one with Him at all times , the devotional aspect of religious practice , and the spiritual dimension of corporeality and mundane acts . Hasidim , the adherents of Hasidism , are organized in independent sects known as `` courts '' or dynasties , each headed by its own hereditary leader , a Rebbe . Reverence and submission to the Rebbe are key tenets , as he is considered a spiritual authority with whom the follower must bond to gain closeness to God . The various `` courts '' share basic convictions , but operate apart and possess unique traits and customs . Affiliation is often retained in families for generations , and being Hasidic is as much a sociological factor , entailing birth into a specific community and allegiance to a dynasty of Rebbes , as it is a purely religious one . There are several `` courts '' with many thousands of member households each , and dozens of smaller ones . The total number of Hasidim , both adults and children , is estimated to be above 400,000 .",
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"text": "The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology The Complex : An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology is a non-fiction book about the organization and practices of the Church of Scientology , written by former Scientologist John Duignan with Nicola Tallant . The book was published in Ireland on October 7 , 2008 by Merlin Publishing . Both of Duignan 's parents died when he was very young and as a result he had difficult experiences as a teenager . He met an attractive female Scientologist on the streets of Germany , who convinced him to take a free personality test from Scientology . After the test , he was told he had a result of `` Urgent Action Required '' , and he began to take Scientology courses . Duignan was recruited into Scientology 's elite paramilitary organization called the `` Sea Org '' , and spent a total of 22 years in the organization . After attending an event where actor and Scientologist Tom Cruise was given the award of `` Most Dedicated Follower '' , Duignan began to examine the organization more closely and had doubts about remaining . He left the organization in 2006 , after taking measures to avoid investigation by Scientology 's intelligence agency the Office of Special Affairs . The Church of Scientology has responded to the publication of The Complex by sending legal letters to several bookstore retailers that were selling the book , claiming the book contains libelous statements about a member of the organization . Merlin Publishing `` emphatically denied '' these allegations , and an editorial director at the publishing company called Scientology 's claim `` vexatious '' . The United Kingdom branch of Amazon.com , Amazon.co.uk , stopped selling copies of the book after receiving legal letters from the Church of Scientology ; booksellers Waterstone 's and W H Smith also received the legal letter , and Borders Books may have also been `` warned off '' selling the book . A representative for Amazon.com in the United States said that the U.S. branch of the company will be selling copies of the book , but is `` awaiting arrival of the inventory '' to their networks .",
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"text": "History of espionage Espionage , as well as other intelligence assessment , has existed since ancient times .",
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"docid": "c636692447584ecef11db8a08fe6b945",
"text": "Alien abduction The terms alien abduction or abduction phenomenon describe `` subjectively real memories of being taken secretly against one 's will by apparently nonhuman entities and subjected to complex physical and psychological procedures '' . Such abductions have sometimes been classified as close encounters of the fourth kind . People claiming to have been abducted are usually called `` abductees '' or `` experiencers '' . Due to a lack of objective physical evidence , most scientists and mental health professionals dismiss the phenomenon as `` deception , suggestibility ( fantasy-proneness , hypnotizability , false memory syndrome ) , personality , sleep paralysis , psychopathology , psychodynamics -LSB- and -RSB- environmental factors '' . Skeptic Robert Sheaffer sees similarity between the aliens depicted in science fiction films , in particular , Invaders From Mars , and some of those reported to have actually abducted people . Typical claims involve being subjected to forced medical examinations that emphasize abductee reproductive systems . Abductees sometimes claim to have been warned against environmental abuse and the dangers of nuclear weapons . While many of these claimed encounters are described as terrifying , some have been viewed as pleasurable or transformative . The first alleged alien abduction claim to be widely publicized was the Betty and Barney Hill abduction in 1961 . Reports of the abduction phenomenon have been made around the world , but are most common in English speaking countries , especially the United States . The contents of the abduction narrative often seem to vary with the home culture of the alleged abductee . Alien abductions have been the subject of conspiracy theories and science fiction storylines ( notably The X-Files ) that have speculated on stealth technology required if the phenomenon were real , the motivations for secrecy , and that alien implants could be a possible form of physical evidence .",
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"text": "Occult The occult ( from the Latin word occultus `` clandestine , hidden , secret '' ) is `` knowledge of the hidden . '' In common English usage , occult refers to `` knowledge of the paranormal , '' as opposed to `` knowledge of the measurable , '' usually referred to as science . The term is sometimes taken to mean knowledge that `` is meant only for certain people '' or that `` must be kept hidden '' , but for most practicing occultists it is simply the study of a deeper spiritual reality that extends beyond pure reason and the physical sciences . The terms esoteric and arcane can also be used to describe the occult , in addition to their meanings unrelated to the supernatural . It also describes a number of magical organizations or orders , the teachings and practices taught by them , and to a large body of current and historical literature and spiritual philosophy related to this subject .",
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"text": "Priory of Sion The Prieuré de Sion ( French : IPA/API : -LSB- pʁijœʁe də sjɔ̃ -RSB- ) , translated as Priory of Sion , is the name given to a fringe fraternal organisation , founded and dissolved in France in 1956 by Pierre Plantard as part of a hoax . In the 1960s , Plantard created a fictitious history for that organization , describing it as a secret society founded by Godfrey of Bouillon on Mount Zion in the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1099 , conflating it with a genuine historical monastic order , the Abbey of Our Lady of Mount Zion . In Plantard 's version , the Priory was devoted to installing a secret bloodline of the Merovingian dynasty on the thrones of France and the rest of Europe . This myth was expanded upon and popularised by the 1982 pseudohistorical book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail and later claimed as factual in the preface of the 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code . After becoming a cause célèbre from the late 1960s to the 1980s , the mythical Priory of Sion was exposed as a ludibrium created by Plantard as a framework for his claim of being the Great Monarch prophesied by Nostradamus . Evidence presented in support of its historical existence and activities before 1956 was discovered to have been forged and then planted in various locations around France by Plantard and his accomplices . Nevertheless , many conspiracy theorists still persist in believing that the Priory of Sion is an age-old cabal that conceals a subversive secret . The Priory of Sion myth has been exhaustively debunked by journalists and scholars as one of the great hoaxes of the 20th century . Some skeptics have expressed concern that the proliferation and popularity of books , websites and films inspired by this hoax have contributed to the subject of conspiracy theories , pseudohistory and other confusions becoming more mainstream . Others are troubled by the romantic reactionary ideology unwittingly promoted in these works .",
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"text": "Book of Shadows A Book of Shadows is a book containing religious texts and instructions for magical rituals found within the Neopagan religion of Wicca.Throughout the centuries many practicing witches would account their knowledge in their Book Of Shadows , however once witches were threatened by the prospect of being executed many , wisely , stopped and destroyed their BoS in order to stay safe and alive . However there are still several books that have managed to survived through history . One famous Book of Shadows was created by the pioneering Wiccan Gerald Gardner sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s , and which he utilised first in his Bricket Wood coven and then in other covens which he founded in following decades . The Book of Shadows is also used by other Wiccan traditions , such as Alexandrianism and Mohsianism , and with the rise of books teaching people how to begin following Wicca in the 1970s onward , the idea of the Book of Shadows was then further propagated amongst solitary practitioners unconnected to earlier traditions . Initially , when Wicca was still dominated by covens , `` only one copy -LSB- of the Book -RSB- existed for an entire coven , kept by the high priestess or high priest . That rule has proved unfeasible , and it is -LSB- now -RSB- commonplace for all Witches to have their own copies . '' In the various traditions that make up British Traditional Wicca , copies of the original Book composed by Gerald Gardner with the aid of his High Priestess Doreen Valiente , along with alterations and additions that have been made since then , is followed by adherents . They have tried to keep the contents of this Book a secret , although it has been published on a number of occasions by figures such as Charles Cardell , Lady Sheba , and Janet and Stewart Farrar . In other Wiccan traditions and amongst a number of solitary practitioners , alternate versions of the Book have been written that are independent of Gardner 's original . Numerous associations and traditions have since grown up around the Book of Shadows . Traditionally , `` a Witch 's book of shadows is destroyed upon death . '' The concept of the Book of Shadows has subsequently appeared in popular culture , for instance being utilised in the American television series Charmed and providing the title of films , musical albums and comics . However , in all these cases it was taken out of its original Wiccan context .",
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"text": "Seven rays The seven rays is an occult concept that has appeared in several religions and esoteric philosophies , since at least the 6th century BCE , of the Aryan peoples in both Western culture and in India . In the west , it can be seen in early western mystery traditions such as Gnosticism and the Roman Mithraic Mysteries ; and in texts and iconic art of the Catholic Church as early as the Byzantine era . In India , the concept has been part of Hindu religious philosophy and scripture since at least the Vishnu Purana , dating from the post-Vedic era . Beginning in the late 19th century , the seven rays appeared in a modified and elaborated form in the teachings of Theosophy , first presented by H. P. Blavatsky . The Theosophical concept of the seven rays was further developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the writings of the Theosophists C. W. Leadbeater , and by other authors such as Alice Bailey , Manly P. Hall , and others , including notably the teachings of Benjamin Creme and his group Share International ; and in the philosophies of organizations such as Temple of the People , The `` I AM '' Activity , The Bridge to Freedom , The Summit Lighthouse , The Temple of The Presence ( 1995 ) and various other such organizations promulgating what are called the Ascended Master Teachings , a group of religious teachings based on Theosophy . As the New Age movement of the mid-to-late 20th century developed , the seven rays concept appeared as an element of metaphysical healing methods such as Reiki and other modalities , and in esoteric astrology .",
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"text": "Conjuring Arts Research Center Conjuring Arts Research Center is a not-for-profit organization , based in New York City in the United States , dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of magic and its allied arts . Established by magician David Blaine and consultant William `` Bill '' Kalush in 2003 , the Conjuring Arts Research Center has over 12,000 volumes of books , journals and rare documents related to magic and magic allied arts ( e.g. , ventriloquism , mentalism , juggling , Theatrical Séances , puppetry , circus arts , escapology , psychic and occult phenomenon , hypnosis and deceptive gambling . ) The collection contains several incunabula including several rare variations of the 15th century magic classic Reginald Scot 's Discovery of Witchcraft and 500 books written before the 18th century including those written in Latin , Dutch , Portuguese , Spanish , Italian , French , Japanese , German , Russian , Swedish . Many of these works are currently being translated into English . Conjuring Arts Research Center serves magic performers , collectors , historians , writers and magic enthusiasts by making rare books , documents and ephemera available to them . The Conjuring Arts Research Center also holds special events , publishes two volumes per year of the Gibeciere , a research journal with articles contributed by internationally recognized magic authors . An important research tool of the Conjuring Arts Research Center is an on-line search engine called Ask Alexander . It is a magic-dedicated search tool . Bill Kalush and Larry Sloman 's book , The Secret Life of Houdini was researched on Ask Alexander . The International Brotherhood of Magicians ' Board of Trustees recently granted the Conjuring Arts Research Center permission to provide the Linking Ring magazine files to its subscribing members through Ask Alexander .",
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"text": "Wu-Syndicate Wu-Syndicate is a group from Virginia consisting of Joe Mafia , Napoleon , and Myalansky ( who named himself after the gangster Meyer Lansky ) . They were originally called Crime Syndicate but changed their name to Wu-Syndicate when they signed to Wu-Tang Records and became Wu-Tang Clan affiliates . After debuting on the compilation Wu-Tang Killa Bees : The Swarm in 1998 , their self-titled debut album Wu-Syndicate was released in 1999 on both Wu-Tang Records and their own label Slot Time Records . The album was , like most releases from Wu-Tang Clan affiliates during this time enjoyed moderately successful sales with the single `` Where Wuz Heaven '' going gold . Soon after the release there was a dispute of an unknown origin between the group and Wu-Tang Records and the group briefly changed their name to The Syndicate until 2009 with eventual reconciliation and the release of their second official album Grimlenz , produced mostly by Antagonist Dragonspit of Virginia Beach , VA. . Both Myalansky and Napoleon continue to work with Joe Mafia but have refused to work with each other since the release of their first album . In an interview Napoleon stated that though they have always clashed , `` Mya is still my dude though regardless '' . The group has maintained ties with various members of the Wu-Tang Family . Napoleon is currently working on a project with fellow Wu-Tang alumni Solomon Childs , Shaka Amazulu , and Dexter Wiggle called `` Illuminati Network '' . Joe Mafia released his debut solo album This One in 2002 and founded his own label called 58 West Diamond Street Records . Napoleon released his first solo album , Kingpin Wit Da Inkpen in 2007 and a mixtape titled Mark of the Beast in 2011 . Myalansky released his first solo album , Drastic Measures in 2008 and a mixtape a few years later in 2011 AMW.Com . Myalansky has also been working with California rapper Mitchy Slick and has released two more volumes of his AMW.Com mixtape series . In 2013 Myalansky and Joe Mafia featured on the song `` Golden Age Rapper '' by CHG Unfadable .",
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"text": "Maleficium (sorcery) Maleficium as a Latin term means `` wrongdoing '' or `` mischief '' , and describes malevolent , dangerous , or harmful magic , `` evildoing , '' or `` malevolent sorcery '' . In general , the term applies to any magical act intended to cause harm or death to people or property . Maleficium can involve the act of poisoning or drugging someone . Practitioners of Melificium are not exclusively females , although , popular culture of witchcraft favors it . Women accused of Maleficium were punished by being imprisoned or even executed . In the Byzantine Empire astrologers ( Lat . mathematici ) were considered magical wrongdoers , and so were heretics . The term appears in several historically important texts , notably in the Formicarius ( printed 1475 ) and in the Malleus Maleficarum ( 1487 ) . The Knights Templar were accused by Philip IV of France of maleficium . The trial of the Knights Templar set a social standard for the popular belief in maleficium and witchcraft that contributed to the great European witch hunt . In early New England , more men would get accused of such Maleficium that was `` non-malefic '' .",
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"text": "The Night Letter The Night Letter is a 1978 book by Paul Spike , with a double-layered structure : an anti-Nazi spy thriller on the background of the early part of the Second World War , and an exposure of cynical and machiavellian maneuverings in the American corridors of power . The book belongs to the subgenre of secret history -- i.e. with a plot in which real historical figures play a substantial part , doing things which are the author 's invention but which supposedly ( for reasons given in the plot ) remained secret and did not come to the knowledge of the public . In the book , a British doctor meets in 1936 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt , who is unaware that the doctor is a Nazi sympathizer . The visitor manages to secretly photograph the President in a compromising position with his secretary , Missy LeHand ( whom historians widely assume to have been indeed Roosevelt 's mistress ) . By 1940 , senior Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich possesses the picture and intends to use the photo for blackmail and prevent Roosevelt from running for a third term -- in the hope that whoever gets elected instead would be more likely to keep the US out of the Second World War . The President must recover the photo before the Democratic Party Convention which is about to nominate him . What makes the situation more difficult is that Roosevelt also needs to bypass the FBI -- for apprehension that should the photo fall into the hands of J. Edgar Hoover , the FBI Director might use it for his own brand of blackmail . Instead , Roosevelt employs former FBI Agent Jackson , who had left the Bureau under a cloud and incurred Hoover 's personal enmity , and who is completely loyal to the President . The bulk of the book follows Jackson 's chase after the photo , starting from Paris at the very eve of its fall to the Wehrmacht and concluding with a cataclysmic confrontation at a secret Michigan base of the `` Silver Shirts '' -- a murderous , power-mad American Fascist militia ( which truly existed , though not necessarily doing all that the book describes it as doing ) . The chase ends with a mixed result -- the Nazi agents have been killed or captured , but the negative did fall into the hands of the FBI who caught the scent of what was going on . The book ends on a cynical note : Hoover meets the President at the White House , claims to have destroyed the negatives ( which is manifestly untrue ) and proceeds to imperiously demand the sacking of Jackson -- obviously he is under the impression that he now holds Roosevelt 's fate in his hand . Upon being shown this , the President presents a photo of his own , showing Hoover in a compromising position with a handsome young FBI agent . Roosevelt and Hoover would henceforth be tied to each other , `` like convicts in chain gang '' , each able to destroy the other but only at the cost of his own destruction . Category :1978 books Category : Corruption Category : Secret histories Category : Thriller novels",
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"text": "Thaumiel Thaumiel ( twins of God ) is the name of one of the Qliphoth in the Kabbalah , the shadow side of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life . It is the shadow of the Sephirah Keter ( the crown ) . While Keter is concerned with the unity of God , Thaumiel represents the dual contending forces , struggling , and it is represented by two giant heads with bat-like wings . The Qliphoth are not the opposite of the Sephirot , but the shadow . They are the chaotic forces that are unleashed when one of the Sephirot is not in balance with the others . Therefore , although Keter is concerned with unity , implicit in its existence is the concept of duality . It is the first emanation from the Ein Sof , the point of consciousness that crystallises out of the vast emptiness . Without the forces of the other sephiroth to balance it , specifically Malkuth below , it would exist as something apart from the Ein Sof , God in his totality . However , since all the paradoxical and contending forces unleashed through Keter find their eventual rest and resolution in Malkuth , balance and the unity of God are maintained . The ruler of Thaumiel is Satan . Satan in legend was the chief of the angels , holding a position similar to that of Kether . According to Islamic legend , after God created man , Satan and his angels refused to bow down before Adam . Ralph Austin describes that in the thought of the Islamic mystic , Ibn Arabi , the diabolical principle is that `` which resists the Self-Realizing urge to create the own-other object ( creation ) and insists in the sole right of pure spirit and transcendence , this being the reason for Satan 's refusal to obey God 's command to prostrate himself to Adam , from jealousy for the integrity of pure spirit . '' Seeing this in a kabbalistic way , this means the refusal of Kether , the pure spirit , to find completion and self-realisation through the act of emanation and creation , terminating in Malkuth . Satan therefore represents spiritual pride and arrogance . `` Second , it is also that principle which insists on the separate reality of cosmic life and substance and which denies all primacy to the Spirit . In other words , it is that principle which would seek to insist on the separate reality of either pole , at the expense of the other , and thus to impair the original wholeness of the divine experience as the Reality by trying to sever the all-important link between `` own '' and `` other '' and consign each to mutually exclusive isolation in absurdity '' . Which neatly fits with the kabbalistic description of Satan as the master of ` The Dual Contending Forces ' .",
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"text": "Superintelligence A superintelligence is a hypothetical agent that possesses intelligence far surpassing that of the brightest and most gifted human minds . `` Superintelligence '' may also refer to a property of problem-solving systems ( e.g. , superintelligent language translators or engineering assistants ) whether or not these high-level intellectual competencies are embodied in agents that act in the world . A superintelligence may or may not be created by an intelligence explosion and associated with a technological singularity . University of Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom defines superintelligence as `` an intellect that is much smarter than the best human brains in practically every field , including scientific creativity , general wisdom and social skills . '' The program Fritz falls short of superintelligence even though it is much better than humans at chess because Fritz can not outperform humans in other tasks . Following Hutter and Legg , Bostrom treats superintelligence as general dominance at goal-oriented behavior , leaving open whether an artificial or human superintelligence would possess capacities such as intentionality ( cf. the Chinese room argument ) or first-person consciousness ( cf. the hard problem of consciousness ) . Technological researchers disagree about how likely present-day human intelligence is to be surpassed . Some argue that advances in artificial intelligence ( AI ) will probably result in general reasoning systems that lack human cognitive limitations . Others believe that humans will evolve or directly modify their biology so as to achieve radically greater intelligence . A number of futures studies scenarios combine elements from both of these possibilities , suggesting that humans are likely to interface with computers , or upload their minds to computers , in a way that enables substantial intelligence amplification . Some researchers believe that superintelligence will likely follow shortly after the development of artificial general intelligence . The first sentient machines are likely to immediately hold an enormous advantage in at least some forms of mental capability , including the capacity of perfect recall , a vastly superior knowledge base , and the ability to multitask in ways not possible to biological entities . This may give them the opportunity to -- either as a single being or as a new species -- become much more powerful than humans , and to displace them . A number of scientists and forecasters argue for prioritizing early research into the possible benefits and risks of human and machine cognitive enhancement , because of the potential social impact of such technologies .",
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"text": "Business Plot The Business Plot was an alleged political conspiracy in 1933 in the United States . Retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler claimed that wealthy businessmen were plotting to create a fascist veterans ' organization with Butler as its leader and use it in a coup d'état to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1934 , Butler testified before the United States House of Representatives Special Committee on Un-American Activities ( the `` McCormack-Dickstein Committee '' ) on these claims . No one was prosecuted . At the time of the incidents , news media dismissed the plot , with a New York Times editorial characterizing it as a `` gigantic hoax '' . While historians have questioned whether or not a coup was actually close to execution , most agree that some sort of `` wild scheme '' was contemplated and discussed .",
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"text": "Dragon A dragon is a legendary creature , typically scaled or fire-spewing and with serpentine , reptilian or avian traits , that features in the myths of many cultures around world . The two most well-known cultural traditions of dragon are The European dragon , derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Balkans and Western Asian mythologies . Most are depicted as reptilian creatures with animal-level intelligence , and are uniquely six-limbed ( four legs and a separate set of wings ) . The Chinese dragon , with counterparts in Japan ( namely the Japanese dragon ) , Korea and other East Asian and South Asian countries . Most are depicted as serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence , and are quadrupeds ( four legs and wingless ) . The two traditions may have evolved separately , but have influenced each other to a certain extent , particularly with the cross-cultural contact of recent centuries . The English word dragon and Latin word draco derives from Greek δράκων ( drákōn ) , `` dragon , serpent of huge size , water-snake '' .",
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"text": "Dactyl (poetry) A dactyl ( δάκτυλος , dáktylos , `` finger '' ) is a foot in poetic meter . In quantitative verse , often used in Greek or Latin , a dactyl is a long syllable followed by two short syllables , as determined by syllable weight . In accentual verse , often used in English , it is a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables -- the opposite is the anapaest ( two unstressed followed by a stressed syllable ) . The Greek and Latin words δάκτυλος and dactylus are themselves dactyls ( and hence autological ) . The English word poetry is also a dactyl . A useful mnemonic for remembering this long-short-short pattern is to consider the relative lengths of the three bones of a human finger : beginning at the knuckle , it is one long bone followed by two shorter ones ( hence the name dactyl ) . An example of dactylic meter is the first line of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's poem Evangeline , which is in dactylic hexameter : This is the / forest prim - / eval . The / murmuring / pines and the / hem locks , The first five feet of the line are dactyls ; the sixth a trochee . Stephen Fry quotes Robert Browning 's The Lost Leader as an example of the use of dactylic metre to great effect , creating verse with `` great rhythmic dash and drive '' : Just for a handful of silver he left us Just for a riband to stick in his coat '' The first three feet in both lines are dactyls . Another example : the opening lines of Whitman 's `` Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking '' ( 1859 ) , his poem about the birth of his poetic voice : Out of the cradle , endlessly rocking -LSB- a dactyl , followed by a trochee ( ` cradle ' ) ; then another dactyl followed by a trochee ( ` rocking ' ) -RSB- Out of the mockingbird 's throat , the musical shuttle -LSB- 2 dactyls , then a trochee ( ` throat , the ' ) ; then another dactyl , followed by a trochee -RSB- ... The dactyl `` out of the ... '' becomes a pulse that rides through the entire poem , often generating the beginning of each new line , even though the poem as a whole , as is typical for Whitman , is extremely varied and `` free '' in its use of metrical feet . Dactyls are the metrical foot of Greek elegiac poetry , which followed a line of dactylic hexameter with dactylic pentameter .",
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"text": "Dilong Dilong ( ; lit . `` earth dragon '' ) is a Chinese dragon name that is also used to mean `` earthworm '' in Traditional Chinese Medicine and `` Geosaurus '' in Zoological nomenclature .",
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"text": "Slavic dragon In Slavic mythology , the word `` zmey '' ( Bulgarian and Russian : змей , змеj ) and its cognates zmiy ( żmij , ) and zmaj ( Serbian and Bosnian : змај , Croatian , Slovene : zmaj ) , are used to describe a dragon . These words are masculine forms of the Slavic word for `` snake '' , which are normally feminine ( like Russian zmeya ) . In Romania , there is a similar figure , derived from the Slavic dragon and named zmeu . In Polish and Belarusian folklore , as well as in the other Slavic folklore , a dragon is also called smok , tsmok . Although quite similar to other European dragons , Slavic dragons have their peculiarities .",
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"text": "Chromatic dragon A Chromatic dragon is a classification of fictional dragon found in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons . In this setting , chromatic dragons are typically of evil alignment . They contrast to the metallic dragons , which are typically of good alignment . Tiamat is the queen of chromatic dragons . Chromatic dragons have played a large role in various D&D monster compilation books : white , black , green , blue and red dragons being the classic chromatic dragons .",
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"text": "Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken , is a Japanese manga based in the video game series Dragon Quest . It was originally created as a two-chapter short story titled `` Derupa ! Iruiru ! '' . Its subsequent success led to the three-chapter sequel `` Dai Bakuhatsu !!! '' ( Dai Explodes !!! ) , and later the serialization of Dai no Daibōken in Shueisha 's Weekly Shōnen Jump . The manga later spawned an anime series , the second one based on the Dragon Quest franchise after Dragon Quest . Dragon Quest : Dai no Daibōken is one of the Weekly Shōnen Jumps best-selling manga series of all time , with roughly 40 million copies sold .",
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"text": "Dragon (magazine) Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products ; Dungeon is the other . TSR , Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company 's earlier publication , The Strategic Review . The final printed issue was # 359 in September 2007 . Shortly after the last print issue shipped in mid-August 2007 , Wizards of the Coast ( part of Hasbro , Inc. ) , the publication 's current intellectual property rightsholder , relaunched Dragon as an online magazine , continuing on the numbering of the print edition . The last published issue was No. 430 in December 2013 . A digital publication called Dragon + , which replaces the Dragon magazine , launched in 2015 . It is created by Dialect in collaboration with Wizards of the Coast , and restarted the numbering system for issues at No. 1 .",
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"text": "Dragon turtle A dragon turtle ( 龙龟 , Lóngguī ) is a legendary Chinese creature that combines two of the four celestial animals of Chinese mythology : the body of a turtle with a dragon is promoted as a positive ornament in Feng Shui , symbolizing courage , determination , fertility , longevity , power , success , and support . Decorative carvings or statuettes of the creature are traditionally placed facing the window . Mapmakers sometimes drew dragon turtles along with other fantastical creatures in unexplored areas .",
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"text": "Four-letter word The phrase four-letter word refers to a set of English-language words written with four letters which are considered profane , including common popular or slang terms for excretory functions , sexual activity and genitalia , terms relating to Hell or damnation when used outside of religious contexts or slurs . The `` four-letter '' claim refers to the fact that a large number of ( but not all ) English `` swear words '' are incidentally four-character monosyllables . This description came into use during the first half of the twentieth century .",
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"text": "Dragon Island Dragon Island is a privately owned island off the northeast coast of New Zealand 's Great Barrier Island , located 95 km to the northeast of Auckland . The island provides Harataonga Bay on Great Barrier Island with shelter from easterly and southeasterly winds by blocking the bay from Pacific storms . The island is in relatively calm water , sheltered by the larger Rakitu Island to the north . It was once farmed but is now unpopulated and has reverted to scrub . Dragon Island is also a name sometimes given ( quixotically ) to a small island in the Mediterranean Sea , a little more than one km wide at its greatest extent , and about 4 km long , located just off the southwestern point of the island of Majorca , approximately 210 km due east of Valencia , Spain . This island comprises the Parc Natural Sa Dragonera . It is the island referred to as Dragon Island in chapter eight of the historical novel Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian . There is also a Dragon Island in the fictional world of Narnia in the book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader . ''",
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"text": "Spelling pronunciation A spelling pronunciation is the pronunciation of a word according to its spelling , at odds with a standard or traditional pronunciation . Words spelled with silent letters ( e.g. island , knife ) , or traditionally pronounced with reduced vowels or omitted consonants ( e.g. cupboard , Worcester ) , may be subject to a spelling pronunciation . If a word 's spelling was standardized prior to sound changes that produced its `` traditional '' pronunciation , a spelling pronunciation may reflect an even older pronunciation . This is often the case with compound words ( e.g. waistcoat , cupboard , forehead ) . It is also the case for many words with silent letters ( e.g. often ) , though not all -- silent letters are sometimes added for etymological reasons , to reflect a word 's spelling in its language of origin ( e.g. victual , rhyming with little but derived from Late Latin victualia ) . Some silent letters were added on the basis of erroneous etymologies , as in the cases of the words island and scythe . Spelling pronunciations are generally considered incorrect next to the traditionally accepted , and usually more widespread , pronunciation . If a spelling pronunciation persists and becomes more common , it may eventually join the existing form as equally acceptable ( for example waistcoat and often ) , or even become the dominant pronunciation ( as with forehead and falcon ) . If a rare word is more often encountered in writing than in speech , the spelling pronunciation may be assumed by most , while the traditional pronunciation is maintained only by older or educated individuals .",
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"text": "Dragony Dragony is a power metal band from Vienna , Austria , which incorporates elements of symphonic metal in their style .",
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"text": "List of adjectival and demonymic forms for countries and nations The following is a list of adjectival forms of countries and nations in English and their demonymic equivalents . A country adjective describes something as being from that country , for example , `` Italian cuisine '' is `` cuisine of Italy '' . A country demonym denotes the people or the inhabitants of or from there , for example , `` Germans '' are people of or from Germany . Note : Demonyms are given in plural forms . Singular forms simply remove the final 's ' or , in the case of - ese endings , are the same as the plural forms . The ending - men has feminine equivalent - women ( e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman ) . The French terminations - ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine ; adding ` e ' ( - oise / aise ) makes them singular feminine ; ` es ' ( - oises / aises ) makes them plural feminine . The Spanish and Portuguese terminations '' - o '' usually denotes the masculine and is normally changed to feminine by dropping the '' - o '' and adding '' - a '' . The plural forms are usually '' - os '' and '' - as '' respectively . Adjectives ending in - ish can be used as collective demonyms ( e.g. the English , the Cornish ) . So can those ending in - ch / - tch ( e.g. the French , the Dutch ) provided they are pronounced with a ` ch ' sound ( e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify ) . Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things , sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words . ( Sometimes , the use of one or more additional words is optional . ) Notable examples are cuisines , cheeses , cat breeds , dog breeds , and horse breeds . ( See List of words derived from toponyms . ) Note - in cases where two or more adjectival forms are given , there is often a subtle difference in usage between the two . This is particularly the case with Central Asian countries where one form tends to relate to the nation and the other often relates to the predominant ethnic group ( e.g. , Uzbek is primarily an ethnicity , Uzbekistani relates to citizens of Uzbekistan ) . In addition , several countries have a large number of sub-names for their citizens in the form of nicknames for people of certain different areas ; these are usually related to something typical of the area . In Puerto Rico for example , people who come from the town of Bayamon are referred to as `` Cowboy ( s ) '' or `` Cowgirl ( s ) '' ; those from Caguas are referred to as `` Criollo ( s ) '' or `` Criolla ( s ) '' . Except in cases such as Spain , in which sub-names have been used interchangeably by others , sub-names belonging to some areas in a country are not listed here .",
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"text": "List of adjectivals and demonyms for subcontinental regions The following is a list of adjectival forms of subcontinental regions in English and their demonymic equivalents , which denote the people or the inhabitants of these subcontinental regions . Note : Demonyms are given in plural forms . Singular forms simply remove the final 's ' or , in the case of - ese endings , are the same as the plural forms . The ending - men has feminine equivalent - women ( e.g. an Irishman and a Scotswoman ) . The French terminations - ois / ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine ; adding ` e ' ( - oise / aise ) makes them singular feminine ; ` es ' ( - oises / aises ) makes them plural feminine . The Spanish termination '' - o '' usually denotes the masculine and is normally changed to feminine by dropping the '' - o '' and adding '' - a '' . The plural forms are usually '' - os '' and '' - as '' respectively . Adjectives ending - ish can be used as collective demonyms ( e.g. the English , the Cornish ) . So can those ending in - ch / - tch ( e.g. the French , the Dutch ) provided they are pronounced with a ` ch ' sound ( e.g. the adjective Czech does not qualify ) . Where an adjective is a link , the link is to the language or dialect of the same name . ( Reference : Ethnologue , Languages of the World ) Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms refer also to various other things , sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words . ( Sometimes , the use of one or more additional words is optional . ) Notable examples are cheeses , cat breeds , dog breeds , and horse breeds . ( See List of words derived from toponyms . ) Where an adjective is a link , the link is to the language or dialect of the same name .",
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"text": "Dragon Fountain Dragon Fountain may refer to : Fountains Dragon Fountain , Copenhagen , a fountain in Copenhagen , Denmark Dragon Fountain , a fountain in Schleiz , Germany Other Longquan , a Chinese city whose name means `` Dragon Fountain ''",
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"text": "Slime (Dragon Quest) The Slime is the mascot of the Dragon Quest role-playing video game franchise . Originally inspired by the game Wizardry to be a weak and common monster for the video game Dragon Quest , Slime has appeared in almost every Dragon Quest game since . The character 's popularity led to the appearance of many varieties of slimes , including boss characters , and even emerging as the protagonist of the Rocket Slime video game series . The Slime has been placed on a multitude of different kinds of merchandise . The Slime 's friendliness , limited power , and appealing form have caused the Slime to become a popular character and symbol of the Dragon Quest series .",
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"text": "Diablo Diablo -LSB- diˈaβlo -RSB- is a Spanish word meaning `` Devil '' . Diablo may also refer to :",
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"text": "Dragon (Ninurta) The Dragon ( Sumerian : Ušum or Ushum ) was one of the warriors slain by Ninurta , patron god of Lagash , in Sumerian mythology . Its body was hung on the seat of his chariot according to the ancient source .",
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"text": "Dord The word dord is a notable error in lexicography , an accidental creation , or ghost word , of the G. and C. Merriam Company 's staff in the New International Dictionary , second edition ( 1934 ) , in which the term is defined as a synonym for density used by physicists and chemists . Philip Babcock Gove , an editor at Merriam-Webster who became editor-in-chief of Webster 's Third New International Dictionary , wrote a letter to the journal American Speech , fifteen years after the error was caught , in which he explained why `` dord '' was included in that dictionary . On July 31 , 1931 , Austin M. Patterson , Webster 's chemistry editor , sent in a slip reading `` D or d , cont . / density . '' This was intended to add `` density '' to the existing list of words that the letter `` D '' can abbreviate . The slip somehow went astray , and the phrase `` D or d '' was misinterpreted as a single , run-together word : Dord ( This was a plausible mistake because headwords on slips were typed with spaces between the letters , making `` D or d '' look very much like `` D o r d '' ) . A new slip was prepared for the printer and a part of speech assigned along with a pronunciation . The would-be word got past proofreaders and appeared on page 771 of the dictionary around 1934 . It appeared between the entries for Dorcopsis ( a type of small kangaroo ) and doré ( golden in color . ) On February 28 , 1939 , an editor noticed `` dord '' lacked an etymology and investigated . Soon an order was sent to the printer marked `` plate change/imperative/urgent '' . In 1940 , bound books began appearing without the ghost word but with a new abbreviation ( although inspection of printed copies well into the 1940s show `` dord '' still present ) . The non-word `` dord '' was excised , `` density '' was added as an additional meaning for the abbreviation `` D or d '' as originally intended , and the definition of the adjacent entry `` Doré furnace '' was expanded from `` A furnace for refining dore bullion '' to `` a furnace in which dore bullion is refined '' to close up the space . Gove wrote that this was `` probably too bad , for why should n't dord mean ` density ' ? '' The entry `` dord '' was not removed until 1947 .",
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"text": "Dragonstomper Dragonstomper is a role-playing video game programmed by Stephen Landrum and published in 1982 by Starpath . It was developed for the Atari 2600 video game system . Making use of the Starpath Supercharger , an analog cassette-based peripheral , Dragonstomper was perhaps the truest RPG for the Atari 2600 , which also had Raiders of the Lost Ark , and Adventure . Dragonstomper follows the adventures of a dragon hunter who is given a quest by the king to defeat a dragon and reclaim a magical amulet that was stolen . The player makes his way over the countryside vanquishing various adversaries and gaining gold and experience . After gaining strength , the player enters a shop in an oppressed village where equipment can be purchased , soldiers hired , and special scrolls obtained to defeat the dragon in its lair . The final leg of the journey traverses into the dragon 's lair where he must avoid a series of traps strewn throughout the cave and defeat the dragon . In November 2005 , Ed Lin writing for Forbes named `` Dragonstomper '' as `` the best title ever made in the history of U.S. videogaming '' by a single person . Lin singled out the game 's ingenuity , noting that '' -LSB- t -RSB- here were multiple ways to solve problems . One could descend to the dragon 's lair on a rope or simply jump down ( and absorb some damage ) . ''",
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"text": "The Word (band) The Word is an American instrumental/sacred steel/gospel blues jam band . The supergroup includes well-known musicians : Robert Randolph ( pedal steel guitar ) , John Medeski ( keyboards ) , both members of North Mississippi Allstars - Luther Dickinson ( electric guitar ) , Cody Dickinson ( drums , washboard ) , and ex-North Mississippi Allstars bassist Chris Chew . The Word developed from a mutual affection for gospel music and the Sacred Steel tradition shared by Medeski and members of the North Mississippi Allstars , both having discovered the phenomenon through a series of albums published by Arhoolie Records in the 1990s and early 2000s . Chris Chew and Luther Dickinson were particularly fond of a song called `` Without God '' on the Sacred Steel Live ! album , the only track credited to a then-unknown Robert Randolph . They contacted Randolph and recruited him to form their own Sacred Steel band , likely the first initiated by musicians outside the House of God church organization . Musically , The Word is similar to other sacred steel bands , with the major difference being a total lack of vocals , both gospel singing and sing-song preaching that often accompanies such music in the original church setting . The organ and electric piano content , provided by Medeski , is more experimental and pronounced than in traditional sacred steel music , which originally developed from House of God churches filling the role of a pipe organ with the much less expensive steel guitar . Another unusual aspect of the music is that drummer Cody Dickinson plays electric washboard on certain songs , as he sometimes does with the North Mississippi Allstars . During live concerts , there is typically only one vocal microphone , used by Randolph to address the audience with encouragement and occasional exclamations of spiritual praise between songs . However , there is at least one example of bassist Chris Chew singing the lyrics to a traditional gospel song played by The Word , on January 1 , 2010 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida . Their debut self-titled album , produced by Medeski and released on Ropeadope Records July 31 , 2001 , includes an updated version of `` Without God '' , the song that brought The Word together in the first place . The album contains a mixture of traditional gospel songs ( played with instrumental arrangements ) and original instrumentals written by the group . The group toured in 2002 and then reunited to tour again in late 2007/early 2008 . The group also played at the Bonnaroo festival in 2005 and 2012 , and on the Jam Cruise in 2010 . The group performed live on Conan on May 11 , 2015 and toured the United States that summer and fall .",
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Curse, Inc. has only ever been used by the game Another World.
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"text": "Curse, Inc. Curse , Inc. is an online game portal and network of gaming websites founded by Hubert Thieblot in 2006 . The company is headquartered in Huntsville , Alabama , and has offices in San Francisco , New York City , Los Angeles , Brighton , UK , and Berlin , Germany . Claiming to be the `` number one resource for core online gamers , '' Quantcast estimated monthly unique traffic in 2013 in excess of 30 million visitors . Curse has several primary functions , the most notable of which include an add-on and modification service called Curse Client for such games as World of Warcraft , Rift , The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim , Terraria , Kerbal Space Program , and Minecraft , a collection of over 1000 gaming wikis known as Gamepedia , and a Voice over IP ( VoIP ) service called Curse Voice . Curse formerly sponsored a professional team , known collectively as Team Curse , that competed in League of Legends and Call of Duty '' , which in addition to various high-profile wins have garnered sponsorship from companies such as Nissan , Alienware , and Cooler Master . In January 2015 Team Curse merged with Team Liquid under the name of the latter organization . While Curse initially offered modifications and add-ons alone through their Curse-Beta website , offerings have expanded to include Wiki services , the Curse client , CurseForge , CurseVoice , Union for Gamers , BukkitDev , and in-house content produced for YouTube . On August 16 , 2016 , Curse announced that it had agreed to be acquired by Amazon.com Inc. via its subsidiary Twitch Interactive for an undisclosed amount .",
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"text": "Theme Park World Theme Park World ( known as Sim Theme Park in the United States and Brazil and Theme Park Roller Coaster on the PS2 in North America ) is a construction and management simulation game , and is a sequel to the video game Theme Park . Theme Park World was developed by Bullfrog Productions and released by Electronic Arts in 1999 . Initially developed for Windows , it was later ported to PlayStation and PlayStation 2 , as well for Macintosh computers . The Mac version was published by Feral Interactive . A PC expansion , titled Theme Park World : Gold Edition , adds several new rides and attractions . The game was followed by Theme Park Inc ( also known as Sim Coaster ) in 2000 .",
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"text": "Imagic Imagic was a short-lived American video game developer and publisher that created games initially for the Atari 2600 and later for other consoles . Founded in 1981 by Atari and Mattel Intellivision expatriates , its best-selling titles were Atlantis , Cosmic Ark , and Demon Attack . Imagic also released games for the Mattel Intellivision , ColecoVision , Texas Instruments TI-99 / 4A , IBM PCjr , Commodore VIC-20 , Commodore 64 and Magnavox Odyssey ² . Their Odyssey ² ports of Demon Attack and Atlantis were the only third party releases for that system in America . The company never recovered from the North American video game crash of 1983 and was liquidated in 1986 .",
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"text": "Dark Void Dark Void is a video game developed by Airtight Games using the Unreal Engine 3 and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows . In the game players must face an alien threat that humanity had previously banished . The game mixes on-foot and mid-air combat . It was released worldwide in January 2010 . A Games for Windows -- Live version of Dark Void was also released on April 21 , 2010 .",
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"text": "Rule of Rose Rule of Rose is a survival horror video game developed by Punchline for the PlayStation 2 . It was first released in 2006 by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan . After Sony Computer Entertainment 's American and European branch did not express interest in localizing the title , it was published later that year by Atlus USA in North America and by 505 Games in Europe . Set in England in 1930 , the plot revolves around a nineteen-year-old woman named Jennifer , who becomes trapped in a world ruled by young girls who have established a class hierarchy called the Red Crayon Aristocrats . Development on Rule of Rose began after Punchline was asked by Sony Computer Entertainment to make a horror game . Punchline wanted to develop a `` new type of horror game '' with an emphasis on psychological horror . This decision led to the concept of childhood , specifically the `` mysterious and misunderstood '' nature of young girls . The team drew inspiration from the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales for the narrative , and the Silent Hill series for graphics and art style . The entire score was produced by studio musicians in order to bring a human element to the game 's atmosphere . Rule of Rose received significant controversy before release due to its use of violence and implied sexuality among some of its underage , female characters . Various European authorities condemned the game and called for its banning . The game was cancelled in the United Kingdom , despite the Video Standards Council calling the complaints `` nonsense . '' Rule of Rose received mixed reviews from many publications ; reactions to the story , music , and horror elements were almost universally positive , while the gameplay was panned . The game has been compared to Silent Hill and Haunting Ground , due to the psychological horror used throughout and because the main character is accompanied by a canine companion .",
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"text": "Grimm (role-playing game) Grimm is a role-playing game , released by Fantasy Flight Games . The current version is a standalone game using the Linear D6 system . The Linear D6 version is a significant expansion of the original material , including a more fully developed setting , a monster manual and game mechanics , all of which were previously provided by the core D20 System rule books . Linear D6 is unusual in that it deliberately limits randomness having characters perform at their ability level 2/3 of the time . The mechanic represents teamwork by a dice pool which increases chances of scoring above character ability and reduces the chances of failure . The original version was part of Fantasy Flight Games Horizon open-ended miniature Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings , making of use the D20 System under the Open Game Licence . The setting can be used as a supplement to D&D that introduces a new setting based on a `` twisted '' version of the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm . The correlation between the realm of Grimm and the original fairytales is in many ways comparable to the correlation of White Wolf 's World of Darkness to the our world . The game provides new core classes which enable players to take on role of children lost in this strange and terrifying realm .",
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"text": "Shadow Keep Shadow Keep is a role-playing video game created in 1991 by Glenn Seemann , though an earlier version of the game existed in the early 1980s for the PET and TRS80 computers ( credits unknown ) . The black and white Macintosh game takes place in a fictional kingdom with the player beginning just outside the castle . The plot of the game involves recovering the Ankh stolen from the Temple of Life by the Evil One . The main quest involves traveling to the Far Land through the Labyrinth to get the Black Sword to defeat the Evil One , though there are numerous side quests to obtain items that are instrumental in accomplishing this . The gameplay is non linear , with the player left to explore the large world . Unlike many modern games , it is possible to kill characters who are needed to advance the plotline . Any creature encountered in the game may be spoken to , though conversation attempts with hostile characters will be ignored .",
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"text": "989 Studios 989 Studios was a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America ( SCEA ) that developed games for the PlayStation consoles and Windows personal computers . Their games include EverQuest , Twisted Metal III and 4 , Syphon Filter and Syphon Filter 2 , Jet Moto 3 , Bust a Groove , and others . It now exists as the 989 Sports brand owned by SCEA that produces sports games .",
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"text": "Evil Dead: Hail to the King Evil Dead : Hail to the King is a survival horror video game developed by Heavy Iron Studios and published by THQ released for the PlayStation , Dreamcast and Microsoft Windows .",
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"text": "List of Square Enix video game franchises Square Enix is a Japanese video game development and publishing company formed from the merger of video game developer Square and publisher Enix on April 1 , 2003 . The company is best known for its role-playing video game franchises , which include the Final Fantasy series , the Dragon Quest series , and the action role-playing Kingdom Hearts series . Since its inception , the company has developed or published hundreds of titles in various video game franchises on numerous gaming systems . Of its properties , the Final Fantasy franchise is the best-selling , with a total worldwide sales of over 110 million units . The Dragon Quest series has shipped over 66 million units worldwide and is one of the most popular video game series in Japan , while the Kingdom Hearts series has shipped over 22 million copies worldwide . Square Enix has owned Taito , which continues to publish its own video games , since September 2005 , and acquired game publisher Eidos Interactive in April 2009 , which was merged with Square Enix 's European publishing wing and renamed as Square Enix Europe . This list includes franchises in which Square Enix , or its original components Square and Enix , or its subsidiaries , were the primary developer or publisher , even if the series was begun prior to the subsidiary 's acquisition . Franchises are defined as any set of interconnected media consisting of more than one release , and video game franchises are defined as franchises which were initially created as a video game or series of video games . For a list of all individual games developed or published by Square Enix , see the list of Square Enix video games and mobile games . For games released before the merger , see the Square and Enix video games . For games released by Taito , both before and after the acquisition , see the list of Taito games , and for games published by Eidos prior to acquisition see the list of Eidos games .",
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"text": "FromSoftware is a Japanese video game company founded in November 1986 . The company is known primarily outside of Japan for being the developers of the Armored Core and Souls series , as well as Bloodborne .",
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"text": "Sins of a Dark Age Sins of a Dark Age was a dark fantasy multiplayer online battle arena ( MOBA ) video game developed by Ironclad Games , and published by Ironclad Games and Steam for Microsoft Windows operating systems . The game launched as a free to play title on Steam on May 8 , 2015 . The game features a comprehensive storyline set in a dark fantasy world . Sins of a Dark Age ceased further development on June 30 , 2015 due to not being sustainable with its current player base , and the servers were shut down on March 30 , 2016 .",
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"text": "Dungeon Souls Dungeon Souls is a roguelike adventure video game developed by Lamina Studios , and published by Black Shell Media LLC . The game was released on July 7 , 2015 for Microsoft Windows in Early Access . In the game , players select from one of 6 characters and travel throughout the game vanquishing enemies , slaying monsters , and collecting items .",
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"text": "Cipher Complex Cipher Complex is an unreleased stealth action video game that was being developed for the Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 systems by Edge of Reality . The game was first announced in June 2006 , by which time it was reported to already have been in production and self-funded for two years ; the title was then signed with Sega in 2007 , but in July 2009 it was revealed that the game had been cancelled by the publisher earlier that year after over half a decade of work , as noted in the LinkedIn profile of a former internal producer at the studio . Further details surrounding the cancellation and the game 's fate in their entirety remain unclear to this day , as no official announcement regarding its status has been made by either Sega or Edge of Reality , however , more recently , a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed on September 11 , 2009 , which as of October 19 , 2011 , has been granted a third extension . While confirming nothing else , this does indicate that Edge of Reality has retained the intellectual property rights to the game . Although the game was widely believed to be cancelled by Sega , game designer Phil Fogerite ( who worked as level designer on the project from March 2008 to April 2009 ) has most stated in 2011 that Edge of Reality itself had in fact decided to put the game on indefinite hold .",
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"text": "System Shock System Shock is a 1994 first-person action role-playing video game developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems . It was directed by Doug Church with Warren Spector serving as producer . The game is set aboard a space station in a cyberpunk vision of the year 2072 . Assuming the role of a nameless hacker , the player attempts to hinder the plans of a malevolent artificial intelligence called SHODAN . System Shock 3D engine , physics simulation and complex gameplay have been cited as both innovative and influential . The developers sought to build on the emergent gameplay and immersive environments of their previous games , Ultima Underworld : The Stygian Abyss and Ultima Underworld II : Labyrinth of Worlds , by streamlining their mechanics into a more `` integrated whole '' . Critics praised System Shock and hailed it as a major breakthrough in its genre . It was later placed on multiple hall of fame lists . The game was a moderate commercial success , with sales exceeding 170,000 copies , but Looking Glass ultimately lost money on the project . A sequel , System Shock 2 , was released by Looking Glass Studios and offshoot developer Irrational Games in 1999 . The 2000 game Deus Ex ( also produced by Spector ) and the 2007 game BioShock are spiritual successors to the two games . A remade version of the original game by Night Dive Studios is scheduled for release in 2018 .",
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"text": "Curse A curse ( also called an imprecation , malediction , execration , malison , anathema , or commination ) is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity : one or more persons , a place , or an object . In particular , `` curse '' may refer to such a wish or pronouncement made effective by a supernatural or spiritual power , such as a god or gods , a spirit , or a natural force , or else as a kind of spell by magic or witchcraft ; in the latter sense , a curse can also be called a hex or a jinx . In many belief systems , the curse itself ( or accompanying ritual ) is considered to have some causative force in the result . To reverse or eliminate a curse is sometimes called `` removal '' or `` breaking '' , and is often believed to require elaborate rituals or prayers . The study of the forms of curses comprise a significant proportion of the study of both folk religion and folklore . The deliberate attempt to levy curses is often part of the practice of magic . In Hindu culture the Sage or Rishi is believed to have the power to bless and curse . Examples include the curse placed by Rishi Bhrigu on king Nahusha and the one placed by Rishi Devala . Special names for specific types of curses can be found in various cultures : African American hoodoo presents us with the jinx and crossed conditions , as well as a form of foot track magic which was used by Ramandeep , whereby cursed objects are laid in the paths of victims and activated when walked over . Middle Eastern and Mediterranean culture is the source of the belief in the evil eye , which may be the result of envy but , more rarely , is said to be the result of a deliberate curse . In order to be protected from the evil eye , a protection item is made from dark blue circular glass , with a circle of white around the black dot in the middle , which is reminiscent of a human eye . The size of the protective eye item may vary . German people , including the Pennsylvania Dutch speak in terms of hexing ( from the German word for witchcraft ) , and a common hex in days past was that laid by a stable-witch who caused milk cows to go dry and horses to go lame .",
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"text": "Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God Sorcery Saga : Curse of the Great Curry God , known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Compile Heart for the PlayStation Vita . It is based on the original Madou Monogatari released in 1989 . The game was announced in December 2012 , and was released on 28 March 2013 in Japan , 10 December 2013 in North America via Aksys Games , and on 21 February 2014 in Europe via Rising Star Games .",
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"text": "One Bad Egg One Bad Egg was an American game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements .",
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"text": "God Eater (series) The franchise is a series of sci-fi action/adventure video games developed by Shift and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment , starting with the titular game released on February 4 , 2010 for the PlayStation Portable . Similar to the Monster Hunter franchise , it depicts the desperate battle between humanity and a race of omnivorous monsters in a futuristic post-apocalyptic world . The game currently has five games ( including three revamped games ) , several manga and light novel adaptations , soundtracks , and an anime adaptation .",
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"text": "Eternal Poison Eternal Poison , released in Japan as , is a turn-based tactical role-playing game developed mainly by Flight-Plan , published and produced by Banpresto for the PlayStation 2 . The game is a dark fantasy RPG where the player must catch and collect demons called Majin , these monsters can then be used as fellow party members or taken back to the base for other customizations .",
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"text": "Cursed (Morgoth album) Cursed is the first full-length release by the German band Morgoth . It was released in 1991 by Century Media . The song `` Body Count '' was used in the shock documentary `` Traces of Death '' it 's the first song that plays in the movie .",
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"text": "Passengers (2016 film) Passengers is a 2016 American science fiction film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Jon Spaihts . It stars Jennifer Lawrence , Chris Pratt , Michael Sheen , and Laurence Fishburne . The story depicts three people who are awakened some 90 years too soon from an induced hibernation on a spaceship bound for a new planet . The film was released in the United States on December 21 , 2016 , in 2D and RealD 3D by Columbia Pictures . It grossed $ 303 million worldwide . The film was nominated for Best Original Score and Best Production Design at the 89th Academy Awards .",
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"text": "Space Tourists Space Tourists is a feature-length documentary of the Swiss director Christian Frei . The film had its premiere at the Zurich Film Festival in 2009 and has won the `` World Cinema Directing Award '' at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010 .",
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"text": "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (film) Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a 2011 American drama film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran Foer , directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Eric Roth . It stars Thomas Horn , Tom Hanks , Sandra Bullock , Max von Sydow , Viola Davis , John Goodman , Jeffrey Wright , and Zoe Caldwell . Production took place in New York City . The film had a limited release in the United States on December 25 , 2011 by Warner Bros. . Pictures , and a wide release on January 20 , 2012 . Despite mixed reviews , the film was nominated for two Academy Awards , Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for von Sydow . The film earned $ 55.2 million . The film was released in Blu-ray , DVD , and digital download formats in Region 1 on March 27 , 2012 .",
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"text": "Wicked Man's Rest Wicked Man 's Rest is the debut and sole studio album of the British band Passenger ( stylized as / Passenger . ) fronting Mike Rosenberg . The single `` Walk You Home '' taken from the album charted in Britain reaching number 134 in the UK Singles Chart . Since the release of the album / Passenger has split up with lead singer Mike Rosenberg continuing with a solo career also under the name Passenger .",
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"text": "The Last Ride (2011 film) The Last Ride is a 2011 American drama about the last days of country music pioneer and legend Hank Williams . The film stars Henry Thomas , Jesse James , and Fred Dalton Thompson , and received a limited release on October 21 , 2011 . Despite the content , no recordings by Williams are ever played during the film . The soundtrack is composed of covers of Williams ' songs among other country musicians .",
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"text": "Passenger rail transport in China Passenger rail transport is one of the principal means of transport in the People 's Republic of China , with rail passenger traffic exceeding 1.86 billion railway trips in 2011 . It is operated by the China Railway Corporation ( CR ) . The Spring Festival Travel Season is the peak railway travel season of the year . China is currently redeveloping its entire railway network to produce a modern high-speed network . China is on course to complete its 18,000 km national high-speed rail network by 2015 .",
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"text": "Palmetto (train) The Palmetto is a passenger train service operated by Amtrak over the 829 mi from New York City south to Savannah , Georgia , via the Northeast Corridor to Washington , D.C. , then via Richmond , Virginia , Fayetteville , North Carolina , and Charleston , South Carolina . The Palmetto is a shorter version of the Silver Meteor , which continues south to Miami , Florida . Between 1996 and 2002 this service was called the Silver Palm . Although currently a day train , in the past the Palmetto provided overnight sleeper service to Florida . During fiscal year 2011 , the Palmetto carried nearly 200,000 passengers , an increase of 3.8 % from FY2010 . The train had a total revenue of $ 16,438,480 during FY2011 , a 7 % increase over FY2010 .",
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"text": "Finally the Happiness Finally the Happiness ( Finalmente la felicità ) is a 2011 film directed by and starring Leonardo Pieraccioni .",
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"text": "Dimensions (film) Dimensions is a 2011 science fiction-love story film set in the 1920s and 1930s . The film was directed by Sloane U'Ren and written by Ant Neely , who are a married couple . The film is U'Ren 's feature film directorial debut and is also known as Dimensions : A Line , A Loop , A Tangle of Threads . Dimensions premiered as part of the 2011 Cambridge Film Festival ( U.K. ) and outsold , per screen , the U.K. premieres of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , The Help and Midnight in Paris . After the Cambridge screenings , the film underwent a minor re-edit and was finished in early 2012 . Dimensions was voted Best Film 2012 at the 37th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival and awarded the Gort Award . Previous Gort Award winners have included Duncan Jones ' Moon . The film went on to win Best Film at the London Independent Film Festival and Best Film at the Long Island International Film Expo . Director Sloane U'Ren was also awarded Best Director at the Long Island International Film Expo .",
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"text": "Finding Me: Truth Finding Me : Truth is a 2011 drama film by director Roger S. Omeus Jr. and a sequel to the 2009 Finding Me .",
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"text": "2011 Adelaide Film Festival The 5th Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide , Australia , from 24 February to 6 March 2011 . Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director . Julietta Sichel was the head of the jury for the main competition . Judy Davis received the 2011 Don Dunstan Award for her contribution to the Australian film industry on the opening night of the Festival . The glass statuette was presented by Australian filmmaker Fred Schepisi . A special screening of the 2010 Restoration Version of Fritz Lang 's classic sci-fi epic Metropolis was shown with a new score , written by The New Pollutants . This original score was conceived , composed and recorded over a 12-month period , and had its world premiere at the 2005 Adelaide Film Festival . The festival opened with Mrs Carey 's Concert , directed by Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond , and closed with Mad Bastards , directed by Brendan Fletcher . The film poster for the festival featured a man projecting a film from within himself , illustrating the theme `` See Within . '' The Canadian film Incendies won the International Award for Best Feature Film .",
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"text": "Taxicab Confessions Taxicab Confessions is a television series of hidden camera documentaries that have aired on HBO since January 1995 . In segments taped in New York City and Las Vegas , the taxi drivers are also producers who steer both the vehicle and the conversations with passengers . When passengers enter the cab , they are recorded with several small cameras hidden in the taxi . The producer prompts passengers into discussing their past and/or present circumstances . This has led some participants to reflect on their life , recalling extreme tragedies or triumphs . Much is verbally or visually graphic , including explicit sex talk and sex acts performed in the back seat . At the end of the taxi ride , passengers are asked to sign waivers allowing the hidden camera footage to be used on the program , and footage of this revelation is sometimes seen during the closing credits . Separating the segments are short video montages showing life in the city , incorporating quick cuts of club interiors , flashing neon signage , strippers and the homeless , along with the series theme music , `` Over the Rainbow '' by Me First and the Gim me Gimmes . The series originated in New York , moved to Las Vegas and in recent years returned to New York .",
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"text": "Sleepless Night (2011 film) Sleepless Night ( Nuit Blanche ) is a 2011 French-Belgian-Luxembourgian thriller film directed and co-written by Frederic Jardin . The film premiered in 2011 at the Toronto International Film Festival and has received positive reviews from critics .",
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"text": "Bringing King to China Bringing King to China is a 2011 documentary film by Kevin McKiernan . The cinematographers include three-time Oscar-winner Haskell Wexler . The documentary is `` a father 's ` love letter ' to his adult daughter , a young American woman struggling to bring Martin Luther King , Jr. 's dream of nonviolence to China , and then back to the United States . Her life is thrown into turmoil when she learns , mistakenly , that her father , a journalist covering the war in Iraq , has been killed by a suicide bomber . '' Bringing King to China conveys the lead character 's `` dream to build a bridge between the societies by talking about peaceful struggle and universal rights . '' It chronicles her struggle to interpret and adapt King 's message for Chinese society , preserve the historical accuracy of the U.S. civil rights movement , clear bureaucratic hurdles before opening night and raise funds to pay the theater company . The film takes American viewers backstage at the National Theatre Company of China , as Chinese actors rehearse with African-American gospel singers . The film premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and won best documentary at the Ventura International Film Festival and the Tulsa International Film Festival . In 2011 , it was scheduled to screen at film festivals across the US , including DOCNYC and the St. Louis International Film Festival . Commentators called the film timely , noting it premiered in the lead-up to the unveiling of the Martin Luther King , Jr. . Memorial in Washington , D.C.",
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"text": "Best Player Best Player is a 2011 television film that was released on March 12 , 2011 starring Jerry Trainor as Quincy `` Q '' Johnson and Jennette McCurdy as Christina `` Prodigy '' Saunders , two stars from the hit Nickelodeon show iCarly . Filming started on October 24 , 2009 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada and wrapped up production on November 18 , 2009 .",
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"text": "2011 in rail transport",
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"text": "Tower Heist Tower Heist is a 2011 American heist comedy film directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson , based on a story by Bill Collage , Adam Cooper and Griffin . The plot follows Josh Kovaks ( Ben Stiller ) , Charlie Gibbs ( Casey Affleck ) and Enrique Dev ` reaux ( Michael Peña ) , employees of an exclusive apartment building who lose their pensions in the Ponzi scheme of Wall Street businessman Arthur Shaw ( Alan Alda ) . The group enlist the aid of criminal Slide ( Eddie Murphy ) , bankrupt businessman Mr. Fitzhugh ( Matthew Broderick ) and another employee of the apartment building , Odessa ( Gabourey Sidibe ) , to break into Shaw 's apartment and steal back their money while avoiding the FBI agent in charge of his case , Claire Denham ( Téa Leoni ) . Tower Heist began development as early as 2005 , based on an idea by Murphy that would star himself and an all-black cast of comedians as a heist group who rob Trump International Hotel and Tower . As the script developed and changed into an Ocean 's Eleven -- style caper , Murphy left the project . Ratner continued to develop the idea into what would eventually become Tower Heist , with Murphy later rejoining the production . Filming took place entirely in New York City on a budget of $ 75 million ( after tax rebates ) , with several buildings provided by Donald Trump used to represent the eponymous tower . The film score was composed by Christophe Beck and released commercially on November 1 , 2011 . The film received mixed reviews with much of the praise going to the cast , including Broderick , Leoni and Stiller . However , Murphy was repeatedly singled out by critics as the star of the film , with critics feeling that he displayed a welcome return to the comedic style of his early career . Much of the criticism received by the film was focused on the plot , which was considered `` formulaic , '' `` rushed , '' `` dull '' and `` laborious . '' The film was released on November 4 , 2011 and earned $ 152 million worldwide . Prior to release , the film was involved in a controversy over plans by Universal Pictures to release it for home viewing on video on demand to 500,000 Comcast customers , only three weeks after its theatrical debut . Concern over the implementation 's harming ticket sales and inspiring further films to follow suit resulted in several theater chains ' refusal to show the film at all if the plan went ahead , forcing Universal to abandon the idea .",
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"text": "Money and Celebrity Money and Celebrity is the third studio album by English rock trio The Subways , produced by Stephen Street . It was released on 18 September 2011 . The making of the album was fan funded with fans pledging on exclusive offers made by the band through their PledgeMusic campaign . A percentage of money made was donated to charity ( Clic Sargent ) and the online updates meant the band discussed artwork designs and tracks directly with their fans as the album was put together . Pledges included `` Gold passes '' to every show the band played , exclusive acoustic performances , signed lyric sheets , limited run T-shirt designs and many more . The album was then licensed to Warner for Germany , Switzerland , Austria , Poland and Japan and label services provided by Cooking Vinyl for the UK and ROW .",
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"text": "Animal Vehicle Animal Vehicle is the third studio album by Australian comedy band The Axis of Awesome , released on 12 July 2011 .",
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"text": "The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962 . The original line-up consisted of Brian Jones ( rhythm guitar , harmonica ) , Mick Jagger ( lead vocals ) , Keith Richards ( lead guitar , backing vocals ) , Bill Wyman ( bass ) , Charlie Watts ( drums ) , and Ian Stewart ( piano ) . Stewart was removed from the official line-up in 1963 but continued as a touring member until his death in 1985 . Jones left the band less than a month prior to his death in 1969 , having already been replaced by Mick Taylor , who remained until 1974 . After Taylor left the band , Ronnie Wood took his place in 1975 and has been on guitar in tandem with Richards ever since . Following Wyman 's departure in 1993 , Darryl Jones joined as their touring bassist . Other touring keyboardists for the band have been Nicky Hopkins ( 1967 -- 82 ) , Billy Preston ( through the mid-1970s ) and Chuck Leavell ( 1982-present ) . The band was first led by Jones , but after teaming as the band 's songwriters , Jagger and Richards assumed leadership while Jones dealt with legal and personal troubles . The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the British Invasion of bands that became popular in the US in 1964 , and identified with the youthful and rebellious counterculture of the 1960s . Rooted in blues and early rock and roll , the group began a short period of musical experimentation in the mid-1960s that peaked with the psychedelic album Their Satanic Majesties Request ( 1967 ) . Subsequently , the group returned to its `` bluesy '' roots with Beggars Banquet ( 1968 ) which along with its follow-ups Let It Bleed ( 1969 ) , Sticky Fingers ( 1971 ) and Exile on Main St. ( 1972 ) is generally considered to be the band 's best work and is seen as their `` Golden Age '' . During this period , they were first introduced on stage as `` The World 's Greatest Rock and Roll Band '' . Musicologist Robert Palmer attributed the `` remarkable endurance '' of the Rolling Stones to being `` rooted in traditional verities , in rhythm-and-blues and soul music '' , while `` more ephemeral pop fashions have come and gone '' . The band continued to release commercially successful records in the 1970s and sold many albums , including Some Girls ( 1978 ) and Tattoo You ( 1981 ) , which were their most popular albums worldwide . From 1983 to 1987 , tensions between Jagger and Richards almost caused the band to split . However , they managed to patch up their friendship in 1987 . They separated temporarily to work on solo projects and experienced a comeback with Steel Wheels ( 1989 ) , which was followed by a large stadium and arena tour . Since the 1990s , new recorded material from the group has been less well-received and less frequent . Despite this , the Rolling Stones have continued to be a huge attraction on the live circuit , with stadium tours in the 1990s and 2000s . By 2007 , the band had four of the top five highest-grossing concert tours of all time : Voodoo Lounge Tour ( 1994 -- 95 ) , Bridges to Babylon Tour ( 1997 -- 98 ) , Licks Tour ( 2002 -- 03 ) and A Bigger Bang Tour ( 2005 -- 07 ) . The Rolling Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004 . Rolling Stone magazine ranked them fourth on the `` 100 Greatest Artists of All Time '' list and their estimated album sales are above 250 million . They have released 30 studio albums , 18 live albums and numerous compilations . Let It Bleed ( 1969 ) was their first of five consecutive No. 1 studio and live albums in the UK . Sticky Fingers ( 1971 ) was the first of eight consecutive No. 1 studio albums in the US . In 2008 , the band ranked 10th on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists chart . In 2012 , the band celebrated its 50th anniversary .",
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"text": "Johnny Williams (bassist) Johnny Williams , Jr. ( March 13 , 1908 , Memphis , Tennessee - October 23 , 1998 , New York City ) was an American jazz tubist and double-bassist . Williams learned to play violin as a child , and switched to tuba as a teenager ; he played both this instrument and the stand-up bass while playing in regional territory bands in the southern states . He relocated to New York City in 1936 , where he worked with Red Allen , Buster Bailey , Sidney Bechet , Benny Carter , J.C. Higginbotham , Billie Holiday , Harry James , James P. Johnson , the Mills Blue Rhythm Band , Frankie Newton , and Teddy Wilson . He also played in the bands of Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong in the early 1940s before joining Teddy Wilson 's band once again . He and Edmond Hall recorded together in 1944 , and worked together until 1947 ; following this , Williams played with Tab Smith and then with Johnny Hodges in the mid-1950s . From the 1960s onward , Williams was less active , though he worked occasionally with musicians such as Buddy Tate ( 1968 ) , Red Richards ( intermittently , 1970s ) , and Bob Greene ( 1978-82 ) . He played with the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band from 1978-1998 , when he had a stroke ; he died later that year .",
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"text": "Malcolm Mortimore Malcolm Paul Mortimore ( born 16 June 1953 in Wimbledon , London , England ) is a drummer and percussionist who has played with Arthur Brown , Ian Dury , Herbie Flowers , Gentle Giant , Spike Heatley , Tom Jones , G.T. Moore , Mick and Chris Jagger , Oliver Jones and Barney Kessel , Frankie Miller , Chris Spedding , Troy Tate . He is currently regularly touring with Three Friends , Us ( Derek Austin , Herbie Flowers , Chris Spedding ) , and Chris Jagger 's Atocha .",
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"text": "Kenny Gradney Kenny Gradney , a native of Baton Rouge , is an American bassist and songwriter , best known as a member of the band Little Feat . He joined after their second album , replacing founding bassist Roy Estrada in 1972 . Gradney has remained their bassist ever since In addition to his work with Little Feat , Gradney has played and recorded with many notable musicians , including Delaney & Bonnie , Bob Weir 's Bobby and the Midnites , Jazz Is Dead , jazz drummer Chico Hamilton , Warren Zevon , Robert Palmer , Mick Fleetwood , and Carly Simon .",
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"text": "The Rolling Stones 1966 tours The Rolling Stones had four concert tours in 1966 .",
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},
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"text": "Horace Panter Horace Panter ( born Stephen Graham Panter , 30 August 1953 ) also known as Sir Horace Gentleman , is the bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials .",
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"text": "Tommy Shannon Tommy Shannon ( born Thomas Lafitte Smedley ; April 18 , 1946 ) is an American bass guitarist , who is best known as a member of Double Trouble , a blues rock band led by Stevie Ray Vaughan . Born in Tucson , Arizona , Shannon moved to Dumas , Texas when he was nine , where he originally started as a guitarist , though he started playing bass at the age of 21 . He appeared with Johnny Winter at Woodstock in 1969 . He later joined Double Trouble in 1981 and became a permanent member of Double Trouble until Vaughan 's death in 1990 . Shannon and bandmate Chris Layton later formed supergroups such as the Arc Angels and Storyville .",
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"text": "T. M. Stevens T. M. Stevens ( real name Thomas Michael Stevens ; born July/28 1953 ) is an American bassist from New York City .",
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"text": "She Was Hot `` She Was Hot '' is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1983 album Undercover . Recording on `` She Was Hot '' first began in late 1982 . Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , the song is a traditional rock 'n' roll number from the band . The song is notable as both original Rolling Stones pianist Ian Stewart and his replacement Chuck Leavell perform on the recording . `` She Was Hot '' was released as the second single from the album in late January 1984 . The B-side to the single was an Emotional Rescue outtake , `` I Think I 'm Going Mad . '' The single did not perform well , reaching only number 44 on the U.S. Charts and number 42 on the U.K. Charts . A memorable video was produced for the song , featuring actress Anita Morris who semi-comically tempts each member of the band . The video version includes an extra verse . As with its predecessor , `` Undercover of the Night , '' `` She Was Hot '' was directed by Julien Temple , and was also edited for broadcast on MTV . The Rolling Stones resurrected `` She Was Hot '' for the 2006 United States leg of their A Bigger Bang Tour . The song made its live debut on October 11 , 2006 in Chicago , and was a regular part of the band 's set list during the tour . The November 1 , 2006 performance of `` She Was Hot '' was captured for the 2008 concert film and live album Shine a Light . The song was also covered and reworked by Cheap Trick .",
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},
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"text": "Jeff Berlin Jeffrey Arthur Berlin ( born January 17 , 1953 ) is an American jazz fusion bassist .",
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},
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"text": "Beatles and Rolling Stones rivalry",
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},
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"text": "Percy Heath Percy Heath ( April 30 , 1923 -- April 28 , 2005 ) was an American jazz bassist , brother to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath , with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975 . Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Miles Davis , Dizzy Gillespie , Charlie Parker , Wes Montgomery and Thelonious Monk .",
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},
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"text": "Steel Wheels Steel Wheels is the 19th British and 21st American studio album by The Rolling Stones , released in 1989 . Heralded as a major comeback upon its release , the project is notable for the patching up of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards ' relationship , a reversion to a more classic style of music and the launching of the band 's biggest world tour at the time . It is also long-time bassist Bill Wyman 's final full-length studio album with the Stones , preceding the announcement of his departure in January 1993 . Wyman 's final tenure with the band would be on two studio tracks for 1991 's Flashpoint .",
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"text": "12 X 5 12 X 5 is the second American album by The Rolling Stones , released in 1964 following the massive success of their debut The Rolling Stones in the UK and the promising sales of its American substitute , The Rolling Stones ( England 's Newest Hit Makers ) .",
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"text": "Elvis Presley's guitars Elvis Presley 's guitars were a major component of the iconic rock and roll image created by Elvis Presley that revolutionized popular culture in the 1950s and 1960s . It is impossible to gauge the impact of that image on millions of young people around the world who were inspired to learn to play guitar after watching Presley in performance , on television , or in films . Although not known for his abilities as a guitarist , Presley had a profound musical influence on some of the most important rock and roll artists to emerge since the 1950s , including Buddy Holly , John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison , Bob Dylan , and Bruce Springsteen . The extent of Presley 's impact on their lives and music is captured in John Lennon 's famous quote : `` Before Elvis , there was nothing . '' According to his first lead guitarist , Scotty Moore , Presley was not `` an accomplished musician '' , yet he possessed `` an uncanny and amazing sense of timing and rhythm . '' In the early years of his career , Presley 's rhythm guitar accompaniment played a major role in the sound of his early performances and recordings . Moore noted that as Presley began to learn to move on stage and to work the audience with his physical performance , his guitar became more of a `` prop '' . Presley was not known to treat his instruments in a gentle manner . His very aggressive strumming style would frequently break strings during his performances . The lack of a microphone on his guitar throughout those years contributed to the development of his `` aggressive style in attempt to be heard '' . As his career progressed , he became even more aggressive toward his instruments , frequently tossing his guitar to Charlie Hodge , who sometimes failed to catch it . The impact of the large belt buckles and jewelry he wore left their marks on most of his instruments .",
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},
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"text": "Rob Stoner Robert David Rothstein ( April 20 , 1948 , Manhattan , New York City , NY ) , better known as Rob Stoner , is an American multi-instrumental musician .",
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},
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"text": "Ron Blair Ronald Edward Blair ( born September 16 , 1948 in San Diego , California ) is an American musician notable for being the bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . He was originally the band 's bassist from 1976 to 1982 . In 2002 , he returned to the group after a 20-year hiatus , replacing his own replacement , the late Howie Epstein .",
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"text": "Lazy (Deep Purple song) `` Lazy '' is a song by Deep Purple from their 1972 album Machine Head . A live performance of the song can be found on the album Made in Japan , released later the same year . The song starts out as an instrumental , keyboardist Jon Lord plays an overdriven Hammond organ intro , followed by the main riff and with the solo swapping between him and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore . Vocalist Ian Gillan comes in with the vocals later in the song . He also uses harmonica both on the studio version and live . At over 7 minutes long , it is the longest track on the album , and live versions were often extended past 10 minutes . The live version on Made in Japan features a theme from Hugo Alfvén 's `` Swedish Rhapsody # 1 '' , played by Ritchie Blackmore as a part of his solo . Additionally , Jon Lord includes the riff from the C Jam Blues in the intro . Ritchie Blackmore would sometimes include the main riff from `` Lazy '' in live performances of the song `` Man on the Silver Mountain '' by Rainbow . Gillan defined the song as rhythm and blues . Later live performances after the band 's reunion in 1984 tended to be much shorter , cutting out the intro and one of the verses . However , more recent performances with Steve Morse have gone back to the original arrangement . Readers of Guitar World voted `` Lazy '' the 74th greatest guitar solo of all time . Sections of this song were often used in Australia on the Channel 9 Wide World of Sports program when cutting to an ad . Jesse Gress , writing for Guitar Player magazine , noted that Ritchie Blackmore 's `` bluesy head to ` Lazy ' ( from Deep Purple 's Machine Head ) fondly paraphrases Slowhand 's -LSB- Clapton 's -RSB- Bluesbreaker-era showcase ` Steppin ' Out ' right down to the same style of third-position swing-sixteenth G blues riffing '' .",
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"text": "Danny Kirwan Daniel David `` Danny '' Kirwan ( born 13 May 1950 ) is a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist , singer and songwriter with the blues rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972 .",
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"text": "Cliff Burton Clifford Lee `` Cliff '' Burton ( February 10 , 1962 -- September 27 , 1986 ) was an American musician , best known as the second bass guitarist for the American thrash metal band Metallica from December 1982 until his death in September 1986 . Burton joined Metallica in 1982 and performed on the band 's first three studio albums : Kill 'Em All , Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets . He also received a posthumous writing credit for the song `` To Live Is to Die '' from the band 's fourth studio album , ... And Justice for All . On September 27 , 1986 , Burton died in a bus accident in Kronoberg County , a rural area of southern Sweden , as the band was touring in support of the Master of Puppets album . Burton was replaced by bassist Jason Newsted the following month . He was also posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica on April 4 , 2009 . He was selected as the ninth greatest bassist of all time in an online reader poll organized by Rolling Stone magazine in 2011 .",
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"text": "Jack Fallon Jack Fallon ( October 13 , 1915 , London , Ontario - May 22 , 2006 , London , England ) was a British jazz bassist born in Canada . Fallon played violin before making double-bass his primary instrument at age 20 . During World War II he played in a dance band in the Royal Canadian Air Force , and settled in Britain after his discharge . He joined the band of Ted Heath in 1946 , and played bebop in London clubs in his spare time . In 1947 he played with Ronnie Scott and Tommy Whittle at the Melody Maker/Columbia Jazz Rally , and following this worked with Jack Jackson ( 1947 ) , George Shearing ( 1948 ) and Django Reinhardt ( 1949 ) . Soon after playing with Reinhardt , he played in a Count Basie ensemble which also included Malcolm Mitchell and Tony Crombie ; he played with both of them after leaving Basie , working together with Hoagy Carmichael and Maxine Sullivan and touring in Sweden together with Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli . Fallon worked in the 1950s as an accompanist to Mary Lou Williams , Sarah Vaughan , and Lena Horne , and also served as a sideman in the ensembles of Humphrey Lyttelton , Kenny Baker , and Ralph Sharon . Additionally , he was house bassist at Lansdowne Studios . He worked outside of jazz with blues musicians such as Big Bill Broonzy and Josh White , and played with Johnny Duncan 's Blue Grass Boys . As the bass guitar became more popular , Fallon became a champion of its use , and played both instruments in the latter part of his career . Fallon was also involved in the industry as a booker/promoter , having established the booking agency Cana Variety in 1952 . Cana booked primarily jazz artists in its early stages but expanded to rock acts in the 1960s , including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones . Because of this connection , Fallon was asked by the Beatles to play violin on the song `` Do n't Pass Me By '' ( from The Beatles ) . Fallon continued to play jazz locally in London and in the studios into the 1990s . He published a memoir entitled From the Top in 2005 , and died the following year at age 90 .",
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