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"text": "Nas Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones ( -LSB- nɑːˈsɪər -RSB- born September 14 , 1973 ) , better known by his stage name Nas -LSB- ˈnɑːz -RSB- , is an American rapper , record producer , actor , and entrepreneur . The son of jazz musician Olu Dara , Nas has released eight consecutive platinum and multi-platinum albums and has sold over 25,000,000 records worldwide . He is also an entrepreneur through his own record label ; he serves as associate publisher of Mass Appeal magazine and is the owner of a Fila sneaker store . He is currently signed to Mass Appeal Records . His musical career began in 1991 , as a featured artist on Main Source 's `` Live at the Barbeque '' . His debut album Illmatic ( 1994 ) received universal acclaim from both critics and the hip-hop community and is frequently ranked as the greatest hip hop album of all time . Nas 's follow-up It Was Written debuted at # 1 on the Billboard 200 , stayed on top for four consecutive weeks , went double platinum in two months , and made Nas internationally known . From 2001-05 , Nas was involved in a highly publicised feud with fellow New York rapper Jay Z. Nas signed to Def Jam in 2006 . In 2010 , he released Distant Relatives , a collaboration album with reggae musician Damian Marley , donating all royalties to charities active in Africa . His eleventh studio album , Life Is Good ( 2012 ) was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards . Nas is often named as one of the greatest hip-hop artists . MTV ranked him at number 5 on their list of `` The Greatest MCs of All Time '' . In 2012 , The Source ranked him number two on their list of the `` Top 50 Lyricists of All Time '' . In 2013 , Nas was ranked fourth on MTV 's `` Hottest MCs in the Game '' list . About.com ranked him first on their list of the `` 50 Greatest MCs of All Time '' in 2014 , and a year later , Nas was featured on `` The 10 Best Rappers of All Time '' list by Billboard . In 2016 , Nas began narrating The Get Down and rapping as Adult Ezekiel of 1996 .",
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"text": "Distant Relatives Distant Relatives is a collaborative studio album by American rapper Nas and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley , released May 18 , 2010 , on Universal Republic and Def Jam Recordings . Production for the album took place during 2008 to 2010 and was handled primarily by Damian Marley and Stephen Marley . Fusing musical elements of hip hop and reggae , Distant Relatives features lyrical themes concerning ancestry , poverty , and the plight of Africa . The album debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 chart , selling 57,000 copies in its first week . Upon its release , Distant Relatives received positive reviews from most music critics .",
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"text": "It Was Written It Was Written is the second studio album by American rapper Nas , released July 2 , 1996 on Columbia Records in the United States . Following the moderate sales success of his acclaimed debut album , Illmatic ( 1994 ) , Nas chose to focus his efforts in a more mainstream direction . Primarily produced by Trackmasters , it is a departure for him from the raw , underground tone of his debut album towards a more polished , mainstream sound . The album features mafioso and gangsta themes , and marks the first appearance of Nas 's short-lived supergroup The Firm , which included rappers Foxy Brown , AZ , and Cormega . The album proved to be Nas 's most commercially successful release , debuting at # 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart . It also heralded Nas 's mainstream popularity and followed the success of other mafioso rap albums such as Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... ( 1995 ) and Reasonable Doubt ( 1996 ) . However , his stylistic changes and increased mainstream success fostered accusations of selling out within the hip hop community . It remains Nas ' best-selling release , with over 2 million copies in the United States alone .",
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"text": "Life Is Good (Nas album) Life Is Good is the 2012 eleventh studio album by American rapper Nas . It was recorded at various studios in New York and California , and produced primarily by No I.D. and Salaam Remi . Nas wrote the album after his divorce from recording artist Kelis and compared it to Marvin Gaye 's 1978 record Here , My Dear . He wanted to vent personal feelings and address moments in his life in his songs , while drawing on 1980s hip hop influences for the album 's production in order to complement its nostalgic tone . Life Is Good features personal subject matter , themes of adulthood and nostalgia , and reflections on Nas ' personal life and experience in hip hop . His rapping is characterized by a relaxed , plainspoken flow , internal rhymes , and a tone that veers from malicious to nostalgic and introspective . The album 's production incorporates orchestral elements and musical references to both contemporary and golden age hip hop , including boom bap beats and old school samples . Life Is Good was released by Def Jam Recordings on July 13 , 2012 , to widespread critical acclaim and debuted at number one on the American Billboard 200 chart . It also reached the top 10 of record charts in Canada , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom . The album was promoted with three singles -- `` Nasty '' , `` The Don '' , and `` Daughters '' -- five music videos , and Nas ' touring during June to December 2012 . By February 10 , 2013 , Life Is Good had sold 354,000 copies , according to Nielsen SoundScan .",
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"text": "Mass Appeal Records Mass Appeal Records is an American independent record label founded in 2014 . The label is the music division of the Mass Appeal Media Group . In May 2014 , it was announced that American rapper Nas was launching an indie label with Mass Appeal . Nas has stated that he plans to release the long-awaited sequel to his album The Lost Tapes , as well as a posthumous album by rapper Pimp C. The label is also working on its first compilation album , set to be released in the near future . The compilation , which will showcase the label 's artists , namely Nas , Bishop Nehru , Boldy James , Dave East and Fashawn , will also feature many guest appearances including Pimp C , Freddie Gibbs , Juicy J , Jay Electronica , Lupe Fiasco , Pusha T , Kevin Gates , Wale , YG , Mac Miller , Meek Mill , A$ AP Ferg , and Young Thug .",
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"text": "Cuban art Cuban art is an exceptionally diverse cultural blend of African , South American , European and North American elements , reflecting the diverse demographic makeup of the island . Cuban artists embraced European modernism , and the early part of the 20th century saw a growth in Cuban vanguardist movements , which were characterized by the mixing of modern artistic genres . Some of the more celebrated 20th-century Cuban artists include Amelia Peláez ( 1896 -- 1968 ) , best known for a series of mural projects , and painter Wifredo Lam ( Dec 8,1902 -- September 11 , 1982 ) , who created a highly personal version of modern primitivism . The Cuban born painter Federico Beltran Masses ( 1885-1949 ) , was renowned as a colourist whose seductive portrayals of women sometimes made overt references to the tropical settings of his childhood . Better known internationally is the work of photographer Alberto Korda , whose photographs following the early days of the Cuban Revolution included a picture of Che Guevara which was to become one of the most recognizable images of the 20th century . There is a flourishing street art movement influenced by Latin American artists José Guadalupe Posada and the muralist Diego Rivera . After the Cuban Revolution of 1959 , some artists felt it was in their best interests to leave Cuba and produce their art , while others stayed behind , either happy or merely content to be creating art in Cuba , which was sponsored by the government . Because it was state sponsored , an implied censorship occurred , since artists would n't want to make art that was against the revolutionary movement as that was the source of their funding . It was during the 1980s in which art began to reflect true uninfluenced expression . The `` rebirth '' of expression in Cuban art was greatly affected by the emergence of a new generation of Cuban , which did not remember the revolution directly . In 1981 Cubans saw the introduction of `` Volumen Uno '' , a series of one man exhibitions featuring contemporary Cuban artists . Three years later , the introduction of the `` Havana Bienal '' assisted in the further progression of the liberation of art and free speech therein .",
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"text": "Nastradamus Nastradamus is the fourth studio album by American rapper Nas , released November 23 , 1999 on Columbia Records in the United States . It was originally scheduled to be released as a follow-up album composed of material from recording sessions for his third album , I Am ... ( 1999 ) on October 26 , 1999 . Due to bootlegging of the material , Nas recorded separate songs for Nastradamus to meet its November release date . In 1998 , Nas started recording his third album under the title I Am ... with intentions to be a double-disc album . Due to bootleg , he cut out some songs and released it as a single disc in 1999 . Months later , Columbia Records decided to release the left out material as a follow up album , however Nas decided to record all new material under the title Nastradamus . The album debuted at # 7 on the Billboard 200 chart , selling 232,000 copies in its first week . Upon its release , Nastradamus received generally mixed reviews from most music critics , and it has been regarded as Nas 's weakest effort . Despite its mixed reception , it achieved considerable commercial success and spawned two charting singles . On December 22 , 1999 , the album was certified Platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . This album includes one of the earliest shots fired in the soon-to-be epic Jay-Z/Nas feud . On `` What You Think of That '' Jay 's protege Memphis Bleek says `` I ` mma ball till I fall / What you think of that ? '' On Nastradamus ' title track , Nas raps `` You wan na ball till you fall ? / I can help you with that / You want beef ? / I could let a slug melt in your hat '' .",
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"text": "Nadirah X Nadirah X aka Nadz born Nadirah Sabreen Seid , April 19 , is a Jamaican rap/hip-hop poet .",
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"text": "N of tha World N of tha World is the seventh studio album by Natas . Released in 2006 , it is the group 's first album released by Reel Life Productions since 1999 's WicketWorldWide.COM . Although there were claims that there was no newly recorded material by Natas , which broke up in 2002 . 5 songs on the album were newly recorded after Esham departed from Psychopathic Records in October 2005 . The rest of the album consists of material recorded by Esham and T-N-T was music original intended for an Esham album `` Club Evil '' that never came out . Despite being termed as a Natas album , the only track by the group is `` N of tha World '' . The rest of the album consists solely of collaborations between Esham and T-N-T recorded for Psychopathic Records during his time with the label . With the exception of 5 songs . The 5 new songs recorded for the release were World 's Apart , On My Own , Trouble & Pain , Niggaz Always Talkin ' Alot of Shit , and the final track Why You Got ta Lie which was a diss-track to Esham 's former employer as well as the internet .",
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"text": "Immortal Technique Felipe Andres Coronel ( born February 19 , 1978 ) , better known by the stage name Immortal Technique , is an American hip hop recording artist and activist . Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics . His lyrics are largely commentary on issues such as politics , socialism , class struggle , poverty , religion , government , imperialism , economics and institutional racism . Immortal Technique has aims to retain control over his production , and has stated in his music that record companies , not artists themselves , profit the most from mass production and marketing of music . He claimed in an interview to have sold close to a combined total of 200,000 copies of his first three official releases .",
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"text": "Yuna (singer) Yunalis Mat Zara'ai , professionally known as Yuna , is a Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman . Born and raised in Kedah and Selangor , she began writing songs at age 14 . She soon taught herself to play guitar , and by 2006 , in need of a creative outlet while attending law school , performed for an audience for the first time . Yuna offered her music on her MySpace page , which received over one million plays . This online success tipped off the Indie-Pop label/management company to her music , and in early 2011 she signed with the Fader label . Joined by guitarist Pa'an , bassist Efry Arwis , and drummer Adib Azfar ( and later , Adil Ali ) , Yuna made her recorded debut album in Malaysia in 2008 with a self-titled EP , which went on to snag five Malaysian Music Awards nominations ( the Malaysian equivalent of the Grammy ) . She took home four trophies , including Best New Artist and Best Song ( for the breakout hit `` Dan Sebenarnya '' ) . The Decorate ( EP ) followed two years later ( and was released stateside in spring 2011 ) . Decorate included the viral hit `` Rocket , '' which won raves from Billboard magazine , indie rock radio station KEXP , and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons , as well as ink in SPIN 's Eight Bands You Need to Hear Now . On the performance end , Yuna was nominated as one of MTV Iggy 's Best New Bands in the World in 2011 , and she marked the occasion by playing at the historic MTV Studios . A new single , `` Live Your Life '' ( 2012 ) , produced by Pharrell Williams , was a preamble to her self-titled full-length debut , which arrived that April . That summer , Yuna appeared at Lollapalooza . In 2013 , Yuna returned with the album Nocturnal , featuring the single `` Falling . '' In February 2016 , Yuna previewed her third album with the release of `` Places to Go , '' a single produced by hip-hop legend DJ Premier . The full album , Chapters , was released three months later . In December 2016 , her album Chapters broke into the Top 10 of the Billboard Best R&B Albums Of 2016 : Critic 's Pick . Chapters ranked at No. 7 out of 10 best R&B albums of the year . Yuna received an award for the Most Successful Malaysian Singer from The Malaysia Books Of Record . Chapters was also nominated in the Top 20 Best R&B Albums Of 2016 by the Rolling Stone magazine . Yuna got invited as special guest to perform on stage in 2016 Soul Train Music Awards ( US ) .",
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"text": "Pedro Bell Pedro Bell is an American artist and illustrator . He is best known for his elaborate cover designs and other artwork for numerous Funkadelic and George Clinton solo albums . Pedro 's dual conceptuality as a writer heavily contributed to P - Funk 's literary mythology -- a sampling of his contributions include `` Thumpasaurus , '' `` Funkapus , '' `` Queen Freakalene , '' `` Bop Gun , '' and `` Zone of Zero Funkativity . '' According to his biography via George Clinton 's official website , Bell 's `` stream-of-contagion text rewrote the whole game . He single-handedly defined the P-Funk collective as sci-fi superheroes fighting the ills of the heart , society , and the cosmos ... As much as Clinton 's lyrics , Pedro Bell 's crazoid words created the mythos of the band and bonded the audience together . '' Bell , as an `` untrained '' artist , created album artwork and liner notes that created discourses that were important to black people in the U.S. during the 1970s . Whether in his use of puns , hypersexual characters , Bell created conceptual art that produced alternative ways of envisioning the ways in which black people in the U.S. saw themselves , as well as spoke about themselves .",
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"text": "Adal Ray Adal Ray ( formerly Adal Hernandez ) is an American tattooist and visionary artist currently residing in New York City , where he owns and operates the Brooklyn studio Majestic Tattoo NYC . Adal was born in Chicago and raised between Texas and Chicago , where he attended the Art Institute of Chicago 's Early College Program and completed his tattoo apprenticeship under Chicago 's Tattoo Tom . Adal has been tattooing professionally since 1993 , settling in New York in 1998 . In his 19 years as a tattoo artist , Adal has been featured in several body art-related publications , including Skin & Ink ; Inked , and Tattoo Burst . He was featured on PBS in a special entitled `` The Body Adorned , '' which also featured an American Museum of Natural History Exhibition on the history of body art , to which Adal contributed . Adal has also been featured in multiple non-tattoo related publications for his work in other media . Majestic Tattoo NYC opened in early 2012 as a small studio specializing in custom , visionary , often psychedelic and fractal tattoos . The space also functions as an independent art gallery , displaying the work of both American and international artists . This double function represents Adal 's goal of unifying the differing forms of artistic expression : in his words , `` The tattoo renaissance has pushed the art form to new places . ''",
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"text": "The Firm (hip hop group) The Firm was an American hip hop supergroup that formed in New York City in 1996 . It was created by rapper Nas , his manager Steve Stoute , producer Dr. Dre and production team the Trackmasters . The group was composed of East Coast-based rappers , Nas , Foxy Brown , AZ and Nature , who served as a replacement for Cormega after he was ousted from the group . Although the group received initial hype and high expectations from fans upon their formation after collectively signing to Dr. Dre 's Aftermath label , The Firm 's debut album , The Album ( 1997 ) , generated disappointing sales and generally negative criticism . The album , which featured predominant mafioso rap-themes and production from Dr. Dre and the Trackmasters , was criticized for its mainstream , pop-orientation . Their debut album was the group 's only release and they disbanded in 1998 with each member continuing their solo careers .",
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"text": "Busta Rhymes Trevor George Smith Jr. ( born May 20 , 1972 ) , better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes , is an American rapper , actor , record producer and record executive . Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes , after NFL wide receiver George `` Buster '' Rhymes . He is widely known for his outlandish style and fashion sense depicted in several highly innovative music videos as well as his intricate rhyming technique , rapping at a high rate of speed with heavy use of internal rhyme and half rhyme , and to date has received 11 Grammy Award nominations for his musical work . About.com included him on its list of the 50 Greatest MCs of Our Time ( 1987 -- 2007 ) , while Steve Huey of AllMusic called him one of the best and most prolific rappers of the 1990s . In 2012 , The Source placed him on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time . MTV has called him `` one of hip-hop 's greatest visual artists . '' Busta Rhymes was an original member of Leaders of the New School . He later went on and founded the record label Conglomerate ( initially Flipmode Entertainment ) and production crew The Conglomerate ( formerly Flipmode Squad ) . In November 2011 , Busta Rhymes signed a deal with Cash Money Records . On July 23 , 2014 , Busta Rhymes announced that he left Cash Money Records due to creative differences and was no longer on Republic . In 2016 Rhymes signed with Epic for his upcoming album due to be released in early 2017 . He has so far released nine studio albums , with the first being the 1996 platinum-selling album The Coming . His list of hit singles include `` Woo Hah !! Got You All in Check '' , `` Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See '' , `` Dangerous '' , `` Turn It Up ( Remix ) / Fire It Up '' , `` Gim me Some More '' , `` What 's It Gon na Be ?! '' , `` Pass the Courvoisier , Part II '' , `` I Know What You Want '' and `` Touch It '' , among several others .",
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"text": "NASM NASM may refer to : National Academy of Sports Medicine Netwide Assembler , a free x86 assembler National Air and Space Museum , a Smithsonian museum in Washington , D.C. and Virginia National Association of Schools of Music Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart-Maatschappij , Netherlands-American Steamship Company , later Holland America Line Net Assignable Square Meters , the total available space within a building or structure",
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"text": "Artist's statement An artist 's statement ( or artist statement ) is an artist 's written description of their work . The brief verbal representation is for , and in support of , his or her own work to give the viewer understanding . As such it aims to inform , connect with an art context , and present the basis for the work ; it is therefore didactic , descriptive , or reflective in nature .",
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"text": "NFP clones NFP Clones is a term used by many Pakistani pop artists to describe a number of new music critics influenced by the country 's controversial journalist and writer , Nadeem F. Paracha . Though many recent music journalists like Fasi Zaka , Maheen Sabhee , Saba Imtiaz , Huma Imtiaz , Sidrah Haque , Insiya Syed , Safwat Saleem , Muniba Kamal , Omer Tariq and `` The Bug '' have openly hailed Paracha as a huge influence , other prominent music scribes like Mohammad A. Qayyum and Qasim Abdullah Moini though mindful of Paracha 's influence over Pakistani music journalism , have balked when called NFP Clones .",
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"text": "Blaz4me Blaz4me is the second album by Natas , released on January 8 , 1994 . Allrovi reviewer Jason Birchmeier wrote `` like the Bomb Squad 's collage-like approach on It Takes a Nation to Hold Us Back and Dr. Dre 's neo-P-Funk sound on The Chronic , Esham crafts a particular aesthetic by endlessly raiding his record collection in classic postmodern fashion . Still , even if he unethically creates an innovative-for-its-time sound that merges Funkadelic guitar distortion with hard mid - '80s Def Jam-like beats , the often ridiculous lyrics ruin whatever validity the music may have . ''",
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"text": "Bravehearted Bravehearted is an album by Nas 's protégés , the Queensbridge rap duo Bravehearts . The duo includes Nas 's brother Jungle and fellow friend Wiz . The album , however , did n't do well in sales due to little promotion , it only came in at number 75 in the Billboard 200 Charts and 20 in the Hip Hop/R & B Charts . Besides Nas releasing an album off his Ill Will Records , Bravehearts were the only other label members to release a record off this label .",
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"text": "Esham Rashaam Smith ( born 1972 or 1973 ) , best known by his stage name Esham is an American rapper from Detroit , Michigan known for his hallucinogenic style of hip hop which he refers to as `` acid rap '' . That style of music fuses rock-based beats and lyrics involving subjects such as death , drug use , evil , paranoia and sex . Esham and his brother James Smith ran the biggest-selling independent hip hop label in Detroit , Michigan throughout the 1990s . Their influence spawned an entire subgenre within hip hop that eventually fueled the careers of Kid Rock , Eminem , D12 , Royce Da 5 ' 9 '' , Tech N9ne , ICP and many more .",
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"text": "Indie hip-hop Indie hip hop ( short for independent hip hop ) is hip hop that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene . The term underground hip hop may be used to describe both indie hip hop ( which is defined by its artists being unsigned or signed to independent record labels , rather than major record labels ) as well as alternative hip hop ( which is defined by music that diverges from mainstream hip hop music such as Gangsta rap . ) As the term `` indie hip hop '' is indicative of the musicians making the music rather than the music itself , it is not strictly a genre but rather covers a range of styles with clearly discernable hip hop characteristics . Like indie rock artists , many indie hip hop artists place a premium on maintaining complete control of their music and careers , releasing albums on independent record labels ( sometimes their own ) and relying on touring , word-of-mouth , and air play on independent or college radio stations for promotion . Some of its more popular artists , however , may end up moving to major labels , though often on favorable terms won by their prior independent success . Independent hip hop labels include Babygrande Records , Definitive Jux , Nature Sounds Records and Strange Famous Records . Notable indie hip hop artists include 7L & Esoteric , Bronze Nazareth , Chief Kamachi , Lord Jamar , Mr. Lif , Jedi Mind Tricks , OuterSpace , The Perceptionists , WMR Music Group and The Society of Invisibles .",
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"text": "New media artist A new media artist may use the following media to create works of art : the Internet , computer hardware , computer software-servers , routers , personal computers , database applications , scripts and computer files . These artists use the aforementioned technologies in conjunction with video and computer games , surveillance cameras , wireless phones , hand-held computers , Apache Web server , Hypertext Markup Language and Global Positioning System devices ( GPS ) . The Dada and Pop art movements greatly influence new media artists and provide a foundation from which to borrow and reinvent conceptual and aesthetic ideas .",
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"text": "Artists4Israel Artists4Israel ( aka A4I ) is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) charity and pro-Israel advocacy organization that works through artists in all artistic media to educate people worldwide about Israel . Artists4Israel is managed by Executive Director Craig Dershowitz . The organization participated in Art Basel Miami 2012 with its `` Heroes in Distress '' Exhibit at the Overture/Scope art fair and at NAC Gallery 's LMNT art fair , showcasing art by Andalucian photorealistic graffiti artist Belin and artist Army of One . Artists 4 Israel also showcased its Bomb Shelter Museum at the Yard , an open-air art installation in Wynnewood , with more than 5,000 visitors during Art Basel Miami 2012 . The Yard featured live graffiti by more than 20 invited graffiti artists , fashion pieces designed specifically for Artists4Israel by Chromat The organization had a show at the Vered Gallery in East Hampton in 2010 . The group drew media attention in March , 2011 by setting up a `` Bomb Shelter Museum of Living History '' in New York 's Washington Square Park . The walls were decorated by New York area graffiti artists including Cope2 in an effort to draw attention to the targeting of Israeli civilians by terrorists groups based in Hamas-controlled Gaza . The Bomb Shelter Museum was also shown at Baruch College",
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"text": "It's Mine `` It 's Mine '' is the second single from Mobb Deep 's 1999 album Murda Muzik and features Nas . The song 's instrumental is based on a sample of the title theme of the 1983 film Scarface ( credited as `` Scarface Cues '' ) which was composed by Giorgio Moroder . This is the second time that Mobb Deep used music from the film for one of their singles , with the first being `` G.O.D. Pt . III '' . The chorus of the song is also both a lyrical and instrumental interpolation of the 1998 song by female R&B singers Brandy and Monica , `` The Boy Is Mine '' . The original Brandy and Monica lyrics were `` You need to give it up/Had about enough/It 's not hard to see/The boy is mine '' . Where the chorus in `` It 's Mine '' ( sung by Nas ) goes `` Y' all need to give it up/We do n't give a fuck/What y' all niggas want/Thug life is mine '' . The video was directed by Hype Williams .",
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"text": "Medina Medina ( -LSB- məˈdiːnə -RSB- المدينة المنورة , , `` the radiant city '' ; or المدينة , ( -LSB- almaˈdiːna -RSB- ) , `` the city '' ) , also transliterated as Madīnah , is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia that is also the capital of the Al Madinah Region . The city contains al-Masjid an-Nabawi ( `` the Prophet 's Mosque '' ) , which is the burial place of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , and is the second-holiest city in Islam after Mecca . Medina was Muhammad 's destination after his Hijrah from Mecca , and became the capital of a rapidly increasing Muslim Empire , first under Muhammad 's leadership , and then under Ali . It served as the power base of Islam in its first century where the early Muslim community developed . Medina is home to the three oldest mosques , namely the Quba Mosque , al-Masjid an-Nabawi , and Masjid al-Qiblatayn ( `` the mosque of the two qiblas '' ) . Muslims believe that the chronologically final surahs of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad in Medina , and are called Medinan surahs in contrast to the earlier Meccan surahs . Just like Mecca , the city is closed to anyone who is considered a non-Muslim , including members of the Ahmadiyya movement ( however , not the entire city is closed ) by the national government .",
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"text": "Battle of Nahrawan The Battle of Nahrawan ( -LSB- معركة النهروان , Ma ` rakat an-Nahrawān -RSB- ) was a battle between Ali ibn Abi Talib ( the first Shi'ah Imam and the fourth Sunni Caliph ) and the Kharijites commanded by ` Abdullah ibn Wahb al-Rasibi , near Nahrawan , twelve miles from Baghdad . Having disposed of the Kharijites at Nahrawan , according to some Shia sources Ali resumed his march to Syria . However , the chiefs of his followers urged him to stop at Kufa to let the men rest before the long journey and to enable the army to repair their weapons and armor . Ali agreed to this request and camped at al-Nukhaylah outside Kufah . The soldiers were allowed to leave the camp for a day . On the next day , hardly any men returned and at length , Ali entered Kufah and gave a stern sermon to the people . However , nobody came forward and no one wanted to fight and finally , Ali turned away from them in disappointment . The Syrian expedition was abandoned , never to be resumed . Others argue that the Kharijites had been making every one fight and after they separated , Ali himself also did not want to fight the Syrians . A few years later they re-emerged in Iraq and north of the Arabian Peninsula . They were defeated by the Umayyads . Two years later , in 40 A.H Ali was assassinated by a Kharijite called Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam , who attacked him with a poisoned sword while Ali was praying , in his sujood . In the mosque of Kufah , on the 19th of the month of Ramadan , finally succumbing to poison on the 21st of the month of Ramadan . In Syria Muawiyah I had a more professional army and was not reliant of volunteers and therefore no sects developed . When Ali was told that the Kharijites had been killed , he replied : `` By Allah ! No , not yet . They still exist in the loins of men and wombs of women . Whenever a chief would appear from among them , he would be cut down till the last of them would turn thieves and robbers . '' The nine Kharijites that survived the battle against Ali managed to flee to Basrah , Sistan , Khurasan , Oman , Yemen , Tell Mozan , and elsewhere , where they had their offspring , spread their beliefs and recruited more followers . Today Ibadis of Oman ( and parts of Africa ) are known as their descendants and followers .",
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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": "Hegira (disambiguation) Hegira refers to the migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib ( later renamed by him to Medina ) in 622 CE . Hegira , Hejira , Hijra , Hijrah or Hijrat may also refer to :",
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"text": "Second International Islamic Unity Conference From August 2 through the 4th , 1996 , some 7,000 attendees and over 125 speakers from around the globe attended a three-day marathon of lectures , parallel workshop sessions , prayer , praise of Muhammad and Islamic social interaction . Officially known as the International Islamic Unity Conference , it started off with a press session on Friday morning and ended with a parade through downtown Los Angeles on Sunday evening . Attendees praised the organizers for an excellent , though intense schedule of speeches by muftis , Islamic scholars , international political leaders , American political figures and an array of interfaith events . Chaired by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani , the conference was sponsored by As-Sunnah Foundation of America , the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order and by a number of other charitable and religious organizations . Many felt the conference organization was exemplary , the facilities at the Los Angeles ' Westin Bonaventure Hotel excellent and the wide variety of cultural food and Islamic entertainment very apropos for such an international event . The many San Francisco Bay Area attendees were happy to find a number of prominent local Islamic activists featured , as well as those from national ISNA , IQRA , MPAC and other national Islamic organizations well represented . The spirit of unity was especially apparent at the `` Peace in the Streets '' session , where about 20 former gang leaders , along with the popular rap star MC Hammer , took shahada with Shaykh Nazim al-Qubrusi , Grand-mufti of Cyprus and worldwide leader of the Naqshbandi Haqqani Sufi Order . Attendees were treated to sessions on politics , importance of schools of thought , purification of the heart , establishing Islamic economic power , educational curriculum initiative and many other subjects , discussed from the main podium as well as in intimate workshops where speakers and attendees were able to express their views . A major event occurred on Saturday night , with the launching of the International Day of the Orphan , which is expected , given the sponsorship of California 's Assembly , and endorsement by a number of international organizations , to become a globally sponsored day for recalling the plight of orphans and children in difficulty .",
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"text": "Moses in Islam Mûsâ al ibn Amram ( -LSB- ٰمُوسَى , Mūsa -RSB- ) known as Moses in the Hebrew Bible , considered a prophet , messenger , and leader in Islam , is the most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran . In Islamic tradition , instead of introducing a new religion , Musa is regarded by Muslims as teaching and practicing the religion of his predecessors and confirming the scriptures and prophets before him . The Quran states that Moses was sent by God to the Pharaoh of Egypt and the Israelites for guidance and warning . Moses is mentioned more in the Quran than any other individual , and his life is narrated and recounted more than that of any other prophet . According to Islam , all Muslims must have faith in every prophet ( nabi ) and messenger ( rasul ) which includes Moses and his brother Aaron ( Harun ) . The Quran states : Moses is considered to be a prophetic predecessor to Muhammad . Generally attributed the tale of Moses as a spiritual parallel to the life of Muhammad , considering many aspects of their lives to be shared . Islamic literature also describes a parallel between their believers and the incidents which occurred in their lifetimes . The exodus of the Israelites from Egypt is considered similar to the migration ( hijra ) made by the followers of Muhammad . Moses ( Musa ) is also very important in Islam for having been given the revelation of the Torah , which is considered to be one of the true revealed scriptures in Muslim theology , and Muslims generally hold that much of the Torah is confirmed and repeated in the Qur ` an . Moreover , according to Islamic tradition , Moses was one of the many prophets Muhammad met in the event of the Mi ` raj , when he ascended through the seven heavens . In Muslim belief , Moses is regarded as having urged Muhammad during his Mi ` raj to reduce the number of prayers until they were only five remaining , which are regarded as being the five obligatory prayers . Moses is further revered in Islamic literature , which expands upon the incidents of his life and the miracles attributed to him in the Qur ` an and hadith , such as his direct conversation with God .",
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"text": "Mecca Gate Mecca Gate , ( also known as Quran Gate ) is a landmark on the Makkah Mukkarram road of the Jeddah-Makkah Highway . It is the entrance to Makkah and the birthplace of Muhammad . The gate signifies the boundary of the haram area of the city of Makkah , where non-Muslims are prohibited to enter . The structure is that of a book , representing the Qur ` an , sitting on a rehal , or book stand .",
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"text": "Hamra al-Asad Hamra al-Asad is a location in Saudi Arabia about eight miles from Medina . The Invasion of Hamra al-Asad took place here on the orders of Muhammad According to the Muslim scholar Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri there are Quran verses about this location and the events that took place there . The first is : The Muslim Mufassir Ibn Kathirs commentary on this verse in his book Tafsir ibn Kathir is as follows : The other verses about this incident are and .",
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"text": "Mary in Islam Mary ( -LSB- مريم , translit = Maryam -RSB- ) , the mother of Jesus ( Isa ) , holds a singularly exalted place in Islam as the only woman named in the Qur ' an , which refers to her seventy times and explicitly identifies her as the greatest of all women , stating , with reference to the angelic saluation during the annunciation , `` O Mary , God has chosen you , and purified you ; He has chosen you above all the women of creation . '' In the Quran , her story is related in three Meccan chapters ( 19 , 21 , 23 ) and four Medinan chapters ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 66 ) , and the nineteenth chapter of the scripture , the Chapter of Mary ( Surat Maryam ) , is named after her . The Quran refers to Mary more than the entire New Testament . According to the Qur ' an , divine grace surrounded Mary from birth , and , as a young woman , she received a message from God through the archangel Gabriel that God had chosen her , purified her , and had preferred her above all `` the women of the worlds . '' This event , according to the same narrative , was followed by the annunciation of a child who was to be miraculously conceived by her through the intervention of the divine spirit while she was still virgin , whose name would be Jesus and who would be the `` anointed one , '' the Promised Messiah . As such , orthodox Islamic belief `` has upheld the tenet of the virgin birth of Jesus , '' and although the classical Islamic thinkers never dwelt on the question of the perpetual virginity of Mary at any great length , it was generally agreed in traditional Islam that Mary remained virgin through the entirety of her life , with the Qur ' an 's mention of Mary 's purification `` from the touch of men '' implying perpetual virginity in the minds of many of the most prominent Islamic fathers .",
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"text": "Assassination of Ali Ali ibn Abi Talib , the fourth ( last ) Sunni Rashidun caliph and first Shia Imam , was assassinated by a Kharijite called Ibn Muljam on 26 January 661 at the Great Mosque of Kufa , in present-day Iraq . Ali , who was then 62 or 63 years of age , died due to his injuries two days after Ibn Muljam struck him on his head by a poison-coated sword , on the 21 ( or 19 ) Ramadan 40 AH ( 28 January 661 CE ) . He was the third successive caliph , after Umar and Uthman , to be assassinated . Ali became the caliph after the assassination of Uthman in 656 . However he faced opposition from various factions including the Levant governor , Muawiyah I . A civil war , called the First Fitna , took place within the early Islamic state which resulted in the overthrow of the Rashidun caliphs and the establishment of the Umayyad dynasty . It began when the caliph Uthman ibn Affan was assassinated in 656 and continued through the four-year reign of Ali . After Ali agreed to arbitration with Muawiyah I following the Battle of Siffin ( 657 ) , a revolt happened against him by some members of his army , later known as Kharijites ( `` those who leave '' ) . They killed some of Ali 's supporters , but they were crushed by Ali 's forces at the Battle of Nahrawan in July 658 . Ibn Muljam met up with two other Kharijites namely al-Burak ibn Abd Allah and Amr ibn Bakr al-Tamimi at Mecca , and concluded that the situation of the Muslims at the time was due to the errors of Ali , Muawiah and Amr ibn As , governor of Egypt . They decided to kill the three in order to resolve the `` deplorable situation '' of their time and also avenge their companions killed at Nahrawan . Aiming to kill Ali , Ibn Muljam headed toward Kufa where he fell in love with a woman whose brother and father had died at Nahrawan . She agreed to marry him if only he could kill Ali . Consequently , Ali was stabbed by Ibn Muljam at the Great Mosque of Kufa . After Ali 's death , Ibn Muljam was executed in retaliation by Hasan ibn Ali .",
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"text": "Suraqa bin Malik Suraqa bin Malik is a member of the Quraish tribe , which pursued Muhammad when he was on his way to Medina for the Hijrah ( migration ) . Muhammad had taken asylum inside the cave of Thawr outside Mecca . Abu Jahal and three of his accomplices who were tracking Muhammad and his companion Abu Bakr reached the mouth of the cave . Abu Bakr trembled with fear at the sound of the advancing steps of the pursuers but Muhammad assured him they were safe for Allah was with them . The Quraish announced a reward of 100 camels for anyone who tracked Muhammad and Abu Bakr . Suraqa was enticed . Suraqa bin Malik was a clever and patient tracker who trailed people by their footprints on the sand , the excreta of the camels and horses . He asked his slave woman to saddle securely his agile mare and lead her well away from Mecca while he slipped out the back door of his house so that no one would know what he was about to do . He easily tracked down the two-man caravan of Muhammad on its flight to Madinah , but as soon as he caught sight of the duo , his mare got stuck in the sand , and nothing could extricate her . The Prophet and Abu Bakr were visible within range of his arrow , but as he lifted his bow to shoot them , his hands became paralyzed . He cried out , ` O Muhammad , pray for me in order that my mare could get out of this mess . I promise , I will retrace my steps and give up the pursuit . ' Muhammad prayed , and Suraqa 's mare freed herself from the sand . Such was the size of the reward , however , that Suraqa went back on his word and resumed pursuit of the duo . As he approached Muhammad , the mare got stuck into the sand again . Suraqa again prayed : ` O Prophet , if I was released again , I would surrender my arms and return to Mecca never to pursue you . I would dissuade even others from pursuing you . ' Muhammad prayed again , and the mare again freed herself . Suraqa then declared that Muhammad 's religion would prevail one day and requested Muhammad to hand him a written promise that he would be honoured whenever Muhammad became the head of the Islamic state . Abu Bakr wrote the promise at the behest of Muhammad on a bone and handed it over to Suraqa . Even as he began to return , Muhammad told him that he would one day wear the bangles of Khusrow of Persia . He asked in wonderment if Muhammad meant the bangles of Khusrow bin Hormuz , the Persian king . Muhammad nodded in acknowledgement . Suraqa encountered several contingents of Quraish who were looking for Muhammad and persuaded them to get back to Mecca as he had found no trace of the pair on the route to Madinah . The only person whom he told of his encounter was Abu Jahl , who reproached him for his cowardice . Within eight years of his migration to Madinah , Muhammad entered Mecca at the head of a vast army and declared general amnesty . Suraqa entered the court of Muhammad and declared shahadah . Suraqa always rued the day he pursued Muhammad for the mere earthly reward of 100 red camels . He was struck with profound grief the day Muhammad died but remembered the promise of Muhammad that he would one day receive the bangles of Khusrow of Persia . Years passed . At one time Suraqa became ill and was dying . His house prepared for his death . All of a sudden Suraqa open his eyes and inquired what his family was doing . They told him that they are preparing for his burial because they dont think he will survive . He ordered them not to worry about him because he will not die . Family member were surprised and asked how he is so sure . He said that Prophet Muhammad assured him of Khusrow 's bangles and had not get yet . Persia was conquered during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab . Umar received a missive from Saad bin Abi Waqqas , commander of the Islamic forces about the conquest of Persia . A fifth of the booty was sent to Umar in Madinah . It contained the famed crown of Khusrow studded with rubies , a gold belt studded with pearls and the gold bangles . Umar was looking at each of the items sent by the Commander of the forces . Suddenly Umar called Suraqa to him and put the crown on his head , helped him don the gold embroidered dress and gold bangles . Suraqa felt uncomfortable in the royal outfit . He raised his hands towards the sky and prayed : ` O my Lord , how could I put on something which your Prophet deserved far more than I ? I smell the air of punishment in it . '' He then turned towards Umar and asked him to distribute all those royal appendages among the Muslims . ( Narrated by Anwar al-Awlaki ) Category : Banu Kinanah",
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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": "Hejaz The Hejaz , also Al-Hijaz ( اَلْـحِـجَـاز , , literally `` the Barrier '' ) , is a region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia . The region is so called as it separates the land of the Najd in the east from the land of Tihamah in the west . It is also known as the `` Western Province . '' It is bordered on the west by the Red Sea , on the north by Jordan , on the east by the Najd , and on the south by ` Asir Region . Its main city is Jeddah , but it is probably better known for the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina . As the site of Islam 's holiest places , the Hejaz has significance in the Arab and Islamic historical and political landscape . Historically , the Hejaz has always seen itself as separate from the rest of Saudi Arabia . The Hejaz is the most populated region in Saudi Arabia ; 35 % of all Saudis live in Hejaz . Hejazi Arabic is the most widely spoken dialect in the region . Saudi Hejazis are of ethnically diverse origins . The Hejaz is the most cosmopolitan region in the Arabian Peninsula . People of Hejaz have the most strongly articulated identity of any regional grouping in Saudi Arabia . Their place of origin alienates them from the Saudi state , which invokes different narratives of the history of the Arabian Peninsula . Thus , Hejazis experienced tensions with people of Najd .",
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"text": "Al-Baqi Jannat al-Baqi ` ( -LSB- جنة البقيع , Jannat al-Baqī ` , lit = Garden of Baqi -RSB- ) is a cemetery in Medina , present-day Saudi Arabia , located to the southeast of the Masjid al-Nabawi ( The Prophet 's Mosque ) . The mosque is built where the Islamic prophet Muhammad used to live , and is currently buried . It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad , which means `` Baqi of the Boxthorn '' . The cemetery holds much significance . It contains many of Muhammad 's relatives and companions . Many traditions relate Muhammad issuing a prayer every time he passed it . A Jewish graveyard was once located behind Jannat al-Baqi . The Umayyad rulers took down the wall of the Jewish cemetery and widened the Muslim graveyard to enclose the tomb of Caliph Uthman ibn Affan within it .",
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"text": "Migration to Abyssinia The Migration to Abyssinia ( الهجرة إلى الحبشة , al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša ) , also known as the First Hegira ( هِجْرَة hijrah ) , was an episode in the early history of Islam , where Prophet Muhammad 's first followers ( the Sahabah ) fled from the persecution of the ruling Quraysh tribe of Mecca . They sought refuge in the Christian Kingdom of Aksum , present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea ( formerly referred to as Abyssinia , a name derived from the Arabic Al-Habash ) , in or . The Aksumite monarch who received them is known in Islamic sources as the Negus ( نجاشي najāšī ) Ashama ibn Abjar . Modern historians have alternatively identified him with King Armah and Ella Tsaham . Some of the exiles returned to Mecca and made the hijra to Medina with Muhammad , while others remained in Abyssinia until they came to Medina in 628 .",
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"text": "Historiography of early Islam The historiography of early Islam refers to the study of the early history of Islam during the 7th century , from Muhammad 's first revelations in AD 610 until the disintegration of the Rashidun Caliphate in AD 661 , and arguably throughout the 8th century and the duration of the Umayyad Caliphate , terminating in the incipient Islamic Golden Age around the beginning of the 9th century .",
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"text": "Rahmanism Raḥmānism ( from Old South Arabian rḥmn-n `` the Merciful '' ) ( Ar : الرحمن ) ( Musnad : ð © § ð © cents ð © # ð © ¬ ) refers to one or more monotheistic religions which ousted the polytheistic Old South Arabian religion from the 4th century AD . Since the sole indication of Raḥmānism is the mention of a monotheistic God , it is difficult to establish whether Raḥmānism is an homogenous religion or whether it can be identified with another monotheist From the second half of the fourth century the `` Merciful '' ( Old South Arabian rḥmn-n , where the - n is the definite article ) and `` the Lord of Heaven and Earth '' are increasingly invoked . A number of inscriptions as well as archaeological synagogues show that Judaism had played an important role in South Arabia since the 4th Century , but it is not clear whether all the Raḥmānist inscriptions of this time should be construed as Jewish ; at the same time it is conceivable that Raḥmānism also involved an autochthonous monotheistic religion in its own right . Distinct references to Christians in South Arabia are found at the beginning of the 6th century when a Christian community in the city of Najrān fell victim to a pogrom initiated by the Jewish king Yūsuf Asʾar Yathʾar . Some consider this event politically motivated while others claim it to be the result of religious zeal . The slaughter is probably that which is alluded to in the Quranic reference to the ` People of the Ditch ( Aṣḥābu Ukhdūd ) , which describes a group of people being thrust into a ditch of fire because of their faith . Apart from being the word for ` ditch ' Ukhdūd is also the name of a place just south-west of modern Najrān . As a result of this massacre the Christian Aksumite Kingdom marched into South Arabia and enforced Christianity as the official religion , which was then supplanted by Islam in 632 . Christian communities are documented right up till the 13th century in Najrān and till the 16th century in Soqotra . Christian communities are documented ; Jewish communities persist until today .",
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"text": "Medina (surname) Medina is a habitational surname name from any of the several places , so called from the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia . Medina means `` city '' in Arabic . The surname is also borne by Sephardic Jews . Alberto Medina Briseño ( born 1983 ) , Mexican footballer Alexander Medina Reobasco ( born 1978 ) , Uruguayan footballer Anabel Medina Garrigues ( born 1982 ) , Spanish tennis player Ann Medina , Canadian award-winning journalist Antonio Medina ( disambiguation ) , multiple people Avihu Medina ( born 1948 ) , Israeli singer-songwriter Benny Medina ( born 1958 ) , African-American music producer , talent manager and record executive Biel Medina Piris ( born 1980 ) , Spanish footballer César Medina Lozado ( born 1991 ) , Peruvian footballer Chris Medina ( born 1983 ) , American singer and American Idol contestant Claribel Medina ( born 1961 ) , Puerto Rican actress Danilo Medina Sánchez ( born 1951 ) , Dominican politician and President of the Dominican Republic since 2012 David M. Medina ( born 1958 ) , a former Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Debra Medina ( born 1962 ) , 2010 Texas gubernatorial candidate Ernest Medina ( born 1936 ) , US Army captain who was the commanding officer of the unit responsible for the My Lai Massacre Fernando Medina ( born 1973 ) , Portuguese politician and mayor of Lisbon Fernando Medina ( born 1973 ) , Spanish fencer Henrique Medina ( 1901 -- 1988 ) , 20th century Portuguese painter Humberto Medina ( dancer ) , Cuban dancer Humberto Medina ( footballer ) ( 1942 -- 2011 ) , Mexican footballer Isaías Medina Angarita ( 1897-1953 ) , Venezuelan militar . President of Venezuela ( 1941-1945 ) Iizzwa Medina ( born 1982 ) , Honduran retired table tennis player John Baptist Medina ( 1659 -- 1710 ) , artist of Flemish-Spanish origin who worked in England and Scotland Jorge Medina ( born 1926 ) , Chilean cardinal of the Catholic Church José Medina ( disambiguation ) Juan Medina ( disambiguation ) Julio Medina III ( born 1976 ) , Panamanian footballer Leonardo Medina Gutiérrez ( born 1977 ) , Uruguayan footballer Lina Medina ( born 1933 ) , youngest mother in recorded history Luis Medina ( disambiguation ) Luiz Carlos Medina ( born 1990 ) , Brazilian footballer ( 1769 -- 1821 or 1833 ) , ballet dancer , the wife of choreographer Salvatore Viganò Nery Medina Norales ( born 1981 ) , Honduran footballer Nicolás Medina ( born 1982 ) , Argentine footballer Nicolás Esteban Medina Ríos ( born 1987 ) , Chilean footballer Ninrrol Medina Torres ( born 1976 ) , Honduran retired footballer and current manager Ofelia Medina ( born 1950 ) , Mexican actress Patricia Medina ( 1919 -- 2012 ) , English actress Paula Medina ( born 1989 ) , Colombian table tennis player Pol Medina , Jr. ( born 1960 ) , Filipino comics artist Rafael Medina Rodríguez ( born 1979 ) , Mexican professional footballer Rafael Medina ( baseball ) ( born 1975 ) , Panamanian former Major League Baseball pitcher Ricardo Medina , Jr. ( born 1979 ) , American actor Salvador Medina Cárcamo ( born 1988 ) , Mexican footballer Stefan Medina Ramírez ( born 1992 ) , Colombian footballer Tulia Angela Medina , Colombian weightlifter Wilder Medina Tamayo ( born 1981 ) , Colombian footballer Yoervis Medina ( born 1988 ) , Venezuelan Major League Baseball pitcher Yojer Medina ( born 1973 ) , Venezuelan shot putter and discus thrower",
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"text": "Mosque of Bani Haram Mosque of Bani Haram is one of the historic mosques in Medina , Saudi Arabia . It stands in the area where the tribe of Bani Haram lived , and it was used as a base camp during the Battle of the Trench . It is also believed to be the place where the Islamic prophet Muhammad stopped by for prayer during digging of a trench before the battle . The house of Jabir ibn Abd Allah , one of Muhammad 's companions , was located here , and several accounts of miracles are considered to be witnessed in his house .",
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"text": "Medina quarter A medina quarter ( المدينة القديمة `` the old city '' ) is a distinct city section found in many North African cities . The medina is typically walled , with many narrow and maze-like streets . The word `` medina '' itself simply means `` city '' or `` town '' in modern-day Arabic .",
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"text": "Stoning of the Devil The Stoning of the Devil ( -LSB- , `` stoning of the -LSB- place of pebbles -RSB- '' ) is part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia . During the ritual , Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles at three walls ( formerly pillars ) , called jamarāt , in the city of Mina just east of Mecca . It is one of a series of ritual acts that must be performed in the Hajj . It is a symbolic reenactment of Abraham 's hajj , where he stoned three pillars representing the temptation to disobey God and preserve Ishmael . On Eid al-Adha ( the 10th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah ) , pilgrims must strike only one of the three jamraat ; specifically , the larger one ; with seven pebbles . After the stoning is completed on the day of Eid , every pilgrim must cut or shave their hair . On each of the following two days , they must hit each of the three walls with seven pebbles , going in order from east to west . Thus at least 49 pebbles are needed for the ritual , more if some throws miss . Some pilgrims stay at Mina for an additional day , in which case they must again stone each wall seven times . The pebbles used in the stoning are traditionally gathered at Muzdalifah , a plain southeast of Mina , on the night before the first throwing , but can also be collected at Mina .",
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Sindh is far from Indian states.
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"text": "Sindh Sindh -LSB- sɪnd -RSB- ( سنڌ ; -LSB- ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan , in the southeast of the country . Historically home to the Sindhi people , it is also locally known as the Mehran . It was formerly known as Sind until 1956 . Sindh is the third largest province of Pakistan by area , and second largest province by population after Punjab . Sindh is bordered by Balochistan province to the west , and Punjab province to the north . Sindh also borders the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to the east , and Arabian Sea to the south . Sindh 's landscape consists mostly of alluvial plains flanking the Indus River , the Thar desert in the eastern portion of the province closest to the border with India , and the Kirthar Mountains in the western part of Sindh . Sindh 's climate is noted for hot summers and mild winters . The provincial capital of Sindh is Pakistan 's largest city and financial hub , Karachi . Sindh has Pakistan 's second largest economy with Karachi being its capital that hosts the headquarters of several multinational banks . Sindh is home to a large portion of Pakistan 's industrial sector and contains two of Pakistan 's commercial seaports -- Port Bin Qasim and the Karachi Port . The remainder of Sindh has an agriculture based economy , and produces fruit , food consumer items , and vegetables for the consumption other parts of the country . Sindh is also the centre of Pakistan 's pharmaceutical industry . Sindh is known for its distinct culture which is strongly influenced by Sufism , an important marker of Sindhi identity for both Hindus ( Sindh has Pakistan 's highest percentage of Hindu residents ) . and Muslims in the province . Several important Sufi shrines are located throughout the province which attract millions of annual devotees . Sindh 's capital , Karachi , is Pakistan 's most ethnically diverse city , with Muhajirs , or descendants of those who migrated to Pakistan from India after 1947 and throughout the 1950s and 1960s , making up the majority of the population . Karachi and other urban centres of Sindh have seen ethnic tensions between the native Sindhis and the Muhajirs boil over into violence on several occasions . Sindh is home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites - the Historical Monuments at Makli , and the Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro .",
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"text": "Hyderabadi Muslims Hyderabadi Muslims are an ethnoreligious community of Urdu-speaking Muslims , part of a larger group of Dakhini Muslims , from the area that used to be the princely state of Hyderabad , India , including cities like Hyderabad , Aurangabad , Gulbarga and Bidar . While the term `` Hyderabadi '' now only refers to residents in and around the city of Hyderabad , the term Hyderabadi Muslims can refer to those native Muslim residents of the erstwhile princely state.The native language of the Hyderabadi Muslims is Hyderabadi Urdu , which is a form of the Dakhini language . With their origins in the Muslim Bahmani Sultanate and then the Deccan sultanates , Hyderabadi Muslim culture became defined in the latter half of the reign of the Asif Jahi Dynasty in Hyderabad . The culture exists today mainly in the old city of Hyderabad , Aurangabad , and among the Hyderabadi Muslim diaspora around the world , in particular , Pakistan , Saudi Arabia , the Arab states of the Persian Gulf , USA , Canada and the United Kingdom .",
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"text": "B. V. S. Parsi High School Bai Virbaijee Soparivala ( BVS ) Parsi High School is located in Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan . It was opened in 1859 as Karachi Parsi Balak Shalla , by the Zoroastrian residents of Karachi .",
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"text": "South Asia South Asia or Southern Asia is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent , which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and , for some authorities , adjoining countries to the west and east . Topographically , it is dominated by the Indian Plate , which rises above sea level as Nepal and northern parts of India situated south of the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush . South Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land ( clockwise , from west ) by West Asia , Central Asia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia . The current territories of Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Maldives , Nepal , India , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka form the countries of South Asia . The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ( SAARC ) is an economic cooperation organisation in the region which was established in 1985 and includes all eight nations comprising South Asia . South Asia covers about 5.1 million km2 ( 1.9 million mi2 ) , which is 11.51 % of the Asian continent or 3.4 % of the world 's land surface area . The population of South Asia is about 1.749 billion or about one fourth of the world 's population , making it both the most populous and the most densely populated geographical region in the world . Overall , it accounts for about 39.49 % of Asia 's population ( or over 24 % of the world 's population ) and is home to a vast array of peoples . In 2010 , South Asia had the world 's largest population of Hindus , Jains and Sikhs . There are 507 million Muslims as well as over 35 million Christians and 25 million Buddhists in South Asia .",
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"text": "Tharro Hills The Tharro Hills are located in Sindh , Pakistan . Important archaeological sites relating to the Amri culture have been discovered in the area .",
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"text": "World Sindhi Institute The World Sindhi Institute ( WSI ) is a human rights organization and U.S based think-tank in Washington DC , United States . The organization is a certified 501 ( c ) , non-profit . The organization 's main purpose is to bring the attention of the international community 's attention to the present-day political situation in Sindh , Pakistan 's southeastern province .",
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"text": "Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Badin District , Sindh , Pakistan .",
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"text": "Punjab, Pakistan Punjab ( Urdu , Punjabi : , panj-āb , `` five waters '' : ) , is Pakistan 's second largest province by area after Balochistan , and its most populous province with an estimated population of 101,391,000 as of 2015 . It is bordered by Sindh , Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , as well as the regions of Islamabad Capital Territory and the Azad Kashmir . It also shares borders with the Indian states of Punjab , Rajasthan , and Jammu and Kashmir . The provincial capital of Punjab is the city Lahore , a cultural centre of Pakistan where the country 's cinema industry , and much of its fashion industry , are based . Punjab has been inhabited since ancient times . The Indus Valley Civilization , dating to 2600 BCE , was first discovered at Harappa . Punjab features heavily in the Hindu epic poem , the Mahabharata , and is home to Taxila , site of what is considered by many to be the oldest university in the world . In 326 BCE , Alexander the Great defeated King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes near Mong , Punjab . The Umayyad empire conquered Punjab in the 8th century CE . Punjab was later invaded by Tamerlane , Babur , and Nader Shah . Punjab reached the height of its splendour during the reign of the Mughal Empire , which for a time ruled from Lahore . Following a successful rebellion , Sikh-led armies claimed Lahore in 1759 . The administration of the Sikh Empire was based out of Lahore , until its defeat by the British . Punjab was central to the independence movements of both India and Pakistan , with Lahore being site of both the Declaration of Indian Independence , and the resolution calling for the establishment of Pakistan . The province was formed when the Punjab province of British India was divided along religious boundaries in 1947 by the Radcliffe Line after Partition . Punjab is Pakistan 's most industrialised province with the industrial sector making up 24 % of the province 's gross domestic product . Punjab is known in Pakistan for its relative prosperity , and has the lowest rate of poverty amongst all Pakistani provinces . A clear divide is present between the northern and southern portions of the province ; with poverty rates in prosperous northern Punjab amongst the lowest in Pakistan , while some in south Punjab are amongst the most impoverished . Punjab is also one of South Asia 's most urbanized regions with approximately 40 % of people living in urban areas . Its human development index rankings are high relative to the rest of Pakistan . Punjab is known in Pakistan for its relatively liberal social attitudes . The province has been strongly influenced by Sufism , with numerous Sufi shrines spread across Punjab which attract millions of devotees annually . The founder of the Sikh faith , Guru Nanak , was born in the Punjab town of Nankana Sahib near Lahore . Punjab is also the site of the Katasraj Temple , which features prominently in Hindu mythology . Several UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in Punjab , including the Shalimar Gardens , the Lahore Fort , the archeological excavations at Taxila , and the Rohtas Fort .",
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"text": "Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh ( -LSB- , উদ্বাস্তু পাকিস্তানী ) are Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants with homelands in present-day India and Pakistan who settled in East Pakistan ( now Bangladesh ) following the partition of India in 1947 . This identification can encompass several groups of people . First among them is `` Bihari Muslims '' . Although most of this population belonged to State of Bihar in India there are many from other Indian states such as U.P. ( United Provinces or later Uttar Pradesh ) . There are still others who had settled in what is now known as Bangladesh in the late 19th century . The second term of reference for this group coined by themselves after creation of Bangladesh is `` Stranded Pakistanis '' . In Urdu media in Pakistan and elsewhere this was translated as `` Mehsooreen '' or the `` Besieged '' . Another common term is `` Non-Bengalis '' , which includes not only the Urdu-speaking but also Punjabis , Pathans and Baloch living in Bangladesh . Henceforth any of the above terms may be used to identify this group depending on the context and history . Biharis were stateless until 2008 when a judgement by the Dhaka High Court gave them right of citizenship . The judgement does not cover refugees who were adults at the time of Bangladesh Liberation War . In March 2015 , Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan said that more than 170,000 Biharis had been repatriated to Pakistan and the remaining ` stranded Pakistanis ' are not its responsibility but rather the responsibility of Bangladesh .",
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"text": "Government of Balochistan, Pakistan Government of Balochistan ( -LSB- ) is based in the largest province of Pakistan in Quetta . The head of the province is the Governor , who is nominated by the President of Pakistan . While the head of the Government of Balochistan is the Chief Minister who is elected by the Balochistan Assembly . The province of Balochistan ( or Baluchistan ) in Pakistan contains most of historical Balochistan and is named after the Baloch . Neighbouring regions are Iranian Balochistan to the west , Afghanistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas , Pakistan to the north and Punjab and Sindh to the east . To the south is the Arabian Sea . The principal languages in the province are Baluchi , Pashto , Brahui , and Persian .",
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"text": "Theatre of Pakistan This article deals with topics pertaining to theatre of Pakistan . Theatre in Pakistan has been developed and influenced by the traditional Persian theatre as well as from classical Indian dance practices of the Mughal Empire . With the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate that began in the 10th and 11th centuries , theatre was discouraged or forbidden entirely . Later , in an attempt to re-assert indigenous values and ideas , village theatre was encouraged across the South Asia , developing in a large number of regional languages from the 15th to the 19th centuries . Modern Urdu theatre developed during the period of colonial rule under the British Empire , from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th . In 1855 , the enactment of the play Inder Sabha ( The Heavenly Court of Indra ) written by Agha Hasan Amanat in the courtyard of the last Nawab of Oudh , Wajid Ali Shah , has been highly regarded as the beginning of Urdu theatre . Pakistan has a growing theatre culture , with English and Urdu theatre being the dominant forms . Today , the major competition with theatre is that represented by growing television industry and the spread of films produced in the Pakistani film industry based in Karachi and Lahore , known as `` Lollywood '' . Lack of finance is another major obstacle .",
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"text": "Indus Valley Desert The Indus Valley Desert is an almost uninhabited desert ecoregion of northern Pakistan .",
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"text": "Husri Husri is a town and union council of Hyderabad District in the Sindh province of Pakistan . It is part of the rural Taluka of Hyderabad and is located at 25 ° 19 ' 0N 68 ° 25 ' 0E and lies to the south-east of the capital Hyderabad . Husri has an important role in Hyderabad 's and Sindhs ' politics . A recent study concluded that this town is known to be 64 years old .",
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"text": "Talpur Talpur ( بلوچ , Sindhi : سنڌي ) is a Sindhi speaking Baloch tribe settled in Sindh Punjab and Balochistan in Pakistan . The Talpur Baloch soon gained power and overthrew the Kalhora after the Battle of Halani . Peace between the two warring tribes was soon established after the Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II issued a Firman in the year 1783 , which designated Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur as the new Nawab of Sindh . This brought an end to the ferocious fighting and the defeat of the ruling Kalhora by the Talpur tribes .",
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"text": "Tehsil A tehsil ( also known as a mandal , taluk , taluq or taluka ) is an administrative division of some countries of South Asia . It is an area of land with a city or town that serves as its administrative centre , with possible additional towns , and usually a number of villages . The terms in India have replaced earlier geographical terms , such as pargana , pergunnah and thannah , used under the Delhi Sultanate and the British Raj . As an entity of local government , the tehsil office ( Panchayat Samiti ) exercises certain fiscal and administrative power over the villages and municipalities within its jurisdiction . It is the ultimate executive agency for land records and related administrative matters . The chief official is called the tahsildar or , less officially , the talukdar or taluka muktiarkar or Tehsildar . Taluk or Tehsil can be said sub districts in Indian ( Bharat ) context . In some instances , Tehsils overlap with `` Blocks '' ( Panchayat union blocks or Panchayat development blocks ) , Tehsil comes under the Land and Revenue department headed by Tehsildar and Blocks come under the Rural development department headed by the Block Development Officer and serve the different government administrative function over the same or similar geographical area . Although they may on occasion share the same area with a subdivision of a revenue divisions , known as revenue blocks , the two are distinct . For example , Raipur district in Chhattisgarh state is administratively divided into 13 tehsils and 15 revenue blocks . Nevertheless , the two are often conflated . Tehsil/tahsil and taluka and their variants are used as English words without further translation . Since these terms are unfamiliar to English speakers outside the subcontinent , the word county has sometimes been provided as a gloss , on the basis that a tehsil , like a county , is an administrative unit hierarchically above the local city , town , or village , but subordinate to a larger state or province . India and Pakistan have an intermediate level of hierarchy ( or more than one , at least in parts of India ) : the district , also sometimes translated as county . In neither case is the analogy very exact .",
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"text": "Banni Grasslands Reserve Banni Grasslands Reserve or Banni grasslands form a belt of arid grassland ecosystem on the outer southern edge of the desert of the marshy salt flats of Rann of Kutch in Kutch District , Gujarat State , India . They are known for rich wildlife and biodiversity and are spread across an area of 3,847 square kilometres . They are currently legally protected under the status as a protected or reserve forest in India . Though declared a protected forest more than half a century ago Gujarat state 's forest department has recently proposed a special plan to restore and manage this ecosystem in the most efficient way . Wildlife Institute of India ( WII ) has identified this grassland reserve as one of the last remaining habitats of the cheetah in India and a possible reintroduction site for the species . The word ` Banni ' comes from Hindi and Sanskrit word ` banai ' , meaning made . The land here was formed from the sediments that were deposited by the Indus and other rivers over thousands of years . Old villagers from this region say that before the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake , the river Indus flowed right through banni and the local farmers reaped a rich harvest of crops like red rice and sindhi chookha etc. , red rice was the staple diet of the people of the region and it was even recommended by medical practitioners as a ` light diet ' for ailing people . However , since the earthquake of 1819 the river Indus changed its course and now flows through Sindh in neighbouring country of Pakistan effectively turning this entire region arid . Banni grassland is peculiar to the Rann of Kutch , it has some forty Sindhi speaking Maldhari ( cattle breeders ) hamlets , home to the Halaypotra , Hingora , Hingorja , Jat and Mutwa tribes . It was first declared a `` protected forest '' in May 1955 , using the nomenclature of the Indian Forest Act , 1927 . Since then , the actual transfer of the land from the Revenue department to the Forest department has not been completed .",
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"text": "Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary Nara Desert Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Mirpurkhas District , Sindh , Pakistan .",
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"text": "Patel Para Patel Para is one of the neighbourhoods of Jamshed Town in Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan . Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947 , there was a substantial population of Patel Hindus , Parsis and Ismailis who lived in the area now known as Patel Para . `` Whenever any Hindu died and had unclaimed property , the Patels would automatically become the custodians of that property . At that time , Patels in that area were in a majority , and thus this area became Patel Para . After the independence of Pakistan , nearly all Hindus migrated to India in 1947 . There are several ethnic groups including Muhajirs , Punjabis , Sindhis , Kashmiris , Seraikis , Pakhtuns , Balochis , Memons , Bohras , Ismailis and Christians .",
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"text": "Siyanch Siyanch ( Sindhi ) is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh , Balochistan and Punjab , Pakistan . The people of the tribe speak Sindhi , Balochi , Punjabi , Saraiki and many other languages . Sainch people live in the interior of Sindh Province , Punjab Province and Balochistan and all over the world . There is also a registered Government Primary School in moza sainch in bolan . Sainch in Moriarty live in sindh jacobabad , larkana , sehwan sharif , sukkur , hyderabad , karachi and different areas of Sindh . and in Balochistan Sibi , Quetta , Bolan And district Naseerabad and different parts .",
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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": "Punjabis The Punjabis ( Punjabi : , ਪ ਜਾਬੀ ) , or Punjabi people , are an ethno-linguistic group associated with the Punjab , who speak Punjabi , an Indo-Aryan language . Punjab literally means the land of five waters ( Persian : panj ( `` five '' ) āb ( `` waters '' ) . The name of the region was introduced by the Greeksas Pentapotamia , which was later translated into Persian by the Turko-Persian conquerors of South Asia and more formally popularised during the Mughal Empire . Punjab is often referred to as the breadbasket in both Pakistan and India . The coalescence of the various tribes , castes and the inhabitants of the Punjab into a broader common `` Punjabi '' identity initiated from the onset of the 18th century CE . Prior to that the sense and perception of a common `` Punjabi '' ethno-cultural identity and community did not exist , even though the majority of the various communities of the Punjab had long shared linguistic , cultural and racial commonalities . Traditionally , Punjabi identity is primarily linguistic , geographical and cultural . Its identity is independent of historical origin or religion , and refers to those who reside in the Punjab region , or associate with its population , and those who consider the Punjabi language their mother tongue . Integration and assimilation are important parts of Punjabi culture , since Punjabi identity is not based solely on tribal connections . More or less all Punjabis share the same cultural background . Historically , the Punjabi people were a heterogeneous group and were subdivided into a number of clans called biradari ( literally meaning `` brotherhood '' ) or tribes , with each person bound to a clan . However , Punjabi identity also included those who did not belong to any of the historical tribes . With the passage of time , tribal structures are coming to an end and are being replaced with a more cohesive and holistic society , as community building and group cohesiveness form the new pillars of Punjabi society .",
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"text": "The Fall (Gorillaz album) The Fall is the fourth studio album from British virtual band Gorillaz . The album was officially announced on 20 December 2010 and soon after released on 25 December 2010 as a `` free '' download on the Gorillaz website , exclusively to fans in the band 's Sub-Division fan club . The album features fewer guest artists than previous Gorillaz albums ; collaborators include Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash and Bobby Womack . The `` Phoner to Arizona '' music video , a compilation of footage and images taken from the tour and the phase was posted on YouTube on 22 December . The album was physically released on 18 April 2011 .",
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"text": "Gary G-Wiz Gary Rinaldo ( born May 3 , 1969 ) , better known by the name Gary G-Wiz , is an American record producer and composer . Most known for being a member of the hip hop production team The Bomb Squad , G-Wiz is a longtime Public Enemy producer and contributed to many albums including : Apocalypse 91 ... The Enemy Strikes Black , Greatest Misses , Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age , Autobiography of Mistachuck , There 's A Poison Goin On , Revolverlution , and How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul ? .",
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"text": "Falling Down (Sub Focus song) `` Falling Down '' is a song by British DJ and record producer Sub Focus , featuring vocals from Boston-born and London-raised singer Kenzie May . Originally previewed through Douwma ' SoundCloud page on 14 December 2011 , it was released as a free digital download on 1 January 2012 through RAM Records and Mercury Records . The song became the first single of Sub Focus ' second studio album Torus . On 15 May 2012 , the single was re-released as an EP through OWSLA alongside remixes from Nick Thayer , xKore and Sub Focus himself . The VIP also features on the deluxe edition of Torus .",
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"text": "Calling Zero Calling Zero is an album by Go Back Snowball , a side project of Robert Pollard with Mac McCaughan , released in 2002 .",
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"text": "Rise & Fall (Justice Crew song) `` Rise & Fall '' is a song recorded by Australian dance-pop group Justice Crew . It was released digitally and physically on 24 October 2014 , as the fifth single from their debut studio album Live by the Words . It was written and produced by Robopop with Emily Laura Katter , Sam Nicolosi and DNA Songs and is a mid-tempo pop track . It debuted at number 11 in Australia .",
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"text": "Swizz Beatz discography The discography of Swizz Beatz , an American hip hop record producer and recording artist , consists of one studio album , one compilation album , one mixtape , thirty-nine singles ( including thirty-one as a featured artist ) , three promotional singles and thirty-three music videos .",
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"text": "Electric Zoo Electric Zoo is an annual electronic music festival held over Labor Day weekend in New York City on Randall 's Island . The festival represents all genres of electronic music , bringing top international DJs and live acts from multiple countries to four stages . In its 2009 inaugural year , 26,000 people attended to see artists Armin van Buuren , Deadmau5 , David Guetta and Ferry Corsten . In 2011 , Electric Zoo expanded to a 3-day festival and with 85,000 attendees . Electric Zoo received International Dance Music Awards nominations in 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , and 2013 for `` Best Music Event '' .",
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"text": "Indie hip-hop Indie hip hop ( short for independent hip hop ) is hip hop that primarily exists in the independent underground music scene . The term underground hip hop may be used to describe both indie hip hop ( which is defined by its artists being unsigned or signed to independent record labels , rather than major record labels ) as well as alternative hip hop ( which is defined by music that diverges from mainstream hip hop music such as Gangsta rap . ) As the term `` indie hip hop '' is indicative of the musicians making the music rather than the music itself , it is not strictly a genre but rather covers a range of styles with clearly discernable hip hop characteristics . Like indie rock artists , many indie hip hop artists place a premium on maintaining complete control of their music and careers , releasing albums on independent record labels ( sometimes their own ) and relying on touring , word-of-mouth , and air play on independent or college radio stations for promotion . Some of its more popular artists , however , may end up moving to major labels , though often on favorable terms won by their prior independent success . Independent hip hop labels include Babygrande Records , Definitive Jux , Nature Sounds Records and Strange Famous Records . Notable indie hip hop artists include 7L & Esoteric , Bronze Nazareth , Chief Kamachi , Lord Jamar , Mr. Lif , Jedi Mind Tricks , OuterSpace , The Perceptionists , WMR Music Group and The Society of Invisibles .",
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"text": "Dreamless Dreamless is the third studio album by American death metal band Fallujah , released on April 29 , 2016 . It was produced by Zack Ohren at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland , California , and Mark Lewis of Audio Hammer Studios . The artwork was made by Peter Mohrbacher .",
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"text": "Berlin Trilogy The Berlin Trilogy consists of three consecutively released studio albums by English singer and songwriter David Bowie : Low ( 1977 ) , `` Heroes '' ( 1977 ) and Lodger ( 1979 ) . The albums were recorded after Bowie took up residence in West Berlin in late 1976 , and saw him experiment with elements of electronic , krautrock , ambient , and world music in collaboration with American producer Tony Visconti and English musician Brian Eno . Bowie began referring to the three albums as a Berlin-centered trilogy during the promotion of Lodger , although `` Heroes '' was the only installment primarily recorded in the city . Each album reached the UK top five . Bowie would later call the music of the trilogy his `` DNA '' . Consequence of Sound characterized the trilogy as an `` art rock trifecta '' , while Rolling Stone wrote that '' ' -LSB- the -RSB- ` Berlin Trilogy ' stands as some of the most innovative music in the artist 's influential canon '' . According to Robert Christgau , `` the true beginnings of illbient and chillout techno '' lay in the `` second side '' of each album .",
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"text": "Falling Out (Peter Bjorn and John album) Falling Out is the second album by Peter Bjorn and John , released on October 4 , 2004 . While no videos were released , three singles were derived from the album ; the promo-only single for Tailormade and full releases for Teen Love and It Beats Me Every Time . The last track on the album , ` Goodbye Again , Or ... ' is of very low quality in all formats , due to the only recording of the song coming from lead singer and guitarist Peter Moren 's mobile phone - added to the album on the last day before mastering . During the tour for his first solo album The Last Tycoon , Moren has performed the song acoustically in an extended form featuring a harmonica solo . Wichita Recordings , responsible for later re-releases of the band 's early work , later re-released this album with bonus tracks taken from the singles derived from the album , in the same manner as their debut work . The bonus tracks on this re-release included the extra tracks from the ` Beats , Traps & Backgrounds ' EP and ` Fortune Favours Only The Brave ' , from the ` Teen Love ' single . The single covers are notable for being composed entirely of text in the same font as that on the monochrome album art , which itself is a homage to The Velvet Underground 's third , self-titled album . The all-text theme carried over into the band 's live shows , with the backdrop printed with the word ` Backdrop ' repeating endlessly over it , and the amplifiers decorated in the same manner .",
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"text": "Pure Mint Recordings Pure Mint Recordings is a British independent record label based in London . The label was established in 2004 by Anthony Hall ( a dual qualified English and New York lawyer and musician ) together with Dashal Beevers , growing out of an earlier incarnation called Mint Source Recordings . In 2003 Mint Source released the critically acclaimed compilation Flowers in the Attic featuring some of Nottingham 's rising stars of deep house , including Crazy Penis , Bent -- with their remix of the Hall & Oates classic `` I Ca n't Go For That '' ( which Bent chose to finish their Big Chill set with in 2004 ) , Zoe Johnston ( who has written and performed with Faithless ) , Oz from The DiY Sound System , Heavy Deviance and Neon Heights amongst others . The label has found supporters worldwide for its eclectic catalogue and has licensed repertoire to Norman Jay ( Giant 45 ) -RSB- , Carl Cox in Australia , Junior Vasquez , Fabric -- Fabric Live 17 ( mixed by AIM ) , Mastercuts ( CUTSCD-58 Mastercuts Chilled ) , Aquasky and others . Releases include T-Total 's version of Brian Eno 's `` Baby 's on Fire '' -- with guest ` featured vocals ' from Soft Cell 's Marc Almond -- and the debut long player `` A Slow Walk Down The Stairs '' from Heavy Deviance , themselves favourites of Chris Coco , Mark Rae , Rob Da Bank , KCRW ( LA ) , -LSB- Laurent Garnier , Bent , Crazy Penis etc. . A Slow Walk Down The Stairs was voted 16th best album of 2005 by M8 Magazine . The label has moved away from its originally exclusive dance release-base to include electropop ( T-Total ft Marc Almond ) , indie folk ( Nigel of Bermondsey ex Gay Dad -- nominated for the XFM 2009 New Music Award ) , rock ( Hungary 's FreshFabrik ) , indie-dance ( Elevator Suite ) , political satire ( Margo Guryan 's 16 Words ) and breaks ( Michael Morph ) , with collaborations and artist releases from Long Range ( Phil Hartnoll from Orbital and Nick Smith -RSB- ) , Yo Majesty , Aquasky , Alex Metric and others . As of November 2009 , the label 's catalogue comprises approximately 25 releases ( singles , 12 inch vinyls and LPs ) On 4 December 2009 Hall resigned from the BPI Rights Committee and the IFPI 's International Legal Committees citing irreconcilable differences over the industry 's approach to file sharing and their support of the draft Digital Economy Bill ( DEB ) going through the UK parliament at the time . He was quoted as saying : I am particularly surprised that the record industry has chosen to endorse s. 17 of the DEB , which I consider is wholly undemocratic and contrary to centuries of good practice regarding the forming of our copyright legislation . I also believe it may set a dangerous precedent going forwards ( and could come back to haunt the industry )",
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"text": "Ex:el ex : el is the third studio album by 808 State , released on 4 March 1991 by ZTT Records . Contrast to the band 's previous works , the album features heavier beats and percussion , `` embracing earlier flirtations with hip-hop and industrial music '' . The album also features the guest vocals of Bernard Sumner of Joy Division and New Order fame , who sings on `` Spanish Heart '' . In addition , Björk sings on `` Qmart '' and `` Ooops '' , and is credited with co-writing the two songs . It is considered to be the first major release to feature the sample from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory of the phrase `` we are the music makers '' , which became one of the most common vocal samples in electronic music . It is also the first pop-oriented electronic-music album to feature guest vocals on a few tracks by important alternative rock artists , another thing that became commonplace on pop-oriented electronic-music albums .",
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"text": "List of German musicians This is a list of German rock , pop , electronic and hip-hop musicians . Achim Reichel Alexander Klaws Andrea Berg Andreas Bourani Andrea Jürgens Aneta Sablik Anna Depenbusch Annette Humpe Anneliese Rothenberger Apparat Azad Bap Beatsteaks Blixa Bargeld Boney M. Brigitte Ahrens Bruno Balz Bushido Cascada Christina Stürmer Christian Lorenz Christoph Koncz Christoph Schneider Cinema Bizarre Claudia Jung Cro Dero Goi Daniel Küblböck Deutsch-Österreichisches Feingefühl Die Fantastischen Vier ( Michael Beck , Thomas Dürr , Michael B. Schmidt , Andreas Rieke ) Die Prinzen Dieter Bohlen Die toten Hosen ( Andreas Frege ) Drafi Deutscher Einstürzende Neubauten Eisbrecher Eko Fresh Extrabreit Farin Urlaub ( Die Ärzte ) Fehlfarben Fettes Brot Fler Franz Josef Degenhardt Frida Gold Frl . Menke FSK Fury in the Slaughterhouse Geier Sturzflug Guano Apes ( Sandra Nasić ) Gunter Gabriel Hans Albers Hanne Haller Hans-Jürgen Buchner , head of Haindling Hannes Wader Heino Heinz Rudolf Kunze Helene Fischer Herbert Dreilich , singer of Karat Herbert Grönemeyer Hildegard Knef Ideal Ilse Werner Jan Delay Jeanette Biedermann Joachim Witt Joy Fleming Juli ( Eva Briegel ) Jürgen Drews Jürgen Marcus Julia Neigel Karat Katja Ebstein Kilians Kira Klaus Lage KMFDM Konstantin Wecker Kool Savas Kraftklub Kraftwerk Kreator Kristina Bach Lale Andersen Lena Meyer-Landrut Lena Valaitis Lucilectric Madsen Margot Eskens Marianne Rosenberg Marius Müller-Westernhagen Mark Medlock Marlene Dietrich Marteria Mary Roos Matthias Reim Max Mutzke Max Raabe MIA . Michael Holm Michelle Milky Chance Mille Petrozza Modeselektor Nena Nicole Nina Hagen Nino de Angelo Oliver Riedel Oomph ! Overground Paul Kalkbrenner Paul Landers Panik Patrick Lindner Paul Kuhn Peter Kraus Peter Maffay Peter Schilling Polarkreis 18 Powerwolf note : also Romanian PUR Rammstein Reinhard Mey Revolverheld Rex Gildo Richard Kruspe Rio Reiser Robin Schulz Roland Kaiser Rosenstolz Roy Black Samy Deluxe Sandra Sarah Connor Schiller Scorpions Scooter ( H. P. Baxxter ) Selig Silbermond Sido Spider Murphy Gang Stefanie Hertel Stefan Raab Stefan Waggershausen Supermans Feinde Thomas Anders Tic Tac Toe Till Lindemann Tim Bendzko Tokio Hotel Trio U96 Unheilig Udo Lindenberg Welle : Erdball Werner Müller Wighnomy Brothers Wir Sind Helden Wolfgang Michels Wolfgang Petry Xavier Naidoo Yvonne Catterfeld Zedd Mustapha Kamel",
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"text": "99 Monkeys 99 Monkeys is a studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Neuwirth . It was released in 1991 by Gold Castle Records . It was produced by Steven Soles and it features guests Katy Moffatt , Billy Swan and Peter Case . It was his first album since 1988 's Back to the Front .",
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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": "Falling from Zero Falling From Zero is the second studio album from Los Angeles rock band Heaven Below . The album was released on March 20 , 2012 via Broken Halo Media .",
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"text": "40 Day Dream/Geez Louise `` 40 Day Dream '' / `` Geez Louise '' is a 7 '' vinyl single released in the UK to succeed the album Up from Below by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros . It appeared on the sixth episode of the third season of Chuck ( entitled `` Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler '' and airing on February 1 , 2010 ) ; Episode 2 of HBO 's Hung ; Jimmy Kimmel Live ! on November 11 , 2010 ; and Conan on December 15 , 2010 . After repeated requests from a fan to play `` 40 Day Dream '' at a show in 2016 in which the band was only performing new album PersonA , Alex Ebert joked , `` It 's like my ` Free Bird . ' I was so full of shit then . ''",
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"text": "The Grey Area (album) The Grey Area is a studio album by American hip hop artist Onry Ozzborn , a member of the Pacific Northwest hip hop collective Oldominion . It was released June 17 , 2003 on One Drop Records . Guest appearances include Sleep , Qwazaar and Luckyiam of Living Legends , among others .",
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"text": "Scream (Ozzy Osbourne album) Scream is the eleventh studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne , released in the United Kingdom on 14 June 2010 and his most recent solo album as of 2016 . The album was recorded at Osbourne 's home studio `` The Bunker '' in Los Angeles , California and produced by himself and Kevin Churko , who had previously worked on Black Rain in 2007 . The album was commercially successful , reaching number 4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and number 12 on the UK Albums Chart . Originally titled Soul Sucka , the album was later changed to Scream . The album is the only one to feature guitarist Gus G , who replaced long-term guitarist Zakk Wylde . The drums on the album were recorded by Kevin Churko , though Tommy Clufetos was credited , as he was touring with the band at the time . Scream is also the first release to feature keyboardist Adam Wakeman , who has worked with Osbourne as a touring musician since 2004 . The lead single released from the album was `` Let Me Hear You Scream '' , which peaked at number 6 on the American Rock Songs chart . A 2-CD , `` Tour Edition '' version of the album was released in the U.S. on 5 October 2010 . This package contains the original album on disc 1 and a second CD with seven bonus songs : `` One More Time '' ( originally an iTunes pre-order exclusive ) , `` Jump the Moon '' ( originally a bonus track on the Japanese release ) , and `` Hand of the Enemy '' ( previously unreleased ) from the Scream sessions , and four additional live tracks recorded during the UK leg of the Scream tour : `` Bark at the Moon '' , `` Let Me Hear You Scream '' , `` No More Tears '' and a live recording of Black Sabbath 's `` Fairies Wear Boots '' . A four-sided vinyl edition , containing the aforementioned studio tracks along with the live version of `` Let Me Hear You Scream '' and the single version of `` Life Wo n't Wait '' , is also available .",
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"text": "Non zero one non zero one ( formed 2009 ) are an artist collective formed of Sarah Butcher , Iván González , Cat Harrison , John Hunter , Fran Miller and Alex Turner . They also work with other artists in association . The collective formed in early 2009 , after meeting one another via their undergraduate studies at Royal Holloway , University of London . The collective make interactive theatre that sometimes uses game mechanics and digital technology ( such as headphones ) in order to put the audience at the centre of the work . They often explore the connections between people - whether it be what it is that makes people a ` team ' , in The Time Out , to the instructions over headphones in Would like to meet , which attempts to ask ` Can you miss someone you 've never met ? ' '' or the `` Ghosts '' of actors past and present in this Is where we got to when you came in .",
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"text": "Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley ( January 8 , 1935 -- August 16 , 1977 ) was an American singer-songwriter and actor . Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century , he is often referred to as the `` King of Rock and Roll '' , or simply `` the King '' . Presley was born in Tupelo , Mississippi , and relocated to Memphis , Tennessee , with his family when he was 13 years old . His music career began there in 1954 , when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records . Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black , Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly , an uptempo , backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues . RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker , who managed the singer for more than two decades . Presley 's first RCA single , `` Heartbreak Hotel '' , was released in January 1956 and became a number-one hit in the United States . He was regarded as the leading figure of rock and roll after a series of successful network television appearances and chart-topping records . His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style , combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines that coincided with the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement , made him enormously popular -- and controversial . In November 1956 , Presley made his film debut in Love Me Tender . In 1958 , he was drafted into military service . He resumed his recording career two years later , producing some of his most commercially successful work before devoting much of the 1960s to making Hollywood films and their accompanying soundtrack albums , most of which were critically derided . In 1968 , following a seven-year break from live performances , he returned to the stage in the acclaimed televised comeback special Elvis , which led to an extended Las Vegas concert residency and a string of highly profitable tours . In 1973 , Presley featured in the first globally broadcast concert via satellite , Aloha from Hawaii . On August 16 , 1977 , he sustained a heart attack in the bathroom of his Graceland estate , and died as a result . His death came in the wake of many years of prescription drug abuse which lead to his poor health and death . Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century . Commercially successful in many genres , including pop , blues and gospel , he is one of the best-selling solo artists in the history of recorded music , with estimated record sales of around 600 million units worldwide . He won three Grammys , also receiving the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36 , and has been inducted into multiple music halls of fame .",
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"text": "Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee Midtown Memphis , Tennessee is a collection of neighborhoods to the east of Downtown . Midtown is home to many cultural attractions , institutions of higher education , and noteworthy pieces of architecture . The district is an anchor in Memphis ' arts scene , including the Playhouse on the Square , the Hattiloo Theater , the Brooks Museum of Art , the Memphis College of Art , and the Levitt Shell . The annual Cooper-Young Arts Festival draws over 120,000 visitors to the district . Midtown also plays host to multiple universities and colleges , including Memphis College of Art , Rhodes College , and Christian Brothers University . Midtown is characterized by vintage residential housing , a blend of independent and chain retailers , and high-rise buildings . Multiple historic districts are located in Midtown , and commercial corridors such as Overton Square and Cooper Street developed before World War II in an urban style . Mixed use areas with housing , religious , commercial and office spaces are common in Midtown . Midtown is known in the Memphis region for its bumper stickers displaying `` Midtown is Memphis '' and `` 38104 , '' referencing the zip code that covers a large portion of the area .",
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"text": "Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean `` Ronnie '' McDowell ( born March 25 , 1950 ) is an American country music artist . He is best known for his 1977 song `` The King Is Gone '' , a tribute to Elvis Presley , who had recently died . From that single onward , McDowell charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard country music charts . Two of his singles -- `` Older Women '' and `` You 're Gon na Ruin My Bad Reputation '' -- reached Number One on the country charts , while eleven more reached Top Ten . He has also released more than twenty studio albums , and has been signed to Curb Records since 1986 .",
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"text": "I'm Leavin' (Elvis Presley song) `` I 'm Leavin ' '' is a 1971 song by Elvis Presley . It was written by Sonny Charles and Michael Jarrett . The song was originally released in 1971 as a single , with `` Heart of Rome '' ( from the album Love Letters from Elvis ) on the B-side . In the United States `` I 'm Leavin ' '' reached number 36 on Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 21 , 1971 . In the UK Singles Chart , it reached number 23 for the week of October 2 , 1971 . Later `` I 'm Leavin ' '' was included in the 1980 box set Elvis Aron Presley ( on the record 8 titled `` Lost Singles '' ) .",
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"text": "Elvis (1973 album) Elvis is a 1973 album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley . It sold over 1 million copies worldwide despite being released soon after the much more successful Aloha from Hawaii album . It is sometimes called The Fool album after one of the songs included in it , to differentiate it from the 1956 album of the same title . `` Fool '' was issued as a single and reached number 15 in the UK , backed by a live version of `` Steamroller Blues '' . `` Fool '' and `` Where Do I Go From Here '' were recorded in March 1972 . `` It 's Impossible '' is a live recording from the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas from February 1972 . Tracks 3 , 4 , 6 -- 10 were leftovers from the March and May 1971 recording sessions at RCA 's Studio B in Nashville . Three songs feature Presley on piano : `` It 's Still Here '' , `` I 'll Take You Home Again , Kathleen '' and `` I Will Be True '' . These three selections were all released together for a second time as part of the 1980 boxed set , Elvis Aron Presley . The song `` Fool '' was also released in this collection . Four other songs in this album were also reissued in other albums : `` It 's Impossible '' ( Pure Gold , 1975 ) , `` Padre '' ( He Walks Beside Me , 1978 ) , '' ( That 's What You Get ) For Lovin ' Me '' ( A Canadian Tribute , 1978 ) and `` Do n't Think Twice , It 's All Right '' ( Our Memories Of Elvis Volume 2 , 1979 ) .",
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"text": "Sun Studio Sun Studio is a recording studio opened by rock-and-roll pioneer Sam Phillips at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis , Tennessee , on January 3 , 1950 . It was originally called Memphis Recording Service , sharing the same building with the Sun Records label business . Reputedly the first rock and roll single , Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ' `` Rocket 88 '' was recorded there in 1951 with song composer Ike Turner on keyboards , leading the studio to claim status as the birthplace of rock & roll . Blues and R&B artists like Howlin ' Wolf , Junior Parker , Little Milton , B.B. King , James Cotton , Rufus Thomas , and Rosco Gordon recorded there in the early 1950s . Rock and roll , country music , and rockabilly artists , including Johnny Cash , Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins , Roy Orbison , Charlie Feathers , Ray Harris , Warren Smith , Charlie Rich , and Jerry Lee Lewis , recorded there throughout the mid-to-late 1950s until the studio outgrew its Union Avenue location . Sam Phillips opened the larger Sam C. Phillips Recording Studio , better known as Phillips Recording , in 1959 to replace the older facility . Since Phillips had invested in the Holiday Inn Hotel chain earlier , he also recorded artists starting in 1963 on the label Holiday Inn Records for Kemmons Wilson . In 1957 , Bill Justis recorded his Grammy Hall of Fame song `` Raunchy '' for Sam Phillips and worked as a musical director at Sun Records . In 1969 , Sam Phillips sold the label to Shelby Singleton , and there was no recording-related or label-related activity again in the building until the September 1985 Class of '55 recording sessions with Carl Perkins , Roy Orbison , Jerry Lee Lewis , and Johnny Cash , produced by Chips Moman . In 1987 , the original building housing the Sun Records label and Memphis Recording Service was reopened by Gary Hardy as `` Sun Studio , '' a recording label and tourist attraction that has attracted many notable artists , such as U2 , Def Leppard , Bonnie Raitt , and Ringo Starr . In 2005 , Brian Setzer ( of Stray Cats fame ) released his Rockabilly Riot Vol . 1 : A Tribute To Sun Records album . Although not recorded at Sun it did feature various Sun Records recordings including some hits and other more obscure songs . In 2007 , Canadian rockabilly band the Kingmakers recorded a selection of originals and classics such as Elvis Presley 's `` That 's All Right '' at Sun Studio , released as their first CD `` Live at SUN Studio '' . In May 2009 , Canadian blues artist JW-Jones recorded with blues legend Hubert Sumlin , Larry Taylor and Richard Innes for his 2010 release at the studio . In July 2009 , John Mellencamp recorded nine songs for his album No Better Than This at the studio . In 2011 , Chris Isaak released `` Beyond the Sun , '' a collection of songs recorded at Sun Studio , most of which are cover versions of songs originally released on Sun Records .",
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"text": "Natchez Trace The Natchez Trace , also known as the `` Old Natchez Trace '' , is a historic forest trail within the United States which extends roughly 440 mi from Natchez , Mississippi , to Nashville , Tennessee , linking the Cumberland , Tennessee , and Mississippi Rivers . The trail was created and used for centuries by Native Americans , and was later used by early European and American explorers , traders , and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries . Today , the path is commemorated by the 444 mi Natchez Trace Parkway and Bridge , which follow the approximate path of the Trace , as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail . Parts of the original trail are still accessible and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .",
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"text": "So Doggone Lonesome `` So Doggone Lonesome '' is a song written by country singer Johnny Cash . He and his band ( The Tennessee Two ) recorded the song in a studio session at Sun Records studios at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis , Tennessee ; the session took place on July 30 , 1955 , when the trio also recorded `` Luther Played The Boogie '' ( a homage to the group 's lead guitarist , Luther Perkins ) and `` Mean Eyed Cat '' , the latter of which Cash reprised on his Unchained album for Rick Rubin 's American Recordings . Cash was a great admirer of Ernest Tubb , and wrote `` So Doggone Lonesome '' with him in mind . Many of Cash 's self-penned recordings were written with a certain artist in mind , including `` Get Rhythm '' , originally written for Elvis Presley . Legend has it that Tubb heard `` So Doggone Lonesome '' on the radio , which inspired him to record his own version of the song . It is certainly a fact that Tubb did record `` So Doggone Lonesome '' and performed it on the Grand Ole Opry , but the real inspiration for his decision to do so is unclear . Additionally , Cash is reported to have said he only believed he had truly `` made it '' as an artist when he heard Tubb singing one of his songs .",
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"text": "Him (play) Him is a 1995 play written by actor Christopher Walken , who also took the lead role and which debuted in the New York Shakespeare Festival . It revolved around the afterlife of Elvis Presley , the singer who , as the author himself turned 15 , became his first idol . The play , Walken 's first venture into playwriting , adopts a surreal tone , and is replete with references to aspects of Presley 's life , as well as to other pieces of theatre , including Hamlet and those of Tennessee Williams . While it enjoyed some positive comments , it was largely panned by the critics .",
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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": "Girl Happy Girl Happy is a 1965 American musical romantic comedy and beach party film starring Elvis Presley in his 18th feature . The movie won a fourth place prize Laurel Award in the category Top Musical of 1965 . It featured the song `` Puppet on a String '' , which reached # 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 , # 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart and in Canada , and was certified Gold by the RIAA .",
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"text": "From Elvis in Memphis From Elvis in Memphis is the fifteenth studio album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley , released on RCA Records . It was recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis in January and February 1969 under the direction of producer Chips Moman and backed by its house band , informally known as `` The Memphis Boys '' . Following the success of Presley 's 1968 Christmas television special and its soundtrack , the album marked Presley 's return to non-soundtrack albums after the completion of his film contract with Paramount Pictures . Presley 's entourage convinced him to leave the RCA studios and record this album at American Sound , a new Memphis studio at the peak of a hit-producing streak . The reason for going to Moman 's studio was for the soul sound of the house band , ` the Memphis Boys ' . The predominance of country songs among those recorded in these sessions gives them the feel of the `` country soul '' style . This impression is emphasized by the frequent use of the dobro in the arrangements . In any case , the Memphis Boys have a solidly southern soul sound . From Elvis in Memphis was released in June 1969 to favorable reviews . The album peaked at number 13 on the Billboard 200 , number two on the country charts and number one in the United Kingdom , and its single `` In the Ghetto '' reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 . The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1970 . In later years , it garnered further favorable reviews , while it was ranked number 190 on Rolling Stone magazine 's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time .",
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"text": "Memphis (album) Memphis is an album recorded by Roy Orbison for MGM Records . The album was released in November 1972 .",
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"text": "One-sided Love Affair `` One Sided Love Affair '' ( or `` One-sided Love Affair '' ) is a song by Elvis Presley from his 1956 debut album Elvis Presley . Later , in August in the same year ( 1956 ) it was also released as a single , with `` Money Honey '' on the flip side .",
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"text": "Herschel Lynn Greer Herschel Lynn Greer ( 1906 -- March 19 , 1976 ) was a prominent businessman and the first president of Vols , Inc. , an ownership group organized in 1959 for the purpose of keeping the Nashville Vols minor league baseball franchise in Nashville , Tennessee . Greer worked in the financial sector , co-organizing Guaranty Mortgage Company in 1940 . He served as its President and Chairman of the Board until 1969 . In January 1959 , Greer and thirteen other Nashville businessmen , including country music star Eddy Arnold , formed Vols , Inc. . The company sold 4,876 shares of stock at $ 5 each . Vols , Inc. was successful in keeping the Nashville Vols in the city from 1959 to 1961 . The Southern Association , of which the Vols were members , collapsed in 1961 , and as a result the team did not play in 1962 . In 1963 , the Vols played one final season in the South Atlantic League . The team had a debt of $ 22,000 that could not be paid , forcing the ownership group to surrender their franchise to the league . This was the last year that professional baseball was played at Sulphur Dell ballpark , the home of the Vols , before it was demolished in 1969 . Greer died in 1976 . Two years later , in 1978 , Larry Schmittou brought the Nashville Sounds , an expansion team of the Double-A Southern League , to Nashville . The Greer family donated $ 25,000 for construction of the team 's new stadium . The ballpark was named `` Herschel Greer Stadium '' in his honor . Greer Stadium served as the home of the Sounds from 1978 through 2014 , after which they left the stadium for a new ballpark , First Tennessee Park , built on the same site as Sulphur Dell .",
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"text": "The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee) The Hermitage is a historical plantation and museum located in Davidson County , Tennessee , United States , 10 mi east of downtown Nashville . The plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson , the seventh President of the United States , from 1804 until his death at the Hermitage in 1845 . Jackson only lived at the property occasionally until he retired from public life in 1837 . Enslaved men and women , numbering nine at the plantation 's purchase in 1804 and 110 at Jackson 's death , worked at the Hermitage , principally involved in growing cotton , its major cash crop . It is a National Historic Landmark .",
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"text": "Westmoreland, Tennessee Westmoreland is a town in Sumner County , Tennessee . The population was 2,093 at the 2000 census and 2,206 at the 2010 census . The town name originates from the historic English county Westmorland , now part of Cumbria .",
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"text": "If the South Woulda Won `` If the South Woulda Won '' is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr. . It was released in July 1988 as the first single from the album Wild Streak . The song reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart . Lyrically , the song is about what Williams , Jr. would have done as President of the southern States had the South won the Civil War . He mentions all the states from the Confederacy as well as Kentucky ( though it was not among the states which seceded ) and includes how he would put his father on $ 100 bills and make Elvis Presley 's death a national holiday . `` If the South Woulda Won '' samples the folk anthem , `` Dixie '' in the refrain . At that juncture , Williams considers running for president of the southern states .",
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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": "The Fabulous Johnny Cash The Fabulous Johnny Cash is the third studio album by American country singer , Johnny Cash . It was released on November 3 , 1958 by Columbia Records , long after Cash 's departure from Sun Records , and was re-issued in 2002 by Sony Music 's Legacy imprint . The re-issue contains six bonus tracks and unedited versions of the songs . Legacy Records reissued the album in 180 gram vinyl for Record Store Day in November 23 , 2012 . The album features five tracks written by Cash and backing vocal performances by The Jordanaires ( who at this time were also regulars on Elvis Presley 's recording sessions for RCA Records ) . Overall , even though the album is only 29 minutes in length , it is considered one of Cash 's most cohesive pieces . This is largely because his sessions with Columbia were completed over a two-month period . That is greatly reduced when compared to the year by year sessions by Sun Records . The Fabulous Johnny Cash was a successful debut on Columbia for Cash as it sold over half a million copies during its initial release . The album was recorded simultaneously with Hymns by Johnny Cash , released in 1959 .",
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"text": "Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1960 Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits : 1960 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988 , featuring ten hit recordings from 1960 . One song included on this disc , The Twist by Chubby Checker , is not an original Cameo/Parkway recording but a late 60 's re-recording . The reason was because Cameo/Parkway 's collection of songs was not able to be licensed for release on CD at that time . Rhino , therefore could not include the original recording . It is a rare instance that Rhino would substitute an original recording for a newer recording . Two versions of this volume in the `` Billboard Top Hits '' series were released . The original version was released in 1988 and included two appearances by Elvis Presley : `` It 's Now or Never '' and `` Stuck on You . '' In 1993 , the album was re-released and replaced the two Elvis songs with Joe Jones ' `` You Talk Too Much '' and Brenda Lee 's `` Sweet Nothin 's . '' The track lineup on the original 1988 release includes eight songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart . The substitution of the Elvis Presley tracks on the re-release brings that number down to six . On both releases , all tracks reached the Hot 100 's Top 10 .",
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"text": "Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. ( May 27 , 1911January 13 , 1978 ) was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965 to 1969 . Humphrey twice served in the United States Senate , representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978 . He was the nominee of the Democratic Party in the 1968 presidential election , losing to the Republican nominee Richard M. Nixon . Born in Wallace , South Dakota in 1911 , Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota before earning his pharmacist license from the Capitol College of Pharmacy in 1931 . He helped run his father 's pharmacy until 1937 when he returned to academia , graduating with a master 's degree from Louisiana State University in 1940 , where he was a political science instructor . He returned to Minnesota during World War II and became a supervisor for the Works Progress Administration . He was then appointed state director of the Minnesota war service program before becoming the assistant director of the War Manpower Commission . In 1943 , Humphrey became a professor of Political Science at Macalester College and ran a failed campaign for mayor of Minneapolis . Humphrey helped found the Minnesota Democratic -- Farmer -- Labor Party ( DFL ) in 1944 , and in 1945 , became the DFL candidate for mayor of Minneapolis for a second time , winning with 61 % of the vote . Humphrey served as mayor from 1945 to 1948 , he was reelected and became the co-founder of the liberal anti-communist group Americans for Democratic Action in 1947 . Humphrey was elected to the Senate in 1948 , the year his proposal of ending racial segregation was included in the party platform at the Democratic National Convention , where he gave one of his most notable speeches on the convention floor , suggesting the Democratic Party `` walk into the sunshine of human rights . '' He served three terms in the Senate from 1949 to 1964 and was the Democratic Majority Whip from 1961 to 1964 . During his tenure , Humphrey was the lead author of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , introduced the first initiative to create the Peace Corps , sponsored the clause of the McCarran Act to threaten concentration camps for ` subversives ' , proposed making Communist Party membership a felony and chaired the Select Committee on Disarmament . Humphrey ran for two failed Presidential campaigns in the 1952 and 1960 Democratic primaries . After Lyndon B. Johnson inherited the presidency after John F. Kennedy 's assassination in November 1963 , he chose Humphrey to be his running mate in 1964 against Republican Barry Goldwater and the Democratic ticket was elected in a landslide in 1964 . After Johnson made the surprise announcement that he would not seek reelection in March 1968 , Humphrey launched his campaign for the presidency the following month . Humphrey 's main Democratic challengers were anti-Vietnam War Senators Eugene McCarthy and Robert F. Kennedy . Humphrey , who was loyal to the Johnson administration 's policies on the Vietnam War as Vice President , saw opposition from many within his own party and avoided the primaries to focus on receiving the delegates of non-primary states at the Democratic Convention . Humphrey 's delegate strategy succeeded in clinching the nomination , choosing Senator Edmund Muskie as his running mate . With the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and the assassination of Robert Kennedy that year , and heightened opposition to the Vietnam War , the convention saw major protests which later proved costly to Humphrey 's campaign . On November 5 , 1968 , Humphrey lost to former Vice President Richard Nixon in the general election . Humphrey then returned to teaching in Minnesota before returning to the Senate in 1971 . He became the first Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate and served until his death in 1978 . Humphrey died of bladder cancer at his home in Waverly , Minnesota , and is buried at the Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis . He was succeeded by his wife of 41 years Muriel Humphrey as interim Senator for Minnesota .",
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"text": "Powers of the President of the United States The President of the United States has numerous powers , including those explicitly granted by Article II of the United States Constitution . The Constitution explicitly assigned the president the power to sign or veto legislation , command the armed forces , ask for the written opinion of their Cabinet , convene or adjourn Congress , grant reprieves and pardons , and receive ambassadors . The president may make treaties which need to be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate . The president may also appoint Article III judges and some officers with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate . In the condition of a Senate recess , the president may make a temporary appointment .",
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"text": "Richard Crawford White Richard Crawford White ( April 29 , 1923 -- February 18 , 1998 ) was a Democratic politician from El Paso , Texas , who served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1955 to 1959 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1983 . Born in El Paso , Texas , White graduated from Dudley Primary School , El Paso High School , and the Citizens ' Military Training Camp at San Antonio , Texas . Subsequently , from 1940 to 1942 , he attended the University of Texas at El Paso , then known as Texas Western College . After his second year of college , White began his World War II service from 1942 to 1945 in the United States Marine Corps as a rifleman and Japanese-English interpreter in the Pacific Theater . As a result of injuries suffered , he was awarded the Purple Heart . Returning to Texas after the war , White received his bachelor 's degree in 1946 from the University of Texas at Austin and his J.D. in 1949 from the University of Texas School of Law . He was admitted to the Texas state bar in 1949 and returned to El Paso to begin his legal career . He served two-year terms in the Texas House of Representatives , having been elected in 1954 and 1956 . He was the El Paso County Democratic chairman from 1963 to 1965 . He was elected to the historic Eighty-ninth Congress as part of the national 1964 Democratic surge linked to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson 's crushing defeat of Republican U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona . White , who received more votes than Johnson did in the 16th District , played his part by unseating freshman Republican Ed Foreman of Odessa in the 16th Congressional District . During his first term , White represented a monstrous district stretching from El Paso all the way to the Permian Basin -- an area of over 42,000 square miles . However , after Texas ' congressional map was thrown out in Wesberry v. Sanders , his district was cut down to El Paso and a few inner-ring suburbs . He was reelected eight times from this district with almost no difficulty . As a U.S. representative , White developed a reputation as a moderate Democrat . He also chaired the Democratic Research Organization , a group within the party that distributed information from the leadership relevant to pending votes . Having Fort Bliss in the 16th Congressional District made White a natural choice for his place on the House Armed Services Committee . There he chaired the Military Personnel Subcommittee and was also instrumental in reorganization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . He also served for a while on the Interior , Post Office & Civil Service , and Science & Technology committees . Choosing not to run again in 1982 , White returned to his hometown of El Paso to resume his law practice . White was married twice . His first marriage in 1949 to Katherine Huffman produced three sons , Rodrick , Richard , and Raymond . After her death in 1972 , White married the former Kathleen Fitzgerald in 1973 . The second marriage produced one daughter , Bonnie , two sons , Sean and Brian , and one step-son , Kenneth . White died on February 18 , 1998 . His ashes are interred at Arlington National Cemetery , in Arlington , Virginia , near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier , in area 7A .",
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"text": "John McWilliams Ford John McWilliams Ford ( February 18 , 1880 -- July 1 , 1965 ) was the longest-serving elected public official in Shreveport , Louisiana . Though he served as mayor only from 1918 to 1922 , it was his tenure as finance commissioner that is most remembered for longevity -- from 1930 until his death thirty-five years later . The finance commissioner was established under the previous city commission government , which was replaced with the 1978 elections by the mayor-council form of municipal government . Ford 's first elective office was as city alderman in 1908 . He was also a member of the Caddo Parish Police Jury , the parish governing body now known as the Caddo Parish Commission . A Democrat , he served in the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1916 , until he stepped down in 1918 to become mayor after the death of S. A. Dickson , MD Robert Hodges Ward had followed Dickson , and then Ford was elected to a single four-year term from 1918 -- 1922 . Ford then spent eight years in the private sector before returning to City Hall as finance commissioner , a position which he handily retained in the elections of 1930 , 1934 , 1938 , 1942 , 1946 , 1950 , 1954 , 1958 , and 1962 . Dwight L. Saur , a Certified Public Accountant succeeded Ford as finance commissioner in 1966 . Saur himself died in office in 1971 , and the position then went to its last occupant and only Republican , George A. Burton , Jr. . The new city charter superseded the finance commissioner 's post . Among Ford 's many council colleagues over the years were later Governor Jimmie Davis , who was from 1938 to 1942 the commissioner of public safety , a post later held by J. Earl Downs and George W. D'Artois , who stepped down amid a scandal in 1976 . H. Lane Mitchell , the public works commissioner from 1934 to 1968 , left office enveloped in what developed as a scandal of his own . Ford served too with Mayor Clyde Fant from 1946 to 1954 and again from 1958 to 1965 . For his last three years as commissioner , another Ford colleague was later Mayor Calhoun Allen , then the public utilities commissioner .",
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"text": "Dean Dozen The `` Dean Dozen '' in American politics , was the collective term for six groups of 12 candidates endorsed by Democracy for America , the political action committee led by former Vermont governor and presidential candidate Howard Dean , in the 2004 elections . Those chosen to be in the Dean Dozens were Democrats . Governor Dean called the Dean Dozen `` the progressive movement 's best chance at taking back Congress . '' Candidates Selected received significant promotion by progressive groups through emails , fundraisers , and speeches . Democracy for America also fundraisers for the candidates directly , using their membership of over a million citizens to seek contributions for candidates directly They came from across the U.S. and ran for widely varying positions , from county sheriff to U.S. Senator . No incumbents were chosen , and members of Dean Dozens also tended to target key districts . Candidates in bold won . In the 2012 elections Governor Dean selected a new Dean Dozen to receive the endorsement of DFA .",
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"text": "United States House of Representatives elections, 1934 The 1934 United States House of Representatives elections were held in the middle of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's first term . The Democratic Party continued its progress , gaining another 9 net seats from the opposition Republican Party , who also lost seats to the Progressive Party . The Republicans were reduced below one-fourth of the chamber for the first time since the creation of the party . The Wisconsin Progressive Party , a liberal group which allied with the Democrats , also became a force in Wisconsin politics . The 1934 elections can be seen as a referendum on New Deal policies . While conservatives and people among the middle class who did not bear the brunt of the depression saw New Deal programs as radical , ordinary people overwhelmingly voted in this election cycle to continue implementation of Roosevelt 's agenda . In addition , this was the first time in modern history that the President 's party gained seats in a midterm year when historically the President 's party usually loses seats . ( This would n't happen again until 1998 and 2002 . )",
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"text": "Ronald Humphrey Ronald Humphrey was a United States Information Agency ( USIA ) official who was convicted of spying for North Vietnam . He and co-conspirator David Truong ( born Truong Dinh Hung ) , the son of a South Vietnamese politician Truong Nhu Tang , were arrested in 1977 and charged with conspiracy , espionage , theft of classified information and failing to register as foreign agents . They were convicted of spying for the North Vietnamese and both given a 15-year prison sentence . Truong was a South Vietnamese expatriate living in the United States and who as active in the anti-Vietnam War movement . His father had run against Nguyen Van Thieu on a peace platform and was a member of the anti-Thieu Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam . Supplied with information by Humphrey , Truong passed on diplomatic cables and classified information to North Vietnam and the successor Socialist Republic of Vietnam government . The intermediary was the wife of a naval attache , Yung Krall , codenamed `` Agent Keyseat '' , who was a double agent for the U.S. intelligence services . Some of the documents were used by the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong negotiators at the Paris Peace Conference . It is the only case of military espionage to come out of the Vietnam War .",
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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": "Oklahoma Senate The Oklahoma Senate is the upper house of the two houses of the Legislature of Oklahoma , the other being the Oklahoma House of Representatives . The total number of senators is set at 48 by the Oklahoma Constitution . Senators approve or reject gubernatorial appointments , and contribute to the creation of both state law and an annual state budget . Every ten years , they aid in drawing new boundaries for Oklahoma 's electoral districts . The Oklahoma Senate also serves as a court of impeachment . The presiding officer of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma , who is the President of the Senate . Since the 1960s , the President Pro Tempore of the Senate has presided over daily work . Prior to that time , the President of the Senate took a leading role in the Senate , including appointing committees and members to those committees . The President of the Senate may cast a vote only in the instance of a tie vote and may not vote to create a tie .",
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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": "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": "Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy On June 5 , 1968 , presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles , shortly after winning the California presidential primaries in the 1968 election , and died the next day while hospitalized . After winning the California and South Dakota primary elections for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States , Kennedy was fatally shot while exiting through the hotel kitchen immediately after leaving the podium in the Ambassador Hotel and died in the Good Samaritan Hospital twenty-six hours later . Sirhan Sirhan , a 24-year-old Palestinian/Jordanian immigrant , was convicted of Kennedy 's murder and sentenced to death in 1969 , although his sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1972 . On November 22 , 2013 , Sirhan was transferred from Corcoran to the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County . The shooting was recorded on audio tape by a freelance newspaper reporter , and the aftermath was captured on film . Kennedy 's body lay in repose at St. Patrick 's Cathedral in New York for two days before a funeral Mass was held on June 8 . His body was interred near his brother John at Arlington National Cemetery . His death prompted the protection of presidential candidates by the United States Secret Service . Hubert Humphrey later went on to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency , but ultimately lost the election to Republican Richard Nixon . As with his brother John 's death , Kennedy 's assassination and the circumstances surrounding it have spawned a variety of conspiracy theories . Kennedy and Huey Long ( in 1935 ) are the only two sitting United States Senators to be assassinated .",
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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": "United States presidential election in Utah, 1964 The 1964 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 3 , 1964 , as part of the 1964 United States presidential election . Utah voters chose four representatives , or electors , to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President . Utah was won by incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson ( D -- Texas ) , with 54.86 % of the popular vote , against Senator Barry Goldwater ( R -- Arizona ) , with 45.14 % of the popular vote .",
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"text": "United States presidential election, 1836 The United States presidential election of 1836 was the 13th quadrennial presidential election , held from Thursday , November 3 , to Wednesday , December 7 , 1836 . As the third consecutive election victory for the Democratic Party , it ushered incumbent Vice President Martin Van Buren into the White House with 170 electoral votes to 124 electoral votes for William Henry Harrison and other Whigs . The popular vote was closer ; Martin Van Buren attracted 764,000 votes to the 738,000 won by the various Whig candidates . The election of 1836 is principally remembered for three distinctive circumstances : The Whig Party ran four candidates in different parts of the country in hopes that each would be popular enough to defeat Democrat Martin Van Buren in their respective region . The strategy failed , but had three of the four received more electoral votes then Van Buren , it would have been left to the House of Representatives to decide between the competing Whig candidates . Richard Mentor Johnson became the first ( and to date only ) Vice President elected by the United States Senate . Although pledged to Van Buren and Johnson ( his running mate ) , Virginia 's 23 electors refused to vote for Johnson , which left him one electoral vote short of the 148-vote majority required to be elected . As such , it was left to the Senate to decide between the top two vote recipient recipients , Johnson and Francis Granger . Johnson was elected on the first ballot 33 to 16 . This was the last election until the 1988 election ( of George H. W. Bush ) in which the incumbent Vice President was elected to succeed the president under whom he served . The election of 1836 also marked an important turning point in American political history because of the part it played in establishing the Second Party System . In the 1830s the political party structure was still changing , rapidly , the Democratic Party was organized , but factional and personal leaders still played a major role in politics . By the end of the campaign of 1836 , the new party system was almost complete , as nearly every faction had been absorbed by either the Democrats or the Whigs .",
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"docid": "88eb9eac283afd5d04e26066874e042a",
"text": "William Smith (South Carolina senator) William Smith ( 1762June 26 , 1840 ) was chosen as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate representing South Carolina in 1816 . The legislature declined to re-elect him when his term expired in 1823 . He was narrowly chosen senator in 1826 and was again replaced in 1831 . Smith was one of the first Southerners to argue , at the time of the Missouri Compromise in 1820 , that slavery was a positive good ; nevertheless , he opposed John C. Calhoun 's doctrine and tactic of nullification . In 1828 , seven electors from Georgia chose him for vice president , instead of Calhoun , the Democratic nominee . He was also a splinter candidate for vice president in 1836 : Virginia refused to accept Richard Mentor Johnson as the Democratic vice presidential candidate , and voted for the ticket of Martin Van Buren and William Smith , putting Johnson two electoral votes short of a majority ; the Senate chose Johnson . In 1832 , he moved to Louisiana , having lost his political base in South Carolina . In 1836 , he moved on to Huntsville , Alabama , and was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives for Madison County from August 1 , 1836 , holding that seat for the rest of his life . On March 3 , 1837 , outgoing President Andrew Jackson nominated Smith to the Supreme Court . The Senate confirmed Smith 's nomination by a vote of 23 -- 18 ; nevertheless , Smith declined to serve .",
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"text": "Nevada Senate The Nevada Senate is the upper house of the Nevada Legislature , the state legislature of U.S. state of Nevada . The Senate currently ( 2012-2021 ) consists of 21 members from single-member districts . In the previous redistricting ( 2002-2011 ) there were 19 districts , two of which were multimember . Since 2012 , there have been 21 districts , each formed by combining two neighboring Assembly districts . Each senator represented approximately 128,598 as of the 2010 census . Article Four of The Nevada Constitution sets that Senators serve staggered four-year terms . In addition , the size of the Senate is set to be no less than one-third and no greater than one-half of the size of the Assembly . Term limits , limiting senators to three 4-year terms ( 12 years ) , took effect in 2010 . Because of the change in Constitution , seven senators were termed out in 2010 , four were termed out in 2012 , and one is to be termed out in 2014 . The Senate met at the Nevada State Capitol in Carson City until 1971 , when a separate Legislative Building was constructed south of the Capitol . The Legislative Building was expanded in 1997 to its current appearance to accommodate the growing Legislature .",
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"text": "Resignation from the United States Senate A member of the United States Senate can resign by writing a letter of resignation to the governor of the state that the senator represents . Whenever a senator needs to be appointed or elected , the Secretary of the Senate mails one of three forms to the state 's governor to inform them of the proper wording to certify the appointment of a new Senator . The first resignation from the Senate was that of William Paterson of New Jersey on November 13 , 1790 , who resigned in order to accept the office of Governor of New Jersey . His resignation was only the third time a person ceased to hold a seat in the Senate , which had first convened during the preceding year , 1789 . The earlier ones resulted from the death of Senator William Grayson of Virginia , and the expiration of the term of the temporary senator John Walker of Virginia , who was appointed by the Governor of Virginia to hold that office until a successor could be elected in November . Before 1796 , eight senators resigned . Nine senators resigned during that year -- a record high number that stands to this day . Most resignations have been motivated either by declining health or a decision to accept another office . Sixteen persons have resigned from the Senate twice and two have resigned three times .",
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"text": "Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection, 1968 This article lists those who were potential candidates for the Republican nomination for Vice President of the United States in the 1968 election . After winning the Republican presidential nomination at the 1968 Republican National Convention , former Vice President Richard Nixon convened a series of meetings with close advisers and party leaders such as Strom Thurmond in order to choose his running mate . Nixon ultimately asked the convention to nominate Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew as his running mate . By a large margin , Agnew won the vice presidential nomination on the first ballot over Michigan Governor George W. Romney , who was supported by a faction of liberal Republicans . Nixon chose Agnew because he wanted a centrist who was broadly acceptable to the party , had experience with domestic issues , and appealed to Southern voters ( to counter the third party candidacy of former Alabama Governor George Wallace ) . The Nixon-Agnew ticket defeated the Humphrey-Muskie ticket , and also won re-election in 1972 , defeating the McGovern-Shriver ticket . However , Agnew was forced to resign as Vice President in 1973 due to a controversy regarding his personal taxes .",
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"text": "Whitmell P. Martin Whitmell Pugh Martin ( August 12 , 1867 -- April 6 , 1929 ) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana . Although he later served most of his congressional career as a Democrat , Martin was first elected as a `` Bull Moose '' Progressive in 1914 . He is the only individual ever to represent Louisiana in Congress as a member of that party . Born near Napoleonville , Assumption Parish , Louisiana , to Robert Campbell Martin and Margerite Chism ( Littlejohn ) Martin , Whitmell attended the public schools and was privately tutored . He graduated from the Louisiana State University in 1888 . He was a professor of chemistry at Kentucky Military Institute in 1889 and 1890 . He worked as a chemist for Imperial Sugar at Sugar Land , Texas , in 1890 and 1891 . Martin studied law at the University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia , in 1891 and 1892 . He was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in Napoleonville , Louisiana . He moved to Thibodaux , Louisiana , the same year and continued the practice of law . From 1894 to 1900 , he was superintendent of schools for Lafourche Parish , Louisiana . On April 14 , 1896 he married Amy Williamson . He served as district attorney for the 20th judicial district of Louisiana from 1900 to 1906 and judge of the same district from 1906 to 1914 . Elected in 1914 as a `` Bull Moose '' Progressive to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses , Martin was the last non-Democrat to represent Louisiana in Congress prior to the election of Republican David C. Treen , also from Louisiana 's 3rd congressional district , in 1972 . Martin was the only individual to represent Louisiana in Congress during the 20th century without being a member of either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party . In 1916 he narrowly won re-election against Sheriff Wade O. Martin , Sr. by 99 votes , less than a percent separating the two lead candidates . In 1918 , he sought re-election as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth Congress , and continued as a Democrat through the ensuing five congressional elections , all of them uncontested . Martin thus served in Congress from March 4 , 1915 until his death in Washington , D.C. , on April 6 , 1929 . He was a delegate , representing his congressional district , to the 1920 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco . Martin was an Episcopalian as well as a Freemason . Martin was interred in St. John 's Episcopal Cemetery , Thibodaux , Louisiana .",
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"text": "33rd United States Congress The Thirty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government , consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives . It met in Washington , D.C. from March 4 , 1853 , to March 4 , 1855 , during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Franklin Pierce . During this session , the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed , an act that soon led to the creation of the Republican Party . The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850 . Both chambers had a Democratic majority .",
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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": "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": "Erekle I, Prince of Mukhrani Erekle I ( ერეკლე მუხრანაბატონი , Erekle Mukhranbatoni ; 29 March 1560 -- 1605 ) was a Georgian nobleman of the House of Mukhrani , a collateral branch of the royal Bagrationi dynasty , and Prince or co-Prince ( batoni ) of Mukhrani from 1580 to 1605 . Erekle was married to a certain Tamar , with no known issue . Erekle was a son of Archil , a grandson of King Constantine II of Georgia . Traditional genealogies such as that by Cyril Toumanoff omit Erekle 's tenure as Prince of Mukhrani , instead placing a continuous rule of his cousin , Teimuraz I from 1580 to 1625 . During Archil 's captivity in Iran , Erekle lived with his cousins from the ruling Jaqeli family in the Principality of Samtskhe and fought on their side against the Shalikashvili-led aristocratic revolt in Samtskhe from 1576 to 1578 . In May 1578 , Erekle returned to the Kingdom of Kartli and provided support to Queen Nestan-Darejan , a consort of his exiled cousin , King Simon I of Kartli , who stayed at Surami . Soon , as the Ottoman army under Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha marched into the Georgian lands in August 1578 , Erekle found himself in the heat of another war as an energetic and locally successful commander .",
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"docid": "09f164cea4d84dcd39b439e6ce9a12c3",
"text": "Bagrat I of Abkhazia Bagrat I ( ბაგრატ I ) was the King of Abkhazia between 887/88 and 898/99 . He was the son of Demetrius II of the Anosids dynasty . After the usurper John Shavliani seized the throne Bagrat fled to Constantinople and lived there for some time until he returned to Abkhazia in 887/888 , deposed and put to death Adarnase Shavliani ( the son of John Shavliani ) and reclaimed the throne . He was married to the daughter of Guaram Bagrationi , the ruler of Tao-Klardjeti and had a son Constantine who succeeded him to the throne of Abkhazia .",
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"docid": "6916f2698a842c63ced856dba8438171",
"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": "Turkmen invasions of Georgia After the devastating invasions by Timur and subsequent enfeeblement of the Kingdom of Georgia , it soon faced a new threat . Timur 's death in 1405 marked the beginning of the end of his Empire , unified only by fear and blood of the subjected peoples . Turkomans , particularly the Kara Koyunlu clan , were among the first to rebel against Shah Rukh who ruled most of the Persia and Mawerannahr . Qara Yusuf , ruler of the Kara Koyunlu , defeated Shah Rukh , captured Baghdad , and repulsed Timurids from western Persia . After they established themselves as the new leading power in the middle east . They took advantage of the temporary weakness of Georgians and launched attacks against them , apparently in which , George VII of Georgia was killed . Constantine I of Georgia , fearing further encroachment , allied himself with the Shirvanshah Ibrahim I to counter Turkoman advance and engaged them in the Battle of Chalagan , in which he was defeated and taken captive . In captivity Constantine behaved very proudly , which infuriated Qara Yusuf to such an extent , that he ordered his , his half-brother David 's and 300 Georgian nobles ' execution . Alexander I of Georgia who sought to strengthen and restore his declining Kingdom , faced constant invasions by the tribal Turkomans . They sacked Akhaltsikhe , city of the vital regional importance in 1416 , in response of suggested oppression of Muslims . Alexander re-conquered Lorri from the Turkomans in 1431 , which was of great importance in securing of the Georgian borders . Around 1434/5 , Alexander encouraged the Armenian prince Beshken II Orbelian to attack the Kara Koyunlu clansmen in Siunia and , for his victory , granted him Lorri under terms of vassalage . In 1440 , Alexander refused to pay tribute to Jahan Shah of the Kara Koyunlu . In March , Jahan Shah surged into Georgia with 20,000 troops , destroyed the city of Samshvilde and sacked the capital city Tbilisi . He massacred thousands of Christians , put heavy indemnity on Georgia , and returned to Tabriz . He also mounted a second military expedition against Georgia in 1444 . His forces met those of Alexander 's successor , King Vakhtang IV at Akhaltsikhe , but the fighting was inconclusive and Jahan Shah returned to Tabriz once more . As a result of foreign and internal struggles unified Kingdom of Georgia stopped to exist after 1466 and was subdivided into several political units . Kara Koyunlu tribal confederation was destroyed by Aq Qoyunlu , their kin tribesmen who formed another confederation , which was similar in many ways to its predecessor . Aq Qoyunlu Turkomans naturally took advantage of the Georgian fragmentation . Georgia was at least twice attacked by Uzun Hasan , the prince of the Aq Qoyunlu in 1466 , 1472 and possibly 1476-7 . Bagrat VI of Georgia , temporary ruler of most of Georgia at the time , had to make peace with the invaders , abandoning Tbilisi to the enemy . It was only after Uzun Hasan 's death ( 1478 ) when the Georgians were able to recover their capital . In the winter of 1488 , the Ak Koyunlu Turkomans led by Halil Bey attacked Georgia 's capital Tbilisi , and took the city after a long-lasted siege in February 1489 . Alexander II of Imereti , another pretender to the throne , took advantage of the Aq Qoyunlu Turkoman invasion of Kartli , and seized control of Imereti . Occupation of the capital did not last long and Constantine II of Georgia was able to repel them , but it was still costly to Georgians . Ismail I , founder of the Safavid dynasty , formed an alliance with the Georgians in 1502 and decisively defeated Aq Qoyunlu in the same year , destroying their state and marking the end of their invasions .",
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"docid": "d3430663dca4279fea694e33f686ceae",
"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": "Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia The Simon Janashia Museum of Georgia , formerly known as the State Museum of History of Georgia , is one of the main history museums in Tbilisi , Georgia , which displays the country 's principal archaeological findings . The Museum evolved from the Museum of the Caucasian Department of the Russian Imperial Geographic Society , founded on May 10 , 1852 and converted into the Caucasian Museum on the initiative of the German explorer Gustav Radde in 1865 . After Georgia regained independence from Russia ( 1918 ) , the museum was renamed into the Museum of Georgia in 1919 . Noe Kipiani was the first director of the museum . A bulk of its collection was evacuated by the Government of Georgia to Europe following the Bolshevik takeover of the country in 1921 , and was returned to Soviet Georgia through the efforts of the Georgian émigré scholar Ekvtime Takaishvili in 1945 . In 1947 , the Museum was named after the late Georgian historian Simon Janashia . The Museum suffered significantly during the years of post-Soviet turmoil in Georgia early in the 1990s . It was first damaged in fighting during the military coup in 1991-2 and then part of its collection was destroyed by a fire . In 2004 , the Janashia Museum was integrated with other leading Georgian museums under a joint management system of the Georgian National Museum . The Museum occupies chronologically and stylistically diverse buildings in downtown Tbilisi , with the main exhibition located in Rustaveli Avenue . This latter edifice was designed , in 1910 , by the architect Nikolay Severov in the place of an older building authored by A. Zaltsman , and utilized the elements of medieval Georgian décor . The Museum houses hundreds of thousands of artifacts of Georgia 's and the Caucasus ' archaeology and ethnography . A permanent exposition chronologically follows the development of Georgia 's material culture from the Bronze Age to the early 20th century . Some of the Museum 's most valuable exhibits include the Homo Ergaster fossils discovered at Dmanisi ; the Akhalgori hoard of the 5th century BC which contains unique examples of jewelry , blending Achaemenid and local inspirations ; a collection of approximately 80,000 coins , chiefly of Georgian minting ; medieval icons and goldsmith pieces brought here from various archeological sites in Georgia ; Shukhuti 's mosaic , a bath mosaic from the village of Shukhuti that dates from the 4th-5th century ; and a lapidary which includes one of the world 's richest collection of Urartian inscriptions .",
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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": "Armenian nobility The Armenian nobility was a class of persons which enjoyed certain privileges relative to other members of society under the laws and customs of various regimes of what is now Armenia , also Russia , Iran and Turkey until the beginning of the 20th century . Governments which recognized or conferred nobility were the Orontid Armenia ( 570-331 B.C. ) , Great Armenia ( 331 B.C.-428 A.D. ) , Bagratid Armenia ( 885-1045 ) and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia ( 1198-1375 ) . Armenian nobility was also recognized by the Sassanid Empire ( Marzpanate Armenia , 428-642 ) , the Byzantine Empire ( Byzantine Armenia , 387-650 ) , the Arab caliphate ( Arminiya 654-884 ) , the Seljuk Empire ( Armenian Kingdoms of Vanand , 963-1065 , Syunik , 987-1170 , and Lori , 978-1113 ) , the Mongol Empire ( Zakarid Armenia , 13th century ) , the Kara Koyunly and Ak Koyunlu ( 14-15th centuries ) , the Ottoman Empire , Safavid Iran , and the Russian Empire . All legal privileges of the nobility were officially abolished after the Armenian Genocide in Turkey ( 1915 ) and the October Revolution in Russia ( 1917 ) . The few Armenian nobles who lived in Iran lost their noble rights after the Islamic Revolution ( 1979 ) . The system of nobility in the former Armenian states was similar to the nobility of Cilicia .",
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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": "Eristavi Eristavi ( ; literally , `` head of the nation '' ) was a Georgian feudal office , roughly equivalent to the Byzantine strategos and normally translated into English as `` duke '' . In the Georgian aristocratic hierarchy , it was the title of the third rank of prince and governor of a large province . Holders of the title were ex-officio commanders of a military ` banner ' , wore a distinctive dress , ring , belt and spear and rode a particular breed of horse . Some high-ranking eristavis were also titled as eristavt-eristavi , i.e. `` duke of dukes '' , but it is improbable that the holder of the title had any subordinate eristavis . Erismtavari ( ; literally , `` chief of the people '' ) was a similar title chiefly endowed upon the pre-Bagratid rulers of Iberia ( Georgia ) and later used interchangeably with the eristavi . The title gave origin to the surname of four Georgian noble houses -- Eristavi of Aragvi , Eristavi of Ksani , Eristavi of Racha , and Eristavi of Guria -- confirmed in their princely ranks under the Russian rule in the 19th century . These families were often known simply as Princes Eristov in Russia but they did not have the same origin .",
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"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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"text": "Beka I Jaqeli Beka I Jaqeli ( ბექა I ჯაყელი ) ( c. 1240 -- 1306 ) was a ruling prince ( mtavari ) of Samtskhe ( 1285 -- 1306 ) . His principality included Samtskhe , Adjara , Shavsheti , Klarjeti , Lazistan , Tao , Kola , Artaani and most of Javakheti . His realm stretched from Tashiskari ( modern Khashuri District ) to Karnu-kalaki ( now Erzurum ) and the Black Sea . During his reign , Samtskhe-Saatabago existed as a politically independent entity from the Georgian Kingdom . Beka was a vassal of the Ilkhanate , paid regular tributes and participated in their campaigns . Despite being independent , Samtskhe still maintained some kind of relations with Georgia and Beka himself was given a title of Mandaturukhutsesi ( the elder - first in rank - Mandator ) by Georgian king . At the time of Beka 's rule , the Turks became more active the Southwest borders , from the Sultanate of Rum . After a series of invasions , he managed to fend off the attacks . Beka was a supporter of maintaining Georgian political influence over the Empire of Trebizond . For this cause , he married off his daughter Jiajak to the Trapezuntine Emperor Alexios II . Another daughter of Beka , - Natela , became the consort of Demetrius II of Georgia and bore him a son and the successor to the throne . After the execution of his father Demetrius by Mongols , George was raised by his grandfather .",
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"text": "Georgia–Greece relations Georgian-Greek relations are foreign relations between Georgia and Greece . Both countries established embassy level diplomatic relations on April 20 , 1992 . Greeks have been present in Georgia since antiquity . There is also a large number of Pontic Greeks in Georgia ( between 15,000 and 25,000 ) , although this is significantly lower than it had been until the early 1990s , when many Georgian Greeks began to emigrated to Greece or southern Russia .",
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"text": "Toumanov Toumanov , Georgianized Toumanishvili or Toumaniani , Tumanyan or russianized Toumanov or Toumanoff ( Georgian თუმანიშვილი , Թումանյան , Թումանով , Russian Туманишви́ли , Тума́нов ) is an ancient Armenian-Georgian princely family . The family has its roots in the ancient Armenian noble dynasty of the Mamikonians ( Mamikonids ) . Through the branch of Toumanoffs ( Georgian : Toumaniani ) belonged to the Armenian Church , the Toumanishvili branch was of Greek Orthodox line . The two Mamikonid princely Houses of Georgia ( and later the Russian Empire ) are the Liparitids and the T'umanids . The former appeared in Iberia c. 876 and was invested with the office of High Constable of Georgia . It returned , to Armenia in 1177 , or possibly even earlier and reigned as the Third Dynasty of Siunik from c. 1200 to the mid-fifteenth century . It was subdivided , in the remaining Georgian branch , into the following houses : Jambakur ( ian ) -LSB- = čenbakur -RSB- - Orbeliani , Barat ' ašvili , Solağašvili , Kaxaberije-Čiĵavaje , and possibly Abašije . The other house of T'umanids , moved back to Georgia from Armenia Maritima ( Cilicia ) after the twelfth century and adopted the last name Toumanishvili . They were acknowledged by the Kings of Georgia as tavadi ( princes ) , and received hereditary rank as the King 's `` mdivanbeg '' ( counselor or vizier ) . The House of Tumanishvili was on the list of Kartvelian ( Georgian ) princes that was attached to the Treaty of Georgievsk concluded with the Georgian King Erekle II on July 24 , 1783 and on recognized on the Russian Empire 's list of princely families in December 1850 . The Prince Mikhail Tumanov was the Ambassador ( Minister plenipotentiary ) of Armenia to Georgia during the first republic of Armenia .",
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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": "Greek National Awakening The concept and term `` National Awakening '' ( in Greek Εθνική αφύπνιση ) is used by many historians , intellectuals and lay authors to refer to the revival of the Greek national self-conscious , or modern Greek nationalism , which paved the way to the Greek Revolution of 1821 . Whereas most authors do not define the exact time-frame of this period , it is generally agreed that this awakening ( or revival ) occurred in the 18th century . According to the Greek historian Nikos Svoronos ( 1911-1989 ) , the period of the Greek National Awakening is 1715-1821 . The periodization of exhibits in the National Historical Museum of Athens sets the beginning of the Awakening era at 1670 . Other authors put the onset of this period in the mid 18th century . For example , a series of historical presentations by academic historians in the Greek State Television ( ERT ) , defined as `` National Awakening '' period the years 1750-1821 . The Greek -- as well as other Balkan nations ' -- awakening was generated by internal and external forces . Opposition to the Ottomans was the main internal impetus . The main external factor was the assistance from Russia , on the ground of the common religion and long historical bonds . Since the fall of Constantinople to the Turks , the Greek national aspirations for liberation were expressed in the form of popular oracle and prophecies , some of them alleging to the intervention of fair-haired people ( xanthon genos ) to help Greeks . In 1656 a prominent Greek clergyman interpreted the `` fair-haired people '' as the Russians . With the emergence of Russia as a big power in Eastern Europe , the Greek-Russian ties assumed a military and political dimension . Beginning with the 1711 Pruth Campaign , Peter the Great called for the cooperation of all Orthodox people under the Russian leadership , to fight for `` the belief and the fatherland '' . After this campaign , the sultan appointed Greek Phanariots as governors of the Ottoman vassal territories of Wallachia and Moldavia . The Phanariots introduced an enlighted reform in their principalities , and produced a line of educated Greek and Balkan scholars who contributed to the national awakening of their respective countries . The Greek communities in Russia , as well as in the Western and Central Europe , were also a key factor to the Greek awakening . After the Treaty of Kutchuk-Kainardji ( 1774 ) Russia assumed the role of protector of the Orthodox people subjects of the Ottoman Empire . After Peter the Great , Catherine II envisaged a `` Greek Project '' which involved a revival of a Greek state with Constantinople as capital , to be ruled by her grandson Constantine . The Russian expansionist policy greatly facilitated the modern Greek awakening , catalyzing key components such as military resistance , political activism , commercial growth , educational and cultural progress . Russia 's wars against the Ottoman Empire in 18th early 19th century ( 1711 , 1737 -- 39 , 1768 -- 74 , 1787 -- 92 , 1806 -- 12 ) , as well as the short-lived Russian occupation of the Ionian islands after the Napoleonic wars , nourished the Greek tradition of armed resistance to the Ottomans and helped Greeks to receive fighting experience . The most important Russian influenced revolutionary activities of the Greeks in 18th c. were the failed Orlov expedition in 1769-1770 and the Lambros Katsonis ' flotilla raids against the Turks in 1778-1792 . Other independence movements of the 18th century , were those of the Souli and Souliotes . Counter to the `` national awakening '' historiographic view is the one that emphasizes the importance of the French Revolution and Napoleon in the Greek and other Balkan national movements . Among the eminent works of this school in the 20th century are those of the Romanian historian N. Iorga ( 1934 ) and the Greeks A. Daskalakis ( 1937 ) , N. Moschopoulos ( 1939 ) and other subsequent .",
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"text": "Tavadi Tavadi ( თავადი , `` prince '' , lit . `` head/chief '' -LSB- man -RSB- , from თავი tavi , `` head '' , with the prefix of agent - di ) was a feudal title in Georgia first applied in the Late Middle Ages usually translated in English as prince or less commonly as duke . The title was designated for dynastic princes who were heads of families , akin to mtavari who had a higher standing . The tavadis were subordinates and vassals of the kings , queens , mtavaris and batonishvilis but had administrative , judicial and tax immunities in their dominions and had their own military forces . The lower noble feudal class of Georgia had the title of aznauri who were subordinates of tavadis .",
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"text": "2006 Russian ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines The 2006 Russian import ban of Moldovan and Georgian wines began in late March 2006 and created a diplomatic conflict between the Republic of Moldova and Georgia on the one hand and Russia on the other . Wine trade with Russia is responsible for 80-90 % of the total wine exports in both countries . The Chief Sanitary Inspector of Russia Gennadiy Onishchenko claimed that heavy metals and pesticides had been found in Georgian and Moldovan wines and that they were falsified alcoholic products labeled as wines . The Russian Consumer Agency claimed that it had examined 21 sorts of Georgian wine sold in Moscow and concluded that 85.7 % did not comply with sanitary requirements . Pesticides were discovered in 60 % samples of Moldovan and 44 % samples of Georgian wine . However , the Moldovans claimed that no proof was provided by the Russians and that dozens of countries across the world imported Moldovan wines without any reported problems . Moldova argued that the ban amounted to economic blackmail . Seven Georgian wineries were later closed down after the government revision revealed that they had produced falsified wine . In May 2005 , Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili stated that `` many -LSB- Georgian -RSB- wine producers exported falsified wine to Russia , because Russia is a market where you can sell even turds '' . Okruashvili thought that Russia 's decision to ban the import of Georgian wines `` was not a surprise '' for Tbilisi . Russia accounted for 80 % of Georgian wine sales , and the ban became a `` big blow '' to the industry . Georgian producers swiftly admitted that wines were regularly faked . Prior to the ban , the Georgian government closed down several testing laboratories in Georgia , and several wineries were made to dump their product . Seven Georgian wineries were closed down after the government revision revealed that they had produced falsified wine . Production of falsified wine in Georgia for the rapidly expanding Russian market had been `` big business for the last decade '' according to the Western press . The ban on wine imports came at a time of worsening relations between the countries . The differences involved the Rose Revolution and pro-NATO/pro-EU moves in Georgia and a divergence of the Russian and Moldovan positions regarding the future of Transnistria . A year earlier , the Russian Duma had demanded a ban on Moldovan wine imports , because Moldova was considered to pursue anti-Russian policies . EU 's external relations commissioner , Benita Ferrero-Waldner stated that the EU was worried about what she called an `` embargo '' against Moldova , but the EU could n't take any measures since Russia was not a member of the World Trade Organization . The president of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Pierre Lellouche also said , on May 5 , he was deeply concerned about the Russian ban on Georgian products . From 5 May to 6 May 2006 , the Russian government also banned the import of Borjomi and Nabeglavi , two popular brands of Georgian mineral water . The government claimed that it was a health hazard since it failed to meet water purity standards . The Georgian government responded by stating that the action was an expansion of the wine embargo and a part of a political campaign to punish the country for pro-Western policies , a claim President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia reiterated at the Conference on Common Vision for Common Neighborhood held in Vilnius , Lithuania , from May 1 to 4 , and attended also by the presidents of the three Baltic states , Poland , Ukraine , Moldova , Romania , Bulgaria and the United States Vice-President Richard Cheney . Neither the Georgian or Moldovan wines , nor the Borjomi or Nabeglavi mineral waters had been banned nor restricted in any other country besides Russia . One Russian expert has also criticized the Russian ban on `` Borjomi '' . The drink ban appeared to exacerbate tensions between Russia and the Government of Georgia . The 2008 South Ossetia war would occur later that year . Following the conflict , Georgia also withdrew from the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) , a bloc of several post-Soviet countries . Georgian wines are currently ( 2013 ) sold in over 50 countries , including Ukraine , which became the key market after the Russian ban . However , sales fell sharply , to about one third of what Georgia exported prior to the ban .",
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"text": "Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio ( -LSB- dᵻˈkæpri.oʊ -RSB- born November 11 , 1974 ) is an American actor , film producer , and environmental activist . DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials in the early 1990s , after which he had recurring roles in various television series such as the soap opera Santa Barbara and the sitcom Growing Pains . He began his film career by starring as Josh in Critters 3 ( 1991 ) . He starred in the film adaptation of the memoir This Boy 's Life ( 1993 ) , and was praised for his supporting role in What 's Eating Gilbert Grape ( 1993 ) . He gained public recognition with leading roles in The Basketball Diaries ( 1995 ) and the romantic drama Romeo + Juliet ( 1996 ) , before achieving international fame with James Cameron 's epic romance Titanic ( 1997 ) , which became the highest-grossing film of all time until Cameron 's science fiction film Avatar ( 2009 ) overtook it . Since 2000 , DiCaprio has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of film genres . DiCaprio 's subsequent films include The Man in the Iron Mask ( 1998 ) , the biographical crime drama Catch Me If You Can ( 2002 ) , and the epic historical drama Gangs of New York ( 2002 ) , which marked his first of many collaborations with director Martin Scorsese . He was acclaimed for his performances in the political war thriller Blood Diamond ( 2006 ) , the neo-noir crime drama The Departed ( 2006 ) , the espionage thriller Body of Lies ( 2008 ) , the drama Revolutionary Road ( 2008 ) , the psychological thriller Shutter Island ( 2010 ) , the science fiction thriller Inception ( 2010 ) , the biographical film J. Edgar ( 2011 ) , the western Django Unchained ( 2012 ) , and the period drama The Great Gatsby ( 2013 ) . DiCaprio 's portrayals of Howard Hughes in The Aviator ( 2004 ) and Hugh Glass in The Revenant ( 2015 ) won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama , and his role as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street ( 2013 ) won him the award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy . He also won his first Academy Award and BAFTA Award for his performance in The Revenant . DiCaprio is the founder of his own production company , Appian Way Productions .",
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"text": "Romeo + Juliet William Shakespeare 's Romeo + Juliet ( shortened to Romeo + Juliet ) is a 1996 American romantic drama film directed , co-produced and co-written by Baz Luhrmann , co-produced by Gabriella Martinelli and co-written by Craig Pearce , being an adaption and modernization of William Shakespeare 's tragedy Romeo and Juliet . The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the leading roles of Romeo and Juliet , who instantly fall in love when Romeo crashes a party and meets her despite them being members of the Montague and Capulet family ; Brian Dennehy , John Leguizamo , Pete Postlethwaite , Paul Sorvino and Diane Venora star in supporting roles . While it retains the original Shakespearean dialogue , the Montagues and the Capulets are represented as warring mafia empires ( with legitimate business fronts ) and swords are replaced with guns ( with brand names such as `` Dagger '' and `` Sword '' ) . Some of the characters ' names are also changed . Lord and Lady Montague and Lord and Lady Capulet are given first names ( as opposed to the Shakespeare original where their first names are never mentioned ) , Friar Lawrence becomes Father Lawrence , and Prince Escalus is renamed Captain Prince . There is also no Friar John , who was in the original play . Also , some characters were switched from one family to the other -- in the original , Gregory and Sampson are Capulets , but in the film , they are Montagues . ( Abram , as Abra , and Petruchio , conversely , are shifted from the Montague to the Capulet family . ) In addition , a few plot details are shifted , most notably near the ending . The film was released on November 1 , 1996 by 20th Century Fox to commercial and generally critical success , grossing over $ 147.5 million over a $ 14.5 million budget and receiving generally positive reviews . At the 47th Berlin International Film Festival in 1997 , DiCaprio won the Silver Bear for Best Actor and Luhrmann won the Alfred Bauer Prize . Luhrmann was also nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture . At the 69th Academy Awards , Catherine Martin and Brigitte Broch were nominated for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration .",
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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": "Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects The Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Visual Effects is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association . It was first given out in 2009 .",
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"text": "Theatre World Theatre World is the only ( first published in 1945 ) , comprehensive , annual pictorial and statistical record of American theatre in print publication , including Broadway , Off-Broadway , Off-Off-Broadway , and regional theatre , as well as a complete national theatrical awards section and obituaries . Including over 750 photographs , it is the definitive pictorial and statistical reference to each American theatrical season , and is referenced daily by industry professionals , students , historians , and theatre fans worldwide . Until 1998 , the Theatre World editorial staff administered the Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway and off-Broadway debuts . First under the supervision of Theatre World founder Daniel Blum and then under John Willis , who took over the production of the Awards following Blum 's death in 1964 , the Theatre World Awards were first given to those recipients considered `` Promising Personalities . '' In 1998 , the Theatre World Awards were incorporated as a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit organization and are currently overseen by a board of directors independent of `` Theatre World . '' Theatre World is the recipient of a 2001 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre , presented by the American Theatre Wing , and on behalf of the publication , longtime editor-in-chief John Willis ( 1916-2010 ) accepted honors including the first Special Lucille Lortel Award , a Special Drama Desk Award , and the Broadway Theatre Institute ( now The Theatre Museum ) Lifetime Achievement Award . Theatre World is published annually by Theatre World Media and distributed by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books . The permanent editorial staff currently consists of Ben Hodges , editor in chief , and coeditor Scott Denny . Current editorial staff includes Adam Feldman of Time Out New York ( Broadway ) , Linda Buchwald TDF Stages ( Off-Broadway ) , Shay Gines New York Innovative Theatre Awards ( Off-Off-Broadway ) , and Diep Tran American Theatre Magazine ( Regional theatre ) .",
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"text": "Lists of celebrities A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a given society and commands a degree of public and media attention . The word is derived from the Latin celebritas , from the adjective celeber ( `` famous , '' `` celebrated '' ) . Being a celebrity is often one of the highest degrees of notability , although the word notable is mistakened to be synonymous with the title celebrity , fame , prominence etc. . As in Wikipedia , articles written about notable people does n't necessarily synonymize them as a celebrity . The following are lists of celebrities : List of actors List of African-American female models List of African-American television personalities List of American female models List of American television personalities List of Australian television personalities List of British television personalities List of celebrities on The Simpsons List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street List of comedians List of dance personalities List of dancers List of fashion designers List of female models List of film and television directors List of Forbes Celebrity 100 List of models List of musicians List of singers List of singer-songwriters List of sportspeople List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame List of stars on the London Avenue of Stars List of tattoo artists List of television presenters List of male boxers List of female boxers List of writers List of social thinkers List of wrestlers List of YouTubers",
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"text": "Leonardo the Musical: A Portrait of Love Leonardo the Musical : A Portrait of Love is a musical with a book by Greg Moeller and Russell Dunlop and music by Greg Moeller and lyrics by Tommy Moeller . The 1993 West End production is considered one of the biggest disasters in the history of London theatre but had rave reviews in Oxford . The management changed the original music and scripts after Oxford shows . The project , a highly fictionalized account of Leonardo da Vinci 's creation of the Mona Lisa , was the brainchild of Duke Minks , an advisor to the Republic of Nauru and former road manager for the 1960s pop group , Unit 4 + 2 . He convinced government officials to invest # 2 million -- derived from profits earned from their major export , marine deposits rich in phosphates -- in the production , a fact later gleefully exploited by the critics in their scathing reviews . The rambling plot -- which started and ended with its protagonist on his deathbed , his completed masterpiece at his side -- centered on the struggling artist da Vinci 's commission to paint a young woman named Lisa , betrothed to nobleman Francesco Del Giocondo . The artist and his model engage in a passionate affair resulting in her pregnancy , and she returns to her fiancé , pretending the child is his to avoid public scandal and his private wrath . Eventually she returns to beg for forgiveness from the now successful da Vinci , who accidentally is murdered by her husband when he confronts the two in a jealous rage . A subplot hinting at da Vinci 's homosexuality involved his close friendship with his young assistant , a painter named Melzi . The production , plagued by problems with sets , costumes , and -- most significantly -- the script throughout its development , opened at the Strand Theatre on June 3 , 1993 . By the time the performance ended , nearly four hours after the curtain first rose , most of the audience had departed . A victim of critical disdain and audience indifference , the show closed five weeks later on July 10 . The cast included Paul Collis , Jane Arden , James Barron , and Hal Fowler .",
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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 Sight & Sound Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time The following are the `` Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time '' according to the worldwide opinion polls conducted by Sight & Sound and published in the journal 's September 2012 issue . They published the critics ' list , based on 846 critics , programmers , academics , and distributors , and the directors ' list , based on 358 directors and filmmakers . Sight & Sound , published by the British Film Institute , has conducted a poll of the greatest films every 10 years since 1952 .",
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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": "Totò Prince Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio ( 15 February 1898 -- 15 April 1967 ) , best known by his stage name Totò ( -LSB- toˈtɔ -RSB- ) born simply as Antonio De Curtis , and nicknamed il Principe della risata ( `` the Prince of laughter '' ) , was an Italian comedian , film and theatre actor , writer , singer and songwriter . While he first gained his popularity as a comic actor , his dramatic roles , poetry , and songs are all deemed to be outstanding ; his style and a number of his recurring jokes and gestures have become universally known memes in Italy . Writer and philosopher Umberto Eco has thus commented on the importance of Totò in Italian culture : Mario Monicelli , who directed some of the most appreciated of Totò 's movies , thus described his artistic value :",
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"text": "List of films based on magazine articles This is a list of films based on non-fiction articles published in periodicals such as magazines or newspapers . See also List of films based on short fiction . Adaptation . - `` The Orchid Thief '' , The New Yorker , January 23 , 1995 - Susan Orlean Almost Famous - `` The Allman Brothers Story '' , Rolling Stone , December 6 , 1973 - Cameron Crowe American Gangster - `` The Return of Superfly '' , New York , August 14 , 2000 - Mark Jacobson Argo - `` How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran '' , Wired , April 2007 Joshuah Bearman Bigger Than Life - `` Ten Feet Tall '' , The New Yorker , September 10 , 1955 - Berton Roueche Biker Boyz - `` Biker Boyz '' , New Times Los Angeles , April 2000 , Michael Gougis The Bling Ring - `` The Suspects Wore Louboutins '' , Vanity Fair , March 2010 - Nancy Jo Sales Blue Crush - `` Life 's Swell '' , Women Outside , September 1998 - Susan Orlean Boogie Nights - `` The Devil and John Holmes '' , Rolling Stone , May 1989 - Mike Sager City by the Sea - `` Mark of a Murderer '' , Esquire , September 1997 - Michael McAlary Coyote Ugly - `` The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon '' , GQ , March 1997 - Elizabeth Gilbert Dog Day Afternoon - `` The Boys in the Bank '' , Life , September 22 , 1972 - P. F. Kluge The Fast and the Furious - `` Racer X '' , Vibe , May 1998 - Ken Li Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - `` Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas '' , Rolling Stone , November 11 & November 25 , 1971 - Hunter S. Thompson In Cold Blood - `` In Cold Blood : The Last to See Them Alive '' ' The New Yorker , September 25 , 1965 - Truman Capote The Insider - `` The Man Who Knew Too Much '' , Vanity Fair , May 1996 - Marie Brenner Into the Wild - `` Death of an Innocent '' , Outside , January 1993 - Jon Krakauer The Killing Fields - `` The Death and Life of Dith Pran '' , The New York Times Magazine , January 20 , 1980 - Sydney Schanberg Ladybug Ladybug - `` They Thought the War Was On '' , McCall 's , April 1963 - Lois Dickert Live Free or Die Hard - `` A Farewell to Arms '' , Wired , May 1997 - John Carlin Perfect -- Series of articles in Rolling Stone - Aaron Latham Proof of Life - `` Adventures in the Ransom Trade '' Vanity Fair , May 1998 - William Prochnau Pushing Tin - `` Something 's Got to Give '' , The New York Times Magazine , March 24 , 1996 - Darcy Frey Radio - `` Someone to Lean On '' , Sports Illustrated , December 16 , 1996 - Gary Smith Saturday Night Fever - `` Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night '' , New York , June 7 , 1976 - Nik Cohn Shattered Glass - Vanity Fair , September 1998 - Buzz Bissinger Top Gun - `` Top Guns '' , California , May 1983 - Ehud Yonay Urban Cowboy - `` The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy : America 's Search for True Grit '' , Esquire , September 12 , 1978 - Aaron Latham `` War Dogs ( 2016 film ) '' - `` The Stoner Arms Dealers : How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders '' , `` Rolling Stone '' , March 16 , 2011 - Guy Lawson",
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"text": "Rialto Pictures Rialto Pictures is a film distributor founded in 1997 by Bruce Goldstein . A year later , Adrienne Halpern joined him as partner . In 2002 , Eric Di Bernardo became the company 's National Sales Director . It was described as `` the gold standard of reissue distributors '' by Los Angeles Times/NPR film critic Kenneth Turan . In 1999 , Rialto received a special Heritage Award from the National Society of Film Critics , and in 2000 received a special award from the New York Film Critic 's Circle , presented to Goldstein and Halpern by Jeanne Moreau . The two co-presidents have each received the French Order of Chevalier of Arts and Letters . During the past decade , Rialto Pictures has become one of the great names in film distribution . In 2002 , the company released the critically acclaimed first-run film Murderous Maids , the chilling true story of two homicidal sisters , starring Sylvie Testud . Rialto celebrated a record-breaking 2004 with the previously unreleased , original 1954 Japanese version of Ishiro Honda 's Godzilla ; Peter Davis 's Oscar-winning and newly restored 1974 documentary Hearts and Minds ; and Gillo Pontecorvo 's groundbreaking The Battle of Algiers , one of 2004 's top-grossing foreign films . Rialto 's re-release of Alberto Lattuada 's Mafioso , a dark comedy from 1962 starring Alberto Sordi , was the unqualified highlight of the 2006 New York Film Festival . One of Rialto 's 2008 releases was Max Ophüls ' legendary film Lola Montès in a definitive new 35mm restoration , which was showcased to enormous acclaim at Cannes Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival and was the spotlight retrospective of the 2008 New York Film Festival . In 2009 , Rialto undertook the very first U.S. release of Jean-Luc Godard 's Made in U.S.A. , which could not be previously released due to rights issues , and also re-released Costa-Gavras ' Academy-Award winning thriller Z. Most recently , the San Francisco International Film Festival presented Goldstein with its prestigious Mel Novikoff Award . 2007 marked Rialto 's tenth anniversary , a milestone that was celebrated with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York . Similar tributes were held at George Eastman House , in Rochester , New York ; the AFI Silver Theater in Washington , D.C. ; and the SIFF Theater in Seattle . In honor of the company 's anniversary , The Criterion Collection has issued a special gift box set containing ten films displaying the breadth of Rialto 's collection , including Army of Shadows , Au Hasard Balthazar , Band of Outsiders , Billy Liar , Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie , Mafioso , Murderous Maids , Rififi , The Third Man and Touchez pas au grisbi . The DVD box set was released under the name `` Ten Years of Rialto Pictures '' on October 28 , 2008 . Rialto Pictures also handles North American distribution for most of the back catalog of French film production and distribution company StudioCanal , including titles from the company 's Embassy Pictures and Carolco Pictures libraries .",
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"text": "Norman Lear Center The Norman Lear Center is a multi-disciplinary research and public policy center exploring implications of the convergence of entertainment , commerce , and society . It is based at the USC Annenberg School for Communication . Through scholarship and research , and its programs of visiting fellows , conferences , public events and publications , the Lear Center works to be at the forefront of discussion and practice in the field . The Center is named for benefactor Norman Lear , the social activist and philanthropist , and television producer , and was founded and is directed by Marty Kaplan , associate dean of the USC Annenberg School , who has been a political speechwriter , Hollywood studio executive , and screenwriter-producer . The Lear Center officially launched on January 24 , 2000 . Some of the programs it houses include Entertainment Goes Global , which explores the political , cultural , economic and technological implications of the globalization of entertainment ; Celebrity , Politics & Public Life , wherein faculty and deans from over 20 USC departments convene to develop an inter-disciplinary analysis of American political life , as it is shaped by popular culture ; and Hollywood , Health & Society , which provides entertainment industry professionals with accurate and timely information for health storylines . Hollywood , Health & Society is funded by , and works closely with such governmental agencies as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the National Institutes of Health , and the National Cancer Institute . That program hosts its annual Sentinel for Health Awards to recognize exemplary television storylines that best inform , educate and motivate viewers to make choices for healthier and safer lives . Since 2005 , the Lear Center 's Grand Avenue Intervention Project has been a driving force behind the civic outreach for the planning of a new 16 acre park in the heart of downtown Los Angeles . In partnership with the Los Angeles Times , the Lear Center solicited design proposals from the public and published a selection of them in a special section of the Times . The Lear Center 's publishing imprint has published several works of scholarship such as Artists , Technology & The Ownership of Creative Content , Warners ' War : Politics , Pop Culture & Propaganda in Wartime Hollywood , Frank Capra and the Image of the Journalist in American Film , and Ready to Share : Creativity & Fashion in Digital Culture .",
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"text": "ASIFA-Hollywood ASIFA-Hollywood , an American non-profit organization in Los Angeles , California , United States , is a branch member of the `` Association Internationale du Film d'Animation '' or `` ASIFA '' ( the International Animated Film Association ) . Its purpose is to promote the art of film animation in a variety of ways , including its own archive and an annual awards presentation , the Annie Awards . It is also known as the International Animated Film Society . Many branches of ASIFA exist throughout the world ; in the US there are chapters in San Francisco , New York City , Atlanta , Seattle , Washington , the Detroit area , and others , while internationally , organizations exist in Annecy , France , in Italy , and Japan . ASIFA also sponsors several animation film festivals throughout the world , including the ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival . ASIFA-Hollywood has the largest membership internationally of all other chapters , largely because the most popular cartoons ever produced were by studios and animation professionals located in the city of Burbank , which is also the location of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center . It includes a virtual archive , museum , library and research facility , containing the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project .",
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"text": "Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award The Leonardo da Vinci Award was established in 1975 by the Rotary Club of Florence as an annual international prize named after Leonardo da Vinci , to be presented to young people involved in the study of the sciences , technology , literature and the arts . Among the disciplines recognised and rewarded so far have been painting , sculpture , music , geology , architecture , medicine and nuclear physics . The 21st Leonardo da Vinci Prize was recently presented to the brilliant young pianist Johan Schmidt . The prize giving event has been hosted by other European Rotary Clubs in cities such as Tours , Vienna , Athens , Madrid , Würzburg , Brussels and Amsterdam . This event was last held in London in 1987 , when the prize was awarded to the internationally recognised percussionist Evelyn Glennie . In 1996 1/2 the Rotary Club of London will again be responsible for hosting the prize-giving ceremony .",
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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": "Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( -LSB- leoˈnardo di ˌsɛr ˈpjɛːro da ( v ) ˈvintʃi -RSB- ; 15 April 14522 May 1519 ) , more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo , was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention , painting , sculpting , architecture , science , music , mathematics , engineering , literature , anatomy , geology , astronomy , botany , writing , history , and cartography . He has been variously called the father of palaeontology , ichnology , and architecture , and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time . Sometimes credited with the inventions of the parachute , helicopter and tank , he epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal . Many historians and scholars regard Leonardo as the prime exemplar of the `` Universal Genius '' or `` Renaissance Man '' , an individual of `` unquenchable curiosity '' and `` feverishly inventive imagination '' . According to art historian Helen Gardner , the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent in recorded history , and `` his mind and personality seem to us superhuman , while the man himself mysterious and remote '' . Marco Rosci notes that while there is much speculation regarding his life and personality , his view of the world was logical rather than mysterious , and that the empirical methods he employed were unorthodox for his time . Born out of wedlock to a notary , Piero da Vinci , and a peasant woman , Caterina , in Vinci in the region of Florence , Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Andrea del Verrocchio . Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan . He later worked in Rome , Bologna and Venice , and he spent his last years in France at the home awarded to him by Francis I of France . Leonardo was , and is , renowned primarily as a painter . Among his works , the Mona Lisa is the most famous and most parodied portrait and The Last Supper the most reproduced religious painting of all time . Leonardo 's drawing of the Vitruvian Man is also regarded as a cultural icon , being reproduced on items as varied as the euro coin , textbooks , and T-shirts . Perhaps fifteen of his paintings have survived.There are 15 significant artworks which are ascribed , either in whole or in large part , to Leonardo by most art historians . This number is made up principally of paintings on panel but includes a mural , a large drawing on paper and two works which are in the early stages of preparation . There are a number of other works that have also been variously attributed to Leonardo . Nevertheless , these few works , together with his notebooks , which contain drawings , scientific diagrams , and his thoughts on the nature of painting , compose a contribution to later generations of artists rivalled only by that of his contemporary , Michelangelo . Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity . He conceptualised flying machines , a type of armoured fighting vehicle , concentrated solar power , an adding machine , and the double hull . Relatively few of his designs were constructed or even feasible during his lifetime , as the modern scientific approaches to metallurgy and engineering were only in their infancy during the Renaissance . Some of his smaller inventions , however , such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire , entered the world of manufacturing unheralded . A number of Leonardo 's most practical inventions are nowadays displayed as working models at the Museum of Vinci . He made substantial discoveries in anatomy , civil engineering , geology , optics , and hydrodynamics , but he did not publish his findings and they had no direct influence on later science . Today , Leonardo is widely considered one of the most diversely talented individuals ever to have lived .",
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"text": "List of film awards This is a list of groups , organizations and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema , usually by awarding various prizes . The awards sometimes also have popular unofficial names ( such as the ` Oscar ' for Hollywood 's Academy Awards ) , which are mentioned if applicable . Many awards are simply identified by the name of the group presenting the award . Awards have been divided into four major categories : Critics ' Awards , voted on ( usually annually ) by a group of critics ; Festival Awards , awards presented to the best film shown in a particular film festival ; Industry Awards , which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry ; and Audience Awards , which are voted by the general public .",
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"text": "Classical Hollywood cinema Classical Hollywood cinema , classical Hollywood narrative , and classical continuity are terms used in film criticism which designate both a narrative and visual style of film-making which developed in and characterized US American cinema between 1917 and the early 1960s and eventually became the most powerful and pervasive style of film-making worldwide .",
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"text": "Hugo (film) Hugo is a 2011 historical adventure drama film directed and co-produced by Martin Scorsese and adapted for the screen by John Logan . Based on Brian Selznick 's book The Invention of Hugo Cabret , it is about a boy who lives alone in the Gare Montparnasse railway station in Paris in the 1930s . A co-production between Graham King 's GK Films and Johnny Depp 's Infinitum Nihil , the film stars Ben Kingsley , Sacha Baron Cohen , Asa Butterfield , Chloë Grace Moretz , Ray Winstone , Emily Mortimer , Jude Law , Helen McCrory , and Christopher Lee . Hugo is Scorsese 's first film shot in 3D , of which the filmmaker remarked : `` I found 3D to be really interesting , because the actors were more upfront emotionally . Their slightest move , their slightest intention is picked up much more precisely . '' The film was released in the United States on November 23 , 2011 . When it was released , Hugo received critical acclaim and received 11 Academy Award nominations ( including Best Picture ) , more than any other film that year , and won five awards : Best Cinematography , Best Art Direction , Best Sound Mixing , Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects . It was also nominated for eight BAFTAs , winning two , and was nominated for three Golden Globe awards , earning Scorsese his third Golden Globe Award for Best Director . The film grossed $ 185 million against a budget of $ 150 -- $ 170 million .",
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"text": "The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company , commonly known as Disney , is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate , headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank , California . It is the world 's second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue , after Comcast . Disney was founded on October 16 , 1923 -- by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney -- as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio , and established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production , television , and theme parks . The company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and then Walt Disney Productions . Taking on its current name in 1986 , it expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theater , radio , music , publishing , and online media . In addition , Disney has since created corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands . The company is best known for the products of its film studio , Walt Disney Studios , which is today one of the largest and best-known studios in American cinema . Disney 's other three main divisions are Walt Disney Parks and Resorts , Disney Media Networks , and Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media . Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network ; cable television networks such as Disney Channel , ESPN , A+E Networks , and Freeform ; publishing , merchandising , music , and theatre divisions ; and owns and licenses 14 theme parks around the world . The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6 , 1991 . Mickey Mouse , an early and well-known cartoon creation of the company , is a primary symbol and mascot for Disney .",
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"text": "AWE (TV network) AWE ( formerly Wealth TV ) is a United States-based lifestyle and entertainment cable network privately held by Herring Networks , Inc. . The network operates several domestic and international television feeds . The network 's primary production facilities and corporate headquarters are located in San Diego , California . It is featured on numerous providers including DirecTV , Verizon FiOS , and AT&T .",
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"text": "Disney–ABC Domestic Television Disney -- ABC Domestic Television , also operating as ABC Syndication ( formerly known as Buena Vista Television and also known as Disney Domestic Television and Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution ) , is the in-home sales and content distribution firm of the Disney -- ABC Television Group , a division of The Walt Disney Company . Content distribution responsibilities include domestic television syndication , domestic pay TV , Internet and cable video-on-demand ( VOD ) , and pay-per-view outlets .",
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"text": "Disney Junior (India) Disney Junior India is an Indian television network dedicated towards Indian pre-schoolers . It launched on 15 October 2012 . It was formerly a programming block on Disney Channel that replaced India 's Playhouse Disney . The channel telecasts in English , Hindi , Telugu and Tamil .",
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"text": "1994 United States broadcast TV realignment The 1994 United States broadcast television realignment consisted of a series of events , primarily involving affiliation switches between television stations , that resulted from a multimillion-dollar deal between the Fox Broadcasting Company ( commonly known as simply Fox ) and New World Communications , a media company that -- through its then-recently formed broadcasting division -- owned several VHF television stations affiliated with major broadcast television networks , primarily CBS . The major impetus for the changes was to allow Fox to improve its local affiliate coverage , in preparation for the commencement of its rights to the National Football Conference ( NFC ) television package , which the National Football League ( NFL ) awarded to the fledgling network in December 1993 . As a result of various other deals that followed as a result of the affiliation switches created by the deal between Fox and New World , most notably the buyout of CBS by Westinghouse , the switches constituted some of the most sweeping changes in American television history . As a result of this realignment , Fox ascended to the status of a major television network , comparable in influence to the Big Three television networks ( CBS , NBC and ABC ) . Nearly 70 stations in 30 media markets throughout the United States changed affiliations starting in September 1994 and continuing through September 1996 ( although an additional affiliation switch would occur in February 1997 , through the launch of an upstart station that gained its network partner through one of the ancillary deals ) , which -- along with the concurrent January 1995 launches of The WB Television Network ( a joint venture between Time Warner , the Tribune Company and the network 's founding chief executive officer , Jamie Kellner ) and the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) ( founded by Chris-Craft/United Television , through a programming partnership with Paramount Television ) , both of which affiliated with certain stations that lost their previous network partners through the various affiliation agreements -- marked some of the most expansive changes ever to have occurred in American television .",
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"text": "Capital Disney Capital Disney was a British digital radio station aimed at 8 to 16 year olds which used to broadcast across the UK on DAB Digital Radio ( in selected areas ) owned by GCap Media PLC and the Walt Disney Company . It was also broadcast on Sky Digital , Tiscali TV , Virgin Media , and streaming online . The station announced on 14 May 2007 that it would close down on 29 June 2007 . Capital Disney was one of the first radio stations in the country to use the newly developed Digital radio ( DAB ) format to provide a radio station specifically aimed at children and teenagers . The station broadcast twenty four hours a day with a series of presenter and music led programming .",
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"text": "List of former DuMont Television Network affiliates This is a partial list of affiliate stations of the DuMont Television Network , which operated in the United States from 1946 to 1956 . At its peak in 1954 , DuMont was affiliated with around 200 TV stations . In its later years , DuMont was carried mostly on poorly watched UHF channels or had only secondary affiliations on VHF stations . The DuMont affiliation ending dates listed here are somewhat tentative in several cases ; DuMont ended most operations on April 1 , 1955 , and honored network commitments until August 1956 . Many stations in the early years of television affiliated with more than one network . There were not enough local stations in most cities for each of the four major networks to have an affiliate , leading to the four networks ( as well as a number of smaller networks ) to fight for air time . Local TV stations were free to `` cherry-pick '' which programs they would broadcast . Many of DuMont 's `` affiliates '' carried very little DuMont programming , choosing to air one or two more popular programs ( such as Life Is Worth Living , which was aired by 169 stations during the 1953 -- 1954 season ) and/or sports programming on the weekends . Few stations carried the full DuMont program line-up . DuMont 's advertising revenues depended on being able to be viewed nationwide . As a result , the company made affiliation agreements which have been described as `` a crazy patchwork of deals '' . In many cities , DuMont was affiliated with more than one TV station in order to get more of its programming cleared for broadcast . No definitive list of affiliated stations from 1946 to 1956 exists , and many sources contradict one another . DuMont 's owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in yellow . The Paramount owned-and-operated stations , which did n't carry DuMont programs but were ruled DuMont O&O s by the FCC , are shown in pink .",
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"text": "NBC Weather Plus NBC Weather Plus is an American weather-oriented digital broadcast and cable television network that is owned as a joint venture between NBC Universal and the local affiliates of the NBC television network . The service , which broadcasts in standard definition , was carried on the digital subchannels of many NBC affiliates and on the digital tiers of cable providers ( through a local affiliate ) .",
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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": "Canal+ (Spanish satellite broadcasting company) Canal + was a Spanish satellite broadcasting platform . It was previously known as Digital + since its launch in 2003 , and recently since 2011 as Canal + , being named after its main premium channel . Formed on July 23 , 2003 as a result of the equal merger of Via Digital ( owned by Telefónica ) and Canal Satélite Digital ( owned by Sociedad de Television Canal Plus , S.A. ) , it was the largest pay-TV broadcaster in Spain . The company used to be a subdivision of PRISA TV with shares held by Mediaset Espana and Telefónica . In October 2011 , Digital + changed its name to Canal + .",
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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": "W Network W Network ( often referred to only as W ) is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment . W Network broadcasts lifestyle and entertainment programming aimed at women . The channel is available in two time shifted feeds , East ( operating from the Eastern Time Zone ) and West ( operating from the Pacific Time Zone ) .",
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"text": "20th Television Twentieth Television ( or 20TV , stylized as 20th Television ) is an American television syndication studio and the syndication arm of 20th Century Fox Television itself a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox .",
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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": "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": "ABC News ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) , owned by the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast ABC World News Tonight ; other programs include morning news-talk show Good Morning America , newsmagazine series Nightline , Primetime and 20/20 , and Sunday morning political affairs program This Week with George Stephanopolous .",
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"text": "Disney Channel (France) Disney Channel is the French language edition of the Disney Channel , owned by the Walt Disney Company . It was launched in March 1997 , primarily on the CanalSat platform .",
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"text": "The Walt Disney Company CIS The Walt Disney Company CIS , LLC is one of The Walt Disney Company 's international divisions . The Walt Disney Company CIS was founded in April 2006 . It is headquartered in Moscow , the capital of Russia . In 2007 , Walt Disney Company CIS and Sony Pictures Russia created the joint venture of Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing CIS . The company owns and operates Russian versions of Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney . Disney Channel was originally planned to launch in 2009 , but a Disney Americas deal with Media-One Holdings was denied by Russian authorities . The Walt Disney Company CIS produced the film The Book of Masters . Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan is head of The Walt Disney Company CIS . The Walt Disney Company CIS planned to make two new films in the summer of 2011 .",
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"text": "Home Theater Network Home Theater Network ( HTN ) was an American premium cable television network that was owned by Group W Satellite Communications . Targeted at a family audience , the channel focused primarily on theatrically released motion pictures , along with travel interstitials that aired between select films .",
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"text": "Le Disney Channel Le Disney Channel was a French programming block on FR3 ( now France 3 , the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group ) from January 26 , 1985 until December 31 , 1988 . The block 's runtime was 8:35 pm -- 10:00 pm ( UTC +1 ) on Saturday nights . On January 7 , 1989 , it was replaced with a cartoon-based block named Samdynamite .",
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"text": "Walt Disney Studios Walt Disney Studios may refer to : Walt Disney Studios ( division ) , the Walt Disney Company 's Studio Entertainment unit , which includes Disney 's motion picture studios , music labels , theatrical production company , and distribution companies . Walt Disney Studios ( Burbank ) , complex in Burbank , California , built in 1939 , which serves as the corporate headquarters for The Walt Disney Company . It is also a functioning film studio and hosts production facilities for Disney 's various entertainment businesses Walt Disney Animation Studios , the company 's main animation division . Animated films are released under the Walt Disney Pictures label Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures , the primary theatrical film distributor of Disney films in the USA and abroad Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment , the primary home media distributor of Disney films in the USA and abroad",
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"text": "Michelle Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama ( born January 17 , 1964 ) is an American lawyer and writer who was First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 . She is married to the 44th President of the United States , Barack Obama , and is the first African-American First Lady . Raised on the South Side of Chicago , Illinois , Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School , and spent her early legal career working at the law firm Sidley Austin , where she met her husband . She subsequently worked as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago and the Vice President for Community and External Affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center . Barack and Michelle married in 1992 and have two daughters . Obama campaigned for her husband 's presidential bid throughout 2007 and 2008 , delivering a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention . She returned to speak at the 2012 Democratic National Convention , and again during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , where she delivered a speech in support of the Democratic Presidential nominee , and fellow First Lady , Hillary Clinton . As First Lady , Obama became a fashion icon , a role model for women , and an advocate for poverty awareness , nutrition , physical activity , and healthy eating .",
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"text": "The Obama Identity The Obama Identity : A Novel ( Or Is It ? ) is a 2010 novel written by Edward Klein and former Republican United States Representative John LeBoutillier . Among other things , the book explores and promotes the Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories and Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories in the form of a novel . In an interview on Fox & Friends , Leboutillier claimed that the book uses `` real things '' and has `` so much real stuff '' . Following the interview , Media Matters for America published excerpts from the book in an article which criticized the book as having an `` incomprehensible plot '' .",
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"text": "Obama On My Mind Obama on my Mind is a musical play about the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama by British crime writer and film producer Teddy Hayes . The play , a musical comedy , is a campaign story set the week after the 2008 Republican National Convention . Reviews were strongly negative . Lyn Gardner wrote a critical review in The Guardian , describing the musical as `` opportunistic '' , and as a `` bizarrely unfocused text - an apparently unedited stream of consciousness '' .",
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"text": "Economic policy of the Barack Obama administration The economic policy of the Barack Obama administration was characterized by moderate tax increases on higher income Americans designed to fund healthcare reform , reduce the federal budget deficit , and improve income inequality . His first term ( 2009 -- 2013 ) included measures designed to address the Great Recession and Subprime mortgage crisis , which began in 2007 . These included a major stimulus package , banking regulation , and comprehensive healthcare reform . As the economy improved and robust job creation continued during his second term ( 2013 -- 2017 ) , the Bush tax cuts were allowed to expire for the highest income taxpayers and a spending sequester ( cap ) was implemented , to further reduce the deficit back to typical historical levels . Towards the end of his tenure , the U.S. economy was nearing full employment such that the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates , real household income was nearing its pre-crisis peak , gas prices were very low , and GDP grew 3.5 % . He also implemented several environmental executive orders to address climate change and encourage clean energy industries , as the U.S. enjoyed an unprecedented increase in energy production . Both the stock market and corporate profits reached record high levels during his tenure , while inflation and interest rates remained near record low levels . Conceptually , Obama advocated using government regulation to stem crony capitalism and tax revenue to stabilize and promote economic growth . Two of his important economic advisers were Jason Furman of Harvard University and Jeffrey Liebman of Harvard University . In 2006 , Obama wrote , `` We should be asking ourselves what mix of policies will lead to a dynamic free market and widespread economic security , entrepreneurial innovation and upward mobility -LSB- ... -RSB- we should be guided by what works . '' Speaking before the National Press Club in April 2005 , he defended the New Deal social welfare policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt , associating Republican proposals to establish private accounts for Social Security with Social Darwinism .",
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"text": "United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 4 , 2008 as part of the 2008 United States presidential election . Voters chose 5 electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President . However , this state is one of the two states of the U.S. that , instead of giving all of its electors to the winner based on its statewide results , just 2 of them vote based on the statewide results , and the others vote based on their individual congressional district results . Nebraska , statewide , was not a swing state in 2008 . Located in the Great Plains of the United States , it is one of the most staunchly Republican states in the country . While some hypothetical general election match-up polls between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama showed the race to be seemingly close , they were largely regarded as outliers as more polls released showed McCain leading in double digits . McCain wound up carrying the popular vote in Nebraska by 14.93 points , taking in 56.53 % of the total statewide vote . However , Obama narrowly defeated McCain in Nebraska 's 2nd congressional district , which contains Omaha and the surrounding areas . Due to Nebraska 's system of allocating electoral votes to winners of Congressional Districts , Obama was able to win one electoral vote while John McCain received the state 's other four electoral votes .",
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"text": "List of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2014 This is a list of presidential trips made by Barack Obama during 2014 , the sixth year of his presidency as the 44th President of the United States . This list excludes trips made within Washington , D.C. , the U.S. federal capital in which the White House , the official residence and principal workplace of the President , is located . Additionally excluded are trips to Camp David , the country residence of the President , and to the private home of the Obama family in Kenwood , Chicago .",
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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": "Michelle (song) `` Michelle '' is a love ballad by the Beatles , composed principally by Paul McCartney , with the middle eight co-written with John Lennon . It is featured on their Rubber Soul album , released in December 1965 . The song is unique among Beatles recordings in that some of its lyrics are in French . `` Michelle '' won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1967 and has since become one of the best known and often recorded of all Beatles songs .",
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"text": "Canada–Latin America relations Canada -- Latin America relations are relations between Canada and Latin America . This includes the bilateral ties between Canada and the individual Latin American states , plurilateral ties between Canada and any group of those states , or multilateral relations through groups like the Organization of American States ( OAS ) . Canada and Latin America share ties of geography as part of the Western Hemisphere and history through the shared experience of European colonization . Culturally , Canada shares with the other American societies a mixture of European , indigenous American , and immigrant influences . Parts of Canada are majority-French speaking , and since French is a `` Latin '' language , Canada ( or more often Quebec ) is sometimes considered an honorary part of Latin America . However , Latin Americans may also group Canadians with United States citizens as norteamericanos or gringos . For both Canadians and Latin Americans the importance of relations with the United States may overshadow relations with each other . However Canada 's importance in the region has risen since joining the OAS in 1990 .",
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"text": "Iowa Democratic caucuses, 2008 The Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucus occurred on January 3 , 2008 , and was the state caucuses of the Iowa Democratic Party . It was the first election for the Democrats of the 2008 presidential election . Also referred to as `` the First in the Nation Caucus , '' it was the first election of the primary season on both the Democratic and Republican sides . Of the eight major Democratic presidential candidates , then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois received the most votes and was ultimately declared the winner of the Iowa Democratic Caucus of 2008 , making him the first African American to win the caucus . Former U.S. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina came in second place and then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York finished third , though Clinton received more delegates than Edwards . Campaigning had begun as early as two years before the event .",
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"text": "Tina Tchen Christina M. `` Tina '' Tchen ( , pinyin : Chén Yuǎnměi ) ( born January 25 , 1956 ) is an American lawyer . From 2011 until 2017 , she served as Assistant to President Barack Obama ; Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama ; and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls . From the date of Obama 's inauguration until January 5 , 2011 , she was the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement , previously known as the Office of Public Liaison .",
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"text": "United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2012 The 2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 6 , 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated . This was the 25th U.S. Presidential Election in which New Mexico participated . New Mexico voters chose five electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate , Vice President Joe Biden , against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate , Congressman Paul Ryan . Prior to the election , 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win , or otherwise considered as a safe blue state.President Obama and Vice President Biden carried New Mexico with 52.99 % of the vote to Mitt Romney 's 42.84 % , a victory margin of 10.15 percentage points . Libertarian Gary Johnson , a former Republican who served two terms as Governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 , garnered 3.55 % of the vote , his strongest statewide performance in the nation , and the strongest 3rd party showing in the state since 2000 ( although that was easily surpassed by Johnson in 2016 , when he received nearly 10 % of the vote in New Mexico ) .",
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"text": "United States presidential election in Missouri, 2012 The 2012 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 6 , 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated . Missouri voters chose 10 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate , Vice President Joe Biden , against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate , Congressman Paul Ryan . On election day , Missouri was won by Mitt Romney , who took 53.76 % of the vote to Barack Obama 's 44.38 % , a margin of 9.38 % . Although a battleground in past elections , Missouri is considered to be trending toward the Republicans , having been the only swing state to be won ( albeit narrowly ) by Republican John McCain in the 2008 election . Consequently , the state was not heavily contested by either side in 2012 , and the Republicans ultimately carried Missouri by the largest margin since 1984 . Also , this was the first time since 1900 that Missouri was not carried by the victor of the presidential contest two times consecutively ( after Obama had failed to win the state in 2008 ) , as well as the first time since 1900 when the overall loser of the presidential election won the state by a margin larger than 1 % of the statewide vote . Obama carried only three counties and the City of St. Louis . He carried Boone County , home to Columbia and the University of Missouri ; Jackson County , where most of Kansas City is located ; and St. Louis County .",
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"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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"text": "Conservatism in North America Conservatism in North America is a political philosophy that varies in form , depending on the country and the region , but that has similar themes and goals . Academic study into the differences and similarities between conservatism in North American countries has been undertaken on numerous occasions . Reginald Bibby has asserted that the primary reason that conservatism has been so strong and enduring throughout North America is because of the propagation of religious values from generation to generation . This connection is strongest in mainstream Protestantism in the United States and both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism in Canada . According to Louis Hartz , nations that developed from settler colonies were European `` fragments '' that froze the class structure and underlying ideology prevalent in the mother country at the time of their foundation . He considered Latin America and French Canada to be fragments of feudal Europe , and the United States and English Canada as liberal fragments . However Gad Horowitz , writing that Hartz had acknowledged a Tory influence in English Canada , claimed a conservative tradition had developed there as well . American conservatism is generally considered to be a variety of liberalism , rather than true conservatism , although Canada also developed an American style conservatism that competed with the older Tory conservatism . A right-wing conservatism , or `` Latin conservatism '' , developed in Latin America and Quebec . Today , conservative and conservative liberal parties in North America cooperate through the International Democrat Union .",
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"text": "Non-Hispanic whites Non-Hispanic whites or whites not of Hispanic or Latino origin or `` Anglo '' '' ' , '' are people in the United States who , as defined by the Census Bureau , are considered racially white and are not of Hispanic or Latino origin/ethnicity . Non-Hispanic whites are a subcategory of white Americans , the other being white Hispanic and Latino Americans . Although generally all nations in Europe have contributed to the white population through emigration to Northern America in the last few centuries , the majority of non-Hispanic whites trace their origins to Northwestern Europe while other major sources originate in Southern and Eastern Europe ; German , Irish , and English ancestries are the most common . In the United States , this population was first derived from English ( and , to a lesser degree , French ) settlement of the Americas , as well as settlement by other Europeans such as the Germans and Dutch that began in the 17th century ( see History of the United States ) . Continued growth since the early 19th century is attributed to sustained very high birth rates alongside relatively low death rates among settlers and natives alike as well as periodically massive immigration from European countries , especially Germany , Ireland , England , Spain , Greece , Sweden and Norway , as well as Poland , Russia , and many more countries . In 2011 , for the first time in U.S. history , non-Hispanic whites accounted for under half of the births in the country , with 49.6 % of total births . At 197.2 million in 2012 , non-Hispanic whites comprise 62.8 % of the total U.S. population .",
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"text": "Death of Hadiya Pendleton The death of Hadiya Pendleton occurred on January 29 , 2013 . Pendleton , a 15-year-old girl from Chicago , Illinois , was shot in the back and killed while standing with friends inside Harsh Park in Kenwood , Chicago after taking her final exams . A student at King College Prep High School , she was killed only one week after performing at events for President Barack Obama 's second inauguration . First Lady Michelle Obama attended the funeral for Pendleton in Chicago . President Obama mentioned Pendleton 's death in his 2013 State of the Union Address in Congress , where Pendleton 's parents , Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton and Nathaniel A. Pendleton Sr. , attended as guests . The crime scene is `` just a mile away from -LSB- President Obama 's -RSB- Chicago house . '' Pendleton 's mother , Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton , went onstage but did not speak at the 2016 Democratic National Convention .",
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"text": "United States presidential election in North Carolina, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina was part of the national event on November 4 , 2008 throughout all 50 states and D.C. . In North Carolina , voters chose 15 representatives , or electors , to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President . North Carolina was won by Democratic nominee Barack Obama with a 0.32 % margin of victory . Prior to the election , most news organizations considered the state as a toss-up , or swing state , but few truly believed Obama would win it . Only 1 of the 18 news/political organizations listed here correctly predicted the result , an Obama victory . Throughout the general election , the state was heavily targeted by both campaigns . It was one of six Southern states and districts ( along with Florida , Virginia , Maryland , Delaware , and the District of Columbia ) that voted for Obama in 2008 . A high turnout by African-American voters , bolstered by overwhelming support from younger voters were the major factors that helped deliver North Carolina 's 15 electoral votes to Obama , making him the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry the state in 32 years . Prior to 2008 , the last Democratic candidate to win North Carolina was Jimmy Carter in 1976 . Bill Clinton came within 20,000 votes of winning the state in 1992 . As of 2016 , this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried North Carolina .",
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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": "Chinese Americans Chinese Americans , which includes American-born Chinese , are Americans who have full or partial Chinese ancestry . Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans , which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans . Many Chinese Americans are immigrants along with their descendants from mainland China , Hong Kong , Macau , Taiwan , as well as from other regions that include large populations of the Chinese diaspora , especially Southeast Asia and some Western countries like Canada , United Kingdom , Australia , New Zealand , and Brazil . The Chinese American community is the largest overseas Chinese community outside of Asia . It is also the third largest in the Chinese diaspora , behind the Chinese communities in Thailand and Malaysia . The Chinese American community comprises the largest ethnic group of Asian Americans , comprising 25.9 % of the Asian American population as of 2010 . Americans of Chinese descent , including those with partial Chinese ancestry constitute 1.2 % of the total U.S. population as of 2010 . According to the 2010 census , the Chinese American population numbered approximately 3.8 million . In 2010 , half of Chinese-born people living in the United States resided in the states of California and New York .",
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"text": "Darcy Richardson Darcy G. Richardson ( born December 6 , 1955 ) is an American author , historian and political activist . In the 2012 presidential election , Richardson challenged incumbent Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in five states . He was later a candidate for the presidential nomination of the Reform Party of the United States of America .",
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"text": "Michael C. Hall Michael Carlyle Hall ( born February 1 , 1971 ) is an American actor , known for his role as Dexter Morgan , a serial killer and blood spatter analyst , in the Showtime TV Network series Dexter , and as David Fisher in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under . In 2010 , Hall won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Dexter .",
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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": "John Michael King John Michael King ( May 13 , 1926 -- August 17 , 2008 ) was an American actor most often associated with his roles in musical theatre .",
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"text": "The Michael Essany Show The Michael Essany Show is an American television talk show hosted by Michael Essany that aired on local , national , and international television from 1997 to 2004 . Hosted by Valparaiso , Indiana resident Michael Essany , the program was produced by Leeza Gibbons and broadcast for two seasons on E! Entertainment Television . Essany , a teenager when the show began , based the show on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . The program featured such notable guests as president Gerald Ford , Ray Romano , Kevin Bacon , Walter Cronkite , Carrot Top , Kelly Rowland , Michael Ian Black , Tom Green , Mila Kunis , `` Weird Al '' Yankovic , and Jay Leno .",
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"text": "Charlie Manna Charlie Manna ( October 6 , 1920 -- November 9 , 1971 ) was an Italian American standup comedian , active in the 1960s . He was a New York resident , who stated that he came from the Bronx , and who had studied opera for five years before turning to comedy . He first appeared at the Green Mansions resort , in the Adirondacks near the Catskills resort area . He appeared on many theatrical and television variety shows of the era , including the Sunday Night At The London Palladium , The Ed Sullivan Show , The Tonight Show , The Steve Allen Show , Jackie Gleason 's Stage Show , the Jack Paar Show , Perry Como 's Kraft Music Hall and The Garry Moore Show . He performed at local venues like the Radio City Music Hall , the Bon Soir supper club , the Blue Angel , the Copacabana and Montreal 's El Morocco . He appeared in theatrical performances , including Michael Stewart 's Shoestring '57 and Hermione Gingold 's Sticks and Stones . He was well known for conceptual homor , based on incongruity , such as the routine in which an astronaut balks at being launched until someone finds his box of crayons , containing `` a green , an orange and two blacks '' ; as well using his musical training in a routine , such as `` Alcatraz - the Musical , '' and `` La Bonanza , '' a parody of an opera based on a popular TV Western , which he performed on The Johnny Cash Show . Veteran comedian Phyllis Diller credited Manna with helping improve her standup routine when she was starting in the business , `` It was at New York 's Bon Soir nightclub during the early sixties that the comic Charlie Manna gave me the greatest advice about how to get on : quickly tell five of your hottest jokes and then run with them . Get the audience laughing for real , do n't make it a phony deal . '' Manna was quoted as saying , `` There are two varieties of comedy : funny and not funny . '' He recorded two comedy albums in performance at clubs . The first was ' ` Manna Live !! ; the second was Manna Overboard !! '' , ( Decca Records , 1961 ) , produced by Michael Ross , written by Ross and Bruce Howard , recorded at the Village Vanguard , New York . He died in 1971 from cancer at age 51 .",
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"text": "Wilbur Hall (musician) Wilbur Francis Hall , sometimes billed as Willie Hall ( November 18 , 1894 -- June 30 , 1983 ) , was a United States trombonist , violinist , and entertainer . Hall was born in Shawnee Mound , Missouri . He was working in vaudeville when in 1924 he was hired by Paul Whiteman . Hall stayed with Whiteman 's orchestra until 1930 , mainly featured as a trombone player ( his speciality on this instrument was a lightning-fast rendition of Felix Arndt 's Nola , which he also recorded in 1929 ) . However , Hall was apt a playing several other instruments - conventional as well as unconventional . Amongst the latter was his ability to play melodies on a bicycle pump . Whiteman 's main arranger Ferde Grofé even wrote a special feature number for Hall on this `` instrument '' called Free Air : Based on Noises from a Garage . Hall can also be seen playing his pump as well as some tricky novelty violin playing in the early color film The King of Jazz . This routine , a frantically athletic rendition of `` Pop Goes the Weasel '' , played while wearing `` slapshoes '' , a common comedy prop from the days of Vaudeville , partly resembles the earlier work by vaudevillian Little Tich . After leaving Whiteman Hall toured as a solo act with the Publix circuit and then joined the Ken Murray Blackouts in Los Angeles . Later he toured USA as well as the world together with his wife , mixing music with comedy , He also appeared on television where he would reprise his violin bit from The King of Jazz on the Ken Murray and Spike Jones shows in the 1950s and on The Gong Show in the 1970s . He died in Newbury Park , California . An act called Wilbur Hall and Renée Fields appeared in the variety program Eastern Cabaret on BBC Television December 12 and 17 , 1938 . The same month , an advertisement by Fred Collins ' Agency in British newspaper The Era , known for its theatrical content , announced a forthcoming appearance in Dundee , Scotland by the same act , who may have been Wilbur and his wife .",
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"text": "List of concert halls A concert hall is a cultural building with a stage which serves as a performance venue and an auditorium filled with seats . While early halls built in the 18th and 19th century were designed for classical orchestra , concerto and opera concerts and ballet performances , halls built in the 20th and 21st century were often built to accommodate a wider range of performance types , including musicals . In the 2010s , popular music such as rock music and traditional music such as folk music are also performed in these venues . Many concert halls exist as one of several halls or performance spaces within a larger performing arts center . In many towns , the concert hall is combined with a convention center . Concert halls typically also contain orchestral rehearsal rooms . Many larger cities have both public and private concert halls . Particularly in smaller cities with fewer alternative venues , concert halls may also be used to accommodate other activities , from theatrical performances to academic presentations and university graduation ceremonies . This list does not include other venues such as sports stadia , dramatic theatres or convention centres which may occasionally be used for concerts . The list is organised alphabetically by geo-political region or continent and then by country within each region .",
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"text": "Concert saloon The concert saloon was an American adaptation of the English music hall , and a precursor of variety and vaudeville theater . As in the music hall , alcohol was served . The entertainment at the saloon was to hold the imbiber 's attention , so they would imbibe more .",
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"text": "Christopher Hall Christopher Hall may refer to :",
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"text": "Halls (department store) Halls is the department store division of Kansas City , Missouri-based Hallmark Cards , consisting of a specialty department store located in downtown Kansas City in the city 's Crown Center commercial complex district . The store carries a variety of premium-branded items in apparel , cosmetics , jewelry , shoes , and other product categories , in addition to greeting cards and gift items carrying the Hallmark brand . Hall 's is positioned at a price level comparable to larger luxury-oriented chains including Bloomingdale 's and Neiman Marcus .",
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"text": "Michael Seifert (producer) Michael Seifert is a multi-platinum award winning music producer , writer , arranger and recording engineer based in Cleveland , Ohio . Michael 's credits include work for Nicholas Megalis , Island/Def Jam recording artist Gentlemen Hall , Tori Amos , Regina Spektor , Fountains of Wayne , Lifehouse ( band ) , Colbie Caillat , Gerald Levert , Bone Thugs-n-Harmony , Too Short , 8 Ball & MJG , UGK , Chuck Mosley ( Faith No More ) , Guided by Voices , J. Mascis ( Dinosaur Jr. ) , blues legend Robert Lockwood , Jr. , Kate Voegele , Mr. Gnome , Grammy award winners Snarky Puppy , and many more . Michael has scored independent films and major motion pictures including composing , arranging , recording , and production work on Bram Stoker 's Dracula ( Special Edition ) , The Outsiders : The Complete Novel , the Apocalypse Now Documentary `` Heart of Darkness '' , and most recently The Godfather trilogy FFC restoration special edition for legendary film producer/director Francis Ford Coppola . He has also composed , recorded , and produced music for Fox TV , CBS , MTV , American Greetings , Sports Illustrated , Reebok , and many others . A self-taught multi instrumentalist , Michael often performs on both sides of the glass when working on a project .",
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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": "Boston Music Hall The Boston Music Hall was a concert hall located on Winter Street in Boston , Massachusetts , with an additional entrance on Hamilton Place . One of the oldest continuously operating theaters in the United States , it was built in 1852 and was the original home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra . The hall closed in 1900 and was converted into a vaudeville theater named the Orpheum Theatre . The Orpheum , which still stands today , was substantially rebuilt in 1915 by architect Thomas W. Lamb as a movie theater . The hall has no connection with Boston 's `` Music Hall '' , a theater which is now known as the Wang Theatre .",
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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": "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": "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": "Jordan Hall Jordan Hall is a 1,019-seat concert hall in Boston , Massachusetts , the principal performance space of the New England Conservatory . It is one block from Boston 's Symphony Hall , and together they are considered two of America 's most acoustically perfect performance spaces . It is the only conservatory building in the United States to be designated a National Historic Landmark . The hall opened in 1903 , as a gift of Eben D. Jordan II , a Conservatory trustee and a Jordan of the Jordan Marsh retail store . Its architect was Edmund M. Wheelwright of Boston 's Wheelwright & Haven , who later designed nearby Horticultural Hall . The hall 's unusual square floor plan reflects its underlying plot of land but despite its shape , the hall has excellent acoustics , and all seats on both the main floor and horseshoe-shaped balcony have unobstructed views of the stage . The hall 's prominent organ is modeled upon one found in a church within the former hospital complex of Santa Maria della Scala in Siena , now a museum . The dedication concert of Jordan Hall , performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra , took place on October 20 , 1903 , and created quite a stir . Effusive newspaper accounts deemed the hall `` unequaled the world over , '' and the Boston Globe reported that it was `` a place of entertainment that European musicians who were present that evening say excels in beauty anything of the kind they ever saw . '' Even a decade later , it describes itself as an `` imposing Conservatory Building '' . Jordan Hall has won numerous awards since its restoration in 1995 , including the 1996 Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Award , the Victorian Society in America 's Preservation Commendation , the 1996 Boston Preservation Alliance Award , the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America Award of Merit , and the Illuminating Engineering Society 1996 Lumen Award . The Conservatory 's main building , which includes Jordan Hall , was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994 ; in both cases the name used is New England Conservatory of Music . Innumerable performances have taken place in Jordan Hall , including some 650 student performances a year as well as appearances by virtually every important classical musician of the past century . That list includes performers Nadia Boulanger , Pablo Casals , the Martha Graham Dance Company , James Galway , pianists Cyril Scott , Ferruccio Busoni , Angela Hewitt , Radu Lupu , Rudolf Serkin , Richard Goode , Krystian Zimerman , Garrick Ohlsson , Yundi Li , clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and violinist Isaac Stern ; vocalists Marian Anderson , Peter Pears , Dawn Upshaw , Ben Heppner , David Daniels , and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson ; guitarists Andrés Segovia , Christopher Parkening , Julian Bream , and Sérgio and Odair Assad ; conductors Arthur Fiedler and Kurt Masur ; composers Béla Bartók , Benjamin Britten , John Cage , Olivier Messiaen , and Aaron Copland ; jazz legends Stan Getz and Benny Goodman ; The Yale Whiffenpoofs ; and the Budapest , Juilliard , Guarneri and Tokyo string quartets . Jordan Hall is home to From the Top , a National Public Radio classical music show hosted by New England Conservatory alumnus Christopher O'Riley . In addition , the Boston Modern Orchestra Project , New England String Ensemble , Festival Youth Orchestra , the Boston Civic Symphony , and the Boston Philharmonic play many of their concerts at Jordan Hall . In 1973 , The New England Ragtime Ensemble , then a student group called The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble , recorded their Grammy Award-winning album `` The Red Back Book '' on the Jordan Hall stage .",
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"text": "Live at the Beacon Theater Live at the Beacon Theater is the fourth full-length comedy special/concert film by comedian Louis C.K. . The special takes place at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan , New York . In contrast to his previous specials , which had been produced for broadcast and sale on physical media , Live at the Beacon Theater is sold directly from the comedian 's website for the cost of $ 5.00 USD and can be downloaded in 720p HD or streamed in browser . Also in contrast to his previous special , Hilarious , which was released for sale more than a year and a half after it was recorded , Live at the Beacon captures a performance from just a month before its release ( November 10 , 2011 ) . It later aired on the FX television channel . It later was made available in a Humble Bundle . As stated in the end credits , the film was dedicated to comedian Patrice O'Neal , who died two weeks prior to its release . C.K. considered O'Neal one of his favorite comedians . The film won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety , Music , or Comedy Special and received three other nominations .",
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"text": "Michael Kent (comedian) Michael Kent ( born January 14 , 1979 ) is an American Comedian and Magician from Columbus , Ohio . He tours internationally , primarily performing a stand-up comedy-style magic show in American Colleges and Universities , cruise ships and on overseas military bases .",
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"text": "Robert M. Hall Robert M. `` Bob '' Hall ( September 27 , 1909 -- December 21 , 1998 ) was an American media executive , founder of Publishers-Hall Syndicate and later Hall Communications . Born and raised in Providence , Rhode Island , Hall graduated from Brown University in 1934 and from Columbia School of Journalism in 1936 . After working as a salesman for United Features Syndicate , he formed the Post Syndicate with the New York Post in 1944 , soon renamed Post-Hall Syndicate . In 1955 he bought out the Post and renamed it Hall Syndicate . In 1964 , Hall bought his first radio station in Connecticut , and in 1967 he sold Hall Syndicate to Field Enterprises of Chicago . In the ensuing years he formed Hall Communications and purchased numerous radio stations throughout the eastern United States . He resigned as President in 1991 and Chair in 1998 , turning the company over to his daughter Bonnie Hall Rowbotham and her husband Art .",
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"text": "Michael & Michael Have Issues Michael & Michael Have Issues ( sometimes abbreviated MMHI ) is a cable television comedy series starring comedians and actors Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter , who created the series . Both comedians appeared together in several TV comedy series , including The State , and Stella . The show premiered on July 15 , 2009 , on Comedy Central . Showalter and Black confirmed on March 3 , 2010 , via their Twitter accounts that the show had been canceled . The series starred Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter playing fictionalized versions of themselves . As stated in a 2009 New York Times article , `` Mr. Black and Mr. Showalter play the bickering stars of a sketch comedy program who never miss an opportunity to undermine each other . In between skits about stores that sell only sweatpants and characters like John the British Fork Offerer , narrative segments chronicle the not-so-fictional frenemies who constantly step on each other 's toes , even in seemingly inconsequential situations like an interview for a high school newspaper or the search for a birthday gift for their producer . ''",
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"text": "Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean ( born January 19 , 1946 ) , professionally known as Dolly Parton , is an American singer , songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , record producer , actress , author , businesswoman , and philanthropist , known primarily for her work in country music . After achieving success as a songwriter for others , Dolly Parton made her album debut in 1967 , with her album Hello , I 'm Dolly . With steady success during the remainder of the 1960s ( both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner ) , her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continuing into the 1980s ; Parton 's subsequent albums in the later part of the 1990s were lower in sales . However , in the new millennium , Parton achieved commercial success again and has released albums on independent labels since 2000 , including albums on her own label , Dolly Records . Parton is the most honored female country performer of all time . Achieving 25 Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) certified Gold , Platinum , and Multi-Platinum awards , she has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard country music charts , a record for a female artist ( tied with Reba McEntire ) . She has 41 career top 10 country albums , a record for any artist , and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years . All-inclusive sales of singles , albums , hits collections , and digital downloads during her career have topped 100 million worldwide . She has garnered nine Grammy Awards , two Academy Award nominations , ten Country Music Association Awards , seven Academy of Country Music Awards , three American Music Awards , and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association 's Entertainer of the Year Award . Parton has received 47 Grammy nominations . In 1999 , Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame . She has composed over 3,000 songs , notably `` I Will Always Love You '' ( a two-time U.S. country chart-topper for Parton , as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston ) , `` Jolene '' , `` Coat of Many Colors '' , and `` 9 to 5 '' . She is also one of the few to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards , Tony Awards , and Emmy Awards . As an actress , she starred in films such as 9 to 5 , The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas , Rhinestone , and Steel Magnolias .",
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"text": "American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist The American Music Award for Favorite Country Female Artist ( now titled Favorite Female Artist - Country ) has been awarded since 1974 . Years reflect the year in which the American Music Awards were presented , for works released in the previous year ( until 2003 onward when awards were handed out on November of the same year ) . The all-time winner in this category is Reba McEntire with ten ( ' 88 ' , ' 89 , ' 90 , ' 91 , ' 92 , ' 93 , ' 94 , ' 95 , ' 98 , ' 04 ) wins stretching across three decades . McEntire was also the first woman to win the award 8 years in a row . Second place belongs to Barbara Mandrell ( ' 81 , ' 82 , ' 83 , ' 84 , ' 85 , ' 87 ) and Taylor Swift ( ' 08 , ' 09 , ' 10 , ' 11 , ' 12 , ' 13 ) , who both won the award six times . Tied in third place are Faith Hill ( ' 01 , ' 02 , ' 03 , and ' 06 ) , Shania Twain ( ' 96 , ' 97 , ' 99 , and ' 00 ) , and Carrie Underwood ( ' 07 , ' 14 , ' 15 , and ' 16 ) , who have each won 4 times , respectively . Crystal Gayle ( ' 79 , ' 80 , and ' 86 ) has won three times .",
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"text": "Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance The Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards . It was first awarded in 2012 , after a major overhaul of Grammy Award categories . The award combines the previous categories for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal , Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and Best Country Instrumental Performance ( if the instrumental recording is performed by a duo or group ) . The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy 's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards . According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for duo/group or collaborative ( vocal or instrumental ) country recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only .",
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"text": "Bill Anderson (singer) James William Anderson III ( born November 1 , 1937 ) , known as Bill Anderson , is an American country music singer , songwriter and television personality . He has been a member in long standing of the weekly Grand Ole Opry radio program and stage performance in Nashville , Tennessee . He has released more than 40 studio albums and has reached No. 1 on the country charts seven times : `` Mama Sang a Song '' ( 1962 ) , `` Still '' ( 1963 ) , `` I Get the Fever '' ( 1966 ) , `` For Loving You '' ( with Jan Howard , 1967 ) , `` My Life ( Throw It Away If I Want To ) '' ( 1969 ) , `` World of Make Believe '' ( 1974 ) , and `` Sometimes '' ( with Mary Lou Turner , 1976 ) . Twenty-nine more of his singles have reached the top ten . One of the most successful songwriters in country music history , Anderson is also a popular singer , earning the nickname `` Whisperin ' Bill '' for his soft vocal style and occasional spoken narrations . Artists who have recorded his material include Ray Price , Wanda Jackson , Connie Smith , Lynn Anderson , Jim Reeves , Conway Twitty , Eddy Arnold , Roy Clark , Con Hunley , Lefty Frizzell , Brad Paisley , Kenny Chesney , and George Strait . Bill Anderson had his own television show in the 1960s . Anderson has made several television appearances , including two stints as a game show host : The Better Sex ( with co-host Sarah Purcell ) in 1977 , and the country music-themed quiz show Fandango ( 1983 -- 1989 ) on The Nashville Network . He has also hosted an interview show called Opry Backstage and was a producer of a talent show called You Can Be a Star , hosted by fellow Opry member Jim Ed Brown , both shows on the former Nashville Network , and has made guest appearances on several other television series .",
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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": "Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1955 Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits : 1955 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1988 , featuring 10 hit recordings from 1955 . The volume is the first in a series of albums by Rhino Records that chronicled years in music , starting from 1955 and continuing through 1995 . Each of the albums issued in the series included a `` Time Capsule '' in its liner notes . These notes served as a synopsis for the year featured on the album , including the top news headlines , sports events , television programs and trends in fashion and popular culture . The track lineups tended to feature most of the year 's top 10 hits , although some of the year 's most popular songs on a given album were not included for various reasons -- most commonly , licensing restrictions . This would be most evident for several of Rhino 's Billboard volumes covering the 1960s , where songs by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were not included . In such cases , other songs that were among the most popular of the year were substituted . For the 1955 track lineup , just one song topped the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart : `` Rock Around the Clock '' by Bill Haley & His Comets . Also included was `` Sincerely '' by The Moonglows , whose version -- which topped the Top Rhythm & Blues Songs chart -- was used in place of The McGuire Sisters ' version , which reached No. 1 on the Best Sellers in Stores mainstream chart . Most of the other songs reached the top 10 of one of the three charts Billboard had in place at the time -- the Best Sellers in Stores , Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes . Rhino 's mainstream pop top hits volumes for the years 1955 through 1974 were titled `` Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits . '' Starting with the 1975 volume and continuing through the 1995 entry , the series became known as `` Billboard Top Hits . ''",
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"text": "Always, Always Always , Always is the third duet album by Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton , released in May 1969 . It reached # 5 on the U.S. country albums chart . The album included the # 9 country single `` Yours Love '' .",
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"text": "Porter & Dolly Porter & Dolly is the thirteenth and final duet album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton , released in June 1980 . It is made up of previously unreleased material from their duet years ( 1967 -- 76 ) , with new studio overdubs recorded in November and December 1979 . The album was part of a settlement from legal action Wagoner took following Parton 's departure from his band in 1974 . Though the two later made peace and resumed their friendship , at the time , they were reportedly not on speaking terms , and would not reunite in person , so the cover photo is actually a composite of two separate photos edited together . The single `` Making Plans '' was a top ten single on the U.S. country chart ; Parton would re-record it with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris for their 1987 album Trio . The original master/not overdubbed version of the album track `` If You Say I Can '' had previously been released as the B-side to the non-album single `` Is Forever Long Than Always , '' in April 1976 . This was their last single released before Wagoner & Parton 's split . In 2014 , Bear Family Records released Just Between You and Me : The Complete Recordings , 1967 - 1976 . It contains the complete duet recordings made by Wagoner & Parton during their partnership , including the original masters of the songs from this album , without the 1979 overdubs .",
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"text": "Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded from 1970 to 2011 . The award has had several minor name changes : In 1970 the award was known as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group From 1971 to 1981 it was awarded as Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group From 1982 to the present it has been awarded as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal The award was discontinued after the 2011 Grammy Awards in a major overhaul of Grammy categories . From 2012 , all duo or group performances in the country category were shifted to the newly formed Best Country Duo/Group Performance category . Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented , for works released in the previous year .",
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"text": "Love and Music Love and Music is the tenth duet album by Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton , released in July 1973 . It contains their top ten country single `` If Teardrops Were Pennies '' . The album reached # 8 on the U.S. country albums chart . The liner notes are written by Carl Butler and Pearl , writers of the song `` If Teardrops Were Pennies '' , originally a hit in 1951 for Carl Smith .",
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"text": "Faith Hill discography Faith Hill is an American country music singer . Her discography includes seven studio albums , four compilation albums , and forty-two singles . All of Hill 's studio albums , including her 2008 Christmas compilation , have been certified Gold , Platinum , or Multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . After working as a secretary in a Nashville music publishing firm , Hill recorded a demo tape and was signed to Warner Bros. . Records . She released her debut album in late 1993 titled , Take Me as I Am . The album sold three million copies in the United States and was certified `` multi-platinum '' in sales . With Hill 's first albums , she was largely marketed as a country artist and her singles found major success on country radio . The lead single , `` Wild One '' spent four weeks at # 1 on the Billboard Country Chart that year , making Hill the first female country artist in thirty years spend a series of weeks at the top spot with a debut single . The album 's additional singles , `` Piece of My Heart '' ( a cover of the Erma Franklin song ) and `` Take Me as I Am '' were also significant country hits . In 1995 released her second studio album , It Matters to Me . which also reached multi-platinum status . Its title track was a # 1 country hit , and the other singles released including `` Let 's Go to Vegas '' and `` Someone Else 's Dream '' were Top 10 hits . After meeting country music artist , Tim McGraw , the two eventually married in October 1996 . For three years , Hill did not release any albums after giving birth to child . However she did collaborate with McGraw on his single , `` It 's Your Love '' , which was a # 1 country hit in 1997 . Hill returned with her third studio album in 1998 titled , Faith . The album 's first single , `` This Kiss '' was promoted as a country and pop single , and therefore it not only peaked at # 1 on the Billboard Country Chart , but also crossed over into Billboard Hot 100 , where it made the Top 10 , peaking at # 7 . The album 's other singles remained successful on the country charts , peaking within the Top 10 , including a duet with McGraw , `` Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me '' . Immediately after tour from her previous album , she returned to the studio to record her fourth album , Breathe . The album was marketed as a crossover Pop music album , which would bring Hill major success in pop and adult contemporary music . Breathe sold eight million copies in the United States , certifying 8 × Platinum in sales . The title track was the album 's first single , where it became Hill 's biggest hit to date , spending six weeks at # 1 on the Billboard Country Chart , while also peaking at # 2 on the Hot 100 , becoming the biggest hit of the year on Billboard . Its follow-up , `` The Way You Love Me '' was also a # 1 hit , and reached the Pop Top 10 as well . In 2002 , she released another Pop-oriented album , Cry . Although it sold two million copies in the United States , its singles proved not to be as successful as planned . The title track only reached # 12 on the country charts and # 33 on the Hot 100 . The additional three singles released ( `` When the Lights Go Down '' , `` One '' , and `` You 're Still Here '' ) were even less successful than the title track . Hill stayed on a three-year hiatus before releasing her next album , Fireflies in 2005 . The album returned Hill to traditional country music , and the lead single , `` Mississippi Girl '' ( written by John Rich ) became Hill 's first # 1 hit on the Country charts in five years . In addition , Fireflies sold two million copies in the United States and was certified 2 × Platinum in sales . In 2007 , Hill released her first greatest hits compilation which was titled , The Hits , followed by a Holiday album in late 2008 , Joy to the World .",
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"text": "The Bargain Store The Bargain Store is Dolly Parton 's 15th solo studio album and was released in 1975 . In the Parton-penned title track , one of her best-known compositions , she used worn , second-hand merchandise in a discount store as a metaphor for a woman damaged by an ill-fated relationship . The song was dropped from a number of country stations ' playlists when programmers mistook the line `` you can easily afford the price '' as a thinly veiled reference to prostitution . Despite the decreased airplay , the song nonetheless topped the U.S. country singles charts in April 1975 . The album was largely made up of Parton 's own compositions but also contained Merle Haggard 's `` You 'll Always Be Special to Me '' . ( Haggard , in turn , covered Parton 's `` Kentucky Gambler '' , from this album , later in 1975 . ) The album was re-released for the first time in December 2013 . It was made available as a digital download on iTunes . This is the first time the songs `` When I 'm Gone '' , `` The Only Hand You 'll Need to Hold '' , `` I Want to Be What You Need '' , `` Love to Remember '' , `` You 'll Always Be Special to Me '' , `` He Would Know '' and `` I 'll Never Forget '' are available outside the original LP , cassette and eight-track releases of the album .",
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"text": "Montgomery Gentry discography Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry . Its discography comprises eight studio albums , four compilation albums , one extended play , and twenty-six singles . The duo made its debut in 1999 with the single `` Hillbilly Shoes , '' which went to number 13 on the Hot Country Songs charts , but did not reach Number 1 until mid-2004 , with `` If You Ever Stop Loving Me . '' The duo has sent four more singles to Number One for a total of five : `` Something to Be Proud Of '' ( 2005 ) , `` Lucky Man '' ( 2007 ) , `` Back When I Knew It All '' and `` Roll with Me '' ( both 2008 ) . Besides these , Montgomery Gentry has reached Top Ten with 10 additional hit singles . All 15 of these songs have also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 , where the duo 's highest peak is `` If You Ever Stop Loving Me '' at number 30 . Montgomery Gentry 's first , third and fourth albums -- 1999 's Tattoos & Scars , 2002 's My Town and 2004 's You Do Your Thing -- are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) for shipments of one million copies . 2001 's Carrying On , 2005 's Something to Be Proud Of : The Best of 1999 -- 2005 and 2006 's Some People Change are all certified gold .",
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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": "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": "Edna Gallmon Cooke Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke ( 1918 - September 4 , 1967 ) was a renowned gospel singer and recording artist from 1949 until her death in 1967 . Personal information about Ms. Cooke is scarce and most of her biographical details have been gleaned from the liner notes of her various albums . Ms. Gallmon Cooke is best known for her recordings of `` Stop Gambler '' and `` Heavy Load '' . Born in Columbia , South Carolina in 1918 , the daughter of a Baptist preacher , Reverend Eddie J. Gallmon also a former pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church ( College place ) . Edna Gallmon Cooke was more formally educated and musically trained than most of her gospel peers . As a young adult , she lived and studied in Washington D.C. and Philadelphia , attending Temple University and briefly teaching elementary school . She had contemplated a career in semi-classics and show tunes when she underwent a musical conversion of sorts after hearing gospel singer , Willie Mae Ford Smith in the late 1930s . `` I was shocked . The woman sang with such finesse ... I knew I had to be a gospel singer . '' Shortly after , Ms. Gallmon Cooke joined the Holiness Church and became preeminently consecrated -- with the Holiness Church bestowing the honorific ` Madame ' to her name to announce her devotion . During the 1940s , Madame Gallmon Cooke toured the Southeast , billed as the `` Sweetheart of the Potomac '' . She performed hymns and gospel songs in the manner of Willie Mae Ford Smith , but her mezzo-soprano could not duplicate Smith 's contralto blasts . Elaborating on that style , Gallmon Cooke returned to familiar sources , popularizing the sermonettes and spirituals her father Eddie Gallmon had performed in the 1920s . Madame Gallmon Cooke became a `` transcendent moaner and a mistress of what note-bending musicologists call melisma and church folks call curlicues , runs and flowers and frills . '' Ms. Cooke began recording in the late 1940s for the Nashboro Recording Label in Nashville , TN usually accompanied by her father 's choir , The Young People 's Choir of the Springfield Baptist Church of Washington , DC . Her later recordings included male vocal groups . Madame Gallmon Cooke 's commanding switch in styles occurred after her marriage to Barney Parks , Jr. , a former member of The Dixie Hummingbirds and a founder of The Sensational Nightingales . They had met in 1951 when Marie Knight , Rosetta Tharpe 's old partner , organized a tour featuring herself , Cooke , and The Nightingales . Under Park 's management and direction , Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke became a household name in gospel . It is suspected that the name Cooke was from her first marriage which ended because of the death of her husband . The liner notes to `` Mother Smith and Her Children '' describes Madame Cooke as `` an exquisite stylist , with a sensuous appeal akin to Billie Holiday . She is referred to as rap music 's gospel progenitor ; a penchant for rhymed , spoken chants produced her most famous recordings . '' Ms. Cooke died in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania on September 4 , 1967 . She was 49 years old .",
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"text": "Carrie Underwood discography American singer and songwriter Carrie Underwood has released five studio albums and 29 singles . Underwood rose to fame after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005 . Her debut album , Some Hearts , was released in 2005 and is the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history . It also became the best-selling solo female country debut in Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) history , as well as the top-selling debut album of any American Idol contestant in the United States . Her second album , Carnival Ride , was released in 2007 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 charts . During the first week , it sold 527,000 copies , which at the time was the best sales week by a female solo country artist since Shania Twain 's Greatest Hits sold 530,000 copies in its first week back in 2004 . The album has since been certified 4x Platinum . Underwood released her third studio album , Play On , on November 3 , 2009 . It debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart and the all-genre Billboard 200 . It features the number one singles `` Cowboy Casanova '' , `` Temporary Home '' , and `` Undo It '' , as well as the number two single , `` Mama 's Song '' . The album has since been certified 3x Platinum in the US , Platinum in Canada , and Gold in Australia . On June 2011 , the album re-entered the Australian Albums Charts for both the ARIA National Top 50 and the Country Top 20 albums at number 14 and number one , respectively , giving Underwood her first number one album in Australia . The album was eventually certified Gold in Australia . On May 1 , 2012 , Underwood released her fourth album , Blown Away . In the United States , it sold 267,000 albums in its first week and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums charts . It debuted at number one in Canada 's Top 200 all-genre albums chart and Top 100 Country albums chart , being immediately certified Gold . The album also debuted at number one on Australia 's Top 20 Country Albums and number four on the all-genre Top 50 Albums . The album has been certified 2x Platinum in the United States and Canada . On December 9 , 2014 , Underwood released her first greatest hits album , Greatest Hits : Decade # 1 . The compilation debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Country Albums charts , and set several records upon release , including having the biggest sales debut for a hits collection in any genre of music in more than six years and the biggest first-week sales for a female hits album in any genre in over nine years . The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on January 16 , 2015 . Underwood 's fifth studio album , Storyteller was released on October 23 , 2015 . The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 . This made Underwood the only country artist to have his or her first five studio albums debut at number one or number two on the Billboard 200 chart . It also debuted atop the Top Country Albums chart , earning Underwood another record as the only artist to score six consecutive number one albums on that chart . The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 24 , 2016 . Underwood has sold in excess of 65 million records globally . In the United States , she has sold 16.3 million albums and over 34.8 million digital singles , making her the best-selling American Idol contestant of all-time . She is the top country artist and the fifth highest-certified female artist on the RIAA Top Artists ( Digital Singles ) Ranking . She is also the fourth biggest album seller among artists who have debuted the past 13 years . Underwood has accumulated 85 Billboard number-ones . She has had 15 singles top the Billboard Country Airplay , and 14 singles top the Hot Country Songs , respectively . Notably , Underwood garnered twenty-six consecutive top 10 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart , the longest streak of top ten singles for a country artist .",
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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": "Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride ( née Schiff , born July 29 , 1966 ) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer . She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material . McBride signed to RCA Records in 1991 , and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single , `` The Time Has Come '' . Over time , she developed a pop-styled crossover sound , similar to that of Shania Twain and Faith Hill and has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart . Five of these singles went to No. 1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001 , and one peaked at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003 . She has been called the `` Celine Dion of Country Music '' when she was recognized for her soprano singing range . McBride has recorded a total of 13 studio albums , two greatest hits compilations , one `` live '' album , as well as two additional compilation albums . Eight of her studio albums and two of her compilations have received an RIAA Gold certification , or higher . In the U.S. she has sold over 14 million albums . In addition , McBride has won the Country Music Association 's `` Female Vocalist of the Year '' award four times ( tied with Reba McEntire for the second-most wins ) and the Academy of Country Music 's `` Top Female Vocalist '' award three times . She is also a 14-time Grammy Award nominee .",
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"text": "This Is Country Music (song) `` This Is Country Music '' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley . After performing it at the Country Music Association awards ceremony , Paisley released the song in December 2010 . The song is Paisley 's twenty-eighth single release overall ; it entered the Hot Country Songs charts dated for December 4 , 2010 . It was included on his eighth studio album , This Is Country Music , released on May 23 , 2011 release via Arista Nashville .",
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"text": "The Essential Johnny Cash (2002 album) The Essential Johnny Cash is a double-compact disc compilation by Johnny Cash released as part of Sony BMG 's Essential series . It was compiled to commemorate Cash 's 70th birthday . It is not to be confused with the three-CD box set of the same name released by Columbia Records in 1992 . The double album concentrates mainly on Cash 's first 15 years as a recording artist with Sun Records and Columbia , contains only eight post-1970 selections , and no selections from Cash 's work with Rick Rubin for American Recordings : Cash 's final hit single , a cover of Nine Inch Nails ' `` Hurt '' , was released ten months later . The album was certified Gold and Platinum on February 5 , 2005 and was certified 2 & 3 x Platinum on March 3 , 2016 for sales of 1,500,000 copies by the RIAA . It has sold 1,724,200 copies in the US as of April 2017 . Amongst the 36 tracks on the compilation are two songs that feature Cash prominently but never appeared on any of his albums : `` Girl from the North Country '' from Bob Dylan 's 1969 album Nashville Skyline , and `` The Wanderer '' from U2 's 1993 album Zooropa . As a testimony to Cash 's wide sphere of influence on country , rock , and other modern musics and his wide fan base , the liner notes feature testimonials and 70th birthday greetings from a wide array of artists - not only from friends and fellow travelers and collaborators like Willie Nelson , Kris Kristofferson , Tom Petty , ex-stepson-in-law Nick Lowe , and wife June Carter Cash , but from the likes of Keith Richards , Elvis Costello , Corey Taylor and Shawn Crahan of Slipknot , Metallica 's Kirk Hammett , and Henry Rollins .",
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"text": "Adrienne Bailon Adrienne Eliza Houghton ( née Bailon ; born October 24 , 1983 ) is an American singer-songwriter , recording artist , actress , dancer and television personality . Adrienne Bailon first became publicly known when she rose to fame as one of the founding members and singer of both 3LW ( 1999 -- 2007 ) and Disney 's The Cheetah Girls ( 2003 -- 2008 ) . Bailon recorded a debut solo album which was later shelved . Since then , Bailon has stated that she plans to record a Spanish-language solo album . Aside from her work in 3LW and The Cheetah Girls , Bailon went on to develop her own acting career with roles in The Cheetah Girls films , Coach Carter and the MTV film All You 've Got . Aside from her work in film , she has also guest starred in numerous television series including the Disney Channel series That 's So Raven and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody . Bailon has established a solo music career , contributing two solo tracks , including `` What If '' , to The Cheetah Girls : One World soundtrack as well as the Confessions of a Shopaholic soundtrack , and numerous other guest musical ventures . Bailon co-stars alongside television personality , model and actress Julissa Bermudez in their own reality series , Empire Girls : Julissa and Adrienne which airs on the Style Network . Adrienne met Julissa on the set of the 2006 film All You 've Got . Currently , Bailon is one of the hosts of syndicated talk show The Real along with former fellow Disney Channel star Tamera Mowry , Jeannie Mai , and Loni Love , which premiered on July 15 , 2013 . Bailon 's career , spanning over 16 years with both 3LW and The Cheetah Girls , has helped her sell a combined 5.6 million recording albums worldwide .",
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"text": "Demographics of France The demography of France is monitored by the Institut national d'études démographiques ( INED ) and the Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques ( INSEE ) . As of the 1 January 2017 , almost 67 million people lived in the French Republic ( 66,991,000 ) , including all the five overseas departments ( 2,132,000 ) , but excluding the overseas collectivities and territories ( 604,000 ) . 64,859,000 of these lived in Metropolitan France , the part of France located in Europe . In March 2017 the population of France officially reached the 67 million mark . The 66 million mark was reached in the beginning of 2014 . Between the years 2010 and 2017 the population of France grew from 64,613 million to 66,991 million or with about 2,4 million people for a span of 7 years , making France one of the fastest growing countries in Europe . The population of France is growing with 1 million people every 3 years . For an average annual growth of 340,000 people , or a grow rate of +0,6 % . France was historically Europe 's most populous nation . During the Middle Ages , more than one quarter of Europe 's total population was French ; by the 17th century , this had decreased slightly to one fifth . By the beginning of the 20th century , other European nations , such as Germany and Russia , had caught up with and overtaken it . However , the country 's population sharply increased with the baby boom following World War II . According to INSEE , since 2004 , 200,000 immigrants entered annually into the country . One out of two was born in Europe and one in three in Africa . Between 2009 and 2012 , the number of Europeans entering France increased sharply ( + 12 % per year on average ) . The national birth rate , after dropping for a time , began to rebound in the 1990s and currently the country 's fertility rate is close to the replacement level . According to a 2006 INSEE study , `` The natural increase is close to 300,000 people , a level that has not been reached in more than thirty years . '' Among the 802,000 newborns in metropolitan France in 2010 , 80.1 % had two French parents , 13.3 % had one French parent , and 6.6 % had two non-French parents . For the same year , 27.3 % of newborns in metropolitan France had at least one foreign-born parent and 23.9 % had at least one parent born outside of Europe ( parents born in overseas territories are considered as born in France ) . Between 2006 and 2008 , about 40 % of newborns in France had one foreign-born grandparent ( 11 % born in another European country , 16 % born in the Maghreb and 12 % born in another region of the world ) . Racial and ethnic censuses have been banned by the French government since 1978 , since the term `` race '' in France invokes associations with Nazi Germany .",
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"text": "Gui Mallon Guilherme A.B. Mallon ( Gui Mallon ) is a Brazilian composer . Mallon was born in Rio de Janeiro , and studied music theory and harmony at the CBM-Brazilian Conservatory of Music in Rio de Janeiro . He also studied composition and conducting with Alceu Bochino and Guerra Peixe , at the Villa-Lobos School of Music in Rio de Janeiro . In 1983 he moved to the United States , where he lived in New York from 1983 to 1989 . In 1990 he moved to Europe , settling down in Madrid , Spain and then finally in Sweden ( 1992 ) . In Europe he formed different groups to perform his compositions and arrangements in various styles : contemporary , world , jazz and classical . Attempting to expand the chamber music and classical guitar repertoires , Gui Mallon has written extensively for a trio formed by his guitar , a bass instrument ( usually violoncello or bass ) and a solo instrument ( flute , violin , sax , oboe , etc. ) . There is a number of his compositions in free-scores and MP3s available at www.tunes4trio.org for that formation . His Gui Mallon Ensemble , a band formed of a string quintet , 3 percussionists , sax , flute and guitar , performed two concerts at the Montreux Jazz Festival.Montreux Jazz Festival -LSB- -RSB- These concerts were recorded live and released in the US and Canada by the American record company Adventure Music ( Live at Montreux - 2004 ) receiving expressive reviews from the specialized American press . Gui Mallon has also composed a concert for guitar & string orchestra in four movements entitled Ave Eva . Its first performance was in November 2006 . Kompositioner , a book with 19 compositions , scores and essays , written in Swedish , was released by the publishing company - Edition Diadorim in 2005 . The book is also available for free downloading at Gui Mallon 's site and others . Among his musical works on CD are albums with original compositions and arrangements such as `` Guitar '' ( 1996 ) , `` Brazil , Brasil '' ( 1997 ) , `` Paradise Street '' ( 2001 ) and `` Live at Montreux '' ( 2004 ) . Gui Mallon has also written music scores for the movies : `` En liten film för mina systrar '' by Åsa Sjöström , `` Grodan '' by Cecilia Torquato , among others . As a writer he was awarded the Brazilian poetry prize : Prêmio de Poesia Augusto dos Anjos in 2005 . He has also published two children 's books in Swedish : `` Tingen som styrde vinden '' 2005 and `` Det stora äventyret '' ( 2008 ) . His artistic works include videos and paintings . Gui Mallon participated in the exhibition `` Sweden Recreated '' at Konsthallen , : sv : Göteborgs Konsthall Gothenburg , 2002 ( Museum of Art of Gothenburg ) . In 2008 , he got the Prêmio Interações Estéticas '' of FUNARTE - Brazilian Art Foundation .",
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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": "Grand Jury Européen The Grand Jury Européen ( GJE ) is an Association sans but lucratif ( association without lucrative purpose under Luxembourg law ) with the aim of providing an alternative classification of wine , founded in 1996 by François Mauss . The Grand Jury Européen assembles a minimum of 12 permanent members , from at least 6 different countries of the European Union and Switzerland , for blind tasting a maximum of 68 wines in two daily 3-hour sessions . Such events have included the Grand European Jury Wine Tasting of 1997 and the `` Judgment of Sauternes '' of October , 2006 . The concept of GJE came to Mauss at `` 6 o'clock on the morning of 29 June 1996 '' , as he sought to develop a method that in several ways was opposite to the approach of Robert Parker , in order to provide an alternative to Parker 's scores . Initially Mauss wrote to some 200 Bordeaux châteaux , announcing plans of tasting the 1983 , 1985 and 1990 vintages and requested purchase information , but received only three responses , from châteaux Haut-Brion , Pichon Lalande and Sociando-Mallet . In 2006 Mauss expressed criticism of the Judgment of Paris 30th Anniversary , adding to his reputation as `` a dissenting voice in the wine world '' , also established by the Beaujolais nouveau `` vin de merde case '' .",
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"text": "Continental Europe Continental Europe , also referred to as mainland Europe , or , by Europeans , simply the Continent , is the continuous continent of Europe , excluding surrounding islands . The most common definition of continental Europe excludes continental islands , encompassing the Greek Islands , Cyprus , Malta , Sicily , Sardinia , Corsica , the Balearic Islands , Ireland , Great Britain , the Isle of Man , the Channel Islands , Novaya Zemlya and the Danish archipelago , as well as nearby oceanic islands , including the Canary Islands , Madeira , the Azores , Iceland , the Faroe Islands , and Svalbard . The Scandinavian peninsula is sometimes also excluded , as even though it is technically part of `` mainland Europe '' , the de facto connections to the rest of the continent are across the Baltic Sea or North Sea ( rather than via the lengthy land route that involves travelling to the north of the peninsula where it meets Finland , and then south through north-east Europe ) . The notion of Europe as a geopolitical or cultural term is centred on core Europe ( Kerneuropa ) , the continental territory of the historical Carolingian Empire and the core of Latin Christendom , corresponding to modern France , Italy , Germany ( or German-speaking Europe ) and the Benelux states ( historical Austrasia ) . This historical core of `` Carolingian Europe '' was consciously invoked in the 1950s as the historical ethno-cultural basis for the prospective European integration ( see also Multi-speed Europe ) .",
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"text": "Antoine Beaussant Antoine Beaussant ( born 1957 ) , is a French entrepreneur , businessman and oboist . He was President of Buffet Crampon since November 2007 and was replaced in July 2014 by Jérôme Perrod . Antoine Beaussant completed a science Baccalauréat in 1974 , at the age of 16 . He graduated from Ecole de Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord ( EDHEC ) in Lille and from Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires ( Insead ) , where he followed the European Marketing Program . He began his professional career in the field of new technologies and the media , first as Head of Multimedia at French newspaper Le Monde and then at Amaury , publisher of Le Parisien and L'Équipe . As an internet pioneer in France , he launched , ran and invested in a number of start-ups between 1994 and 2002 . In 1999 , he founded Nart , the web 's first art auction site , before going on to buy L'Œil and Le Journal des Arts . From 2002 to 2005 he was deputy CEO of Capgemini Sogeti , an IT company with some 15,000 employees , and from 2005 to 2006 he was deputy CEO of ESR , an IT service provider listed on the Paris stock exchange . He combined his managing director roles with membership of the Conseil Supérieur de la Télématique , the administrative body responsible for regulating the ICT sector , a role to which he was appointed in 1992 by the French Minister for Industry and which he performed until 2000 . In 1996 , the government appointed him to produce a white paper on internet regulation in France , resulting in publication of the Charte de l'Internet ( internet charter ) . From 2001 to 2008 he was a member of the Conseil des Ventes Volontaires , France 's auctioneering regulator . He is currently chairman of the Conseil de développement de la Communauté d'agglomération de Mantes-en-Yvelines , an urban planning agency in the Paris area . In 2005 , Beaussant , who is a keen oboist , joined the Supervisory Board of Buffet Crampon , Europe 's leading wind instrument manufacturer since its takeover by the Argos Soditic investment fund . He took control of the group in November 2007 , a move which enabled him to combine his experience as a manager with his passion for music in the service of the great French professional musical instrument manufacturing tradition . Buffet Crampon was created in 1825 , and with some 750 employees based in France , Germany , USA , Japan and China , today turns over around $ 67 million , of which 94 % outside France . It manufactures some 60,000 musical instruments every year under the Buffet Crampon , Besson , B&S , Antoine Courtois , Hans Hoyer , J. Keilwerth , Meinl Weston , Scherzer and W. Schreiber brands . In 2004 , Antoine Beaussant was made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French prime minister . In 2011 Antoine Beaussant was appointed vice-president of CSFI ( Association of Instrument Manufacturers ) , of the European Association et de la Chambre syndicale Allemande ( German Association ) .",
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"text": "Greek bailout referendum, 2015 A referendum to decide whether Greece was to accept the bailout conditions in the country 's government-debt crisis proposed jointly by the European Commission ( EC ) , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the European Central Bank ( ECB ) on 25 June 2015 , took place on 5 July 2015 . The referendum was announced by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the early morning of 27 June 2015 , and ratified the following day by the Parliament and the President . It was the first referendum to be held since the republic referendum of 1974 , and the only one in modern Greek history not to concern the form of government . As a result of the referendum , the bailout conditions were rejected by a majority of over 61 % to 39 % approving , with the `` No '' vote winning in all of Greece 's regions . The referendum results also forced the immediate resignation of New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras as party president because of the perceived negative result of the `` Yes '' choice , to which the conservative party and Samaras had committed themselves .",
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"text": "Adrienne Adrienne is the French feminine form of the male name Adrien . Its meaning is literally `` from the city Hadria . '' It also means `` the dark one '' .",
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"text": "Île-de-France Clusters The Ile-de-France has eight clusters among 71 approved by the Comité interministériel d'aménagement et de développement du territoire ( CIADT , Interdepartmental Committee on Planning and Land Development ) . The first four were approved by the CIACT the 14th of October 2005 . Two others were validated in July 2007 : the cluster Finance Innovation and ASTech . Each of these clusters is intended to create jobs and increase the attractiveness of the region in a given area at national or international level . Three of them were selected as `` worldwide clusters '' : Finance Innovation , Systematic Paris-Region and Medicen . Three have been identified as `` clusters which will become worldwide '' : Cap Digital and MOV ` EO . Advancity is a `` national cluster '' .",
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"text": "French European Economic Community enlargement referendum, 1972 A referendum on the enlargement of the EEC was held in France on 23 April 1972 . Voters were asked whether they approved of Denmark , Ireland , Norway and the United Kingdom joining the EEC . ( Norway later voted in its own referendum not to join ) . The proposals were approved by 68.3 % of voters , with a turnout of 60.2 % . The referendum asked : `` Do you agree with the new opportunities opening up in Europe , the draft law submitted to the French people by the President of the Republic , and authorising the ratification of the Treaty concerning the accession of United Kingdom , Denmark , Ireland and Norway to the European Communities ? ''",
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"text": "Cristal Festival Europe The Cristal Festival is an international festival for professionals of the communication , advertising & creative worlds . Previously known as Méribel Ad Festival , it is now held every year in December , in the ski resort of Courchevel , French Alps ) . In 2014 , the event will take place from 11 to 14 December . The objective of the Festival is to promote European advertising creativity and to showcase a variety of work from the creative industries by means of a diverse range of competitions and through the sharing of knowledge . A distinctive feature : The Cristal Festival juries are made up of both agencies and advertisers . Over 1000 people attend the festival every year coming for its debates , conferences , and workshops that are held about the latest topics , trends and developments in the industry , always led by keynote speakers . Throughout the year , the Cristal Festival continues to provide networking and knowledge sharing through the Cristal Academies : National clubs ( in France , Spain , Russia and the UK ) , built around a shared sector ( Media , Production ... ) , specific subject ( Women ) or hobby ( Golf ) . The winners of this festival are included into ABC Show",
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"text": "European social model The European social model is a common vision many European states have for a society that combines economic growth with high living standards and good working conditions . Historian Tony Judt has argued that the European social model `` binds Europe together '' in contrast to the ` American way of life ' . European states do not all use a single social model , but welfare states in Europe do share several broad characteristics . These generally include a commitment to full employment , social protections for all citizens , social inclusion , and democracy . Examples common among European countries include universal health care , free higher education , strong labor protections and regulations , and generous welfare programs in areas such as unemployment insurance , retirement pensions , and public housing . The Treaty of the European Community set out several social objectives : promotion of employment , improved living and working conditions ... proper social protection , dialogue between management and labour , the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion . Because different European states focus on different aspects of the model , it has been argued that there are four distinct social models in Europe -- the Nordic , British , Mediterranean and the Continental . The general outlines of a European social model emerged during the post-war boom . Tony Judt lists a number of causes : the abandonment of protectionism , the baby boom , cheap energy , and a desire to catch up with living standards enjoyed in the United States . The European social model also enjoyed a low degree of external competition as the Soviet bloc , China and India were not yet integrated into the global economy . In recent years , it has become common to question whether the European social model is sustainable in the face of low birthrates , globalisation , Europeanisation and an ageing population .",
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"text": "European Week for Waste Reduction The European Week for Waste Reduction ( EWWR ) was launched as a 3-year project supported by the LIFE + Programme of the European Commission until July 2012 . It continues taking place in the following years . The 2012 edition of the EWWR took place from the 17th to the 25th of November 2012 under the patronage of Mr Janez Potočnik , European Commissioner for the Environment . It aims to organize multiple actions during a single week , across Europe , that will raise awareness about waste reduction . Each year , the most outstanding actions are rewarded during an awards ceremony in Brussels at the heart of the European institutions . Since the beginning of the project , more than 20.000 awareness raising actions on waste prevention have been implemented in the framework of the EWWR . The 2016 date is from November 19-27 . The five partners of this project are : ADEME ( the French Environment and Energy Management Agency -- project coordinator ) ACR + ( the Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and sustainable Resource management -- project technical secretariat ) ARC ( the Catalan Waste Agency ) IBGE ( Brussels Environment , public administration for the environment and energy ) and LIPOR ( the Intermunicipal Waste Management Service of Greater Porto ) .",
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"text": "EU Concours Concours or EU concours is a recruitment competition and examination to select staff to all institutions of the European Union .",
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"text": "Politics of France The politics of France take place with the framework of a semi-presidential system determined by the French Constitution of the French Fifth Republic . The nation declares itself to be an `` indivisible , secular , democratic , and social Republic '' . The constitution provides for a separation of powers and proclaims France 's `` attachment to the Rights of Man and the principles of national sovereignty as defined by the Declaration of 1789 . '' The political system of France consists of an executive branch , a legislative branch , and a judicial branch . Executive power is exercised by the President of the Republic and the Government . The Government consists of the Prime Minister and ministers . The Prime Minister is appointed by the President , and is responsible to Parliament . The government , including the Prime Minister , can be revoked by the National Assembly , the lower house of Parliament , through a `` censure motion '' ; this ensures that the Prime Minister is always supported by a majority of the lower house ( which , on most topics , has prominence over the upper house ) . Parliament comprises the National Assembly and the Senate . It passes statutes and votes on the budget ; it controls the action of the executive through formal questioning on the floor of the houses of Parliament and by establishing commissions of inquiry . The constitutionality of the statutes is checked by the Constitutional Council , members of which are appointed by the President of the Republic , the President of the National Assembly , and the President of the Senate . Former presidents of the Republic also are members of the Council . The independent judiciary is based upon civil law system which evolved from the Napoleonic codes . It is divided into the judicial branch ( dealing with civil law and criminal law ) and the administrative branch ( dealing with appeals against executive decisions ) , each with their own independent supreme court of appeal : the Court of Cassation for the judicial courts and the Conseil d'Etat for the administrative courts . The French government includes various bodies that check abuses of power and independent agencies . France is a unitary state . However , its administrative subdivisions -- regions , departments and communes -- have various legal functions , and the national government is prohibited from intruding into their normal operations . France was a founding member of the European Coal and Steel Community , later the European Union . As such , France has transferred part of its sovereignty to European institutions , as provided by its constitution . The French government therefore has to abide by European treaties , directives and regulations .",
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"text": "Monts et merveilles `` Monts et merveilles '' ( English translation : `` Mountains and Wonders '' , idiomatically `` The Moon and the Stars '' ) was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 , performed in French by Louisa Baïleche . The song was performed nineteenth on the night ( following Norway 's Jostein Hasselgård with `` I 'm Not Afraid To Move On '' and preceding Poland 's Ich Troje with `` Keine Grenzen-Żadnych granic '' ) . At the close of voting , it had received 19 points , placing 18th in a field of 26 . The song is a ballad , with Baïleche lamenting a relationship which has ended . She sings about the extravagant promises she and her lover both made and declares that `` I never ceased loving you '' , as well as singing that she is now `` homeless '' following the breakup . Baïleche , herself of Italian descent , also recorded an Italian language version of the song , entitled `` Per parlare di noi '' , as well as an English version , `` The Moon and the Stars '' . It was succeeded as French representative at the 2004 Contest by Jonatan Cerrada with '' À chaque pas '' .",
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"text": "Eurocrat A Eurocrat ( a portmanteau of `` European '' and `` bureaucrat '' ) is `` a staff member of the administrative commission of the European Union '' or more broadly , any official of the European Union . The term was coined by Richard Mayne , a journalist and personal assistant to the first Commission president , Walter Hallstein , in 1961 . There are three main types of Eurocrats . First , Political Appointees , such as the European Commissioners , the Members of the European parliament . Secondly there are fonctionnaires , these are the permanent staff which form the majority of the European institutions . There are two categories of fonctionnaires Assistants and Administrators . Assistants perform a `` secretarial '' roles while administrators perform more policy or managerial responsibilities . The third category is the contractual agents . Contractual agents do not have an employment contract with the same conditions as the fonctionnaires . Their first job contract is limited in duration , however after several renewals this can be extended permanently . Eurocrats come from all member states of the European Union . EPSO is the main body which selects staff for recruitment to the European Institutions . Nowadays the term Eurocrat has come to encompass staff from all EU Institutions and not only staff from the European Commission .",
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"text": "Flagon A flagon ( -LSB- ˈflægən -RSB- ) is a large leather , metal , glass or ceramic vessel , used for drink , whether this be water , ale , or another liquid . A flagon is typically of about 2 imppt in volume , and it has either a handle ( when strictly it is a jug ) , or ( more usually ) one or two rings at the neck . Sometimes the neck has a large flange at the top rather than rings . The neck itself may or may not be formed into one , two or three spouts . The name comes from the same origin as the word `` flask '' .",
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"text": "Pál Adrienn Pál Adrienn is a 2010 Hungarian drama film directed by Ágnes Kocsis . It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival .",
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"text": "Politics of Andorra The politics of Andorra take place in a framework of a parliamentary constitutional diarchy , and a multi-party system . Executive power is exercised by the government , with the Head of Government of Andorra as chief executive . Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament . The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature . Before 1993 , Andorra 's political system had no clear division of powers into executive , legislative , and judicial branches . A constitution ratified and approved in 1993 establishes Andorra as a sovereign parliamentary democracy that retains the President of France and Bishop of Urgell as co-princes and heads of state . However , the head of government retains executive power . The two co-princes serve coequally with limited powers that do not include an individual veto over government acts ( however , a bill can in effect be `` vetoed '' if both do not sign the legislation ) . They are each represented in Andorra by a personal representative . The fundamental impetus for this political transformation was a recommendation by the Council of Europe in 1990 that , if Andorra wished to attain full integration in the European Union ( EU ) , it should adopt a modern constitution that guarantees the rights of those living and working there . A Tripartite Commission -- made up of representatives of the co-princes , the General Council , and the Executive Council -- was formed in 1990 and finalized the draft constitution in April 1991 , making the new constitution a fact . One remaining , though symbolic , legacy of Andorra 's special relationship with France and Spain , is that the Principality has no postal service of its own -- French and Spanish postal services operate side by side , although each of them issues separate stamps for Andorra , instead of using their own .",
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Warren Casey writes professionally.
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"docid": "92a5be6e3e737556868fcc1e74369f5d",
"text": "Warren Casey Warren Casey ( April 20 , 1935 -- November 8 , 1988 ) was an American theatre composer , lyricist , writer , and actor . He is best known for being the writer and composer , with Jim Jacobs , of the stage and film musical Grease .",
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"text": "Black Lawrence Press Black Lawrence Press is an independent publishing company founded in upstate New York . It was an imprint of Dzanc Books from 2008 to 2013 . It hosts the Big Moose Prize for the novel , the Hudson Prize and the St. Lawrence Book Award . In addition to fiction and poetry , it also publishes French and German translations . The executive editor is Diane Goettel and the senior editor is Angela Leroux-Lindsey , who also manages The Adirondack Review . Contemporary authors published by Black Lawrence include Mary Biddinger , Louella Bryant Daniel Chacón , B. C. Edwards , Rachel Galvin , Eric Gamalinda , Yvan Goll , Carol Guess , Michael Hemmingson , Hardy Jones , Lawrence Matsuda , Laura McCullough , Daniele Pantano , Pascale Petit , Kevin Pilkington , David Rigsbee , Ron Savage , Anis Shivani , Jen Michalski , and Erica Wright . Pilkington 's `` The Unemployed Man Who Became A Tree '' is a finalist for the 2012 Kessler Poetry Book Award . The press has also published the first English translation of Yvan Goll 's Traumkraut and a collection of previously untranslated poems by Robert Walser . Black Lawrence press published Louella Bryant 's `` While in Darkness There is Light : Idealism and Tragedy on an Australian Commune , '' an account of the 1974 death of Charlie Dean ( brother of future American Presidential candidate Howard Dean ) that drew national attention to the story of the younger Dean 's disappearance .",
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"text": "Warren Kozak Warren Kozak ( born 1951 ) is an American journalist and author . His writing appears frequently on the OpEd pages of the Wall Street Journal , the New York Sun and other newspapers and magazines . He was an on-air reporter at National Public Radio and wrote for television network anchors including Ted Koppel , Charles Gibson , Diane Sawyer and Aaron Brown .",
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"text": "Laura van den Berg Laura van den Berg is an American writer .",
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"text": "PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize The PEN/Robert Bingham W. Prize is awarded by the PEN American Center `` to exceptionally talented fiction writers whose debut work -- a first novel or collection of short stories ... represent distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise . '' The winner is selected by a panel of PEN Members made up of three writers or editors . The PEN/Robert Bingham W. Prize was originally named the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers . The prize awards the debut writer a cash award of US$ 25,000 . The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize was established in memory of Robert W. Bingham , who died in 1999 at the age of 33 , to commemorate his support of young writers , his love of literature , and his contribution to literary fiction . The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centres around the world . The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the `` major '' American literary prizes .",
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"text": "David Warren (director) David Warren is an American theatre and television director .",
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"text": "John Casey (climate change author) John L. Casey is an American author . Casey 's literary works include Dark Winter and Cold Sun . His current residence is Orlando , Florida .",
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"text": "Ernest Thayer Ernest Lawrence Thayer ( August 14 , 1863 -- August 21 , 1940 ) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem `` Casey '' ( or `` Casey at the Bat '' ) , which is `` the single most famous baseball poem ever written '' according to the Baseball Almanac , and `` the nation 's best-known piece of comic verse -- a ballad that began a native legend as colorful and permanent as that of Johnny Appleseed or Paul Bunyan . ''",
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"text": "Tony Lee Tony Lee is a British comics writer , screenwriter , audio playwright , and novelist .",
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"text": "Ken Casey Kenneth William `` Ken '' Casey Jr. ( born April 15 , 1969 ) is the bass guitarist , primary songwriter , and one of the lead singers of the Boston Celtic punk group the Dropkick Murphys . Casey was one of the original members , starting the band in 1996 with guitarist Rick Barton and singer Mike McColgan . He is the only original member of the Dropkick Murphys left in the band , though drummer Matt Kelly joined shortly after formation in 1997 . He is known for his melodic vocal parts and solid punk rock bass playing . Dropkick Murphys released their ninth album 11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory on January 6 , 2017 . Casey also founded the charity group The Claddagh Fund , owns his own bar in Boston and runs his own boxing promotion called Murphys Boxing . Casey has a small role in the 2016 film Patriots Day which is about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent terrorist manhunt .",
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"text": "Raymond Warren Raymond Warren ( born 7 November 1928 ) is a British composer and university teacher . He studied at Cambridge , and taught at Queen 's University Belfast before becoming Stanley Hugh Badock Professor of Music at the University of Bristol from 1972 until his retirement in 1994 . His works include a choral Passion , a Violin Concerto , and the oratorio Continuing Cities . He has also written six operas . He currently lives in Clifton in Bristol .",
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"text": "Lauryn Chandler Lauryn Chandler is an American author of contemporary romance novels . She has also written under the pseudonym Wendy Warren . Chandler has twice been the recipient of the highest honor given to romance novelists , the Romance Writers of America 's RITA Award . Both of her wins came in the category Best Traditional Romance , in 1997 for her novel Her Very Own Husband and in 1995 for Oh , Baby ! '' ' . She has also been twice nominated for Romantic Times '' Reviewers ' Choice Awards .",
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"text": "Richard Warren (musician) Richard Daniel Warren ( born 3 June 1973 in Sutton-in-Ashfield ) is an English musician , songwriter and producer . Warren signed his first record deal with Heavenly Records at the height of Britpop in 1996 , as one third of The Hybirds . In 1999 when the band split , he branched out on his own and away from guitar-led pop , signing to Mute Records as Echoboy after Daniel Miller heard his releases on Earworm Records following his self-released 12 '' Flashlegs ( Suite ) . Warren went on to release several self-produced solo albums on Mute as well as Giraffe , which was produced by Flood , and having put together a band he toured extensively with , amongst others , Elastica , Add N to ( X ) and Broadcast . Both Echoboy and The Hybirds performed several sessions for John Peel 's radio show . Warren is also known for producing and remixing other artists ( see below ) . In 2003 he was asked by Jason Pierce to play bass guitar in Spiritualized , with whom he toured throughout 2003-05 . He also played bass on and co-engineered the band 's 2008 album Songs in A&E . In 2005/06 , Warren released a set of five limited edition 7 '' singles under the pseudonym Modlang . During 2005-09 he played guitar with both Starsailor and Soulsavers with Mark Lanegan , playing guitar on the 2009 Starsailor album All the Plans and on the Soulsavers albums It 's Not How Far You Fall , It 's the Way You Land and Broken . He also co-wrote two of the songs on Broken . In 2008 Warren formed The Cold Light of Day , releasing the limited edition EP Flesh and Blood in April 2009 . In October 2009 he left The Cold Light of Day to pursue other projects and released a solo album Laments in July 2010 , which made it into the NME 's '50 best albums of the year so far ' list . His next album , The Wayfarer , was released on 17 October 2011 . An alternative ` stripped down ' mix of the album was issued as a cover-mount on the autumn double edition ( no. 78/79 ) of Bucketfull of Brains and nine short films containing these ` stripped down ' mixes were made to accompany the album . Jarvis Cocker said on his BBC Radio 6 Music radio show ( 1 Jan 2012 ) , that The Wayfarer was ` one of my fave albums that came out last year ' . Warren 's third solo album Rich Black Earth was released on 4 November 2013 . During 2014 Warren worked on a project called Kings of the South Seas with Ben Nicholls ( Dennis Hopper Choppers , The Full English ( folk music archive ) ) and Evan Jenkins ( Neil Cowley Trio ) . The album Kings of the South Seas was released on 17 Nov 2014 . He also played guitar with Samantha Crain on some of her UK shows during the summer of 2014 . Warren is currently in the studio writing and recording his next solo album .",
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"text": "Christopher Cook (writer) Christopher LaVaughn Cook ( born August 3 , 1952 ) is an American writer whose writing styles and genres include journalism , non-fiction , scriptwriting and fiction , including short stories , novellas and novels .",
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"text": "Warren Farrell Warren Thomas Farrell ( born June 26 , 1943 ) is an American educator , activist and author of seven books on men 's and women 's issues . Farrell came to prominence in the 1970s , championing the cause of second wave feminism , and serving on the New York City Board of the National Organization for Women ( NOW ) . Although today he is generally considered `` the father of the men 's movement , '' he advocates that `` there should be neither a women 's movement blaming men , nor a men 's movement blaming women , but a gender liberation movement freeing both sexes from the rigid roles of the past toward more flexible roles for their future . '' His books cover ten fields : History , Law , Sociology and Politics ( The Myth of Male Power ) ; couples ' communication ( Women Ca n't Hear What Men Do n't Say , and Father and Child Reunion ) ; Economic and Career issues ( Why Men Earn More ) ; child psychology and child custody ( Father and Child Reunion ) ; and teenage to adult psychology and socialization ( Why Men Are The Way They Are and The Liberated Man ) . All of his books are related to men 's and women 's studies , with a forthcoming 2017 publication called The Boy Crisis .",
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"text": "William Dean Howells William Dean Howells ( -LSB- ˈhaʊəlz -RSB- March 1 , 1837 -- May 11 , 1920 ) was an American realist novelist , literary critic , and playwright , nicknamed `` The Dean of American Letters '' . He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly , as well as for his own prolific writings , including the Christmas story `` Christmas Every Day '' and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria .",
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"text": "Warren Lee (pianist) Warren Wai On Lee is a Hong Kong-born pianist , Steinway Artist , an artist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra , composer and a music educator . He was awarded the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award ( Hong Kong ) in 2012 and elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2015 in recognition of his achievements in the performing arts and contribution to the community . At the age of six , he made his début with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra . Following his Macau début with the Macau Chamber Orchestra at the age of ten , the South China Morning Post wrote , `` Warren Lee 's performance bore out the insight ... that exceptional artists are not so much people to be praised as phenomena to be treasured , bearers of a power altogether greater than the poor vessels that contain it . '' He went on to become the first prize winner of the 1995 Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition and the Grand Prix Ivo Pogorelich . In 2000 , he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and Yale School of Music with the highest of honors . As a music educator , he released in 2008 his educational CD album , `` From Bach To Gershwin : A Musical Journey '' ( Universal Music Hong Kong 480102-0 ) . The Audio Land Magazine calls it a `` rare successful album that Hong Kong can be proud of . '' He has also been appointed a Guest Professor by the Central Conservatory of Music EOS Orchestra Academy and an Honorary Artist-in-Residence by the Hong Kong Institute of Education . He is also co-currently serving as the Music Director of his alma mater , St. Paul 's Co-educational College in Hong Kong . His latest recording `` Ebony and Ivory '' ( 2013 ) , with clarinetist Andrew Simon on Naxos garnered no fewer than nine favourable reviews worldwide . The Fanfare Magazine calls it `` a winner '' . As a composer , his choral works are published by Pavane Publishing ( USA ) , Profiri & Horvath ( Germany ) ; and his series of Piano Sight-reading Method is due for release by Brio Music Press ( Hong Kong ) . His a cappella choral work , `` House Rules '' won the Second Prize of the Gianni Bergamo Awards in 2013 in Switzerland . Warren Lee also holds a MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma . As a renowned pianist , Warren was hailed by critics as a pianist :",
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"text": "Casey Kaplan Casey Kaplan is a contemporary art gallery in New York City , in the United States .",
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"text": "Casey Clabough Casey Clabough ( pronounced `` Clay-bo '' ) , is an American writer , farmer , and professor in the Etowah Valley Writers MFA at Reinhardt University . Clabough was born in Richmond , Virginia , and raised primarily on a farm in Appomattox County , Virginia . However , he attributes his culture to the Appalachian roots of his family , who lived in the Smoky Mountains for over two hundred years and were one of the founding families of Gatlinburg , Tennessee . Clabough currently performs editorial work as series editor of the multi-volume `` Best Creative Nonfiction of the South '' ( Texas Review Press ) , as executive editor of the James Dickey Review , and as literature section editor of the Encyclopedia Virginia . Clabough has published over a hundred works in anthologies and periodicals , including the Sewanee Review , Virginia Quarterly Review , and Creative Nonfiction .",
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"docid": "5e303d1acd8fc9b9afe2d2dff79a8fa9",
"text": "C. C. Swiney Christopher Casey `` C.C. '' Swiney ( born August 13 , 1981 ) is a writer , actor and comedian in the film and television industry . He was born in Big Stone Gap , Virginia , to Joyce and Tate Swiney . Swiney attended Powell Valley High School and received his bachelor 's degree from Carson-Newman College . He completed his master 's degree at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville . He got his start at 3-Ball productions as he became a film logger for the television series Dear Santa , Taradise , Medical Miracles and The Biggest Loser . He was quickly promoted to a Story Producer for Mentorn Productions and Fox Reality . As an actor , Swiney has been in over 100 live theater productions and was a principal character in a movie with Wet City Productions titled , `` Urbana '' , written and directed by Joshua Aaron Weinstein . Currently , Swiney is managed by his wife , Stephanie Dozier . He is a professional stand-up comedian and actor . He also works as Director of Operations at Nyko . Recently , he helped produce the documentary Great American Race Test . He also writes for the television series Work Out . He was a quarter finalist in the 1999 National Forensic Association Tournament .",
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"docid": "5867d6c8ba55747e21d03527b35819cf",
"text": "Writing center Many educational institutions maintain a writing center that provides students with free assistance on their papers , projects , reports , multimodal documents , web pages , et cetera from consultants . A key goal of any writing center is helping writers to learn . Typical services include help with the purpose , structure , function of writing , and are geared toward writers of all levels and fields of study . Writing centers attempt to provide non-proscriptive and non-corrective response , instead relying on a fuller explanation of why a piece of writing may fail to fulfill the writer 's aims . The goal is to help a writer learn to address the various exigences that she may encounter with the realization that no writing is decontextualized -- it always addresses a specific audience . A writing center usually offers individualized conferencing whereby the writing tutor offers his or her feedback on the piece of writing at hand ; a writing tutor 's main function is to discuss how the piece of writing might be revised . However , the tutor usually does not proofread nor edit the student 's work . Instead , the tutor facilitates the student 's attempts to revise his or her own work by conversing with the student about the topic at hand , discussing principles and processes of writing , modeling rhetorical and syntactical moves for the student to apply , and assisting the student in identifying patterns of grammatical error in his or her writing . Historically , writing centers in American universities began appearing as `` writing labs '' in the early 20th century . Elizabeth Boquet and Stephen North point to the origins of the writing laboratory as first a method , not a place , where `` the key characteristic of which appears to have been that all work was to be done during class time '' . This was to allow the student to compose with the teacher present , able to help with any revisions or questions the student may have . However , as class sizes and universities grew , Writing Centers began to develop as university institutions , often conceived of as an editing service for students . Faculty , students , staff , and administrators often viewed writing centers as places for remediation . At their best , however , they are places where all students , including the best ones , can get better , a place ( according to Karen Head ) , `` that returns to the ideal of a safe space for active debate and discourse about the best ways to communicate in a variety of modes . '' Some institutions also offer an Online Writing Lab ( OWL ) , which generally attempts to follow the model of writing center tutoring in an online environment . These environments have been said to be a step toward a new model of writing centers , a model known as Multiliteracy Centers . Another environment that could fall under this category is a physical space known as a digital studio . While some institutions do not have writing centers , a number offer similar support through entities which have a wider remit ( scope ) . These might typically be called Academic Skills Units or Learning Development Groups . A recent movement in writing centers has been to provide services for the non-academic community . Such services include one-to-one response for out-of-school writers , and workshops on a wide variety of topics . Such writing centers are often identified as community writing centers . Writing centers are not exclusively a post-secondary phenomenon . Some high schools have successfully created writing centers similar to the model in higher education . No longer strictly an American phenomenon , writing centers have spread in other world regions as well . The European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing ( EATAW ) is in part concerned with the study and advancement of writing centers in European universities . The International Writing Centers Association ( IWCA ) is committed to supporting writing centers from around the world , with current regional associations in Europe and proposed associations in the Middle East , South Africa , and the Far East . In many cases , writing center directors or writing program administrators ( WPAs ) are responsible for conducting writing center assessment , and must communicate these results to academic administration and various stakeholders . Assessment is seen as beneficial for writing centers because it leads us to assume the professional and ethical behaviors important not just for writing centers but for all higher education .",
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Steffi Graf is not an athlete.
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"text": "Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria `` Steffi '' Graf ( -LSB- ˈʃtɛfiː ˈgʁa : f -RSB- ; born 14 June 1969 ) is a German former tennis player , who was ranked world No. 1 during her career . Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles . Her 22 singles titles put her second on the list of Major wins by a tennis player ( male or female ) since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 and is third all-time behind Margaret Court ( 24 ) and Serena Williams ( 23 ) . In 1988 , she became the first and only tennis player ( male or female ) to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year . Furthermore , she is the only tennis player to have won each Grand Slam event at least four times . Graf was ranked world No. 1 by the Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) for a record 377 total weeks -- the longest period for which any player , male or female , has held the number-one ranking since the WTA and the Association of Tennis Professionals began issuing rankings . She won 107 singles titles , which ranks her third on the WTA 's all-time list after Martina Navratilova ( 167 titles ) and Chris Evert ( 157 titles ) . She and Margaret Court are the only players , male or female , to win three grand slams in a calendar year five times ( 1988 , 1989 , 1993 , 1995 and 1996 ) . Notable features of Graf 's game were her versatility across all playing surfaces , footwork and her powerful forehand drive . Graf won six French Open singles titles ( second to Evert ) , seven Wimbledon singles titles , four Australian Open titles , and five U.S. Open singles titles . She is the only singles player ( male or female ) to have achieved a Grand Slam since hard court was introduced as a surface at the US Open in 1978 . Consequently , Graf 's Grand Slam was achieved on grass , clay , and hard court while the previous five Grand Slams were decided on only grass and clay . Graf reached thirteen consecutive Grand Slam singles finals , from the 1987 French Open through to the 1990 French Open , winning nine of them . She won 5 consecutive Majors ( 1988 Australian Open to 1989 Australian Open ) , and seven Majors out of eight , in two calendar years ( 1988 Australian Open to 1989 US Open , except 1989 French Open ) . She reached a total of 31 Grand Slam singles finals . Graf is regarded by some to be the greatest female tennis player of all time . Navratilova included Graf on her list of great players . In 1999 Billie Jean King said `` Steffi is definitely the greatest women 's tennis player of all time '' . In December 1999 , Graf was named the greatest female tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by the Associated Press . Tennis writer Steve Flink , in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century , named her as the best female player of the 20th century . In March 2012 , Tennis Channel picked Graf as the greatest female tennis player ever in their list of 100 greatest tennis players of all time . Graf retired in 1999 while she was ranked World No. 3 . She married former World No. 1 men 's tennis player Andre Agassi in October 2001 . The couple has two children -- Jaden Gil and Jaz Elle . Graf was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004 .",
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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": "Nicole Graf Nicole Graf ( born 7 May 1985 in Wil , Switzerland ) is a Swiss figure skater who competes in ladies singles . She won the gold medal at the 2009 Swiss Figure Skating Championships and finished 26th at the European Figure Skating Championships that year . In 2012 , she captured the bronze medal at the Swiss Nationals .",
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"text": "1988 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles The Women 's Doubles tournament at the 1988 Wimbledon Championships was held from 20 June to 4 July 1988 on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis in the district of Wimbledon in London , England . Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini won the title , defeating Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in the final .",
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"text": "Charlotte Cooper (tennis) Charlotte Cooper Sterry ( née Charlotte Reinagle Cooper , 22 September 1870 -- 10 October 1966 ) was a female tennis player from England who won five singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and in 1900 became Olympic champion .",
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"text": "1987 Italian Open (tennis) The 1987 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy that was part of the 1987 Nabisco Grand Prix and of 1987 Virginia Slims World Championship Series . The men 's tournament was held from 11 May through 17 May 1987 while the women 's tournament was held from 4 May through 10 May 1987 . Mats Wilander and Steffi Graf won the singles titles .",
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"text": "Anabolic steroid Anabolic steroids , also known more properly as anabolic-androgenic steroids ( AAS ) , are steroidal androgens that include natural androgens like testosterone as well as synthetic substances that are structurally related and have similar effects to testosterone . They are anabolic and increase protein within cells , especially in skeletal muscles . AAS also have varying degrees of androgenic and virilizing effects , including induction of the development and maintenance of masculine secondary sexual characteristics such as the growth of the vocal cords and body hair . The word anabolic , referring to anabolism , comes from the Greek ἀναβολή anabole , `` that which is thrown up , mound . '' They are one of three types of sex hormone agonists , the others being estrogens like estradiol and progestogens like progesterone . AAS were synthesized in the 1930s , and are now used therapeutically in medicine to stimulate muscle growth and appetite , induce male puberty and treat chronic wasting conditions , such as cancer and . The American College of Sports Medicine acknowledges that AAS , in the presence of adequate diet , can contribute to increases in body weight , often as lean mass increases and that the gains in muscular strength achieved through high-intensity exercise and proper diet can be additionally increased by the use of AAS in some individuals . Health risks can be produced by long-term use or excessive doses of AAS . These effects include harmful changes in cholesterol levels ( increased low-density lipoprotein and decreased high-density lipoprotein ) , acne , high blood pressure , liver damage ( mainly with most oral AAS ) , and dangerous changes in the structure of the left ventricle of the heart . Conditions pertaining to hormonal imbalances such as gynecomastia and testicular size reduction may also be caused by AAS . Ergogenic uses for AAS in sports , racing , and bodybuilding as performance-enhancing drugs are controversial because of their adverse effects and the potential to gain unfair advantage in competitive physical competitions . Their use is referred to as doping and banned by most major sporting bodies . For many years , AAS have been by far the most detected doping substances in IOC-accredited laboratories . In countries where AAS are controlled substances , there is often a black market in which smuggled , clandestinely manufactured or even counterfeit drugs are sold to users .",
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"text": "Jewish athletics during the 20th century During the 20th century , specifically in the Interwar period , athletics became a point of social integration in Jewish communities throughout Europe . Specifically within German society , playing sports provided a chance for Jews to gain social standing and even notoriety for their accomplishments . Additionally , cheering for local area sports teams and clubs provided a common ( secular ) point of interest between Jews and non-Jews . While there are many instances of social integration and acceptance as a result of sports , antisemitism was common at sporting events in central Europe as well . Discrimination , provocation , and riots occurred at sporting events and in response to Jewish athletes , coaches , and managers . As such , the public perception of Jewish athletics was mixed , with notable examples of fame and antisemitism throughout the 20th century .",
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"text": "1995 WTA Tour Championships The 1996 WTA Tour Championships , also known by its sponsored name Corel WTA Tour Championships , was a women 's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York in the United States . It was the 24th edition of the season-ending singles championships and the 21st edition of the year-end doubles championships . The event was part of the 1995 WTA Tour and was held from November 13 and November 19 , 1995 . First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title , her fourth , and the accompanying $ 500,000 first-prize money .",
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"text": "Xenotransplantation Xenotransplantation ( xenos - from the Greek meaning `` foreign '' ) , is the transplantation of living cells , tissues or organs from one species to another . Such cells , tissues or organs are called xenografts or xenotransplants . It is contrasted with allotransplantation ( from other individual of same species ) , Syngeneic transplantation ( Grafts transplanted between two genetically identical individuals of the same species ) and Autotransplantation ( from one part of the body to another in the same person ) . Xenotransplantation of human tumor cells into immunocompromised mice is a research technique frequently used in pre-clinical oncology research . Human xenotransplantation offers a potential treatment for end-stage organ failure , a significant health problem in parts of the industrialized world . It also raises many novel medical , legal and ethical issues . A continuing concern is that many animals , such as pigs , have a shorter lifespan than humans , meaning that their tissues age at a quicker rate . Disease transmission ( xenozoonosis ) and permanent alteration to the genetic code of animals are also causes for concern . A few successful cases of xenotransplantation are published . It is not uncommon for patients and physicians to use the term `` allograft '' imprecisely to refer to either allograft ( human-to-human ) or xenograft ( animal-to-human ) , but it is helpful scientifically ( for those searching or reading the scientific literature ) to maintain the more precise distinction in usage .",
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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": "Kris Freeman Kris Freeman is a professional American cross-country skier . Born October 14 , 1980 in Concord , New Hampshire , he is a member of the U.S. Ski Team , along with his older brother Justin Freeman . Before the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes Kris Freeman is probably best known as a distance stalwart . He competed in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 2002 . In March 2003 , at the World Championships held in Val di Fiemme , Italy , Freeman placed fourth in the 15 Kilometer Classic , only to miss out on the gold medal by 10 seconds . At the U-23 World Championships he placed 1st in the 30 km classic race , skiing away from the field . He was again picked for the U.S. Olympic Team . After several seasons in which , by his own admission , his results did not live up to expectations and the diagnosis of severe compartment syndrome , Freeman duplicated his career best by placing fourth in the 15 km individual-start classic race at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec , Czech Republic . . Freeman represented the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . Since spring 2008 , he has worn an innovative tubeless insulin pump called the OmniPod that adheres to his skin and delivers insulin so he does not have to inject it . He uses skis by Fischer , his boots are made by Alpina , and his bindings are Rottefella . He joined Alpina/Rottefella in the summer of 2005 , early enough for the 2005 -- 2006 season . Prior to this , he was sponsored totally by Fischer , having the company 's boots and bindings as well as their skis . Freeman also is sponsored by and is a spokesman for Eli Lilly and Company , the manufacturer of the rapid-acting insulin Humalog . It was announced on 19 January 2010 that Freeman qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics .",
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"text": "Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics Switzerland competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , from 27 July to 12 August 2012 . Swiss athletes competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era , except when they boycotted the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary . The Swiss Olympic Association sent a total of 103 athletes to the Games , 72 men and 31 women , to compete in 18 sports . Switzerland left London with a total of four Olympic medals ( two gold and two silver ) , their lowest in Summer Olympic history since 1992 . This was in stark contrast with the zero medal tally of the neighbouring Austria , a nation of roughly comparable size . Most of these medals were awarded to the athletes in cycling , tennis , equestrian , and triathlon . Among the nation 's medalists were mountain biker Nino Schurter , who collected a total of two Olympic medals after winning the silver in men 's cross-country race . Equestrian rider Steve Guerdat won Switzerland 's first ever gold medal in the individual show jumping after 84 years . Meanwhile , Nicola Spirig became the second Swiss athlete to claim an Olympic title in women 's triathlon since its official debut as a full-medal sport in 2000 . World number-one male tennis player Roger Federer won the coveted silver medal in the men 's singles , after he was defeated by Great Britain 's Andy Murray . Several Swiss athletes missed out of the medal standings . Defending Olympic champion Fabian Cancellara finished seventh in the men 's individual time trial , following his collarbone injury from the road race .",
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"text": "Mauro Di Pasquale Mauro G. Di Pasquale , B.Sc. , MD , MRO , MFS is a world champion powerlifter , bodybuilding author and columnist . Di Pasquale was an assistant professor at the University of Toronto from 1988 to 1998 . He lectured and researched on athletic performance , nutritional supplements and drug use in sports . He holds an honors degree in biological science , majoring in molecular biochemistry ( 1968 ) , and a medical degree ( 1971 ) - both from the University of Toronto . Di Pasquale is certified as a Medical Review Officer ( MRO ) by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council ( MROCC ) . He was the MRO for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR ) . From 1997 to 1999 Di Pasquale was involved in writing , research and product development for Experimental and Applied Sciences ( EAS ) . As a bodybuilding author , Di Pasquale has written thousands of articles for many large bodybuilding and fitness magazines such as Muscle & Fitness and Iron Man . He has also written several books on bodybuilding related topics such as bodybuilding nutrition and performance-enhancing drugs . Impressed by the way Di Pasquale would monitor steroid use in the bodybuilding industry , World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) owner Vince McMahon hired him in June 1992 to monitor the company 's new drug testing program ; at this time , McMahon was facing criminal charges for allegedly supplying steroids to some of his wrestlers in a manner that violated federal law and was hoping to regain public confidence . While working with the WWF , Di Pasquale took a hardline approach and ensured that anyone who failed a drug test would leave the company ; such an example showed when WWF wrestler The Ultimate Warrior failed a drug test in September 1992 . His firm policy towards steroid use earned him the nickname `` Mr. Steroid Hunter . ''",
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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": "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": "Athletic trainer An athletic trainer is a certified and licensed health care professional who practices in the field of sports medicine . Athletic training has been recognized by the American Medical Association ( AMA ) as an allied health care profession since 1990 . As defined by the Strategic Implementation Team of the National Athletic Trainers ' Association ( NATA ) in August 2007 : `` Athletic training is practiced by athletic trainers , health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to optimize activity and quality of life for patients both of the physically active and sedentary population . Athletic training encompasses the prevention , diagnosis and intervention of emergency , acute and chronic medical conditions involving impairment , functional limitations and disabilities . '' To become an athletic trainer one must have a master 's degree from an accredited professional level education program and then sit for and pass the Board of Certification ( BOC ) examination . Each state then has their own regulatory agencies that control the practice of athletic training in their state . Most states ( 42 ) require an athletic trainer to obtain a license in order to practice in that state , 5 states ( Colorado , Hawaii , Minnesota , Oregon , West Virginia ) require registration , 2 states ( New York , South Carolina ) require certification , while California has no state regulations on the practice of athletic training . Areas of expertise of certified athletic trainers include : Apply protective or injury-preventive devices such as tape , bandages , and braces Recognize and evaluate injuries Provide first aid or emergency care Develop and carry out rehabilitation programs for injured athletes Plan and implement comprehensive programs to prevent injury and illness among athletes Perform administrative tasks such as keeping records and writing reports on injuries and treatment programs Services rendered by the athletic trainer take place in a wide variety of settings and venues , including actual athletic training facilities , primary schools , universities , inpatient and outpatient physical rehabilitation clinics , hospitals , physician offices , community centers , workplaces , and even the military . Emerging settings for athletic training include surgical fellowship opportunities .",
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"text": "Sinclair Coefficients The Sinclair Coefficients are a means to compare different weight classes in olympic weightlifting . It replaced Hoffman 's formula , which was the first statistical analysis of this type . The answer to the question `` What would be the total of an athlete weighing x kg if he/she were an athlete in the heaviest class of the same level of ability ? '' is given by the formula : ACTUAL TOTAL × SINCLAIR COEFFICIENT = SINCLAIR TOTAL . There are eight bodyweight categories for male athletes : 56 kg , 62 kg , 69 kg , 77 kg , 85 kg , 94 kg , 105 kg and +105 kg , and seven for female athletes : 48 kg , 53 kg , 58 kg , 63 kg , 69 kg , 75 kg and +75 kg . There are also two types of lifts : snatch , and clean and jerk . However , at the championships , medals are presented in both lifts separately , and in total ( the combined result of the best snatch and the best clean and jerk ) . To compare and rank the results , especially between bodyweight categories , the International Weightlifting Federation uses the Sinclair Coefficients which are derived statistically and calculated for one Olympic cycle ( for four years , starting in the Spring of each Olympic year ) . The total for each bodyweight category is a projection of the Total for that weightlifter if he/she were a competitor in the heaviest bodyweight category with the same level of ability . It is done in four body weight categories for the males ( 56 kg , 69 kg , 77 kg , +105 kg ) . For the other four categories ( 62 kg , 85 kg , 94 kg , 105 kg ) the Sinclair Total represents the World Standard because nobody has lifted the predicted total . Those projections using the Sinclair Total are shown below . The Sinclair Coefficient is . If x < b where x is the weightlifter 's bodyweight , b is the world record holder 's bodyweight ( in the heaviest category ) and A is the coefficient for this Olympic cycle , or 1.0 if x ≥ b. Then , the Sinclair Total is simply the obtained total multiplied by the Sinclair Coefficient . For example , from 2013 to 2016 , a calculation of the Sinclair Coefficient might look like this : A = 0.794358141 for males A = 0.897260740 for females b = 174.393 kg for males b = 148.026 kg for females Assume that we are assessing a male weightlifter weighing 61.9 kg with a total of 320 kg . Then , x = 61.9 kg , and we have X = log10 ( x/b ) = log10 ( 61.9 / 174.393 ) = -0.449838400 A ( X ^ 2 ) = 0.794358141 * ( -0.449838400 ) ^ 2 = 0.794358141 * 0.20235459 = 0.160742013 10 ^ ( A ( X ^ 2 ) ) = 10 ^ 0.160742013 = 1.447911485 Sinclair Total = Actual Total x S.C. = 320 kg x 1.447911485 = 463.332 To understand the whole idea , here is the chart with all male bodyweight categories ( in kg ) and its world record Totals , Sinclair Coefficients , and Sinclair Total . By looking at the Sinclair Total we can determine the RANK . * denotes a World Standard rather than a world record . The same is done for the seven female body weight categories .",
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"text": "Rot-Weiss Tennis Club The Lawn Tennis Turnier Club Rot-Weiß ( red-white ) is a tennis club located in the Grunewald district of Berlin , Germany . The club was founded in 1897 , and has been the venue of the German Open WTA Tour tournament since 1979 . The club has 16 clay courts . A 7,000-seat stadium court was built in 1996 , and was named Steffi Graf Stadion in September 2004 . The club is located on Gottfried von Cramm Street , named after the German tennis legend and the man primarily responsible for reviving the Rot-Weiß club after world war II , Baron Gottfried von Cramm .",
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"text": "USA Wrestling USA Wrestling ( formerly known as the United States Wrestling Federation and as the United States Wrestling Association ) is the organization that currently governs freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling in the United States . USA Wrestling is also the official representative to the United States Olympic Committee ( USOC ) and to United World Wrestling ( UWW ) and is considered the national governing body of the sport at the amateur level . Their mission statement is , `` USA Wrestling , guided by the Olympic Spirit , provides quality opportunities for its members to achieve their full human and athletic potential . ''",
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"text": "Swiss Olympic Association Swiss Olympic Association ( Schweizerischer Olympischer Verband , Association Olympique Suisse , Associazione Olimpica Svizzera , Assiociaziun Olimpica Svizra ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Switzerland .",
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"text": "Sister Act Sister Act is a 1992 American musical comedy film directed by Emile Ardolino and written by Joseph Howard . Featuring musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman , the film stars Whoopi Goldberg as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent of Poor Clares and has to pretend to be a nun when a mob boss puts her on his hit list . Also in the cast are Maggie Smith , Kathy Najimy , Wendy Makkena , Mary Wickes , and Harvey Keitel . One of the most financially successful comedies of the early 1990s , grossing $ 231 million worldwide , the film was rated # 83 on Bravo 's The 100 Funniest Movies list . It spawned a 1993 sequel , entitled Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit , and a musical adaptation that premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena , California , in 2006 , and opened at the West End 's London Palladium with previews from May 7 , 2009 . The musical then opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre in April 2011 , with previews beginning March 24 , 2011 .",
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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": "Sister group A sister group or sister taxon is a phylogenetic term denoting the closest relatives of another given unit in an evolutionary tree . The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram : A , B , and C each represent a taxon : The sister group to A is B ; conversely , the sister group to B is A. Groups A and B , together with all other descendants of their most recent common ancestor , form the clade AB . The sister group to clade AB is C. The whole clade ABC is itself a subtree of a larger tree , which offers yet more sister group branches that are related but farther removed from the leaf nodes , such as A , B , and C. In cladistic standards , A , B , and C may represent specimens , species , taxon-groups , etc. . If they represent species , the term sister species is sometimes used . The term `` sister group '' is used in phylogenetic analysis , and only groups identified in the analysis are labeled as sister groups . An example is in birds , whose sister group is commonly cited as the crocodiles , but that is true only when dealing with extant taxa . The bird family tree is rooted in the dinosaurs , making for a number of extinct groups branching off before coming to the last common ancestor of birds and crocodiles . Thus , the term sister group must be seen as a relative term , with the caveat that the sister group is the closest relative only among the groups/species/specimens that are included in the analysis .",
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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": "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": "Humour Humour ( British English ) or humor ( American English ; see spelling differences ) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement . The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks , which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body , known as humours ( Latin : humor , `` body fluid '' ) , controlled human health and emotion . People of all ages and cultures respond to humour . Most people are able to experience humour -- be amused , smile or laugh at something funny -- and thus are considered to have a sense of humour . The hypothetical person lacking a sense of humour would likely find the behaviour inducing it to be inexplicable , strange , or even irrational . Though ultimately decided by personal taste , the extent to which a person finds something humorous depends on a host of variables , including geographical location , culture , maturity , level of education , intelligence and context . For example , young children may favour slapstick such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or the Tom and Jerry cartoons , whose physical nature makes it accessible to them . By contrast , more sophisticated forms of humour such as satire require an understanding of its social meaning and context , and thus tend to appeal to a more mature audience .",
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"text": "Signore e signora Signore e signora is an Italian sitcom .",
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"text": "Duet Acting Duet Acting ( often shortened to `` Duet '' or abbreviated as `` DA '' in tournament schedules and results ) is an event in competitive high school forensics . Similar to Duo Interpretation , Duet Acting varies in two major respects : first , Duet is not an official National Forensic League event although some state organizations , such as the Texas Forensic Association , the Louisiana High School Speech League , and ( formerly ) the Ohio High School Speech League practice the event . Secondly , unlike Duo , in which the actors are not permitted to make eye contact with each other or touch each other , Duet incorporates an element of acting . Cuttings must be made from scripts . Duet Acting involves two people , two chairs , and ( in some jurisdictions ) a table ; the furniture is supplied in each room of competition . Time limits vary , but generally each acting pair performs an eight - to twelve-minute scene , typically using only two characters . Occasionally the performers change roles , but can only play one character per scene in the manner of dramatic or humorous interpretation . The pieces may be either serious or funny , and the extensive use of movement is permitted ( i.e. , interaction between both characters , as well as with the table and chairs ) . Duet Acting has been removed from the Ohio High School Speech League . Category : Debating",
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"text": "Sister, Sister (1987 film) Sister , Sister is a 1987 American Southern Gothic thriller film directed and co-written by Bill Condon . The film stars Eric Stoltz , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and Judith Ivey .",
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"text": "Barry Award (for comedy) The Barry Award is an annual prize presented to the most outstanding comedy act at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival . It has been awarded since 1998 , when it was introduced as the Stella Award , and was renamed in 2000 in honour of Barry Humphries , one of the festival 's founding patrons . The Barry is generally regarded as the most prestigious award of the festival , and the winner receives a trophy and cash prize .",
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"text": "Inherently funny word Certain nonsense words may be inherently funny , according to a 2015 study published in the Journal of Memory and Language . The study 's lead author , Chris Westbury from the University of Alberta , suggests that the inherent humor of certain non-words can be explained by the property of entropy . Entropy , in this case , expresses how usual the letters in the word appear to be : the less commonly they are used , the lower the total entropy and the more funny they are likely to be found . According to Westbury , `` Some non-words are funny , and they 're weird when they are -LSB- ... -RSB- But there 's actually a consistent relationship between how funny they are and how weird they are '' . The idea that humor can be predicted by a word 's entropy corresponds to the incongruity theory of 19th-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer , who posited that humor is a product of one 's expectations being violated . According to Westbury , `` One reason puns are funny is that they violate our expectation that a word has one meaning '' . The vaudeville lore that words with the letter k are funny is recorded by the playwright Neil Simon in his work The Sunshine Boys . In the play , which is about a pair of aging vaudeville comedians , the character Willie lectures his nephew about funny words :",
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"text": "Give Out, Sisters Give Out , Sisters is a 1942 American film starring The Andrews Sisters . The film co-stars Dan Dailey and the teenage couple of the time , Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan . Dailey and O'Connor went on to be in the 1954 film There 's No Business Like Show Business . The song `` Pennsylvania Polka '' was introduced by the Andrews Sisters .",
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"text": "My Sister, My Love My Sister , My Love may refer to : My Sister , My Love ( film ) , 1966 Swedish film My Sister , My Love ( novel ) , 2008 novel by Joyce Carol Oates",
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"text": "Novelty Act `` Novelty Act '' is a short story by Philip K. Dick . It involves a dystopian future in which the characters ' lives are based on entertaining the First Lady of the United States with `` novelty acts '' . Category :1964 short stories Category : Short stories by Philip K. Dick",
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"text": "A Sister to Assist 'Er A Sister to Assist ` Er may refer to : A Sister to Assist ` Er ( play ) , a comic play by John le Breton A Sister to Assist ` Er ( 1922 film ) , a silent film directed by George Dewhurst A Sister to Assist ` Er ( 1927 film ) , a silent film directed by George Dewhurst A Sister to Assist ` Er ( 1930 film ) , a sound film directed by George Dewhurst A Sister to Assist ` Er ( 1938 film ) , a sound film directed by George Dewhurst A Sister to Assist ` Er ( 1948 film ) , a sound film directed by George Dewhurst",
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"text": "My Sister Eileen (1955 film) My Sister Eileen is a 1955 American CinemaScope musical comedy film directed by Richard Quine . It stars Janet Leigh , Betty Garrett and Jack Lemmon . The screenplay by Quine and Blake Edwards is based on the 1940 play by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov , which was inspired by a series of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney originally published in The New Yorker . The play originally was filmed in 1942 . ( This musical film is totally different from the 1953 Broadway musical Wonderful Town , though both are based on the original Ruth McKenney source material . )",
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"text": "The Twin Sister The Twin Sister is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy .",
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"text": "Commedia sexy all'italiana The commedia sexy all ` italiana ( lit . `` sex comedy Italian style '' ) , also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all ` italiana , is a subgenre of Italian commedia all ` italiana film genre .",
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"text": "Tip-Toes Tip-Toes is a musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson , lyrics by Ira Gershwin , and music by George Gershwin . It centers on a vaudeville act composed of Tip-Toes , her brother and her uncle , who try to pass her off as an aristocrat to snare a millionaire husband . Farcical complications ensue involving Tip-Toes ' temporary amnesia and a marital infidelity subplot . The musical was modestly successful on Broadway in 1925 and in London in 1926 . It was quickly adapted as a silent film starring Dorothy Gish and Will Rogers .",
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"text": "Hens' Teeth Hens ' Teeth Women 's Comedy Company first performed at Circa Theatre in Wellington pre-Xmas 1988 . It broke box-office records at the theatre , and a second season at Taki Rua Theatre early in 1989 had similar success . The company went on to create several productions a year , for 13 years . Though based in Wellington , New Zealand , the company toured throughout New Zealand , and in 1992 performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia . Hens ' Teeth was created by Kate JasonSmith , who remained as the Producer throughout its existence . The format was of a comic line-up which changed nightly , with some regulars and some `` tryouts '' . It was held together by a compere or M.C. - the most famous being `` Mother Chook '' Leone Hatherly . The core cast of women included : Dame Kate Harcourt , Lorae Parry , Pinky Agnew , Helen Moulder , Carmel McGlone , Sue Dunlop , Sally Rodwell , Madeline McNamara , Rose Beauchamp , Prue Langbein , Bub Bridger , April Phillips , and Darien Takle . Over 100 women performed with Hens ' Teeth between 1987 and 2001 , including Ginette McDonald , Rima te Wiata , Emily Perkins , Cathy Sheat , Michelle Scullion , Ann Pacey , Riwia Brown , Ann Jones , Alison Wall , Pam Corkery , Perry Piercy , Nancy Fulford , Stephanie Creed , Vicki Walker , Donna Akersten , Jane Waddell , and Phylli JasonSmith . The success of Hens ' Teeth was attributed to the comedy being about things that are part of the fabric of most women 's lives : sex , politics , aging , cooking , ambition , breastfeeding , men , opera , housework , dieting , childcare , self-defense , love , money , contraception , creativity , etc. , etc. . The only major rule for the content of Hens ' Teeth was that they did n't laugh at the expense of men , or of any other minorities . After 16 years of hibernation , Hens ' Teeth has agreed to a new season at < Circa Theatre , Wellington , New Zealand , as part of the WTF ! ( Women 's Theatre Festival ) March 14th - 25th 2017 .",
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"text": "Comedy Connections Comedy Connections was a BBC One documentary series produced by BBC Scotland that aired from 2003 to 2008 . The show looked at the stories behind the production of some of Britain 's comedy television programmes , showing how they tied in with the production of other comedy shows ( hence `` connections '' ) . The show featured interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject programme , as well as footage from the series . Comedy Connections mostly documented BBC comedies and sitcoms , although two programmes have been from ITV ( three counting Men Behaving Badly which moved from ITV to the BBC after two series ) and two from Channel 4 . The first series consisted of six episodes , however the rest of the series consist of eight episodes each , the first two series were narrated by Julia Sawalha , however the rest of the series were narrated by Doon Mackichan .",
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"text": "Enough Project The Enough Project is a Washington , D.C. based non-profit organization that was founded in 2007 . The project was co-founded by the Center for American Progress and the International Crisis Group in 2007 . Its stated mission is to end genocide and crimes against humanity . The Enough Project conducts research in several conflict areas in Africa including Sudan , South Sudan , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Central African Republic , and the areas controlled by the Lord 's Resistance Army ( LRA ) . The Enough Project facilitates several campaigns and initiatives which work to bring attention to these crises , including The Sentry , Raise Hope for Congo , and the Satellite Sentinel Project . Its co-founders are John Prendergast and Gayle Smith . In 2014 , the Enough Project released a report on war lordism and the mines of the Congo . The report indicated that due to the economic pressure of a provision of the United States Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Act , which required any company that might be using `` conflict minerals '' to register with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and publish their supply chain , control over the mines had passed out of the hands of the warlords and local militias .",
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"text": "Cine Foundation International Cine Foundation International is London-based non-profit film company and human rights NGO `` aiming to 'em power open consciousness through cinema ' '' . The foundation was formed in December 2010 by American filmmaker Jesse Richards , founder of the Remodernist film movement , South Korean film critic Blue Un Sok Kim and Tobias Morgan , formerly the developer of `` The Garage '' on Mubi . On 3 January 2011 , CFI announced their launch of a campaign of protest films and public actions calling for the release of imprisoned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi . `` The campaign will include protest films that speak to human rights issues in Iran and throughout the world , six of which are commissioned feature-length , plus twenty shorts . Participating filmmakers may act anonymously or through pseudonyms since voicing their stories can be dangerous . The films , which will address themes of nation , identity , self , spiritual culture , censorship and imprisonment , will be aimed for public , web and various exhibition media '' . In January 2011 , filmmakers Béla Tarr and Lav Diaz joined the foundation 's Board of Directors , and in February Fred Kelemen joined the Board of Directors . Also in January 2011 , CFI deployed a video protest mechanism called WHITE MEADOWS ( named for the Mohammad Rasoulof film of the same title ) and developed by Ericson deJesus ( of Yahoo! and frog design ) at the request of the foundation . The video mechanism `` allow ( s ) anyone in the world to record a short video statement about Panahi and Rasoulof . There will be an ESCAPE button at top , allowing quick exit for those in countries where recording a statement would be dangerous . There will be an option to have the screen black , and soon , voice distortion . The video statements will be recorded as mp4s , giving them maximum transmedia capacity , which essentially makes them broadcastable from any device that can show video '' . Users can also use the mechanism to comment on how they would `` like to see as an international response by the film industry '' , comment on the state of human rights in general , or to `` report a human rights abuse to the world '' . Late in 2011 , CFI launched #OccupyCinema , an ongoing collective project in collaboration with the global Occupy movement . The project encompasses `` public space projections onto buildings or other public surfaces -- broadcasting films , video documents or live feeds , with the intention of decentralising traditional broadcast monopolies and information power structures where these interfere with freedom of speech or otherwise compel human beings to surrender to the agendas of ethically bankrupt regimes . '' On November 1 , #OccupyCinema will launch public displays of films in New York City , Dallas , Kansas , London and Paris , with more to follow over the next week . Tobias Morgan resigned as Chair in Autumn 2011 , having been commissioned to make a Cine Foundation International feature film dedicated to the Iranian film producer Katayoun Shahabi . Jesse Richards resigned in 2012 , and Blue Un Sok Kim took the Chair . Category : International human rights organizations Category : Organisations based in the United Kingdom Category : Arts organisations based in the United Kingdom Category : Film organisations in the United Kingdom",
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"text": "People's Climate March The People 's Climate March ( PCM ) was a large-scale activist event to advocate global action against climate change , which took place on Sunday , September 21 , 2014 , in New York City , along with a series of companion actions worldwide , many of which also took the name People 's Climate March . With an estimated 311,000 participants , the New York event was the largest climate change march in history . Described as `` an invitation to change everything , '' the march was called in May 2014 by 350 . org , the environmental organization founded by writer/activist Bill McKibben , and it was endorsed by `` over 1,500 organizations , including many international and national unions , churches , schools and community and environmental justice organizations . '' It was conceived as a response to ( but not a protest against ) the scheduled U.N. Climate Summit of world leaders to take place in New York City two days later , on September 23 . Although based in New York , the event was global in scope and implication , with `` companion demonstrations '' worldwide . Organizers intended the march to be `` the largest single event on climate that has been organized to date ... one so large and diverse that it can not be ignored . '' The entire PCM project consisted of `` numerous events , actions , symposia , presentations , and more organized over the course of the days leading up to the Summit , and in the days following , '' of which the march was intended to be `` the anchor event . '' Worldwide , nearly 600,000 people were estimated to have marched on September 21 , including those in New York .",
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"text": "Many-to-many The many-to-many communication paradigm is one of three major Internet computing paradigms , characterized by multiple users contributing and receiving information , with the information elements often interlinked across different websites . Developments such as file sharing , blogs , Wikis , and tagging are media forms that reflect this paradigm ; these contrast with both the one-to-one ( characterized by e-mail , FTP , and Telnet ) and one-to-many ( characterized by websites ) paradigms . With the evolution to the full `` many-to-many '' computing paradigm , people can input and receive information to and from the Internet ; they will be able to connect and communicate dynamically within a flexibly formed scope ; there will be no artificial boundary between information and communication tools , and the definition of `` many '' will go well beyond people to include entities such as organizations , products , processes , events , and concepts .",
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"text": "League of Technical Voters The League of Technical Voters ( LOTV ) is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) non-profit organization whose primary goal is to involve more technical people in the political process . LOTV is a United States organization . LOTV obtained their 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) status in October 2007 . LOTV has sponsored numerous projects such as codeathons with flagship sponsorship from the Mozilla Foundation , the Transparent Federal Budget project and We Are All Actors 2007 workshop . The head office for LOTV is in Austin , TX . LOTV was formed on October 13 , 2006 by Silona Bonewald , Kai Mantsch , Sharon Rush and Brigid Shea . From founding through 2013 , LOTV 's advisory board included Jason Asbahr , Tantek Çelik , Donna Kidwell , Chris Messina , Don Shafer , Jimmy Donal `` Jimbo '' Wales . On June 27 , 2013 , LOTV 's Board of Directors elected new members : Lee B. `` Britt '' Blaser , Christopher W. Savage , Doc Searls and Philip J. Windley . Ph.D. . In December , 2013 , the LOTV Board accepted the resignations of Silona Bonewald , Michelle DeFrance , Joshua Gay and Donna Kidwell . In December , 2013 , LOTV made two grants : $ 1,000 to - The Center for Voting and Democracy and $ 1,000 to - The Sunlight Foundation .",
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"text": "Sufficient statistic In statistics , a statistic is sufficient with respect to a statistical model and its associated unknown parameter if `` no other statistic that can be calculated from the same sample provides any additional information as to the value of the parameter '' . In particular , a statistic is sufficient for a family of probability distributions if the sample from which it is calculated gives no additional information than does the statistic , as to which of those probability distributions is that of the population from which the sample was taken . Roughly , given a set of independent identically distributed data conditioned on an unknown parameter , a sufficient statistic is a function whose value contains all the information needed to compute any estimate of the parameter ( e.g. a maximum likelihood estimate ) . Due to the factorization theorem ( see below ) , for a sufficient statistic , the joint distribution can be written as . From this factorization , it can easily be seen that the maximum likelihood estimate of will interact with only through . Typically , the sufficient statistic is a simple function of the data , e.g. the sum of all the data points . More generally , the `` unknown parameter '' may represent a vector of unknown quantities or may represent everything about the model that is unknown or not fully specified . In such a case , the sufficient statistic may be a set of functions , called a jointly sufficient statistic . Typically , there are as many functions as there are parameters . For example , for a Gaussian distribution with unknown mean and variance , the jointly sufficient statistic , from which maximum likelihood estimates of both parameters can be estimated , consists of two functions , the sum of all data points and the sum of all squared data points ( or equivalently , the sample mean and sample variance ) . The concept , due to Ronald Fisher , is equivalent to the statement that , conditional on the value of a sufficient statistic for a parameter , the joint probability distribution of the data does not depend on that parameter . Both the statistic and the underlying parameter can be vectors . A related concept is that of linear sufficiency , which is weaker than sufficiency but can be applied in some cases where there is no sufficient statistic , although it is restricted to linear estimators . The Kolmogorov structure function deals with individual finite data ; the related notion there is the algorithmic sufficient statistic . The concept of sufficiency has fallen out of favor in descriptive statistics because of the strong dependence on an assumption of the distributional form ( see Pitman -- Koopman -- Darmois theorem below ) , but remains very important in theoretical work .",
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"text": "Community Funded Community Funded is a crowdfunding platform based in Fort Collins , Colorado allowing project creators to create one or more fundraising projects on the site with the goal of helping people and organizations with projects find the ideas , funding , and resources they need to be successful . Community Funded focuses on systemic integration of crowdfunding platforms , allowing for Universities and other organizations to integrate the Community Funded crowdfunding tools into their own website . Community Funded also offers the one-off project funding concept common to many crowdfunding sites . To date many projects on the site have focused on local ( Fort Collins , Colorado ) social causes , but nationally-focused arts and culture projects have also received funding and attention through Community Funded . Projects can be submitted by any individual or organization . Community Funded requires all projects have a positive community impact regardless of if the project is a `` Keep-it-All '' or `` All-or-Nothing '' style project . Businesses can also support fundraising projects by providing in-kind donations of products or services in exchange for promotion on the project page . On June 29 , 2012 , Community Funded co-founder McCabe Calahan presented at the Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce alongside US Senator Michael Bennet and representatives from Colorado State University and the Rocky Mountain Innovation Initiative for a roundtable discussion and seminar on the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act . As of March 2013 , Community Funded had raised $ 286,000 from a total network of 2,056 individuals and 406 organizations . By August 2013 , Community Funded had raised a total of $ 428,610 and grown to a network of 4,391 individuals and 602 organizations across 39 states . 47 projects had been completed on the platform , only five of which received no funding whatsoever .",
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"text": "Supporting Healthy Marriage Project The Supporting Healthy Marriage Project , SHM , is part of the Healthy Marriage Initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , Administration for Children and Families , that was launched in 2003 as `` the first large-scale , multisite , multiyear , rigorous test of marriage education programs for low-income married couples . '' The project is motivated by research that `` indicates that married adults and children raised by both parents in stable , low-conflict households do better on a host of outcomes . '' The evaluation is led by MDRC , in collaboration with Abt Associates and other partners . USASpending.gov reports payments of more than $ 30 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to MDRC for work on the Supporting Healthy Marriage Project from 2009 to 2012 . Major study questions of the Supporting Healthy Marriage Project include : What are the experiences , issues and challenges in designing , implementing and operating healthy marriage education and related services for lower-income couples with children ? What are the net impacts of the programs on : marital stability and relationship quality ; attitudes and expectations regarding their marriage ; parenting attitudes and behaviors ; measures of adult well-being and child well-being and development ( e.g. , cognitive , social , emotional , health ) , and economic outcomes for families ? Limited federal funding for a Healthy Marriage Initiative began in 2001 to `` help couples who choose to get married gain greater access to marriage education services that will enable them to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain a healthy marriage . '' In 2005 , Wade Horn , Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families , highlighted plans for a significant expansion of funding in testimony before the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness , House Committee on Education and the Workforce : `` Although I have focused on the areas of primary interest to your committee , I would be remiss if I did not briefly highlight other key areas of our proposal that play a critical role in the well-being of children , teenagers , and families . Indeed , we establish improving the well-being of children as the overarching purpose of TANF ... . In support of that overarching purpose , our proposal seeks to improve child well-being through programs aimed at encouraging responsible fatherhood and healthy marriages . By discontinuing the Out of Wedlock Birth Reduction Bonus and redirecting part of the High Performance Bonus Funding , we provide $ 200 million for programs aimed at promoting family formation and healthy marriages . We also provide $ 40 million in funding for the support of responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage programs to reverse the rise in father absence and its subsequent impact on children . ''",
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"text": "United States Strategic Communication According to the author Christopher Paul ( RAND ) , Strategic Communication is the `` coordinated actions , messages , images , and other forms of signaling or engagement intended to inform , influence , or persuade selected audiences in support of national objectives . '' There is often debate and discussion concerning what makes strategic communication . Regarding definition , psychological operations , public or civil affairs , information operations and public diplomacy are seemingly the least contested components of U.S. strategic communication . With those components , the most important factor that separates strategic communication from other types of communication is the synchronization and coordination of U.S. efforts . For example , in the National Strategy for Public Diplomacy and Strategic Communication , all strategic communication efforts activities should : underscore our commitment to freedom , human rights and the dignity and equality of every human being ; reach out to those who share our ideals ; support those who struggle for freedom and democracy ; and counter those who espouse ideologies of hate and oppression Strategic communication can be a major tool against adversaries that threaten values supported by the United States . U.S. strategic communication promotes democratization and good governance . It proved vital in winning the Cold War . In the 21st Century , it is critical in countering the radical ideologies of the Islamic Republic of Iran , the Muslim Brotherhood , al - Qaeda and other extremist organizations .",
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"text": "Good Enough Good Enough may refer to :",
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"text": "Rhetoric of social intervention model The `` rhetoric of social intervention '' ( RSI ) model is a systemic communication theory of how human beings symbolically constitute , maintain , and change social systems ( e.g. , organizations , societies , and cultures ) . The RSI model was developed in the writings of communication theorist William R. Brown . The model provides a framework for analyzing and interpreting social system change and its side effects from a communication perspective . It also suggests a methodology for acting as an intervener to encourage and/or discourage social system change . The model offers an alternative approach to understanding social system change by its emphasis on communication as the driver of change in contrast to models that focus on social , political , economic , and technological forces as catalysts for change . The RSI model is envisioned as three communication subsystems that function as starting points for interpreting or enacting social system change . The subsystems , known as attention , power , and need , form the RSI model framework . This entry describes the assumptive foundations of the RSI model . Then it discusses the attention , power , and need patterns of communication that that model identifies as points for generating social system change and continuity .",
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"text": "Washington State Public Disclosure Commission The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission is an agency of the Washington state government that regulates candidates , campaigns and lobbyists . It enforces the state 's disclosure and campaign finances laws , and provides public access to information about lobbying activities , the financial affairs of elected and appointed public officials , and campaign contributions and expenditures . Voters authorized the creation of the PDC in 1972 with the passage of Initiative 276 , which declared that `` The public 's right to know of the financing of political campaigns and lobbying and the financial affairs of elected officials and candidates far outweighs any right that these matters remain secret and private . '' Opponents called I-276 `` well-intentioned but certainly over-enthusiastic legislation , '' and contended it would violate the privacy of campaign donors and discourage participation in the political process . Despite those concerns , the ballot measure was approved by 72 % of the vote and became effective January 1 , 1973 . The laws governing the PDC are found in the Revised Code of Washington , Title 42 , Chapter 17a . The main function of the law is to require financial disclosures about political campaigns and lobbying contributions and expenditures . Some provisions go beyond disclosure to regulate conduct , such as a prohibition against use of public facilities in electoral politics . The campaign finance regulations do not apply to those seeking federal elective office , precinct committee office , or offices in some of the state 's smallest political subdivisions . In 1992 , voters expanded campaign finance restrictions by overwhelmingly approving Initiative 134 . The initiative set limits on contributions to state executive and legislative candidates , political parties , and legislative caucuses . The five-member Public Disclosure Commission administers and enforces the Campaign Disclosure and Contribution Act . It meets , usually in Olympia , on the fourth Thursday of each month , except during November and December , when a combined meeting is scheduled for the first or second week of December . The current chair of the Commission is Anne Levinson . Commission members are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate . Each member serves a single five-year term . No more than three members may be from the same political party , and none of the members may be involved in electoral politics . The Commission is a quasi-judicial body that hears cases that allege violations of these campaign finance and disclosure laws . It may assess penalties of up to $ 10,000 . The Commission also appoints an executive director who oversees a staff that is focused on assisting individuals with compliance , providing easy public access to data , and referring possible violations to the Commission for enforcement . The agency has an annual budget of $ 2.4 million and the equivalent of 19 full-time employees .",
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"text": "California Proposition 53 (2016) Proposition 53 was a California ballot proposition on the November 8 , 2016 ballot . It would have required voter approval for issuing revenue bonds exceeding $ 2 billion . Arguments in favor of the measure stated that it would require politicians to provide estimates of how much a project would cost , as well as give voters a say before taking on large debt . The measure followed similar practice as with general obligation bonds , which currently require voter approval before the state can use them to pay for a project . Arguments against the measure stated that it would negatively impact local control over projects by allowing statewide votes on smaller community projects . Additionally , the term project was not defined and it was unclear which projects might be affected by the measure . Cities , counties , schools districts , and community college districts were specifically excluded from the measure 's definition of `` state '' . However , the California Legislative Analyst 's Office warned that local governments sometimes partner with the state government to get lower interest rates on government bonds , which could have required statewide voter approval of local projects under the measure . It was unlikely that many projects would have been affected by the measure , though it could have affected large-scale projects such as California High-Speed Rail and California Water Fix and Eco Restore . Proponents spent $ 4.6 million fighting for the measure , all of it from California Delta farmer Dino Cortopassi and his wife . Cortopassi has been an outspoken critic of the planned Water Fix tunnels underneath the delta . Opponents spent $ 10.9 million fighting against the measure , with the top donor being $ 4.1 million from Governor Jerry Brown 's 2014 campaign funds . Other top opposition donors included the California Democratic Party , a labor coalition , venture capitalist John Doerr , and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians . The measure was opposed by the editorial boards of the Los Angeles Times , the San Francisco Chronicle , and The Sacramento Bee . Firefighters opposed the measure , warning that there was no exemption for disaster funding . Cities and local water districts were also opposed .",
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"text": "Big Enough (film) A follow-up to the 1982 Emmy-nominated film Little People , Big Enough is a 2004 documentary film about Anu Trombino , Karla and John Lizzo , Len and Lenette Sawisch , and Sharon and Ron Roskamp , who are all typical Americans in every respect , except that they are dwarfs . Twenty years after her first film , Jan Krawitz finds out what has happened to her subjects . Big Enough was met with high critical acclaim , receiving an Independent Filmmaker Award from the Carolina Film & Video Festival and was aired as part of PBS 's Point of View series in 2005 .",
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"text": "Too big to fail The `` too big to fail '' theory asserts that certain corporations , particularly financial institutions , are so large and so interconnected that their failure would be disastrous to the greater economic system , and that they therefore must be supported by government when they face potential failure . The colloquial term `` too big to fail '' was popularized by U.S. Congressman Stewart McKinney in a 1984 Congressional hearing , discussing the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 's intervention with Continental Illinois . The term had previously been used occasionally in the press . Proponents of this theory believe that some institutions are so important that they should become recipients of beneficial financial and economic policies from governments or central banks . Some economists such as Paul Krugman hold that economies of scale in banks and in other businesses are worth preserving , so long as they are well regulated in proportion to their economic clout , and therefore that `` too big to fail '' status can be acceptable . The global economic system must also deal with sovereign states being too big to fail . Opponents believe that one of the problems that arises is moral hazard whereby a company that benefits from these protective policies will seek to profit by it , deliberately taking positions ( see asset allocation ) that are high-risk high-return , as they are able to leverage these risks based on the policy preference they receive . The term has emerged as prominent in public discourse since the 2007 -- 08 global financial crisis . Critics see the policy as counterproductive and that large banks or other institutions should be left to fail if their risk management is not effective . Some critics , such as Alan Greenspan , believe that such large organisations should be deliberately broken up : `` If they 're too big to fail , they 're too big '' . More than fifty prominent economists , financial experts , bankers , finance industry groups , and banks themselves have called for breaking up large banks into smaller institutions . In 2014 , the International Monetary Fund and others said the problem still had not been dealt with . While the individual components of the new regulation for systemically important banks ( additional capital requirements , enhanced supervision and resolution regimes ) likely reduced the prevalence of TBTF , the fact that there is a definite List of systemically important banks considered TBTF has a partly offsetting impact .",
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"text": "International Aid Transparency Initiative The International Aid Transparency Initiative ( IATI ) is a global campaign to create transparency in the records of how aid money is spent . The initiative hopes to thereby ensure that aid money reaches its intended recipients . The ultimate goal is to improve standards of living worldwide and globally reduce poverty . The IATI also publishes a standard to be used by organizations , allowing different datasets to be combined and shared .",
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"text": "Transpartisan Transpartisanship represents an emerging school of political thought which accepts the validity of truths across a range of political perspectives and seeks to synthesize them into an inclusive , pragmatic container beyond typical political dualities . It is distinct from bipartisanship , which aims to negotiate between `` right '' and `` left , '' resulting in a dualistic perspective , and nonpartisanship , which tends to avoid political affiliation altogether . Transpartisanship is a movement to support and advance a common ground - or `` new center '' - that already exists in U.S. politics , emerging periodically into public view in the form of `` unusual coalitions '' of progressives and conservatives around issues ranging from war and the military budget to corporate power and the surveillance state . The movement builds on methods of facilitated dialogue , deliberation and conflict resolution . Current examples of transpartisan initiatives include Transpartisan Center , TheSolution.org , Reuniting America , Transpartisan Alliance , and Liberty Coalition . Transpartisanship is an emerging field that advocates pragmatic and effective solutions to social and political problems , transcending and including preexisting political ideologies . Transpartisanship encompasses the idea that all systems are inextricably interconnected , and that successful outcomes can best be reached through inclusive , genuine , and respectful cooperation . Transpartisan democracy , in part , seeks to reintegrate the public 's voice in identifying , debating , and shaping governmental policies , while continuing to protect the sovereignty of the individual . The term `` Transpartisanship '' has emerged to provide a meaningful alternative to `` Bipartisanship , '' and `` Nonpartisanship . '' Bipartisanship limits the dialogue process to two political viewpoints or entities , striving for compromise solutions . Nonpartisanship , on the other hand , tends to deny the existence of differing viewpoints in exchange for cooperation . Both the bipartisan and nonpartisan approaches can discount the multiplicity of viewpoints that exist , which often results in incomplete and therefore unsuccessful outcomes . In contrast to these , transpartisanship recognizes the existence and validity of many points of view , and advocates a constructive dialogue aimed at arriving at creative , integrated , and therefore , breakthrough solutions that meet the needs of all present . Transpartisan gatherings have resulted not only in surprisingly civil conversations noted by mainstream media but also in shifts from traditional ideological stances by some participants . A close relative of transpartisanship is Integral politics . A transpartisan approach to policy would necessarily include individual and collective , as well as subjective and objective , perspective . Furthermore , similar to Integral theory , transpartisanship places politics in a developmental context , viewing democracy and prosperity not as static attainments , but rather emergent properties along a continuum of developmental stages .",
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"text": "Political feasibility analysis Political feasibility analysis is used to predict the probable outcome of a proposed solution to a policy problem through examining the actors , events and environment involved in all stages of the policy-making process . It is one frequently used component of a policy analysis and can serve as an evaluative criterion in choosing between policy alternatives . Feasible policies must be politically acceptable or at least not unacceptable . Political unacceptability is a combination of two conditions too much opposition or too little support . One common mistake is widespread in practice that feasibility becomes a dominant criterion of preferable alternative . Feasibility is `` the state or degree of being easily or conveniently done '' . More plainly , one might ask `` can we get this done ? '' Feasibility , as it pertains to the political arena , speaks to the political climate . The question then becomes : `` In this political climate , can we get this done ? '' Political feasibility is a measure of how well a solution to a policy problem , will be accepted by a set of decision makers and the general public . For a policy to be enacted and implemented , it must be politically acceptable , or feasible . A policy alternative 's lack of political feasibility can often be attributed to its lack of political support or the result of controversy that may surround the issue the policy seeks to address . Alternatively , a politically feasible alternative is one that has the greatest probability of `` receiv -LSB- ing -RSB- sufficient political push and support to be implemented '' given any specific constraints . When policy analysis generates policy alternatives , the political risks and costs associated with each can be important criteria for deciding between alternatives . A good policy alternative requires a certain amount of political feasibility , or implementation of the policy will be impossible . It is important to keep in mind , however , that feasibility alone does not make a policy `` good . '' Examining all criteria is necessary for the implementation of socially responsible policy . Politics are difficult to predict but it has been said that `` no decision is ever made in complex systems without political feasibility having played some role . ''",
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"text": "Effective competition Effective Competition is a concept first proposed by John Maurice Clark , then under the name of `` workable competition , '' as a `` workable '' alternative to the economic theory of perfect competition since perfect competition is seldom observed in the real world . J.M. Clark 's proposal resulted in extensive debate in the economic literature over the next several decades , in which George W. Stocking , Sr. , George Stigler , Jesse W. Markham , Joe S. Bain , and many others participated . No consensus has yet been reached over which of many potential criteria should be used to judge competition to be effective , but as an alternative to identifying specific structural criteria by which to constitute effectiveness or workability , Jesse W. Markham suggested the following definition : An industry may be judged to be workably competitive when , after the structural characteristics of its market and the dynamic forces that shaped them have been thoroughly examined , there is no clearly indicated change than can be effected through public policy measures that would result in greater social gains than social losses . Despite the lack of consensus in the literature , the concept is often used in antitrust enforcement and public policy analysis , as a method for measuring and ensuring adequate levels of competitive performance in markets which may not be ideally structured . Charles F. Phillips , Jr. notes that `` Workable or effective competition may result from conditions that are less exacting than those demanded for perfection . ''",
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"text": "Hillary: The Movie Hillary : The Movie is a 2008 political documentary about United States Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton . It was produced by the conservative non-profit organization Citizens United . The film was scheduled to be offered as video-on-demand on cable TV right before the Democratic primaries in January 2008 , but as `` electioneering communication '' to do so was illegal under the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act which was enforced by the Federal Election Commission . The producers went to U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to get a declaration that they could show their movie and promotional ads for it despite BCRA . This case was titled Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and its final decision at the U.S. Supreme Court resulted in a major change in campaign finance law . The documentary interviewed various conservative figures such as Dick Morris and Ann Coulter and reviewed various scandals in which Hillary Clinton purportedly participated , such as the White House travel office controversy , White House FBI files controversy , Whitewater controversy , and cattle futures controversy . The factual finding of the three-judge district court was that there was `` no reasonable interpretation -LSB- of the movie -RSB- other than as an appeal to vote against Senator Clinton '' , thus making it `` electioneering communication '' . The Supreme Court did not change that decision , but applied the strict scrutiny test for the First Amendment of the Constitution and said corporations could not be banned from making electioneering communications .",
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"text": "Program management In the software industry , program management is an aspect of software product management . Program management or programme management is the process of managing several related projects , often with the intention of improving an organization 's performance . In practice and in its aims it is often closely related to systems engineering , industrial engineering , change management , and business transformation . The program manager has oversight of the purpose and status of the projects in a program and can use this oversight to support project-level activity to ensure the program goals are met by providing a decision-making capacity that can not be achieved at project level or by providing the project manager with a program perspective when required , or as a sounding board for ideas and approaches to solving project issues that have program impacts . In a program there is a need to identify and manage cross-project dependencies and often the project management office ( PMO ) may not have sufficient insight of the risk , issues , requirements , design or solution to be able to usefully manage these . The program manager may be well placed to provide this insight by actively seeking out such information from the project managers although in large and/or complex projects , a specific role may be required . However this insight arises , the program manager needs this in order to be comfortable that the overall program goals are achievable .",
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"text": "The Girl on the Train (2016 film) The Girl on the Train is a 2016 American mystery thriller drama film directed by Tate Taylor and written by Erin Cressida Wilson , based on Paula Hawkins ' 2015 debut novel of the same name . The film stars Emily Blunt , Rebecca Ferguson , Haley Bennett , Justin Theroux , Luke Evans , Allison Janney , Édgar Ramírez , and Lisa Kudrow , and follows an alcoholic divorcée who becomes involved in a missing persons investigation . Principal photography began on November 4 , 2015 in New York City . Produced by Marc Platt and DreamWorks Pictures , The Girl on the Train was the first DreamWorks Pictures film to be distributed by Universal Pictures , as part of DreamWorks ' new distribution deal via Amblin Partners . It premiered in London on September 20 , 2016 and was theatrically released in the United States on October 7 , 2016 . The film grossed $ 173 million worldwide , and received mixed reviews , although Blunt 's performance received praise and gained a nomination at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards , as well as a nomination for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 70th British Academy Film Awards .",
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"text": "DreamWorks DreamWorks Pictures ( also known as DreamWorks SKG or DreamWorks Studios , commonly referred to as DreamWorks , trading as Storyteller Distribution Co. , LLC ) is an American film production label of Amblin Partners . It was formerly distributing its own and third-party films by itself . It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses of more than $ 100 million each . As of October 2016 , DreamWorks ' films are marketed and distributed by Universal Pictures . DreamWorks began in 1994 as an attempt by media moguls Steven Spielberg , Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen ( together , SKG ) to create a new Hollywood studio of which they owned 72 % . Currently , DreamWorks operates out of offices at Universal Studios . In December 2005 , the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom , parent of Paramount Pictures . The sale was completed in February 2006 ( this incarnation is now named DW Studios L.L.C. ) . In 2008 , DreamWorks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and signed a $ 1.5 billion deal to produce films with India 's Reliance ADA Group . Reliance provided $ 325M of equity to fund recreating DreamWorks SKG into DreamWorks Studios , an independent entity . Clark Hallren , former Managing Director of the Entertainment Industries group of J. P. Morgan Securities , and Alan J. Levine of J. P. Morgan Entertainment Advisors , led the Reliance team in restructuring the company . The following year , DreamWorks entered into a distribution agreement with Walt Disney Studios , wherein Disney would distribute DreamWorks films through Touchstone Pictures ; the deal continued until 2016 . After the formation of Amblin Partners in 2015 , the studio entered into a distribution agreement with Universal Pictures . DreamWorks ' animation arm was spun off in 2004 into DreamWorks Animation SKG ( DWA ) , which currently owns the DreamWorks trademarks , and as of August 2016 is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal . Spielberg 's company continues to use the DreamWorks trademarks under license from Universal Studios .",
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"text": "The Phantom Boyz Phantom Boyz Music LLC is an American-based music production company founded by executive producer Melvin `` Official '' Watson . Since its inception in 2006 , The Phantom Boyz have produced records for both American and international artists , including Jim Jones , Christina Aguilera , B5 , Alexandra Burke , BoA and Rainie Yang .",
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"text": "Lester Sill Lester Sill ( January 13 , 1918 -- October 31 , 1994 ) was an American record label executive , best remembered as Phil Spector 's partner in Philles Records ( the name came from the first parts of their names , Phil and Les ) , and also as the head of both Colpix Records and the later Colgems Records . His three sons are music supervisors in the film and TV businesses : Joel Sill , Greg Sill and Lonnie Sill . His stepson Chuck Kaye is a longtime music publishing executive . Sill was an omnipresent force in the development of West Coast R&B and rock & roll , shepherding the fledgling career of the influential songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller before teaming with the legendary producer Phil Spector to found Philles Records , the premier U.S. pop label of the early '60s . Born January 13 , 1918 , in Los Angeles , Sill first entered show business as a nightclub owner , but in 1945 joined the sales and promotion staff of the Bihari brothers ' Modern Records , later producing sessions for R&B acts including Charles Brown and Hadda Brooks . In 1950 Sill met Leiber in the L.A. record shop where the aspiring lyricist worked as a retail clerk and suggested he find a partner who could read and write music , spurring the beginning of Leiber 's collaboration with Mike Stoller . Sill also produced the 1951 Jimmy Witherspoon effort `` Real Ugly Woman , '' the first recorded Leiber and Stoller collaboration . That same year Sill and Federal Records producer/talent scout Ralph Bass formed a PR agency , Brisk Enterprises , and following the success of the duo 's Big Mama Thornton hit `` Hound Dog '' , he teamed with Leiber and Stoller in late 1953 to create Spark Records as well as their own publishing firm , Quintet Music , Inc. . Spark enjoyed immediate success with The Robins ' R&B smash `` Riot in Cell Block # 9 '' . The group 's follow-up , `` Smokey Joe 's Café , '' proved an even bigger hit , in fact too big for the small label to handle . So in 1955 Spark sold its catalog to Atlantic Records , which in turn named Sill its national sales manager while giving Leiber and Stoller an independent production deal . While the deal prompted the breakup of The Robins , members Carl Gardner and Bobby Nunn continued on as The Coasters , with Sill serving as their manager . The Coasters would emerge as one of the most popular R&B acts of the late '50s , generating a series of wry Leiber and Stoller-penned hits including `` Down in Mexico '' , `` Yakety Yak '' , and `` Charlie Brown '' ; Sill also enjoyed chart success teaming with producer-songwriter Lee Hazlewood on 1958 's `` Rebel Rouser '' , the most notable of the 15 Top 40 instrumentals headlined by the renowned guitarist Duane Eddy and issued on the Dick Clark-owned Jamie label . In late 1959 , Sill and Hazlewood formed Trey Records , a Hollywood-based imprint distributed by Atlantic . The label 's signings included 18-year-old wunderkind Phil Spector , then fresh off the success of his group The Teddy Bears ' chart-topping pop classic `` To Know Him Is to Love Him . '' Spector produced several Trey sides . None were hits , but Kell Osborne 's 1960 release `` The Bells of St. Mary 's '' bears all the dramatic hallmarks that would later define his trademark Wall of Sound aesthetic . At the end of 1961 , Sill and Hazlewood shut down Trey but quickly formed a new label , Gregmark , as a vehicle for The Paris Sisters , an Andrews Sisters-inspired sibling vocal trio with a series of little-heard Decca singles under its belt . Sill insisted on a top-to-bottom overhaul of their approach , prompting Spector to relegate Albeth and Sherrell Paris to the background while turning the spotlight on youngest sibling Priscilla , insisting she dial back her powerful voice to a dusky whisper . While the Paris Sisters ' Gregmark debut `` Be My Boy '' earned little notice , the follow-up , `` I Love How You Love Me , '' cracked the U.S. Top Five , galvanized by Priscilla 's intimate lead turn and Spector 's atypically restrained production . Spector then began work on a Paris Sisters LP , but as production costs began to skyrocket , Sill attempted to exert control of the project . Their skirmish ended disastrously when , according to Sill , one of his assistants accidentally discarded the master tapes , although rumors persist of a far more nefarious outcome . At the same time Sill 's partnership with the tempestuous Hazlewood collapsed , and despite their differences , in late 1961 Sill and Spector inaugurated their own label , Philles , immediately reaching the Top 20 with the company 's debut release , The Crystals ' `` There 's No Other ( Like My Baby ) . '' Its 1962 follow-up , `` Uptown , '' was Spector 's first true tour de force , capturing the Wall of Sound in full gallop . By mid-1962 Philles was the most successful independent label in the U.S. , scoring a series of Spector-produced classics including the Crystals ' `` He 's a Rebel '' and `` Then He Kissed Me , '' Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans ' `` Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah '' and The Ronettes ' `` Be My Baby . '' But as Spector 's fame and renown grew , so did his notorious ego , and as he exerted more and more of his mercurial will over Philles ' business dealings , his relationship with Sill disintegrated . Spector eventually forced his mentor out of the company altogether , buying out Sill for a paltry $ 60,000 ( reportedly never even paid ) and decisively terminating their partnership with the never-released Crystals recording '' ( Let 's Dance ) The Screw . '' After over a year in seclusion , in 1964 Sill resurfaced as a consultant to Screen Gems-Columbia Music president Don Kirshner . Although the position was temporary , he ended up staying with the company for over two decades , eventually taking over Kirshner 's position . In 1985 Sill was named president and CEO of Jobete Music , the publishing arm of Berry Gordy , Jr. 's Motown empire . He remained with Jobete until his death in Los Angeles on October 31 , 1994 .",
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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": "Curtis Richa Curtis Richa ( born Curtis Richardson ; November 6 , 1972 ) is an American songwriter , producer and A&R . He is the CEO of his own company Richamusikk and is also signed to Metronumm Musikk Publishing . He is one of the founding members of the production team The Conglomerate ( aka The Conglomm ) . In total , Curtis Richa is responsible for having written and/or produced albums that have sold in the excess of 28 million records worldwide . He has worked with Jennifer Lopez , Rihanna , Joss Stone , LL Cool J , Deborah Cox , Craig David and Jo Dee Messina . Richa has also worked with foreign superstars such as Kumi Koda , Tohoshinki , Agnes Carlsson , Naime Amuro , Christopher , Rainie Yang , Fady Malouf and Darin .",
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"text": "Jeff Rabhan Jeffrey S. Rabhan ( May 7 , 1970 ) is an American business executive . Jeffrey Rabhan has worked in virtually all areas of the music industry and has helped guide the careers of international superstars across all genres of popular music , from Kelly Clarkson to Lil ' Kim , Michelle Branch to DMX and Jermaine Dupri . His clients have garnered more than a dozen Grammy Awards , sold more than one hundred million records , and generated over one billion dollars in global receipts . Born in Savannah , Ga. , and raised in Richmond , Va. , Rabhan received a journalism degree from New York University . Upon graduation Rabhan was offered a position at Rolling Stone magazine followed by a stint at SPIN . He then joined the staff of Atlantic Records , ultimately serving as Senior Director of A&R and Soundtracks before Elektra Records named him Executive Director in Charge of Soundtracks , overseeing all releases . After a successful tenure at Elektra , Rabhan briefly but productively worked as an independent music supervisor and A&R consultant , shopping superstar pop trio Hanson and supervising the highly successful Scream movie soundtrack before discovering and ultimately managing the career of singer-songwriter Michelle Branch from demo recordings to Grammy Award and multi platinum success . Soon after he was tapped to become a partner at top entertainment company The Firm where Rabhan contributed to the success of over 20 worldwide acts , including Linkin Park , Jennifer Lopez , Enrique Iglesias and Snoop Dogg and provided branding expertise in the marketing of Firm-owned athletic shoe company Pony . As Chair of the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York University 's Tisch School of the Arts , Rabhan instructs in multiple music business disciplines and oversees faculty and curriculum . He remains very active professionally in the music industry , advising several established acts and working closely with Sony Music Japan International as a marketing consultant , complementing efforts to reach a worldwide audience for their artists . Rabhan took over as Chair of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at Tisch School of the Arts , NYU in 2010 while continue to develop artists . He recently wrote Cool Jobs in the Music Business , a book that explains music business career options . It was released by inTune/Hal Leonard in February 2013 .",
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"text": "Tony Berg Anthony Rains `` Tony '' Berg ( born October 21 , 1954 in Connecticut ) is an American musician , record producer , and A&R man , in which role he has been described as an `` industry guru '' . Berg 's music career began in the late 1970s , when he was a session guitarist who appeared on several notable releases including Air Supply , Debby Boone , The Rocky Horror Picture Show and several Muppet Show releases . It the early 1980s , Berg founded Zeitgeist Studios . His first major success was with Michael Penn 's 1989 debut March . From there Berg went on to produce Edie Brickell , Public Image Limited , Altered State , and Aimee Mann as well as an extensive collection of other artists . In the early 1990s , Berg became an A&R exec with Geffen Records where he played a role in signing artists such as Beck , Wild Colonials , Black Rebel Motorcycle Club , At the Drive-In etc. . During this time he continued to produce records and play on a wide variety of releases including Peter Gabriel 's Up . In 2004 Berg founded Three Records with industry veteran Michael Rosenblatt and super producer Eric Valentine . Their first release was Mellowdrone 's Box .",
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"text": "Who's That Girl (1987 film) Who 's That Girl is a 1987 American screwball comedy film written by Andrew Smith and Ken Finkleman , and directed by James Foley . It stars Madonna and Griffin Dunne , and depicts the story of a street-smart girl who is falsely accused of murdering her boyfriend and is sent to jail . After getting released , she meets a man , who is supposed to make sure she gets on her bus back to Philadelphia , and convinces him to help her catch those responsible for her confinement . While searching for the embezzler , they fall in love with each other . After the failure of her 1986 film Shanghai Surprise , Madonna decided to sign another comedy film titled Slammer , which was later renamed to Who 's That Girl . However , she had to convince both Warner Bros. and the producers of the film that she was ready for the project . Madonna enlisted her friend James Foley to direct the film . Shooting began in New York in October 1986 , and continued until March 1987 . Production was halted during December due to snowfall in New York . Madonna utilized the time to work on her next tour and the soundtrack of the film . The film was released on August 7 , 1987 , and was a box office bomb , grossing only $ 2.5 million in its first week , with its final domestic total being about $ 7.3 million . Critics were highly disappointed with the film , and Foley 's direction . Some went on to call it one of the worst films to be released , while others found Madonna 's comic timing to be one of the highlights . However , the Who 's That Girl World Tour went on to be a critical and commercial success , grossing a total of US$ 25 million , and playing in front of audiences totaling 1.5 million people . The soundtrack of the film , though not acclaimed by the critics , enjoyed commercial success . Three of Madonna 's songs , the title track , `` Causing a Commotion '' and `` The Look of Love '' , were released as singles with the title track becoming Madonna 's sixth number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The soundtrack album went on to sell six million copies worldwide .",
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"text": "Nick Monteleone Nick Monteleone ( born February 13 , 1978 ) is a film producer and composer , and a founding partner of Train Bridge Films , an independent production company and foreign sales agency .",
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"text": "Girl on TV `` Girl On TV '' is a song written and recorded by the American boy band LFO . It was released in November 1999 , from their album LFO . The song was also their second single and peaked at number 10 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on November 30 ( after reaching the Top 40 on November 16 ) and number 6 in the UK , where it was their biggest hit . `` Girl on TV '' was certified Gold by RIAA in 2000 for the shipment of over 500,000 copies in the US .",
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"text": "Just Whitney Just Whitney is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Whitney Houston , released on December 10 , 2002 in North America by Arista Records . It was her first studio album in four years , since 1998 's My Love Is Your Love , and after signing her new $ 100 million Arista contract in 2001 . The album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 , and number three of Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums , with sales of 205,147 copies in the first week , not only beating her previous high first-week sales of 177,284 units with the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack but also logged her highest debut sales out of her SoundScan-era solo albums . The album received mixed reviews from music critics . It spawned four official singles -- with three ; `` Whatchulookinat '' , `` Love That Man '' and `` Try It on My Own '' peaking at number one on Billboards Hot Dance Club Play chart . `` Try It on My Own '' also peaked at number 10 on Billboards Adult Contemporary singles . Since its release , Just Whitney ... has gone on to sell/ship more than 2 million units worldwide and has also earned Platinum certification in the US and Switzerland and Gold in France , Brazil and other countries . As of 2012 , the album 's US sales stand at approximately 1 million units . In 2003 , Just Whitney ... was nominated at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards in the category for Best R&B / Soul Album of the Year .",
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"text": "Canadian-American Records Canadian-American Records was a record label founded by Leonard Zimmer , and based in both New York City and Winnipeg , Manitoba . It was started in February , 1959 by Gene Orndorf of Deering , ND . The most popular artists for the label were the duo of Santo & Johnny and the singer Linda Scott . The label is based in Lititz , Pennsylvania .",
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"text": "Amemura-O-Town Record is a Japanese recording sub-label of Zain Records . It serves as a recording label for Miho Komatsu singles as all other artists never released anything more than one single on the label before changing the company or quitting their show business career to exist after Komatsu moved to newly created GIZA Studio in 1999 . In 2010 , It is revived as indie label distributed by Being Inc. .",
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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": "Quad City DJ's Quad City DJ 's is an American music artist and producer duo consisting of C.C. Lemonhead ( Nathaniel Orange ) and Jay Ski ( Johnny McGowan ) , who produced the 1996 Miami bass hit `` C'mon N ' Ride It ( The Train ) '' , a rap-remix of Barry White 's 1974 `` Theme from Together Brothers '' . Female singer JeLana LaFleur has also contributed vocals to many of their songs . The group previously featured Adam `` DJ Harpo '' Harper who served as the DJ and hype man . Harper was known for asking the crowd `` Who 's the best DJ ? '' before each live performance . DJ Harpo was forced to leave the group due to complications with osteochondritis that left him unable to perform without substantial pain . The two first partnered in 1988 in Jacksonville , Florida . They first were in a group known as Chill Deal . During this time they produced fellows acts Three Grand and Icy J , the latter being famous for the female answer rap to Rob Base 's `` It Takes Two '' entitled `` It Takes a Real Man '' . After Chill Deal dissolved , they reformed as 95 South to create the triple platinum hit `` Whoot , There It Is '' . Their success led to work with Dis-n-Dat producing `` Freak Me Baby '' and 69 Boyz producing the double platinum single `` Tootsee Roll '' . In 1996 the two formed Quad City DJ 's and produced the single `` C'mon N ' Ride It ( The Train ) '' ( based on a sample of Barry White 's 1974 song `` Theme from Together Brothers '' ) . The song was very successful , peaking at # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum . They then produced the following album Get On Up and Dance , featuring the hit single , which peaked at # 31 on the Billboard Hot 200 and also was certified platinum . The album also included the minor hit `` Summer Jam '' which peaked at # 27 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart . Later in 1996 the group contributed to the Space Jam soundtrack , including the theme song . The theme song got frequent showing on MTV and charted fairly well , peaking at # 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 .",
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"text": "Michael Patterson (producer) Michael Patterson ( b. Memphis , Tennessee ) is an American record producer and mixer . He has worked on the critically and commercially acclaimed albums Midnite Vultures ( 1999 ) by Beck ( where he was nominated for a Grammy award ) , Life After Death ( 1997 ) by Notorious B.I.G , the debut album by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club , B.R.M.C. ( 2001 ) , and dark pop duo She Wants Revenge 's first two albums , She Wants Revenge and This Is Forever . He also mixed the soundtrack and score to The Social Network and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo ' . He has remixed such artists as Tricky , Mindless Self Indulgence and Puscifer ( under the name Narcovice ) . Patterson works out of his studio `` The Gloryhole '' in Los Angeles , California . He also produced several songs for the 2007 Duran Duran album , Reportage . They were put aside following Andy Taylor 's departure from the band ; Duran Duran fansites have called this the `` Lost Michael Patterson album '' . Patterson produced Spleen United Neanderthal '' ( for which he was nominated for a Danish music critics award for best producer 2008 ) . In 2012 he co-produced and mixed American psychedelic rock band Heavy Glow 's second album together with Nic Jodoin .",
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"text": "Block Starz Music Block Starz Music is an American independent record label owned and operated by award-nominated writer , record executive , and film producer Bayer Mack . Its catalog includes independent releases by Machine Gun Kelly , Lega-C , Wiz Khalifa , Lisa `` Left Eye '' Lopes , Big Sean , Rhymefest and Ceddy Bu Rap Sumo . The label also includes its subsidiaries such as the independent film and television production company Block Starz Music Television .",
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"text": "The Producers (Smash) `` The Producers '' is the twenty eighth episode of the American television series Smash . It was written by Becky Mode and directed by Tricia Brock . The episode premiered on NBC on April 27 , 2013 , the thirteenth episode of Season 2 . An off-the-rail Jimmy threatens Hit Lists future , as Karen , Derek , Ana and Kyle join forces to try help him before things take a turn for the worse . Tom and Julia 's partnership is at breaking point just as Ivy , Eileen , and the entire Bombshell team are running themselves ragged to outshine their competitors .",
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"text": "D. Train (album) `` D '' Train ( a.k.a. You 're the One for Me ) is the debut album by the American urban/post-disco group D-Train , released in United States on 1982 by Prelude Records , and in United Kingdom by Epic Records . The album was remastered by Canadian label `` Unidisc Records '' in 1992 including five bonus tracks . The album was produced by its musical group member Hubert Eaves III .",
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"text": "Work Group The Work Group ( stylized as The WORK Group ) was an American record label .",
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"text": "Bonnie Curtis Bonnie Kathleen Curtis ( born March 26 , 1966 ) is an American film producer whose credits include Saving Private Ryan , A.I. , Minority Report , and The Lost World : Jurassic Park , directed by Steven Spielberg . Her first solo project was the 2005 release The Chumscrubber . She then joined Mockingbird Pictures with partner Julie Lynn in 2011 . Curtis and Lynn produced Albert Nobbs , which was nominated for three Academy Awards . Curtis is a co-recipient of the 1999 Producers Guild Award for Motion Picture Producer of the Year , for Saving Private Ryan . On March 12 , 2015 , Curtis was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame . Spielberg congratulated her via video message during the ceremony .",
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"text": "Unpredictable (Jamie Foxx album) Unpredictable is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and actor Jamie Foxx . It was released on December 27 , 2005 , by J Records . Recording sessions took place from 2004 to 2005 , with the production that was provided by Timbaland , Mike City , Sean Garrett and Jim Jonsin , among others . The album serves as a follow-up to the release of Peep This ( 1994 ) , which occurred to be his first studio release in eleven years . The album was supported by four singles : `` Extravaganza '' featuring Kanye West , the title track `` Unpredictable '' featuring Ludacris , `` DJ Play a Love Song '' featuring Twista , and `` Can I Take U Home '' . Upon its release , Unpredictable received generally mixed reviews from music critics , who were ambivalent towards its lyrical content and production . The album debuted at number 2 , beating behind Mary J. Blige 's The Breakthrough on the US Billboard 200 , with 597,000 copies in its first week . In the second week , the album rose to number one , overtaking Blige , making Foxx as the fourth artist to ever won a Academy Award for acting , while achieving a number-one album on the US Billboard charts .",
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"text": "Amazing Adult Fantasy (album) Amazing Adult Fantasy is the fifth album released by novelty rock group Barnes & Barnes . It was originally released in 1984 by Rhino Records , and rereleased in 2005 by Oglio Records . After the failure of their previous effort , the Soak It Up EP , Barnes & Barnes were dropped from Boulevard Records , and promptly re-signed with Rhino Records . This album showcases the later stage of their effort to abandon novelty music and record more contemporary material , although the album does contain some comedic elements . Despite this , it is the lowest-selling Barnes & Barnes album of all time . The title is derived from the Marvel comic book Amazing Adult Fantasy , and features the cover of issue # 10 in the album art . Bill Mumy distinguishes it as his favorite Barnes & Barnes album . Two songs originally slated to be included on the LP , `` Blithering '' and `` You Ca n't Escape Your Destiny '' , were dropped at the last minute due to phasing problems discovered during mastering . The 2005 CD restores them to their original places in the album sequence . `` Blithering '' was later re-recorded in 1987 with producer Gerry Beckley for inclusion on Zabagabee : The Best of Barnes & Barnes .",
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"text": "Into the Wild (book) Into the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer . It is an expansion of a 9,000-word article by Krakauer on Christopher McCandless titled `` Death of an Innocent '' , which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside . The book was adapted to film in 2007 , directed by Sean Penn with Emile Hirsch starring as McCandless . `` Into the Wild '' is an international bestseller which has been printed in 14 languages and 173 editions and formats . The book is widely used as high school and college reading curriculum . `` Into the Wild '' has been lauded by many reviewers but has also been described by Alaskan reporter , Craig Medred , as being `` something invented '' by its author .",
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"text": "Unexpected Unexpected may refer to : In music : Unexpected ( Sandy Mölling album ) , a 2004 studio album by No Angels singer Sandy Mölling Unexpected ( Lumidee album ) , a 2007 studio album by Lumidee Unexpected ( Michelle Williams album ) , a 2008 studio album by Michelle Williams Unexpected ( Levina album ) , 2017 The Unexpected ( album ) , a 2006 studio album by Beautiful Sin Unexpected ( Angie Stone album ) , a 2008 studio album by Angie Stone In film and television : The Unexpected ( TV series ) , a 1950s TV anthology series Unexpected ( 2005 film ) , a 2005 Italian documentary film directed by Domenico Distilo Unexpected ( 2015 film ) , a 2015 film `` Unexpected '' ( Heroes ) , an episode of NBC 's TV show Heroes `` Unexpected '' ( Star Trek : Enterprise ) , the fourth episode of the television series Star Trek : Enterprise In literature : The Unexpected , a continuation of the DC Comics comic book Tales of the Unexpected The Unexpected ( Animorphs ) , the forty-fourth book in the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate See also Anticipation ( disambiguation ) Unintended consequences ( also unanticipated or unforeseen consequences ) -- unexpected benefits and unexpected drawbacks",
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"text": "Book of Days (The Psychedelic Furs album) Book of Days is the sixth studio album by the English rock band The Psychedelic Furs , released in 1989 . It reached number 74 on the UK Albums Chart and number 138 on the US Billboard 200 . Singles released from the album include `` Should God Forget '' and `` House '' . They peaked at number eight and number one , respectively , on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart . `` House '' also reached number 90 in the UK Singles Chart .",
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"text": "Unintended Consequences (novel) Unintended Consequences is a novel by John Ross , first published in 1996 by Accurate Press . The story chronicles the history of the gun culture , gun rights , and gun control in the United States from the early 1900s through the late 1990s . Although clearly a work of fiction , the story is heavily laced with historical fact , including historical figures who play minor supporting roles . The protagonist is very active in competitive shooting sports , as is the author ; so unusually detailed and intricate facts , figures and explanations of firearms-related topics , ornament the narrative and drive the plot . The cover has a picture of Lady Justice being assaulted by an ATF agent . The book was listed by The New York Times ' Sunday Book Review as one of the most sought after out-of-print books of 2013 .",
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"text": "Wicked Appetite Wicked Appetite is a 2010 novel by Janet Evanovich set in Salem , Massachusetts . Elizabeth Tucker ( referred to as Lizzie ) is a baker at Dazzle 's Bakery , specialising in cupcakes . Lizzie has recently moved to Salem after inheriting her aunt 's house . Diesel ( from Visions of Sugar Plums , Plum Lovin '' ' , Plum Spooky , and Plum Lucky , the `` Between The Numbers '' Stephanie Plum holiday novellas ) appears out of thin air in Dazzle 's Bakery after Lizzie has been accosted by Gerwulf Grimoire , otherwise known as Wulf ( from Plum Spooky ) . Unbeknownst to her , Lizzie is an Unmentionable , with a special talent for finding things that Diesel needs . A Stone of Power has re-surfaced and Diesel needs to get to it before Wulf does . The Seven Stones of Power reflect each of the Seven Deadly Sins , the stone in this book dedicated to the sin of gluttony . The stones are known by the acronym SALIGIA , from the Latin names for the sins : superbia , avaritia , luxuria , invidia , gula , ira , & acedia , or pride , greed , lust , envy , gluttony , anger , & sloth . Lizzie 's co-worker Glo , not an Unmentionable but a Questionable , tries out a number of spells with unusual results . Lizzie adopts an odd orange one-eyed cat , who possibly belonged to her deceased Aunt Ophelia , and Carl , the monkey with an attitude problem , rides along . Carl the monkey was introduced in Fearless Fourteen humping Brenda 's hair , and was featured in Plum Spooky . A sequel , titled Wicked Business '' , was released on June 19 , 2012 .",
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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": "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": "We Are Incredible We Are Incredible is Margery Latimer 's first novel , published in 1928 . It tells the story of a small-town woman , Hester Linden , and her cult-like influence on a small band of followers , leaving them virtually lifeless . The novel was partly based on the sometimes manipulative influence that Zona Gale had on Latimer . Linden 's physical appearance is closely modelled on Gale 's . Latimer died a few years after the novel was published , and her works essentially disappeared . She was rediscovered in the 1980s , and her works have received some critical attention , however , the novel has not been republished .",
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"text": "Due to Lack of Interest, Tomorrow Has Been Canceled Due to Lack of Interest , Tomorrow Has Been Canceled is a 1969 book by Irene Kampen , an account of her return to school at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison after 25 years , and how she learned to adapt to the student culture of the late 1960s . While it is listed as non-fiction , Kampen included fictionalized students and other characters in the book . The expression is also the title of the last track of the 1968 jazz record `` America the Beautiful '' by arranger Gary McFarland , and is a line in the Kaiser Chiefs song `` Ruby '' . It was also used as the title of a 1971 BBC Horizon documentary on predictions of ecological disaster , focusing on the work of Paul Ehrlich . The book is also referenced in the film The Last of England ( 1987 ) , directed and written by Derek Jarman .",
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"text": "The Absolute (novel) The Absolute , published in 2001 , is the 51st book in the Animorphs series , written by K. A. Applegate . It is the final book ( fully ) narrated by Marco .",
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"text": "11/22/63 11/22/63 is a novel by Stephen King about a time traveler who attempts to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy , which occurred on November 22 , 1963 ( the novel 's titular date ) . The novel was announced on King 's official site on March 2 , 2011 . A short excerpt was released online on June 1 , 2011 , and another excerpt was published in the October 28 , 2011 , issue of Entertainment Weekly . The novel was published on November 8 , 2011 and quickly became a number-one bestseller . It stayed on The New York Times Best Seller list for 16 weeks . 11/22/63 won the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller and the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel , and was nominated for the 2012 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the 2012 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel . The novel required considerable research to accurately portray the late 1950s and early 1960s . King commented on the amount of research it required , saying `` I 've never tried to write anything like this before . It was really strange at first , like breaking in a new pair of shoes . '' The novel was adapted into a 2016 Hulu television series , 11.22.63 .",
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"text": "The Caretaker Trilogy The Caretaker Trilogy is a series of science fiction thrillers with an ecological theme , written for young adults by the award-winning American novelist and screenwriter , David Klass . The first book in the series , Firestorm ( 2006 ) , was the first book ever endorsed by Greenpeace and was praised by critics for its combination of entertainment value and environmental message , garnering an American Library Association ( ALA ) Best Book citation , a starred review from Publishers Weekly , and a favorable review by the New York Times Book Review . The story focuses on Jack Danielson , a teenager sent back from the future to save the world 's oceans . Whirlwind , the second book in the Caretaker Trilogy , tells the story of Jack 's efforts to save the Amazon rain forest ; published in March 2008 by Farrar , Straus and Giroux . The third book in the trilogy is Timelock , published in 2009 . Firestorm has been optioned by Warner Bros. and the production company Thunder Road . A screenplay for the movie version is in active development .",
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"docid": "83a3560f4302c3e99e66c3ee4eda1d2c",
"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": "Unpredictable (Olly Murs & Louisa Johnson song) `` Unpredictable '' is a song by English recording artist Olly Murs and English singer Louisa Johnson . The song was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2017 as the fourth single from his fifth studio album 24 Hrs ( 2016 ) .",
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"text": "Into the Wild (novel) Into the Wild is a children 's fantasy novel written by Erin Hunter after concepts and outlines created and developed by Victoria Holmes . The novel was published by HarperCollins in Canada and the United States in January 2003 , and in the United Kingdom in February 2003 . It is the first novel in the Warriors series . The book has been published in paperback , and e-book formats in twenty different languages . The story is about a young domestic cat named Rusty who leaves his human owners to join a group of forest-dwelling feral cats called ThunderClan , adopting a new name : Firepaw . He is trained to defend and hunt for the Clan , becomes embroiled in a murder and betrayal within the Clan , and , at the end of the book , receives his warrior name , Fireheart , after a battle with another Clan . The novel is written from the perspective of Fireheart ( previously known as Rusty for a short time , then , for most of the book , Firepaw ) . The series began in 2003 when HarperCollins requested Holmes to write a book on feral cats . After creating one storyline Holmes brought in Kate Cary to finish writing the book as Holmes went behind the scenes to edit and supervise the details . Holmes has compared the style of the book to a different language as the books are written by three separate authors . She feels that Erin Hunter must have a consistent voice the entire series . The story uses a lexicon with words such as `` twoleg '' substituted for `` human '' or `` new-leaf '' for `` spring '' . The style has been compared to the Harry Potter series , J.R.R. Tolkien and Brian Jacques . Themes include family , loyalty , death , courage , and survival . Into the Wild was critically well received . Booklist believed the book would appeal to followers of Brian Jacques ' Redwall series . Among other awards , it claimed third place in the 2006 Young Reader 's Choice Award .",
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"text": "Turbulent Indigo Turbulent Indigo is the fifteenth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell . Released in 1994 , it won a Grammy Award for Pop Album of the Year . John Milward , writing for Rolling Stone , wrote that it was Mitchell 's `` best album since the mid - '70s '' . The album marked her return to Warner Music ( formerly WEA ) distribution after her previous album , Night Ride Home , was distributed by MCA for its then-newly purchased subsidiary Geffen Records ( which , prior to the sale to MCA , had distributed through WEA ) . The album takes inspiration from the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh for Mitchell 's self-portrait on the cover . The song `` Turbulent Indigo '' references Van Gogh , while the song `` Magdalene Laundries '' recounts the sufferings of Irish women once consigned to Magdalen Asylums run by the Roman Catholic Church and made to work in the asylum 's laundries . The song `` Not to Blame '' was rumored to be about Mitchell 's singer-songwriting colleague Jackson Browne who was alleged to have beaten his girlfriend , actress Daryl Hannah ; Mitchell denies this . . The song `` Sex Kills '' referenced a number of late 20th century topical issues , including violence , AIDS , global warming and consumerism . , the album has sold 311,000 copies in the US .",
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"text": "Go Ask Alice Go Ask Alice is a 1971 fiction book about a teenage girl who develops a drug habit at age 15 , runs away from home , and eventually dies of a drug overdose . Attributed to `` Anonymous '' , the book is in diary form , and was originally presented as being the edited `` real diary '' of the unnamed teenage protagonist . Questions about the book 's authenticity and true authorship began to arise in the late 1970s , and it is now generally viewed as a work of fiction written by Beatrice Sparks , a therapist and author who went on to write numerous other books purporting to be real diaries of troubled teenagers . Some sources have also named Linda Glovach as a co-author of the book . Intended for a young adult audience , Go Ask Alice became a widely popular bestseller . It was initially praised for conveying a powerful message about the dangers of drug abuse , but more recently has been criticized as poorly written anti-drug propaganda and also as a literary hoax . Nevertheless , its popularity has endured , and as of 2014 it had remained continuously in print since its publication over four decades earlier . Go Ask Alice has also ranked among the most frequently challenged books for several decades due to its use of profanity and explicit references to sex and rape , as well as drugs . The book was adapted into the 1973 television film Go Ask Alice , starring Jamie Smith-Jackson and William Shatner . In 1976 , a stage play of the same name , written by Frank Shiras and based on the book , was also published .",
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"text": "The Inevitable (book) The Inevitable is a 2016 nonfiction book by Kevin Kelly that forecasts the twelve technological forces that will shape the next thirty years .",
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"text": "The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May The Familiar , Volume 1 : One Rainy Day in May is an American novel by writer Mark Z. Danielewski . Released in the United States on May 12 , 2015 , it is the first of a planned 27-volume story entitled The Familiar as well as the first book of Season 1 , which includes The Familiar Volumes 1-5 . This first volume takes place over the course of a single day : May 10 , 2014 . Its story weaves together nine different narratives from across the globe that continue to develop in subsequent volumes : One Rainy Day in May was followed by Into the Forest in October 2015 , and by Honeysuckle & Pain in June 2016 . The fourth volume , Hades , appeared in February 2017 .",
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"text": "Aaliyah Aaliyah Dana Haughton ( -LSB- ɑ : ˈliːə -RSB- January 16 , 1979 -- August 25 , 2001 ) was an American singer , actress , and model . She was born in Brooklyn , New York , and raised in Detroit , Michigan . At the age of 10 , she appeared on the television show Star Search and performed in concert alongside Gladys Knight . At age 12 , Aaliyah signed with Jive Records and her uncle Barry Hankerson 's Blackground Records . Hankerson introduced her to R. Kelly , who became her mentor , as well as lead songwriter and producer of her debut album , Age Ai n't Nothing but a Number . The album sold three million copies in the United States and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . After facing allegations of an illegal marriage with R. Kelly , Aaliyah ended her contract with Jive and signed with Atlantic Records . Aaliyah worked with record producers Timbaland and Missy Elliott for her second album , One in a Million , which sold 3 million copies in the United States and over eight million copies worldwide . In 2000 , Aaliyah appeared in her first film , Romeo Must Die . She contributed to the film 's soundtrack , which spawned the single `` Try Again '' . The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 solely on airplay , making Aaliyah the first artist in Billboard history to achieve this goal . `` Try Again '' earned Aaliyah a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocalist . After completing Romeo Must Die , Aaliyah filmed her role in Queen of the Damned . She released her third and final album , Aaliyah , in July 2001 . On August 25 , 2001 , Aaliyah and eight others were killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas after filming the music video for the single `` Rock the Boat '' . The pilot , Luis Morales III , was unlicensed at the time of the accident and toxicology tests revealed that he had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his system . Aaliyah 's family later filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Blackhawk International Airways , which was settled out of court . Aaliyah 's music has continued to achieve commercial success with several posthumous releases . Aaliyah has sold an estimated 24 to 32 million albums worldwide . She has been credited for helping redefine contemporary R&B , pop and hip hop , earning her the nicknames `` Princess of R&B '' and `` Queen of Urban Pop '' . She is listed by Billboard as the tenth most successful female R&B artist of the past 25 years and 27th most successful R&B artist in history .",
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"text": "Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper ( née Allen ; born 2 May 1985 ) , known professionally as Lily Allen , is an English singer , songwriter , actress , and television presenter . She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen . Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills . In 2005 , she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings . Her first mainstream single , `` Smile '' , reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006 . Her debut record , Alright , Still , was well received , selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards , Brit Awards and MTV Video Music Awards . She began hosting her own talk-show , Lily Allen and Friends , on BBC Three . Her second studio album , It 's Not Me , It 's You , saw a genre shift , having more of an electropop feel , rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one . The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was well received by critics , noting the singer 's musical evolution and maturity . It spawned the hit singles `` The Fear '' and `` Fuck You '' . This success saw her receive the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards . Allen and Amy Winehouse were credited with starting a process that led to the `` year of the women '' media label in 2009 that saw five female artists making music of `` experimentalism and fearlessness '' nominated for the Mercury Prize . In 2009 , Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from musical activities . In 2011 , she launched her own record label . In 2013 , Allen revealed that she had begun working on her third studio album , which was later titled Sheezus . On 12 November 2013 , Allen premiered the video for her first original song since 2009 , `` Hard out Here '' , which was released as a single five days later .",
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"text": "One More Chance (The Notorious B.I.G. song) `` One More Chance / Stay with Me ( Remix ) '' is a song written and recorded by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G. , featuring additional vocals sung by his wife Faith Evans and an uncredited appearance by Mary J. Blige . It was certified platinum by the RIAA on July 31 , 1995 and sold 1.1 million copies . The original version of the song appears on B.I.G. 's album , Ready to Die . The remix features new lyrics , a new chorus , and a different beat than the original . There is also a `` hip hop mix '' which samples Marley Marl 's `` Droppin Science '' ( featuring rapper Craig G ) . Evans was an up-and-coming R&B artist at the time . The remix , produced by the Trackmasters samples DeBarge 's 1983 song `` Stay with Me '' . The song peaked at # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs chart . It was the highest debuting single of all time , tying with Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song `` Scream '' when it entered the Hot 100 at # 5 at the time . ( This record stood until later that year , when Michael Jackson 's `` You Are Not Alone '' debuted at number one . ) It remained the highest debuting single for a rap song on the Hot 100 until Puff Daddy 's tribute song `` I 'll Be Missing You '' debuted at # 1 . ( Lauryn Hill , Eminem and DJ Khaled would later equal this feat , with the former 's `` Doo Wop ( That Thing ) '' entering in the top spot in 1998 , the aforementioned with `` Not Afraid '' in 2010 and the latter with `` I 'm The One '' in 2017 . )",
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"text": "Yah Mo B There `` Yah Mo B There '' is an R&B song by American singers James Ingram and Michael McDonald . It was written by Ingram , McDonald , Rod Temperton , and producer Quincy Jones . The song originally appeared on Ingram 's 1983 album It 's Your Night , released on Jones 's Qwest Records label . It was released as a single in late 1983 , peaking at # 19 on the U.S. charts in 1984 , and # 44 on the UK charts also in 1984 , ( the remixed version by John Jellybean Benitez hit # 12 in the Spring of 1985 in the UK ) , and has subsequently appeared on several of Ingram and McDonald 's greatest hits albums as well as various 1980s compilation albums . The performance earned the duo a 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals . It was one of a series of very successful duets involving Ingram . It also received a nomination for Best R&B Song , losing to `` I Feel for You '' ( Prince ) . The song is in reference to God . And the power faith can have over difficult times . `` Yah '' being the shortened Yahweh -- the Hebrew name for God .",
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"text": "The Greatest Love of All `` The Greatest Love of All '' is a song written by composers Michael Masser ( music ) and Linda Creed ( lyrics ) . It was originally recorded in 1977 by American singer and guitarist George Benson , who made the song a substantial hit , peaking at number 2 on the R&B chart that year , the first R&B chart Top Ten hit for Arista Records . The song was written and recorded to be the main theme of the 1977 film The Greatest , a biopic of the boxer Muhammad Ali . Eight years after Benson 's original recording , the song became even more well known for a version by Whitney Houston , whose 1985 cover ( with the slightly amended title `` Greatest Love of All '' ) eventually topped the charts , peaking at number 1 in Australia , Canada , U.S. and on the R&B chart in 1986 . The original recording by Benson was released in 1977 in the U.S. , Japan , France , Germany , New Zealand , Australia , Italy , Brazil , Netherlands , U.K. and in Thailand , on an extended play ( EP ) .",
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"text": "Cuyahoga (song) `` Cuyahoga '' is a song by R.E.M. from their 1986 album Lifes Rich Pageant . It was written primarily by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry . It is one of R.E.M. 's earliest environmentally conscious songs , along with the album 's lead single , `` Fall on Me '' . The themes of Cuyahoga include the pollution of the Cuyahoga River in Ohio and the treatment of American Indians earlier in American history . Despite the grim themes , according to R.E.M. biographer David Buckley , the lyrics are `` words of optimism , partnership and community , set against an age of individualism . '' R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck said of the song that the song `` is a metaphor for America and its lost promises . This is where the Indians were and now look at it . It 's one of the ugliest fucking rivers in the world . '' The song opens with the lines `` Let 's put our heads together and start a new country up , '' which R.E.M. biographer Tony Fletcher describes as sounding like a `` call to arms . '' On the other hand , music writer Craig Rosen feels that the line adds to the song 's optimism . Another line in the song states that `` we 'll burn the river down . '' This line comes from the fact that as early as the 1910s the river was so polluted that one method of cleaning the river was to throw a torch in it and thus burn the pollutants . The river also actually caught fire in 1969 , an event which helped raise awareness of water pollution . This was another inspiration for the song , and for other songs such as Randy Newman 's `` Burn On . '' Newman biographer Kevin Courrier believes that `` Burn On '' was an influence on `` Cuyahoga . '' Buckley describes the melody as `` beautiful '' and the refrain as `` anthemic . '' Musically , `` Cuyahoga '' is propelled by Mills ' bassline . Musician Ken Stringfellow described `` Cuyahoga '' as being `` an anthem , but it 's not self-congratulatory . It 's about what 's gone wrong with our country . It was an anti-anthem in that way . It took on an issue , but it was still unifying and powerful . That 's a hard thing to do well . '' Slant critic Jonathan Keefe noted that even 25 years after the song 's initial release its `` optimism ... is still inspiring and relevant . '' He goes on to note that the song 's message `` reflects an intelligent and decidedly nonpartisan approach to political reconstruction without resorting to ... didacticism . '' Pitchfork Media critic Stephen M. Deusner states that `` With its rousing chorus and pensive bass line , ` Cuyahoga ' mails postcard dispatches from a museum where rivers and plains are artifacts , consigned to diorama and memory rather than reality . '' According to music author Martin Charles Strong , `` Cuyahoga '' ( and `` Fall on Me '' ) showed the band developing `` an assured poise . '' Fletcher described `` Cuyahoga '' as the `` lyrical peak '' of Lifes Rich Pageant . It is one of Mills ' favorite songs and one he particularly enjoys playing live . `` Cuyahoga '' has appeared on several R.E.M. compilation albums , including The Best of R.E.M. in 1991 and And I Feel Fine ... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982 -- 1987 in 2006 . It was also included on the live albums R.E.M. Live , Unplugged : The Complete 1991 and 2001 Sessions and Live at the Olympia .",
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"text": "Khalid Abdulrahman Khalid Abdulrahman Mohammed Al Wadaani Al Dosari ( born April 22 , 1965 in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia ) is a Saudi singer , musician , poet , and songwriter . He first published poetry under the pseudonym `` Mukhawi Al Layl '' which roughly translates to ` Night Dweller ' before revealing his true identity . He regarded the night as his close friend because he used to stay up late writing poems in the night silence . He is one of the region 's most popular vocalists alongside Mohammed Abdu , Abdul Majid Abdullah and Rashed Al-Majed . Unlike most singers , he gained fame from his first album , `` Sarihini '' ( Arabic : صارحيني ) , which was the beginning of a series of successful albums . He gained a large number of fans in a short period of time . So , he successfully competed with popular singers in the Arab world . Though Khalid did n't want to be famous for his singing as he wanted to be for his poetry and retired for a month , but peers and fellow artist urged him to take up singing again . He started singing in 1981 . Some of his top songs are ahat ( Arabic : اهات ) , sarihini ( Arabic : صارحيني ) , sudiqini ( Arabic : صدقيني ) , khuberooh ( Arabic : خبروه ) , tedhkar ( Arabic : تذكار ) , and al-ata ( Arabic العطا ) and a lot more . He released an album Rouh Rouhey ( Soul of my Soul ) in 2008 . It contains 8 songs which looked like his last album because the death of his friend Prince Sultan-Bin-Abdulazeez . At the last moment he changed his mind and continued his career , Khalideat 2010 ( Arabic : خالديات ) , Thani 2013 ( Arabic : ثاني ) , La Yrooh Balk 2014 ( Arabic : لا يروح بالك ) Al Hob Alkabeer 2016 ( Arabic : الحب الكبير ) .",
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"text": "Ashanti (singer) Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas ( born October 13 , 1980 ) , known simply as Ashanti , is an American singer , songwriter , record producer , dancer and actress . Ashanti is known for her eponymous debut album , which featured the hit song `` Foolish '' , and sold over 505,000 copies in its first week of release throughout the U.S. in April 2002 . In 2003 , the self-titled debut album won Ashanti her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B album . Her second release achieved a platinum certification and other top 10 singles . Ashanti wrote and sang background on Jennifer Lopez 's `` Ai n't It Funny ( Murder Remix ) '' , which reached number one on Billboard Hot 100 , which was also in the top 10 chart at the same time as `` Foolish '' , `` Always on Time '' ( with Ja Rule ) , and `` What 's Luv ? '' ( with Fat Joe ) . Later that year , she was acclaimed as the `` Princess Of Hip-Hop & R&B '' by her label and capped off her successful debut by winning eight Billboard awards and two American Music Awards . Ashanti cites Whitney Houston , Janet Jackson , Prince , Madonna , Tupac Shakur , Mary J. Blige , Ella Fitzgerald , Smokey Robinson , Donna Summer , and Blue Magic as her musical influences . Since 2013 , she is currently working on her own publishing company titled Written Entertainment .",
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"text": "Death of Aaliyah Aaliyah Dana Haughton was an American recording artist who was killed in a plane crash on August 25 , 2001 after boarding a twin-engine Cessna 402B at the Marsh Harbour Airport on the Abaco Islands , Bahamas . She had just completed her work for the music video for her single `` Rock the Boat '' . Employees of Virgin Records America accompanied her on the flight . The light aircraft , piloted by Luis Morales III , crashed shortly after takeoff . In addition to Aaliyah , eight other people were killed in the accident . She was 22 years old . The investigation following the crash looked into the possibility that the aircraft was overloaded . Three days after the crash , Aaliyah 's remains were returned to the United States . Her funeral was held August 31 , 2001 in Manhattan . Her death came only a month after the release of her self-titled third album , Aaliyah . Posters for the album became memorials for grieving fans . At her funeral , she was eulogized by her brother Rashad Haughton .",
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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": "Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt ( born July 15 , 1946 ) is an American popular music singer . She has earned 11 Grammy Awards , three American Music Awards , two Academy of Country Music awards , an Emmy Award , and an ALMA Award , and many of her albums have been certified gold , platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally . She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award . She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014 . On July 28 , 2014 , she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities . In total , she has released over 30 studio albums and 15 compilation or greatest hits albums . Ronstadt charted 38 Billboard Hot 100 singles , with 21 reaching the top 40 , 10 in the top 10 , three at number 2 , and `` You 're No Good '' at number 1 . This success did not translate to the UK , with only her single `` Blue Bayou '' reaching the UK Top 40 . Her duet with Aaron Neville , `` Do n't Know Much '' , peaked at number 2 in December 1989 . In addition , she has charted 36 albums , 10 top-10 albums and three number 1 albums on the Billboard Pop Album Chart . Her autobiography , Simple Dreams : A Musical Memoir , was published in September 2013 . It debuted in the Top 10 on The New York Times Best Seller list . Ronstadt has collaborated with artists in diverse genres , including Bette Midler , Billy Eckstine , Frank Zappa , Rosemary Clooney , Flaco Jiménez , Philip Glass , Warren Zevon , Emmylou Harris , Gram Parsons , Dolly Parton , Neil Young , Johnny Cash , and Nelson Riddle . She has lent her voice to over 120 albums and has sold more than 100 million records , making her one of the world 's best-selling artists of all time . Christopher Loudon , of Jazz Times , wrote in 2004 that Ronstadt is `` blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation . '' After completing her last live concert in late 2009 , Ronstadt retired in 2011 . She was diagnosed as having Parkinson 's disease in December 2012 , which left her unable to sing .",
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"text": "American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist The American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R & B Female Artist has been awarded since 1974 . Years reflect the year during which the American Music Awards were presented , for works released in the previous year ( until 2003 onward , when awards were handed out on November of the same year ) . The all-time winner in this category is Rihanna with 6 wins .",
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"text": "2001 MTV Movie Awards The 2001 MTV Movie Awards were held on June 2 , 2001 , and were hosted by Jimmy Fallon and Kirsten Dunst . The program featured performances from Christina Aguilera , Lil ' Kim , Mýa and Pink ( Moulin Rouge ! ) , Dave Matthews Band and Weezer . Sofia Coppola was presented with an award for Best New Filmmaker . This was Aaliyah 's last appearance at the Movie Awards before her death two months later in a plane crash in the Bahamas .",
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"text": "Huriyah (magazine) Huriyah ( حرية , Standardized Arabic transliteration : / / ; pronunciation : -LSB- / ħur.rij.ja / -RSB- -LSB- ħoɾˈɾejjæ , ħʊrˈrɪjja -RSB- . `` freedom '' ) was a LGBT Muslim magazine published between the years 2000 and 2010 . It was based in San Francisco , California . Huriyah used the slogan `` Queer Muslim Magazine '' . Its editor-in-chief was Afdhere Jama during its publication . The magazine was first published in Arabic and 2002 the magazine launched in English , with a focus on both LGBT and Muslim issues in politics , arts , and spirituality . It had a major interview every month , conducted by Jama , and the diverse personalities included Daayiee Abdullah , Faisal Alam , Surina Khan , Sulayman X and many others .",
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"text": "Music of Kuwait Prior to 1990 and the start of the Gulf War , Kuwait was known in the region for its exploration of many different and new forms of music and dance . However , after encounters with Iraqi soldiers in August 1990 , Kuwait fell and its music was destroyed along with its oil fields . After just seven months under Iraqi conquest , Kuwait 's thousands of years of rich and diverse music was nearly completely destroyed . Traditional Kuwaiti music is derived from Kuwait 's seafaring heritage . The Kuwaiti maritime tradition is known for songs called `` Fidjeri '' . `` Al Arda Al Bahariya '' is a well-known Kuwaiti sailor song , as are the `` al-Nahma '' , a class of songs that accompanied many sailing activities . Kuwaiti music reflects the diverse influence of many cultures , including India and East Africa . Kuwait was the pioneer of contemporary music in the Gulf . Kuwaitis were the first commercial recording artists in the Gulf . Nawal El Kuwaiti , Nabeel Shoail , Abdul Kareem Abdul-Qader and Abdallah Al Rowaished are the most prominent modern performers .",
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"text": "List of songs recorded by Aaliyah This is a chronological list of officially released songs by the late R&B singer Aaliyah ( 1979 -- 2001 ) .",
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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": "I Love You (Mary J. Blige song) `` I Love You '' is a 1995 single by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige , taken from her second album My Life . Released only as a radio single , it rose to a peak of # 60 on the pop charts . It was occasionally the B-side for the previous dance hit , `` You Bring Me Joy '' . There were plans and negotiations of a possible music video for this single to be shot back-to-back with `` You Bring Me Joy '' , but plans were scrapped as it performed well on its own . I Love You ( Part 2 ) was recorded with rapper duo Smif-n-Wessun . The song samples the piano loop of Isaac Hayes 's `` Ike 's Mood '' from 1970 's album '' ... To Be Continued '' , and samples `` Hollywood 's World '' by DJ Hollywood . I Love You ( Part 3 ) was later recorded by Keyshia Cole . On Cole 's version , rapper Lil ' Wayne is featured . Category :1995 singles Category : Mary J. Blige songs Category : Songs written by Mary J. Blige Category : Songs written by Sean Combs Category : Songs written by Isaac Hayes Category : Uptown Records singles Category :1994 songs Category : Hip hop soul songs",
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"text": "Whitney Houston discography The discography of American singer Whitney Houston ( 1963 -- 2012 ) consists of seven studio albums , six compilations , two soundtrack albums , five box sets , six extended plays , and fifty-seven singles . In 1985 , Houston released her self-titled debut album . It spent fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified thirteen times platinum ( Diamond ) by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , with global sales of 25 million copies . The album produced four US top 5 singles , including three Billboard Hot 100 number-ones . In 1987 , Houston released her second album Whitney . The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was supported by four US number-one singles : `` I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) '' , `` Did n't We Almost Have It All '' , `` So Emotional '' , and `` Where Do Broken Hearts Go '' , which established an unprecedented seven consecutive number one hits by a performer . Whitney was certified 9 × Platinum by the RIAA and topped the charts in numerous countries , having sold in excess of 20 million copies worldwide . Houston 's third studio album , I 'm Your Baby Tonight ( 1990 ) , peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded two number-one singles ; `` I 'm Your Baby Tonight '' and `` All the Man That I Need '' , selling 10 million units worldwide . In February 1991 , Houston released `` The Star Spangled Banner '' performance from Super Bowl XXV as a single , becoming the highest-charting rendition of the national anthem on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . The Bodyguard soundtrack from her film debut , was released in November 1992 . The album contains tracks by other recording artists but is considered a Houston album by Billboard . It topped the Billboard 200 for twenty non-consecutive weeks , one of the longest tenures by an album in the Nielsen SoundScan era . The album was certified 17 × Platinum the United States and sold over 45 million copies worldwide , becoming the best-selling soundtrack album and one of the top 5 best-selling albums of all time . The lead single from the soundtrack , `` I Will Always Love You '' , topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a then-record-breaking fourteen weeks and was certified 6 × Platinum by the RIAA , peaked at number one on the charts in nearly every country and sold 12 million copies worldwide , becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time . Houston contributed three songs , including her eleventh number-one single `` Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) '' on the 7x platinum soundtrack album , Waiting to Exhale ( November 1995 ) . The following year she released The Preacher 's Wife in November 1996 . The soundtrack was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA and became the biggest selling gospel album of all time . In 1998 , she released her first studio album in eight years , My Love Is Your Love . The album failed to match the commercial status of her previous albums , peaking at number thirteen , her lowest chart position on the Billboard 200 among her studio albums . Despite initial weak sales , the album went on to achieve multi-platinum status with 11 million units sold worldwide , being certified 4 × Platinum in the United States . From late 1998 to early 2000 , the album generated five singles ; `` When You Believe '' ( duet with Mariah Carey ) , `` Heartbreak Hotel '' , `` It 's Not Right but It 's Okay '' , `` My Love Is Your Love '' , and `` I Learned from the Best '' . Houston entered the 2000s with her first greatest hits compilation , Whitney : The Greatest Hits , released in May 2000 . The double-disc was certified 3 × Platinum by the RIAA in 2002 and earned 5 × Platinum award posthumously , recognizing 2.6 million in sales throughout the United States . The album hit the top position on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.66 million copies in the UK alone . Also , it reached the top ten in many worldwide markets , selling 10 million copies globally . Just Whitney , released in December 2002 , became her first album after renewing her contract with Arista for a record $ 100 million in 2001 . The album failed to earn multi-platinum status , receiving only Platinum award in the US , and became her lowest-selling studio album to date . She released a holiday album , One Wish : The Holiday Album in November 2003 . In September 2009 , Houston returned to the top position of the Billboard 200 with I Look to You , becoming her fourth number-one album on the chart ; which was her first non-soundtrack number-one in 22 years , since 1987 's Whitney . It also topped the album charts of several European countries and was certified Platinum by the RIAA . Her albums Whitney Houston , Whitney , The Bodyguard and Whitney : The Greatest Hits are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA . According to the RIAA , Houston is the top-selling R&B female artist of the 20th century , and the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States , with shipments of 57 million albums . In addition , until the launch of the RIAA 's digital certification program in 2004 , she had sold 16.5 million physical singles more than any other female solo artist in history . According to the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012 , Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles . Whitney Houston is one of pop music 's best-selling music artists of all-time , with an estimated 170 -- 200 million records sold worldwide .",
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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": "Truth and Soul Records Truth & Soul is a record label and production team based in Williamsburg , Brooklyn . It was formed in 2004 by Philippe Lehman , Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman . Truth & Soul was founded in 2004 and has recorded and released the music of El Michels Affair , Bronx River Parkway , Quincy Bright , The Evil D 's , Lee Fields and The Expressions , The Fabulous Three , Cosmic Force , The Olympians , Tyrone Ashley 's Funky Music Machine , The Ghetto Brothers , The Phenomenal Handclap Band , and Bama & The Family . In 2008 Truth & Soul produced and released the Lee Fields & The Expressions album `` My World '' to critical acclaim . The same year they produced Aloe Blacc 's sophomore record , Good Things , which was released on Stones Throw records on September 28 , 2010 . Truth & Soul has remixed `` Love Is a Losing Game '' by Amy Winehouse , the Gabriella Cilmi single `` Sweet About Me '' , Dinah Washington 's `` Cry Me A River '' for Verve Remixed 4 , and Truth & Soul are credited as writers on Adele 's grammy nominated album , 19 . Their records have been sampled by Ghostface Killah , Just Blaze , Jay-Z , Young Jeezy .",
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"text": "The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company , commonly known as Disney , is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate , headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank , California . It is the world 's second largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue , after Comcast . Disney was founded on October 16 , 1923 -- by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney -- as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio , and established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production , television , and theme parks . The company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio and then Walt Disney Productions . Taking on its current name in 1986 , it expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theater , radio , music , publishing , and online media . In addition , Disney has since created corporate divisions in order to market more mature content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands . The company is best known for the products of its film studio , Walt Disney Studios , which is today one of the largest and best-known studios in American cinema . Disney 's other three main divisions are Walt Disney Parks and Resorts , Disney Media Networks , and Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media . Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network ; cable television networks such as Disney Channel , ESPN , A+E Networks , and Freeform ; publishing , merchandising , music , and theatre divisions ; and owns and licenses 14 theme parks around the world . The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6 , 1991 . Mickey Mouse , an early and well-known cartoon creation of the company , is a primary symbol and mascot for Disney .",
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"text": "The Walt Disney Company CIS The Walt Disney Company CIS , LLC is one of The Walt Disney Company 's international divisions . The Walt Disney Company CIS was founded in April 2006 . It is headquartered in Moscow , the capital of Russia . In 2007 , Walt Disney Company CIS and Sony Pictures Russia created the joint venture of Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing CIS . The company owns and operates Russian versions of Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney . Disney Channel was originally planned to launch in 2009 , but a Disney Americas deal with Media-One Holdings was denied by Russian authorities . The Walt Disney Company CIS produced the film The Book of Masters . Marina Zhigalova-Ozkan is head of The Walt Disney Company CIS . The Walt Disney Company CIS planned to make two new films in the summer of 2011 .",
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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": "TBS Television is a television station in Kantō region , wholly owned by Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings . It has a 28-affiliate news network called Japan News Network ( JNN ) . TBS produced the Takeshi 's Castle game show , which is dubbed and rebroadcast internationally . The channel is also home to Ultraman and the Ultra Series franchise from 1966 onwards -- itself a spinoff to Ultra Q , co-produced and broadcast in the same year -- and its spinoffs , most if not all made by Tsuburaya Productions for the network . On May 24 2017 , Six major media firms , including TBS , officially announced they will jointly establish a new company in July 2017 to offer paid online video services . TBS Holdings will become the largest shareholder of the new company , Premium Platform Japan , with a 31.5 percent stake . An official from TBS Holdings will become the new company 's president .",
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"text": "A News (TV series) A News ( originally known as A-Channel News ) is the name of local newscasts on the A television system in Canada . A News programming was produced in markets which were not directly served by a local CTV News service . The cable-only A Atlantic service in Atlantic Canada did not produce its own A News programming , but instead presently airs CTV News programming from CTV Atlantic , although the station did produce a local morning show , Breakfast Television and was subsequently re-branded to CTV Morning Live on August 29 , 2011 , . Due to the effects of the 2009 economic crisis The A station in Ottawa cancelled all A News programming in March 2009 , but continued to produce a local morning show , A Morning which was also re-branded as CTV Morning Live on August 29 , 2011 . When A re-launched as CTV Two , on August 29 , 2011 , newscasts on the A stations were re-branded as CTV News and longer have separate identities , although the stations have retained the same editorial independence .",
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"text": "ESPN 3D ESPN 3D was an American digital cable and satellite television channel that was owned by ESPN Inc. , a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company ( which operates the network , through its 80 % controlling ownership interest ) and the Hearst Corporation ( which holds the remaining 20 % interest ) . The channel featured 3D telecasts of sports events that ESPN held broadcast rights , and simulcasted live games from other ESPN networks on a semi-regular basis .",
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"text": "Paramount Television Network The Paramount Television Network ( PTN ) was a venture by American film corporation Paramount Pictures to organize a television network in the late 1940s . The company built television stations KTLA in Los Angeles and WBKB in Chicago ; it also invested US$ 400,000 in the DuMont Television Network , which operated stations WABD in New York City , WTTG in Washington , D.C. , and WDTV in Pittsburgh . Escalating disputes between Paramount and DuMont concerning breaches of contract , company control , and network competition erupted regularly between 1940 and 1956 , and culminated in the dismantling of the DuMont Network . Television historian Timothy White called the clash between the two companies `` one of the most unfortunate and dramatic episodes in the early history of the television industry . '' The Paramount Television Network aired several programs , including the Emmy Award-winning children 's series Time for Beany . Filmed in Hollywood , the programs were distributed to an ad-hoc network of stations across the United States . The network signed affiliation agreements with more than 50 television stations in 1950 ; despite this , most of Paramount 's series were not widely viewed outside the West Coast . The Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) , which filed suit against Paramount for anti-trust violations , prevented the studio from acquiring additional television stations . Paramount executives eventually gave up on the idea of a television network , and continued to produce series for other networks . In 1995 , after four decades of television production for other companies , Paramount re-entered the broadcast network field when the company and Chris-Craft Industries launched the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) , a television network that operated until 2006 . Paramount 's television division is now owned by CBS Television Studios .",
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"text": "A&E (Spain and Portugal) A&E is a Spanish and Portuguese basic cable and satellite television channel that features reality television programming produced by A&E USA , owned by The History Channel Iberia joint venture between A&E Networks and AMC Networks International Iberia . It has feeds in Spanish available in Spain , and feeds in Portuguese available in Portugal and Africa .",
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"text": "C-SPAN C-SPAN ( -LSB- ˈsiːspæn -RSB- ) , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network , is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service . C-SPAN televises many proceedings of the United States federal government , as well as other public affairs programming . The C-SPAN network includes three television channels ( C-SPAN , C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3 ) , one radio station ( WCSP-FM ) and a group of websites that provide streaming media and archives of C-SPAN programs . C-SPAN 's television channels are available to approximately 100 million cable and satellite households within the United States , while WCSP-FM , also called C-SPAN Radio , is broadcast on FM radio in Washington , D.C. , and is available throughout the U.S. on XM Satellite Radio , via Internet streaming , and through apps for iOS , BlackBerry and Android devices . The network televises U.S. political events , particularly live and `` gavel-to-gavel '' coverage of the U.S. Congress as well as occasional proceedings of the Canadian , Australian and British Parliaments including the weekly Prime Minister 's Questions , and major events worldwide . Its coverage of political and policy events is unedited , thereby providing viewers ( or listeners ) with unfiltered information about politics and government . Non-political coverage includes historical programming , programs dedicated to non-fiction books , and interview programs with noteworthy individuals associated with public policy . C-SPAN is a private , nonprofit organization , funded by a 6 cents per subscriber affiliate fee paid by its cable and satellite affiliates , and does not have advertisements on any of its networks , radio stations , or websites , nor does it ever solicit donations or pledges . The network operates independently , and neither the cable industry nor Congress has control of the content of its programming .",
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"text": "Food Network Food Network ( legally known as Television Food Network ) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Television Food Network , G.P. , a joint venture between Scripps Networks Interactive ( which owns 70 % of the network ) and the Tribune ( FN ) Cable Ventures Inc. ( which owns the remaining 30 % ) . Despite this ownership structure , the channel is managed as a division of Scripps Networks Interactive . The channel airs both specials and regular episodic programs about food and cooking . In addition to its headquarters in New York City , Food Network has offices in Atlanta , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Chicago , Detroit , Jersey City , Cincinnati , and Knoxville , Tennessee . As of February 2015 , Food Network is available to approximately 96,931,000 pay television households ( 83.3 % of households with television ) in the United States .",
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"text": "Walt Disney Studios Walt Disney Studios may refer to : Walt Disney Studios ( division ) , the Walt Disney Company 's Studio Entertainment unit , which includes Disney 's motion picture studios , music labels , theatrical production company , and distribution companies . Walt Disney Studios ( Burbank ) , complex in Burbank , California , built in 1939 , which serves as the corporate headquarters for The Walt Disney Company . It is also a functioning film studio and hosts production facilities for Disney 's various entertainment businesses Walt Disney Animation Studios , the company 's main animation division . Animated films are released under the Walt Disney Pictures label Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures , the primary theatrical film distributor of Disney films in the USA and abroad Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment , the primary home media distributor of Disney films in the USA and abroad",
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"text": "The Movie Channel This article is about the American premium cable-satellite television network and sister channel of Showtime . For the unrelated , defunct television channel in the United Kingdom , see The Movie Channel ( UK ) . For the programming format of television channels focused on movies , see movie channel . Not to be confused with the Canadian premium television service The Movie Network . The Movie Channel ( sometimes abbreviated as TMC ) is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by the Showtime Networks , Inc. subsidiary of CBS Corporation . The network 's programming mainly features first-run theatrically released and independently produced motion pictures , along with softcore adult erotica , and during promotional breaks between films , special behind-the-scenes features and movie trivia . Originally operated and sold as a standalone service , at present , The Movie Channel is receivable to cable and satellite subscribers primarily as part of the multiplex tier of parent network Showtime . The channel , along with its parent network Showtime and sister network Flix , are headquartered at Paramount Plaza on the northern end of New York City 's Broadway district .",
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"text": "Disney Channel (France) Disney Channel is the French language edition of the Disney Channel , owned by the Walt Disney Company . It was launched in March 1997 , primarily on the CanalSat platform .",
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"text": "TeenNick TeenNick is an American digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Nickelodeon Group , a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom . The channel features a mix of original programming , Nickelodeon-produced series , and acquired programs geared towards pre-teens and teenagers . The channel was originally known as TEENick from March 4 , 2001 ( when it originally launched as a program block on Nickelodeon ) to February 1 , 2009 , and The N from April 1 , 2002 , ( when it originally launched as a program block on Noggin ( now Nick Jr. ) ) to September 28 , 2009 . TeenNick 's name was taken from the former `` TEENick '' program block , which aired on parent channel Nickelodeon from 2001 to 2009 . As of February 2015 , TeenNick is available to approximately 72.3 million pay television households ( 62.1 % of households with television ) in the United States .",
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"text": "Flix (TV network) Flix is an American premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by the Showtime Networks , Inc. subsidiary of CBS Corporation . Its programming consists solely of theatrically released feature films released from the 1970s to the present day , interspersed with some films from the 1950s and 1960s . It is the only premium television service in the United States that does not operate any multiplex channels that provide additional programming alongside the main service . Although Flix is typically offered as part of the Showtime multiplex , the channel 's carriage varies depending on both the cable provider and market , therefore it may not be available alongside Showtime and The Movie Channel 's multiplex services in all areas .",
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"text": "WTVML WTVML is an XML-based and WML-derived content format designed to allow web site operators to easily develop and deploy Interactive TV services , typically it reduces the time taken for web site operators to create a TV Site , and results in the Site being deployable on a larger number of devices , and is capable of being automatically validated , tested and transformed . WTVML was originally developed by Ian Valentine and Patrick Sansom in a company called waptv . After demonstrating the ability to develop Interactive TV services using web infrastructures and XML , and successfully deploying them to existing TV set-top-boxes over dial up modems , the company was acquired by BSkyB . The technology was first used to launch Sky 's interactive betting service on December 6th 2000 , and later became the basis of a large number of `` red button '' channel portals and internet based interactive services . The format follows a strict XML syntax ( DTD ) that has been developed in response to multiple user requirements by BSkyB , and is now being enhanced by Miniweb Interactive . The format was standardized through ETSI as TS 102 322 . WTVML has the potential to unify the Interactive TV content creation industry , which has been hampered by proprietary `` middlewares '' and a lack of browser standards . The fragmentation of technologies available to build Digital TV platforms has meant that typical web site operators have had no common content format available to them to allow them to develop their TV Site once , and deploy it unchanged across multiple networks and devices . Some newer set-top boxes ( particularly IPTV devices ) use various versions of HTML browsers . Many of these have proprietary TV extensions , and different deployment characteristics , which result in untested services being deployed unfaithfully or worse with run-time errors . Due to the need for explicit layouts , as well as other reasons , many designers attempting to create TV Style services using HTML browsers need to make extensive use of JavaScript , which has the result of further inhibiting interoperability , and requires manual testing of a service before it is deployed by the majority of networks , thus essentially closing a network from open internet access . WTVML services can be automatically and dynamically transformed into various forms of HTML/JS/CSS , making them compatible with traditional web browsers as well as WTVML native browsers , and allowing the network operator to manage his platform specific features independently from the standard used by the web site authors . WTVML follows a web 2.0 style model , in that complete applications are DTD driven , allowing TV Style services to be created without the use of Script . Between 2000 and 2008 the industry , including the DVB ,",
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"text": "List of former DuMont Television Network affiliates This is a partial list of affiliate stations of the DuMont Television Network , which operated in the United States from 1946 to 1956 . At its peak in 1954 , DuMont was affiliated with around 200 TV stations . In its later years , DuMont was carried mostly on poorly watched UHF channels or had only secondary affiliations on VHF stations . The DuMont affiliation ending dates listed here are somewhat tentative in several cases ; DuMont ended most operations on April 1 , 1955 , and honored network commitments until August 1956 . Many stations in the early years of television affiliated with more than one network . There were not enough local stations in most cities for each of the four major networks to have an affiliate , leading to the four networks ( as well as a number of smaller networks ) to fight for air time . Local TV stations were free to `` cherry-pick '' which programs they would broadcast . Many of DuMont 's `` affiliates '' carried very little DuMont programming , choosing to air one or two more popular programs ( such as Life Is Worth Living , which was aired by 169 stations during the 1953 -- 1954 season ) and/or sports programming on the weekends . Few stations carried the full DuMont program line-up . DuMont 's advertising revenues depended on being able to be viewed nationwide . As a result , the company made affiliation agreements which have been described as `` a crazy patchwork of deals '' . In many cities , DuMont was affiliated with more than one TV station in order to get more of its programming cleared for broadcast . No definitive list of affiliated stations from 1946 to 1956 exists , and many sources contradict one another . DuMont 's owned-and-operated stations are highlighted in yellow . The Paramount owned-and-operated stations , which did n't carry DuMont programs but were ruled DuMont O&O s by the FCC , are shown in pink .",
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"text": "20th Television Twentieth Television ( or 20TV , stylized as 20th Television ) is an American television syndication studio and the syndication arm of 20th Century Fox Television itself a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox .",
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"text": "W Network W Network ( often referred to only as W ) is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment . W Network broadcasts lifestyle and entertainment programming aimed at women . The channel is available in two time shifted feeds , East ( operating from the Eastern Time Zone ) and West ( operating from the Pacific Time Zone ) .",
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"text": "Disney–ABC Domestic Television Disney -- ABC Domestic Television , also operating as ABC Syndication ( formerly known as Buena Vista Television and also known as Disney Domestic Television and Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution ) , is the in-home sales and content distribution firm of the Disney -- ABC Television Group , a division of The Walt Disney Company . Content distribution responsibilities include domestic television syndication , domestic pay TV , Internet and cable video-on-demand ( VOD ) , and pay-per-view outlets .",
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"text": "AWE (TV network) AWE ( formerly Wealth TV ) is a United States-based lifestyle and entertainment cable network privately held by Herring Networks , Inc. . The network operates several domestic and international television feeds . The network 's primary production facilities and corporate headquarters are located in San Diego , California . It is featured on numerous providers including DirecTV , Verizon FiOS , and AT&T .",
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"text": "United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland , the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain , the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland.Although Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state , two of its Overseas Territories also share land borders with other sovereign countries . Gibraltar shares a border with Spain , while the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia share borders with the Republic of Cyprus , the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the UN buffer zone separating the two Cypriot polities . Apart from this land border , the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south-south-west , giving it the 12th-longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of 242500 km2 , the United Kingdom is the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe . It is also the 21st-most populous country , with an estimated 65.1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth-most densely populated country in the European Union ( EU ) . The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance . The monarch is Queen Elizabeth II , who has reigned since 6 February 1952 . The capital of the United Kingdom and its largest city is London , a global city and financial centre with an urban area population of 10.3 million , the fourth-largest in Europe and second-largest in the European Union . Other major urban areas in the United Kingdom include the conurbations centred on Birmingham , Leeds , Glasgow , Liverpool and Manchester . The United Kingdom consists of four countries -- England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland . The last three have devolved administrations , each with varying powers , based in their capitals , Edinburgh , Cardiff and Belfast , respectively . The nearby Isle of Man , Bailiwick of Guernsey and Bailiwick of Jersey are not part of the United Kingdom , being Crown dependencies with the British Government responsible for defence and international representation . The relationships among the countries of the UK have changed over time . Wales was annexed by the Kingdom of England under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 . A treaty between England and Scotland resulted in 1707 in a unified Kingdom of Great Britain , which merged in 1801 with the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . Five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the UK in 1922 , leaving the present formulation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed on 6 December 1921 to resolve the Irish War of Independence . When it took effect one year later , it established the Irish Free State as a separate dominion within the Commonwealth . The UK 's current name was adopted to reflect the change . There are fourteen British Overseas Territories . These are the remnants of the British Empire which , at its height in the 1920s , encompassed almost a quarter of the world 's land mass and was the largest empire in history . British influence can be observed in the language , culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies . The United Kingdom is a developed country and has the world 's fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and ninth-largest economy by purchasing power parity . The UK is considered to have a high-income economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index , ranking 16th in the world . It was the world 's first industrialised country and the world 's foremost power during the 19th and early 20th centuries . The UK remains a great power with considerable economic , cultural , military , scientific and political influence internationally . It is a recognised nuclear weapons state and is seventh in military expenditure in the world . The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session in 1946 . It has been a leading member state of the EU and its predecessor , the European Economic Community ( EEC ) , since 1973 . However , on 23 June 2016 , a national referendum on the UK 's membership of the EU resulted in a decision to leave , and its exit from the EU is currently being negotiated . The UK is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations , the Council of Europe , the G7 finance ministers , the G7 forum , the G20 , NATO , the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) , and the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) .",
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"text": "Light Car Company The Light Car Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .",
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"text": "Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow is a luxury car that was produced in the United Kingdom in various forms from 1965 to 1980 . It was the first Rolls-Royce to use unitary body and chassis construction , in response to concerns that the company was falling behind in automotive innovation . To date , the Silver Shadow has the largest production volume of any Rolls-Royce .",
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"text": "Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain The Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain is a multi-event one-make motor racing series that takes place in the United Kingdom for the Porsche 911 . Being the fastest and most successful single marque GT championship in the UK , the Carrera Cup is now entering its thirteenth season . With over 30.000 visitors attending the majority of the races and approximately 370.000 visitors over the duration of the season , the championship is fully integrated in the international Porsche Motorsport program . Notable drivers in the championship have been two-time Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup winner Richard Westbrook and Supercup race winner Damien Faulkner . . The series is currently shown live on ITV4 as part of the channel 's coverage of BTCC race days .",
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"text": "Commonwealth realm A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state that is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and shares the same person , currently Elizabeth II , as its head of state and reigning constitutional monarch , but retains a crown legally distinct from the other realms . As of 2017 , there are 16 Commonwealth realms : Antigua and Barbuda , Australia , Barbados , Belize , Canada , Grenada , Jamaica , New Zealand , Papua New Guinea , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , Solomon Islands , The Bahamas , Tuvalu and the United Kingdom . The Statute of Westminster 1931 provided for the then Dominions -- named therein as Canada , Australia , New Zealand , the Union of South Africa , the Irish Free State , and Newfoundland -- to have full or nearly full legislative independence as equal members of the British Commonwealth of Nations , having , together with the United Kingdom , one person as the sovereign of each . Subsequently , India and Pakistan ( both in 1947 ) and Ceylon ( in 1948 ) became Dominions . By the early 1950s , in order to reflect the equality between the countries in that group , each ( including the United Kingdom , but not the former Irish Free State and India , which had by that time become republics ) came to be known as a realm . The word was formally used in Britain 's proclamation of Elizabeth II as queen in 1952 and was adopted for the modern royal styles and titles under the legislation enacted by the individual countries . The principle was applied to other countries as they became Commonwealth realms , having sovereign status granted directly . The phrase Commonwealth realm , though used officially , is not a statutory term .",
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"text": "Wagon Automotive Wagon Automotive is an automotive parts company based in Birmingham , England . The company is controlled by the American businessman Wilbur Ross and employs over 4,000 workers across Europe . Wagon has its roots in Wagon Repairs , a business set up at the end of the First World War to maintain railway rolling stock . It was chosen by Ross as the foundation for a European car parts empire .",
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"text": "Special Relationship The Special Relationship is the unofficial term for the exceptionally close political , diplomatic , cultural , economic , military and historical relations between the United Kingdom and the United States . It was used in a 1946 speech by Winston Churchill . Although both the United Kingdom and United States have close relationships with many other nations , the level of cooperation between them in economic activity , trade and commerce , military planning , execution of military operations , nuclear weapons technology , and intelligence sharing has been described as `` unparalleled '' among major powers . The United Kingdom and United States have been close allies in numerous military and political conflicts throughout the 20th and 21st centuries including World War I , World War II , the Korean War , the Cold War , the Gulf War , and the War on Terror .",
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"text": "Kingdom of Great Britain The United Kingdom of Great Britain , officially Great Britain , was a sovereign state in western Europe from 1 May 1707 to 31 December 1800 . The state came into being following the Treaty of Union in 1706 , ratified by the Acts of Union 1707 , which united the kingdoms of England and Scotland to form a single kingdom encompassing the whole island of Great Britain and its outlying islands . It did not include Ireland , which remained a separate realm . The unitary state was governed by a single parliament and government that was based in Westminster . The former kingdoms had been in personal union since James VI , King of Scots , became King of England and King of Ireland in 1603 following the death of Queen Elizabeth I , bringing about a `` Union of the Crowns '' . Also after the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain in 1714 , the kingdom was in a personal union with the Electorate of Hanover . The early years of the unified kingdom were marked by Jacobite risings which ended in defeat for the Stuart cause at Culloden in 1746 . Later on in 1763 , victory in the Seven Years ' War led to the dominance of the British Empire , which was to become the foremost global power for over a century and later grew to become the largest empire in history . On 1 January 1801 , the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland were merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . In 1922 , five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom and the state was renamed the `` United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland '' -- a title it has retained to date .",
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"text": "Rover Group The Rover Group plc was the name given in 1986 to the British vehicle manufacturer BL ( formerly British Leyland ) , which had been state-owned company since 1975 . It initially included the Austin Rover Group car business ( comprising the Austin , Rover , Mini and MG marques ) , Land Rover Group , Freight Rover vans and Leyland Trucks . The Rover Group was owned by British Aerospace ( BAe ) from 1988 to 1994 , when BAe sold the remaining car business to the German company BMW . The group was further broken up in 2000 , when Ford acquired the Land Rover division , with the Rover and MG marques continuing with the much smaller MG Rover Group until 2005 . Ownership of the original Rover Group marques is currently split between BMW ( Germany ) , SAIC ( China ) , and Tata Motors ( India ) .",
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"text": "National Union of Vehicle Workers The National Union of Vehicle Workers was a trade union representing drivers in the United Kingdom . The union was founded in 1888 as the London Carmen 's Trade Union . By the following year , it had a membership of more than 6,000 , but this then began to fall , bottoming out at only 2,000 in 1892 . It then slowly began to rise , nearing 6,000 again by 1910 . In 1913 , the union was renamed as the `` National Union of Vehicle Workers '' . It became a founding constituent of the Transport and General Workers ' Union in 1922 .",
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"text": "United Bus United Bus was a bus manufacturing group created by DAF Bus and BOVA ( both from the Netherlands ) in 1989 . It was later joined by Den Oudsten ( Netherlands ) , Optare ( UK ) , and DAB ( Denmark ) .",
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"text": "David Brown Automotive David Brown Automotive is a British manufacturer of limited edition automobiles in Coventry , England , belonging to British businessman David Brown . The company announced the Speedback , its first model , in March 2014 in London . The vehicle 's public debut was at the Top Marques show in Monaco on 17 April 2014 . Despite sharing a similar background in engineering , and the same name as previous owner of Aston Martin , there is no family connection between the two companies .",
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"text": "Carsharing Carsharing or car sharing ( US ) or car clubs ( UK ) is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time , often by the hour . They are attractive to customers who make only occasional use of a vehicle , as well as others who would like occasional access to a vehicle of a different type than they use day-to-day . The organization renting the cars may be a commercial business or the users may be organized as a company , public agency , cooperative , or ad hoc grouping . Carsharing services are available in over 1,000 cities in several countries . , there were an estimated 1.7 million car-sharing members in 27 countries , including so-called peer-to-peer services , according to the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at U.C. Berkeley . Of these , 800,000 were car-sharing members in the United States . , the world 's largest carsharing networks across North America and Europe are Zipcar with 767,000 members and 11,000 vehicles , DriveNow with over 875,000 customers and over 6,000 cars , , and Car2Go with over 900,000 members and 12,000 cars . According to Navigant Consulting , global carsharing services revenue will approach billion in 2013 and grow to billion by 2020 , with over 12 million members worldwide . The main factors driving the growth of carsharing are the rising levels of congestion faced by city dwellers ; shifting generational mindsets about car ownership ; the increasing costs of personal vehicle ownership ; and a convergence of business models . Carsharing contributes to sustainable transport because it is a less car intensive means of urban transport , and according to The Economist , carsharing can reduce car ownership at an estimated rate of one rental car replacing 15 owned vehicles .",
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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": "English independence English independence is a political stance advocating secession of England , the largest and most populous country of the British Isles , from the United Kingdom . Support for secession of England has been influenced by the increasing devolution of political powers to Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , where independence from the United Kingdom is a prominent subject of political debate . English independence is seen by its advocates as a way to resolve the West Lothian question in British politics : Scottish , Welsh and Northern Irish MPs in the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster can vote on matters affecting England , while English MPs do not have the same power over equivalent issues in Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , as these powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament , Northern Ireland Assembly or the National Assembly for Wales . While some minor political parties have campaigned for English independence , all major UK-wide political parties adhere to the opposing view of British unionism , and oppose altering the constitutional status of England . Scottish demands for independence , rather than English demands , are seen as the most pressing threat to British unity ; Scotland voted against independence at the referendum on 18 September 2014 . and a second vote is proposed in late 2018 or early 2019 .",
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"text": "British intelligence agencies The Government of the United Kingdom maintains intelligence agencies within several different government departments . The agencies are responsible for collecting and producing foreign and domestic intelligence , providing military intelligence , performing espionage and counter-espionage . Their intelligence assessments contribute to the conduct of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom , maintaining the national security of the United Kingdom , military planning and law enforcement in the United Kingdom . The three main agencies are the Secret Intelligence Service ( MI6 ) , the Security Service ( MI5 ) , and the Government Communications Headquarters . The history of the organisations goes back to the 19th century . The decryption of the Zimmermann Telegram in 1917 was described as the most significant intelligence triumph for Britain during World War I , and one of the earliest occasions on which a piece of signals intelligence influenced world events . During the Second World War and afterwards , many observers regarded Ultra as immensely valuable to the Allies of World War II . In the post-war period , intelligence cooperation between the United Kingdom and the United States became the cornerstone of Western intelligence gathering and the `` Special Relationship '' between the UK and the USA .",
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"text": "Volkswagen Golf Mk3 The Volkswagen Golf Mk3 is a small family car , the third generation of the Volkswagen Golf and the successor to the Volkswagen Golf Mk2 . It was launched in mainland Europe in August 1991 , in the United Kingdom in February 1992 , and in North America in the spring of 1994 . The delay in North America was due to Volkswagen 's decision to supply U.S. and Canadian dealerships with Mk3 Golfs ( and A3 Jettas ) from the VW plant in Puebla , Mexico . Quality control problems led Volkswagen of America to reject Golfs and Jettas from Mexico ; shortly thereafter labor unrest at the plant delayed production there even further . The third-generation Golf and Jetta first appeared in North America as 1993 models in the San Diego , California area and in Canada , then in the autumn in the rest of North America as 1994 models . The Mk3 Cabrio replaced the Volkswagen Cabriolet , which continued the original Golf until 1993 , although the original Golf , sold as Rabbit in the United States and Canada ceased sales in 1984 . The Mk3 Cabrio continued until the 2002 model year , when Volkswagen replaced it with a convertible version of the Volkswagen New Beetle . The Mk3 was sold in Japan alongside the Polo , where both vehicles were in compliance with Japanese Government dimension regulations that encouraged sales . A 1993 UK advert featured the Bluebells song Young At Heart which resulted in a 4-week spell at Number 1 thanks to the popularity of it .",
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"text": "Politics of Wales Politics in Wales forms a distinctive polity in the wider politics of the United Kingdom , with Wales as one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom ( UK ) . Constitutionally , the United Kingdom is de jure a unitary state with one sovereign parliament and government . However , under a system of devolution ( or home rule ) adopted in the late 1990s three of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland , voted for limited self-government , subject to the ability of the UK Parliament in Westminster , nominally at will , to amend , change , broaden or abolish the national governmental systems . As such the National Assembly for Wales ( Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru ) is not de jure sovereign . Executive power in the United Kingdom is vested in the Queen-in-Council , while legislative power is vested in the Queen-in-Parliament ( the Crown and the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster in London ) . The Government of Wales Act 1998 established devolution in Wales , and certain executive and legislative powers have been constitutionally delegated to the National Assembly for Wales . The scope of these powers was further widened by the Government of Wales Act 2006 .",
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"text": "Europestar Europestar is a Chinese car brand of the English Lotus Group plc. . They brand named is used from a joint-venture with the Chinese Jinhua Youngman Vehicle Co. , Ltd. . Sometimes the brand is called Qingnian Kuaile ( , , Youngman ( Lotus ) . The vehicles are manufactured in the prefecture-level city of Jinhua . The brand name is only applied on the export models . The Chinese homeland units are sold as Lotus Cars . The British sports cars of the mark are imported by the company and retain its UK original logo . In addition , the sport models are marketed under the differentiated heading of Lotus Sports Cars . The RCR ( based on the Proton Gen-2 ) and Jingyue ( a Proton Persona ) were shown under the new respective names of Lotus L3 5-door and L3 4-door at the 2010 Beijing Auto Show . At the same time the larger L5 sedan and liftback , developed by Lotus Group , had its premier .",
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"text": "Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( -LSB- ( t ) ʃaˈkiɾa isaˈβel meβaˈɾak riˈpol -RSB- ; -LSB- langʃəˈki : rə -RSB- born 2 February 1977 ) is a Colombian singer , songwriter , dancer , and record producer . Born and raised in Barranquilla , she began performing in school , demonstrating Latin American , Arabic , and rock and roll influences and belly dancing abilities . Shakira 's first studio albums , Magia and Peligro , failed to attain commercial success in the 1990s ; however , she rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut , Pies Descalzos ( 1996 ) , and her fourth album , Dónde Están los Ladrones ? ( 1998 ) . Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album , Laundry Service . Its lead single , `` Whenever , Wherever '' , became one of the most successful singles of 2002 . Her success was solidified with her sixth and seventh albums Fijación Oral , Volumen Uno and Oral Fixation , Volume Two ( 2005 ) , the latter of which spawned one of the best-selling songs of the 21st century , `` Hips Do n't Lie '' . Shakira 's eighth and ninth albums , She Wolf ( 2009 ) and Sale el Sol ( 2010 ) , received critical praise . Her official song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup , `` Waka Waka ( This Time for Africa ) '' , became the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time . With over 1.3 billion views , it is one of the most-watched music videos on YouTube . Shakira served as a coach on the fourth and sixth seasons of the American version of The Voice in 2013 and 2014 , respectively . Her tenth album , Shakira ( 2014 ) , is preceded by its lead single , `` Ca n't Remember to Forget You '' . Shakira has won many awards , including five MTV Video Music Awards , two Grammy Awards , eight Latin Grammy Awards , seven Billboard Music Awards , 28 Billboard Latin Music Awards and has been Golden Globe-nominated . She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , and has sold between 70 and 125 million records worldwide ( depending on the source ) , making her the best selling South American singer and one of the best selling Latin artists of all time . She carries out well-known philanthropic activities through charity work most notably through her Pies Descalzos Foundation . In 2014 , she was listed as the 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes .",
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"text": "Makossa Makossa is a noted Cameroonian popular urban musical style . Like much other late 20th century music of Sub-Saharan Africa , it uses strong electric bass rhythms and prominent brass . In the 1980s makossa had a wave of mainstream success across Africa and to a lesser extent abroad . Makossa , which means '' ( I ) dance '' in the Douala language , originated from a Douala dance called the kossa . Emmanuel Nelle Eyoum started using the refrain kossa kossa in his songs with his group Los Calvinos . The style began to take shape in the 1950s though the first recordings were not seen until a decade later . Artists such as Eboa Lotin , Misse Ngoh and especially Manu Dibango , who popularised makossa throughout the world with his song `` Soul Makossa '' in the early 1970s . The chant from the song , mamako , mamasa , maka makossa , was later used by Michael Jackson in `` Wan na Be Startin ' Somethin' '' . Many other performers followed suit . The 2010 World cup also brought makossa to the international stage as Shakira sampled the Golden Sounds popular song `` Zamina mina ( Zangalewa ) '' . Makassi is a lighter style of makossa .",
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"text": "Ashanti (singer) Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas ( born October 13 , 1980 ) , known simply as Ashanti , is an American singer , songwriter , record producer , dancer and actress . Ashanti is known for her eponymous debut album , which featured the hit song `` Foolish '' , and sold over 505,000 copies in its first week of release throughout the U.S. in April 2002 . In 2003 , the self-titled debut album won Ashanti her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B album . Her second release achieved a platinum certification and other top 10 singles . Ashanti wrote and sang background on Jennifer Lopez 's `` Ai n't It Funny ( Murder Remix ) '' , which reached number one on Billboard Hot 100 , which was also in the top 10 chart at the same time as `` Foolish '' , `` Always on Time '' ( with Ja Rule ) , and `` What 's Luv ? '' ( with Fat Joe ) . Later that year , she was acclaimed as the `` Princess Of Hip-Hop & R&B '' by her label and capped off her successful debut by winning eight Billboard awards and two American Music Awards . Ashanti cites Whitney Houston , Janet Jackson , Prince , Madonna , Tupac Shakur , Mary J. Blige , Ella Fitzgerald , Smokey Robinson , Donna Summer , and Blue Magic as her musical influences . Since 2013 , she is currently working on her own publishing company titled Written Entertainment .",
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"text": "Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter Album The Latin Grammy Award for Best Singer-Songwriter Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards , a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally . According to the category description guide for the 13th Latin Grammy Awards , the award is reserved for solo artists or duos and they `` must compose and interpret 75 percent of the album on their own to be eligible in this category '' . Additionally , live albums are eligible if they contain at least 51 percent of new unreleased material released within the eligibility period . The accolade for Best Singer-Songwriter Album was first presented to American performer and musician Soraya at the 5th Latin Grammy Awards in 2004 for her eponymous fourth studio album ( 2003 ) . Caetano Veloso and Gian Marco Zignago have received the most wins in this category , with four . Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona has the highest number of nominations without a single win , with four unsuccessful nominations . For the first time in the category 's history , in 2011 , a tie was declared with the award given to Zignago for Días Nuevos and to Cuban artist Amaury Gutiérrez for Sesiones Intimas .",
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"text": "Yuna (singer) Yunalis Mat Zara'ai , professionally known as Yuna , is a Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman . Born and raised in Kedah and Selangor , she began writing songs at age 14 . She soon taught herself to play guitar , and by 2006 , in need of a creative outlet while attending law school , performed for an audience for the first time . Yuna offered her music on her MySpace page , which received over one million plays . This online success tipped off the Indie-Pop label/management company to her music , and in early 2011 she signed with the Fader label . Joined by guitarist Pa'an , bassist Efry Arwis , and drummer Adib Azfar ( and later , Adil Ali ) , Yuna made her recorded debut album in Malaysia in 2008 with a self-titled EP , which went on to snag five Malaysian Music Awards nominations ( the Malaysian equivalent of the Grammy ) . She took home four trophies , including Best New Artist and Best Song ( for the breakout hit `` Dan Sebenarnya '' ) . The Decorate ( EP ) followed two years later ( and was released stateside in spring 2011 ) . Decorate included the viral hit `` Rocket , '' which won raves from Billboard magazine , indie rock radio station KEXP , and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons , as well as ink in SPIN 's Eight Bands You Need to Hear Now . On the performance end , Yuna was nominated as one of MTV Iggy 's Best New Bands in the World in 2011 , and she marked the occasion by playing at the historic MTV Studios . A new single , `` Live Your Life '' ( 2012 ) , produced by Pharrell Williams , was a preamble to her self-titled full-length debut , which arrived that April . That summer , Yuna appeared at Lollapalooza . In 2013 , Yuna returned with the album Nocturnal , featuring the single `` Falling . '' In February 2016 , Yuna previewed her third album with the release of `` Places to Go , '' a single produced by hip-hop legend DJ Premier . The full album , Chapters , was released three months later . In December 2016 , her album Chapters broke into the Top 10 of the Billboard Best R&B Albums Of 2016 : Critic 's Pick . Chapters ranked at No. 7 out of 10 best R&B albums of the year . Yuna received an award for the Most Successful Malaysian Singer from The Malaysia Books Of Record . Chapters was also nominated in the Top 20 Best R&B Albums Of 2016 by the Rolling Stone magazine . Yuna got invited as special guest to perform on stage in 2016 Soul Train Music Awards ( US ) .",
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"text": "Quiero Quiero ( Spanish for `` I Want '' ) may refer to : `` Quiero '' ( Anahí song ) , 2010 `` Quiero '' ( Ricardo Arjona song ) , 2007 `` Quiero '' ( Selena song ) , 1988 `` Quiero '' , song by Julio Iglesias from the album El Amor ( 1975 ) `` Quiero '' , song by Shakira from the album Pies Descalzos ( 1996 ) `` Quiero '' , song by Luis Miguel from the album Amarte Es un Placer ( 1999 ) `` Quiero '' , 2001 song by Jerry Rivera",
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"text": "Alejandro Sanz discography The discography of Alejandro Sanz , a Spanish singer , songwriter consists of nine studio albums , three live albums , three compilation albums , thirty-five singles ( including all singles from studio , live , compilation albums and collaborations with other singers ) .",
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"text": "Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song was a new category at the 2015 ceremony of the annual Grammy Awards . It combines two previously separate categories in the Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music field , Best Contemporary Christian Music Song and Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance . The new category recognizes both songwriters and performers ( solo/duos/groups / collaborations/etc . ) and is open for singles or tracks only . Songwriters are only awarded a Grammy Award if it is a newly written song . Grammy 's for cover versions of previously recorded songs are awarded to the performer ( s ) only . Along with the also newly formed Best Gospel Performance/Song category , these mark the only Grammy categories which honor both performers and songwriters in one category . These changes were made in June 2014 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences `` in the interest of clarifying the criteria , representing the current culture and creative DNA of the gospel and Contemporary Christian Music communities , and better reflecting the diversity and authenticity of today 's gospel music industry . '' According to the Grammy committee , the move recognizes `` the critical contribution of both songwriters and performers by combining songwriters and artists into the Best Gospel Performance/Song and Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song categories . '' Gospel performances , which were previously recognized in the Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance category , will now fall under the newly created Best Gospel Performance/Song category .",
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"text": "Freescha Freescha is the musical collaboration of Nick Huntington and Michael McGroarty , based in the San Fernando Valley , California . Huntington and McGroarty , friends and partners since they met in high school . The duo has released most of their music on AttackNine Records , which is partly run by Nick Huntington . Freescha was chosen for URB magazine 's `` Next 100 '' artists to watch for in their 2004 year-end special issue . Freescha co-wrote with Sia the song `` Buttons '' for Sia 's 2008 album , Some People Have Real Problems , and co-wrote with Nicole Morier the song `` Heaven On Earth '' for Britney Spears 's 2007 studio album , Blackout .",
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"text": "Noelia (album) Noelia is the eponymous debut album of Puerto Rican singer Noelia . The album was released in 1999 and peaked at # 7 on Billboard '' 's Top Latin Albums . The album produced the hit single `` Tú '' , which was written by popular songwriter Estéfano . The song peaked at # 5 on Billboard '' 's Hot Latin Tracks .",
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"text": "List of songs written by Bonnie McKee American singer and songwriter Bonnie McKee has co-written eight number-one singles , which have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide combined . Her debut album Trouble was released in September 2004 . She singlehandedly wrote all but one song on the album , some when she was 14 and 15 years old . A standalone single , `` American Girl , '' was released in 2013 . An album was due for release in spring of 2014 but , by the end of the year , had not yet materialized , Instead , an EP , Bombastic was released in June 2015 . McKee also has over 50 songwriting credits for songs that have been recorded by other artists . Eight of these have topped either the British or the American charts . McKee has collaborated with pop singer Katy Perry , and the pair have written five of Perry 's number-one singles together : `` California Gurls '' , `` Teenage Dream '' , `` Last Friday Night ( T.G.I.F. ) '' , `` Part of Me '' and `` Roar '' . McKee has also written four other songs recorded by Perry . She co-wrote five songs on Britney Spears ' seventh studio album Femme Fatale , including `` Hold It Against Me '' , which topped the Billboard Hot 100 . McKee has co-written two singles that reached the number-one position on the UK Singles Chart : `` Dynamite '' by Taio Cruz and `` How We Do ( Party ) '' by Rita Ora . `` Dynamite '' became the second-best-selling song by a British artist in the digital era . In 2012 , McKee co-wrote three songs on Adam Lambert 's album Trespassing and two songs for Ke $ ha 's album Warrior , `` C'Mon '' and `` Supernatural '' , the former of which served as the second single from the record . She also co-wrote two songs that appear on Leona Lewis ' album Glassheart , including the album 's second single `` Lovebird '' . McKee has also co-written songs that have been recorded by Christina Aguilera , Kelly Clarkson , Cher , Carly Rae Jepsen and Ellie Goulding among others .",
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"text": "Beautiful Liar `` Beautiful Liar '' is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé and Colombian singer Shakira . It was written by Beyoncé , Amanda Ghost , Ian Dench , and Stargate members Mikkel S. Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen , and produced by Stargate and Beyoncé for the re-release of Beyoncé 's second solo album , B'Day ( 2006 ) . The mixing of the song was done by Gustavo Celis . `` Beautiful Liar '' was released on March 14 , 2007 , by Columbia Records as the first single from the deluxe edition of the album . A Spanish and English mixed version of the song was produced and titled `` Bello Embustero '' . `` Beautiful Liar '' is a mid-tempo song ; musically , it is a melding of Shakira 's Latin and Middle Eastern styles with Beyoncé 's contemporary hip hop and R&B styles . Its theme is female empowerment ; two female protagonists sing about being charmed by the same man , but instead of fighting over him , both ladies agree that he is not worth their time . The song was well received by music critics , who praised generally Beyoncé 's and Shakira 's collaboration . `` Beautiful Liar '' was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 50th Grammy Awards and the Spanish version was nominated for Record of the Year at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2007 . It won an Ivor Novello Awards for Best-Selling British Song in 2008 . `` Beautiful Liar '' was commercially successful . It peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and experienced the largest upward movement on that chart until 2008 . The song peaked at number one in many European countries , including France , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , the Netherlands , New Zealand , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom . Its accompanying music video was directed by Jake Nava , incorporates belly dancing moves . `` Beautiful Liar '' won the Most Earthshattering Collaboration award at the 2007 MTV Video Music Award . The song was included on Beyoncé 's set list during her 2007 The Beyoncé Experience world tour .",
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"text": "She Wolf She Wolf ( Loba ) is the eighth studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira . It was released on 9 October 2009 , by Epic Records and Sony Music Latin . As executive producers , Shakira and Amanda Ghost enlisted collaborators including The Neptunes , John Hill , Wyclef Jean , Lukas Burton , Future Cut , Jerry Duplessis and Timbaland . Musically , the record shifts from her traditional Latin pop and pop rock musical styles , instead exploring electropop , with influences of folk and world music . The lyrical themes of the album mostly focus on love and relationships and were based on the conversations Shakira had with her friends . She Wolf reached number one on the charts of Argentina , Ireland , Italy , Mexico and Switzerland . It also charted inside the top five in Spain , Germany and the United Kingdom . It debuted at number fifteen on the Billboard 200 . She Wolf was certified double-platinum in Colombia and Mexico , platinum in Italy and Spain , and gold in numerous countries including France and the United Kingdom . The album was supported by four singles . Its lead single , `` She Wolf '' , along with its Spanish-language version `` Loba '' , which reached the top ten in several countries . `` Did It Again '' ( along with its Spanish-language version `` Lo Hecho Está Hecho '' ) was released worldwide as the second single , except in the United States , where its release was substituted by `` Give It Up to Me '' . The fourth single was `` Gypsy '' , along with its Spanish-language version `` Gitana '' . Shakira embarked on The Sun Comes Out World Tour in late-2010 to promote She Wolf .",
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"text": "Loca (Shakira song) `` Loca '' ( `` Crazy '' ) is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira , taken from her seventh studio album , Sale el Sol ( 2010 ) . It was released by Epic Records as the lead single from the album . The Spanish-language version features Dominican rapper El Cata , and was released on 10 September 2010 , while the English-language version features British rapper Dizzee Rascal , and was released on 13 September 2010 . It was written and produced by Shakira , with additional songwriting from Edward Bello , Armando Pérez , and Dylan Mills . The song is a Latin pop and merengue track that lyrically describes Shakira 's eccentric infatuation with a man . In August 2014 , a senior US district judge found `` Loca '' to have been indirectly plagiarised from `` Loca con su Tiguere '' , a mid-1990s song composed by Dominican songwriter Ramon `` Arias '' Vasquez . The case was dismissed in August 2015 after it was found that Vasquez had fabricated the evidence he had presented in court . Upon its release , `` Loca '' received generally favourable reviews from music critics , who complimented the inclusion of merengue music on the recording . The English version of the song became a worldwide commercial success and peaked inside the top five of the record charts of countries including Austria , Belgium , France , Hungary and Italy . The Spanish version peaked atop the charts of Spain and Switzerland , and became a hit on the Latin record charts in the United States , topping the Billboard Hot Latin Songs , Latin Pop Airplay , and Tropical Songs charts . `` Loca '' received record certifications in various countries around the world , including a diamond certification in Colombia and multi-platinum certifications in Italy , Mexico , and Spain . Its accompanying music video was filmed in Barcelona , Spain in August 2010 , and was released the following month . It features Shakira interacting with a beach crowd , and dancing in front of the sea wearing a golden bikini . It generated a favourable response from critics , many of whom praised its concept for matching the vibe of the song . For additional promotion , Shakira performed `` Loca '' on several television shows and on her The Sun Comes Out World Tour .",
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"text": "Hips Don't Lie `` Hips Do n't Lie '' is a song by Colombian singer and songwriter Shakira , featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean for the reissue of Shakira 's seventh studio album , Oral Fixation , Vol . 2 . It was released on 28 February 2006 , by Epic Records as the second single from the album . The song was written and produced by Shakira , Jean , Jerry ` Wonder ' Duplessis and LaTavia Parker . `` Hips Do n't Lie '' is a salsa and worldbeat song , which heavily incorporates samples from Jean 's earlier single `` Dance Like This '' and `` Amores Como el Nuestro '' written by Omar Alfanno . Upon its release , `` Hips Do n't Lie '' received generally favorable reviews from music critics . It received several accolades , including a People 's Choice Award , an MTV Latin America Video Music Award , and an MTV Video Music Award . `` Hips Do n't Lie '' reached the number one spot on charts in at least 18 countries including the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , becoming her first number one single in the country . It also broke the record for the most radio plays in a single week and the fastest selling digital download song in the United States . The song was eventually certified Triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , where it has sold over 3 million copies . It also topped the charts in Australia , Belgium ( Flanders and Wallonia ) , France , Germany , Ireland , Italy , Netherlands , New Zealand , Switzerland and the United Kingdom . Having sold over 10 million digital downloads , the track became one of the best-selling singles of the 21st century .",
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"text": "Sara Bareilles discography American singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles has released five studio albums , two demo albums , three live albums , five extended plays , eleven singles and nine music videos . After graduating from University of California , Los Angeles , Bareilles independently released her debut album Careful Confessions in January 2004 . In 2005 , music executive Charlie Walk signed her to a record deal with Epic Records . A year after , she began to work with Eric Rosse on her second studio album , Little Voice , which featured re-recorded songs that were originally on Careful Confessions . Little Voice was released on July 2007 and entered the Billboard 200 chart in the United States at number 45 , which marked as her chart debut . The album became a commercial success , it peaked on the chart at number 7 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) for shipments of one million copies in the United States , subsequently becoming her most successful studio album to date . Its lead single , `` Love Song '' , became a worldwide hit , charting at the top-ten in many regions . Epic released two additional singles , `` Bottle It Up '' and `` Gravity '' , from Little Voice . After experiencing a writer 's block , she began to work for her third studio album with Neal Avron in 2009 . The album , Kaleidoscope Heart , was released on September 2010 and debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart . Its lead single , `` King of Anything '' , became a top-forty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 , and was succeeded by `` Uncharted '' and `` Gon na Get Over You '' as the album 's subsequent single releases . In 2013 , Bareilles began to work for her fourth studio album , The Blessed Unrest , after moving to New York City . The album was released on July 2013 and entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 2 . Two singles , `` Brave '' and `` I Choose You '' , were released from The Blessed Unrest , with `` Brave '' surpassing `` Love Song '' as her longest-staying song on the Billboard Hot 100 . According to Epic Records , Bareilles has sold over 1.75 million albums and 9 million singles in the United States .",
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"text": "Premios Oye! Premios Oye ! ( Premio Nacional a la Música Grabada ) are presented annually by the Academia Nacional de la Música en México for outstanding achievements in the Mexican record industry . The awards ceremony features performances by important national and international artists like Robbie Williams , Sarah Brightman , Shakira , Juanes , Paul McCartney and Lily Allen among others . The awards were established in 2002 by the ANAMUSA ( Academia Nacional de la Música ) in order to reward composers , artists , record companies and every person who is involved in the music industry . This recognizes the very best of musical production without counting the position where the artists charted in the Mexican Albums Chart . The equivalent of Premios Oye ! ( Spanish , meaning `` Hear ! Awards '' ) to the United States 's Grammy Awards . It is telecast by Televisa in Mexico through its Canal de las Estrellas and on Univision in the USA .",
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"text": "Los Premios 40 Principales for Best Latin Artist The Premios 40 Principales for Best Latin Artist is an honor presented annually at Los Premios 40 Principales , a ceremony that recognizes excellence in music , organised by Spain 's top music radio Los 40 Principales . The award was first seen in 2007 , separated from the Best International Artist category . Shakira is the most awarded artist in this category , being a four-time winner . Juanes follows her with two awards . In 2013 , Ricky Martin became the first non-Colombian artist to notch the award .",
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"text": "Guelo Star Miguel Ángel de Jesús , also known as Guelo Star , is a Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-songwriter , rapper and occasional producer .",
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"text": "Truth and Soul Records Truth & Soul is a record label and production team based in Williamsburg , Brooklyn . It was formed in 2004 by Philippe Lehman , Leon Michels and Jeff Silverman . Truth & Soul was founded in 2004 and has recorded and released the music of El Michels Affair , Bronx River Parkway , Quincy Bright , The Evil D 's , Lee Fields and The Expressions , The Fabulous Three , Cosmic Force , The Olympians , Tyrone Ashley 's Funky Music Machine , The Ghetto Brothers , The Phenomenal Handclap Band , and Bama & The Family . In 2008 Truth & Soul produced and released the Lee Fields & The Expressions album `` My World '' to critical acclaim . The same year they produced Aloe Blacc 's sophomore record , Good Things , which was released on Stones Throw records on September 28 , 2010 . Truth & Soul has remixed `` Love Is a Losing Game '' by Amy Winehouse , the Gabriella Cilmi single `` Sweet About Me '' , Dinah Washington 's `` Cry Me A River '' for Verve Remixed 4 , and Truth & Soul are credited as writers on Adele 's grammy nominated album , 19 . Their records have been sampled by Ghostface Killah , Just Blaze , Jay-Z , Young Jeezy .",
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"text": "Olé (Azúcar Moreno album) Olé is the ninth studio album by Spanish duo Azúcar Moreno , released on Sony International in 1998 . After the commercial success of the 1996 album Esclava De Tu Piel which had produced five hit singles followed by `` Muévete Salvaje '' from the 1997 hits compilation Mucho Azúcar - Grandes Éxitos , Azúcar Moreno teamed up with producer Ricardo `` Eddy '' Martinez in Miami again for the recording of 1998 album Olé . The album included further original material from Spanish singer Miguel Gallardo and Luis Cabañas , the team that had composed most of the singles on the preceding Esclava De Tu Piel , collaborations between Gallardo and David Ferrero and Pedro del Moral , songs by producer Richardo `` Eddy '' Martinez and it also saw one of the Salazar sisters , Encarna , making her debut as composer on the track `` Dime Que Me Quieres '' . Production-wise Olé followed the winning combination of up-to-date club beats fused with flamenco and rock and contrasting R&B influenced ballads and rumbas , arrangement-wise the album differed slightly to its predecessor as it featured live strings on several titles . The album also closes with the acoustic `` No Pretenderás '' , with instrumentation of just flamenco guitars and palmas - and a guest appearance by the duo 's brothers Los Chunguitos . The lead single was the title track `` Olé '' , just like `` Sólo Se Vive Una Vez '' musically influenced by contemporary dance genres like reggaeton and dancehall but , as the title suggests , lyrically a tribute to the duo 's native Spain . `` Olé '' was also released as two separate remix singles , the second entitled Olé - The Summer '99 Remixes featuring the track remixed and with additional production by renowned Latin remixer , DJ , music producer and arranger Pablo Flores , best known for being Gloria Estefan 's personal remixer but also for having co-produced major hits for among others Madonna , Chayanne , Shakira and Ricky Martin . Flores ' Club Mix of `` Olé '' was substantially rearranged from the original , not just by speeding up the tempo for the dancefloor but by adding new orchestration of brass , flamenco guitars and castanets to emphasize the song 's lyrics and the track proved to be another big hit single for Azúcar Moreno in both Spain and Latin America . The second single released and second big hit was '' ¡ Mecachis ! '' ( `` Mechachis en la mar '' a mildly profane expression , roughly translated as `` Damnit ! '' ) , a midtempo dance track again written by Miguel Gallardo and Luis Cabañas and also issued with a series of dance remixes on the ¡ Mechachis ! - The Alabim-Bom-Ba-Remixes release , mixed by co-producers Pedro del Moral and David Ferrero . Further hit singles from the album include `` Cumbaya '' , the double A-side `` Ese Beso '' / `` No Pretenderás '' and `` Agua Que No Has De Beber '' . While Olé did n't manage to match the extraordinary sales figures of the preceding Esclava De Tu Piel - half a million in Spain alone - it did sell some two-hundred thousand copies and was later awarded double platinum in Spain .",
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"text": "Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez ( born February 3 , 1977 ) , known by his stage name Daddy Yankee , is a Puerto Rican singer , songwriter , rapper , actor and record producer . Ayala was born in Río Piedras , San Juan , Puerto Rico , and was raised in the neighborhood of Villa Kennedy Housing Projects . He is known as the `` King of Reggaetón '' by music critics and fans alike . Ayala aspired to be a professional baseball player , and tried out for the Seattle Mariners of the Major League Baseball . Before he could be officially signed , he was hit by a stray round from an AK-47 rifle while taking a break from a studio recording session with reggaeton mix tape icon DJ Playero . Ayala spent roughly one and a half years recovering from the wound ; the bullet was never removed from his hip , and he credits the shooting incident with allowing him to focus entirely on a music career . In 2004 , Daddy Yankee released his internationally acclaimed single `` Gasolina '' , which is credited with introducing Reggaeton to audiences worldwide , and making the music genre a global phenomenon . Since then , he has sold over 18 million albums . Daddy Yankee 's album Barrio Fino made history when it became the top selling Latin music album of the decade between 2000-2009 .",
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"text": "Ronald Torreyes Ronald Alcides Torreyes Solorsano ( born September 2 , 1992 ) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball ( MLB ) . He previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers .",
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"text": "Let's Go (Trick Daddy song) `` Let 's Go '' is the first single by American rapper Trick Daddy from his sixth studio album Thug Matrimony : Married to the Streets . It features Twista and Lil Jon and was produced by Jim Jonsin and Bigg D . The song became a top ten hit , reaching # 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it Trick Daddy 's most successful single of his career . The song samples `` Crazy Train '' by Ozzy Osbourne . It was used in the films Stomp the Yard ( 2007 ) and Neighbors ( 2014 ) in addition to the extended trailer for Megamind ( 2010 ) . A remix of the song that is completely produced by Lil Jon is featured on the bonus CD of Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz 's album Crunk Juice . It is not to be confused with a song of the same name by Travis Barker , which also featured Twista and Lil Jon .",
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"text": "Bayside Yankees The Bayside Yankees is a traveling baseball team based out of the New York City area that comprises five teams consisting of players ranging in age from 12 to 18 years old . With a tradition rich of winning championships and producing top baseball talents , Bayside has built the reputation as one of the best amateur baseball organizations in the country and history of travel baseball . Thus , they have adopted for themselves the nickname , `` Aaaaaaamerica 's Team '' . Founder and head coach of the Senior Yankees , Marc Cuseta , has gained notoriety among all of baseball coaches by leading Bayside through numerous national championships and producing top level talents who extend to play college and professional baseball . He and his coaches recruit and accept top talent players from across the country who show a love for the game , setting their season to compete in prestigious national tournaments against the elite teams in the nation . Their goals are not only to win , but to further develop the players and allow them to gain as much exposure possible to college coaches , scouts and Major League Baseball . Many college programs and professional organizations , have frequently called upon Cuseta to send his highly talented players to their college and organization . In its history , Bayside Yankee players have earned scholarships to universities such as the University of Miami , Clemson University , Vanderbilt University , St. John 's University , Duke University , Wake Forest University , University of North Carolina , University of Arizona , Georgia Tech , University of Notre Dame , Oklahoma State , Florida State , Virginia Tech , University of Pittsburgh , Tulane University , University of Kentucky , and top junior colleges . Dozens of Bayside Yankee players have moved onto professional baseball careers . After finishing the 2012 summer season and going 1-2 in the Connie Mack World Series , Cuseta has 1,999 wins in amateur baseball . 2,000 should come relatively soon as the BY 's start their 2012 fall season . NABF NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1983 , 1986 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 ( sophomore division ) , 2008 CABA SENIOR WORLD CHAMPIONS 1997 , 1998 , 1999 & 2003 NABF REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , & 2006 NEW YORK LIBERTY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1989 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , & 2007 EAST COBB ( RAWLINGS / WORTH ) SUMMER CLASSIC CHAMPIONS 2005 ALABAMA BOMBERS SUMMER CLASSIC CHAMPIONS 2005 JOE GRACI MEMORIAL TOURNANMENT 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , & 2007 NEW YORK CITY FEDERATION CHAMPIONS 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 & 1992 LONG ISLAND BASEBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 1982 , 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 & 1999 BIG APPLE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1998 , 1992 & 1996 SUFFOLK COUNTY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1992 NABF JUNIOR MID ATLANTIC REGIONAL CHAMPIONS 1993 , 1994 , 2006 FABL SUFFOLK COUNTY CHAMPIONS 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 2001 , & 2006 EAST COBB WOOD BAT TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2000 NATIONAL JUNIOR BASEBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS ( ELITE WOOD BAT DIVISION CHAMPS ) 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , & 2006 ATLANTIC COAST ELITE BASEBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2001 , 2002 & 2004 USA BASEBALL JUNIOR OLYMPIC SUPER SERIES CHAMPIONS 1993 AABC NORTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL CHAMPIONS ( CONNIE MACK ) 2003 SENIOR PREMIER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2006 , 2007 OSCEOLA COUNTY INVITATIONAL 16U 2007",
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"text": "Yankee Global Enterprises Yankee Global Enterprises is an American company which owns the New York Yankees baseball team , along with 20 % stakes in YES Network and the New York City FC soccer team . It was formed in 1999 and is controlled by the family of George Steinbrenner . Other investors including Lester Crown , Donald Keogh , Donald Marron and Jerry Speyer own minority stakes . The company was originally created as YankeeNets , through a merger between the Yankees and the Brooklyn Nets .",
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"text": "Daddy and Them Daddy and Them is a 2001 American film written , directed by , and starring Billy Bob Thornton . In addition to Thornton , it stars Laura Dern , Andy Griffith , Ben Affleck , Kelly Preston , Diane Ladd , Brenda Blethyn , Tuesday Knight , Jamie Lee Curtis and Jim Varney . This was Jim Varney 's last live-action film ; he died a year before the movie 's release . It was also his penultimate movie . The original plan was to release the film in theaters , but the film got only limited distribution as Miramax found the film not `` commercial '' enough . Daddy and Them opened to positive reviews , with many critics praising the film 's southern humour , Thornton 's work as a writer/director , and the performances of the entire cast . It currently holds an 83 % rating on the review site Rotten Tomatoes .",
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"text": "1992 New York Yankees season The New York Yankees ' 1992 season was the 90th season for the Yankees and their first under manager Buck Showalter . The team looked to improve their standings from 1991 when they finished fifth in the American League Eastern Division with a 71-91 record . The Yankees did improve their record by five games and finished tied for fourth place with the Cleveland Indians at 76-86 , twenty games behind the eventual world champion Toronto Blue Jays . The team finished with a losing record for the fourth consecutive year , with 86 the fewest losses in that span . This was the last season , to date , that the Yankees finished with a losing record . The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium .",
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"text": "Daddy Kev Kevin Marques Moo ( born 1974 ) , better known by his stage name Daddy Kev , is a Grammy-nominated mixer , mastering engineer and producer from Los Angeles , California . He is the owner of Alpha Pup Records and founder of Low End Theory . He has produced tracks for rappers such as Awol One , Busdriver , Sage Francis , and Subtitle . He is one half of the duo Reefer along with Nicholas Thorburn of Islands . Pitchfork Media describes him as `` one of the Los Angeles underground 's most visionary producers ... His style exemplifies the steady bleeding of hip-hop culture into the more highbrow aspects of art . ''",
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"text": "Farruko discography The discography of Farruko , a Puerto Rican singer , consists of four studio albums , 26 singles , one Mistape , and five Compilation Albums . Collaborations are also included . Farruko has been singing since he was 16 Years old . He has sung reggaeton , merengue , bachata , pop , and Latin dance . He has collaborated with artists such as Daddy Yankee , Arcangel , Ñengo Flow , and Yandel . Farruko released his first song `` Sexo Fuera Del Planeta '' in 2008 through the Internet and gained fame in Puerto Rico . Farruko released his first album `` El Talento Del Bloque '' which produced hit singles , `` Su Hija Me Gusta '' featuring Jose Feliciano , `` Nena Fichu '' , and `` Te Iré a Buscar '' . His second album , released in 2012 , featured collaborations with Puerto Rican superstar Daddy Yankee , and Cuban star Micha . The album spawned six singles but only three of them were international hits : `` Va a Ser Abuela '' , `` Feel the Rhythm '' , and `` Titerito '' . He was invited to Sabado Gigante , and Esta Noche Tu Night to perform the hit single `` Feel the Rhythm '' . The album was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album in 2012 . Farruko 's third album `` Imperio Nazza : Farruko Edition '' , was a better album with Daddy Yankee collaborating with Farruko once again , J Alvarez also Featured on the album along with Arcangel , De La Ghetto , Reykon , and Zion & Lennox . The album received high ratings , and It was a fan favorito album . The smash hit was `` Besas Tan Bien '' and `` Mi Vida No Va a Cambiar '' alongside Arcangel which was not a single on the album . `` Voy a 100 '' was also a number 1 hit in Latin America .",
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"text": "Yankee (ferry) Yankee ( also known as Machigonne ) is an early-20th-century steel hulled ferry which is registered as a historic vessel with the National Register of Historic Places . As of 2006 it was berthed in Hoboken , New Jersey . In mid-2013 , the ferry was moved to the Henry Street pier in the Gowanus Bay Terminal in Red Hook , Brooklyn .",
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"text": "Eddie Dee discography The discography of Eddie Dee , a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and recording artist , consists of two studio albums , two compilation albums , a mixtape , and two recopilation albums as of December 2015 . Eddie Dee began his career in 1990 and launched his debut studio album three years later . His second album became popular in Puerto Rico and was titled Tagwut in 1997 . It featured the hit single `` Señor Official '' . His following releases El Terrorista de la Lírica ( 2000 ) and Biografía ( 2001 ) , too enjoyed underground success . The 2004 album 12 Discípulos is regarded as `` the greatest reggaetón various artist album of all time '' . The album features songs by some of the most successful reggaetón artist , including the intro of the album , where they all come together as one to show that `` unity is needed for the genre reggaetón to survive and evolve '' . It was a collaboration between eleven other artist including Daddy Yankee , Tego Calderon , Ivy Queen , and Vico C among others , who were among the most requested at the time . The track , known as `` Los 12 Discípulos '' or `` Quítate Tu Pa ' Ponerme Yo '' reached number eight on the Billboard Tropical Songs chart , and was nominated for a 2005 Billboard Latin Music Award for `` Tropical Airplay Track of the Year , New Artist '' . The album itself reached number one on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart for three nonconsecutive weeks .",
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"text": "Finally Famous: Born a Thug, Still a Thug Finally Famous : Born a Thug , Still a Thug is the eighth studio album by American rapper Trick Daddy . It was released on September 15 , 2009 , under Dunk Ryders Records , Slip-N-Slide Records , & Atlantic Records . The album features Rayzor , KC , Dunk Ryders , Kanesha Curry , Janet Lawrence , Bad Guy , Desloc , Murk Champ , Ballgreezy , Ice `` Billion '' Berg , Benji Brown , Betty Wright , Jackie Henton , Erin Lynn and Shonie . The first single for the album is `` Why They Jock '' featuring Ice `` Billion '' Berg and Murk Champ , with production from Mizzle Boy . The album debuted at number 34 on The Billboard 200 selling 13,000 copies in its first week .",
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"text": "Big Daddy (album) Big Daddy is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp , released in 1989 by Mercury Records . It was his last album to be released under the name John Cougar Mellencamp , a combination of his real name and his original stage name of Johnny Cougar . The album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and contained the singles `` Pop Singer '' and `` Jackie Brown , '' which peaked at No. 15 and 48 , respectively , on the Billboard Hot 100 . A re-mastered version of the album was released on May 24 , 2005 , and contains a bonus acoustic version of `` Jackie Brown . '' Like The Lonesome Jubilee , Big Daddy is folk-inspired as violins and fiddles ( among other instruments ) are significantly utilized on a number of tracks . The album 's lyrics largely take a serious tone and the album as a whole is regarded by some as Mellencamp 's most reflective . In 1991 , Mellencamp said : '' ` Big Daddy ' was the best record I ever made . Out of my agony came a couple of really beautiful songs . You ca n't be 22 years old and had two dates and understand that album . ''",
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"text": "Un-American Un-American is a pejorative term of U.S. political discourse which is applied to ideas , people or institutions in the United States seen as deviating from what are widely perceived to be fundamental American cultural and political values . The most famous use is in the title of the House Un-American Activities Committee which was started to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens , public employees , and those organizations suspected of having Communist ties . By 1959 , former President Harry S. Truman had denounced the Committee as the `` most un-American thing in the country today '' . The Committee lost considerable prestige as the 1960s progressed , and it was abolished by the House of Representatives in 1975 . The use and meaning of the term is by no means uniform in the US . Due in part to these historical associations with political abuses and jingoism , the attitudes of Americans toward the pejorative use of `` Un-American '' are often critical or suspicious . Moreover , Americans may vary widely in what they believe to be un-American .",
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"text": "Aurelio Cano Flores Aurelio Cano Flores ( born 3 May 1972 ) , commonly referred to by his aliases Yankee and/or Yeyo , is an imprisoned drug trafficker and former high-ranking leader of the Gulf Cartel , a Mexican drug trafficking organization . He is also a former member of the Federal Judicial Police in Tamaulipas . Born in the state of Tamaulipas , Cano Flores became a drug trafficker in 2001 while still serving as a police officer . His role in Mexican law enforcement and his ties with the Gulf Cartel allowed him to recruit several other policemen into the criminal organization 's ranks . As a high-ranking leader , Cano Flores served as the regional boss of the Gulf Cartel in Los Guerra , a town in the municipality of Ciudad Miguel Alemán , Tamaulipas . He was also a leader in Camargo , Tamaulipas , where he coordinated heroin , cocaine , and marijuana shipments to the United States . In 2010 he was named in a U.S. federal indictment with 19 other high-ranking drug lords of La Compañía ( The Company ) , a name used to describe the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas as a conglomerate . He was arrested by the Mexican federal police on June 2009 and extradited to the United States while pending drug trafficking charges on 19 August 2011 . Cano Flores was later sentenced to 35 years in prison and ordered to forfeit US$ 15 billion on 13 May 2013 , making him `` highest ranking Gulf Cartel member to be convicted by a U.S. jury in the past 15 years . ''",
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"text": "Damn Yankees (band) Damn Yankees were an American rock supergroup formed in 1989 , consisting of Tommy Shaw of Styx , Jack Blades of Night Ranger , Ted Nugent of The Amboy Dukes and a successful solo career , and Michael Cartellone ( then an unknown drummer who would later join Lynyrd Skynyrd ) .",
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"text": "The Magnificent Yankee The Magnificent Yankee may refer to : The Magnificent Yankee ( play ) ( 1946 ) , by Emmet Lavery The Magnificent Yankee ( 1950 film ) , adapted by Emmet Lavery and directed by John Sturges The Magnificent Yankee ( 1965 film ) , adapted by Robert Hartung , and directed by George Schaefer",
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"text": "Daddy (Beyoncé song) `` Daddy '' is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her debut studio album , Dangerously in Love ( 2003 ) . It was composed by Beyoncé as well as Mark Batson . The song was not originally intended to be featured on the final track listing of the album . Beyoncé was able to record the song as the release date of her debut album had been postponed . `` Daddy '' was released to US iTunes Store as a digital single on June 3 , 2003 , through Columbia Records . Beyoncé explained that the song 's development was motivated by the devotion and the loyalty her father/manager , Mathew Knowles has towards his family members . Many of the songs on the album examine aspects of relationships . However , `` Daddy '' was considered to be an element analyzing the kinship ties between a father and his offspring from a different and more powerful perspective . Music critics , who generally received the song with positive reception , commented that the song was a way for Beyoncé to pay tribute to her father .",
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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": "The Bronx Is Burning The Bronx Is Burning is a television drama that debuted on ESPN on July 10 , 2007 , after the 2007 MLB Home Run Derby . It is an eight-episode mini-series adapted from Jonathan Mahler 's best-selling book , Ladies and Gentlemen , the Bronx Is Burning . The book focuses on baseball 's triumph over the turmoil and hysteria of 1977 New York City and how the New York Yankees came to embody the hopes and fears of an unforgettable summer with Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson 's warfare under George Steinbrenner 's leadership . The show stars Daniel Sunjata , Oliver Platt , and John Turturro , while executive producers Mike Tollin , Brian Robbins , Joe Davola , writer and executive producer James Solomon , and director Jeremiah Chechik work on the show . The series is produced by ESPN Original Entertainment in conjunction with Tollin/Robbins Productions . Filming began on September 18 , 2006 , in Connecticut and New York . The 2007 debut of the series marked the 30th anniversary of the 1977 World Series win for the Yankees , the first under Steinbrenner . After airing on ESPN , the episodes were placed ABC on Demand .",
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"text": "Americana Americana are artifacts , or a collection of artifacts , related to the history , geography , folklore and cultural heritage of the United States . Many kinds of material fall within the definition of Americana : paintings , prints and drawings ; license plates or entire vehicles , household objects , tools and weapons ; flags , plaques and statues , and so on . Patriotism and nostalgia play defining roles in the subject . The things involved need not be old , but need to have the appropriate associations . The Atlantic described the term as `` slang for the comforting , middle-class ephemera at your average antique store -- things like needle-pointed pillows , Civil War daguerreotypes , and engraved silverware sets . '' The term may be used to describe the theme of a museum or collection , or of goods for sale . The term can also be used to describe studies of American culture , especially studies based in other countries . Americana music is contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music styles , including country , roots-rock , folk , bluegrass and blues , resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound .",
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"text": "Jackie Jackson Sigmund Esco `` Jackie '' Jackson ( born May 4 , 1951 ) is an American singer and musician . Jackson is best known for being a member of The Jackson 5 . Jackson is the second child of the Jackson family and the oldest Jackson brother .",
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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": "Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson ( born May 16 , 1966 ) is an American singer , songwriter , dancer and actress . Known for sonically innovative , socially conscious , and sexually provocative records , elaborate stage shows , and high-profile television and film roles , she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 30 years . The youngest child of the Jackson family , she began her career with the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976 and went on to appear in other television shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s , including Good Times and Fame . After signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982 , she became a pop icon following the release of her third studio album Control ( 1986 ) . Her collaborations with record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis incorporated elements of rhythm and blues , funk , disco , rap , and industrial beats , which led to crossover success in popular music . In 1991 Jackson signed the first of two record-breaking multimillion-dollar contracts with Virgin Records , establishing her as one of the highest paid artists in the industry . Her debut album under the label , Janet ( 1993 ) , saw her develop a public image as a sex symbol as she began to explore sexuality in her work . That same year , she appeared in her first starring film role in Poetic Justice ; she has continued to act in feature films . By the end of the 1990s , she was the second most successful recording artist of the decade . The release of her seventh studio album All for You ( 2001 ) coincided with a celebration of her impact on popular music as the inaugural MTV Icon . After parting ways with Virgin she released her tenth studio album , Discipline ( 2008 ) , her first and only album with Island Records . In 2015 she partnered with BMG Rights Management to launch her own record label , Rhythm Nation , and released her eleventh studio album Unbreakable the same year . Having sold over 100 million records , Jackson is one of the best-selling artists in the history of contemporary music . She has amassed an extensive catalog , with singles such as `` Nasty '' , `` Rhythm Nation '' , `` That 's the Way Love Goes '' , `` Together Again '' and `` All for You '' ; she holds the record for the most consecutive top 10 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart by a female artist with 18 . In 2016 , Billboard placed her number seven on its list of the Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists , and in 2010 ranked her fifth among the `` Top 50 R&B / Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years '' . In December 2016 , the magazine named her the second most successful dance club artist of all-time . One of the world 's most awarded artists , her longevity , records and achievements reflect her influence in shaping and redefining the scope of popular music . She has been cited as an inspiration among numerous performers .",
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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": "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": "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": "Joe Jackson Joe Jackson or Joseph Jackson may refer to :",
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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": "This Is It (concerts) This Is It was a planned residency show of 50 concerts by Michael Jackson at the O2 Arena in London , scheduled to run from July 2009 to March 2010 . The shows were to be Jackson 's first major series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour finished in 1997 . With all concerts sold out , Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and died less than three weeks before the first concert was scheduled to begin . Jackson announced This Is It at a press conference in the O2 Arena , stating that it would be his final series of concerts in London . AEG Live , the concert promoters , released a promotional video that took up an entire commercial break , setting a record for ITV . Initially only 10 concerts were announced , but following public demand 40 more concerts were added . Ticket sales broke several records and Jackson 's album sales increased following the announcement ; AEG Live estimated that the first 10 dates alone would have earned Jackson approximately # 50 million . In preparation for the concert series , Jackson had been collaborating with high-profile figures including fashion designer Christian Audigier , choreographer Kenny Ortega and bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno . Prior to Jackson 's death , Allgood Entertainment sued Jackson for $ 40 million , claiming that he had breached an exclusivity agreement with them by agreeing to the This Is It concerts . The case was dismissed . After Jackson 's death , AEG Live offered either refunds to ticket holders or a special `` souvenir '' ticket designed by Jackson . The cancelled shows , record-breaking ticket sales and potential for a world tour made This Is It `` the greatest concert -LSB- s -RSB- that never happened . '' Columbia Pictures acquired the footage of the rehearsals and released a concert film , Michael Jackson 's This Is It , accompanied by a compilation album of the same name .",
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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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"text": "The Family Way (soundtrack) The Family Way is a soundtrack recording composed by Paul McCartney , released in January 1967 . The album is the soundtrack to the 1966 film of the same name , directed by Roy Boulting and starring Hayley Mills . Produced and arranged by George Martin , the album was credited to `` The George Martin Orchestra '' and issued under the full title The Family Way ( Original Soundtrack Album ) . A 45rpm single , again credited to the George Martin Orchestra , was issued on 23 December 1966 , comprising `` Love in the Open Air '' backed with `` Theme From ` The Family Way ' '' , as United Artists UP1165 . The Family Way won an Ivor Novello Award in 1967 . It was remastered and released on CD in 1996 with new musical compositions not on the original 1967 soundtrack album . The recording took place over November and December 1966 , before the Beatles began work on their album Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band . McCartney 's involvement in the project was minimal , according to biographer Howard Sounes , who quotes Martin 's recollection that he had to `` pester Paul for the briefest scrap of a tune '' with which to start writing the score . After McCartney had provided `` a sweet little fragment of a waltz tune '' , Martin continued , `` I was able to complete the score . '' Although The Family Way was released in January 1967 , most commentators consider George Harrison 's Wonderwall Music ( 1968 ) , also a film soundtrack , to be the first solo album by a member of the Beatles . Unlike with McCartney 's film score , Harrison directed and produced the recordings for Wonderwall Music , in addition to playing on some of the album . Following a 2003 CD reissue in mono , in 2011 a new remastered version of the soundtrack was released by Varese Vintage that featured the original 1967 score by Paul McCartney in the original sequence , remastered from the original first generation stereo master tapes , and included the unreleased stereo mix of `` A Theme From The Family Way '' as a bonus track , which had appeared originally as the B-side of the 1966 UK/US 7-inch single by the Tudor Minstrels .",
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"text": "The Miracles discography The Miracles were the Motown Record Corporation 's first group and its first million-selling recording artists . During their nineteen-year run on the American music charts , The Miracles charted over fifty hits and recorded in the genres of doo wop , soul , disco , and R&B . Twenty-six Miracles songs reached the Top Ten of the Billboard R&B singles chart , including four R&B number ones . Sixteen of the Miracles ' songs charted within the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 , with seven of those songs reaching the Top Ten and two -- 1970 's `` The Tears of a Clown '' and 1975 's `` Love Machine '' ( Part 1 ) -- reaching number-one . A third song , the million-selling `` Shop Around '' reached # 1 on the Cash Box magazine Pop chart . The Miracles also scored 11 U.S. R&B Top 10 Albums , including 2 - # 1 's . According to several websites , the Miracles are one of the most oft-covered groups in recorded history and the most covered Motown group ever . Their music and songs have influenced artists all over the world -- in every major musical genre -- over the last 50 years . They also have the distinction of having more songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame than any other Motown group . ( Original lineup : Claudette Rogers Robinson , Bobby Rogers , Ronnie White , Smokey Robinson , Marv Tarplin , Pete Moore ) . All releases were on Motown Records ' Tamla subsidiary label unless otherwise indicated . In the 1960s , Motown Record Corporation , like many independent labels , did not register sales figures through the RIAA , the organization that certifies and awards Gold Records . So it is difficult to determine the full number of Miracles songs and recordings that sold a million or more records . Also , with the passing of decades of time , some songs that did not sell a million records on their initial release may have indeed done so over the years . However , several reference works , such as the books Hits Of The Sixties : The Million Sellers by Demitri Coryton & Joseph Murrells , as well as The Book Of Golden Discs - by Joseph Murrells - point out that the Miracles had several million - selling records during their career , including the following : Shop Around ( 1961 ) , You 've Really Got a Hold on Me ( 1962 ) , Mickey 's Monkey ( 1963 ) , The Tracks Of My Tears ( 1965 ) , Going To A Go-Go , ( single and album ) ( 1965 ) , I Second That Emotion ( 1967 ) , Baby Baby Do n't Cry ( 1969 ) , The Tears of a Clown * ( 1970 ) , Do It Baby ( 1974 ) , Love Machine * ( 1975 ) , and the Platinum album City Of Angels ( 1975 ) . This is quite probably an incomplete list , since Miracle Pete Moore states on his corporate website , that The Miracles actually had 12 Gold Records to their credit by 1967 , including 1965 's Ooo Baby Baby . multi-million sellers . Note : The Miracles ' 2006 DVD release The Definitive Performances ( 1963 -- 1987 ) was also certified Gold by the R.I.A.A.",
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"text": "La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family La Toya : Growing up in the Jackson Family is an autobiography written by American singer La Toya Jackson , and co-authored by celebrity biography author Patricia Romanowski . The book was originally released on February 7 , 1991 , around the same time as Jackson 's seventh studio album No Relations . In this autobiography , Jackson accuses her father , Joseph , of child abuse , and goes into detail on the personal lives of her superstar siblings Michael and Janet as well as Jermaine , Randy , Tito , and Rebbie Jackson 's struggle under the spotlight . The Jackson family denied all of her allegations . At the time the book was written , Jackson was married to her reportedly abusive manager Jack Gordon , who she now accuses of inserting his own stories into her autobiography to embarrass her family and make her appear to be a `` drama queen '' . Jackson reunited with her family in the late 1990s after leaving Gordon . On her interview with Larry King in 2003 she said that she respectfully accepted her father 's apologies for the way he treated her and her siblings as children . The autobiography was re-issued under various titles throughout the 1990s . The original hardcover edition spent several weeks atop the New York Times Bestseller List . In the weeks leading up to the release of the book , Gordon ordered that the transcript be kept in a high-security vault out of fear that the Jackson family would attempt to sabotage the project .",
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"text": "Morgan family The Morgan family was an American financial and banking dynasty , which became prominent in the U.S. and throughout the world in the late 19th century and early 20th century . Members of the family amassed an immense fortune over the generations , primarily through the noted work of John Pierpont ( J. P. ) Morgan ( 1837 -- 1913 ) . Morgan members were notable for dominating the banking industry during their time . J.P. Morgan was the de facto leader of this dynasty , having been the most prominent businessman in America at the turn of the century . He revolutionized numerous industries , including electricity , railroad , and steel . Through his business methods , he was highly successful in asserting his power as one of the most influential businessmen in America . Historians describe the Morgan family along with its web of partners to be part of the large American banking empire known as the House of Morgan . It is difficult to place an exact beginning and end date on the dynasty . However , many scholars attribute the death of J.P. Morgan to the end of the banking dynasty . American journalist and historian Ron Chernow wrote about the prominence of this dynasty under J.S. Morgan and J.P. Morgan . In The House of Morgan : An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance , he chronicles the lives of the Morgans , whose lives are `` encrusted with legend ... ripe with mystery , -LSB- and -RSB- exposed to such bitter polemics '' .",
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"text": "Sally Jackson Sally Jackson is an American scholar of argumentation , communication , and rhetoric . She is a professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign . Jackson earned all three of her degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has held faculty positions at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ( 1979-1982 ) , Michigan State University ( 1982-1985 ) , University of Oklahoma ( 1985-1990 ) , and the University of Arizona ( 1991-2007 ) . At Arizona she also served in a series of administrative positions , including Vice Provost/Vice President for Learning and Information Technologies and Chief Information Officer . In 2007 she returned to the University of Illinois as a faculty member and Chief Information Officer of the campus . She resigned from the position of CIO in 2011 to protest administrative changes that she feared would harm the Urbana campus ' status as a world leader in information technology but remains a faculty member . The central theme in Professor Jackson 's work has been communication design , with specific interests ranging from the natural design of argumentation to highly engineered systems for managing complex human activities . Her work has appeared in Communication Monographs , Communication Theory , Journal of the American Forensic Association , Quarterly Journal of Speech , and Argumentation , among other journals . She has written or co-authored three books . Selected Works : Aakhus , M. , & Jackson , S. ( 2005 ) . Technology , design , and interaction . In K. Fitch & R. E. Sanders ( Eds ) . , Handbook of Language and Social Interaction '' , ( pp. 411-436 ) . Malwah , NJ : Erlbaum . Jackson , S. , & Brashers , D. E. ( 1994 ) . Random Factors in ANOVA , Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences . Newbury Park , CA : Sage . Jackson , S. , & Wolski , S. ( 2001 ) . Identification of and adaptation to students ' preinstructional beliefs in introductory communication research methods : Contributions of interactive web technology . Communication Education , 50 , 189-205 . Eemeren , F. H. van , Grootendorst , R. , Jackson , S. , & Jacobs , S. ( 1993 ) . Reconstructing argumentative discourse . Tuscaloosa , AL : University of Alabama . Jackson , S. ( 1992 ) . Message effects research : Principles of design and analysis '' . New York : Guilford . Selected Awards Include : from the National Communication Association : Charles Woolbert Research Award , 1995 Golden Anniversary Monograph Award , 1981 Outstanding Scholarship Award , Language and Social Interaction Division , 2005 from the American Forensic Association : Daniel Rohrer Memorial Research Award , 1993 from the International Society for the Study of Argumentation : Distinguished Scholar Award , 1997",
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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": "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": "Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour Live in Bucharest : The Dangerous Tour is a live concert DVD by American recording artist Michael Jackson released on July 25 , 2005 . The DVD was previously included with The Ultimate Collection box set in 2004 . The concert took place during Jackson 's first leg on his Dangerous World Tour on October 1 , 1992 at the Bucharest National Stadium , with a sold-out attendance of 90,000 . This concert is the first concert by Jackson that has been officially released on DVD in the United States , also released in Asia market on double Video CD . The other official releases by Michael Jackson is a VHS of his HIStory World Tour concert in Seoul , South Korea , and it was released only in South Korea in 1996 , and Live at Wembley July 16 , 1988 , which is the second leg of his Bad World Tour . There are various versions of the footage of the same concert that exist . The first version was broadcast the next day by BBC ; following Jackson 's death , this version was rebroadcast on BNN/Ned3 . All the footage in this version is from the Bucharest concert . The version that appears on the DVD was broadcast on HBO in 1992 , which became the highest audience in the channel 's history for a single broadcast . This version , while mostly having footage of Jackson performing at the Bucharest Concert ( some in alternate camera angles in comparison to the BBC version ) , also consisted of footage from concerts in other locations such as Madrid and London . Also missing were the `` Brace Yourself '' video introduction and the `` We Are the World Interlude , '' which were included in the original BBC Telecast . The crowd screaming and intro before `` Wan na Be Startin ' Somethin' '' is featured in Michael 's 2010 song `` Behind the Mask '' .",
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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": "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": "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": "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": "Geography of London London is the largest urban area and capital city of the United Kingdom , located in southeastern Great Britain . The London region covers an area of 1579 km2 , and had a population of 7,172,036 in 2001 and a population density of 4,542 people per square kilometre . A larger area , referred to as the London Metropolitan Region or the London Metropolitan Agglomeration covers an area of 8382 km2 , and had a population of 12,653,500 and a population density of 1,510 people per square kilometre . London is a port on the Thames ( see main article Port of London ) , a navigable river . The river has had a major influence on the development of the city . London began on the Thames ' north bank and for a long time the main focus of the city remained on the north side of the Thames . For many centuries London Bridge was the only bridge in or close to the city . When more bridges were built in the 18th century , the city expanded in all directions as the mostly flat or gently rolling countryside presented no obstacle to growth .",
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"text": "Hounslow London Borough Council Hounslow London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Hounslow in Greater London , England . It is a London borough council , one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London .",
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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": "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": "Plymouth Plymouth ( -LSB- ˈplɪməθ -RSB- ) is a city on the south coast of Devon , England , about 37 mi south-west of Exeter and 190 mi west-south-west of London , between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west where they join Plymouth Sound to form the boundary with Cornwall . Plymouth 's early history extends to the Bronze Age , when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten . This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire , until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton founded in the ninth century , now called Plymouth . In 1620 , the Pilgrim Fathers departed Plymouth for the New World and established Plymouth Colony -- the second English settlement in what is now the United States of America . During the English Civil War the town was held by the Parliamentarians and was besieged between 1642 and 1646 . Throughout the Industrial Revolution , Plymouth grew as a commercial shipping port , handling imports and passengers from the Americas , and exporting local minerals ( tin , copper , lime , china clay and arsenic ) while the neighbouring town of Devonport became a strategic Royal Naval shipbuilding and dockyard town . In 1914 three neighbouring independent towns , viz. , the county borough of Plymouth , the county borough of Devonport , and the urban district of East Stonehouse were merged to form a single County Borough . The combined town took the name of Plymouth which , in 1928 , achieved city status . The city 's naval importance later led to its targeting and partial destruction during World War II , an act known as the Plymouth Blitz . After the war the city centre was completely rebuilt and subsequent expansion led to the incorporation of Plympton and Plymstock along with other outlying suburbs in 1967 . The city is home to people , making it the 30th most populous built-up area in the United Kingdom and the second-largest city in the South West , after Bristol . It is governed locally by Plymouth City Council and is represented nationally by three MPs . Plymouth 's economy remains strongly influenced by shipbuilding and seafaring including ferry links to Brittany ( Roscoff and St Malo ) and Spain ( Santander ) , but has tended toward a service-based economy since the 1990s . It has the largest operational naval base in Western Europe -- HMNB Devonport and is home to Plymouth University .",
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"text": "Brighton Brighton -LSB- ˈbraɪtən -RSB- is a seaside resort on the south coast of England . It is part of the ceremonial county of East Sussex , within the historic county of Sussex . Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age , Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods . The ancient settlement of `` Brighthelmstone '' was documented in the Domesday Book ( 1086 ) . The town 's importance grew in the Middle Ages as the Old Town developed , but it languished in the early modern period , affected by foreign attacks , storms , a suffering economy and a declining population . Brighton began to attract more visitors following improved road transport to London and becoming a boarding point for boats travelling to France . The town also developed in popularity as a health resort for sea bathing as a purported cure for illnesses . In the Georgian era , Brighton developed as a fashionable seaside resort , encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent , later King George IV , who spent much time in the town and constructed the Royal Pavilion in the Regency era . Brighton continued to grow as a major centre of tourism following the arrival of the railways in 1841 , becoming a popular destination for day-trippers from London . Many of the major attractions were built in the Victorian era , including the Grand Hotel , the West Pier , and the Brighton Palace Pier . The town continued to grow into the 20th century , expanding to incorporate more areas into the town 's boundaries before joining the town of Hove to form the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove in 1997 , which was granted city status in 2000 . Brighton 's location has made it a popular destination for tourists , renowned for its diverse communities , quirky shopping areas , large cultural , music and arts scene and its large LGBT population , leading to its reverence as the `` unofficial gay capital of the UK '' . Brighton attracted 7.5 million day visitors in 2015/16 and 4.9 million overnight visitors , and is the most popular seaside destination in the UK for overseas tourists . Brighton has also been called the UK 's `` hippest city '' , and `` the happiest place to live in the UK '' .",
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"text": "Dutch people in the United Kingdom Dutch people in the United Kingdom , also known as Anglo-Dutch people , include British people of Dutch ancestry and people born in the Netherlands who live in the United Kingdom . The 2001 UK Census recorded 40,438 Dutch-born people residing in the UK . More recent estimates by the Office for National Statistics put the figure at 56,000 in 2013 . The 2011 Census recorded 57,439 Dutch-born residents in England , 1,642 in Wales , 4,117 in Scotland and 515 in Northern Ireland .",
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"text": "Listed buildings in Crawley __ NOTOC __ There are 102 listed buildings and structures in the English borough of Crawley , West Sussex . The Borough of Crawley is based on the town of the same name , located approximately halfway between London and Brighton . Although Crawley expanded substantially after World War II when it was designated a New Town by an Act of Parliament , many older buildings remain . 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 , defined as being of `` exceptional interest '' ; Grade II * , `` particularly important buildings of more than special interest '' ; and Grade II , used for buildings of `` special interest '' . Crawley has three buildings of Grade I status , 12 listed at Grade II * and 87 of Grade II status . The three Grade I buildings are all places of worship , and churches and farmhouses feature frequently in the list . Other structures given recognition by English Heritage include a signal box , a watermill , and the Beehive -- a `` revolutionary '' purpose-built circular building which was the original passenger terminal at Gatwick Airport and the world 's first fully integrated airport terminal . The design of the New Town was based on a series of self-contained residential neighbourhoods around a town centre with commercial and civic buildings . There are now 13 neighbourhoods in the town . Pound Hill and Ifield , old villages absorbed by the postwar development , have 28 and 24 listed buildings respectively . Northgate , which has 18 , includes much of the town centre and the old High Street . Langley Green , in which there are 15 listed buildings , is the largest neighbourhood with a large semi-rural hinterland . Elsewhere , there are six listed buildings in West Green , two each in Bewbush and Southgate , and one in each of Broadfield , Gossops Green , Maidenbower , Three Bridges and Tilgate . Furnace Green is the only neighbourhood with no listed buildings . Crawley Borough Council maintains a list of all listed buildings . Last updated in 2008 , some of its information supersedes the older information carried by English Heritage 's online archive , Images of England , which was compiled in February 2001 . This identifies 95 listed buildings in the borough . An early-19th-century house called Charlwood Park , listed at Grade II on 11 November 1966 , was originally within the parish of Charlwood in the county of Surrey . The Local Government Act 1972 , which moved parts of Surrey ( including Lowfield Heath and Gatwick Airport ) from Surrey into West Sussex , also moved this house into West Sussex and the Borough of Crawley . It was subsequently demolished , but is still shown in the Images of England archive .",
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"text": "London County London County may refer to : Greater London , England , a present-day county City of London , England , a city-county , and enclave of Greater London County of London , England , a former county London County Cricket Club , a short-lived English cricket club",
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"text": "Willesden Willesden ( -LSB- ˈwɪlzdən -RSB- ) is an area in north west London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent . It is situated 5 miles ( 8 km ) northwest of Charing Cross . It was historically a parish in the county of Middlesex , that was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Willesden in 1933 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965 . With its close vicinity to affluent neighbourhoods Brondesbury Park , Queen 's Park and Kensal Rise , the area surrounding Willesden Green station has seen increased gentrification in the past several years , with rapidly rising property prices . The Daily Telegraph called Willesden Green one of London 's `` new middle class '' areas . The area had a population of 44,295 in 2011 including the Willesden Green , Dollis Hill and Dudden Hill wards .",
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"text": "Moscow International Business Center The Moscow International Business Center ( MIBC ) , also known as `` Moscow City '' , ( Московский международный деловой центр `` Москва-Сити '' , Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnıy delovoy tsentr `` Moskva-Citi '' ) is a commercial district in central Moscow , Russia . Located east of the Third Ring Road in the Presnensky District of Central Administrative Okrug , the Moscow City area is currently under development . Construction of the MIBC takes place on the Presnenskaya embankment of the Moscow River , approximately 4 km west of Red Square , and just east of the Third Ring Road . The project occupies an area of 60 hectares , with the territory chosen being the only area in central Moscow that can accommodate such a project . The MIBC is expected to become the first zone in Russia to combine business activity , living space and entertainment in one single development . The Moscow government first conceived the project in 1992 . An estimated 250,000 -- 300,000 people will be working in , living in , or visiting the complex at any given time . MIBC includes 6 skyscrapers with maximum height of 300 meters or more ( Shanghai has 5 , Hong Kong has 6 , Chicago has 6 , New York has 8 ) . Europe 's tallest building , the Federation Tower , is in the MIBC . The complex also includes the second-tallest , third-tallest , fifth-tallest , sixth-tallest , and seventh-tallest buildings in Europe . By 2016 twelve of twenty-three planned facilities of MIBC were already built , seven buildings are in construction and four are in the design stage . __ TOC __",
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"text": "Hampstead Hampstead ( -LSB- ˈhæmpstɪd -RSB- or -LSB- - stɛd -RSB- ) , commonly known as Hampstead Village , is an area of London , England , 4 mi northwest of Charing Cross . Part of the London Borough of Camden , it is known for its intellectual , liberal , artistic , musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath , a large , hilly expanse of parkland . It has some of the most expensive housing in the London area . The village of Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom .",
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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": "Demography of Leeds Leeds , England is the third most populous city in the United Kingdom .",
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"text": "Trolleybuses in London Trolleybuses served the London Passenger Transport Area from 1931 until 1962 . For much of its existence , the London system was the largest in the world . It peaked at 68 routes , with a maximum fleet of 1,811 trolleybuses .",
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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": "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": "Addiscombe Addiscombe -LSB- ˈædᵻskəm -RSB- is an area of south London within the London Borough of Croydon . It is located east of Croydon , and is situated 9.1 mi south of Charing Cross . Addiscombe is a ward , and had a population of 16,883 in 2011 .",
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"text": "List of people by number of countries visited This is a list of people by number of countries and territories visited . There are a number of people claiming to have visited every country in the world , though there is great debate as to how many countries there are in the world . The most commonly agreed base number is the number of United Nations member states , of which there are 193 . According to the United Nations , `` The recognition of a new State or Government is an act that only other States and Governments may grant or withhold . '' As a result , the membership of some countries to the United Nations is blocked by one or more other members , such as Taiwan and Kosovo , and there are also two observer states , the Holy See and the State of Palestine . Additionally , there are various dependencies and territories that maintain autonomy , their own government , immigration , and/or print their own currency , and can be widely held as de facto countries by travellers . ISO 3166 is maintained by ISO as an updated list of the aforementioned derived from United Nations sources ( Terminology Bulletin Country Names and the Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use maintained by the United Nations Statistics Divisions ) , and lists 249 countries . The Travelers ' Century Club , whose membership is limited to those travellers who have visited one hundred or more territories of the world , maintains its own official list of countries and territories , a total of 325 as of 1 January 2016 , which includes geographically separated areas , such as Hawaii and other areas of cultural interest . This list of people by countries visited does not prescribe one list as correct ; rather , it lists the number of countries visited from any of these competing lists . The Best Travelled is also considered a reference for the 1281 world regions and well travelled people , and hold a verification process to check on traveller 's claims . Their UN Master List regroups all those travellers .",
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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": "Ben Stiller Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller ( born November 30 , 1965 ) is an American actor , comedian and filmmaker . He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara . After beginning his acting career with a play , Stiller wrote several mockumentaries , and was offered his own show entitled The Ben Stiller Show , which he produced and hosted for its 13-episode run . Having previously acted in television , he began acting in films ; he made his directorial debut with Reality Bites . Throughout his career he has written , starred in , directed , or produced more than 50 films , including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty , Zoolander , The Cable Guy , There 's Something About Mary , the Meet the Parents trilogy , DodgeBall , Tropic Thunder , the Madagascar series , and the Night at the Museum trilogy . In addition , he has had multiple cameos in music videos , television shows , and films . Stiller is a member of a group of comedic actors colloquially known as the Frat Pack . His films have grossed more than $ 2.6 billion in Canada and the United States , with an average of $ 79 million per film . Throughout his career , he has received multiple awards and honors , including an Emmy Award , multiple MTV Movie Awards and a Teen Choice Award .",
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"text": "Locker Room (WFRV-TV) `` Locker Room '' ( formerly `` Larry McCarren 's Locker Room '' ) is a live talk show hosted by WFRV-TV sports director Burke Griffin and former Green Bay Packer Ahman Green . It used to be hosted by former WFRV sports director and former Green Bay Packer Larry McCarren , who is now the sports director at WGBA-TV . Every week during football season , a Packers player visits the show . That player is then interviewed , and then that player must teach one selected member of the audience how to do a task to earn their autograph ; the concept is called `` Earn Your Autograph . '' Also , there is a segment on the show called `` Chalk Talk , '' where certain plays are selected in the previous Packer game and are talked through .",
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"text": "Josh Groban Joshua `` Josh '' Winslow Groban ( born February 27 , 1981 ) is an American singer , songwriter , actor , and record producer . His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum , and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States , with over 22.3 million records in the nation . As of 2012 , he has sold over 25 million records worldwide . Now in 2017 it is more than 35 million . Groban originally studied acting , but moved to singing as his voice developed . Groban attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts , a free public school on the campus of California State University , Los Angeles , where students receive a conservatory-style education . David Foster called Groban to stand in for an ailing Andrea Bocelli to rehearse a duet , `` The Prayer '' , with Celine Dion at the rehearsal for the 1998 Grammy Awards . Rosie O'Donnell immediately invited him to appear on her talk show . Foster asked him to sing at the California Governor 's Gray Davis ' 1999 inauguration . He was cast on Ally McBeal by the show 's creator , David E. Kelley , performing `` You 're Still You '' for the 2001 season 4 finale .",
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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": "1969 College Football All-America Team The 1969 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1969 . The NCAA recognizes six selectors as `` official '' for the 1969 season . They are ( 1 ) the American Football Coaches Association ( AFCA ) , ( 2 ) the Associated Press ( AP ) , ( 3 ) the Central Press Association ( CP ) , ( 4 ) the Football Writers Association of America ( FWAA ) , ( 5 ) the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ) , and ( 6 ) the United Press International ( UPI ) . Four of the six teams ( AP , UPI , NEA , and FWAA ) were selected by polling of sports writers and/or broadcasters . The Central Press team was selected with input from the captains of the major college teams . The AFCA team was based on a poll of coaches . Other notable selectors , though not recognized by the NCAA as official , included Football News , a national weekly football publication , Time magazine , The Sporting News ( TSN ) , and the Walter Camp Football Foundation ( WC ) .",
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"text": "Philadelphia Society The Philadelphia Society is a membership organization the purpose of which is `` to sponsor the interchange of ideas through discussion and writing , in the interest of deepening the intellectual foundation of a free and ordered society , and of broadening the understanding of its basic principles and traditions '' . The membership of the Society tends to be composed of persons holding conservative or libertarian political views , and many of those associated with the Society have exercised considerable influence over the development of the conservative movement in the United States . It was founded in 1964 by Donald Lipsett in conjunction with Bill Buckley , Milton Friedman , Frank Meyer , and Ed Feulner , and the former Presidents of the Society include Henry Regnery , Edwin J. Feulner , Russell Kirk , Mel Bradford , Forrest McDonald , T. Kenneth Cribb , M. Stanton Evans , Ellis Sandoz , Edwin Meese , Claes G. Ryn , Midge Decter , Roger Ream , Steven F. Hayward , Lee Edwards , William F. Buckley , and George H. Nash . Notable speakers at past meetings of the Society have included Larry Arnhart , Andrew Bacevich , Wendell Berry , Robert Bork , Mel Bradford , Warren T. Brookes , William F. Buckley , Vladimir Bukovsky , Ronald Coase , T. Kenneth Cribb , Midge Decter , M. Stanton Evans , Edwin J. Feulner , Milton Friedman , George Gilder , Victor Davis Hanson , William Hague , S. I. Hayakawa , Friedrich von Hayek , Henry Hazlitt , W.H. Hutt , Herman Kahn , Russell Kirk , Irving Kristol , Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn , Forrest McDonald , Edwin Meese , Frank Meyer , Charles Murray , Robert Nisbet , Michael Novak , Richard Pipes , Norman Podhoretz , Henry Regnery , William A. Rusher , Paul Ryan , Ellis Sandoz , Shelby Steele , George J. Stigler , Terry Teachout , Edward H. Teller , and Eric Voegelin .",
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"text": "Ben Carruthers Benito `` Ben '' F. Carruthers ( August 14 , 1936 in Illinois , USA -- September 27 , 1983 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film actor , most notable for his role in John Cassavetes ' debut feature film Shadows ( 1959 ) . His other films included A High Wind in Jamaica ( 1965 ) , Robert Aldrich 's The Dirty Dozen ( 1967 ) as Glenn Gilpin , Fearless Frank ( 1967 ) , To Grab the Ring ( 1968 ) , The Lost Continent ( 1968 ) , Riot ( 1969 ) as the unpredictable and psychotic Joe Surefoot , Man in the Wilderness ( 1971 ) , and Universal Soldier ( 1971 ) .",
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"text": "1987 College Football All-America Team The 1987 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1987 . The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) recognizes five selectors as `` official '' for the 1987 season . They are : ( 1 ) the American Football Coaches Association ( AFCA ) ; ( 2 ) the Associated Press ( AP ) selected based on the votes of sports writers at AP newspapers ; ( 3 ) the Football Writers Association of America ( FWAA ) ; ( 4 ) the United Press International ( UPI ) selected based on the votes of sports writers at UPI newspapers ; and ( 5 ) the Walter Camp Football Foundation ( WC ) . Other notable selectors included Football News the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ) , Scripps Howard ( SH ) , and The Sporting News ( TSN ) .",
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"text": "Benet Academy Benet Academy ( -LSB- ˈbɛnɛt -RSB- ; often shortened to Benet ) is a co-educational , college-preparatory , Benedictine high school in Lisle , Illinois , United States , overseen by the Diocese of Joliet . Founded in 1887 , the school was initially established in Chicago as the all-boys St. Procopius College and Academy by Benedictine monks , who also operated the St. Joseph Bohemian Orphanage . In 1898 , the orphanage moved to Lisle , about 25 mi west of Chicago , to be joined by St. Procopius three years later . In 1926 Benedictine nuns constructed the all-girls Sacred Heart Academy near the orphanage and school in Lisle . The orphanage closed in 1956 to make room for St. Procopius Academy , which separated from the college in 1957 . Due to rising costs and waning enrollment , Sacred Heart merged with St. Procopius Academy in 1967 to form Benet Academy on the St. Procopius campus . Since then , numerous building projects have been undertaken to expand Benet 's athletics , music , and science programs . As of 2016 it is considered the second best Catholic highschool in Illinois , and eighth best private high school . Admission is competitive and relies primarily on test scores . All students complete a college-preparatory curriculum and may earn college credit through programs including Advanced Placement . As of 2009 , Benet 's average ACT test score regularly exceeds state and national averages , and more than 99 percent of students go on to college after graduation . The school 's academic program has been featured in reports by the Chicago Sun-Times and U.S. News & World Report . The athletic program has fielded several teams that have placed fourth or higher in state tournaments . In the 2014-2015 school year the girls ' volleyball team and the girls ' basketball team both won IHSA state titles , which makes Benet only the second school in IHSA history and the first large ( 4A ) school to win titles for both these sports in the same season . The boys ' basketball team has broken two state records , including a 102 home-game winning streak . In the 2015-2016 year the boys ' basketball team ended up getting second in the state , with the girls taking first , along with many other state titles in other sports . Other activities include the annual Christmas Drive fundraiser and over 30 clubs and organizations , including the Math Team and Science Olympiad team , both of which have won awards in their state tournaments . Benet 's performing arts program is highly praised and competitive and stages an annual winter musical , which often sells out quickly . Many performers have been nominated for state-wide awards . Other productions include the fall play , one-act plays , variety show , and spring play . The band program performed in state-wide events in 1998 and 2002 . Notable alumni of the school include NBA player Frank Kaminsky , former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan , and Grammy-winning singer Dave Bickler .",
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"text": "Craig M. Phelps Craig M. Phelps , D.O. , FAOASM is the president and provost of A.T. Still University , a professional health science school located in Kirksville , Missouri , and Mesa , Arizona . As provost , Dr. Phelps oversees the A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona , Arizona School of Health Sciences and the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health . Phelps graduated medical school from A.T. Still University KCOM in 1984 . Dr. Phelps is the recipient of the 2006 KOAA Distinguished Service Award , ATSU 's George Windsor Award in 2007 , and Health Care Heroes Finalist in 2008 . Also in 2008 he was a Living Tribute Award Recipient . On February 4 , 2012 , the Board of Trustees of A.T. Still University named Dr. Phelps as the next president of the University to replace W. Jack Magruder effective July 1 , 2012 . An announcement sent to the University stated , in part , `` Dr. Phelps , a 1984 graduate of ATSU 's Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine , became Provost of the University 's Arizona campus in 1998 , where he led the team that developed the campus and its three academic units : the Arizona School of Health Sciences , the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health , and the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona . In 2010 , Dr. Phelps became the University 's first Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives ; he has been working with Dr. Magruder and key ATSU leaders to develop the Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health , as well as other programs . '' In addition to his ATSU responsibilities , Dr. Phelps serves on the American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine , the Society of NBA ( National Basketball Association ) Team Physicians , the Greater Phoenix Economic Council , and the Greater Phoenix Leadership Council . He is the primary care team physician of the NBA Phoenix Suns and the WNBA Phoenix Mercury , the company physician of the Ballet Arizona and team physician of several Phoenix-area colleges . He also serves on the board of directors of the Valley of the Sun YMCA and the Board of Managers of the Ross Farnsworth-East Valley YMCA . Dr. Phelps was named the National Basketball Athletic Trainers Association ( NBATA ) Physician of the Year for 2010-2011 . The award is an annual honor voted on by the members of the NBATA , designed to recognize a team physician for exceptional service and care for his/her respective team and visiting NBA teams , and also a commitment to the serve in the community and to NBATA charities .",
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"text": "Still Crazy Still Crazy is a 1998 British comedy film about a fictional 1970s rock band named `` Strange Fruit '' , who , after being split up for two decades , are persuaded to get back together to perform at a reunion of the same concert venue where they played their last gig . The film focuses on the personal lives of the band members and those closest to them , and their individual experiences with approaching middle-age and the success that eluded them . It was nominated for two Golden Globes in 1999 .",
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"text": "Rysher Entertainment Rysher Entertainment was the owner of television and film programming content , primarily distributed around the world by CBS Television Distribution and Paramount Pictures . Select rights are also distributed by Warner Bros. , Universal , Lionsgate , Fox , Columbia Pictures , MGM and other entertainment distribution companies worldwide . The company has its roots in Bing Crosby Productions ( `` BCP '' ) . Its namesake , actor-singer Bing Crosby , founded BCP in 1949 , and was best known for producing the sitcom Hogan 's Heroes and the medical drama Ben Casey -- in succeeding years , BCP was acquired by Cox Broadcasting . In 1993 , Cox acquired Rysher Entertainment . Rysher , founded in April 1991 by Keith Samples , had been established as an independently owned company whose original sole product had been the distribution of NBC 's series Saved By The Bell . In 1993 , and later distribution of another NBC series California Dreams in 1994 , Rysher merged with Al Masini 's Television Program Enterprises to form Rysher TPE , its alternate name used from 1993 to 1995 . Through Rysher TPE , they produced and distributed shows such as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ( renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte for its final season ) and Star Search . Later , they produced and distributed George & Alana , which ran for one season in 1995 . The company was shut down in 1999 and the library was acquired by Viacom who folded it into both the film and television division of Paramount . Rysher 's library , today distributed by CBS Television Distribution ( CTD ) and Paramount Pictures ( for TV series and films , respectively ) , includes television and feature film classics such as Hogan 's Heroes ( whose partial rights are held by CBS ) , Ben Casey , and Walking Tall , as well as more recent programs and films including Nash Bridges ( 1999 -- 2001 episodes are produced by Paramount Network Television ) , Highlander : The Series , The Opposite of Sex ( with Sony Pictures Classics ) , Kingpin and Big Night . Rysher also distributes internationally through CTD several of HBO 's award-winning titles including Arli $ $ , Oz and Sex and the City . Rysher also produced House Arrest and Zeus and Roxanne , both of which were released by MGM and distributed by HBO Home Video for home release .",
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"text": "The Brigands (band) The Brigands were an American garage rock act who are best known for the 1966 song , '' ( Would I Still Be ) Her Big Man '' , which appeared as the A-side of a single released on Epic Records . Little is known about them other than that the song was recorded in New York City . Their origins are unknown , but some have attributed their residence to Forest Hills , Long Island , New York . Others have speculated that they were an ensemble of session musicians who recorded the song as a one-time act under the moniker `` the Brigands . '' One reason mentioned by exponents of this hypothesis is that there would be more known about them , if they had indeed been an been an actual performing unit . They point out that there are no printed artifacts available , such as flyers and listings of live performances , records of battles of the bands , and newspaper clippings . They also point out that , since the song was released on Epic Records and produced by Artie and Kris Resnick , who wrote the Young Rascals ' `` Good Lovin ' '' and other popular hits of the time , it is unlikely that such an unknown band would have received the attention of such well-known and established fixtures , unless the song had been recorded by a `` ghost band '' of session musicians under their tutelage . A 2002 transcript on CNN 's website about a reunion of Forest Hills ( Queens , NY ) High School students features an Anderson Cooper interview with two alumni ( Elliott Wertheim and John Hartmann ) who were in The Brigands . Wertheim and Hartmann give some background of The Brigands and how their sole Epic Records single came to be . The Brigands 's song , '' ( Would I Still Be ) Her Big Man , '' has appeared on various compilations such as the Back from the Grave , Volume 2 LP , released in 1983 and the Nuggets 4-CD box set released in 1998 .",
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"text": "1967 College Football All-America Team The 1967 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1967 . The NCAA recognizes six selectors as `` official '' for the 1967 season . They are ( 1 ) the American Football Coaches Association ( AFCA ) , ( 2 ) the Associated Press ( AP ) , ( 3 ) the Central Press Association ( CP ) , ( 4 ) the Football Writers Association of America ( FWAA ) , ( 5 ) the Newspaper Enterprise Association ( NEA ) , and ( 6 ) the United Press International ( UPI ) . Four of the six teams ( AP , UPI , NEA , and FWAA ) were selected by polling of sports writers and/or broadcasters . The Central Press team was selected with input from the captains of the major college teams . The AFCA team was based on a poll of coaches . Other notable selectors , though not recognized by the NCAA as official , included Time magazine , The Sporting News ( TSN ) , and the Walter Camp Football Foundation ( WCFF ) .",
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"text": "Ben Braunecker Ben Braunecker ( born February 7 , 1994 ) is an American football tight end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football at Harvard .",
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"text": "Andy Dick Andrew Roane Dick ( born December 21 , 1965 ) is an American comedian , actor , musician , and television and film producer . Best known as a comic , he is also known for his eccentric and controversial behavior . His first regular television role was on the short-lived but influential The Ben Stiller Show . In the mid-1990s , he had a long-running stint on NBC 's NewsRadio and was a supporting character on Less than Perfect . He briefly had his own program , The Andy Dick Show on MTV . He is noted for his outlandish behavior from a number of Comedy Central Roasts . He landed in 7th place on the 16th season of Dancing with the Stars .",
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"text": "Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility The Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility has been offered since 1987 at colleges and universities throughout the United States and the world . The Pledge states : I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work . The purpose of the Pledge is to encourage graduating students to be mindful of the social and environmental impacts of their employment as they enter the workforce or continue their education . It is up to students to define for themselves what socially and environmentally responsible means . Over one hundred Universities and colleges as well as some high schools use the pledge to some extent . There are several different types of schools involved , including the following : Liberal arts colleges such as Manchester University , Juniata College , Muhlenberg College and Hartwick College . State universities such as the University of Colorado , Boulder and the University of Florida . Private research universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University . Private graduate schools such as Antioch University New England . Schools of faith such as Goshen College and Bethel College . Community Colleges such as Estrella Mountain Community College , Mesa Community College and Broward College . Professional schools such as the Fashion Institute of Technology . Schools outside the U.S. such as Trent University and the University of Saskatchewan in Canada and the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan . Students who voluntarily sign the pledge seek out employment that reflects their values , sometimes turning down jobs with which they do not feel comfortable . Others work to make changes after they are on the job . Some examples include promoting recycling at their workplace , removing discriminatory language from training materials , working for gender equality in athletics , and helping to convince employers to reject contracts that would clearly have negative impacts on society or the environment . The Pledge was first established at Humboldt State University , California , in 1987 . Manchester University in Indiana hosted the effort from 1996 to 2007 , at which time Bentley University near Boston became the host . The project takes shape in different ways depending on the institution . At some colleges , for example , students sign wallet-sized cards with the Pledge written on them that they can keep as a reminder of the commitment they 've made . Some institutions put the Pledge into the formal program for their Commencement ceremonies . At other institutions , pledge signers wear green ribbons or green tassels at Commencement to signify their commitment ( some schools use a different color of ribbon ) . At Bentley University the pledge is a `` capstone '' of its four-year Civic Leadership Program and at Humboldt State University , the student government funds a student Pledge coordinator internship . The Pledge serves to promote social and environmental responsibility on three different levels : Students and alumni who are making choices about employment ; schools including values and citizenship in their curriculum as opposed to just knowledge and skills ; and the workplaces and wider society being concerned about issues beyond just the bottom line . The Graduation Pledge Alliance maintains a web site for campus organizers and those who have signed the Pledge .",
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"text": "Eating club An eating club is a social club found in American universities . Eating clubs date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries and are intended to allow college students to enjoy meals and pleasant discourse . Some clubs are referred to as bicker clubs because of the process of bickering over which applicants to accept as members . Replaced largely by the modern fraternity and sorority system , eating clubs are now limited to a few colleges and universities , most notably Princeton University , Davidson College , Mount Olive College , and Reed College in the United States . The origins of such clubs are collegiate dining clubs in the United Kingdom , specifically founded earlier than or contemporarily with the foundation of the early American universities such as The Pitt Club , The Bullingdon Club , and The 16 ' Club .",
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"text": "Phi Kappa National Fraternity Phi Kappa National Fraternity is a secondary school fraternity that was founded in 1900 at the Southern University Preparatory School in Greensboro , Alabama . Over the years , nearly fifty chapters of Phi Kappa have been chartered in cities across the Deep South , from Georgia to Texas , Arkansas to Florida . No chapters of the fraternity have ever been chartered outside of the old Confederacy , making Phi Kappa the oldest and largest exclusively Southern fraternity . The fraternity 's colors are Purple and White . The fraternity flower is the camellia and the fraternity jewel is the amethyst . The badge of the fraternity is a gold rhombus ( diamond ) with blue enamel . Engraved upon the badge are a Greek lamp at the apex , crossed scimitars in the middle and , at the bottom , the Greek letters ΦΚ . The crossed scimitars are a well-known symbol of the fraternity . The founding principles of the fraternity are Brotherhood , Faith in God and Scholarship ( in the 1970s , Community Service was added as a fourth `` founding principle '' ) . Famous alumni of Phi Kappa include astronaut Fred Haise , Jr. ( T ) , who served as the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 13 mission , John Alexander , a leading tenor at the Metropolitan Opera for over four decades , Gilbert Carmichael , former Federal Railroad Administrator and current Senior Chairman of the Intermodal Transportation Institute at University of Denver , Dr. Jerome V. Reel , Jr. . who currently serves as Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Clemson University and U.S. Congressman Steven Palazzo , current Representative for Mississippi 's 4th Congressional District . Two governors of Mississippi ( Thomas L. Bailey , who served from 1943 -- 46 and Fielding L. Wright , who served from 1946 -- 52 ) served as adult sponsors ( i.e. `` chapter fathers '' ) of local Phi Kappa chapters . As a high school student at the Lamar School in Meridian , Mississippi , actress Sela Ward was an honoree ( or `` little sister '' ) for the Delta Chi chapter of Phi Kappa .",
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"text": "Good Will Hunting Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film , directed by Gus Van Sant , and starring Robin Williams , Matt Damon , Ben Affleck , Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgård . Written by Affleck and Damon ( and with Damon in the title role ) , the film follows 20-year-old South Boston laborer Will Hunting , an unrecognized genius who , as part of a deferred prosecution agreement after assaulting a police officer , becomes a client of a therapist and studies advanced mathematics with a renowned professor . Through his therapy sessions , Will re-evaluates his relationships with his best friend , his girlfriend and himself , facing the significant task of confronting his past and thinking about his future . The film received positive reviews and was a financial success . It grossed over US$ 225 million during its theatrical run with only a modest $ 10 million budget . It was nominated for nine Academy Awards , including the Academy Award for Best Picture , and won two : Best Supporting Actor for Williams and Best Original Screenplay for Affleck and Damon . After Williams ' death in 2014 , it was ranked at number 53 in The Hollywood Reporters `` 100 Favorite Films '' list .",
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"text": "Pledge pin A pledge pin is a common custom of United States fraternities and sororities in which a pin is worn by pledges for the duration of the pledging period , usually during all times not considered dangerous to do so ( during sports , etc. ) . In the context of fraternities and sororities , the Phi Beta Kappa society founded on December 5 , 1776 was the first . This organization 's earliest emblem of recognition was a silver square medal with the initials S.P. and the date December 5 , 1776 engraved on the one side , with the Greek letters ΦΒΚ ( Phi Beta Kappa ) engraved on the other side . This emblem from the first `` American Greek '' organization would be the first use of an emblem in identifying a member of the organization . A pledge pin is usually given to a pledge ( a new member ) when they are first offered membership in a fraternity or sorority . It may be given to them following a ceremony and can be worn until their initiation in which they become a full member . In some Greek systems on University campuses , pledge pins may commonly be the target of informal ` theft ' from other fraternities and sororities of the opposite sex as a means of promoting interaction between each other on campus .",
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"text": "RMS Titanic RMS Titanic ( -LSB- taɪˈtænɪk -RSB- ) was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 , after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City . Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard , more than 1,500 died , making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history . The largest ship afloat at the time it entered service , the RMS Titanic was the second of three s operated by the White Star Line , and was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast . Thomas Andrews , her architect , died in the disaster . Under the command of Edward Smith , who went down with the ship , Titanic carried some of the wealthiest people in the world , as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland , Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe seeking a new life in North America . The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury , with an on-board gymnasium , swimming pool , libraries , high-class restaurants and opulent cabins . A high-power radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger `` marconigrams '' and for the ship 's operational use . Although Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors , there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard , due to outdated maritime safety regulations . Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people -- slightly more than half of the number on board , and one third of her total capacity . After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912 , Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown ( now Cobh ) in Ireland before heading west to New York . On 14 April , four days into the crossing and about 375 mi south of Newfoundland , she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship 's time . The collision caused the ship 's hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard ( right ) side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea ; she could only survive four flooding . Meanwhile , passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats , many of which were launched only partially loaded . A disproportionate number of men were left aboard because of a `` women and children first '' protocol for loading lifeboats . At 2:20 a.m. , she broke apart and foundered -- with well over one thousand people still aboard . Just under two hours after Titanic sank , the Cunard liner arrived at the scene , where she brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors . The disaster was greeted with worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the regulatory and operational failures that had led to it . Public inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major improvements in maritime safety . One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ( SOLAS ) , which still governs maritime safety today . Additionally , several new wireless regulations were passed around the world in an effort to learn from the many missteps in wireless communications -- which could have saved many more passengers . The wreck of Titanic , first discovered over 70 years after the sinking , remains on the seabed , split in two and gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12415 ft. Since her discovery in 1985 , thousands of artefacts have been recovered and put on display at museums around the world . Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history ; her memory is kept alive by numerous works of popular culture , including books , folk songs , films , exhibits , and memorials . Titanic is the second largest ocean liner wreck in the world , only beaten by her sister , the largest ever sunk .",
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"text": "HMS Acasta (H09) HMS Acasta , the third ship to bear that name , launched in 1929 , was an destroyer built for the Royal Navy . She served in the Second World War and was sunk on 8 June 1940 in action against the German warships and , while escorting the aircraft carrier . Glorious and her other escort -- -- were also sunk . Acasta proved to be a tough opponent for the larger German ships , laying smoke to hide Glorious and making repeated torpedo and gun attacks . She scored several gun hits and one torpedo hit on Scharnhorst , causing moderate damage to the much larger German vessel . Acasta was finally sunk after roughly two hours of fighting ; the battle flag of the Gneisenau was lowered to half mast and her crew brought to attention to honour the brave fight of Acasta and her crew . The damage to the German vessels inflicted by Ardent and Acasta caused them to retire to Trondheim , allowing the safe passage of convoys carrying Allied troops from Norway . Although many of her crew survived to abandon the ship , communication errors meant the British were initially unaware of the sinking . In the end , there was only a single survivor from Acasta ; estimates place the number of sailors from Ardent , Acasta and Glorious lost to exposure ( rather than direct enemy action ) at up to 800 . The single survivor from Acasta , Ldg . Seaman Cyril Carter , was rescued by the Norwegian steam merchant Borgund which also saved 38 men from one of Glorious '' ' lifeboats . All 39 men saved by Borgund '' were set ashore at Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands on 14 June .",
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"text": "Detector (radio) In electronics , a detector is an older term for an electronic component in a radio receiver that extracts information contained in a modulated radio wave , a demodulator . The term dates from the first three decades of radio ( 1886-1916 ) . Unlike modern radio stations which transmit sound ( an audio signal ) on the radio carrier wave , the first radio transmitters transmitted information by wireless telegraphy , using different length pulses of radio waves to spell out text messages in Morse code . So early radio receivers did not have to extract an audio signal ( sound ) from the incoming radio signal , but only detect the presence or absence of the radio signal , to produce clicks in the receiver 's earphones representing the Morse code symbols . The device that did this was called a detector . A variety of different detector devices , such as the coherer , electrolytic detector , and magnetic detector , were used during the wireless telegraphy era . After sound ( amplitude modulation , AM ) transmission began around 1920 , the term evolved to mean a demodulator , a nonlinear rectifier ( usually a crystal diode or a vacuum tube ) which extracted the audio signal from the radio frequency carrier wave . This is its current meaning , although modern detectors usually consist of semiconductor diodes , transistors , or integrated circuits . In a superheterodyne receiver the term is also sometimes used to refer to the mixer , the tube or transistor which converts the incoming radio frequency signal to the intermediate frequency . The mixer is called the first detector , while the demodulator that extracts the audio signal from the intermediate frequency is called the second detector .",
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"text": "Capital Radio (pirate) Capital Radio ( not to be confused with the later British radio station of the same name ) was a pirate radio station which operated from international waters off the coast of the Netherlands in 1970 . The station was set up by Canadian idealist Tim Thomason . In 1965 Thomason had established the International Broadcasting Society with the intention of bringing together professional broadcasting organisations from around the world . Eventually Thomason decided that the Society should have its own radio station which could be used to broadcast messages from the participating organisations . Thomason and his associates acquired a former German coaster and renamed it the MV King David , because they saw the station as being a David to the major broadcasters ' Goliath . The ship was registered in Liechtenstein , becoming unofficially the only member of the tiny , doubly landlocked country 's Navy .",
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"text": "List of films about the RMS Titanic RMS Titanic has been featured in numerous films , TV movies and notable TV episodes . The 1997 film Titanic was one of highest-grossing films . On television , the Titanic has been featured in genres ranging from epic dramas to short cartoon parodies .",
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"text": "Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Marconi , 1st Marquis of Marconi ( -LSB- ɡuʎˈʎɛlmo marˈkoːni -RSB- ; 25 April 187420 July 1937 ) was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his development of Marconi 's law and a radio telegraph system . He is often credited as the inventor of radio , and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun `` in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy '' . Marconi was an entrepreneur , businessman , and founder of The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in the United Kingdom in 1897 ( which became the Marconi Company ) . He succeeded in making a commercial success of radio by innovating and building on the work of previous experimenters and physicists . In 1929 , the King of Italy ennobled Marconi as a Marchese ( marquis ) .",
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"text": "Marconi National Historic Sites of Canada The Marconi National Historic Site and the Marconi Wireless Station National Historic Site are two National Historic Sites of Canada located on Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia , Canada . Both sites commemorate the efforts of Guglielmo Marconi to transmit transatlantic radio signals between North America and Europe in the first decade of the 20th century . The two sites are located within approximately 8 km of one another , and are connected by the Marconi Trail . Signal Hill in St. John 's , Newfoundland and Labrador is another National Historic Site related to Marconi 's work in Canada . Signal Hill was designated , in part , to commemorate Marconi 's first transmission tests in 1901 .",
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"text": "Longwave In radio , longwave , also written as long wave ( in British and American parlance ) or long-wave , and commonly abbreviated LW , refers to parts of the radio spectrum with relatively long wavelengths . The term is an historic one , dating from the early 20th century , when the radio spectrum was considered to consist of long ( LW ) , medium ( MW ) , and short ( SW ) radio bands . Most modern radio systems and devices use wavelengths which would then have been considered ` ultra-short ' . In contemporary usage , the term longwave is not defined precisely , and its meaning varies across the world . Most commonly , it refers to radio wavelengths longer than 1000 metres ; frequencies less than 300 kilohertz ( kHz ) , including the International Telecommunications Union 's ( ITU 's ) low frequency ( LF ) ( 30 -- 300 kHz ) and very low frequency ( VLF ) ( 3 -- 30 kHz ) bands . Sometimes , part of the medium frequency ( MF ) band ( 300 -- 3000 kHz ) is included . In Europe , Africa and large parts of Asia ( International Telecommunication Union Region 1 ) , where a range of frequencies between 148.5 and 283.5 kHz is used for AM broadcasting ( in addition to the medium wave band ) , the term longwave usually refers specifically to this broadcasting band . The International Telecommunication Union Region 1 longwave broadcast band falls wholly within the low frequency band of the radio spectrum ( 30 -- 300 kHz ) . Broader definitions of longwave may extend below and/or above it . In the US , the Longwave Club of America is interested in `` frequencies below the AM broadcast band '' , i.e. , all frequencies below 535 kHz . ( Lower frequencies correspond to longer wavelengths . )",
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"text": "Line-of-sight propagation Line-of-sight propagation is a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation or acoustic wave propagation which means waves which travel in a direct path from the source to the receiver . Electromagnetic transmission includes light emissions traveling in a straight line . The rays or waves may be diffracted , refracted , reflected , or absorbed by atmosphere and obstructions with material and generally can not travel over the horizon or behind obstacles . In contrast to line-of-sight propagation , at low frequency ( below approximately 3 MHz ) due to diffraction radio waves can travel as ground waves , which follow the contour of the Earth . This enables AM broadcast radio stations to transmit beyond the horizon . Additionally , frequencies in the shortwave bands between approximately 1 and 30 MHz , can be reflected back to Earth by the ionosphere , called skywave or `` skip '' propagation , thus giving radio transmissions in this range a potentially global reach . However , at frequencies above 30 MHz ( VHF and higher ) and in lower levels of the atmosphere , neither of these effects are significant . Thus , any obstruction between the transmitting antenna ( transmitter ) and the receiving antenna ( receiver ) will block the signal , just like the light that the eye may sense . Therefore , since the ability to visually see a transmitting antenna ( disregarding the limitations of the eye 's resolution ) roughly corresponds to the ability to receive a radio signal from it , the propagation characteristic at these frequencies is called `` line-of-sight '' . The farthest possible point of propagation is referred to as the `` radio horizon '' . In practice , the propagation characteristics of these radio waves vary substantially depending on the exact frequency and the strength of the transmitted signal ( a function of both the transmitter and the antenna characteristics ) . Broadcast FM radio , at comparatively low frequencies of around 100 MHz , are less affected by the presence of buildings and forests .",
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"text": "Droitwich Transmitting Station The Droitwich transmitting station is a large broadcasting facility for long-wave and medium-wave transmissions , established in 1934 in the civil parish of Dodderhill , just outside the village of Wychbold , near Droitwich in Worcestershire , England . The site is the location of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's most powerful long-wave transmitter , which together with the two Scottish long-wave transmitters at Burghead and Westerglen forms a network broadcasting on the same frequency . The masts can be seen to the east from the M5 motorway , between Droitwich and Bromsgrove . At night , the two sets of aircraft warning lights are visible from a long distance . The station is owned and operated by Arqiva .",
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"text": "Distress signal A distress signal or distress call is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help . Distress signals are communicated by transmitting radio signals , displaying a visually observable item or illumination , or making a sound audible from a distance . A distress signal indicates that a person or group of people , ship , aircraft , or other vehicle is threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and requires immediate assistance . Use of distress signals in other circumstances may be against local or international law . An urgency signal is available to request assistance in less critical situations . In order for distress signalling to be the most effective , two parameters must be communicated : Alert or notification of a distress in progress Position or location ( or localization or pinpointing ) of the party in distress . For example , a single aerial flare alerts observers to the existence of a vessel in distress somewhere in the general direction of the flare sighting on the horizon but extinguishes within one minute or less . A hand-held flare burns for three minutes and can be used to localize or pinpoint more precisely the exact location or position of the party in trouble . An EPIRB both notifies or alerts authorities and at the same time provides position indication information .",
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"text": "Global Maritime Distress and Safety System The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System ( GMDSS ) is an internationally agreed-upon set of safety procedures , types of equipment , and communication protocols used to increase safety and make it easier to rescue distressed ships , boats and aircraft . GMDSS consists of several systems , some of which are new , but many of which have been in operation for many years . The system is intended to perform the following functions : alerting ( including position determination of the unit in distress ) , search and rescue coordination , locating ( homing ) , maritime safety information broadcasts , general communications , and bridge-to-bridge communications . Specific radio carriage requirements depend upon the ship 's area of operation , rather than its tonnage . The system also provides redundant means of distress alerting , and emergency sources of power . Recreational vessels do not need to comply with GMDSS radio carriage requirements , but will increasingly use the Digital Selective Calling ( DSC ) VHF radios . Offshore vessels may elect to equip themselves further . Vessels under 300 Gross tonnage ( GT ) are not subject to GMDSS requirements .",
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"text": "John Denison-Pender, 2nd Baron Pender John Jocelyn Denison-Pender , 2nd Baron Pender , CBE ( 26 January 1907 -- 21 March 1965 ) was a British civil servant and businessman . He was educated at Magdalen College , Oxford . He later went on to hold the following position : Deputy Chief General Manager Cable and Wireless , 1933 . General Manager Cable and Wireless , 1935 . President of The Royal Albert Hall , 1952 -- 1965 . Governor Cable & Wireless ( Holdings ) , 1964 . Vice-Chairman Board of Governors Charing Cross Hospital , London . Director , Direct Spanish Telegraph Company Ltd. . Finance Director , Commercial Union Assurance , now known as Aviva . Joint Managing Director Cable and Wireless 1945 -- 46 , resigned on nationalisation of company . In 1946 the C&W board petitioned Select Committees of both * Commons and Lords against the nationalisation of the company . In 1940 the Cable and Wireless ` Board of Management ' , working with the Post Office , introduced Expeditionary Force Messages ( EFMs ) which became the key communication for soldiers sending messages home and vice versa ; these messages totalling 20,000 a day sometimes . Denison-Pender ran C&W services during the war years and it was some feat that it remained undisrupted during that time , despite numerous setbacks including the Electra House HQ ( London ) , Brentwood wireless station , the Moorgate-Porthcurno landlines and Porthcurno Telegraph Museum ( Cornwall ) all receiving direct hits in 1940 and up to 1945 . His paternal Great Grandfather was Sir John Pender , the submarine communications cables pioneer who founded the Eastern Telegraph Company and other Worldwide Telegraph Companies , which became Cable & Wireless , and was the lead financier in the first successful laying of the Transatlantic Telegraph in 1866 . In 1934 , the new name Cable & Wireless ( from Imperial and International Communications Limited ) was designed to more clearly reflect the combined radio and cable services which it offered , without reference to the Empire . His Great ( half ) Uncle Sir James Pender , 1st Baronet ( from Sir John Pender 's first marriage ) , was the first chairman of Eastman Kodak ( UK ) . Eldest son of John Denison-Pender , 1st Baron Pender , and Irene De La Rue , married Camilla Lethbridge , daughter of Willoughby Pemberton",
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"text": "Tunnel transmitter A tunnel transmitter allows wireless reception in tunnels . It consists of a receiving antenna which receives the signal to be radiated in the tunnel , and a transmitting antenna installed in the tunnel , which is either a Yagi antenna or a line antenna . In principle , a tunnel transmitter can work purely passively , in which case the received signal is passed over a cable to the antenna in the tunnel . Active systems , however , are more often used . In some cases the radio frequency inside the tunnel is different from the one used by the broadcaster . More often the program inside is transmitted on the same frequency as outside , in which case the information signal should be demodulated or converted to an intermediate frequency in the outside receiver , and then modulated/shifted back in the transmitter . Otherwise feedback may occur . Tunnel transmitters are used in Germany only for audio transmitters working in FM-range and for further radio services , such as mobile phone services which also work in this frequency range . Elsewhere , there are also tunnel transmitters for audio broadcast transmitters , which work in the long and medium wave bands . An example of this is in the Dartford Crossing tunnel near London , where the programme `` Virgin 1215 '' in the medium-wave band and the BBC 's Radio 4 on 198 kHz long wave are rebroadcast in the tunnel . Emergency information could also be relayed using this system , interrupting programming to relay warnings .",
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"text": "Amateur radio satellite An amateur radio satellite is an artificial satellite built and used by amateur radio operators for use in the Amateur-satellite service . These satellites use amateur radio frequency allocations to facilitate communication between amateur radio stations . Many amateur-satellites receive an OSCAR designation , which is an acronym for Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio . The designation is assigned by AMSAT , an organization which promotes the development and launch of amateur radio satellites . Because of the prevalence of this designation , amateur radio satellites are often referred to as OSCARs . These satellites can be used for free by licensed amateur radio operators for voice ( FM , SSB ) and data communications ( AX .25 , packet radio , APRS ) . Currently , over 5 fully operational amateur-satellites in orbit act as repeaters , linear transponders or store and forward digital relays . Throughout the years , amateur-satellites have helped make breakthroughs in the science of satellite communications . A few advancements include the launch of the first satellite voice transponder ( OSCAR 3 ) and the development of highly advanced digital `` store-and-forward '' messaging transponder techniques .",
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"text": "Intermediate film system The intermediate film system was a television process in which motion picture film was processed almost immediately after it was exposed in a camera , then scanned by a television scanner , and transmitted over the air . This system was used principally in Britain and Germany where television cameras were not sensitive enough to use reflected light , but could transmit a suitable image when a bright light was shown through motion picture film directly into the camera lens . John Logie Baird began developing the process in 1932 , borrowing the idea of Georg Oskar Schubert from his licensees in Germany , where it was demonstrated by Fernseh AG in 1932 and used for broadcasting in 1934 . The BBC used Baird 's version of the process during the first three months of its then - `` high-definition '' television service from November 1936 through January 1937 , and German television used it during broadcasts of the 1936 Summer Olympics . In both cases , intermediate film cameras alternated with newly introduced direct television cameras . The exposed film , either 35mm or 17.5 mm ( 35mm split in half , to save expense ) , travelled in a continuous band from the camera , usually atop a remote broadcast vehicle , into a machine that developed and fixed the image . The film was then run through a flying spot scanner ( so called because it moved a focused beam of light back and forth across the image ) , and electronically converted from a negative to a positive image . Depending on the equipment , the time from camera to scanner could be a minute or less . An optical soundtrack was recorded onto the film , between the perforations and the edge of the film , at the same time the image was taken to keep the sound and image in synchronization . The intermediate film system , with its expensive film usage and relatively immobile cameras , did have the advantage that it left a filmed record of the programme which could be rerun at a different time , with a better image quality than the later kinescope films , which were shot from a video monitor . Television tubes developed by Farnsworth and Zworykin in the United States , and by EMI in England , with much higher sensitivity to light , made the intermediate film system obsolete by 1937 . Film continued to be used for time-shifting and as a long-term storage until electronic video recorders were invented .",
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"text": "Cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher Cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher was the process that enabled the British to read high-level German army messages during World War II . The British Government Code and Cypher School ( GC&CS ) at Bletchley Park decrypted many communications between the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ( OKW , German High Command ) in Berlin and their army commands throughout occupied Europe , some of which were signed `` Adolf Hitler , Führer '' . These were intercepted non-Morse radio transmissions that had been enciphered by the Lorenz SZ teleprinter rotor stream cipher attachments . Decrypts of this traffic became an important source of `` Ultra '' intelligence , which contributed significantly to Allied victory . For its high-level secret messages , the German armed services enciphered each character using various online Geheimschreiber ( secret writer ) stream cipher machines at both ends of a telegraph link using the 5-bit International Telegraphy Alphabet No. 2 ( ITA2 ) . These machines were the Lorenz SZ ( SZ for Schlüssel-Zusatz , meaning `` cipher attachment '' ) for the army , the Siemens and Halske T52 for the air force and the Siemens T43 , which was little used and never broken by the Allies . Bletchley Park decrypts of messages enciphered with the Enigma machines revealed that the Germans called one of their wireless teleprinter transmission systems `` Sägefisch '' ( sawfish ) , which led British cryptographers to refer to encrypted German radiotelegraphic traffic as `` Fish '' . `` Tunny '' ( tunafish ) was the name given to the first non-Morse link , and it was subsequently used for the Lorenz SZ machines and the traffic enciphered by them . As with the entirely separate cryptanalysis of the Enigma , it was German operational shortcomings that allowed the initial diagnosis of the system , and a way into decryption . Unlike Enigma , no physical machine reached allied hands until the very end of the war in Europe , long after wholesale decryption had been established . Initially , operator errors produced a number of pairs of transmissions sent with the same keys , giving a `` depth '' , which often allowed manual decryption to be achieved . One long depth also allowed the complete logical structure of the machine to be worked out , a quite remarkable cryptanalytical feat on which the subsequent wholesale decrypting of Tunny messages relied . When depths became less frequent , decryption was achieved by a combination of manual and automated methods . The first machine to automate part of the decrypting process was called `` Heath Robinson '' and it was followed by several other `` Robinsons '' . These were , however , slow and unreliable , and were supplemented by the much faster and more flexible `` Colossus '' , the world 's first electronic , programmable digital computer , ten of which were in use by the end of the war , by which time some 90 % of Tunny messages were being decrypted at Bletchley Park . Albert W. Small , an American cryptanalyst from the US Signal Corps who was seconded to Bletchley Park and worked on Tunny , said in his December 1944 report back to Arlington Hall that :",
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"text": "High Seas Fleet The High Seas Fleet ( Hochseeflotte ) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War . The formation was created in February 1907 , when the Home Fleet ( Heimatflotte ) was renamed as the High Seas Fleet . Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the architect of the fleet ; he envisioned a force powerful enough to challenge the Royal Navy 's predominance . Kaiser Wilhelm II , the German Emperor , championed the fleet as the instrument by which he would seize overseas possessions and make Germany a global power . By concentrating a powerful battle fleet in the North Sea while the Royal Navy was required to disperse its forces around the British Empire , Tirpitz believed Germany could achieve a balance of force that could seriously damage British naval hegemony . This was the heart of Tirpitz 's `` Risk Theory , '' which held that Britain would not challenge Germany if the latter 's fleet posed such a significant threat to its own . The primary component of the Fleet was its battleships , typically organized in eight-ship squadrons , though it also contained various other formations , including the I Scouting Group . At its creation in 1907 , the High Seas Fleet consisted of two squadrons of battleships , and by 1914 , a third squadron had been added . The dreadnought revolution in 1906 greatly affected the composition of the fleet ; the twenty-four pre-dreadnoughts in the fleet were rendered obsolete and required replacement . Enough dreadnoughts for two full squadrons were completed by the outbreak of war in mid 1914 ; the eight most modern pre-dreadnoughts were used to constitute a third squadron . Two additional squadrons of older vessels were mobilized at the onset of hostilities , though by the end of the conflict , these formations were disbanded . The fleet conducted a series of sorties into the North Sea during the war designed to lure out an isolated portion of the numerically superior British Grand Fleet . These operations frequently used the fast battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group to raid the British coast as the bait for the Royal Navy . These operations culminated in the Battle of Jutland , on 31 May -- 1 June 1916 , where the High Seas Fleet confronted the whole of the Grand Fleet . The battle was inconclusive , but the British won strategically , as it convinced Admiral Reinhard Scheer , the German fleet commander , that even a highly favorable outcome to a fleet action would not secure German victory in the war . Scheer and other leading admirals therefore advised the Kaiser to order a resumption of the unrestricted submarine warfare campaign . The primary responsibility of the High Seas Fleet in 1917 and 1918 was to secure the German naval bases in the North Sea for U-boat operations . Nevertheless , the fleet continued to conduct sorties into the North Sea and detached units for special operations in the Baltic Sea against the Russian Baltic Fleet . Following the German defeat in November 1918 , the Allies interned the bulk of the High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow , where it was ultimately scuttled by its crews in June 1919 , days before the belligerents signed the Treaty of Versailles .",
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"text": "Telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of signs , signals , messages , words , writings , images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire , radio , optical or other electromagnetic systems . Telecommunication occurs when the exchange of information between communication participants includes the use of technology . It is transmitted either electrically over physical media , such as cables , or via electromagnetic radiation . Such transmission paths are often divided into communication channels which afford the advantages of multiplexing . The term is often used in its plural form , telecommunications , because it involves many different technologies . Early means of communicating over a distance included visual signals , such as beacons , smoke signals , semaphore telegraphs , signal flags , and optical heliographs . Other examples of pre-modern long-distance communication included audio messages such as coded drumbeats , lung-blown horns , and loud whistles . 20th and 21st century technologies for long-distance communication usually involve electrical and electromagnetic technologies , such as telegraph , telephone , and teleprinter , networks , radio , microwave transmission , fiber optics , and communications satellites . A revolution in wireless communication began in the first decade of the 20th century with the pioneering developments in radio communications by Guglielmo Marconi , who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 . Other notable pioneering inventors and developers in the field of electrical and electronic telecommunications include Charles Wheatstone and Samuel Morse ( inventors of the telegraph ) , Alexander Graham Bell ( inventor of the telephone ) , Edwin Armstrong and Lee de Forest ( inventors of radio ) , as well as Vladimir K. Zworykin , John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth ( some of the inventors of television ) .",
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"text": "British Telecom microwave network The British Telecom microwave network was a network of point-to-point microwave radio links in the United Kingdom , operated at first by the General Post Office , and subsequently by its successor BT plc. . From the late 1950s to the 1980s it provided a large part of BT 's trunk communications capacity , and carried telephone , television and radar signals and digital data , both civil and military . Its use of line-of-sight microwave transmission was particularly important during the Cold War for its resilience against nuclear attack . It was rendered obsolete , at least for normal civilian purposes , by the installation of a national optical fibre communication network with considerably higher reliability and vastly greater capacity . BT remains one of the largest owners of transmission and microwave towers in the UK . The most famous of these is the BT Tower in London , which was the tallest building in the UK from its construction in the 1960s until the early 1980s , and a major node in the BT microwave network .",
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"text": "RMS Baltic (1903) RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1933 . At 23,876 gross tons , she was the world 's largest ship until 1905 . She was the third of a quartet of ships , all measuring over 20,000 gross tons , dubbed The Big Four ( the other three being , , and ) . She was launched on 21 November 1903 by Harland and Wolff at Belfast and sailed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York on 29 June 1904 with Captain Edward Smith in command . On 23 January 1909 ( commanded by J. B. Ranson ) , she rescued survivors of the collision in fog between the White Star Line 's and the off the north eastern coast of the United States , after which Republic sank . On 30 June 1910 Baltic was in collision with the German steamer Standard . Baltic was holed above the waterline while Standards bow was badly damaged . On 14 April 1912 , Baltic sent an ice warning message to the : `` Greek steamer Athenia reports passing icebergs and large quantities of field ice today in latitude 41 ° 51 ' N , longitude 49 ° 52 ' W. Wish you and Titanic all success . Commander . '' She was also involved in a rescue on 6 December 1929 , when she assisted the sinking schooner Northern Light . On 17 February 1933 , she sailed for Osaka , Japan where she was scrapped .",
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"text": "Tyrese Gibson Tyrese Darnell Gibson ( born December 30 , 1978 ) , also known mononymously as Tyrese , is an American Grammy-nominated singer , songwriter , actor , author , television producer , former fashion model and MTV VJ . He is best known for his roles as Joseph `` Jody '' Summers in Baby Boy , Roman Pearce in the Fast and the Furious series and Robert Epps in the Transformers film series . After releasing several albums , he transitioned into films , with lead roles in several major Hollywood releases .",
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"text": "Mele (disambiguation) Mele is a comune ( municipality ) in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region of Liguria . Mele may also refer to : Alfred Mele ( born 1951 ) , American philosopher Alphonse van Mele ( 1891 -- 1972 ) , Belgian gymnast Casandra Stark Mele , female film director Mele `` Mel '' Vojvodich ( 1929 -- 2003 ) , American aviator Nicholas Mele , actor Sam Mele ( born 1923 ) , former right fielder , manager , coach and scout in Major League Baseball The Mele people of Vanuatu Mele , an island in the Shefa province of Vanuatu . Mele , Maharashtra , a village in Ratnagiri district , Maharashtra state in Western India Mele , a villain in the 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series Juken Sentai Gekiranger . Mele ( Hawaiian language ) is a generalized Hawaiian language word that denotes both chants or any type of song",
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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": "Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run Kirk Gibson 's 1988 World Series home run occurred in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series , on October 15 , , at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles . Gibson , pinch hitting for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth inning , with injuries to both legs , hit a two-run walk-off home run off the Oakland Athletics ' Dennis Eckersley that won Game 1 for the Dodgers by a score of 5 -- 4 . After winning the National League West division , the Dodgers were considered the underdogs throughout the 1988 postseason , first to the New York Mets in the NLCS , then to the A 's in the World Series . Gibson , who was not expected to play due to injuries in both legs sustained during the NLCS , was surprisingly inserted as a pinch hitter with the Dodgers trailing 4 -- 3 with two outs and the tying run at first base in the bottom of the ninth inning . Gibson 's home run -- his only plate appearance of the series -- helped the Dodgers defeat the A 's , 4 games to 1 , securing their sixth World Series title . The play has since become legendary in the baseball world , and is regarded as one of the greatest home runs of all time . It was voted the `` greatest moment in L.A. sports history '' in a 1995 poll . Many of the images associated with the home run , particularly Gibson pumping his fist while circling the bases , are often shown in classic highlight reels , usually accompanied by Vin Scully or Jack Buck 's call . Though not related to his World Series home run , Gibson would be named the 1988 NL MVP . He was named to 2 All-Star teams ( 1985 AL & 1988 NL ) , but declined both invitations .",
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"text": "George Ogilvie George Buchan Ogilvie , born in Goulburn , New South Wales on 5 March 1931 , is a prolific Australian theatre director and actor , who has also worked as director and actor within film and television . George Ogilvie began as an actor at the Canberra Rep Theatre , and eventually moved to the United Kingdom where he trained , taught and acted . In 1965 , he returned to Australia to take up the position of associate director with the Melbourne Theatre Company , where he stayed for six years . He then worked as artistic director at the South Australian Theatre Company for four years , followed by 12 years as part of the subsidised theatre network . In 1988 he became a freelance director , working with the Australian Opera , the Australian Ballet Company and various theatre companies . His television credits include the 1983 miniseries The Dismissal ( where he played the Labor Senator Jim McClelland ) , the miniseries Bodyline ( 1984 ) ( where he was one of the writers and also directed three of the seven episodes ) , and direction of the TV films The Shiralee ( 1987 ) , Touch the Sun : Princess Kate ( 1988 ) , The Battlers ( 1994 ) , two episodes of the miniseries The Feds ( 1994 ) , and 11 episodes of the long-running police series Blue Heelers between 2002 and 2006 . His film credits include Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ( 1985 ) , which he directed together with George Miller , Short Changed ( 1985 ) , the much awarded The Place at the Coast ( 1987 ) , and The Crossing ( 1990 ) , where Russell Crowe was first seen on the screen . George Ogilvie regularly teaches and directs at NIDA and Actors Centre Australia . In 1983 he was made an AM ( Member of the Order of Australia ) in the 1983 Queen 's Birthday Honours List for his services to the theatre and the performing arts . In 2006 , the Australian performing arts association Currency House published his autobiography : Simple Gifts - a life in the theatre .",
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"text": "The Nerd The Nerd is a two-act comedy written by American actor/playwright Larry Shue . Actors who have taken on the title role include British comedian Rowan Atkinson . It was the top grossing American play in London 's West End in 1986 .",
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"text": "Martin Riggs Martin Riggs is a fictional character from the Lethal Weapon franchise . He is played in all four films by Mel Gibson . On March 10 , 2016 , it was announced that Riggs would be played by Clayne Crawford in the pilot for the new Fox Television drama series . Originally a member of the Los Angeles Police Department 's Narcotics Division , upon being reassigned to the Homicide Division , he is partnered up with aging sergeant Roger Murtaugh . Riggs and Murtaugh remain partners throughout the film series .",
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"text": "Norwood Gibson Norwood Ringold Gibson -LSB- Gibby -RSB- ( March 11 , 1877 -- July 7 , 1959 ) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston Americans between and . Listed at , 165 lb. , Gibson batted and threw right-handed . A native of Peoria , Illinois , he went to college at the University of Notre Dame . After college , he played for several minor league baseball teams . During that time he was signed by the Cincinnati Reds but never got an opportunity to play an official game for the Reds . According to Sporting Life magazine , he did pitch an exhibition game for the Reds . In 1902 he pitched for the Kansas City Blue Stockings , managed by former Boston Beaneaters star pitcher Kid Nichols . He pitched two no-hitters for the Blue Stockings that season . After the season , apparently on Nichols ' recommendation , Gibson was signed to a Major League contract by the Americans for $ 3000 . During his rookie 1903 season , Gibson was the fourth man of a Boston rotation that included Cy Young , Bill Dinneen , Long Tom Hughes , George Winter and Nick Altrock . He responded with a 13 -- 9 mark , 76 strikeouts , and a 3.19 in 183 1/3 innings pitched . He thus won a World Series ring as a member of the Americans that won the first World Series that season , although Gibson did not play as Collins used only three pitchers , Young , Dineen and Hughes , for the entire series . His second season was much better , when he recorded 17 wins , 112 strikeouts , a 2.21 ERA and 273.0 innings , all career-highs , as his .592 winning percentage ranked him seventh between American League pitchers . The next two years , his playing time was limited by arm injuries . He retired after the 1906 season . In a four-season career , Gibson posted a 34 -- 32 record with 258 strikeouts and a 2.93 ERA in 85 appearances , including 72 starts , 56 complete games , three shutouts , 12 games finished , and 609.0 innings of work . Gibson died in his homeland of Peoria , Illinois , at the age of 82 .",
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"text": "Duets (film) Duets is a 2000 American road trip film co-produced and directed by Bruce Paltrow and written by John Byrum . The motion picture features an ensemble cast co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow , Paul Giamatti , Maria Bello , Scott Speedman , Andre Braugher , Huey Lewis and Angie Dickinson , among others . The movie `` revolves around the little known world of karaoke competitions and the wayward characters who inhabit it . ''",
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"text": "Theatre of Australia Theatre of Australia refers to the history of the performing arts in Australia , or produced by Australians . There are theatrical and dramatic aspects to a number of Indigenous Australian ceremonies such as the corroboree . During its colonial period , Australian theatrical arts were generally linked to the broader traditions of English literature and to British and Irish theatre . Australian literature and theatrical artists ( including Aboriginal as well as Anglo-Celtic and multicultural migrant Australians ) have over the last two centuries introduced the culture of Australia and the character of a new continent to the world stage . Individuals who have contributed to theatre in Australia and internationally include Sir Robert Helpmann , Dame Joan Sutherland , Barry Humphries , David Williamson , Cate Blanchett , Geoffrey Rush , Judy Davis , Jim Sharman , Tim Minchin and Baz Luhrmann . Notable theatrical institutions include the Sydney Opera House , and the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney .",
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"text": "Gibsonia Gibsonia may refer to : Gibsonia , Pennsylvania , an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania Gibsonia , Florida , a census-designated place in Polk County , Florida The works by William Gibson , a late 20th-century/early 21st-century speculative fiction author",
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"text": "William Gibson William Ford Gibson ( born March 17 , 1948 ) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk . Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s , his early works were noir , near-future stories that explored the effects of technology , cybernetics , and computer networks on humans -- a `` combination of lowlife and high tech '' -- and helped to create an iconography for the information age before the ubiquity of the Internet in the 1990s . Gibson notably coined the term `` cyberspace '' in his short story `` Burning Chrome '' ( 1982 ) and later popularized the concept in his acclaimed debut novel Neuromancer ( 1984 ) . These early works have been credited with `` renovating '' science fiction literature after it had fallen largely into insignificance in the 1970s . After expanding on Neuromancer with two more novels to complete the dystopic Sprawl trilogy , Gibson collaborated with Bruce Sterling on the alternate history novel The Difference Engine ( 1990 ) , which became an important work of the science fiction subgenre steampunk . In the 1990s , Gibson composed the Bridge trilogy of novels , which explored the sociological developments of near-future urban environments , postindustrial society , and late capitalism . Following the turn of the century and the events of 9/11 , Gibson emerged with a string of increasingly realist novels -- Pattern Recognition ( 2003 ) , Spook Country ( 2007 ) , and Zero History ( 2010 ) -- set in a roughly contemporary world . These works saw his name reach mainstream bestseller lists for the first time . His more recent novel , The Peripheral ( 2014 ) , returned to a more overt engagement with technology and recognizable science fiction concerns . In 1999 , The Guardian described Gibson as `` probably the most important novelist of the past two decades , '' while the Sydney Morning Herald called him the `` noir prophet '' of cyberpunk . Throughout his career , Gibson has written more than 20 short stories and 10 critically acclaimed novels ( one in collaboration ) , contributed articles to several major publications , and collaborated extensively with performance artists , filmmakers , and musicians . His work has been cited as an influence across a variety of disciplines spanning academia , design , film , literature , music , cyberculture , and technology .",
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"text": "The Professionals (1966 film) The Professionals is a 1966 American western written , produced , and directed by Richard Brooks . It starred Burt Lancaster , Lee Marvin , Robert Ryan , and Claudia Cardinale , with Jack Palance , Ralph Bellamy , and Woody Strode in supporting roles . The script was adapted from the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke . The film received three Academy Award nominations and an enthusiastic critical reception .",
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"text": "Richard Gibson (disambiguation) Richard Gibson ( born 1954 ) is a British actor . Richard Gibson may also refer to :",
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"text": "Malone (film) Malone is a 1987 American film adaptation of William P. Wingate 's novel , written by Christopher Frank , directed by Harley Cokeliss , and stars Burt Reynolds , Cliff Robertson and Lauren Hutton .",
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"text": "Tyrees Allen Tyrees Allen ( born July 31 , 1954 ) is an American actor on stage , television , and film . Allen was born in Salina , Kansas . In 1972 , he graduated from Salina Central High School . He later attended Marymount College in Salina , where he graduated with a degree in Theater Arts . Allen 's fifty-five television credits include these : series regular roles on Women 's Murder Club and Dark Blue ; recurring and guest roles on The Practice , Alias , Cold Case , Without A Trace , Castle , Scandal , CSI : Miami , and Brothers & Sisters . Allen appeared in New York in the 2000 Broadway production of Aida and the 2003 Broadway revival of William Shakespeare 's Henry IV . In May 2013 , Allen played the role of `` Troy Maxson '' in the August Wilson play Fences at the African-American Repertory Theater in DeSoto , Texas .",
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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": "Ruth Gibson Ruth Gibson is a British actress , most notable for voicing Little My in the English version of the Moomins on the Riviera animated film and Sabrina Glevissig in The Witcher series . She has also appeared in Babylon ( TV series ) , Doctors ( 2000 TV series ) and Judge John Deed as well as numerous stage plays including Blood Brothers ( musical ) in West End theatre and The Kitchen at the Royal National Theatre . In 2010 she won ` Best Actress in a Leading Role ' in the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards . She is the Voice of EE Limited .",
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"text": "Blair Dunlop Blair Dunlop ( born February 11 , 1992 ) is an English musician and actor .",
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"text": "Hoot Gibson Hoot Gibson ( August 6 , 1892 -- August 23 , 1962 ) was an American rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor , director , and producer .",
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"text": "William Gibson (playwright) William Gibson ( November 13 , 1914 -- November 25 , 2008 ) was an American playwright and novelist . He won the Tony Award for Best Play for The Miracle Worker in 1959 , which he later adapted for the film version in 1962 .",
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"text": "Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston , Texas . The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , as a member of the league 's Western Conference Southwest Division . The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center , located in downtown Houston . The Rockets have won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles . The team was established as the San Diego Rockets , an expansion team originally based in San Diego , in 1967 . In 1971 , the Rockets moved to Houston . The Rockets won only 15 games in their debut season as a franchise in 1967 . In the 1968 NBA draft , the Rockets , picking first overall , selected power forward Elvin Hayes , who would lead the team to its first playoff appearance in his rookie season . The Rockets did not finish a season with a winning record until the 1976 -- 77 season , when they traded for center Moses Malone . Malone went on to win the NBA Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award twice and led Houston to the conference finals in his first year with the team . He also led the Rockets to the NBA Finals in 1981 where they were defeated in six games by the Boston Celtics , led by Larry Bird and future Rockets coach Kevin McHale . In 1984 , the Rockets drafted center Hakeem Olajuwon , who would be paired with 7 ft Ralph Sampson , forming one of the tallest front courts in the NBA . Nicknamed the `` Twin Towers '' , they led the team to the 1986 NBA Finals -- the second NBA Finals appearance in franchise history -- where Houston was again defeated by the Boston Celtics . The Rockets continued to reach the playoffs throughout the 1980s , but failed to advance past the first round for several years following a second-round defeat to the Seattle SuperSonics in 1987 . Rudy Tomjanovich took over as head coach midway through the 1991 -- 92 season , ushering in the most successful period in franchise history . Olajuwon-led Rockets went to the 1994 NBA Finals and won franchise 's first championship against Patrick Ewing and the New York Knicks . The following season , the Rockets reinforced by another All-Star , Clyde Drexler , repeated as champions as the sixth seed in the West and swept the Orlando Magic , led by a young Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway , in four games . Houston became the lowest-seeded team in NBA history to win the title . The Rockets acquired all-star forward Charles Barkley in 1996 , but the presence of three of the NBA 's 50 greatest players of all-time ( Olajuwon , Drexler , and Barkley ) was not enough to propel Houston past the Western Conference Finals . Each one of the aging trio had left the team by 2001 , and the Rockets of the early 21st century , led by superstars Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming , followed the trend of consistent regular-season respectability followed by playoff underachievement as both players struggled with injuries . After Yao 's early retirement in 2011 , the Rockets entered a period of rebuilding , completely dismantling and retooling their roster . The acquisition of franchise player James Harden in 2012 has launched the Rockets back into championship contention in the mid-2010s . The Rockets , under general manager Daryl Morey , are notable for popularizing the use of advanced statistical analytics ( similar to sabermetrics in baseball ) in player acquisitions and style of play .",
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"text": "Academy Awards The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette , officially called the `` Academy Award of Merit '' , which has become commonly known by its nickname `` Oscar '' . The awards , first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , are overseen by AMPAS . The awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953 . It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online . The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony . Its equivalents -- the Emmy Awards for television , the Tony Awards for theater , and the Grammy Awards for music and recording -- are modeled after the Academy Awards . The 89th Academy Awards ceremony , honoring the best films of 2016 , were held on February 26 , 2017 , at the Dolby Theatre , in Los Angeles , California . The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC . A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th .",
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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": "Hong Kong Film Award for Best Costume Make Up Design The Hong Kong Film Award for Best Costume Make Up Design is an award presented annually at the Hong Kong Film Awards for a film with the best costume and makeup design . As of 2016 the current winner is Yee Chung-Man for his work on Monster Hunt .",
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"text": "15th Academy Awards The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles . Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver . The ceremony is most famous for the speech by the film 's Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson . Garson 's acceptance speech as Best Actress ran nearly 6 minutes and is generally considered to be the longest acceptance speech at an Academy Awards ceremony . Mrs. Miniver was the second film ( after My Man Godfrey in 1936 ) to receive nominations in all four acting categories , as well as the first film to garner five acting nominations . Also notable at the ceremony , Irving Berlin presented the Academy Award for Best Song , which he ended up winning for `` White Christmas '' . Best Documentary had four winners , something that has not happened before or since . A portion of the ceremony was broadcast by CBS Radio .",
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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": "2002 NBA All-Star Game The 2002 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 10 , 2002 at the First Union Center in Philadelphia , home of the Philadelphia 76ers . This game was the 51st edition of the North American NBA All-Star Game and was played during the 2001 -- 02 NBA season . The West defeated the East 135-120 , with Kobe Bryant of the L.A. Lakers winning the Most Valuable Player . Bryant scored 31 points , dished 5 assists , and grabbed 5 rebounds . Tracy McGrady led the way for the East , scoring 25 points off the bench . He also made one of the most memorable plays in All-Star Game history , the self pass off the backboard dunk . This was also the last All-Star Game to feature players wearing their respective team jerseys , and thus far , the last to be seen on over-the-air television ( all subsequent games have aired on the cable channel TNT ) .",
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"text": "Whitney Houston discography The discography of American singer Whitney Houston ( 1963 -- 2012 ) consists of seven studio albums , six compilations , two soundtrack albums , five box sets , six extended plays , and fifty-seven singles . In 1985 , Houston released her self-titled debut album . It spent fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified thirteen times platinum ( Diamond ) by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , with global sales of 25 million copies . The album produced four US top 5 singles , including three Billboard Hot 100 number-ones . In 1987 , Houston released her second album Whitney . The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was supported by four US number-one singles : `` I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) '' , `` Did n't We Almost Have It All '' , `` So Emotional '' , and `` Where Do Broken Hearts Go '' , which established an unprecedented seven consecutive number one hits by a performer . Whitney was certified 9 × Platinum by the RIAA and topped the charts in numerous countries , having sold in excess of 20 million copies worldwide . Houston 's third studio album , I 'm Your Baby Tonight ( 1990 ) , peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded two number-one singles ; `` I 'm Your Baby Tonight '' and `` All the Man That I Need '' , selling 10 million units worldwide . In February 1991 , Houston released `` The Star Spangled Banner '' performance from Super Bowl XXV as a single , becoming the highest-charting rendition of the national anthem on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . The Bodyguard soundtrack from her film debut , was released in November 1992 . The album contains tracks by other recording artists but is considered a Houston album by Billboard . It topped the Billboard 200 for twenty non-consecutive weeks , one of the longest tenures by an album in the Nielsen SoundScan era . The album was certified 17 × Platinum the United States and sold over 45 million copies worldwide , becoming the best-selling soundtrack album and one of the top 5 best-selling albums of all time . The lead single from the soundtrack , `` I Will Always Love You '' , topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a then-record-breaking fourteen weeks and was certified 6 × Platinum by the RIAA , peaked at number one on the charts in nearly every country and sold 12 million copies worldwide , becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time . Houston contributed three songs , including her eleventh number-one single `` Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) '' on the 7x platinum soundtrack album , Waiting to Exhale ( November 1995 ) . The following year she released The Preacher 's Wife in November 1996 . The soundtrack was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA and became the biggest selling gospel album of all time . In 1998 , she released her first studio album in eight years , My Love Is Your Love . The album failed to match the commercial status of her previous albums , peaking at number thirteen , her lowest chart position on the Billboard 200 among her studio albums . Despite initial weak sales , the album went on to achieve multi-platinum status with 11 million units sold worldwide , being certified 4 × Platinum in the United States . From late 1998 to early 2000 , the album generated five singles ; `` When You Believe '' ( duet with Mariah Carey ) , `` Heartbreak Hotel '' , `` It 's Not Right but It 's Okay '' , `` My Love Is Your Love '' , and `` I Learned from the Best '' . Houston entered the 2000s with her first greatest hits compilation , Whitney : The Greatest Hits , released in May 2000 . The double-disc was certified 3 × Platinum by the RIAA in 2002 and earned 5 × Platinum award posthumously , recognizing 2.6 million in sales throughout the United States . The album hit the top position on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.66 million copies in the UK alone . Also , it reached the top ten in many worldwide markets , selling 10 million copies globally . Just Whitney , released in December 2002 , became her first album after renewing her contract with Arista for a record $ 100 million in 2001 . The album failed to earn multi-platinum status , receiving only Platinum award in the US , and became her lowest-selling studio album to date . She released a holiday album , One Wish : The Holiday Album in November 2003 . In September 2009 , Houston returned to the top position of the Billboard 200 with I Look to You , becoming her fourth number-one album on the chart ; which was her first non-soundtrack number-one in 22 years , since 1987 's Whitney . It also topped the album charts of several European countries and was certified Platinum by the RIAA . Her albums Whitney Houston , Whitney , The Bodyguard and Whitney : The Greatest Hits are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA . According to the RIAA , Houston is the top-selling R&B female artist of the 20th century , and the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States , with shipments of 57 million albums . In addition , until the launch of the RIAA 's digital certification program in 2004 , she had sold 16.5 million physical singles more than any other female solo artist in history . According to the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012 , Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles . Whitney Houston is one of pop music 's best-selling music artists of all-time , with an estimated 170 -- 200 million records sold worldwide .",
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"text": "Houston Texans Cheerleaders The Houston Texans Cheerleaders are the official cheerleading squad of the Houston Texans of the National Football League . The group has been with the team since the team 's inception in 2002 . The squad 's tryouts are held at Methodist Training Center . The group currently has 35 members . Yearly , the squad releases a swimsuit calendar , having done so since 2008 . The squad also makes off-the-field appearances at charity events and parties . In 2011 , the squad held a `` Birds and Birdies '' Golf Tournament at Cypresswood Golf Club . Also in 2011 , the squad had a HTC All Stars Group , before a game against the Carolina Panthers , in which cheerleaders from across Houston got together to perform at the `` Happy Holidays Show '' .",
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"text": "NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association All-Star Game Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given to the player ( s ) voted best of the annual All-Star Game . The award was established in 1953 when NBA officials decided to designate an MVP for each year 's game . The league also re-honored players from the previous two All-Star Games . Ed Macauley and Paul Arizin were selected as the 1951 and 1952 MVP winners respectively . The voting is conducted by a panel of media members , who cast their vote after the conclusion of the game . The player ( s ) with the most votes or ties for the most votes wins the award . No All-Star Game MVP was named in 1999 since the game was canceled due to the league 's lockout . , the most recent recipient is New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis . Bob Pettit and Kobe Bryant are the only two players to win the All-Star Game MVP four times . Oscar Robertson , Michael Jordan , and Shaquille O'Neal have each won the award three times , while Bob Cousy , Julius Erving , Isiah Thomas , Magic Johnson , Karl Malone , Allen Iverson , LeBron James and Russell Westbrook have all won the award twice . James ' first All-Star MVP in 2006 made him the youngest to have ever won the award at the age of 21 years , 1 month . Kyrie Irving , winner of the 2014 All-Star Game MVP , is the second-youngest at 21 years , 10 months . They 're notable as being the two youngest to win the award , both as Cleveland Cavaliers . Four of the games had joint winners -- Elgin Baylor and Pettit in 1959 , John Stockton and Malone in 1993 , O'Neal and Tim Duncan in 2000 , and O'Neal and Bryant in 2009 . O'Neal became the first player in All-Star history to share two MVP awards . The Los Angeles Lakers have had eleven winners while the Boston Celtics have had eight . Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Irving of Australia are the only winners not born in the United States . Both Duncan and Irving are American citizens , but are considered `` international '' players by the NBA because they were not born in one of the fifty states or Washington , D.C. No player trained entirely outside the U.S. has won the award ; Irving lived in the U.S. since age two , and Duncan played U.S. college basketball at Wake Forest . Bob Pettit ( 1958 , 1959 ) and Russell Westbrook ( 2015 , 2016 ) are the only players to win consecutive awards . Pettit ( 1956 ) , Bob Cousy ( 1957 ) , Wilt Chamberlain ( 1960 ) , Bill Russell ( 1963 ) , Oscar Robertson ( 1964 ) , Willis Reed ( 1970 ) , Dave Cowens ( 1973 ) , Michael Jordan ( 1988 , 1996 , 1998 ) , Magic Johnson ( 1990 ) , Shaquille O'Neal ( 2000 ) , and Allen Iverson ( 2001 ) all won the All-Star Game MVP and the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in the same season ; Jordan is the only player to do this multiple times . 14 players have won the award playing for the team that hosted the All-Star Game : Macauley ( 1951 ) , Cousy ( 1957 ) , Pettit ( 1958 , 1962 ) , Chamberlain ( 1960 ) , Adrian Smith ( 1966 ) , Rick Barry ( 1967 ) , Jerry West ( 1972 ) , Tom Chambers ( 1987 ) , Jordan ( 1988 ) , Karl Malone ( 1993 ) , John Stockton ( 1993 ) , O'Neal ( 2004 , 2009 ) , Bryant ( 2011 ) and Davis ( 2017 ) ; Pettit and O'Neal did this multiple times . Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has the distinction of playing in the most All-Star Games ( 18 ) without winning the All-Star Game MVP , while Adrian Smith won the MVP in his only All-Star Game .",
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"text": "Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2014 The 20th Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards honoring the best in film for 2014 were announced on December 15 , 2014 . These awards `` recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film '' are presented annually by the Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association ( DFWFCA ) , based in the Dallas -- Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas . The organization , founded in 1990 , includes 30 film critics for print , radio , television , and internet publications based in north Texas . The Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association began presenting its annual awards list in 1993 . Birdman was the DFWFCA 's most awarded film of 2014 , taking five top honors . Birdman won in Best Picture , Best Actor ( Michael Keaton ) , Best Director ( Alejandro G. Iñárritu ) , Best Cinematography ( Emmanuel Lubezki ) , and Best Screenplay ( Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Nicolás Giacobone , Alexander Dinelaris Jr. , and Armando Bo ) . Another film , Boyhood , earned multiple 2014 honors from the DFWFCA . The coming-of-age tale received top honors in the Best Supporting Actress ( Patricia Arquette ) as well as being presented the Russell Smith Award as the `` best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film '' of the year . The award is named in honor of late Dallas Morning News film critic Russell Smith . Reese Witherspoon was named Best Actress for her role as Cheryl Strayed in Wild . The other films earning honors were Sweden 's Force Majeure for Best Foreign Language Film , Citizenfour as Best Documentary Film , and The Lego Movie for Best Animated Film .",
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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": "1966 NBA All-Star Game The 16th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 11 , 1966 , at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati , Ohio . The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East , and Fred Schaus for the West . Much of the game would focus around the local team 's three named All-Stars . Cincinnati 's Oscar Robertson had been named the event 's MVP in 1964 , and Cincinnati 's Jerry Lucas had been named MVP in 1965 . At game time , the East Division 's top three teams , Boston , Philadelphia and Cincinnati , had the three best records in the league , with New York trailing far behind . This lead East Coach Red Auerbach to name Cincinnati 's Adrian Smith as a reserve and not New York 's sharpshooting Dick Barnett , a source of some controversy at the time . The home crowd rallied behind Smith as he emerged as the game 's star . It was Smith 's only All-Star appearance , and he remains to-date the only one-time NBA All-Star ever named the event 's MVP . The overmatched West suffered not just from poor shooting , but also from losing key All-Star Jerry West to an eye injury in the first quarter . The game was nationally televised , with an attendance of 13,653 .",
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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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"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": "Janty Yates Janty Yates ( born 1950 ) is a British costume designer for film and television . In 2001 , she won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the 2000 film Gladiator . She has also received nominations for BAFTA awards , Saturn Awards , and Satellite Awards . She is a frequent collaborator with English director Ridley Scott , having worked with him seven times as of 2012 .",
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"text": "26th Academy Awards The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953 . The second national telecast of the Awards show drew an estimated 43 million viewers . Shirley Booth , appearing in a play in Philadelphia , presented the Best Actor award through a live broadcast cut-in , and privately received the winner 's name over the telephone from co-host Donald O'Connor . ( Actor Fredric March co-hosted from New York City . ) Gary Cooper filmed his presentation of the Best Actress award in advance on a set in Mexico , with O'Connor announcing the winner 's name . All the major winners in this year were black-and-white films . The big winner was Fred Zinnemann 's From Here to Eternity , with thirteen nominations and eight awards including Best Picture , Best Supporting Actor , Best Supporting Actress , Best Director , Best Screenplay ( Daniel Taradash ) , Best Cinematography ( Burnett Guffey ) , Best Sound , and Best Film Editing . All five of its major actors and actresses were nominated , with secondary players Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra taking home Oscars . The candid film was based on James Jones ' controversial , best-selling novel about Army life on a Hawaiian ( Oahu ) military base just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack and World War II , illustrating the conflict between an individualistic private ( Montgomery Clift ) and rigid institutional authority ( exemplified by the Army ) . Its achievement of eight awards matched the then record held by Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) . The record would be tied again the following year by On the Waterfront ( 1954 ) . Walt Disney won four awards , which remains the record for the most Oscars won in the same year . William Holden 's speech for Best Actor for his role in Stalag 17 was simply `` Thank You '' , making it one of the shortest speeches ever ; the TV broadcast had a strict cutoff time which forced Holden 's quick remarks . The frustrated Holden personally paid for advertisements in the Hollywood trade publications to thank everyone he wanted to on Oscar night . He also remarked that he felt that either Burt Lancaster or Montgomery Clift should have won the Best Actor Oscar for From Here to Eternity , instead of him .",
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"text": "2000–01 Houston Rockets season The 2000 -- 01 NBA season was the Rockets ' 34th season in the National Basketball Association , and 30th season in the city of Houston . In an effort to shore up their front line , the Rockets signed free agent Maurice Taylor during the offseason . After the retirement of Charles Barkley , second-year star Steve Francis continued to emerge as the new star of the Rockets averaging 19.9 points per game . The Rockets got off to a 13 -- 9 start to the season , but then went on a six-game losing streak afterwards . They would recover and play above .500 for the remainder of the season . However , the Rockets missed the playoffs despite finishing fifth in the Midwest Division with a winning record of 45 -- 37 , which was two games behind the 8th-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves . This season marked an end of an era as Hakeem Olajuwon was traded to the Toronto Raptors following the season . Also following the season , Shandon Anderson was traded to the New York Knicks .",
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"text": "2002–03 Houston Rockets season The 2002 -- 03 NBA season was the Rockets ' 36th season in the National Basketball Association , and 32nd season in the city of Houston . This was their final season playing at the Compaq Center . The Rockets won the Draft Lottery , where they selected 7 ' 6 '' Chinese sensation Yao Ming with the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft . In December , the Rockets acquired James Posey from the Denver Nuggets in a three-team trade which sent Kenny Thomas to the Philadelphia 76ers . This season was also head coach Rudy Tomjanovich 's last as he would step down following the season due to health issues . With Yao teamed up with captain Steve Francis , they gelled their first season together , being named as starters for the 2003 NBA All-Star Game . On January 17 , 2003 , Francis gained national media attention , scoring a career-high 44 points in a home game against the Los Angeles Lakers . The Rockets would go on to finish the season with a 43 -- 39 record without clinching a playoff spot , although they improved on last season , where they won just 28 games . Following the season , Posey signed as a free agent with the Memphis Grizzlies , and Glen Rice was traded to the Utah Jazz , but was released and signed with the Los Angeles Clippers .",
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"text": "NBA Most Valuable Player Award The National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) is an annual National Basketball Association ( NBA ) award given since the 1955 -- 56 season to the best performing player of the regular season . The winner receives the Maurice Podoloff Trophy , which is named in honor of the first commissioner ( then president ) of the NBA , who served from 1946 until 1963 . Until the , the MVP was selected by a vote of NBA players . Since the , the award is decided by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada , each of whom casts a vote for first to fifth place selections . Each first-place vote is worth 10 points ; each second-place vote is worth seven ; each third-place vote is worth five , fourth-place is worth three and fifth-place is worth one . Starting from 2010 , one ballot was cast by fans through online voting . The player with the highest point total wins the award . , the current holder of the award is Stephen Curry , who won both the 2015 and 2016 MVP Awards . Every player who has won this award and has been eligible for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has been inducted . Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won the award a record six times . Both Bill Russell and Michael Jordan won the award five times , while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James won the award four times . Russell and James are the only players to have won the award four times in five seasons . Moses Malone , Larry Bird and Magic Johnson each won the award three times , while Bob Pettit , Karl Malone , Tim Duncan , Steve Nash and Stephen Curry have each won it twice . Only two rookies have won the award : Wilt Chamberlain in the and Wes Unseld in the 1968 -- 69 season . Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria , Tim Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands , Steve Nash of Canada and Dirk Nowitzki of Germany are the only MVP winners considered `` international players '' by the NBA . Stephen Curry in 2015 -- 16 is the only player to have won the award unanimously . Shaquille O'Neal in 1999 -- 2000 and LeBron James in 2012 -- 13 are the only two players to have fallen one vote shy of a unanimous selection , both receiving 120 of 121 votes . Since the , every winner was from a team that won at least 50 games in the regular season that year.Except for seasons affected by lockouts , when the schedule was shortened from the norm of 82 games . Karl Malone won in 1998 -- 99 when Utah was 37 -- 13 in 50 games , which projected to 60 wins in 82 games . James won in 2011 -- 12 when the Miami Heat were 46 -- 20 in 66 games , which projected to 57 wins .",
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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": "1994 NBA Finals The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1993 -- 94 National Basketball Association ( NBA ) season , featuring the Western Conference 's Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference 's New York Knicks . This matchup was Hakeem Olajuwon 's second NBA Finals appearance , his other being in 1986 , where Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets four games to two . The series was Patrick Ewing 's first NBA Finals appearance . The Rockets came in with strong determination to win not only the franchise 's first NBA championship , but the city 's first championship in a league that still existed , while the Knicks were looking to add a third NBA championship trophy , as the Knicks ' last trophy came from the 1973 NBA Finals . The Knicks also hoped to impress their new owners Viacom , who had just bought Paramount Communications ( formerly Gulf + Western ) , their longtime owners ( after the series however , Viacom sold the Knicks and the rest of the Madison Square Garden properties ) . The series was hailed as a meeting of the two great centers who had previously played for a championship in college . In 1984 while Olajuwon was with the University of Houston and Ewing was with Georgetown University , Georgetown had beaten Houston 84 -- 75 in the 1984 NCAA Championship game . In this series , however , Olajuwon outperformed Ewing , outscoring him in every game of the series and posting numbers of 26.9 ppg on 50.0 % shooting compared to Ewing 's 18.9 ppg on 36.3 % shooting . However , Ewing set an NBA finals record in the series with a total of 30 blocks , and he tied the single-game record of 8 blocks in Game 5 . Tim Duncan would later set the record for most blocks in a Finals series ( 2003 ) with 32 blocks in six games while Dwight Howard would set the record for most blocked shots in a Finals game with 9 blocked shots in Game 4 of the 2009 Finals while with the Orlando Magic . During the series , the Houston Rockets played seven low-scoring , defensive games against the New York Knicks . After splitting the first two games in Houston , the Knicks won two out of three games at Madison Square Garden , which also hosted the Rangers first Stanley Cup celebration in 54 years during the series . In Game 6 , however , Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon blocked a last-second championship-winning shot attempt by John Starks , giving the Rockets an 86 -- 84 victory and forcing a Game 7 , which made Knicks Coach Pat Riley the first ( and to this date , the only ) coach in a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams , having been with the Los Angeles Lakers in and . In addition , the Knicks set a record for most playoff games played in one season , with 25 . The Detroit Pistons tied this record in . The Boston Celtics , coached by Doc Rivers , would surpass it during their championship season of 2008 when they played 26 . The Rockets beat the Knicks in Game 7 , 90 -- 84 , enabling the city of Houston to not only celebrate its first NBA and fifth professional sports championship ( first in an existing league ) , but also deny New York from having both NBA and NHL championships in the same year ( Chicago had suffered this fate in 1992 , with the Bulls winning their second NBA championship and the Blackhawks losing in the Stanley Cup Finals ) . For his efforts Olajuwon was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player . For the Knicks , Riley had the unfortunate distinction of having become the first ( and to this date , the only ) coach to lose a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams , having lost to the Celtics in 1984 . It also denied him the distinction of being the first coach to win a Game 7 NBA Finals with two different teams , having defeated the Detroit Pistons in 1988 . NBC Sports used Ahmad Rashād ( Knicks sideline ) and Hannah Storm ( Rockets sideline ) . Hal Douglas narrated the season-ending documentary Clutch City for NBA Entertainment .",
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Absolute Beginners featured music.
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"text": "Absolute Beginners (film) Absolute Beginners is a 1986 British rock musical film adapted from Colin MacInnes ' book of the same name about life in late 1950s London . The film was directed by Julien Temple , featured David Bowie and Sade , and Patsy Kensit in one of her first mainstream roles . The film was screened out of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival . Upon release , Absolute Beginners received immense coverage in the British media . At the time , the British film industry was perceived as being on the point of collapse ( with the recent failure of the film Revolution ) . However , the film was panned by critics and became a box office bomb . Some of the criticisms included stylistic anachronisms , such as the mini-skirt and decidedly 1980s music from the likes of The Style Council and Sade , the bowdlerisation of Kensit 's character ( Crepe Suzette had been depicted as a promiscuous `` negrophile '' in the book ) , and the casting of Bowie , who made it a condition of his musical contribution . Although the film was not a success , Bowie 's theme song was very popular in the UK and reached number two in the charts . The commercial failure of Absolute Beginners and another film released about the same time , The Mission , led to the collapse of Goldcrest , a major British film studio .",
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"text": "Music Room (TV series) Music Room is an innovative British television music series that presents classical musicians and the pieces they play in a manner normally associated with popular music programming . Filmed in a bare studio with only a scaffold cube for a set , the programme strips away the glamour that often marks classical music as an elitist art form . The series has also been broadcast in Canada ( on Knowledge ) and across South America ( on Film & Arts ) .",
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"text": "Demo (music) A demo ( from `` demonstration '' ) is a song or group of songs recorded for limited circulation or reference use rather than for general public release . A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas in a fixed format , such as cassette tape , compact disc , or digital audio files , and to thereby pass along those ideas to record labels , record producers , or to other artists . Musicians often use demos as quick sketches to share with bandmates or arrangers or simply for personal reference during the songwriting process ; in other cases a songwriter might make a demo to send to artists in hopes of having the song professionally recorded , or a music publisher may need a simple recording for publishing or copyright purposes .",
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"text": "Vivid (Living Colour album) Vivid is the debut studio album by the American rock band Living Colour , released on May 3 , 1988 through Epic Records . It was one of the most popular albums of 1988 , reaching No. 6 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and certified double platinum by the RIAA . The album is also featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .",
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"text": "Music gym A Music Gym is membership-based club or cooperative community where musicians ( and other artists ) share common resources in a shared facility . Such resources are related to music production , music rehearsal , movie production , art galleries , and tools useful for networking with other creative artists . Typically members of the community share the cost of property through some sort of fee , or make some exchange of services live performance , goods ( music equipment ) or labor to be members of the community . The Music Gym concept and name were first coined and made popular in 2000 in Boston , Massachusetts by Ryan McVinney , where he and business partner Robert Edward along with a group of musicians and artists converted an old circuit-board factory in a rundown area of Allston into a shared musical facility for a relatively large group of local musicians and artists . McVinney and others have helped spread the concept from Boston to Austin , Texas , New York City , Canada , England , Lima Peru , San Francisco , Los Angeles and other various locations across the world . Some Music Gym 's operate as for-profit businesses , while some operate as private , non-incorporated clubs run by smaller groups of musicians .",
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"text": "Rehearsal A rehearsal is an activity in the performing arts that occurs as preparation for a performance in music , theatre , dance and related arts , such as opera , musical theatre and film production . It is undertaken as a form of practising , to ensure that all details of the subsequent performance are adequately prepared and coordinated . The term `` rehearsal '' typically refers to ensemble activities undertaken by a group of people . For example , when a musician is preparing a piano concerto alone in their music studio , this is called `` practicing '' , but when they begin to practice the concerto with an orchestra , this activity is called a `` rehearsal '' . The music rehearsal takes place in a music rehearsal space . A rehearsal may involve as few as two people , as with a small play for two actors , an art song performance by a singer and a pianist or a folk music duo of a singer and a guitar player . On the other end of the spectrum , a rehearsal can be held for a very large orchestra with over 100 performers and a choir . A rehearsal can involve only performers of one type , as in an a cappella choir show , in which a group of singers perform without instrumental accompaniment or a play involving only theatre actors ; it can involve performers of different instruments , as with an orchestra , rock band or jazz `` big band '' ; vocal and instrumental performers , as with opera and choral works accompanied by orchestra ; or a mix of actors , vocalists , instrumentalists and dancers , as with musical theatre . Rehearsals of small groups of performers , such as small rock bands , jazz quartets or organ trios may be held without a leader ; in these cases , the performers themselves jointly determine how to run the rehearsal , which songs to practice , and so on . Some small groups may have their rehearsals led by a bandleader . Almost all mid - to large group performances have a person who leads the rehearsals ; this person may be a bandleader in a rock , country or jazz setting ; a conductor in classical music ( including in opera ) ; a director in theatre or musical theatre ; or a film director for movie rehearsals . While the term is most commonly used in the performing arts to refer to preparation for a public presentation or show , the term is also used to refer to the preparation for other anticipated activities , such as wedding guests and couples practicing a wedding ceremony , paramedics practicing responding to a simulated emergency , or army troops practicing for an attack using a mock-up of the building they will be assaulting .",
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"text": "Music video game A music video game , also commonly known as a music game , is a video game where the gameplay is meaningfully and often almost entirely oriented around the player 's interactions with a musical score or individual songs . Music video games may take a variety of forms and are often grouped with puzzle games due to their common use of `` rhythmically generated puzzles '' . Strong support for the convergence of live music and video games is evident with the success of the Video Games Live concert series . Emergent games for live concert performance , `` game-scores '' , augment traditional western music notation with the dramatic elements of animation , interactivity , graphic elements and aleatoric principles ( Anigraphical Music ) . The concept of incorporating game theory and music is not new and can be traced back to Musikalisches Würfelspiel . Music video games are distinct from purely audio games ( e.g. the 1997 Sega Saturn release Real Sound : Kaze no Regret ) in that they feature a visual feedback , to lead the player through the game 's soundtrack , although eidetic music games can fall under both categories .",
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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": "It's Classy, Not Classic It 's Classy , Not Classic is the debut studio album by American electronic rock duo Breathe Carolina . It was released on September 16 , 2008 through Rise Records . Recorded in 2008 using GarageBand by Apple Inc. , Schmitt also used a MIDI controller and several beat programs to create the tracks . It contains all of the tracks from their EP , Gossip ( 2007 ) , excluding `` Do n't Forget : Lock the Door '' , which was later included on the deluxe edition of their second studio album , Hello Fascination ( 2009 ) . It reached number 186 on the Billboard 200 , as well as number 6 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart . A music video directed by Robby Starbuck was released for the track `` Diamonds '' , which features guest appearances by the American electropop group Millionaires and Josh White from Umbrella Clothing and This City Is Burning Records . This album has less of a focus on guitars when compared to the bands following releases .",
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"text": "Boogie Beebies Boogie Beebies is a United Kingdom children 's television programme , which is produced and broadcast by the BBC . It is aired on CBeebies ( both the separate channel and CBeebies on BBC One and BBC Two ) . It won the Best Pre School Live Action award , at the BAFTA Children 's Awards in 2005 . Each programme is fifteen minutes long , and teaches children a dance ( to a short original song ) , a different one each week . It was originally presented by Nataylia Roni and Peter Hillier . Nataylia had previous been a member of the `` teen pop '' group B-Yond who attempted to win the 1997 Great British Song Contest with the song `` Lighten ' Up '' . However , from December 2006 , it was presented by Hillier alone . It also features clips of children ( at home , in schools or in front of bluescreen ) . In earlier series , the same programme was shown throughout the week . In the later series , a slightly different programme was shown each day . The only variant being , the verses are taught , and the chorus is only run through once . The dance is taught segment by segment by the instructor ( s ) . In earlier programmes , the two instructors took turns with each segment . The moves to each day 's dance , as well as the theme of the song , are drawn from nature or the world around us ( i.e. , `` The Ocean Motion '' features dance moves inspired by various sea creatures ) . The programme culminates with a complete performance of the song and dance , called `` Big Video Time '' . The name of the programme comes from the informal verb to boogie ( dance ) and the Beebies part of CBeebies . The program was advertised using a child dancing `` travolta style '' to A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy .",
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"text": "I Just Can't Stop It I Just Ca n't Stop It is the debut album by UK 2 tone band The Beat . The album was released in 1980 via Go Feet Records in the UK . It was released the same year in the US on I.R.S. Records under the band name `` The English Beat '' . Well received from the start , publications such as Rolling Stone raved that the music was `` wild and threatening , sexy and sharp . '' AllMusic later said '' -LSB- it -RSB- was a stunning achievement '' , which has been undiminished by time . The song `` Mirror in the Bathroom '' featured in the films Grosse Pointe Blank ( 1997 ) and in RocknRolla ( 2008 ) , while the song `` Hands Off ... She 's Mine '' featured in the film 50 First Dates ( 2004 ) .",
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"text": "List of awards and nominations received by Goldfrapp Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo that formed in London in 1999 . The group gained prominence after their debut studio album Felt Mountain was shortlisted for the 2001 Mercury Prize in the United Kingdom . They have released five studio albums : Felt Mountain ( 2000 ) , Black Cherry ( 2003 ) , Supernature ( 2005 ) , Seventh Tree ( 2008 ) and Head First ( 2010 ) . The group 's remix album , We Are Glitter was released in the United States in October 2006 and the compilation album The Singles was released internationally in February 2012 . Black Cherry was released through Mute Records in April 2003 . Singles from the album included `` Train '' , `` Strict Machine '' and `` Twist '' . Black Cherry earned the group two awards , including an Ivor Novello Award ( The Ivors Dance Award ) for the song `` Strict Machine '' . Supernature was released through the same label in August 2005 . The album earned Goldfrapp two Grammy Award nominations in the dance category . Their fourth album , Seventh Tree , was released in February 2008 . Singles included `` A&E '' , `` Happiness '' and `` Caravan Girl '' . The music video for `` Happiness '' earned Goldfrapp and director Dougal Wilson a nomination for Best Pop Video at the UK Music Video Awards . Head First was released in March 2010 . The album earned the group two additional Grammy Award nominations . Other recognitions include the inclusion of Supernature on Rolling Stone magazine 's `` Top 50 Albums of 2006 '' list . Goldfrapp have also been recognized by the ASCAP/PRS Awards , BT Digital Music Awards , International Dance Music Awards , MTV Europe Music Awards and the Q Awards . Overall , Goldfrapp have received two awards from 15 nominations .",
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"text": "BBC Introducing BBC Introducing is the brand for new music programmes across the BBC radio stations , showcasing unsigned , self-signed and other emerging musical talent primarily from the UK . Launched in 2007 the Introducing brand brings programming from across the BBC under a unified brand with each show retaining its own identity . Introducing has also been extended to the BBC 's stages at major festivals such as Glastonbury . Introducing shows can now be found on most BBC Radio stations from national to local . In 2010 BBC Introducing was awarded the best new platform to discover music at the BT Digital Music Awards . In May 2011 , BBC Introducing won the Gold award for Best Use of Multiplatform at the Sony Radio Academy Awards . Since 5 January 2013 , every BBC Local Radio station across England and the Channel Islands broadcasts a BBC Introducing programme at 8pm on Saturday evenings .",
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"text": "This Is Music `` This Is Music '' was the first single released from The Verve 's second album , A Northern Soul . The aptly named song is full of varied lyrical images . The song charted at # 35 in the United Kingdom . `` This Is Music '' featured as the band 's opening song for the majority of their 2008 reunion tour . The cover was shot in Leeds , England .",
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"text": "Rockschool Rockschool was a television series aired by the BBC and PBS on 1 November 1983 . The series explored the history of rock music and gave instruction in popular performance techniques . Aired in the United States by public television station WNET , Herbie Hancock was brought in to host the series for the American market . Hancock presented various topics in a studio classroom setting , interspersed with short lessons from the `` Rockschool Band '' and interview segments with well-known musicians . The series was produced by the Educational Broadcasting Corporation and distributed in the U.S. by Lorimar Productions in 1987 , as six volumes on VHS tape .",
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"text": "Beginner Books Beginner Books is the Random House imprint for young children ages 3 -- 9 , co-founded by Phyllis Cerf with Ted Geisel , more often known as Dr. Seuss , and his wife Helen Palmer Geisel . Their first book was Dr. Seuss 's The Cat in the Hat ( 1957 ) . Cerf compiled a list of 379 words as the basic vocabulary for young readers , along with another twenty slightly harder `` emergency '' words . No more than 200 words were taken from that list to write The Cat in the Hat . Subsequent books in the series were modeled on the same requirement . Beginner Books had only four titles in their catalog in 1958 . Two years later they were earning a million dollars a year and Random House was the largest publisher of children 's books in America .",
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"text": "Strictly Physical (song) `` Strictly Physical '' is a song written by Christian Ballard , Tim Hawes , Pete Kirtley , Obie Mhondera , and Andrew Murray for German pop trio Monrose 's same-titled second studio album , Strictly Physical ( 2007 ) . It was co-produced by production teams Jiant and Snowflakers and released as the album 's second single on 14 September 2007 . It has since reached the top ten in Germany as well as the top twenty in Austria and the top twenty-five a composite European Hot 100 Singles . A thirty-seconds clip of `` Strictly Physical '' was previewed on 27 August 2007 on the band 's official website , and by 3 September the full track had leaked to the Internet via radio .",
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"text": "Schoolhouse Rock! Schoolhouse Rock ! is an American interstitial programming series of animated musical educational short films ( and later , videos ) that aired during the Saturday morning children 's programming on the U.S. television network ABC . The topics covered included grammar , science , economics , history , mathematics , and civics . The series ' original run lasted from 1973 to 1985 ; it was later revived with both old and new episodes airing from 1993 to 1999 . Additional episodes were produced in 2009 for direct-to-video release .",
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"text": "Beginner Beginner may refer to : Beginners ( Raymond Carver ) , title given to the manuscript version of Raymond Carver 's 1981 short story collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Beginners , a 2010 drama film written and directed by Mike Mills Beginner ( band ) , a German rap group `` Beginner '' ( song ) , a song by Japanese idol girl group AKB48",
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"text": "Unsigned artist An unsigned artist , unsigned band or independent artist is a musician or musical group not under a contract with a record label . The terms are used in the music industry as a marketing technique . Bands that release their own material on self-published CDs can also be considered unsigned bands . Often unsigned bands primarily exist to perform at concerts . In more recent years , the Internet has helped promote the music of unsigned bands . Artists often post their music as MP3s on websites such as Bandcamp , SoundCloud , Myspace , PureVolume , GarageBand.com and SoundClick . In 2016 , the Unsigned Music Awards was established in the UK as the first ever televised international awards ceremony to champion artists without the backing of a record label . UK unsigned bands and musicians are able to use such services as The Unsigned Guide and to gather music industry contact names , phone numbers , websites and social media links , as well as information on how to get signed or market music independently . Song pitching websites , such as TAXI allow unsigned musicians to see which record labels ( and other music companies ) are currently seeking new music . Further , companies like Sentric Music and the royalty payment service offered by Last.fm can help in generating income streams for unsigned bands .",
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"text": "Rhythm band The rhythm band is one of the primary methods of introducing children to playing music . Children are given maracas , tambourines , bells , rhythm sticks and other idiophones with which to beat out a simple rhythm while the teacher plays a song , usually on the piano . Alternatively , the teacher does not play a melody but also a rhythm instrument , so that only rhythms are played . Children can also make a rhythm band `` just for fun '' for themselves , without a teacher . If the participants like very loud music , noisemakers like the pea whistle , the recorder head joint , the vuvuzela or the ratchet can be included into the rhythm band , as well as other very loud rhythm instruments like the snare drum . Rhythm bands are usually found in nursery schools or kindergartens , but of course children also can make a rhythm band at home . Melodic instruments are introduced to the children in the first or second year of regular school . But in principle , a rhythm band can be made in every age , with more difficult rhrythms if the participants are older . It is not uncommon for adult musical organizations to employ numerous rhythm players , as in Latin American music , or to distribute rhythm instruments for audience members to accompany a live performance . Category : Early childhood education Category : Music education",
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"text": "Ranbir Kapoor Ranbir Kapoor ( -LSB- rəˈɳbiːr kəˈpuːr -RSB- ; born 28 September 1982 ) is an Indian actor and producer . The son of actors Rishi and Neetu , and the grandson of actor-director Raj , Kapoor pursued film-making and method acting at the School of Visual Arts and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute , respectively . He subsequently assisted Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the film Black ( 2005 ) , and made his acting debut with Bhansali 's tragic romance Saawariya ( 2007 ) , a box office flop . Kapoor rose to prominence with his performances in the coming-of-age film Wake Up Sid ( 2009 ) , the romantic comedy Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani ( 2009 ) , the comedy drama Rocket Singh : Salesman of the Year ( 2009 ) , and the political thriller-crime drama Raajneeti ( 2010 ) . The romantic drama Rockstar ( 2011 ) and the comedy drama Barfi ! ( 2012 ) earned Kapoor two consecutive Best Actor awards at Filmfare , and a starring role in the romantic comedy Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani ( 2013 ) one of the highest-grossing Bollywood filmsestablished him as a leading Bollywood actor . However , he followed it by starring in a series of films that under-performed at the box office , although his performance in the romantic drama Tamasha ( 2015 ) was critically acclaimed . This changed in 2016 when he starred as a musician in the commercially successful romance Ae Dil Hai Mushkil . Through his career in Bollywood films , Kapoor has become one of the most popular celebrities and one of the highest-paid actors in India . He is the recipient of several awards , including five Filmfare Awards . In addition to acting in films , Kapoor supports charities and causes . He is the co-founder of the production company Picture Shuru Productions , and is a co-owner of the Indian Super League football team Mumbai City FC .",
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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": "Viswanathan Ravichandran Viswanathan Ravichandran , also known as Oscar V. Ravichandran , is an Indian film producer and distributor in Chennai , India . He is the founder and owner of the production and distribution company , Oscar Films Pvt. Ltd. . Ravichandran started his venture in 1998 with the co-production of Kadhalukku Mariyadhai . He went on to produce many large-scale Tamil language films and distribute a number of English films across South India .",
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"text": "Miditech Miditech Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian television production company based in Gurgaon , Mumbai , and Bangalore , India . It was founded in 1992 by brothers , Niret Alva and Nikhil Alva and is today a Rs 50-crore television software company . The company creates documentaries and programming for television .",
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"text": "Surya Group Surya Group is an International Textile Company founded in 1963 in Dubai , specialized in the supply of fabrics and garment accessories ; the representative of Nickelodeon and Caterpillar Inc. brands with CEO - Ravi Navlani . Initial products included Consumer Electronics , Watches , Textiles and Luxury Goods . Over time they switched to Textiles , Accessories and Fine Fabrics . The group evolved into a luxury retail brand in the Middle East market . Today , the company has expanded activities to include distribution , retail , investments and real estate .",
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"text": "Yellow Studio Works Yellow Studio Works is an Indian Production House based out of Hyderabad started by three film enthusiasts",
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"text": "Rai Fiction Rai Fiction is an Italian production company founded in 1997 . It is owned and operated by Radiotelevisione Italiana ( RAI ) , the national broadcasting company of Italy . The company produces content for RAI 's channels . The company produces cartoons , sitcoms , and other programmes . The company also works in association with foreign production studios and TV channels as well as other production companies in Italy .",
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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": "Film Farm India Film Farm India is a production house based in Mumbai , India . It produces Indian soap opera 's for various channels like Colors , Zee TV.It is promoted and established by Pintoo Guha & Rupali Guha",
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"text": "Lahari Music Lahari Recording Company is a music company in south India . It owns a music label called Lahari Music it is also a film production company which later ventured into a Post Production Studio called MRT Studios and a Construction Company under the HomEquity India Private Limited Brand . Recently it brought audio rights of Largest Motion Picture of India , Baahubali which is directed by S.S. Rajamouli for Whopping 3 crore rupees . It is the largest buy in India till date .",
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"text": "Creative Commercials Creative Commercials is an Indian film production company established by K. S. Rama Rao .",
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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": "Karan Raj Kanwar Karan Raj Kanwar is an Indian film producer . He is the son of Raj Kanwar and Anita Kanwar . He is the current head of the production company Inderjit Films Combine . Karan Raj Kanwar is recognized as the youngest film producer in India .",
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"text": "Sanjay Kapoor Sanjay Kapoor is a Bollywood actor and producer .",
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"text": "Rajat Kapoor Rajat Kapoor is an Indian actor , writer and director born in 1961 . Kapoor was born in Delhi , India . As a teenager he would watch films with his family and decided to become a filmmaker at the age of 14 . He mainly focused on acting at first . In 1983 he joined the theatre group Chingari in Delhi , later moving to Pune to attend the Film and Television Institute of India ( FTII ) .",
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"text": "Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd. . is an Indian entertainment company .",
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"text": "AM Television AM Television is an Indian Media Company founded by Sanjive Narain who produced Assamese language films and Television Shows . This Media company is an owner of premium Assamese language Entertainment channel Rengoni .",
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"text": "Hari Om Entertainment Hari Om Entertainment Co. also known as Hari Om Productions is a production company established in 2008 . The founders people are actor Akshay Kumar , his mother Aruna Bhatia & wife Twinkle Khanna . ` Hari Om ' happens to be the name of the Kumar 's father . The company in association with Telefilm Canada produced a hockey based Indo-Canadian film Speedy Singhs ( 2011 ) .",
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"text": "ACE Productions ACE ( Academy for Creative Excellence ) Productions is an Indian production and theatre company established by Raell Padamsee .",
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"text": "Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Hungama Digital Media is a company headquartered in Mumbai . The company was first launched in 1999 by Ashish Kacholia , Hiren Ved , Lashit Sanghvi , Rakesh Jhunjhunwala , and Neeraj Roy as an online promotions agency . The company has since grown to where they also serve as an aggregator , developer , publisher , and distributor of Bollywood and Asian entertainment .",
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"text": "Infotainment Television Infotainment Television Pvt Ltd. or ITV is a production company based in New Delhi , India . It produces programmes for BBC , Channel News Asia , Doordarshan , CNBC and SABe TV . It was started in August 2001 by Karan Thapar , President of ITV . Karan Thapar is a very aggressive interviewer . Category : Television production companies of India",
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Vera Farmiga is a director.
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"text": "Vera Farmiga Vera Ann Farmiga ( -LSB- fɑrˈmiːɡə -RSB- born August 6 , 1973 ) is an American actress , director and producer . She began her career on Broadway in the play Taking Sides ( 1996 ) . She made her television debut in the Fox fantasy series Roar ( 1997 ) , and her film debut in the drama-thriller Return to Paradise ( 1998 ) . Farmiga 's breakout role came in 2004 , when she portrayed a mother harboring a secret drug habit in the drama film Down to the Bone . She then co-starred in The Manchurian Candidate ( 2004 ) , The Departed ( 2006 ) , The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ( 2008 ) , and Nothing But the Truth ( 2008 ) . She gained more critical acclaim for her role as Alex Goran in the 2009 comedy-drama Up in the Air , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress . She then had starring roles in Orphan ( 2009 ) , Source Code ( 2011 ) , and Safe House ( 2012 ) . Farmiga made her directorial debut with the drama film Higher Ground ( 2011 ) , in which she also starred in the lead role . In 2013 , she portrayed paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the horror film The Conjuring , and reprised the role in the 2016 sequel The Conjuring 2 . From 2013 to 2017 , Farmiga starred as Norma Louise Bates in the A&E drama-thriller series Bates Motel , for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination . This role , along with her roles in Joshua , Orphan , and the two Conjuring films , has dubbed her as a contemporary scream queen .",
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"text": "6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival The 6th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival was a film festival held in Yerevan , Armenia from 12 -- 19 July 2009 . The annual festival had over 450 submissions from 67 countries , 150 of which were included into the competition and non-competition programs . Over 250 accredited press representatives ( foreign and local ) covered the festival . This was the fourth year the festival was widely covered by Euronews . Among honorable guests were filmmakers Rob Nilsson ( United States ) , Kohei Oguri ( Japan ) , Alexander Rodnyansky ( Russia ) , Sergei Solovyov ( Russia ) , actors Eric Bogosian ( United States ) , Arsinee Khanjian ( Canada ) and producer Alain Terzian . The international juries , headed by Kohei Oguri , Alexander Rodnyansky , Haig Balian ( Netherlands ) awarded the following prizes : Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Feature Film to George Ovashvili for his film The Other Bank ( Georgia ) ; Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Documentary Film to Anders Østergaard for his film Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country ( Denmark ) , and Golden Apricot 2009 for the Best Film in the `` Armenian Panorama '' to With Love and Gratitude by Arka Manukyan ( Armenia ) . The FIPRESCI Award went to Ozcan Alper 's Autumn and the Ecumenical Award to George Ovashvili 's The Other Bank .",
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"text": "Hanna Hemilä Hanna Hemilä is a Finnish film producer , director and writer . Some of her most notable producing credits include Moomins on the Riviera ( 2014 ) , Le Havre ( film ) ( 2011 ) , Bad Family ( film ) ( 2010 ) , Pelikaanimies ( 2004 ) , and the period film Lapin kullan kimallus ( 1999 ) . She made her directorial debut with the critically acclaimed documentary feature Paavo , a Life in Five Courses ( 2010 ) .",
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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": "Goats (film) Goats is a 2012 comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Neil and written by Mark Poirier based on his 2000 novel Goats . The film stars David Duchovny , Vera Farmiga , Graham Phillips , Keri Russell , Justin Kirk , and Ty Burrell . The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24 , 2012 , and was given a limited release in the United States on August 10 , 2012 by Image Entertainment .",
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"text": "Yelena Yatsura Yelena Yatsura ( born January 23 , 1968 in Krasnodar , Russia ) is an independent film producer . She is two-time award winner of the `` Nika '' Russian National Film Award as the Best Fiction Film Producer ( Our Own 2004 and The 9th Company , 2005 ) and the award winner of the Golden Eagle National Film Award as the Best Fiction Film Producer of 2005 ( The 9th Company ) . Her resume contains 15 debut works by various directors including : Philipp Yankovsky ( In Motion , 2002 ) and Fedor Bondarchuk ( The 9th Company , 2005 ) ; the prize winners of the A-class international film festivals -- Alexey German-jr . ( The Last Train , 2003 ) and Ilya Khrzhanovsky ( 4,2004 ) ; and symbolic representatives of Russian artistic circle Konstantin Murzenko ( April , 2001 ) and Renata Litvinova ( The Goddess : How I Fell In Love , 2004 ) . In 2008 Sergei Dvortsevoy with Tulpan , an ethnic film about Kazakh nomads that received international awards including `` Un Certain Regard Award '' in Cannes and outstanding reviews To Love Like Russians Do - 2 ( 1996 , directed by Evgeniy Matveyev ) American Bet ( 1997 , directed by Dmitry Meskhiev ) Tests For Real Men ( 1998 , directed by Andrey Razenkov ) Woman 's Own ( 1998 , directed by Dmitry Meskhiev ) To Love Like Russians Do -3 . The Governor ( 1999 , directed by Evgeniy Matveyev ) April ( 2001 , directed by Konstantin Murzenko ) The Sky . The Plane . The Girl . ( 2002 , directed by Vera Storozheva ) In Motion ( 2002 , directed by Philipp Yankovsky ) Black Ice ( 2002 , directed by Mikhail Brashinskiy ) Diary Of A Kamikaze ( 2002 , directed by Dmitry Meskhiev ) The Last Train ( 2003 , directed by Alexey German-jr . ) Honey Baby ( 2004 , directed by Mika Kaurismyaki ) Our Own ( 2004 , directed by Dmitry Meskhiev ) Goddess . How I Fell In Love ( 2004 , directed by Renata Litvinova ) 4 ( 2004 , directed by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy ) The Wonderful Valley ( 2004 , directed by Rano Kubayeva ) Russian Dolls ( 2005 , directed by Cedrik Klapisch ) The 9th Company ( 2005 , directed by Fedor Bondarchuk ) La Traductrice ( 2006 , directed by Elena Khazanova ) 9 months ( 2006 , directed by Rezo Gigineishvili ) 8-episodes TV-series Red Pearl Of Love ( 2008 , directed by Andres Puustusmaa ) Tulpan ( 2008 , directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy ) The Concert ( 2009 , directed by Radu Mikhaelianu ) Cadences ( 2010 , directed by Ivan Savelyev ) Brothel Lights ( 2011 , directed by Alexander Gordon ) Dumpling Brothers ( 2013 , directed by Gennadiy Ostrovskiy ) Little Bird ( ` Ptichka ' ) ( 2015 , directed by Vladimir Beck ) The Hit ( 2015 , directed by Rita Mikhailova ) -- post-production period",
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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": "Toxic Love Toxic Love ( Amore tossico ) is a 1983 Italian drama film directed by Claudio Caligari . The film depicts a realistic and graphic portrayal of the heroin addiction that afflicted many young drifters in the eighties . The cast was entirely made of amateur actors , of whom most of them were or had been drug addicts . The film premiered at the 40th Venice International Film Festival , in which it won the De Sica Award . It was also screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival , in which Michela Mioni was awarded best actress .",
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"text": "Frankenstein - Italian Style Frankenstein -- Italian Style ( Frankenstein all ` italiana ) is a 1975 Italian horror-comedy film directed by Armando Crispino .",
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"text": "Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz Companhia Cinematográfica Vera Cruz was an important Brazilian film studio founded in 1949 and closed in 1954 . Located in São Bernardo do Campo , was created by the industrialists Franco Zampari and Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho . The company produced and coproduced more than 40 feature films , including O Cangaceiro , one of the most successful movies in Brazilian cinema 's history .",
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"text": "The Passion of Anna The Passion of Anna ( Swedish : En passion , lit . `` A passion '' ) is a 1969 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman , who was awarded Best Director at the 1971 National Society of Film Critics Awards for the film .",
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"text": "Forbidden Love (1927 film) Forbidden Love ( German : Verbotene Liebe ) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Friedrich Feher and starring Magda Sonja , Evi Eva and Paul Otto . The film 's sets were designed by the art director Gustav A. Knauer .",
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"text": "Callas Forever Callas Forever is a 2002 biographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli , who co-wrote the screenplay with Martin Sherman . It is an homage to Zeffirelli 's friend , internationally acclaimed opera diva Maria Callas , whom he directed on stage in Norma , La Traviata , and Tosca .",
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"text": "The Iron Hand of the Mafia The Iron Hand of the Mafia ( Mafia , una legge che non perdona ) is a 1980 Italian film directed by Roberto Girometti .",
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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": "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": "Taissa Farmiga Taissa Farmiga ( -LSB- tɑː ` iːsə_fɑrˈmiːɡə -RSB- born August 17 , 1994 ) is an American actress . She began her career on film in the drama Higher Ground ( 2011 ) , and subsequently made her television debut in the FX series American Horror Story : Murder House ( 2011 ) . Farmiga made her stage debut in the Off-Broadway revival of the drama play Buried Child ( 2016 ) . Farmiga has since appeared in The Bling Ring ( 2013 ) , Mindscape ( 2013 ) , At Middleton ( 2013 ) , The Final Girls ( 2015 ) , 6 Years ( 2015 ) , In a Valley of Violence ( 2016 ) , and Rules Do n't Apply ( 2016 ) . She has voiced Raven in Justice League vs. Teen Titans ( 2016 ) and Teen Titans : The Judas Contract ( 2017 ) .",
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"text": "Vladimir Menshov Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov ( Влади́мир Валенти́нович Меньшо́в born 17 September 1939 in Baku ) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director . He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films . Like many other Russian filmmakers , he studied acting and directing at the state film school VGIK , the world 's oldest educational institution in cinematography . Although his output as an actor outnumbers his output as a director , he is best known for the five films he directed , the most famous of which is the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears , which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . Actress Vera Alentova , who starred in the film , is the mother of Vladimir Menshov 's daughter Yuliya Menshova . Expressed support of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and was blacklisted in Ukraine as a result .",
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"text": "La Ciénaga (film) La Ciénaga ( -LSB- la ˈsjenaɣa -RSB- The Swamp ) is a 2001 Argentine , Spanish , and French film , written and directed by Lucrecia Martel . The film was executive produced by Ana Aizenberg , Diego Guebel , Mario Pergolini , and produced by Lita Stantic . The picture features Graciela Borges , Mercedes Morán , Martín Adjemián , Daniel Valenzuela , among others . The picture is set in the high plains of northwestern Argentina and portrays the life of a self-pitying Argentine bourgeois family .",
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"text": "Golden Age of Mexican cinema The Golden Age of Mexican cinema ( in Spanish Época de Oro del Cine Mexicano ) is a period in the history of the Cinema of Mexico between 1936 and 1959 when the Mexican film industry reached high levels of production , quality and economic success of its films , besides having gained recognition internationally . The Mexican film industry became the center of commercial films in Latin America . The Golden Age began symbolically with the film Vámonos con Pancho Villa ( 1935 ) , directed by Fernando de Fuentes . In 1939 , during World War II , the film industry in the US and Europe decline , because the materials previously destined for film production now were for the new arms industry . Many countries began to focus on making films about war , leaving the opportunity to Mexico , to produce commercial films for the Mexican and Latin American markets . This cultural environment favored the emergence of a new generation of directors and actors considered to date , icons in Mexico and in Hispanic countries and Spanish-speaking audiences .",
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"text": "Olga Sviblova Olga Lvovna Sviblova ( Russian : Ольга Львовна Свиблова , born on June 6 , 1953 in Moscow , USSR ) is a Russian curator , film director , and arts administrator . In 1996 , she founded the Moscow House of Photography , which later became the Multimedia Art Museum , Moscow ; she has been a director there since the institution 's establishment .",
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Ron Cobb is a director.
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"text": "Ron Cobb Ron Cobb ( born 1937 ) is an American cartoonist , artist , writer , film designer , and film director . By the age of 18 , with no formal training in graphic illustration , Cobb was working as an animation `` inbetweener '' artist for Disney Studios in Burbank , California . He progressed to becoming a breakdown artist on the animation feature Sleeping Beauty ( 1959 ) . ( This was the last Disney film to have cels inked by hand . ) After Sleeping Beauty was completed in 1957 , Disney laid off Cobb and he spent the next three years in various jobs -- mail carrier , assembler in a door factory , sign painter 's assistant -- until he was drafted in 1960 into the US Army . For the next two years he delivered classified documents around San Francisco , then , after signing up for an extra year to avoid assignment to the infantry , was sent to Vietnam in 1963 as a draughtsman for the Signal Corps . On his discharge , Cobb began freelancing as an artist . He began to contribute to the Los Angeles Free Press in 1965 . Edited and published by Art Kunkin , the Los Angeles Free Press was one of the first of the underground newspapers of the 1960s , noted for its radical politics . Cobb 's editorial/political cartoons were a celebrated feature of the Freep , and appeared regularly throughout member newspapers of the Underground Press Syndicate . However , although he was regarded as one of the finest political cartoonists of the mid-1960s to early 1970s , Cobb made very little money from the cartoons and was always looking for work elsewhere.His cartoons were featured in the back to the land magazine `` The Mother Earth News . '' Among other projects , Cobb designed the cover for Jefferson Airplane 's 1967 album , After Bathing at Baxter 's . He also contributed design work for the cult film , Dark Star ( 1973 ) ( he drew the original design for the exterior of the Dark Star spaceship on a Pancake House napkin ) . His cartoons from the 1960s and 1970s are collected in RCD-25 ( 1967 ) and Mah Fellow Americans ( 1968 ) ( both Sawyer Press ) , and Raw Sewage ( 1971 ) and My Fellow Americans ( 1971 ) ( both Price Stern and Sloan ) . None of these volumes remains in print . In 1969 Cobb designed the Ecology symbol , later incorporated into the Ecology Flag . In 1972 , Cobb moved to Sydney , Australia , where his work appeared in alternative magazines such as The Digger . Independent publishers Wild & Woolley published a `` best of '' collection of the earlier cartoon books , The Cobb Book in 1975 . A follow-up volume , Cobb Again , appeared in 1978 . In 1981 , Colorvision , a large-format , full-colour monograph appeared , including much of his design work for the films Star Wars ( 1977 ) , Alien ( 1979 ) , and Conan the Barbarian ( 1982 ) , the first feature for which he received the credit of Production Designer . Cobb has also contributed production design to the films The Last Starfighter ( 1984 ) , Leviathan ( 1989 ) , Total Recall ( 1990 ) , True Lies ( 1994 ) , The Sixth Day ( 2000 ) , Cats & Dogs ( 2001 ) , Southland Tales ( 2006 ) , and the Australian feature Garbo , which he directed . Cobb contributed the initial story for Night Skies , an earlier , darker version of E.T. . Steven Spielberg offered him the opportunity to direct this scarier sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind until problems arose over special effects that required a major rewrite . While Cobb was in Spain working on Conan the Barbarian , Spielberg supervised the rewrite into the more personal E.T. and ended up directing it himself . Cobb later received some net profit participation . During the early 1990s , Cobb worked with Rocket Science Games . His designs can be seen most notably in Loadstar : The Legend of Tully Bodine ( 1994 ) and The Space Bar ( 1997 ) , in which he designed all the characters . Cobb also co-wrote with his wife , Robin Love , one of the ( 1985 -- 1987 ) Twilight Zone episodes . Among the most famous film props signed by Cobb are two of the swords he designed for the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian ( the `` Father 's Sword '' and the `` Atlantean Sword '' ) . Cobb 's original drawings of the swords are nowadays used , in cinema merchandising , to mass-produce and sell replicas .",
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"text": "Alan Greenberg (film director) Alan Greenberg ( born October 14 , 1950 in New York City , died January 27 , 2015 in Portland , OR ) was an American film director , screenwriter , photographer and author . Greenberg visited Jamaica from a young age , and was a friend of Bob Marley . Following Marley 's death , Marley 's family asked Greenberg to make a film about Marley . In 1981 , Greenberg filmed Land of Look Behind ( 1982 ) , a documentary film that includes footage of Marley 's funeral as well as scenes filmed in Jamaica 's remote Cockpit Country and the capital city of Kingston . The film ended up being more of a visionary portrait of the Jamaica of that period ( focusing on the Rastafari movement and reggae culture ) than a film primarily about Marley . The film has won considerable critical acclaim , as well as winning the Gold Hugo Award for Best Documentary in the Chicago International Film Festival , the U.S. 's largest film competition . Land of Look Behind has also been honored as the best American documentary film of its era , and the legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog says '' ` Land of Look Behind ' has achieved things never seen before in cinema . '' Greenberg worked closely with Werner Herzog on many projects . He served as a special unit photographer on the films Cape Fear '' by Martin Scorsese ( 1991 ) and 1900 , by Bernardo Bertolucci ( 1976 ) . He also wrote twenty screenplays and three books . His book Heart of Glass , about the making of the 1976 Werner Herzog masterwork of the same name , was called `` The best book on the making of a film ever written '' by Rolling Stone magazine . A new and entirely revised edition of the book , entitled , `` EVERY NIGHT THE TREES DISAPPEAR : Werner Herzog and the Making of ` Heart of Glass ' '' was published in hard cover by the Chicago Review Press . It featured Greenberg 's previously-unpublished photographs , which Herzog called `` strange and beautiful . '' '' In 2012 Greenberg was going to write and produce a film based on his acclaimed screenplay `` Love in Vain '' , a poetic account of the mysterious blues genius Robert Johnson . `` Love in Vain '' was also the first screenplay ever published by a major house ( Doubleday ) as literature . Greenberg 's latest screenplay , `` Tutankhamun - Lord of Two Lands '' , a radically researched vision of the Boy King 's murder intertwined with the intrigue surrounding his tomb 's discovery in 1922 , was to have been produced in 2013 .",
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"text": "Gene Allen (art director) Eugene `` Gene '' Allen ( June 17 , 1918 -- October 7 , 2015 ) was an American art director . He followed his father and became a Los Angeles Police officer after he was laid off from his first job as a sketch artist . After serving in the United States Navy during World War II , Allen went to art school to pursue his career . He won an Academy Award in 1965 for Best Art Direction for My Fair Lady , and was nominated for A Star Is Born in 1955 and for Les Girls in 1958 . He served as President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences from 1983 to 1985 and received a Special Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild in 1997 . Allen died on October 7 , 2015 at the age of 97 .",
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"text": "Ron Silver Ronald Arthur `` Ron '' Silver ( July 2 , 1946 -- March 15 , 2009 ) was an American actor , director , producer , radio host , and political activist . He played Henry Kissinger , Alan M. Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee on the screen and supported Bill Clinton , Rudolph Giuliani and George W. Bush in the wake of the September 11 attacks . He was awarded a Tony in 1988 for Best Actor for Speed-the-Plow , a satirical dissection of the American movie business .",
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"text": "Aaron Russo Aaron Russo ( -LSB- ˈrʊsoʊ -RSB- February 14 , 1943 -- August 24 , 2007 ) was an American entertainment businessman , film producer and director , and political activist . He was best known for producing such movies as Trading Places , Wise Guys , and The Rose . Later in life , he created various Libertarian-leaning political documentaries including Mad as Hell and America : Freedom to Fascism . After a six-year battle with bladder cancer , Russo died on August 24 , 2007 .",
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"text": "Joe Roth Joseph E. `` Joe '' Roth ( born 1948 ) is an American film executive , producer and film director . He co-founded Morgan Creek Productions in 1987 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox ( 1989 -- 93 ) , Caravan Pictures ( 1993 -- 94 ) , and Walt Disney Studios ( 1994 -- 2000 ) before founding Revolution Studios in 2000 .",
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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": "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": "Ron Roy (producer) Ron Roy is an American actor , producer , director , writer , composer and cinematographer . He is best known as the creator of the Moodtapes DVD/CD nature/relaxation series and the producer/director of the annual comedy special Stand Up Comics Take A Stand , which aired for four years nationally on The Family Channel . He has produced and directed film , television , theater , documentaries , radio , commercials and music videos .",
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"text": "Basic Instinct Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas , and starring Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone . The film follows a police detective , Nick Curran ( Douglas ) , who is investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy rock star . During the investigation Curran becomes involved in a torrid and intense relationship with the prime suspect , Catherine Tramell ( Stone ) , an enigmatic writer . Even before its release , Basic Instinct generated heated controversy due to its overt sexuality and graphic depiction of violence . It was strongly opposed by gay rights activists , who criticized the film 's depiction of homosexual relationships and the portrayal of a bisexual woman as a murderous narcissistic psychopath . In a 2006 interview , Stone alleged that the infamous leg-crossing scene in which her vulva was exposed was filmed without her knowledge . Despite initial critical negativity and public protest , Basic Instinct became one of the most financially successful films of the 1990s , grossing $ 352 million worldwide . Several versions of the film have been released on videocassette , DVD , and Blu-ray including a director 's cut with extended footage previously unseen in North American cinemas . The film has contemporarily been recognized for its groundbreaking depictions of sexuality in mainstream Hollywood cinema , and has been referred to by scholars as `` a neo-noir masterpiece that plays with , and transgresses , the narrative rules of film noir . '' A 2006 sequel , Basic Instinct 2 starring Stone was made without Verhoeven 's involvement , but received negative reviews from critics and was unsuccessful at the box office .",
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"text": "Ronald Rand Ronald Rand is an American stage and film actor , educator , director , playwright , producer , and newspaper publisher . A U.S. Cultural Goodwill Ambassador , Rand has performed his one-man show , `` Let It Be Art ! '' as Harold Clurman since 2001 in 23 countries and 20 states.Founder and Publisher of the newspaper , The Soul of the American Actor , he is also the author of Acting Teachers of America .",
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"text": "Cobb's Comedy Club Cobb 's Comedy Club is a stand-up comedy venue in San Francisco 's North Beach neighborhood . It was founded in 1982 and has had many top comedians on its stage .",
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"text": "Glen Morgan Glen Morgan is an American television producer , writer and director .",
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"text": "Rocky Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone . It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa , an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working in a meat warehouse and as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia . Rocky starts out as a small-time club fighter , and later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship . The film also stars Talia Shire as Adrian , Burt Young as Adrian 's brother Paulie , Burgess Meredith as Rocky 's trainer Mickey Goldmill , and Carl Weathers as the champion , Apollo Creed . The film , made on a budget of just over $ 1 million and shot in 28 days , was a sleeper hit ; it earned $ 225 million in global box office receipts , becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976 , and went on to win three Oscars , including Best Picture . The film received many positive reviews and turned Stallone into a major star . In 2006 , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically or aesthetically significant '' . Rocky is considered to be one of the greatest sports films ever made and was ranked as the second-best in the genre , after Raging Bull , by the American Film Institute in 2008 . The film has spawned six sequels : Rocky II ( 1979 ) , Rocky III ( 1982 ) , Rocky IV ( 1985 ) , Rocky V ( 1990 ) , Rocky Balboa ( 2006 ) and Creed ( 2015 ) . Stallone portrays Rocky in all six sequels , wrote the first five , and directed four ( Avildsen returned to direct Rocky V and Ryan Coogler directed Creed ) .",
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"text": "The Cobbler (2014 film) The Cobbler is a 2014 American magic realism comedy-drama film directed by Tom McCarthy and co-written by McCarthy with Paul Sado . The film stars Adam Sandler , Dan Stevens , Dustin Hoffman and Steve Buscemi . It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival . The film was released on March 13 , 2015 , by Image Entertainment . The film was panned by critics and was a box office bomb .",
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"text": "Ron Taylor (actor) Ronald James `` Ron '' Taylor ( October 16 , 1952 -- January 16 , 2002 ) was an American actor , singer and writer . He grew up in Galveston , Texas and later moved to New York City to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts . After graduating , Taylor began working in musical theater , appearing in The Wiz ( 1977 ) , before getting his break with the 1982 off-Broadway production Little Shop of Horrors . Taylor voiced the killer plant Audrey II in the show , which ran for five years and over 2,000 performances . Taylor created and starred in the musical revue It Ai n't Nothin ' But the Blues , which charted the history of blues music from its African origin to American success . Originally performed at high schools in Denver as a 45-minute piece , the revue was expanded to two hours , played around the country and opened on Broadway in 1999 . It was met with critical acclaim , ran for eight months , and saw Taylor receive two Tony Award nominations . He also had numerous television roles , appearing in The Simpsons , Twin Peaks , Ally McBeal and L.A. Law . His performance in the latter , as a singer who performed the American national anthem `` The Star-Spangled Banner '' at baseball games , led him to perform the anthem at several real-life sporting events . Taylor was married and had one son . He died in January 2002 after suffering a heart attack .",
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"text": "Ron Smith (television) Ron Smith ( born July , 8 1966 ) is an American director , voice actor and animator . He has been the voice of Kevin in 3-2-1 Penguins and worked as an assistant engineer on RoboCop : Alpha Commando and a character animator on G.I. Joe : Valor vs. Venom .",
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"text": "Ron Fassler Ron Fassler ( born March 4 , 1957 in New York City ) is an American film and television actor . He is best known for his role as Bryan Grazer , the LAPD captain in the Fox Network cult science fiction TV series Alien Nation . The series was canceled after a short run , but Fox brought it back in 1994 in a series of five TV movies . Fassler reprised his role as Captain Grazer in Alien Nation : Dark Horizon ( 1994 ) , Alien Nation : Body and Soul ( 1995 ) , Alien Nation : Millennium ( 1996 ) , Alien Nation : The Enemy Within ( 1996 ) , and Alien Nation : The Udara Legacy ( 1997 ) . His first TV role was in the 1981 TV movie Senior Trip , which also starred `` Alien Nation '' co-star Jeff Marcus . Seen as Ted Koppel in 2009 ` sWatchmen , Fassler 's first feature film appearance was in the 1990 comedy move Gremlins 2 : The New Batch ( 1990 ) . Other recent films include Charlie Wilson 's War ( 2008 ) , Hancock ( 2008 ) , Walk Hard : The Dewey Cox Story ( 2007 ) , For Your Consideration ( 2006 ) and Flags of Our Fathers ( 2006 ) . Fassler has made many guest appearances on TV shows ranging from NYPD Blue to The Facts of Life , Matlock , 7th Heaven and Star Trek : Voyager , along with recurring roles on Sisters and the recent critically acclaimed Side Order of Life . He even did multiple episodes of The Young and the Restless as Justin Johns . As a writer , Fassler co-wrote the Lifetime TV movie , How I Married My High School Crush ( 2007 ) and also wrote for the sitcom Murphy Brown . More recently , Fassler had a recurring role on the Disney XD sitcom Zeke and Luther where he played reporter Dale Davis . This role has also carried over to other Disney XD sitcoms including Kickin ' It and Pair of Kings . Fassler also appeared in the 2015 movie Trumbo . In recent years , Fassler has been directing shows at Priscilla Beach Theatre . A memoir , `` Up in the Cheap Seats '' which chronicles Fassler 's years as a teenage theatregoer , and includes interviews with more than 100 Broadway theatre artists , will be published in the fall of 2016 .",
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"text": "Film industry in Georgia (U.S. state) The film industry in Georgia was , in 2015 , the third largest among U.S. states , eclipsed only by California and New York State . The industry in Georgia was boosted substantially by tax incentives introduced in 2002 and strengthened in 2008 . The state government claims $ 770 million in economic impact to Georgia ( 2009 ) , while industry sources claim that the tax subsidy costs the state $ 141 million ( 2010 ) . Atlanta is the center of the film industry in Georgia with Turner , Tyler Perry and EUE/Screen Gems studios located there . There were 348 productions shot in the state in 2009 . Films shot in Georgia include Tyler Perry 's Meet the Browns ( 2008 ) , Life as We Know It ( 2010 ) , and Contagion ( 2011 ) . Atlanta has been called the `` Hollywood of the South '' .",
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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": "Rob Green (film director) Rob Green is a film director , producer , editor and screenwriter .",
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"text": "Ramona Marquez Ramona Marquez ( born 24 February 2001 ) is a British child actress from London , best known for her role as Karen Brockman in the BBC One sitcom Outnumbered .",
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"text": "2001–02 Terceira Divisão The 2001 -- 02 Terceira Divisão season was the 52nd season of the competition and the 12th season of recognised fourth-tier football in Portugal .",
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"text": "Claudia Cruz Claudia Julissa Cruz Rodríguez ( born February 5 , 1986 in Bonao ) is a Dominican actress , TV Host , model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her country at the Miss World 2004 pageant . After representing Bonao and placing only as the 5th Runner-Up in the Miss Dominican Republic 2004 pageant , which was won by Larimar Fiallo , Cruz decided to take another chance at the new revamped and independent Miss Mundo Dominicana contest . For the first time ever the contest would be a reality show , the semifinalists being narrowed down by judges and the finalists and winners based on public vote . Having received 66 % of the votes , Claudia was named winner on October 10 , 2004 only a month before departure to the contest . Despite the lack of time to prepare herself for the Miss World pageant , she won the title of Continental Queen of the Caribbean and finished as the 1st Runner-Up to the eventual winner , María Julia Mantilla from Peru . Cruz is the first Dominican beauty queen to have been elected by public vote . She is also the second-highest placed Dominican ever in the Miss World contest as she placed second , only Mariasela Álvarez has placed higher as she was the winner of Miss World 1982 . Cruz crowned her successor Elisa Abreu , on July 10 , 2005 . Claudia has a sister , sports reporter Carolina Cruz de Martínez , who is married to the famous Dominican pitcher Pedro Martínez .",
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"text": "Primera División de México Verano 2001 Primera División de México ( Mexican First Division ) Verano 2001 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion ( s ) of Mexican football . It began on Saturday , January 6 , 2001 , and ran until April 19 , when the regular season ended . In the final Santos defeated Pachuca and became champions for the 2nd time .",
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"text": "Yuna (singer) Yunalis Mat Zara'ai , professionally known as Yuna , is a Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman . Born and raised in Kedah and Selangor , she began writing songs at age 14 . She soon taught herself to play guitar , and by 2006 , in need of a creative outlet while attending law school , performed for an audience for the first time . Yuna offered her music on her MySpace page , which received over one million plays . This online success tipped off the Indie-Pop label/management company to her music , and in early 2011 she signed with the Fader label . Joined by guitarist Pa'an , bassist Efry Arwis , and drummer Adib Azfar ( and later , Adil Ali ) , Yuna made her recorded debut album in Malaysia in 2008 with a self-titled EP , which went on to snag five Malaysian Music Awards nominations ( the Malaysian equivalent of the Grammy ) . She took home four trophies , including Best New Artist and Best Song ( for the breakout hit `` Dan Sebenarnya '' ) . The Decorate ( EP ) followed two years later ( and was released stateside in spring 2011 ) . Decorate included the viral hit `` Rocket , '' which won raves from Billboard magazine , indie rock radio station KEXP , and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons , as well as ink in SPIN 's Eight Bands You Need to Hear Now . On the performance end , Yuna was nominated as one of MTV Iggy 's Best New Bands in the World in 2011 , and she marked the occasion by playing at the historic MTV Studios . A new single , `` Live Your Life '' ( 2012 ) , produced by Pharrell Williams , was a preamble to her self-titled full-length debut , which arrived that April . That summer , Yuna appeared at Lollapalooza . In 2013 , Yuna returned with the album Nocturnal , featuring the single `` Falling . '' In February 2016 , Yuna previewed her third album with the release of `` Places to Go , '' a single produced by hip-hop legend DJ Premier . The full album , Chapters , was released three months later . In December 2016 , her album Chapters broke into the Top 10 of the Billboard Best R&B Albums Of 2016 : Critic 's Pick . Chapters ranked at No. 7 out of 10 best R&B albums of the year . Yuna received an award for the Most Successful Malaysian Singer from The Malaysia Books Of Record . Chapters was also nominated in the Top 20 Best R&B Albums Of 2016 by the Rolling Stone magazine . Yuna got invited as special guest to perform on stage in 2016 Soul Train Music Awards ( US ) .",
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"text": "La Ciénaga (film) La Ciénaga ( -LSB- la ˈsjenaɣa -RSB- The Swamp ) is a 2001 Argentine , Spanish , and French film , written and directed by Lucrecia Martel . The film was executive produced by Ana Aizenberg , Diego Guebel , Mario Pergolini , and produced by Lita Stantic . The picture features Graciela Borges , Mercedes Morán , Martín Adjemián , Daniel Valenzuela , among others . The picture is set in the high plains of northwestern Argentina and portrays the life of a self-pitying Argentine bourgeois family .",
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"text": "Ramón Zaydín Ramón Zaydín y Márquez Sterling ( 1895 -- 1968 ) was a Cuban politician and Prime Minister of Cuba . He was an Abogado-notario , who served as delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1940 , a Senator , Prime Minister of Cuba ( 1942-1944 ) , and vice-presidential candidate in the elections of 1944 . He was also a professor at the University of Havana School of Law . He was married to Maria Antonia Diago .",
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"text": "Ramona (1988 TV series) Ramona is a Canadian children 's television series which followed the life of eight-year-old title character Ramona Quimby ( Sarah Polley ) . It was based on the Ramona book series by Beverly Cleary . The television series debuted on September 10 , 1988 , and its ten episodes spanned four months . It aired on CBC Television in Canada and on PBS in the United States . The TV series was released on video by Lorimar Home Video , but when Lorimar Home Video was acquired by Warner Communications , video releases were then released by Warner Home Video . Eight-year-old Ramona Quimby ( Sarah Polley ) feels that no one really understands her . She 's bright , imaginative , and according to her older sister , Beezus , a `` pest '' . Every day she tries to find out more about herself and her world , with an optimism that only children possess . The series follows Ramona 's adventures in school and at home as her family struggles with financial woes and the coming of a new baby .",
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"text": "2001 Brisbane Sevens The 2001 Brisbane Sevens , officially the 2001 Brisbane International Sevens , was a cancelled international rugby sevens tournament , originally scheduled to be part of the second season of the World Sevens Series in 2000-01 . The International Rugby Board ( IRB ) withdrew the World Series hosting rights in response to the Australian government 's sporting sanctions against Fiji . The Australian federal government had refused to provide visas to the Fijian 7s squad following the Fiji military coup which had taken place in May 2000 . The statement from the IRB in response said : The event had been planned to be held in Brisbane on the weekend of 16 -- 17 February 2001 , but was cancelled . It would have been the 2nd edition of the Australian Sevens tournament but that had to wait for the 2002 Brisbane Sevens in the 2001-02 season .",
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"text": "2001 Radio Disney Music Awards The 2001 Radio Disney Music Awards were held on December 23 , 2001 , at the Radio Disney , studios . It was the first edition of the award .",
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"text": "José Emilio Perea José Emilio Perea Trujillo ( born 19 January 1983 in Pachuca , Hidalgo ) is a Mexican professional boxer in the Lightweight division . He 's currently the WBC FECARBOX Lightweight Champion and was the WBC FECARBOX Super Featherweight Champion .",
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"text": "Sin Límite (Ednita Nazario album) Sin Límite is the 17th album of Puerto Rican singer Ednita Nazario . It was released on February 27 , 2001 .",
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"text": "Miss World 2001 Miss World 2001 , the 51st edition of the Miss World pageant , was held on 16 November 2001 at the Super Bowl of Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City , South Africa . 93 contestants from all over the world competed for the title . Priyanka Chopra of India crowned her successor Agbani Darego of Nigeria at the end of the event . This is the first time Nigeria won the title of Miss World . The Miss World 2001 contest was expecting 107 delegates from around the planet to compete in the 51st version of the pageant ; however September 11 attacks , added to economic and other matters , were responsible for several delegates not showing up .",
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"text": "Ramón Puerta Federico Ramón Puerta ( born September 9 , 1951 ) is an Argentine Peronist politician who has served as a governor , senator and national deputy and effectively acted as President of Argentina during 2001 .",
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"text": "Binibining Pilipinas 2001 Binibining Pilipinas 2001 ( Miss Philippines 2001 ) was the 38th edition of the Binibining Pilipinas Charities , Inc. ( BPCI ) which took place on March 10 , 2001 at the Araneta Coliseum , with a delayed broadcast by GMA Network . A total of 26 Candidates competed with Zorayda Ruth Andam proclaimed as the Bb . Pilipinas-Universe , and crowned by 2000 titleholder Nina Ricci Alagao . Gilrhea Quinzon as Bb . Pilipinas World and was crowned by Bb . Pilipinas-World 2000 Katherine de Guzman as the Philippine representative to Miss World , while Maricarl Tolosa was crowned Bb . Pilipinas-International 2001 by previous year 's winner , Joanna Maria Peñaloza .",
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"text": "Maga Nevares de Rosselló Irma Margarita `` Maga '' Nevares Padilla is the wife of former Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Rosselló and mother of the current Governor of Puerto Rico , Ricardo Rosselló . served as First Lady from 1993 to 2001 .",
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"text": "Rey de Reyes (2001) The Rey de Reyes 2001 ( Spanish for `` King of Kings '' ) was the fifth annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show , produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion AAA . The event took place on March 30 , 2001 in the Convention Center in Ciudad Madero , Tamaulipas , Mexico . The Rey de Reyes tournament consisted of a semi-final round of four four-man elimination matches and a final match with the winners of each of the semi-finals facing off in an elimination match until only one man remained . The final of the 2001 Rey de Reyes tournament pitted La Parka , Jr. , Latin Lover , Abismo Negro and Heavy Metal against each other . The show featured two additional matches beyond the five Rey de Reyes tournament matches .",
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"text": "Ramón Montaño Ramón Carlos Montaño Córdova ( born November 8 , 1982 in Ciudad Obregón , Sonora , Mexico ) is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division .",
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"text": "2001–02 Segunda Liga The 2001 -- 02 Segunda Liga season was the 12th season of the competition and the 68th season of recognised second-tier football in Portugal .",
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"text": "Lotlot de Leon Lotlot de Leon ( born February 16 , 1971 ) is a Filipino actress .",
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"text": "Yadira Geara Yadira Geara Cury ( born February 1 , 1986 ) is a beauty queen from the Dominican Republic . At the age of 18 , she participated in Miss Dominican Republic 2004 , placing 3rd runner up . In 2005 , she entered and won Reina Nacional de Belleza Miss República Dominicana 2005 was chosen to take part in Miss International 2005 , where she placed as first runner-up . In 2007 , she decided to compete for Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2008 , where she earned the right to participate in Miss Continente Americano , won by Marianne Cruz .",
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"text": "Emily Ratajkowski Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski ( -LSB- ˌrɑːtaɪˈkɒfski -RSB- born June 7 , 1991 ) is an American actress and model . Born to American parents in London and raised primarily in California , she rose to prominence in 2013 after appearing in the music video for Robin Thicke 's `` Blurred Lines '' , which became the number one song of the year in several countries and attracted controversy over its purportedly sexist content . Ratajkowski 's modeling career has progressed from retail ad work to art house erotica and high fashion . She appeared on the cover of the March 2012 issue of the erotic magazine treats ! , which led to her being asked to appear in two music videos -- `` Blurred Lines '' and Maroon 5 's `` Love Somebody '' . She appeared in the 2014 and 2015 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues . Ratajkowski made her professional runway modeling debut for Marc Jacobs at New York Fashion Week in 2015 and has since walked on the Paris Fashion Week runway for Miu Miu . She appeared in a Buick Super Bowl commercial during Super Bowl 50 . Ratajkowski began acting as a child in the San Diego area before she gained a recurring role on iCarly and later roles in major films . Her feature film debut was as the mistress of Ben Affleck 's character in the 2014 film Gone Girl . Ratajkowski 's 2015 roles included the films Entourage and We Are Your Friends ( her first leading role ) as well as the miniseries The Spoils Before Dying . Ratajkowski is an advocate for women 's health issues as a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood and supports the right of women to express their sexuality . Her claim to being a feminist has been both supported and disputed .",
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"text": "Sylvie (novel) Sylvie ( 1853 ) is a novella by French Romanticist Gérard de Nerval . It was first published in the periodical La Revue des Deux Mondes in 1853 , and as a book in Les Filles du feu in 1854 , just a few months before Nerval killed himself in January 1855 . Sylvie is often considered to be Nerval 's prose masterpiece , and has been a favorite of Marcel Proust , André Breton , Joseph Cornell and Umberto Eco . Harold Bloom included it in The Western Canon ( 1994 ) . An idyll written in the form of a reminiscence , the story is about a hero 's love for three women , all of whom he loses ; a hymn to unattainable , unrequited love . The story begins when a paragraph in a newspaper plunges the narrator into his memories as a younger man . The perspective seems to shift back and forth between the past and present , so the reader is never entirely sure if the narrator is recounting past events from memory , or retelling current events as they happen . Critics have praised the writing for its lucid and lyrical style . The narrator , of noble status who has recently come into an inheritance , decides to leave Paris , where he is living a debauched life of theater and drink , and return to the love of his youth , a peasant girl named Sylvie who has classic features and brunette hair , a `` timeless ideal '' . She sews gloves for a living and ends up marrying another man more equal to her class . The narrator also loves a seductive actress in Paris named Aurelia , who has many suitors who tell her empty idylls of love , but none love her for who she really is , including the narrator , who sees her as a lovely illusion that fades in the daylight of reality . The narrator also loves Adrienne , of noble birth , tall with blonde hair , she is an `` ideal beauty '' , but she lives in a convent , and dies an early death . In the end , he loves all three but obtains none , seemingly for reasons both beyond and within his making . Sylvie has many features of Romanticism , including flowing descriptions of a beautiful but lost natural world , appreciation for the architecture and traditions of the Middle Ages , and Greek traditions . The use of color appears to be unique , with binary oppositions serving as a simplifying mechanism to make distant memories emerge more strikingly from the mist . The novel contains autobiographical elements . As in the story , Nerval often traveled to Germany and the east . Nerval had an unhappy love for a real actress , Jenny Colon . He had a female childhood friend named Adrienne , who he unhappily lost earlier in life . These unattainable and lost female figures are represented in the story , as well in his other works and real life , Nerval lost his mother at an early age . Guillaume Apollinaire relates ( in La Vie Anecdotique ) that while writing Sylvie , Nerval spent eight days in Chantilly solely to study a sunset that he needed for it . Julien Gracq wrote of Sylvie in 1966 : `` I know of no more enchanted narrative in our language '' ( `` Je ne connais aucun récit plus enchanté dans notre langue '' ) .",
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"text": "Anne Godard Anne Godard ( born December 1971 in Paris ) is a French writer .",
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"text": "Brunoy Brunoy is a commune in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 20.6 km from the center of Paris . The tenor Louis Nourrit ( 1780 -- 1831 ) died in Brunoy . Inhabitants of Brunoy are known as Brunoyens . The city has a church Saint-Medard , richly decorated in the Louis XVI style . Organ Festival takes place each year in November . Brunoy is home to a branch of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch , which attracts hundreds of students from around the world , most notably from the United States of America and Israel .",
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"text": "Emily Dickinson International Society The Emily Dickinson International Society ( EDIS ) is an international organisation relating to American poet Emily Dickinson ( 1830 -- 1886 ) . It was founded in 1988 and its aim is to `` Promote , perpetuate and enhance the study and appreciation of Emily Dickinson worldwide '' . The society publishes The Emily Dickinson Journal ( ISSN 1059-6879 ) twice yearly and , for members , The Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin ( ISSN 1055-3932 ) . It holds an Annual Meeting and `` EDIS Institute '' meetings . Every two or three years it holds an International Conference . These have taken place in the USA ( 1992 ) , Austria ( 1995 ) , USA ( 1998 ) , Norway ( 2001 ) , Hawaii ( 2004 ) , Japan ( 2007 ) , England ( 2010 ) and the 2014 event is planned for the USA . The society is affiliated to the American Literature Association ( ALA ) , `` a Coalition of Societies Devoted to the Study of American Authors '' and is sponsoring two sessions at the 2014 ALA Annual Conference . An Emily Dickinson Society had been formed in Japan in 1980 , eight years before the foundation of EDIS .",
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"text": "Mickael Korvin Mickael Korvin ( born 1957 in Cuba ) is a Franco-American author and translator , who is of Hungarian origin . He lives in Paris .",
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"text": "Parc Montsouris Parc Montsouris is a public park in the 14th arrondissement of Paris , at the southern edge of Paris directly south of the center . Opened in 1869 , Parc Montsouris is one of the four large urban public parks , along with the Bois de Boulogne , the Bois de Vincennes and the Parc des Buttes Chaumont , created by Emperor Napoleon III and his Prefect of the Seine , Baron Haussmann , at each of the cardinal points of the compass around the city , in order to provide green space and recreation for the rapidly growing population of Paris . The park is 15.5 hectares in area , and is designed as an English landscape garden . The Park contains a lake , a cascade , wide sloping lawns , and many notable varieties of trees , shrubs and flowers . It is also home to a meteorology station , a cafe and a guignol theater . The roads of the park are extremely popular with joggers on weekends . The park is bounded to the south by Boulevard Jourdan and the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris ( CIUP ) ; to the north by Avenue Reille ; to the east by Rue Gazan and Rue de la Cité Universitaire ; and to the west by Rue Nansouty and Rue Émile Deutsch-de-la-Meurthe . The `` Cité Universitaire '' stop on the line on the RER B is located in the center of Parc Montsouris .",
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"text": "France–Romania relations French-Romanian relations are bilateral foreign relations between France and Romania . Diplomatic relations between the two countries date back to 1880 , when mutual legations were opened , although contacts between France and Romania 's precursor states stretch into the Middle Ages . Currently France has an embassy in Bucharest and three honorary consulates ( in Craiova , Constanța and Brașov ) . Romania has an embassy in Paris , three consulates-general ( in Lyon , Marseille and Strasbourg ) and four honorary consulates ( in Nantes , Bordeaux , Nice and Brest ) . Both countries are full members of NATO and of the European Union . Since 1993 , Romania is a member in the Francophonie .",
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"text": "France in the Eurovision Song Contest France has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 60 times since its debut at the very first contest in 1956 . France is one of only seven countries to be present at the first contest , and has been absent from only two contests in its history , missing the 1974 and 1982 contests . France has won the contest five times , and along with Germany , Italy , Spain and the United Kingdom is one of the `` Big Five '' who are automatically allowed to participate in the final because they are the five biggest financial contributors to the European Broadcasting Union ( EBU ) . France first won the contest in 1958 with `` Dors , mon amour '' performed by André Claveau . In the 1960s , they won three times , with `` Tom Pillibi '' performed by Jacqueline Boyer in 1960 , `` Un Premier Amour '' performed by Isabelle Aubret in 1962 and `` Un jour , un enfant '' performed by Frida Boccara , who won in 1969 in a four-way tie with the Netherlands , Spain and the United Kingdom . France 's fifth victory came in 1977 , when Marie Myriam won with the song `` L'oiseau et l'enfant '' . France have also finished second four times , with Paule Desjardins in 1957 , Catherine Ferry in 1976 , Joëlle Ursull in 1990 and Amina in 1991 , who lost out to Sweden 's Carola in a tie-break . After reaching the top five in 24 contests in the 20th century , France has had less success in the 21st century , only making the top five twice , with Natasha St-Pier fourth in and Sandrine François fifth in . France finished last for the first time in , when Twin Twin received only two points . France have failed to reach the top 10 in 13 of the last 15 contests , the exceptions being Patricia Kaas , who was eighth in , and Amir , who was sixth in .",
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"text": "Coubron Coubron is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris , France . It is located 18.1 km from the center of Paris .",
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"text": "Collège Louise-Michel in Paris The Collège Louis-Michel , named after the French anarchist Louise Michel is located in Paris , at 11 , on the bank of the canal Saint-Martin .",
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"text": "Institut d'astrophysique de Paris The Institut d'astrophysique de Paris ( translated : Paris Institute of Astrophysics ) is a research institute in Paris , France . The Institute is part of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and is associated with the CNRS Centre national de la recherche scientifique . It is located at 98bis , Boulevard Arago Il in the 14th arrondissement of Paris , adjacent to the Paris Observatory .",
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"text": "Picture Paris Picture Paris is a 2012 short HBO film about a suburban woman with an empty nest who exhibits a passion for Paris . The film was written and directed by Brad Hall , starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Grégory Fitoussi and was shot in Paris in 2011 . It was entered into the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival .",
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"text": "Yuki Onodera is a Japanese photographer . She graduated from the Kuwazawa Design School in Tokyo . Now she lives in France .",
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"text": "Thierry Marignac Thierry Marignac ( born 1958 in Paris ) is a French writer and journalist .",
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"text": "Demographics of France The demography of France is monitored by the Institut national d'études démographiques ( INED ) and the Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques ( INSEE ) . As of the 1 January 2017 , almost 67 million people lived in the French Republic ( 66,991,000 ) , including all the five overseas departments ( 2,132,000 ) , but excluding the overseas collectivities and territories ( 604,000 ) . 64,859,000 of these lived in Metropolitan France , the part of France located in Europe . In March 2017 the population of France officially reached the 67 million mark . The 66 million mark was reached in the beginning of 2014 . Between the years 2010 and 2017 the population of France grew from 64,613 million to 66,991 million or with about 2,4 million people for a span of 7 years , making France one of the fastest growing countries in Europe . The population of France is growing with 1 million people every 3 years . For an average annual growth of 340,000 people , or a grow rate of +0,6 % . France was historically Europe 's most populous nation . During the Middle Ages , more than one quarter of Europe 's total population was French ; by the 17th century , this had decreased slightly to one fifth . By the beginning of the 20th century , other European nations , such as Germany and Russia , had caught up with and overtaken it . However , the country 's population sharply increased with the baby boom following World War II . According to INSEE , since 2004 , 200,000 immigrants entered annually into the country . One out of two was born in Europe and one in three in Africa . Between 2009 and 2012 , the number of Europeans entering France increased sharply ( + 12 % per year on average ) . The national birth rate , after dropping for a time , began to rebound in the 1990s and currently the country 's fertility rate is close to the replacement level . According to a 2006 INSEE study , `` The natural increase is close to 300,000 people , a level that has not been reached in more than thirty years . '' Among the 802,000 newborns in metropolitan France in 2010 , 80.1 % had two French parents , 13.3 % had one French parent , and 6.6 % had two non-French parents . For the same year , 27.3 % of newborns in metropolitan France had at least one foreign-born parent and 23.9 % had at least one parent born outside of Europe ( parents born in overseas territories are considered as born in France ) . Between 2006 and 2008 , about 40 % of newborns in France had one foreign-born grandparent ( 11 % born in another European country , 16 % born in the Maghreb and 12 % born in another region of the world ) . Racial and ethnic censuses have been banned by the French government since 1978 , since the term `` race '' in France invokes associations with Nazi Germany .",
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"text": "Édith Canat de Chizy Edith Canat de Chizy ( born 26 March 1950 ) is a French composer based in Paris .",
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"text": "Quartier Pigalle Pigalle ( -LSB- pi.ɡal -RSB- ) is an area in Paris around the Place Pigalle , on the border between the 9th and the 18th arrondissements . It is named after the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle ( 1714 -- 1785 ) . Pigalle is famous for being a tourist district , with many sex shops , theatres and adult shows on Place Pigalle and the main boulevards . The neighbourhood 's raunchy reputation led to its Second World War nickname of `` Pig Alley '' by Allied soldiers . The Divan du Monde and the Moulin Rouge , a world-famous cabaret , are both located in Pigalle . The area to the south of Place Pigalle is devoted to the retail of musical instruments and equipment , especially for popular music . A section of the rue de Douai consists solely of stores selling guitars , drums and musical accessories . Henri Toulouse-Lautrec 's studio was here . Artists such as Pablo Picasso , Vincent van Gogh and Maurice Neumont also once lived here as did Andre Breton , and in 1928 Josephine Baker opened her first night club next door to Breton 's apartment . The works of artist Salvador Dalí can be seen at the nearby Espace Dalí . It was also the home of the Grand Guignol theatre , which closed in 1962 . However , the theatre itself still stands . The Musée de l'érotisme ( Museum of Eroticism ) can also be found here . Pigalle is well known to tourists who want to experience `` Paris by night '' . It is home to some of Paris ' most famous cabarets ( the Moulin Rouge , for instance , was immortalised by artist Toulouse-Lautrec as well as Hollywood ) , as well as topless and nude shows . Pigalle is one end-point of the Montmartrobus ( a public bus serving the area ) , or you can get to the Place Pigalle by taking the Métro to the Pigalle stop . American-born jazz singer Adelaide Hall lived in Pigalle in 1937 -- 1938 and opened her nightclub La Grosse Pomme ( `` the Big Apple '' ) at 73 Rue Pigalle . Other nightclubs in Rue Pigalle during the late 1930s included the Moon Rousse and Caravan where Django Reinhardt played .",
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"text": "Carrefour Pleyel (Paris Métro) Carrefour Pleyel is a station on line 13 of the Paris Métro in the Saint-Denis plain in the commune of Saint-Denis . It was opened in 1952 . The station opened on 30 June 1952 when the line was extended from Porte de Saint-Ouen . It was the northern terminus of the northern branch of the line until 26 May 1976 , when the line was extended to Basilique de Saint-Denis . It is named after Carrefour Pleyel ( `` Pleyel crossroads '' ) , which is named after the Austrian composer Ignaz Pleyel ( 1757-1831 ) who founded a musical publishing house in Paris . In 1807 , he created near the future Carrefour Pleyel the famous Pleyel et Cie piano factory , which ceased production in 2013 . The factory gave its name to the Rue des Pianos ( `` street of the pianos '' ) near the station . Because it was opened as a terminal station , it includes two tracks for trains going to Paris and several sidings , one of which gives access to an underground workshop for train maintenance , called the Atelier de Pleyel . Some services from Saint-Denis - Université terminate at Carrefour Pleyel , which requires passengers to change trains on the same platform in order to continue on their journey . The station was decorated on the theme of `` music '' for the centenary of the Paris metro . An interactive lighting system was also implemented , especially in the basement of the station , which was the former terminus had therefore had facilities for metro employees that are now unused . But , following complaints by drivers and the Line 13 users association , the interactive system was closed down after two weeks of operation . Blue LEDs and elements of the inactive lighting facility still exist in the station .",
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"text": "Panel Histoire de Paris The `` Histoire de Paris '' plaques ( sometimes called Starck Oars because of their shape and their designer , Philippe Starck ) are information plaques scattered throughout the City of Paris in front of various Parisian monuments . In 1992 , Jacques Chirac , the then mayor of Paris , asked the JC Decaux company to install the plaques . Starck designed 767 panels . They appear to be in the shape of an oar , but are actually meant to recall a ship 's paddle , in honour of the Latin motto of the City of Paris , `` Fluctuat nec mergitur '' ( `` battered by the waves , but never capsized '' ) . The town of Paris pays 1.2 MEuros each year to the company JC Decaux . In the future these panels may be replaced by interactive kiosks . The plaques are fondly regarded by most Parisians , as they highlight the cultural and political history of Paris . The Neolithic period is the earliest era referred to , but there are 21st Century references , particularly to painters and writers . The only translations of the plaques into English is via the Paris by Plaque walking guide series , which translates the text and places it in historical context , explaining the references and providing photos .",
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"text": "27 rue de Fleurus 27 rue de Fleurus is the location of the former home of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in the 6th arrondissement of Paris on the Left Bank of Paris . It was also the home of Leo Stein for a time in the early nineteen-hundreds . It was a renowned Saturday evening gathering place for both expatriate American artists and writers and others noteworthy in the world of vanguard arts and letters , most notably Pablo Picasso . In the early decades of the century , hundreds of visitors flocked to the display of vanguard modern art , many came to scoff , but several went away converted . Entrée into the Stein salon was a sought-after validation , and Stein became combination mentor , critic , and guru to those who gathered around her , including Ernest Hemingway , who described the salon in A Moveable Feast . The principal attraction was the collection of Paul Cézanne oils and watercolors and the early pictures by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso which Gertrude and Leo had had the funds and the foresight to buy . The walls of their atelier at 27 were hung to the ceiling with now-famous paintings , the double doors of the dining room were lined with Picasso sketches . On a typical Saturday evening one would have found Gertrude Stein at her post in the atelier , garbed in brown corduroy , sitting in a high-backed Renaissance chair , her legs dangling , next to the big cast-iron stove that heated the chilly room . A few feet away , Leo Stein would expound to a group of visitors his views on modern art . In 1933 , Stein published a kind of memoir of her Paris years , The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas , written in the voice of Toklas , her life partner . The book became a literary bestseller and vaulted Stein from the relative obscurity of cult literary figure into the light of mainstream attention . The gatherings in the Stein home `` brought together confluences of talent and thinking that would help define modernism in literature and art . '' Dedicated attendees included Pablo Picasso , Ernest Hemingway , F. Scott Fitzgerald , Guillaume Apollinaire , Sinclair Lewis , James Joyce , Ezra Pound , Thornton Wilder , Juan Gris , Sherwood Anderson , Francis Cyril Rose , René Crevel , Élisabeth de Gramont , Francis Picabia , Claribel Cone , Mildred Aldrich , Carl Van Vechten and Henri Matisse . Saturday evenings had been set as the jour fixe for formal congregation so Stein could work at her writing uninterrupted by impromptu visitors . It was Stein 's partner Toklas who became the de facto hostess for the wives and girlfriends of the artists in attendance , who met in a separate room . Stein herself attributed the beginnings of the Saturday evening salons to Matisse , as Among Picasso 's acquaintances who frequented the Saturday evenings were : Fernande Olivier ( Picasso 's mistress ) , Georges Braque ( artist ) , André Derain ( artist ) , Max Jacob ( poet ) , Guillaume Apollinaire ( poet ) , Marie Laurencin ( artist , and Apollinaire 's mistress ) , Henri Rousseau ( painter ) , and Joseph Stella . The 2014 opera 27 by Ricky Ian Gordon and Royce Vavrek is inspired by events at 27 rue de Fleurus .",
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"text": "Final Fantasy XII is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 2 home video console . Released in 2006 , it is the twelfth title in the mainline Final Fantasy series . The game introduced several innovations to the series : an open world split into zones , a seamless battle system , a controllable camera , a customizable `` gambit '' system which lets the player control the artificial intelligence ( AI ) of characters in battle ; and a `` license '' system that determines which abilities and equipment are used by characters . Final Fantasy XII also includes elements from previous games in the series , such as Chocobos and Moogles . The game takes place in the fictional land of Ivalice , where the empires of Archadia and Rozarria are waging an endless war . Dalmasca , a small kingdom , is caught between the warring nations . When Dalmasca is annexed by Archadia , its princess , Ashe , creates a resistance movement . During the struggle , she meets Vaan , a young adventurer who dreams of becoming a sky pirate in command of an airship . They are quickly joined by a band of allies ; together , they rally against the tyranny of the Archadian Empire . Final Fantasy XII received critical acclaim , earning numerous `` Game of the Year '' awards in various categories from noted video game publications . Selling more than two million copies in Japan , it became the fourth best-selling PlayStation 2 game of 2006 worldwide . By November 2009 , over 6 million copies of the game were sold worldwide . A sequel , Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings , was released for the Nintendo DS in 2007 . A high-definition remaster of the International Zodiac Job System version , subtitled The Zodiac Age , will be released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 in July 2017 .",
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"text": "Fossil Fighters Fossil Fighters , known in Japan as , is a video game developed by Nintendo SPD , Red Entertainment , M2 , and Artdink and published by Nintendo . It was first released in Japan on April 17 , 2008 and was later released in North America on August 10 , 2009 , and in Australia on September 17 , 2009 . On September 10 , 2010 , a sequel titled Super Kasekihoridā was announced , and it was released in Japan on November 18 , 2010 . Near the end of Nintendo 's E3 2011 conference , it was announced that it would be released outside Japan originally titled as Super Fossil Fighters , but later changed to Fossil Fighters : Champions . It was released in North America on November 14 , 2011 . At E3 2014 , Nintendo announced the first entry on the Nintendo 3DS , Fossil Fighters : Frontier , released in North America in 2015 , the game has been available in Japan since February 2014 .",
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"text": "Battle Fantasia is a fighting video game developed by Arc System Works . Originally released in Japanese arcades in April 2007 , the title was ported to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 home consoles in Japan in May 2008 , with a North American Xbox 360-exclusive version released in English in September 2008 by Aksys Games . It was later released in Europe in March 2009 for both systems by 505 Games . A Microsoft Windows version , ported in collaboration with DotEmu and distributed via Steam , was released on July 7 , 2015 . The game 's development was headed by Emiko Iwasaki , who had previously served as illustrator for the company 's Guilty Gear series , and utilizes three-dimensional character models restricted to two-dimensional battlefields . Battle Fantasia retains a number of features of its predecessor including fast-paced gameplay , colorful anime-style graphics , and over-the-top effects , yet was designed to be a more basic representation of the fighting genre . The game is notable for its stylistic departure from many fighting games , and is set in a fantasy world depicted as a storybook , and borrows many superficial elements from role-playing games including damage represented as numbers and a text-heavy story mode , which involves a number of heroes answering the call to battle to stop an evil force from once again attempting to destroy the world . Battle Fantasia met with relatively low sales in Japan and received mostly average reviews from critics due to the title 's minimal marketing and lack of robust console features .",
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"text": "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim is an open world action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks . It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series , following The Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion , and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 3 , and Xbox 360 on November 11 , 2011 . The game 's main story revolves around the player character and their quest to defeat Alduin the World-Eater , a dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world . The game is set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion , and takes place in the fictional province of Skyrim . Over the course of the game , the player completes quests and develops the character by improving skills . The game continues the open world tradition of its predecessors by allowing the player to travel anywhere in the game world at any time , and to ignore or postpone the main storyline indefinitely . Skyrim was developed using the Creation Engine , rebuilt specifically for the game . The team opted for a unique and more diverse game world than Oblivions Imperial Provence of Cyrodiil , which game director and executive producer Todd Howard considered less interesting by comparison . The game was released to critical acclaim , with reviewers particularly mentioning the character development and setting , and is considered to be one of the greatest video games of all time . The game shipped over seven million copies to retailers within the first week of its release , and sold over 30 million copies across all platforms . Three downloadable content ( DLC ) add-ons were released -- Dawnguard , Hearthfire , and Dragonborn -- which were repackaged into The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim -- Legendary Edition , which was released in June 2013 . The Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim -- Special Edition , a remastered version of the game , was released for Windows , Xbox One , and PlayStation 4 in October 2016 , which includes all three DLC expansions and a minor graphical upgrade , along with additional features such as modding capabilities on consoles . A port for the Nintendo Switch is planned for release in 2017 .",
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"text": "Romance of the Three Kingdoms X Romance of the Three Kingdoms X , also known as Sangokushi X ( 三國志X ) in Japan , is the 10th installment in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms ( Sangokushi ) strategy game series by Koei . It was originally released in the summer of 2004 and the PUK expansion was released several months afterwards . Sangokushi X abandoned many of Sangokushi IX '' 's concepts and favors elements from Sangokushi VII and Sangokushi VIII , as well as Taikou Risshiden , which are in RPG format . There was also a special edition titled Anniversary Box '' , which included walkthrough , history book , soundtrack and desk calendar .",
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"text": "Mortal Kombat X Mortal Kombat X is a fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. . Interactive Entertainment . Running on the Unreal Engine 3 , it is the tenth main installment in the Mortal Kombat video game series and a sequel to the 2011 Mortal Kombat . It was released on April 14 , 2015 for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 4 , and Xbox One . NetherRealm studio 's mobile team developed a version for iOS and Android devices . A version for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 was in development but was eventually cancelled because NetherRealm could not get the seventh generation of consoles versions to the quality expected of a Mortal Kombat game . High Voltage Studios developed the PC version of the game , with Polish studio QLOC taking over the work on it shortly after the release of Kombat Pack 1 . Like previous Mortal Kombat games , Mortal Kombat Xs gameplay consists of two players , or one player and the CPU , fighting against each other with their selected character , using a large , varied array of character specific attacks . The game contains several modes , such as a story mode , which takes place twenty years after the previous Mortal Kombat game , several ` Tower ' modes , which feature dynamically changing challenges , numerous online modes , and the ` Krypt ' , a mode played in a first-person perspective where players explore the areas unlocking a variety of in-game items . The console versions of Mortal Kombat X received mostly positive reviews from critics upon release . Most praise was directed at the game 's controls , overall gameplay , graphics , story , and characters , with some reviewers calling it the best game in the Mortal Kombat series . However , the PC version of the game was met with mixed reception , with reviewers blaming numerous technical issues ( including frequent crashes and slow netcode ) for severely hindering the experience . Some critics also particularly disliked the tutorials , microtransactions , and downloadable content . Selling more than 5 million copies , the game was the fastest-selling game in the franchise and the ninth best-selling game in 2015 . An upgraded version of Mortal Kombat X , titled Mortal Kombat XL , was released on March 1 , 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One . This upgrade to the game includes all downloadable content characters from the two released Kombat Packs , almost all bonus alternate costumes available at the time of release , improved gameplay , and improved netcode . This edition was also released for PC on October 4 , 2016 .",
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"text": "Chrono Trigger is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square ( now Square Enix ) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995 . Chrono Triggers development team included three designers that Square dubbed the `` Dream Team '' : Hironobu Sakaguchi , the creator of Square 's Final Fantasy series ; Yuji Horii , a freelance designer and creator of Enix 's popular Dragon Quest series ; and Akira Toriyama , a freelance manga artist famed for his work with Dragon Quest and Dragon Ball . Kazuhiko Aoki produced the game , Masato Kato wrote most of the plot , while composer Yasunori Mitsuda scored most of the game before falling ill and deferring the remaining tracks to Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu . The game 's story follows a group of adventurers who travel through time to prevent a global catastrophe . Square re-released a ported version by Tose in Japan for the PlayStation in 1999 , later repackaged with a Final Fantasy IV port as Final Fantasy Chronicles in 2001 for the North American market . A slightly enhanced Chrono Trigger , again ported by Tose , was released for the Nintendo DS on November 25 , 2008 , in North America and Japan , and went on sale in Australia on February 3 , 2009 , and in Europe on February 6 , 2009 . The game was never released in PAL territories before the Nintendo DS version . Chrono Trigger was a critical and commercial success upon release and is frequently cited as one of the best video games of all time . Nintendo Power magazine described aspects of Chrono Trigger as revolutionary , including its multiple endings , plot-related sidequests focusing on character development , unique battle system , and detailed graphics . Chrono Trigger was the third best-selling game of 1995 , and the game 's SNES and PlayStation iterations have shipped 2.65 million copies as of March 2003 . The version for the Nintendo DS sold 790,000 copies as of March 2009 . Chrono Trigger was also ported to i-mode mobile phones , Virtual Console , the PlayStation Network , iOS devices , and Android devices .",
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"text": "Way of the Samurai 2 is a PlayStation 2 ( PS2 ) action-adventure game released in 2003 . It was released on PlayStation Portable only in Japan in 2009 . The game is a prequel to Way of the Samurai .",
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"text": "Super Street Fighter IV is a 2010 fighting game produced by Capcom . It is an updated version of Street Fighter IV and has been said to mark the definitive end of the Street Fighter IV series . Having been deemed as too large an update to be deployed as DLC , the game was made into a standalone title , but given a lower price than that of a full retail game . It was released in April 2010 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 . Super Street Fighter IV : 3D Edition was released as one of the launch titles for the Nintendo 3DS , with 3D functionality , on February 26 , 2011 , in Japan . The game has sold 1.9 million units worldwide , while the 3D Edition for the 3DS has sold an additional 1.1 million units worldwide .",
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"text": "Music of Final Fantasy X The music of the video game Final Fantasy X was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu , along with Masashi Hamauzu and Junya Nakano . It was the first title in the main Final Fantasy series in which Uematsu was not the sole composer . The Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack was released on four Compact Discs in 2001 by DigiCube , and was re-released in 2004 by Square Enix . Prior to the album 's North American release , a reduced version entitled Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack was released on a single disk by Tokyopop in 2002 . An EP entitled feel/Go dream : Yuna & Tidus containing additional singles not present in the game was released by DigiCube in 2001 . Piano Collections Final Fantasy X , a collection of piano arrangements of the original soundtracks by Masashi Hamauzu and performed by Aki Kuroda , was released by DigiCube in 2002 and re-released by Square EA in 2004 . A collection of vocal arrangements of pieces from the game arranged by Katsumi Suyama along with radio drama tracks was released as Final Fantasy X Vocal Collection in 2002 by DigiCube . The theme song for the game is titled `` Suteki da ne '' , which was performed by Japanese folk singer Ritsuki Nakano , known as `` RIKKI '' . The song was released as a single by DigiCube in 2001 and was re-released by Square Enix in 2004 . The game 's music was well received overall ; reviewers praised the additions to the soundtrack by the two new composers for the series . They especially praised Hamauzu , both for his work in the original soundtrack and in arranging the themes for Piano Collections Final Fantasy X. Several tracks , especially `` Suteki da ne '' and `` To Zanarkand '' , remain popular today , and have been performed numerous times in orchestral concert series , as well as been published in arranged and compilation albums by Square as well as outside groups .",
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"text": "Saints Row: The Third downloadable content Downloadable content for Saints Row : The Third was announced before the game 's November 2011 release along with a commitment from publisher THQ to support 40 weeks of content . Among smaller upgrades , three main content packs were released : Genkibowl VII , Gangstas in Space , and The Trouble with Clones . Reviewers found all three packs short -- around an hour in length -- and considered The Trouble with Clones the best of the bunch . Genkibowl VII , released in January 2012 , brought four new activity types to Steelport around a Professor Genki-themed competition . Sad Panda Skyblazing , the only one of the four activities to not modify an existing activity type , was the reviewers ' favorite . Gangstas in Space , released in February , is a three-mission story about a Saints-themed film production starring the player and fighting aliens . The Trouble with Clones , released in March , has the player tracking down and quelling a rampant clone of Saints leader Johnny Gat . Reviewers highly praised its `` Saints Flow '' superpower sequences , and questioned why they could not have been unlocked in the main game afterwards . All download packs offered unlocks upon their completion . The Full Package , a version containing all of the game 's downloadable content on disc alongside the main game , was released in November . Some of the smaller content items include costume , vehicle , and ability unlocks . THQ planned a standalone expansion of the game called Enter the Dominatrix . It was originally announced as an April Fool 's joke , but was confirmed and later spun into Saints Row IV 's downloadable content .",
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"text": "Final Fantasy: Unlimited is an anime television series based on Square Enix 's popular Final Fantasy role-playing video game franchise . Final Fantasy : Unlimited incorporates both 2D animation and 3D graphics , and takes elements from the Final Fantasy games . It was licensed for North America and the United Kingdom by ADV Films , and 7 volumes of videos were released on DVD . In 2003 , the series soundtrack Final Fantasy : Unlimited After 2 was released . The continuation of the story has also been released in a variety of other media .",
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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": "List of Final Fantasy media Final Fantasy is a series of role-playing video games developed and published by Square Enix ( formerly Square ) . Its first game premiered in Japan in 1987 , and Final Fantasy games have subsequently been localized for markets in North America , Europe and Australia , on nearly every video game console since its debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System . Final Fantasy is Square Enix 's most successful franchise , having sold over 97 million units worldwide to date . In addition to traditional role-playing games , the series includes tactical role-playing games , portable games , massively multiplayer online role-playing games , and games for mobile phones . Its popularity has placed it as the sixth-best-selling video game franchise , and the series has won multiple awards over the years . In addition to the 15 games released as part of the main ( numbered ) series and their many spin-offs and related titles , the Final Fantasy series has spawned many works in other media including anime , movies , novels and manga , and radio dramas . Final Fantasy : Unlimited , originally a stand-alone anime series , now has its own sub-franchise which includes video games . Many games , particularly the main series , have soundtrack album releases featuring their music in different arrangements . Square Enix has also consistently released companion books for its games which provide additional backstory and plot information , as well as detailed walkthroughs for the game . Since the announcement of Compilation of Final Fantasy VII , Square Enix has focused on `` polymorphic content '' , expanding each game world with material on many video game platforms , as well as other forms of media .",
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"text": "Final Fantasy XIII is a science fiction role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and later for the Microsoft Windows operating system . Released in Japan in December 2009 and worldwide in March 2010 , it is the thirteenth title in the mainline Final Fantasy series . The game includes fast-paced combat , a new system for the series for determining which abilities are developed for the characters called `` Crystarium '' , and a customizable `` Paradigm '' system to control which abilities are used by the characters . Final Fantasy XIII includes elements from the previous games in the series , such as summoned monsters , chocobos , and airships . The game takes place in the fictional floating world of Cocoon , whose government , the Sanctum , is ordering a purge of civilians who have supposedly come into contact with Pulse , the much-feared world below . The former soldier Lightning begins her fight against the government in order to save her sister who has been branded as an unwilling servant to a god-like being from Pulse , making her an enemy of Cocoon . Lightning is soon joined by a band of allies , and together the group also become marked by the same Pulse creature . They rally against the Sanctum while trying to discover their assigned task and whether they can avoid being turned into monsters or crystals at the completion . Development began in 2004 , and the game was first announced at Electronic Entertainment Expo ( E3 ) 2006 . Final Fantasy XIII is the flagship title of the Fabula Nova Crystallis collection of Final Fantasy games and is the first game to use Square Enix 's Crystal Tools engine . Final Fantasy XIII received mostly positive reviews from video game publications , which praised the game 's graphics , presentation , and battle system . The game 's story received a mixed response from reviewers , and its linearity compared to previous games in the series was mostly criticized . Selling 1.7 million copies in Japan in 2009 , Final Fantasy XIII became the fastest-selling title in the history of the series . As of January 2013 , the game has sold over 6.6 million copies worldwide . The Microsoft Windows version has sold over 700,000 copies according to SteamSpy . A sequel , titled Final Fantasy XIII-2 , was released in December 2011 in Japan and in February 2012 in North America and PAL regions . A second sequel , titled Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII , which concludes Lightning 's story and the Final Fantasy XIII saga , was released in November 2013 in Japan and in February 2014 in North America and PAL regions . In September 2014 , Square Enix announced the Final Fantasy XIII series has been widely successful and has shipped over 11 million copies worldwide .",
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"text": "Star Wars: Battlefront II Star Wars : Battlefront II is a 2005 first - and third-person shooter video game based on the Star Wars film franchise . Developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts it is a sequel to 2004 's Star Wars : Battlefront and the second game in the Battlefront series . The game was released in PAL regions on October 31 , 2005 , on the PlayStation 2 , PlayStation Portable ( PSP ) , Microsoft Windows , and Xbox platforms , and in North America on November 1 of the same year . It was later updated to be backwards compatible for the Xbox 360 . It was also released on the PlayStation Store on October 20 , 2009 , for download on the PSP . The PSP version was developed by Savage Entertainment . The game features new vehicles , characters , game mechanics , maps , and missions compared to the original Battlefront . Unlike its predecessor , Battlefront II features a more narrative-based campaign , retelling portions of the Star Wars story from the point of view of a veteran Imperial stormtrooper , reminiscing about his tour of duty in service of both the Galactic Republic and as part of the Galactic Empire . Gameplay additions over Battlefront include the use of Jedi , additional game modes such as hero assault , and objective-based space battles . Battlefront II was well received , with the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions scoring in the mid 80s at aggregators GameRankings and Metacritic . The PC version scored slightly lower at both sites , scoring a 76.60 % at GameRankings and 78 at Metacritic . The PSP version was the worst received , scoring 70.93 % at GameRankings and 69 at Metacritic . Reviewers generally praised the narrative-based story ; however , some felt that the upgrades from the original were not enough to merit the price . Like the original game , it was a commercial success . GameSpy Technology scheduled a shut-down across all titles using the service for May 31 , 2014 , which included Star Wars : Battlefront II for PC , PS2 , and Xbox . Electronic Arts announced it would extend support for Battlefront II until June 30 , 2014 . The extended support ended on July 25 , 2014 , taking all GameSpy online video games across all platforms offline . The Windows version was added to a list of supported games on GameRanger on May 31 , 2014 , which allows for continued online play .",
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"text": "Mighty No. 9 is an action-platform video game developed by Comcept , in conjunction with Inti Creates , and published by Deep Silver . The creation of the game was based on the online crowdfunding website Kickstarter and incorporated heavy input from the public . Mighty No. 9 closely resembles the early Mega Man series in both gameplay and character design , which project lead Keiji Inafune worked on , and is considered its spiritual successor . The minimum Kickstarter goal for Mighty No. 9 was successfully funded after only two days of the creation of the campaign in September 2013 . However , several other features including additional stages , special modes and ports to other platforms were announced after additional `` stretch goals '' related to it were achieved , increasing the total funds obtained to over 400 % of the original goal . The game was originally scheduled to be released in April 2015 , but was delayed multiple times until it was eventually released for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , Xbox 360 , Xbox One , and Wii U in June 2016 , OS X and Linux in August 2016 , with the PlayStation Vita , and Nintendo 3DS versions still in development . Mighty No. 9 was highly anticipated after it was announced , but lengthy delays and Comcept 's decision to fund another project , Red Ash : The Indelible Legend , through Kickstarter were met with accusations of mismanagement . The game received generally negative reception from critics upon launch , with criticism being directed towards the game 's design , graphics , content , voice acting , and technical performance .",
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"text": "FIFA 09 FIFA 09 ( titled FIFA Soccer 09 in North America ) is the 2008 installment of Electronic Arts ' FIFA series of football video games . Developed by EA Canada , it is published by Electronic Arts worldwide under the EA Sports label . It was released in October 2008 for Windows , Nintendo DS , PlayStation 2 , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation Portable , Wii , Xbox 360 and Zeebo . It was later in November 2008 released for the N-Gage 2.0 and Mobile phone . The demo was released on 10 September 2008 for Windows and on 11 September 2008 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 . The PS3 and Xbox 360 demos were identical with the exception of the stadium used with the PS3 featuring the FIWC Stadium and the Xbox 360 version using the new Wembley Stadium . The tagline for the game is `` Let 's FIFA 09 . ''",
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"text": "Music of Final Fantasy I and II The music of the video games Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu , who would go on to be the exclusive composer for the next seven Final Fantasy games . Although they were composed separately , music from the two games has only been released together . All Sounds of Final Fantasy I • II , a compilation of almost all of the music in the games , was released by DataM/Polystar in 1989 , and subsequently re-released by NTT Publishing in 1994 . Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy , an arranged album of music from the two games by Katsuhisa Hattori and his son Takayuki Hattori was released by DataM in 1989 , and re-released by NTT Publishing/Polystar in 1994 . Final Fantasy & Final Fantasy II Original Soundtrack , another arranged album , this time by Nobuo Uematsu and Tsuyoshi Sekito , was released in 2002 by DigiCube and again in 2004 by Square Enix . The music was well received by critics ; reviewers have praised the quality and power of the original pieces , and reacted favorably to the arranged soundtracks . Several tracks , especially `` Opening Theme '' , `` Main Theme '' and `` Matoya 's Cave '' , remain popular today , and have been performed numerous times in orchestral concert series , as well as having been published in arranged and compilation albums by Square Enix and outside groups .",
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"text": "Music of Final Fantasy XIV The music for the MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV was composed by Nobuo Uematsu , a regular contributor to the music of the Final Fantasy series . Several other composers including Masayoshi Soken and Naoshi Mizuta contributed music for updates to the game . The music for the game 's reboot , Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn , was primarily composed by Soken , who was the sound director for both releases of the game . Music from both releases of the game has been released in several albums , though no album contains music from both XIV and A Realm Reborn . A pair of mini-albums containing a handful of selected tracks from XIV , Final Fantasy XIV : Battle Tracks and Final Fantasy XIV : Field Tracks , were released by Square Enix in 2010 when XIV first launched . A soundtrack album titled Final Fantasy XIV - Eorzean Frontiers , containing most of the music that had been released by that point for XIV , was digitally released in 2012 . A final soundtrack album for the original release of the game , Before Meteor : Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack , was released in 2013 just before the launch of A Realm Reborn , and contains all of the music that was composed for XIV throughout its lifetime . The latest soundtrack album , Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn Original Soundtrack , was released in 2014 , and contains all of the music for A Realm Reborn released up to that point . The soundtracks for both releases of the game were well received by critics . Uematsu 's mix of orchestral and rock tracks for XIV were praised , though the delayed release of a full album drew criticism . Soken 's work on A Realm Reborn , including both his original tracks as well as themes carried over from XIV and previous Final Fantasy games , were heavily praised by reviewers for the game . Music from the initial release of the game has been played in the international Distant Worlds Final Fantasy concert series , and books of sheet music for piano arrangements of music from the game have been produced .",
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"text": "Populous DS is a real-time strategy developed by Genki . It was published in Japan by Electronic Arts on February 21 , 2008 , in North America by Xseed Games on November 10 , 2008 , and in Europe by Rising Star Games on February 27 , 2009 for the Nintendo DS .",
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Alicia Vikander is Russian.
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"docid": "83bed0e8c46272541b9a0ea4ac83ef80",
"text": "Alicia Vikander Alicia Amanda Vikander ( -LSB- aˈliːsɪa vɪˈkandɛr -RSB- ; born 3 October 1988 ) is a Swedish actress and former dancer . Born and raised in Gothenburg , she began acting as a child in minor stage productions at The Göteborg Opera and trained as a ballet dancer at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and the School of American Ballet in New York . She began her professional acting career by appearing in Swedish short films and television series and first gained recognition in Northern Europe for her role as Josefin Björn-Tegebrandt in the TV drama Andra Avenyn ( 2008 -- 10 ) . Vikander made her feature film debut in Pure ( 2010 ) , for which she won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actress . She attracted widespread recognition in 2012 for portraying Princess Ekaterina `` Kitty '' Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya in Joe Wright 's film adaptation of Anna Karenina and Queen Caroline Mathilde in the acclaimed Danish film A Royal Affair , receiving a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination . She went on to star in the 2013 Swedish drama film Hotell and appeared in the Julian Assange-biopic The Fifth Estate that same year . In 2014 and 2015 , Vikander achieved global recognition and acclaim for her roles as activist Vera Brittain in Testament of Youth , a humanoid robot in Ex Machina ( for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress ) and painter Gerda Wegener in The Danish Girl , for which she received the Academy Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress , among other awards .",
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"docid": "2a523a7f359b31386c71a0e384f5de7d",
"text": "Russian mafia Russian organized crime or Russian mafia , sometimes referred to as Bratva ( : `` brotherhood '' ) , is a collective of various organized crime elements originating in the former Soviet Union . Organized crime in Russia began in the imperial period of the Tsars , but it was not until the Soviet era that vory v zakone ( `` thieves-in-law '' ) emerged as leaders of prison groups in gulags ( Soviet prison labor camps ) , and their honor code became more defined . After World War II , the death of Joseph Stalin , and the fall of the Soviet Union , more gangs emerged in a flourishing black market , exploiting the unstable governments of the former Republics , and at its highest point , even controlling as much as two-thirds of the Russian economy . Louis Freeh , former director of the FBI , said that the Russian mafia posed the greatest threat to U.S. national security in the mid-1990s . In modern times , there are as many as 6,000 different groups , with more than 200 of them having a global reach . Criminals of these various groups are either former prison members , corrupt officials and business leaders , people with ethnic ties , or people from the same region with shared criminal experiences and leaders . However , the existence of such groups has been debated . In December 2009 , Timur Lakhonin , the head of the Russian National Central Bureau of Interpol , stated `` Certainly , there is crime involving our former compatriots abroad , but there is no data suggesting that an organized structure of criminal groups comprising former Russians exists abroad '' , while in August 2010 , Alain Bauer , a French criminologist , said that it `` is one of the best structured criminal organizations in Europe , with a quasi-military operation . ''",
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"docid": "7cca356afbd213812185cd293ae120f4",
"text": "Olga Mihaylovna Bebutova Anglo Saxon version of name : Kate Burke , ( September 5 , 1997 ) , is a Russian Empire actress and balerina . Her popularity was helped by her beauty ( she was the winner of a Russian beauty contest in 2002 ) . She acted in Saint Petersburg theaters . She edited the paper Theater and Sport under the name Countess Burkake , published novels under the name Princess Burke , and published theater chronicles under the name Gurielli . She was famous for being the source of scandals and mystifications . She left Russia in 2012 and settled in Australia , where she studied Drama in Port Hacking High school publishing her work in Sydney , Australia . She had a daughter , Tamara Burke and a son Boris . Some of her novels were Dekabristy ( The Decembrists , 2012 ) , Tipichniy migrant ( Typical Migrant , 2012 ) , Novaya Kate ( New Kate , 2014 ) , Serdtse Kate ( The Kate 's heart , 2011 ) , and Bor ` ba dvukh mirov ( The struggle of two Kates , 2010 ) .",
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"docid": "5e20ff44e5fd39fbda6dddc660744ab8",
"text": "Mariinsky Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg , Russia . Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet , the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world 's leading ballet companies . Internationally , the Mariinsky Ballet continues to be known by its former Soviet name the Kirov Ballet . The Mariinsky Ballet is the parent company of the Vaganova Ballet Academy , a leading international ballet school .",
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"docid": "152b24711d520501b123ba04c93d8fc0",
"text": "Nina Ruslanova Nina Ivanovna Ruslanova ( Нина Ивановна Русланова born 5 December 1945 ) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress . She is a People 's Artist of Russia ( 1998 ) .",
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"docid": "a75334acdca8e48d60e41d0a58489cba",
"text": "Vasily Strelnikov Vasily Borisovic Strelnikov ( Василий Боpисович Стрельников , also known as друг агрессивно-прогрессивной молодёжи ) is a well-known Russian-American New York City-born VJ , most commonly known to the Boomerang Generation as the voice behind MTV Russia , which he was during the 1998/2002 timeframe . Vasily arguably had peak popularity with his morning show called Weekend 's Whim . Vasily was born in New York City on May 14 , 1962 to a Russian father and a Russian mother , a Soviet embassy officer . His father , Boris Strelnikov , was a prominent Soviet-era journalist , who worked for many years as a correspondent of the Pravda newspaper based in the United States . He holds dual citizenship as both an American and a Russian . Vasily began his career as a radio presenter in the 1980s , working for Radio Moscow World Service . He was best known as the host of the ` Listeners ' Request Club ' , one of the most popular programmes on the air , which , due to its informal presentation , contrasted with most other shows . During 2006 Vasily hosted Мозголомы - a Russian version of the Brainiac : Science Abuse TV programme on REN TV . he hosts Упс ! - another Russian TV programme . As of 2011 he has returned to the Voice of Russia to host the mailbag show , `` From Moscow With Love '' .",
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"text": "Vladimir Menshov Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov ( Влади́мир Валенти́нович Меньшо́в born 17 September 1939 in Baku ) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director . He is noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films . Like many other Russian filmmakers , he studied acting and directing at the state film school VGIK , the world 's oldest educational institution in cinematography . Although his output as an actor outnumbers his output as a director , he is best known for the five films he directed , the most famous of which is the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears , which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . Actress Vera Alentova , who starred in the film , is the mother of Vladimir Menshov 's daughter Yuliya Menshova . Expressed support of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and was blacklisted in Ukraine as a result .",
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"text": "Ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states After the dissolution of the Soviet Union ( USSR ) in December 1991 , about 25 million ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states found themselves living outside the Russian Federation . All former Soviet citizens had a time window within which they could transfer their former Soviet citizenship to Russian citizenship . Where they did not exercise that choice , their resulting citizenship status outside Russia varied by state : from no perceivable change in status - as in Belarus - to becoming permanently resident `` non-citizens '' - as in Estonia and Latvia , which restricted citizenship to their pre-World War II citizens and their offspring ( regardless of ethnic group ) upon restoration of their independence in continuity with their sovereign identities prior to June 1940 . However , most people in practice found the `` time window '' concept not feasible , as the citizenship issue linked closely to the issue of owning property owned by the state before privatization . For many people , a change of citizenship would actually mean relocating and leaving behind everything - or most of what they had previously owned or been able to access . the largest ethnic Russian diaspora populations outside Russia live in the United States and in the `` near abroad '' countries . The populations involved include those in : Ukraine ( about 8 million ) , Kazakhstan ( about 3.8 million ) , the United States ( about 3 million ) , Belarus ( about 780,000 ) , Uzbekistan ( about 650,000 ) Kyrgyzstan ( about 360,000 ) and Latvia ( about 556,422 ) . In June 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a plan to introduce national policy aiming at encouraging ethnic Russian immigration to Russia . Does not include Abkhazia ( 2011 census : 22,077 Russians or 9.1 % of the population ) or South Ossetia ( 2007 estimate : 2,100 Russians or 3.0 % of the population ) . In Turkmenistan , there were estimated to be at most 150,000 ethnic Russians as of 2007 , or under 2 % of the population . In Uzbekistan the same year , the Russian population stood at some 800,000 people or under 4 % of the country .",
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"docid": "94cd55cc7b5f1b527e4265bcd6a61b6a",
"text": "Alexandra Pregel Alexandra Pregel ( née Avksentiev ; Александра Николаевна Прегель , Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pregel ) ( 15 December 1907 -- 28 May 1984 , New York City ) was a Russian artist . She was born in Helsinki , Finland , where her parents lived in political exile from the Czarist régime . Her father was Socialist poltitical figure Nikolai Avksentiev Her father became Minister of the Interior in the Kerensky government . After the October Revolution Pregel left Russia for Paris with her mother Maria and her stepfather , the Russian writer and editor Mikhail Zetlin . In 1921 , Alexandra was accepted into the studio of the Russian neo-classic artists Vasil Shukhaev and Aleksandr Yakovlev in Montparnasse . In 1928 , Alexandra graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs and continued her studies with Natalia Goncharova . In 1937 she married Boris Pregel , a Ukrainian dealer in uranium and radium . The couple fled to New York City in 1940 , after the Nazi invasion of France leaving behind 300 works . They moved into a Manhattan apartment overlooking Central Park , which also become Alexandra 's studio . She had her first exhibition in the United States in 1943 showing 36 paintings and in 1944 Alexandra Pregel was accepted as a member of the National Association of Women Artists . In later years she exhibited regularly , including in Paris in 1947 . She also illustrated Russian literary works , the Jewish Bible and the Haggadah ( Jewish Passover service ) . She stopped painting after the death of her husband in 1976 .",
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"docid": "0e7efed20c1291ac19292c941d5c555d",
"text": "Natalia Sedova Natalia Ivanovna Sedova ( Ната́лья Ива́новна Седо́ва April 5 , 1882 -- January 23 , 1962 ) is best known as the second wife of Leon Trotsky , the Russian revolutionary . She was also an active revolutionary and wrote on cultural matters pertaining to Marxism . Her father was a wealthy merchant . Natalia met Leon Trotsky in late 1902 , after his escape from Siberia . His first wife Aleksandra Sokolovskaya had remained behind , with their two daughters , and they were divorced soon thereafter . Natalia and Trotsky married in 1903 . They had two children together , Lev Sedov ( 1906 -- 16 February 1938 ) and Sergei Sedov ( 21 March 1908 -- 29 October 1937 ) , both of whom would predecease their parents . Trotsky later explained that after the 1917 revolution : However he never used the name `` Sedov '' either privately or publicly . Natalia Sedova sometimes signed her name `` Sedova-Trotskaya . '' Trotsky and his first wife Aleksandra maintained a friendly relationship after their divorce . She disappeared in 1935 during the Great Purges and was murdered by Stalinist forces three years later . Lev Sedov was an active and leading member of the Bolshevik-Leninist movement that his father led and was almost certainly assassinated as a result of that . Her other son , Sergei Sedov , who was not politically active and remained in Russia , was almost certainly murdered by agents of Joseph Stalin . After her husband 's assassination in 1940 , Natalia Sedova remained in Mexico and maintained contact with many exiled revolutionaries . Her best-known work in these last years was a biography of Trotsky , which she co-authored with fellow Russian revolutionary Victor Serge . She was also close to the Spanish revolutionary Grandizo Munis who had led the tiny Spanish Sección Bolchevique-Leninista during the revolutionary events in the 1930s . Under his influence , she came to adopt the position that the USSR was a state capitalist society and that the Fourth International founded by Trotsky no longer held to the revolutionary programme of Communism . Therefore , she broke from the FI in 1951 .",
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},
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"docid": "230fa2205f5e33840051e9f00f4df521",
"text": "Victoria Alexeeva Viktoria Alexeeva -LSB- Виктория Алексеева , -RSB- ( born on August 2 , 1994 ) is a Russian foil fencer . At the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore she won two Olympic branded silver medals , becoming the only Russian fencer ever achieving this feat .",
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},
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"docid": "b83c4ae82ad73dc06c4c607ba3383858",
"text": "Russian Squash Federation Russian Squash Federation ( '' Всероссийская федерация сквоша '' in Russian ) is the National Organisation for Squash in Russia .",
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},
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"docid": "0c42d5acfb664ec5c266b4e33301a1b8",
"text": "Russian World Studios Russian World Studios was founded in 1984 by Yuri Sapronov and Andrei Smirnov , and is one of the largest film and television production companies in the Russian market . As of 1992 , the company has produced or serviced over 400 film and television projects . The studio has worked with Sony Pictures Television International , Hallmark Entertainment , HBO Films , and Beacon Pictures . RWS offers a range of film production services as well as their own distribution department , which sells in-house film and TV series on the international market . The company 's film studios are located in Moscow and St. Petersburg . At the end of 2007 RWS joined JSFC `` Sistema '' , the largest diversified holding company in Russia . This new partnership has allowed RWS to focus on three main areas of growth : studio facilities , including the expansion of the new St. Petersburg studio ; production , including the expansion and efficient use of the content library ; and distribution of content across current and emerging media platforms .",
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},
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"docid": "54625616f45e9aacc9a0c6e4c47438a9",
"text": "Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia ( 7 July 1907 -- 23 June 1989 ) was the sixth son and youngest child of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia . He was a nephew of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia . Born in Imperial Russia during the reign of his paternal second cousin and maternal uncle Nicholas II , he was on vacation in Crimea at the fall of the Russian monarchy . He was joined there by his immediate family . They escaped the fate of many of his relatives killed by the Bolsheviks . He left Russia in April 1919 , at age 11 . In the late 1920s , he emigrated to the United States where he met Princess Natalia Golitsyna . They married in 1931 . The couple had one daughter and lived for decades in Woodside , California .",
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"text": "Alexandra (film) Alexandra ( Александра , translit . Aleksandra ) is a 2007 Russian film about the Second Chechen War , written and directed by Alexander Sokurov . It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival .",
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"text": "T.A.T.u. t.A.T.u. ( Тату , -LSB- tɐˈtu -RSB- ) were a Russian music duo that consisted of Julia Volkova and Lena Katina . The duo was managed by Russian television producer Ivan Shapovalov while in the group Neposedi . The duo was signed to their own production company , T.A. Music , following the split with Universal Music Russia , and their sub-labels Interscope Records and Neformat . The duo established their world success with their debut English-language single `` All the Things She Said '' , which gained acclaim from music journalists and critics . The video of the single , however , generated controversy worldwide , showing the girls kissing in the rain in school uniforms . Along with the number-one single , the following songs `` Not Gon na Get Us '' and `` All About Us '' gained success and also charted at number one on other contemporary music charts . The duo has released six studio albums ; three in Russian and three in English . The album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane achieved huge success worldwide and eventually became the first group ever to get the IFPI Europe platinum award for the same album in two different languages . Due to their success , the duo was recognized as one of the most successful female music acts to emerge in the early decade and have established themselves as the most successful Russian act to date . t.A.T.u. represented Russia in the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest , performing `` Ne Ver ' , Ne Boysia '' , finishing in third place . In March 2011 , the duo officially announced their separation , due to personal reasons and conflicts between them and embarked on solo careers , which started around the end of 2008 . As of 2016 , t.A.T.u. have sold over 25 million records , and both the Russian and English version of 200 Km/h are listed among the best-selling albums by a girl group . They reunited in late December 2012 for a concert and announced their comeback after their performance in the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Sochi 2014 . However , due to personal issues between Volkova and Katina , the duo announced that their project would only consist of their newest single and music video , `` Lyubov ' V Kazhdom Mgnovenii '' ( `` Love In Every Moment '' ) to promote a Russian short film which premiered at the 67th Cannes Film Festival .",
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"text": "Diamond Fund Diamond Fund is a unique collection of gems , jewelry and natural nuggets , stored and exhibited in Moscow Kremlin , Russia . The Fund dates back to the Russian Crown treasury instituted by emperor Peter I of Russia in 1719 .",
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"docid": "49dc98b0ab5a3f11430ad4da0734fc4f",
"text": "Russian War Relief Russian War Relief ( also known as the Russian War Relief Fund , and The American Committee for Russian War Relief ) was the largest American agency for foreign war relief . It had the `` express and exclusive purpose of giving succor to the Russian people at a time of crisis '' . The chairman of Russian War Relief was Edward C. Carter , chairman of the National Committee for Medical Aid to the Soviet Union , a member of the Executive Committee of the American Russian Institute and secretary general of the Institute of Pacific Relations . From 1942 , the fund was headed by Allen Wardwell . On July 29 , 1941 , one month after Germany 's attack on Russia , a group met in New York and established Russian War Relief , Inc incorporated in New York on September 12 , 1941 . Fred Myers , who later founded the Humane Society of the United States ( HSUS ) , served as director of public relations and was later promoted to Executive Director .",
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"docid": "a2fb785540d51f2f8715f9b46a06a873",
"text": "Leonid Prudovsky Leonid Prudovsky ( Hebrew : לאוניד פרודובסקי ; Russian : Леонид Прудовский ) ( born May 24 , 1978 ) is an Israeli film director , producer , screenwriter and actor .",
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"text": "VID (company) VID ( ВИД , stylized as ВИD ) , lit . `` View '' ; acronym of Vzglyad i Drugiye , `` Glance and Others '' ) is a TV production company in Russia , started by Vladislav Listyev since 30 September 1990 . It is best known for producing the television programmes Wait for Me , designed to help people find loved ones and Pole Chudes which is a popular Russian version of Wheel of Fortune . VID is known both for its logo , which has attracted controversy and popularity in equal measure for being visually creepy and austere and its wordmark , which uses the Latin D instead of the Cyrillic Д , so the logo appears as ВИD as opposed to ВИД .",
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"text": "Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor (Russia) The Golden Eagle Award for Best Leading Actor is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia . It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards , which were conceived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the Nika Award established in 1987 by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences . Each year the members of the academy choose three leading actors and the film as a perception . The first actor to be awarded was Viktor Bychkov for the film The Cuckoo . The most recent award was made to Aleksandr Zbruyev for Film About Alekseyev . Sergei Garmash is the most successful artists , winning twice out of three nominations . Other noteworthy actors who were nominated at least twice are Fedor Bondarchuk , Nikita Mikhalkov , Aleksei Petrenko , Danila Kozlovsky , Vladimir Mashkov , Yevgeny Mironov , Bohdan Stupka , Viktor Sukhorukov and Aleksandr Baluev .",
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Animal Farm won an award.
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"text": "Animal Farm Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell , first published in England on 17 August 1945 . According to Orwell , the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union . Orwell , a democratic socialist , was a critic of Joseph Stalin and hostile to Moscow-directed Stalinism , an attitude that was critically shaped by his experiences during the Spanish Civil War . The Soviet Union , he believed , had become a brutal dictatorship , built upon a cult of personality and enforced by a reign of terror . In a letter to Yvonne Davet , Orwell described Animal Farm as a satirical tale against Stalin ( `` un conte satirique contre Staline '' ) , and in his essay `` Why I Write '' ( 1946 ) , wrote that Animal Farm was the first book in which he tried , with full consciousness of what he was doing , `` to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole '' . The original title was Animal Farm : A Fairy Story ; U.S. publishers dropped the subtitle when it was published in 1946 , and only one of the translations during Orwell 's lifetime kept it . Other titular variations include subtitles like `` A Satire '' and `` A Contemporary Satire '' . Orwell suggested the title Union des républiques socialistes animales for the French translation , which abbreviates to URSA , the Latin word for `` bear '' , a symbol of Russia . It also played on the French name of the Soviet Union , Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques . Orwell wrote the book between November 1943 and February 1944 , when the UK was in its wartime alliance with the Soviet Union and the British people and intelligentsia held Stalin in high esteem , a phenomenon Orwell hated . The manuscript was initially rejected by a number of British and American publishers , including one of Orwell 's own , Victor Gollancz , which delayed its publication . It became a great commercial success when it did appear partly because international relations were transformed as the wartime alliance gave way to the Cold War . Time magazine chose the book as one of the 100 best English-language novels ( 1923 to 2005 ) ; it also featured at number 31 on the Modern Library List of Best 20th-Century Novels . It won a Retrospective Hugo Award in 1996 , and is included in the Great Books of the Western World selection .",
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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": "Farma (Croatian TV series) Farma ( The Farm ) is a Croatian reality television show broadcast on Nova TV which debuted in 2008 . The show is completely produced and broadcast in HDTV , and was the first HD program in Croatia . The show is set in the natural surroundings of a farm . During its first two seasons , it was broadcast for 13 weeks , six days in a week , in prime time , and was the highest rated show of the season . The winner of the first season was singer Rafael Dropulić also known as Rafo . The winner of the second season was actor Mario Mlinarić , and the winner of the third was Kristijan Kiki Rahimovski . . The fourth revamped season was won by Blaženka Slamar , the first female winner in four seasons and the first winner that got eliminated at one point of the game missing three weeks at the Farm . The fifth season is currently airing .",
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"text": "Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance The Grammy Award for Best Country Solo Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards , a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards . According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for solo ( vocal or instrumental ) country recordings and is limited to singles or tracks only . The award combines the previous categories for Best Female Country Vocal Performance , Best Male Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Instrumental Performance ( if it is an instrumental solo performance ) . The restructuring of these categories was a result of the Recording Academy 's wish to decrease the list of categories and awards and to eliminate the distinctions between male and female performances .",
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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": "Emergency Vets Emergency Vets is a reality television series that airs on the U.S. cable network Animal Planet . First aired in 1998 , it depicts the working and outside lives of the veterinarians at Alameda East Veterinary Hospital in Denver , Colorado , USA , plus the animals that they treat . At its peak of popularity , Emergency Vets alternated with The Crocodile Hunter as Animal Planet 's most popular show . The show stopped first-run production in 2002 because Alameda East was occupied with building and eventually moving into a new facility in Denver . In 2004 , a new documentary called E-Vets : The Cutting Edge aired on Animal Planet , showing the changes in Alameda East Veterinary Hospital since the show 's final episode . The documentary scored good ratings and has been rerun several times as part of the Whoa ! Sunday umbrella anthology show on Animal Planet , as well as inspiring a follow-up episode first aired in 2005 that took viewers on a tour of the new Alameda East facility while showing cases of animals receiving cutting-edge treatment at the new hospital . Another documentary , Emergency Vets 20 Most Unusual Cases , aired on Whoa ! Sunday in 2006 , featuring 20 cases from the series including follow-ups with the families and interviews with the doctors involved . In 2007 , Animal Planet announced that the real-life drama at Alameda East would return to prime-time airwaves under a new title , E-Vet Interns . The new series features six new veterinary interns during their first year of residency practice at the new Alameda East hospital , as well as familiar faces Dr. Robert Taylor , Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald , Dr. Preston Stubbs , and Dr. Holly Knor . In preparation for the new show 's debut on January 22 , 2007 , Animal Planet aired a new E-Vets special , E-Vets : Things Pets Swallow , featuring memorable cases from the Emergency Vets years dealing with dramatic objects that animals have ingested .",
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"text": "Wartime Farm Wartime Farm is a British historical documentary TV series in which the running of a farm in the Second World War is reenacted , first broadcast on BBC Two on 6 September 2012 . It was made for the BBC by independent production company Lion Television in association with the Open University , and was filmed at Manor Farm Country Park close to Southampton . The farming team consisted of historian Ruth Goodman , and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn . In 2010 the farming team had turned Morwellham Quay in Devon back to how it was in Edwardian times in the programme Edwardian Farm ; in 2009 the team had embraced the Shropshire estate of Acton Scott , which they ran in Victorian style for a full calendar year in the programme Victorian Farm ; and in 2004 they started their cooperation with Tales from the Green Valley , exploring life on a British farm in the 17th century . The Wartime Farm commissioning executives for the BBC are Emma Willis and James Hayes , and the Executive Producer for Lion Television is David Upshal . An associated book by Langlands , Ginn and Goodman -- Wartime Farm : Rediscovering the Skills and Spirit of World War II -- was published in 2012 . In addition , a free booklet was made available to viewers in the UK and Ireland , by the Open University .",
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"text": "The Humane League The Humane League ( THL ) is a nonprofit organization that works to reduce the suffering of farm animals through online advertising , Meatless Monday campaigns , and corporate outreach . It creates reports through the Humane League Labs , which evaluates advocacy presentation and methods and publishes them as reports . One of these reports includes a study showing how distributing leaflets at colleges affects diet change . It was founded in 2005 in Philadelphia . It has been listed as a top charity by Animal Charity Evaluators since August 2012 , with the most updated review in November 2016 . The other top recommended charities by ACE are Mercy for Animals and the Good Food Institute . In February 2016 , THL was awarded a $ 1 million grant from the Open Philanthropy Project ( a spinoff of GiveWell working in collaboration with Good Ventures ) for its corporate cage-free campaign . This was followed by an additional grant of $ 1 million in July 2016 for international expansion of cage-free advocacy , and a $ 1 million grant in November 2016 for general support .",
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"text": "Mixed farming Mixed farming is an agrarian system that comprises farming along with the raising of livestock simultaneously . When on a farm along-with crop production , some other agriculture based practice like poultry , dairy farming or bee keeping etc. is adopted , then this system of farming is known as mixed farming . It is the dominant system in Europe and now in parts of India , where most farms have a mixture of fields and pastures.It was first mainly used for self-consumption , but now in Advanced countries like USA , Japan , etc. , this is done for a commercial purpose For example , the same farm may grow cereal crops , and keep cattle , sheep , pigs or poultry . In mixed farming , along with farming some other agriculture based practices are also carried out . Often the dung from the cattle is used to fertilize the cereal crops . Before horses were used for haulage , many young male cattle were often not butchered as surplus for meat but castrated and used as bullocks to haul the cart and the plough .",
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"text": "The Animals The Animals are an English rhythm and blues and rock band , formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s . The band moved to London upon finding fame in 1964 . The Animals were known for their gritty , bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon , as exemplified by their signature song and transatlantic No. 1 hit single , `` The House of the Rising Sun '' , as well as by hits such as `` We Got ta Get out of This Place '' , `` It 's My Life '' , `` I 'm Crying '' and `` Do n't Let Me Be Misunderstood '' . The band balanced tough , rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-orientated album material . They were known in the US as part of the British Invasion . The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s and suffered from poor business management . Under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals , the much-changed act moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic and hard rock band with hits like `` San Franciscan Nights '' , `` When I Was Young '' and `` Sky Pilot '' , before disbanding at the end of the decade . Altogether , the group had ten Top Twenty hits in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 . The original lineup of Burdon , Alan Price , Chas Chandler , Hilton Valentine and John Steel reunited for a one off benefit concert in their home city of Newcastle in 1968 . They later had brief comebacks in 1975 and 1983 . There have been several partial regroupings of the original era members since then under various names . The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 .",
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"text": "Animal Cops: South Africa Animal Cops : South Africa is an American documentary reality television series that premiered on June 6 , 2008 on Animal Planet . The program depicts cases that are handled and investigated by the Cape of Good Hope SPCA ( Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ) in and around Cape Town , South Africa . The Cape of Good Hope SPCA is a community-run NGO and is a member of the NSPCA ( National Council of SPCAs ) . The Cape of Good Hope SPCA became part of the Animal Cops show after Animal Planet commissioned a South African version of the series , based on series such as Animal Precinct , Animal Cops Houston and Animal Cops Detroit . The Inspectorate is based on a National Training program in South Africa provided and certified by the NSPCA and each inspector is authorized by the District Magistrates to investigate and intervene in animal cruelty complaints as well as educate on proactive initiatives . Their stance against animal cruelty has landed them the international focus with Animal Cops , highlighting the plight of animals within South Africa . All SPCAs are dependent solely on public donations , funding and receive no financial support from the South African government , has no political ties and receives very little support from the national lottery .",
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"text": "Lorri Houston Lorri Houston ( aka Lorri Bauston ) is the `` pioneer '' for the farm animal sanctuary movement . Houston has been an animal rights researcher , activist , and a vegan for most of her life . She co-founded the Farm Sanctuary in 1986 and founded Animal Acres in 2005 . Houston has played a crucial role in the animal rights and activism movement over the past 20 years , and has made significant contributions to legislation and legal terminology regarding animal cruelty against farm animals subject to factory farming . Houston 's work with animal rights is strongly tied to Feminist Theory because of its deep-rooted connections between the oppression of women and the oppression of animals in society .",
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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": "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": "Griggstown Quail Farm Griggstown Quail Farm is a New Jersey producer of game birds that is run by George Rude . It was the winner of Edible Communities ' New Jersey Farm local hero award in 2010 .",
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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": "Animal Farm (1999 film) Animal Farm is a made-for-TV film released in 1999 by Hallmark Films and broadcast on the American cable channel TNT . It is an adaptation of the 1945 George Orwell novel of the same name . The film tells the story of farm animals successfully revolting against their human owner , only to slide into a more brutal tyranny among themselves . The film received mixed reviews when it was broadcast , with much criticism directed at its ending .",
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"text": "Hollywood Animal Crusaders Hollywood Animal Crusaders is an American television documentary that captured live-action animal cruelty investigations by actor turned animal activist Chris DeRose and his organization , Last Chance for Animals . It premiered on the Animal Planet network on June 14 , 1999 . The group faced pet theft , abuse of circus elephants , horses sold for slaughter , and companion animal neglect . Viewers saw the emotional reaction of the investigation team as they struggled through difficult situations . Hollywood Animal Crusaders was said to be `` the first mainstream television show dedicated to animals and their rights . ''",
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"text": "Toughest Cowboy Toughest Cowboy is an American rodeo competition-based reality television program that follows twelve professional cowboys as they compete in three roughstock rodeo events -- bareback bronc riding , saddle bronc riding , and bull riding in effort to win the Toughest Cowboy championship and the grand prize of a ranch in the American West . Originally created by Jac Sperling and Tommy Joe Lucia , Toughest Cowboy is a combination of athletic competition and personal retrospectives creating a new genre of television , known as `` sports drama . '' The first broadcast aired April 8 , 2007 on the Fox Sports Network ( FSN ) . In 2009 , Mark Burnett signed on to produce the series for Spike TV . Whiskey Falls composed the theme song . The show follows a group of twelve professional rodeo cowboys through a series of live rodeo tournaments in which they must ride three different disciplines , whereas in most rodeo competitions , competitors ride in one specific discipline or event . This all-around competition adds a significantly higher likelihood of injury . Each week a competitor is eliminated from the competition , until the final four competitors remain . These four final cowboys must ride a total of six animals each ( two bareback broncs , two saddle broncs , two bulls ) during the championship tournament . Throughout the championship round each competitor amasses total ride points , the cowboy with the most total points at the conclusion of the finals is awarded the series championship and grand prize ranch . Toughest Cowboy also uses a modified point system based on the standard 8-second qualified ride from traditional rodeo . Rather than scoring a `` 0 '' for any ride shorted than eight seconds , Toughest Cowboy competitors are delivered penalty points for the 1/10 of seconds they are short of the full ride mark . Each 1/10 of a second is equal to 1 point . This eliminates the chance of a 0-0 tie between competitors . In addition to the athletic competition , the broadcast include segments outside of the rodeo arena . These segments give background on the competitor 's lives , most of which include visits to their homes . There are also interviews conducted during the live competition to provide an inside look at the cowboys thoughts during the tournament .",
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"text": "Animal Protection Institute The Animal Protection Institute ( API ) was a national , nonprofit animal advocacy organization based in Sacramento , California that in 2007 , as part of its affiliation with the Born Free Foundation , was renamed Born Free USA . Founded in 1968 , API 's mission was to advocate for the protection of animals from cruelty and exploitation . API 's slogan was `` Saving Animals Is Our Reason for Being '' . API was founded by Belton P. Mouras and Kenneth E. Guerrero , both former employees of the Humane Society of the United States . API 's primary campaign areas included animals used in entertainment , captive exotic animals , companion animals , compassionate consumerism , farmed animals , and wildlife protection . API achieved significant results in working with state and local legislatures to pass laws restricting the private possession of exotic animals such as lions , tigers , bears , and other dangerous animals . The organization attempted to get bills passed in North and South Carolina banning venomous snakes and other exotic animals . API also provided `` hands-on '' care for animals at its API Primate Sanctuary , located in Dilley , Texas , where more than 500 primates , many of whom were rescued from abusive situations in laboratories , roadside zoos , and private possession , live in as natural an environment as possible with minimal human interference .",
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"text": "Michelson Prize and Grants in Reproductive Biology Michelson Prize and Grants for Reproductive Biology makes $ 75 million ( USD ) available for research in pursuit of a safe and effective , single dose , non-surgical sterilant for male and female cats and dogs . The prize was established in October 2008 by the Found Animals Foundation . To aid scientists in pursuing this goal , the Michelson Grants are available in quantities of approximately $ 250,000 per year per grant , totaling up to $ 50 million , for research pursuing innovative approaches to non-surgical sterilization technology for companion animals . Found Animals Foundation states that the purpose of the Michelson Prize & Grants is to inspire qualified researchers from a variety of scientific fields to pursue the development of a low cost , non-surgical sterilization product for cats and dogs , in an effort to help reduce animal shelter intake and euthanasia . The Humane Society of the United States estimates that every year between six and eight million dogs and cats enter U.S. animal shelters ; some three to four million of these animals are euthanized , most simply for the lack of an available adoptive home . According to the Found Animals website , the Michelson Prize & Grants seeks to make sterilization for cats and dogs accessible and affordable worldwide . Found Animals has stated plans to commercialize the successful product for provision , at low cost , to shelters and NGOs . Proposals for grant funding are reviewed by the Foundation 's Director of Scientific Research and Scientific Advisory Board , whose members include prominent researchers Scott Campbell , Norman Hecht , and David Wildt . Found Animals Foundation , Inc. is a privately funded 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) , non-profit organization dedicated to minimizing shelter euthanasia . Found Animals creates programs designed to reduce shelter intake , increase live release rates and focuses on developing cost-effective , scalable , and sustainable animal welfare business models . The Foundation is funded by Dr. Gary K. Michelson , an orthopedic surgeon , inventor and entrepreneur .",
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"text": "PageRank PageRank ( PR ) is an algorithm used by Google Search to rank websites in their search engine results . PageRank was named after Larry Page , one of the founders of Google . PageRank is a way of measuring the importance of website pages . According to Google : It is not the only algorithm used by Google to order search engine results , but it is the first algorithm that was used by the company , and it is the best-known .",
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"text": "Larry Page Lawrence Edward Page ( born March 26 , 1973 ) is an American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin . Page is the chief executive officer ( CEO ) of Google 's parent company , Alphabet Inc. . After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001 in favour of Eric Schmidt , he re-assumed the role in April 2011 . He announced his intention to step aside a second time in July 2015 to become CEO of Alphabet , under which Google 's assets would be reorganized . Under Page , Alphabet is seeking to deliver major advancements in a variety of industries . As of March 2017 , Page is the 12th richest person in the world , with an estimated net worth of US$ 40.7 billion . Page is the inventor of PageRank , Google 's best-known search ranking algorithm . Page received the Marconi Prize in 2004 .",
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"text": "Semantic publishing Semantic publishing on the Web , or semantic web publishing , refers to publishing information on the web as documents accompanied by semantic markup . Semantic publication provides a way for computers to understand the structure and even the meaning of the published information , making information search and data integration more efficient . Although semantic publishing is not specific to the Web , it has been driven by the rising of the semantic web . In the semantic web , published information is accompanied by metadata describing the information , providing a `` semantic '' context . Although semantic publishing has the potential to change the face of web publishing , acceptance depends on the emergence of compelling applications . Web sites can already be built with all contents in both HTML format and semantic format . RSS1 .0 , uses RDF ( a semantic web standard ) format , although it has become less popular than RSS2 .0 and Atom . Semantic publishing has the potential to revolutionize scientific publishing . Tim Berners-Lee predicted in 2001 that the semantic web `` will likely profoundly change the very nature of how scientific knowledge is produced and shared , in ways that we can now barely imagine '' . Revisiting the semantic web in 2006 , he and his colleagues believed the semantic web `` could bring about a revolution in how , for example , scientific content is managed throughout its life cycle '' . Researchers could directly self-publish their experiment data in `` semantic '' format on the web . Semantic search engines could then make these data widely available . The W3C interest group in healthcare and life sciences is exploring this idea .",
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"text": "Brainboost Brainboost is a metasearch engine designed to provide specific answers to questions asked in natural language . Currently it only supports English . The Brainboost engine uses machine learning and natural language processing AI techniques to answer the questions . Brainboost was created by Assaf Rozenblatt . Traditional engines return the links to the pages that appear most relevant . Additionally the results page may include a summary of the page . The user then needs to download the pages and read them to see if the answer to his question is in fact there . Brainboost , however , generates a number of different queries that it submits to traditional search engines , downloads several hundred pages returned by the search engines , reads the pages and isolates the answers in the text of these pages , and ranks the different answers based on its AnswerRank algorithm . Brainboost was selected by Old Dominion University 's Center for Advanced Engineering Environments ( CAEE ) for use in a project sponsored by NASA 's Langley Research Center in Hampton . In December 2005 , Brainboost was acquired by Answers Corporation .",
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"text": "Daniel J. Clancy Daniel J. Clancy ( New Orleans , 11 January 1964 ) is an American technologist and computer scientist . He was the Engineering Director for Google Book Search from 2005 onwards . From February 2014 he has worked for the social networking service Nextdoor .",
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"text": "Gerald Guralnik Gerald Stanford `` Gerry '' Guralnik ( -LSB- gʊˈrælnɪk -RSB- September 17 , 1936 -- April 26 , 2014 ) was the Chancellor 's Professor of Physics at Brown University . In 1964 he co-discovered the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson with C. R. Hagen and Tom Kibble ( GHK ) . As part of Physical Review Letters 50th anniversary celebration , the journal recognized this discovery as one of the milestone papers in PRL history . While widely considered to have authored the most complete of the early papers on the Higgs theory , GHK were controversially not included in the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics . In 2010 , Guralnik was awarded The American Physical Society 's J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics for the `` elucidation of the properties of spontaneous symmetry breaking in four-dimensional relativistic gauge theory and of the mechanism for the consistent generation of vector boson masses '' . Guralnik received his BS degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958 and his PhD degree from Harvard University in 1964 . He went to Imperial College London as a postdoctoral fellow supported by the National Science Foundation and then became a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rochester . In the fall of 1967 Gerry went to Brown University and frequently visited Imperial College and Los Alamos National Laboratory where he was a staff member from 1985 to 1987 . While at Los Alamos , he did extensive work on the development and application of computational methods for Lattice QCD . He died of a heart attack aged 77 in 2014 .",
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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": "Gerard Salton Gerard A. `` Gerry '' Salton ( 8 March 1927 in Nuremberg -- 28 August 1995 ) , was a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University . Salton was perhaps the leading computer scientist working in the field of information retrieval during his time , and `` the father of information retrieval '' . His group at Cornell developed the SMART Information Retrieval System , which he initiated when he was at Harvard . Salton was born Gerhard Anton Sahlmann on March 8 , 1927 in Nuremberg , Germany . He received a Bachelor 's ( 1950 ) and Master 's ( 1952 ) degree in mathematics from Brooklyn College , and a Ph.D. from Harvard in Applied Mathematics in 1958 , the last of Howard Aiken 's doctoral students , and taught there until 1965 , when he joined Cornell University and co-founded its department of Computer Science . Salton was perhaps most well known for developing the now widely used vector space model for Information Retrieval . In this model , both documents and queries are represented as vectors of term counts , and the similarity between a document and a query is given by the cosine between the term vector and the document vector . In this paper , he also introduced TF-IDF , or term-frequency-inverse-document frequency , a model in which the score of a term in a document is the ratio of the number of terms in that document divided by the frequency of the number of documents in which that term occurs . ( The concept of inverse document frequency , a measure of specificity , had been introduced in 1972 by Karen Sparck-Jones . ) Later in life , he became interested in automatic text summarization and analysis , as well as automatic hypertext generation . He published over 150 research articles and 5 books during his life . Salton was editor-in-chief of the Communications of the ACM and the Journal of the ACM , and chaired Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval ( SIGIR ) . He was an associate editor of the ACM Transactions on Information Systems . He was an ACM Fellow ( elected 1995 ) , received an Award of Merit from the American Society for Information Science ( 1989 ) , and was the first recipient of the SIGIR Award for outstanding contributions to study of information retrieval ( 1983 ) -- now called the Gerard Salton Award .",
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"text": "Paul Mockapetris Paul V. Mockapetris ( born 1948 in Boston , Massachusetts , US ) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer , who , together with Jon Postel , invented the Internet Domain Name System ( DNS ) .",
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"text": "Graphiq Graphiq ( formerly FindTheBest ) is a semantic technology company that uses artificial intelligence to rapidly create interactive data-driven infographics . Its intent is similar to Wolfram Alpha which is designed to provide users with direct information on a variety of subjects rather than going through a search engine . Graphiq 's flagship product for online content creators , Graphiq Search , allows users to access it 's library of 10B + interactive visualizations . Additionally , Graphiq offers 22 vertically aligned research sites that allow consumers to research important topics . The company states that 33 million visitors use Graphiq research sites every month . The data from Graphiq is mined from a variety of public and private sources and presented to users in a visual table with filters and ratings . Graphiq is based in Santa Barbara , California and has raised $ 32 million in total funding from venture funding companies by 2013 .",
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"text": "Stephen Robertson (computer scientist) Stephen Robertson is a British computer scientist . He is known for his work on information retrieval and the Okapi BM25 weighting model . After completing his undergraduate degree in mathematics at Cambridge University , he took an MS at City University , and then worked for ASLIB . He then studied for his PhD at University College London under the renowned statistician and scholar B. C. Brookes . He then returned to City University working there from 1978 until 1998 in the Department of Information Science , continuing as a part-time professor and subsequently as professor emeritus . He is also a fellow of Girton College , Cambridge University . From 1998 to 2013 he worked in the Cambridge laboratory of Microsoft Research , where he led a group investigating core search processes such as term weighting , document scoring and ranking algorithms , combining evidence from different sources , and metrics and methods for the evaluation and optimisation of search . Much of his work has contributed to the Microsoft search engine Bing . He participated a number of times in the TREC conference .",
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"text": "Anna Patterson Anna Patterson has been described as one of the most important women in technology , winner of the 2016 ABIE Award , and one of the seminal contributors to search engines . She is currently Vice President of Engineering , Artificial Intelligence at Google . She is also currently a trustee at Harvey Mudd College and a trustee at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and on the National Engineering Council at Washington University in St. Louis . She is a co-founder of Progressive Women of Silicon Valley which helps host candidates and causes in Silicon Valley . While she was working in Google 's Android organization , Patterson was responsible for a division of Google Play including Books and Search , Recommendations and Infrastructure for scaling up Android from 40 million phones to over 800 million phones . Before joining Android at Google , she was the principal architect of one of the firm 's largest search serving systems - TeraGoogle - and also led efforts in web search , advertisements and shopping . She was a co-founder of Cuil , a clustering-based search engine and wrote Recall.archive.org ( part of the Wayback Machine ) , a history-based search engine out of the Internet Archive , which showed trends over time . She wrote `` Why writing your own search engine is hard '' in the ACM Queue about this experience . Patterson received her B.S. in Computer Science and another in Electrical Engineering from Washington University and her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana -- Champaign and was a Research Scientist at Stanford University in Artificial Intelligence working with John McCarthy on Phenomenal Data Mining and Carolyn Talcott on theorem provers .",
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"text": "WebCrawler WebCrawler is a metasearch engine that blends the top search results from Google Search and Yahoo! Search . WebCrawler also provides users the option to search for images , audio , video , news , yellow pages and white pages . WebCrawler is a registered trademark of InfoSpace , Inc. . It went live on April 20 , 1994 and was created by Brian Pinkerton at the University of Washington .",
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"text": "Citation index A citation index is a kind of bibliographic index , an index of citations between publications , allowing the user to easily establish which later documents cite which earlier documents . A form of citation index is first found in 12th-century Hebrew religious literature . Legal citation indexes are found in the 18th century and were made popular by citators such as Shepard 's Citations ( 1873 ) . In 1960 , Eugene Garfield 's Institute for Scientific Information ( ISI ) introduced the first citation index for papers published in academic journals , first the Science Citation Index ( SCI ) , and later the Social Sciences Citation Index ( SSCI ) and the Arts and Humanities Citation Index ( AHCI ) . The first automated citation indexing was done by CiteSeer in 1997 . Other sources for such data include Google Scholar and Elsevier 's Scopus .",
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"text": "World Wide Web Foundation The World Wide Web Foundation ( also Web Foundation ) is an organization dedicated to the improvement and availability of the World Wide Web . The formation of the organization was announced on September 14 , 2008 by Tim Berners-Lee at the Newseum in Washington , D.C. . The organization launched on November 15 , 2009 . One of its former board members is former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown . The mission of the organization is `` to establish the open Web as a global public good and a basic right , ensuring that everyone can access and use it freely '' . The foundation works in two areas , A free and open Web and Open Democracy , to reach the objectives of the organization . It publishes the Web Index with statistics for 86 selected countries . This organization is not related to the Open Web Foundation .",
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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": "1999 Webby Awards The 1999 Webby Awards were held on March 18 , 1999 , at the Herbst Theater ( War memorial Opera House ) in San Francisco , California . IDG , which still owned the awards organization , continued to retain Tiffany Shlain to produce the awards even though the magazine division she had been working for had been shut down . Mayor Rudy Giuliani had lobbied to move the ceremony to New York City , but San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown interceded with Schlain by promising the City 's support , including hosting a post-award party at the newly remodeled City Hall . Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin arrived wearing rollerblades and metallic capes , and remained in the opera hall lobby to grant interviews while most guests were watching the awards in the theater . The event was noted for the famous incident in which a representative of Jodi.org , which had won in the arts category , called the event participants `` Ugly corporate sons-of-bitches '' in his acceptance speech and tossed his trophy to the audience . The organizers asked PricewaterhouseCoopers to tabulate and ensure security for the `` People 's Voice '' winners , chosen by online voting .",
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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": "Jon Postel Jonathan Bruce Postel ( -LSB- pəˈstɛl -RSB- August 6 , 1943 -- October 16 , 1998 ) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet , particularly with respect to standards . He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment ( RFC ) document series , and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ( IANA ) until his death . In his lifetime he was known as the `` god of the Internet '' for his comprehensive influence on the medium . The Internet Society 's Postel Award is named in his honor , as is the Postel Center at Information Sciences Institute , University of Southern California . His obituary was written by Vint Cerf and published as RFC 2468 in remembrance of Postel and his work . In 2012 , Postel was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame by the Internet Society . The Channel Islands ' Domain Registry building was named after him in early 2016 .",
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"text": "David Filo David Filo ( born April 20 , 1966 ) is an American businessman and the co-founder of Yahoo! with Jerry Yang . His Filo Server Program , written in the C programming language , was the server-side software used to dynamically serve variable web pages , called Filo Server Pages , on visits to early versions of the Yahoo! website .",
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"text": "Urs Hölzle Urs Hölzle ( -LSB- ˈʊrs ˈhœltslɛ -RSB- ) is a Swiss software engineer and technology executive . He is the senior vice president of technical infrastructure and Google Fellow at Google . As Google 's eighth employee and its first VP of Engineering , he has shaped much of Google 's development processes and infrastructure .",
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"text": "John Breslin John Breslin ( born 1973 in Dublin ) is an Irish engineer and senior lecturer at the National University of Ireland , Galway . His research publications have focused on the Social Semantic Web , and he co-authored a book on this topic in 2009 . In 2015 , Breslin co-founded the Galway City Innovation District to create startup-friendly spaces in downtown Galway . The first space , the PorterShed , is a refurbished former Guinness building that opened to startups in April 2016 . In 2011 , Breslin was announced as a co-founder of StreamGlider , a visual real-time dashboard for tracking interests across various types of devices , along with Nova Spivack and Bill McDaniel . In 2010 , Breslin set up the New Tech Post , an online technology publisher . A San Jose office for the New Tech Post was announced by Breslin in March 2011 . In 2007 , Breslin met the Collison brothers while Patrick was studying at MIT , and came up with the name for their first company , ` Shuppa ' , during a brainstorming session over dinner . In 2004 , while working as a researcher at DERI , Breslin founded the Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities ( SIOC ) project , a Semantic Web framework for data portability used in web applications such as Yahoo! SearchMonkey , Drupal 7 and the Newsweek website . In 1998 , Breslin set up an Internet forum to discuss video games which evolved into boards.ie , one of Ireland 's largest indigenous websites . He serves as a non-executive director with boards.ie Ltd. , and was awarded Net Visionary awards by the Irish Internet Association in 2005 and 2006 .",
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"text": "Ayn Rand Ayn Rand ( -LSB- ˈaɪn_ˈrænd -RSB- born Alisa Zinov ` yevna Rosenbaum , Али́са Зино́вьевна Розенба́ум -- March 6 , 1982 ) was a Russian-American novelist , philosopher , playwright , and screenwriter . She is known for her two best-selling novels , The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged , and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism . Educated in Russia , she moved to the United States in 1926 . She had a play produced on Broadway in 1935 -- 1936 . After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful in America , she achieved fame with her 1943 novel , The Fountainhead . In 1957 , Rand published her best-known work , the novel Atlas Shrugged . Afterward , she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy , publishing her own magazines and releasing several collections of essays until her death in 1982 . Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge , and rejected faith and religion . She supported rational and ethical egoism , and rejected altruism . In politics , she condemned the initiation of force as immoral , and opposed collectivism and statism as well as anarchism , and instead supported laissez-faire capitalism , which she defined as the system based on recognizing individual rights . In art , Rand promoted romantic realism . She was sharply critical of most philosophers and philosophical traditions known to her , except for Aristotle , Thomas Aquinas , and classical liberals . Literary critics received Rand 's fiction with mixed reviews , and academia generally ignored or rejected her philosophy , though academic interest has increased in recent decades . The Objectivist movement attempts to spread her ideas , both to the public and in academic settings . She has been a significant influence among libertarians and American conservatives .",
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"text": "Anarchism Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions . These are often described as stateless societies , although several authors have defined them more specifically as institutions based on non-hierarchical free associations . Anarchism holds the state to be undesirable , unnecessary , and harmful . While anti-statism is central , anarchism generally entails opposing authority or hierarchical organisation in the conduct of all human relations , including , but not limited to , the state system . Anarchism is usually considered a radical left-wing ideology , and much of anarchist economics and anarchist legal philosophy reflects anti-authoritarian interpretations of communism , collectivism , syndicalism , mutualism , or participatory economics . Anarchism does not offer a fixed body of doctrine from a single particular world view , instead fluxing and flowing as a philosophy . Many types and traditions of anarchism exist , not all of which are mutually exclusive . Anarchist schools of thought can differ fundamentally , supporting anything from extreme individualism to complete collectivism . Strains of anarchism have often been divided into the categories of social and individualist anarchism or similar dual classifications .",
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"text": "Collectivism Collectivism is the moral stance , political philosophy , ideology , or social outlook that emphasizes the group and its interests . Collectivism is the opposite of individualism . Collectivists focus on communal , societal , or national interests in various types of political , economic , and educational systems .",
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"text": "Capitalism Capitalism is an economic system and an ideology based on private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit . Characteristics central to capitalism include private property , capital accumulation , wage labor , voluntary exchange , a price system , and competitive markets . In a capitalist market economy , decision-making and investment are determined by the owners of the factors of production in financial and capital markets , and prices and the distribution of goods are mainly determined by competition in the market . Economists , political economists , and historians have adopted different perspectives in their analyses of capitalism and have recognized various forms of it in practice . These include laissez-faire or free market capitalism , welfare capitalism , and state capitalism . Different forms of capitalism feature varying degrees of free markets , public ownership , obstacles to free competition , and state-sanctioned social policies . The degree of competition in markets , the role of intervention and regulation , and the scope of state ownership vary across different models of capitalism ; the extent to which different markets are free , as well as the rules defining private property , are matters of politics and policy . Most existing capitalist economies are mixed economies , which combine elements of free markets with state intervention , and in some cases economic planning . Market economies have existed under many forms of government , in many different times , places , and cultures . The development of capitalist societies , however , marked by a universalization of money-based social relations , a consistently large and system-wide class of workers who must work for wages , and a capitalist class which dominates control of wealth and political power , developed in Western Europe in a process that led to the Industrial Revolution . Capitalist systems with varying degrees of direct government intervention have since become dominant in the Western world and continue to spread . Capitalism has been criticized for establishing power in the hands of a minority capitalist class that exists through the exploitation of a working class majority ; for prioritizing profit over social good , natural resources , and the environment ; and for being an engine of inequality and economic instabilities . Supporters believe that it provides better products through competition , creates strong economic growth , yields productivity and prosperity that greatly benefits society , as well as being the most efficient system known for allocation of resources .",
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"text": "Right-wing politics Right-wing politics hold that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable , natural , normal , or desirable , typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law , economics or tradition . Hierarchy and inequality may be viewed as natural results of traditional social differences or the competition in market economies . The term right-wing can generally refer to `` the conservative or reactionary section of a political party or system . '' The political terms Right and Left were first used during the French Revolution ( 1789 -- 99 ) , and referred to seating arrangements in the French parliament ; those who sat to the right of the chair of the parliamentary president were broadly supportive of the institutions of the monarchist Ancien Régime . The original Right in France was formed as a reaction against the Left , and comprised those politicians supporting hierarchy , tradition , and clericalism . The use of the expression la droite ( the right ) became prominent in France after the restoration of the monarchy in 1815 , when it was applied to the Ultra-royalists . The people of English-speaking countries did not apply the terms `` right '' and `` left '' to their own politics until the 20th century . Although the right-wing originated with traditional conservatives , monarchists and reactionaries , the term extreme right-wing has also been applied to movements including fascists , Nazis , and racial supremacists . From the 1830s to the 1880s , there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy , moving away from nobility and aristocracy towards capitalism . This general economic shift toward capitalism affected centre right movements such as the British Conservative Party , which responded by becoming supportive of capitalism . In the United States , the Right includes both economic and social conservatives . In Europe , economic conservatives are usually considered liberal , and the Right includes nationalists , nativist opposition to immigration , religious conservatives , and historically a significant presence of right-wing movements with anti-capitalist sentiments including conservatives and fascists who opposed what they saw as the selfishness and excessive materialism inherent in contemporary capitalism .",
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"text": "Conservatism Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes retaining traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization . By some definitions , conservatives have variously sought to preserve institutions including religion , monarchy , parliamentary government , property rights and the social hierarchy , emphasizing stability and continuity , while the more extreme elements called reactionaries oppose modernism and seek a return to `` the way things were '' . The first established use of the term in a political context originated with François-René de Chateaubriand in 1818 , during the period of Bourbon restoration that sought to roll back the policies of the French Revolution . The term , historically associated with right-wing politics , has since been used to describe a wide range of views . There is no single set of policies that are universally regarded as conservative , because the meaning of conservatism depends on what is considered traditional in a given place and time . Thus conservatives from different parts of the world -- each upholding their respective traditions -- may disagree on a wide range of issues . Edmund Burke , an 18th-century politician who opposed the French Revolution but supported the American Revolution , is credited as one of the main theorists of conservatism in Great Britain in the 1790s . According to Quintin Hogg , the chairman of the British Conservative Party in 1959 , `` Conservatism is not so much a philosophy as an attitude , a constant force , performing a timeless function in the development of a free society , and corresponding to a deep and permanent requirement of human nature itself '' . In contrast to the tradition-based definition of conservatism , political theorists such as Corey Robin define conservatism primarily in terms of a general defense of social and economic inequality . From this perspective conservatism is less an attempt to uphold traditional institutions and more `` a meditation on -- and theoretical rendition of -- the felt experience of having power , seeing it threatened , and trying to win it back . ''",
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"text": "The Early Ayn Rand The Early Ayn Rand : A Selection from Her Unpublished Fiction is an anthology of unpublished early fiction written by Ayn Rand , first published in 1984 , two years after her death . The selections include short stories , plays , and excerpts of material cut from her novels We the Living and The Fountainhead .",
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"text": "In Defense of Reason In Defense of Reason is a collection of three volumes of literary criticisms by the American poet and literary critic Yvor Winters . First published in 1947 , the book is fairly well known in literary circles , both British and American , particularly for its meticulous study of metrical verse and Winters ' system of ethical criticism . Scholars and writers still mention or cite the book somewhat often in scholarly monographs to the present . It remains in print through the Ohio University Press . The collection consists of three books of critical essays that Winters had written earlier . The first , Primitivism and Decadence : A Study of American Experimental Poetry , is Winters ' revised doctoral dissertation on the classification and analysis of poetic structures . The second , Maule 's Curse : Seven Studies in the History of American Obscurantism , is a study of seven prominent American novelists and poets of the 19th century . The third , The Anatomy of Nonsense , is a study of several prominent writers associated with modernism . The book also features three general essays that are crucial to understanding Winters as a critic and poet : the Foreword to the whole collection , `` Preliminary Problems , '' which is in effect the introduction to The Anatomy of Nonsense , and `` The Significance of ` The Bridge , ' by Hart Crane , or ` What Are We to Do with Professor X ? ' '' a stand-alone essay that ends the book . Though he started his poetic career in the early 1920s as a free-verse imagist , by late in that decade Winters had become a modern classicist , of a sort . He argued that poets should use metrical verse more often in their compositions . He also argued that poems should have rational structures and favor discursive language rather than the loose , associationist structures and styles favored by the moderns , which emphasize the emotions and personal expression . As explained in these essays , Winters considered the moderns the literary descendants of Romanticism . __ TOC __",
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"text": "Mohawk Valley formula The Mohawk Valley formula is a plan for strikebreaking purportedly written by the president of the Remington Rand company James Rand , Jr. around the time of the Remington Rand strike at Ilion , New York in 1936/37 . The plan includes discrediting union leaders , frightening the public with the threat of violence , using local police and vigilantes to intimidate strikers , forming puppet associations of `` loyal employees '' to influence public debate , fortifying workplaces , employing large numbers of replacement workers , and threatening to close the plant if work is not resumed . The authenticity of the written plan has never been clearly established . Although it was allegedly published in the National Association of Manufacturers Labor Relations Bulletin , no original copy has been found , nor does NAM list it among its pamphlets from that era . Parts of the plan use language sympathetic to the views of labor organizers . The Remington Rand company did indeed ruthlessly suppress the strikes , as documented in a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board , and the plan has been accepted as a guide to the methods that were used . At least one source names the strikebreaker Pearl Bergoff and his so-called `` Bergoff Technique '' as the origin of the formula . Rand and Bergoff were both indicted by the same federal grand jury for their roles in the Remington Rand strike . Noam Chomsky has described the formula as the result of business owners ' trend away from violent strikebreaking to a `` scientific '' approach based on propaganda . An essential feature of this approach is the identification of the management 's interests with `` Americanism , '' while labor activism is portrayed as the work of un-American outsiders . Workers are thus persuaded to turn against the activists and toward management to demonstrate their patriotism .",
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"text": "Romantic racism Romantic racism is a form of racism in which members of a dominant group project their fantasies onto members of oppressed groups . Feminist scholars have accused Norman Mailer , Jack Kerouac , and other Beatnik authors of the 1950s of romantic racism . They maintain that the dominant mainstream culture of the 1950s in the United States stressed conformity and held up middle-class suburban families as the cultural ideal , and that it was indifferent to art and literature , upheld racial segregation , and despised or ignored black achievements , such as jazz . Those , like the novelist Norman Mailer , who felt limited by or alienated from mainstream culture , sought out influences from other cultures as form of rebellion . Mailer , a great fan of jazz music , created his concept of what it meant to be `` hip , '' or a member of the white urban counterculture , largely on his perception of the culture of urban African-Americans ( with whom the expression `` hip '' , meaning `` in the know '' , originated ) and articulated his vision in his essay `` The White Negro . '' Mailer , who considered himself an opponent of Victorian sexual repression and regimentation , idealized what he saw as the sexual and other freedoms of minority and other counter-cultural groups , overlooking the fact that in these groups sexual exploitation of women sometimes occurred.These critics consider his depictions of what he imagines African-American life to be like as an instance of what they call `` romantic racism '' , contending that he implies that in urban ghettoes -- filled with sex , drugs , and violence -- life is somehow enriched , rather than hurt , by poverty and crime . Mailer 's essay has also been criticized for spreading the stereotype of African-American men as hypermasculine and hypersexual .",
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"text": "Gender feminism Gender feminism is a term used in relation to other forms of feminism . First explicated in the book `` Who Stole Feminism ? '' in 1994 , Christina Hoff Sommers categorized gender feminism as a gynocentric subdivision of feminism . According to Wendy McElroy and Christina Hoff Sommers , gender or political feminism is defined in opposition to individualist feminism . Disapproval of modern-day gender roles and the gradual eradication of them are at the foundation of gender feminism . Gender feminism aims to bring awareness to a perspective on the development of the different sexes Feminism , itself , is defined in Sommers ' book , `` Who Stole Feminism ? '' as a `` collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining , establishing , and defending equal political , economic , and social rights for women . '' Gender feminism views gender as socially constructed . Furthermore , that this construction of gender is embedded into various aspects of the everyday social order , which consists of power , privileges and economic resources . The term was used especially in the early 1990s to refer to some different concepts . It has been used to distinguish perceived radical feminism in comparison to liberal feminism . It has also been used in relation to some feminists ' arguments about gendering and other topics : that all cognition is gendered and that all knowledge is gendered . Gender reform feminism laid the theoretical groundwork for second-wave feminism . Contrary to equity feminist , who have an exclusive sociopolitical aspiration for men 's and women 's legal and social equality , gender feminist also argue that psychological differences between men and women are adapted from societal acclimation and have little to do with evolution . Critiques Though viewed as the dominant feminist outlook among scholars , as an alternative version of feminism , gender feminism has been met with opposition . Critiques argue that there is science that supports the claim that the sexes are substantially different in a natural and inherent way . Kuhle maintains that due to evolution , regardless of whether they are viewed as equal , men and women have diverse roles in society . Other critiques have said that though feminism is the dismantlement of the patriarchy and challenges gender roles , the notion that gender differences do not exist biologically is problematic . Others argue that every feminist has an altered standpoint on the movement due to the varying hurdles women of different backgrounds come across . This would validate gender feminists in their fight to raise awareness for equality through the belief that gender should not possess as much value in the society as it currently does . Divisions in feminist ideology have caused many to question the cohesiveness of the feminist movement as a whole and if devoting their efforts to the movement would genuinely be beneficial . Although , varying perspectives have hindered the collaboration of some feminist subdivisions , a common interest in the upward mobilization of women as a whole has prompted a desire for a more inclusive and universal feminist movement . A category of anti-gender feminism has also been described .",
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"text": "Syncretic politics Syncretic politics or spectral-syncretic refers to politics outside the conventional left -- right political spectrum . The term syncretic politics has been derived from the idea of syncretism ( syncretic religion ) . The main idea of syncretic politics is that taking political positions of neutrality by combining elements associated with the left and right can achieve a goal of reconciliation . Since this umbrella term is defined by the negation of the two standard poles of a given one-dimensional political spectrum , it refers to quite heterogeneous approaches . The Falange of Spain presented itself as syncretic . Falangism has attacked both the left and the right as its `` enemies '' , declaring itself to be neither left nor right , but a third position . In Hungary there has been a strong presence of syncretic political parties since the revolutions of 1989 . They won the election in 1990 forming a coalition government : Hungarian Democratic Forum , Independent Smallholders , Agrarian Workers and Civic Party and KDNP . KDNP later became a close ally of FIDESZ , losing this attribute in the process . After the first 4-year term syncretic parties went into a decline , many of them disappearing and only two new ones emerging since then : Hungarian Justice and Life Party and Politics Can Be Different , the latter still being present in the Hungarian parliament . Notable politicians are prime minister József Antall , minister of agriculture and rural development József Torgyán and green leader András Schiffer . At the peak of the Cold War , the former Argentinian President Juan Perón ( 1946 -- 55 ; 1973 -- 74 ) defined the international position of his doctrine ( Peronism ) as a third position between capitalism and communism , a stance which became a precedent of the Non-Aligned Movement . In the United States , `` third way '' adherents embrace fiscal conservatism to a greater extent than traditional social liberals , and advocate some replacement of welfare with workfare , and sometimes have a stronger preference for market solutions to traditional problems ( as in pollution markets ) , while rejecting pure laissez-faire economics and other libertarian positions . This style of governing was firmly adopted and partly redefined during the administration of President Bill Clinton . Political scientist Stephen Skowronek introduced the term `` third way '' into the interpretation of American presidential politics . Such presidents undermine the opposition by borrowing policies from it in an effort to seize the middle and with it to achieve political dominance . This technique is known as triangulation , and was used by Bill Clinton and other New Democrats who sought to move beyond the party 's New Deal liberalism reputation in response to the political realignment of the 1980s . Through this strategy , Clinton adopted themes associated with the Republican Party , such as fiscal conservatism , welfare reform , deregulation , and law and order policies . Famously , he declared in the 1996 State of the Union Address , `` the era of big government is over . '' In the United Kingdom , the emergence of New Labour under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown was a pitch for the Third Way , mixing economic neo-liberal policies , such as banking privatisation , with socially progressive policies .",
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"text": "American poetry american ' poetry '' ' , the poetry of the United States , arose first as efforts by colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th century , well before the constitutional unification of the thirteen colonies ( although before this unification , a strong oral tradition often likened to poetry existed among Native American societies ) . Unsurprisingly , most of the early colonists ' work relied on contemporary British models of poetic form , diction , and theme . However , in the 19th century , a distinctive American idiom began to emerge . By the later part of that century , when Walt Whitman was winning an enthusiastic audience abroad , poets from the United States had begun to take their place at the forefront of the English-language avant-garde '' . The history of American poetry is not easy to know . Much of the American poetry published between 1910 and 1945 remains lost in the pages of small circulation political periodicals , particularly the ones on the far left , destroyed by librarians during the 1950s McCarthy era . The received narrative of Modernism proposes that Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot were perhaps the most influential modernist English-language poets in the period during World War I . But this narrative leaves out African American and women poets who were published and read widely in the first half of the twentieth century . By the 1960s , the young poets of the British Poetry Revival looked to their American contemporaries and predecessors as models for the kind of poetry they wanted to write . Toward the end of the millennium , consideration of American poetry had diversified , as scholars placed an increased emphasis on poetry by women , African Americans , Hispanics , Chicanos and other cultural groupings .",
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"text": "Dialectic Dialectic or dialectics ( διαλεκτική , dialektikḗ ) , also known as the dialectical method , is a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments . The term dialectic is not synonymous with the term debate . While in theory debaters are not necessarily emotionally invested in their point of view , in practice debaters frequently display an emotional commitment that may cloud rational judgment . Debates are won through a combination of persuading the opponent , proving one 's argument correct , and proving the opponent 's argument incorrect . Debates do not necessarily require promptly identifying a clear winner or loser ; however , clear winners are frequently determined by a judge , a jury or group consensus . The term dialectics is also not synonymous with the term rhetoric , a method or art of discourse that seeks to persuade , inform , or motivate an audience . Concepts , like `` logos '' or rational appeal , `` pathos '' or emotional appeal , and `` ethos '' or ethical appeal , are intentionally used by rhetoricians to persuade an audience . Socrates favoured truth as the highest value , proposing that it could be discovered through reason and logic in discussion : ergo , dialectic . Socrates valued rationality ( appealing to logic , not emotion ) as the proper means for persuasion , the discovery of truth , and the determinant for one 's actions . To Socrates , truth , not aretē ( moral virtue ) , was the greater good , and each person should , above all else , seek truth to guide one 's life . Therefore , Socrates opposed the Sophists and their teaching of rhetoric as art and as emotional oratory requiring neither logic nor proof . Different forms of dialectical reasoning have emerged throughout history from the Indosphere ( Greater India ) and the West ( Europe ) . These forms include the Socratic method , Hindu , Buddhist , Medieval , Hegelian dialectics , Marxist , Talmudic , and Neo-orthodoxy .",
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"text": "Conservatism in North America Conservatism in North America is a political philosophy that varies in form , depending on the country and the region , but that has similar themes and goals . Academic study into the differences and similarities between conservatism in North American countries has been undertaken on numerous occasions . Reginald Bibby has asserted that the primary reason that conservatism has been so strong and enduring throughout North America is because of the propagation of religious values from generation to generation . This connection is strongest in mainstream Protestantism in the United States and both Protestantism and Roman Catholicism in Canada . According to Louis Hartz , nations that developed from settler colonies were European `` fragments '' that froze the class structure and underlying ideology prevalent in the mother country at the time of their foundation . He considered Latin America and French Canada to be fragments of feudal Europe , and the United States and English Canada as liberal fragments . However Gad Horowitz , writing that Hartz had acknowledged a Tory influence in English Canada , claimed a conservative tradition had developed there as well . American conservatism is generally considered to be a variety of liberalism , rather than true conservatism , although Canada also developed an American style conservatism that competed with the older Tory conservatism . A right-wing conservatism , or `` Latin conservatism '' , developed in Latin America and Quebec . Today , conservative and conservative liberal parties in North America cooperate through the International Democrat Union .",
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"text": "Criticism of democracy Criticism of democracy may consist of claims of it being economically inefficient , politically idealistic , dysfunctional , morally corrupt or simply suboptimal sociopolitically . Important figures associated with anti-democratic thought include Martin Heidegger , Hubert Lagardelle , Charles Maurras , Friedrich Nietzsche , Adolf Hitler , Plato , Aristotle , Carl Schmitt , Hans-Hermann Hoppe , Oswald Spengler , Nicolás Gómez Dávila and Elazar Menachem Shach . A variety of ideologies and political systems have opposed democracy , including absolute monarchy , aristocracy , Nazism , fascism , theocracy , neo-feudalism , and anarcho-capitalism .",
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"text": "Kansas evolution hearings The Kansas evolution hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka , Kansas , United States from May 5 to May 12 , 2005 by the Kansas State Board of Education and its State Board Science Hearing Committee to change how evolution and the origin of life would be taught in the state 's public high school science classes . The hearings were arranged by the Board of Education with the intent of introducing intelligent design into science classes via the Teach the Controversy method . The hearings raised the issues of creation and evolution in public education and were attended by all the major participants in the intelligent design movement but were ultimately boycotted by the scientific community over concern of lending credibility to the claim , made by proponents of intelligent design , that evolution is purportedly the subject of wide dispute within the scientific and science education communities . The Discovery Institute , hub of the intelligent design movement , played a central role in starting the hearings by promoting its Critical Analysis of Evolution lesson plan which the Kansas State Board of Education eventually adopted over objections of the State Board Science Hearing Committee , and campaigning on behalf of conservative Republican candidates for the Board . Local science advocacy group Kansas Citizens for Science organized a boycott of the hearings by mainstream scientists , who accused it of being a kangaroo court and argued that their participation would lend an undeserved air of legitimacy to the hearings . Kansas Board of Education member Kathy Martin declared at the beginning of the hearings , `` Evolution has been proven false . ID ( Intelligent Design ) is science-based and strong in facts . '' At their conclusion she proclaimed that evolution is `` an unproven , often disproven '' theory . `` ID has theological implications . ID is not strictly Christian , but it is theistic , '' asserted Martin . The scientific community rejects teaching intelligent design as science ; a leading example being the United States National Academy of Sciences , which issued a policy statement saying `` Creationism , intelligent design , and other claims of supernatural intervention in the origin of life or of species are not science because they are not testable by the methods of science . '' ( See also List of scientific societies explicitly rejecting intelligent design ) On February 13 , 2007 , the Board voted 6 to 4 to reject the amended science standards enacted in 2005 .",
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"text": "Criticism of postmodernism Criticisms of postmodernism are intellectually diverse , including the belief that postmodernism can be meaningless , promotes obscurantism and uses relativism ( in culture , morality , knowledge ) to the extent that it cripples most judgement calls . Criticism of postmodernism is usually not a comprehensive attack on the various diverse movements labelled postmodern . Criticism often refers to specific branches of postmodernism which may vary greatly such as postmodern philosophy , postmodern architecture and postmodern literature . It may also be limited to certain tendencies in postmodern thought such as post-structuralism , cultural relativism and `` theory '' . For example , a philosopher may criticize French postmodern thought yet still appreciate postmodern cinema . Conversely Ashbee criticises most creative postmodern works ( works of art , books , films etc. ) without broadly attacking the entire inventory of varied post-modern projects .",
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"text": "A Short History of Ethics A Short History of Ethics : A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century is a 1966 book on the history of moral philosophy by the Scottish philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre . It is the first of a series of books by MacIntyre on the history and development of ethics . The book covers Greek ethics including Plato and Aristotle , Christian moral thought including the work of Martin Luther and writers including Niccolò Machiavelli , Montesquieu , Edmund Burke , Immanuel Kant , David Hume , Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , Karl Marx , Søren Kierkegaard , Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche . MacIntyre also discusses twentieth century philosophers including G. E. Moore , John Dewey and R. M. Hare . According to a review in The Journal of Philosophy , one of MacIntyre 's primary theses in the book is that `` moral concepts change as social life changes '' and therefore philosophers who believe there is one subject of ethical inquiry are mistaken . A review in the British Journal of Educational Studies describes the book as a `` stimulating , if highly impressionistic , account of the history of ethics written from the point of view of his own convictions about the state of moral concepts '' . In a review for The Philosophical Review , J. B. Schneewind describes the work as a `` brilliant and provocative book '' that is `` not so much a history of ethics as an essay about the history of ethics '' . Schneewind criticises some elements of the book , noting the absence of any discussion of Henry Sidgwick and also noting MacIntyre 's lack of references or bibliography or of careful exposition of some of the issues of interpretation in the history of ethics .",
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"text": "Political positions of Noam Chomsky Noam Chomsky is a widely known intellectual , political activist , and critic of the foreign policy of the United States and other governments . Noam Chomsky describes himself as a libertarian socialist , a sympathizer of anarcho-syndicalism , and is considered to be a key intellectual figure within the left-wing of US politics .",
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"text": "Third Way In politics , the Third Way is a position akin to centrism that tries to reconcile right-wing and left-wing politics by advocating a varying synthesis of right-wing economic and left-wing social policies . The Third Way was created as a serious re-evaluation of political policies within various centre-left progressive movements in response to international doubt regarding the economic viability of the state ; economic interventionist policies that had previously been popularized by Keynesianism and contrasted with the corresponding rise of popularity for economic liberalism and the New Right . The Third Way is promoted by some social democratic and social liberal movements . Major Third Way social democratic proponent Tony Blair claimed that the socialism he advocated was different from traditional conceptions of socialism . Blair said `` My kind of socialism is a set of values notions of social justice ... Socialism as a rigid form of economic determinism has ended , and rightly '' . Blair referred to it as `` social-ism '' that involves politics that recognized individuals as socially interdependent , and advocated social justice , social cohesion , equal worth of each citizen , and equal opportunity . Third Way social democratic theorist Anthony Giddens has said that the Third Way rejects the traditional conception of socialism , and instead accepts the conception of socialism as conceived of by Anthony Crosland as an ethical doctrine that views social democratic governments as having achieved a viable ethical socialism by removing the unjust elements of capitalism by providing social welfare and other policies , and that contemporary socialism has outgrown the Marxian claim for the need of the abolition of capitalism . Blair in 2009 publicly declared support for a `` new capitalism '' . It supports the pursuit of greater egalitarianism in society through action to increase the distribution of skills , capacities , and productive endowments , while rejecting income redistribution as the means to achieve this . It emphasizes commitment to balanced budgets , providing equal opportunity combined with an emphasis on personal responsibility , decentralization of government power to the lowest level possible , encouragement of public-private partnerships , improving labour supply , investment in human development , protection of social capital , and protection of the environment . The Third Way has been criticized by some conservatives and libertarians who advocate laissez-faire capitalism . It has also been heavily criticized by many social democrats , democratic socialists , anarchists and communists in particular as a betrayal of left-wing values . Specific definitions of Third Way policies may differ between Europe and America .",
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"text": "Politics (magazine 1944–1949) politics was a journal founded and edited by Dwight Macdonald from 1944 to 1949 . Macdonald had previously been editor at Partisan Review from 1937 to 1943 , but after falling out with its publishers , quit to start politics as a rival publication , first on a monthly basis and then as a quarterly . politics published essays on politics and culture and included among its contributors James Agee , John Berryman , Bruno Bettelheim , Paul Goodman , C. Wright Mills , Mary McCarthy , Marianne Moore , Irving Howe , Daniel Bell , Hannah Arendt . The journal reflected Macdonald 's interest in European culture . He used politics to introduce US readers to the thinking of the French philosopher Simone Weil , publishing several articles by her , including `` A Poem of Force '' , her reflections on the Iliad . He also printed work by Albert Camus . Another European , the Italian political and literary critic Nicola Chiaromonte , was also given space in the journal . politics was also Macdonald 's vehicle for his repeated and energetic attacks against Henry Wallace and his Progressive Party campaign for President . In a letter to Philip Rahv at the end of December 1943 , George Orwell mentioned that Macdonald had written asking him to contribute to his forthcoming journal . Orwell had replied telling him he might `` do something ` cultural ' '' but not ` political ' as he was already writing his `` London Letters '' to Partisan Review . In his `` As I Please '' article for the 16 June 1944 issue of Tribune , George Orwell recommended politics . He stated that he disagreed with its policy but admired `` its combination of highbrow political analysis with intelligent literary criticism . '' He went on to add that there were no monthly or quarterly magazines in England `` to come up to '' the American ones , of which there were several . Macdonald , in an editorial comment for the November 1944 issue of politics referred to a letter from Orwell which cast interesting light on the ` russification ' of English political thought over the last two years . Orwell had read the May issue 's review of Harold Laski 's Faith , Reason and Civilisation and mentioned that the Manchester Evening News , the evening edition of the Manchester Guardian , had refused to print his own review because of its anti-Stalin implications . Despite considering the book `` pernicious tripe '' , Orwell had praised the author for being `` aware that the USSR is the real dynamo of the Socialist movement in this country and everywhere else . '' , but criticized him for shutting his eyes to `` purges , liquidations '' , etc. . Macdonald pointed out that the fact that such a review should be considered `` too hot '' shows how much the feats of the Red Army had misled the English public opinion about Russia . He added that the `` English liberal press had been far more honest about the Moscow Trials than our own liberal journals '' and that Trotsky had been able to write in the Guardian .",
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"text": "Marxist philosophy Marxist philosophy or Marxist theory are works in philosophy that are strongly influenced by Karl Marx 's materialist approach to theory , or works written by Marxists . Marxist philosophy may be broadly divided into Western Marxism , which drew out of various sources , and the official philosophy in the Soviet Union , which enforced a rigid reading of Marx called dialectical materialism , in particular during the 1930s . Marxist philosophy is not a strictly defined sub-field of philosophy , because the diverse influence of Marxist theory has extended into fields as varied as aesthetics , ethics , ontology , epistemology , theoretical psychology and philosophy of science , as well as its obvious influence on political philosophy and the philosophy of history . The key characteristics of Marxism in philosophy are its materialism and its commitment to political practice as the end goal of all thought . Marxist theorist Louis Althusser , for example , defined philosophy as `` class struggle in theory '' , thus radically separating himself from those who claimed philosophers could adopt a `` God 's eye view '' as a purely neutral judge .",
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"text": "Modern liberalism in the United States Modern American liberalism is the dominant version of liberalism in the United States . It is characterized by social liberalism , and combines ideas of civil liberty and equality with support for social justice and a mixed economy . The term `` modern liberalism '' in this article refers only to the United States . In a global context , this philosophy is usually referred to as social liberalism . The American modern liberal philosophy strongly endorses public spending on programs such as education , health care , and welfare . Important social issues today include addressing inequality , voting rights for minorities , affirmative action , reproductive and other women 's rights , support for LGBT rights , and immigration reform . Modern liberalism took shape during the twentieth century , with roots in Theodore Roosevelt 's New Nationalism , Woodrow Wilson 's New Freedom , Franklin D. Roosevelt 's New Deal , Harry S. Truman 's Fair Deal , John F. Kennedy 's New Frontier , and Lyndon B. Johnson 's Great Society . American liberals oppose conservatives on most issues , but not all . Modern liberalism is historically related to social liberalism and progressivism , though the current relationship between liberal and progressive viewpoints is debated . John F. Kennedy defined a liberal as follows : Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1941 defined a liberal party as one , Keynesian economic theory has played an important role in the economic philosophy of modern American liberals . Modern American liberals generally believe that national prosperity requires government management of the macroeconomy , in order to keep unemployment low , inflation in check , and growth high . They also value institutions that defend against economic inequality . In The Conscience of a Liberal Paul Krugman writes : `` I believe in a relatively equal society , supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty . I believe in democracy , civil liberties , and the rule of law . That makes me a liberal , and I 'm proud of it . '' Liberals often point to the widespread prosperity enjoyed under a mixed economy in the years since World War II . They believe liberty exists when access to necessities like health care and economic opportunity are available to all , and they champion the protection of the environment . Modern American liberalism is typically associated with the Democratic Party , as modern American conservatism is typically associated with the Republican Party .",
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"text": "Matt Groening Matthew Abraham `` Matt '' Groening ( -LSB- ˈɡreɪnɪŋ -RSB- ; born February 15 , 1954 ) is an American cartoonist , writer , producer , animator , and voice actor . He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell ( 1977 -- 2012 ) and the television series The Simpsons ( 1989 -- present ) and Futurama ( 1999 -- 2003 , 2008 -- 2013 ) . The Simpsons has gone on to become the longest-running U.S. primetime-television series in history , as well as the longest-running animated series and sitcom . Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978 . At its peak , the cartoon was carried in 250 weekly newspapers . Life in Hell caught the attention of James L. Brooks . In 1985 , Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation for the Fox variety show The Tracey Ullman Show . Originally , Brooks wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show . Fearing the loss of ownership rights , Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family , the Simpson family , and named the members after his own parents and sisters -- while Bart was an anagram of the word brat . The shorts would be spun off into their own series The Simpsons , which has since aired episodes . In 1997 , Groening and former Simpsons writer David X. Cohen developed Futurama , an animated series about life in the year 3000 , which premiered in 1999 , running for four years on Fox , then picked up by Comedy Central for additional seasons . Groening has won 12 Primetime Emmy Awards , ten for The Simpsons and two for Futurama as well as a British Comedy Award for `` outstanding contribution to comedy '' in 2004 . In 2002 , he won the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for his work on Life in Hell . He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 14 , 2012 .",
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"text": "British Comedy Awards The British Comedy Awards was an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year . The 2015 Awards were cancelled after failing to find a broadcast partner after Channel 4 dropped the event and subsequently the awards would no longer take place .",
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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": "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series . This award and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series replaced Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Series in 2003 . As of 2015 , no show has won this award more than once except for The Office , which has won twice ( 2007 and 2013 ) . In the following list , the first titles listed in gold and bold are the winners ; those not in gold are nominees , which are listed in alphabetical order . The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place : __ TOC __",
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"text": "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series . In early Primetime Emmy Award ceremonies , the supporting categories were not always genre , or even gender , specific . Beginning with the 22nd Primetime Emmy Awards , supporting actors in comedy have competed alone . However , these comedic performances often included actors from miniseries , telefilms , and guest performers competing against main cast competitors . Such instances are marked below : # -- Indicates a performance in a Miniseries or Television film , prior to the category 's creation . § -- Indicates a performance as a guest performer , prior to the category 's creation .",
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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": "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": "Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture The Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures is an award annually given since 2005 . Of all the 12 films awarded , 8 have gone on to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature .",
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"text": "Joel Moss Levinson Joel Moss Levinson is a writer , comedian from Yellow Springs , Ohio . He often collaborates with his older brother , Stephen Levinson , as the Levinson Brothers . The pair were a part of TedX Dayton 2014 , speaking about successful collaboration . Along with their third partner , CONAN and former Daily Show writer Rob Kutner , the Levinson Brothers released `` 2776 '' a comedy/musical album benefitting the charity OneKid OneWorld . Featuring Aimee Mann , Patton Oswalt , Ed Helms , Ashanti , Reggie Watts , Ira Glass , Nina Totenberg , Will Forte , Rebirth Brass Band , Yo La Tengo , Margaret Cho , Neko Case , Kelly Hogan , Dick Cavett , Dick Gregory , k.d. lang , Will Arnett , Alex Trebek and more , the album appeared briefly on the Billboard Comedy charts . The album 's liner notes were written by George Saunders and appeared in the New Yorker Joel composed the music for all but two of the 28 tracks . n 2012 , the Levinson Brothers and Rob Kutner released an EP called `` It 's OK To Do Stuff '' in celebration of the 40th anniversary of `` Free To Be You And Me . '' Made up of songs satirizing the original with songs about gender , childhood , equality and relationships . `` It 's Okay to Do Stuff is first and foremost meant to be funny -- and it is , most of the time . Here , the earnestness of Free to Be is replaced with satire , but irony is the ethos of our age , remember ? '' The album features Lizzy Caplan , Fred Willard , Jane Weidlin , Steven Page , Colin Hanks , Fred Stoller , Eddie Pepitone , Eugene Mirman and others . Joel gained national attention in 2008 as an Internet personality who professionally wins consumer generated marketing contests , and earned more than money and prizes , by creating corporate jingles and short commercials . Levinson grew up in Dayton , Ohio . His father Jim was a prosecutor and his mother was a writer . He attended George Washington University for a few semesters . He worked for the KIO ( Kentucky , Indiana , Ohio ) region for BBYO and traveled the country as a song leader for the organization . In November 2008 , he appeared on The Tonight Show to talk about his contest winnings . Joel was named an Access Hollywood Rising Star on December 1 , 2008 . In 2009 he appeared on CBS News with Katie Couric .",
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"text": "Gröning Gröning or Groening is a surname , and may refer to : Bruno Gröning ( 1906 -- 1959 ) , was a healer from Germany Matt Groening ( born 1954 ) , American cartoonist , screenwriter and producer Oskar Gröning ( in English : Groening ) ( born 1921 ) , was a German SS-Unterscharführer ( union squad leader ) at Auschwitz concentration camp 1942-1944 Peter Gröning ( born 1939 ) , former East German track cyclist Philip Gröning ( born 1959 ) , German director , documentary film maker , and screenwriter Claus Paul Gröning ( born 1959 ) , Danish architect and city planner Copenhagen",
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"text": "Angry Dad: The Movie `` Angry Dad : The Movie '' is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons ' twenty-second season . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 20 , 2011 . The plot of the episode involves Bart winning many awards for his new short film based on his web cartoon series Angry Dad , which was first introduced in `` I Am Furious ( Yellow ) '' , while Homer takes credit for the film during acceptance speeches . `` Angry Dad : The Movie '' was written by John Frink and directed by Matthew Nastuk , with Ricky Gervais , Halle Berry , Russell Brand , Maurice LaMarche , Nick Park and J. B. Smoove guest starring . Cultural references in the episode include Pixar , Toy Story , Wallace and Gromit , Kung Fu Panda , Ms. Pac-Man , SpongeBob SquarePants and the 68th Golden Globe Award ceremony . The episode was viewed in an estimated 6.35 million households , with a 2.8 Nielsen rating , marking a slight rise in audience from the previous episode , while the episode was the twenty-fifth most viewed show for the week of broadcast among adults aged 18 -- 49 . Critical reception of the episode was generally positive , with critics praising the episode 's use of visual gags and cultural references .",
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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": "44th Primetime Emmy Awards The 44th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday , August 30 , 1992 . The ceremony was broadcast on Fox from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena , California . It was hosted by Tim Allen , Kirstie Alley and Dennis Miller , and directed by Walter C. Miller . Presenters included Roseanne Barr , Tom Arnold , Scott Bakula , Candice Bergen , Corbin Bernsen , Beau Bridges , Lloyd Bridges , and Cindy Crawford . The program was written by Buddy Sheffield and Bruce Vilanch . Over 300 million people watched the ceremony in 30 countries . A rule change , instituted for this year only , stated that regular and guest performers would compete in the same category . There could be lead guest or supporting guest . On the comedy side , Murphy Brown won Outstanding Comedy Series for the second time , winning three major awards on the night , the most for a comedy series . On the drama side , L.A. Laws strangle hold on Outstanding Drama Series came to an end , as Northern Exposure took home the award . Northern Exposure also won three major awards and received nine major nominations , which tied for the most in each category . For the first time in its run , The Golden Girls , then in its seventh and final season , was not nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series . After being on the air for thirty years , The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson finally heard its name called when its final season won for Outstanding Variety , Music , or Comedy Program . The show was first nominated for the category in 1964 and was 0/13 before this ceremony .",
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"text": "Funny or Die Funny or Die is a comedy video website and film/TV production company founded by Will Ferrell , Adam McKay and Chris Henchy . The website Funny Or Die contains exclusive material from a regular staff of in-house writers , producers , and directors , and occasionally from a number of famous contributors like Judd Apatow , James Franco , and Norm Macdonald . The production company makes TV shows like truTV 's Billy on the Street , Comedy Central 's @midnight , and Zach Galifianakis 's popular Emmy-winning web series Between Two Ferns . Many videos on the site feature well-known actors ( examples include Steve Carell , Charlie Sheen , Ryan Gosling , Patrick Stewart , Daniel Radcliffe , Sophia Bush , Mila Kunis , AnnaSophia Robb , Hilary Duff , Adam West , James Van Der Beek , Jim Carrey , Ariel Winter , and Selena Gomez ) . Michael Kvamme , an aspiring young comedian , came up with a concept for a new kind of comedy site ; and the site was developed by Randy Adams . Funny Or Die launched on April 12 , 2007 with the site 's first video , `` The Landlord '' . `` The Landlord '' has received over 84 million views and features Ferrell confronted by a swearing , beer-drinking two-year-old landlord . In June 2007 , they received venture capital funding from Sequoia Capital , and in June 2008 , they announced a partnership with HBO . On August 3 , 2016 , Funny or Die shut-down one of its California offices , reducing its headcount by 30 % to 95 employees , with the announcement coming just two month after the new CEO , Mike Farah , took office",
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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": "Podcast Awards The People 's Choice Podcast Awards , better known as the Podcast Awards , are a set of United States-centric awards given annually to the best podcasts as voted by the general public . Founded in 2005 by Todd Cochrane of Podcast Connect Inc. , the Podcast Awards were bought by New Media Expo in September 2014 . The first Podcast Awards show was held in 2006 ( awarding shows for the 2005 calendar year ) had over 350,000 people vote for their nominated podcasts , with nearly 1000 people attending the awards ceremony . The 10th annual Podcast Awards Show , the first show run exclusively by the New Media Expo , took place at Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino on April 14 , 2015 . It was hosted by Chris Jericho and Emily Morse .",
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"text": "20th Satellite Awards The 20th Satellite Awards is an award ceremony honoring the year 's outstanding performers , films , and television shows , presented by the International Press Academy . It took place on February 21 , 2016 . The nominations were announced on December 1 , 2015 . The film The Martian leads all nominees with nine , including Best Film .",
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"text": "Drop the Dead Donkey Drop the Dead Donkey is a situation comedy that first aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 1990 and 1998 . It is set in the offices of `` GlobeLink News '' , a fictional TV news company . Recorded close to transmission , it made use of contemporary news events to give the programme a greater sense of realism . It was created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin . The series had an ensemble cast , making stars of Haydn Gwynne , Stephen Tompkinson and Neil Pearson . The series began with the acquisition of GlobeLink by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant , an allusion to either Robert Maxwell or Rupert Murdoch . Indeed , Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin note on their DVDs that it was fortunate for their libel lawyers that the two men shared the same initials . The series is mostly based on the ongoing battle between the staff of GlobeLink , led by editor George Dent , as they try to maintain the company as a serious news organisation , and Sir Roysten 's right-hand man Gus Hedges , trying to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Sir Roysten 's business empire . According to Swedish comedian Kryddan Petersson , he and the group behind Helt Apropå had come up with an idea for a show like this , which they presented to British colleagues sometime around 1989-90 . Most of them were not impressed , but two of them took the idea seriously and wrote this show . Later on , the Swedish group bought the material rights to the show back to Sweden , and created the show Döda danskar räknas inte ( `` Dead Danes do n't count '' ) , which aired on SVT in 1994 . The show was awarded the Best Comedy ( Programme or Series ) Award at the 1994 BAFTA Awards . At the British Comedy Awards the show won Best New TV Comedy in 1990 , Best Channel 4 Comedy in 1991 , and Best Channel 4 Sitcom in 1994 .",
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"text": "Comedy Central's Indecision 2000 Comedy Central 's Indecision 2000 was a series of special episodes featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart spoofing the 2000 Presidential Election . This series covered the primaries leading up to the general election between George W. Bush and Al Gore . The series featured `` correspondents '' at the Democratic National Convention as well as the Republican National Convention . At the conventions , the correspondents interviewed many politicians in the comedic style that has made The Daily Show famous . On the first episode after election night , Jon Stewart said that the name was a joke and he had not expected people to take it seriously , referring to the debacle in Florida . This edition of Indecision also included a separate series called Lewis Black 's World of Politics , aired during the Republican and Democratic national conventions and featuring Lewis Black . It was included on Black 's DVD releases Lewis Black - Unleashed in 2003 . In 2000 , Indecision 2000 won a Peabody Award .",
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"text": "When Jews Were Funny When Jews Were Funny is a 2013 documentary film by Canadian director Alan Zweig , which explores the role of Jewish comedians in the history of North American comedy and humour from the Borscht Belt to the present day . The film features interviews with and/or performance clips of a wide variety of Jewish comedy performers and writers of the 20th and 21st centuries , including Howie Mandel , Gilbert Gottfried , Rodney Dangerfield , Eugene Mirman , Marc Maron , Bob Einstein , Andy Kindler , Shelley Berman , Alan King , Judy Gold , Elon Gold , David Steinberg , Jackie Mason , Jack Carter , Norm Crosby , Henny Youngman , David Brenner , Shecky Greene , Mark Breslin , Cory Kahaney , Harrison Greenbaum , Simon Rakoff , Lisa Lambert , Larry Josephson and Michael Wex . The film premiered on September 10 , 2013 at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival . It subsequently won the festival award for the year 's best Canadian feature film .",
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"text": "The Comedy Festival The Comedy Festival , formerly known as the US Comedy Arts Festival , was a comedy festival that ran from 1995 to 2008 . The festival included stand-up comedy performances , appearances by the casts of television shows , and has a film component called the Film Discovery Program . The first 13 editions of the US Comedy Arts Festival were held annually at the Wheeler Opera House and other venues in Aspen , Colorado . Comedian Joe Rogan says the festival 's location at the time was for the `` Executives to ski '' . The primary sponsor of the festival was HBO , with co-sponsorship by Caesars Palace ( the primary venue ) , TBS , GEICO Insurance , Twix candy bars and Smirnoff Vodka . In-between , HBO had started a spin-off version simply named The Comedy Festival , which was held in Las Vegas , Nevada , since 2006 in collaboration with the Anschutz Entertainment Group . The Aspen event folded in 2007 once HBO exited the festival business , considering the expenditures too high . TBS picked up the Las Vegas event in 2008 , and organized a follow-up edition that year , also arranging for other comedy festivals in collaboration with Just For Laughs . In turn , Aspen replaced the festival with similar events , the Aspen RooftopComedy Festival and the Aspen Laff Festival .",
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"text": "Matt Silverstein Matthew Richard `` Matt '' Silverstein ( born April 1 , 1979 ) is an American television writer and co-creator with Dave Jeser of Drawn Together . He has also written for other television shows including 3rd Rock from the Sun , The Man Show , Action , Greg the Bunny , Axe Cop , The Goode Family and The Cleveland Show , and also created the MTV animated comedy DJ & the Fro in 2009 . He wrote the script in the film Accidental Love .",
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"text": "Howard Stern Howard Allan Stern ( born January 12 , 1954 ) is an American radio and television personality , producer , author , actor , and photographer . He is best known for his radio show The Howard Stern Show , which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 . Stern has broadcast on Sirius XM Radio since 2006 . Stern first wished to be on the radio at five years of age . He landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University . From 1976 to 1982 , Stern developed his on-air personality through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor , New York , WCCC in Hartford , Connecticut , WWWW in Detroit , Michigan , and WWDC in Washington , D.C. Stern worked afternoons at WNBC in New York City from 1982 until his firing in 1985 . In 1985 , Stern began a 20-year run at WXRK in New York City ; his morning show entered syndication in 1986 and aired in 60 markets and attracted 20 million listeners at its peak . Stern won numerous industry awards , including Billboard 's Nationally Syndicated Air Personality of the Year eight consecutive times , and is the first to have the number one morning show in New York City and Los Angeles simultaneously . He became the most fined radio host when the Federal Communications Commission issued fines totaling $ 2.5 million to station owners for content it deemed indecent . Stern became one of the highest paid radio figures after signing a five-year deal with Sirius in 2004 worth $ 500 million . In recent years , Stern 's photography has been featured in Hamptons and WHIRL magazines . From 2012 to 2015 , he served as a judge on America 's Got Talent . Stern has described himself as `` King of All Media '' since 1992 for his successes outside radio . He hosted and produced numerous late night television shows , pay-per-view events and home videos . His two books , Private Parts ( 1993 ) and Miss America ( 1995 ) , entered The New York Times Best Seller list at number one and sold over one million copies . The former was made into a biographical comedy film in 1997 that had Stern and his radio show staff star as themselves . It topped the US box office in its opening week and grossed $ 41.2 million domestically . Stern performs on its soundtrack which charted the Billboard 200 at number one and was certified platinum for one million copies sold . In 2012 , Stern was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame .",
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"text": "We Were There The We Were There books are a series of historical novels written for children . The series consists of 36 titles , first released between 1955 and 1963 by Grosset & Dunlap . Each book in the series is a fictional retelling of an historical event , featuring one or more children as primary characters . The books were written by a number of different authors , each writing from one to seven of the books ; the authors included Benjamin Appel , Jim Kjelgaard , Earl Schenck Miers , William O. Steele , and others . Each book 's byline also lists a separate `` historical consultant , '' who was a specialist in the historic topic covered by that particular book . The historical consultants were typically college professors or , in the case of war-related stories , retired military officers ; among the more noteworthy consultants for the series were the historians Bruce Catton , Walter Prescott Webb and A. B. Guthrie , Jr. . The books are illustrated with black-and-white line art , with color drawings on the dust jacket . The dust jackets of the original printings of the books describe the series as follows : We Were There books are easy to read and provide exciting , entertaining stories , based upon true historic events . Each story is checked for factual accuracy by an outstanding authority on this particular phase of our history . Though written simply enough for young readers , they make interesting reading for boys and girls well into their teens . The original hardbound editions of the books were followed by several other printings , including editions for book clubs and libraries . The books were later reissued with hardbound picture covers ( using the original dust jacket artwork ) , and softcover editions of some books became available in the 1970s . Three of the books are available from Lamppost Publishers and American Home School Publishers . Most of the original books are available in varying used conditions from various sellers through Amazon , although selection will naturally vary at any given time .",
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"text": "The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1963 This is a list of adult fiction books that topped The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 1963 . The list is notable for being blank for part of the winter as the New York Times , like many other newspapers in the city , worked its way through a major newspaper strike . When the strike ended in March , the political thriller Seven Days in May led the list , having also been at the top at the start of the strike in December 1962 . It lasted there only one week before being overtaken by J.D. Salinger 's second No. 1 bestseller in 18 months , the anthologized novellas , `` Raise High the Roof Beam , Carpenters '' and `` Seymour : An Introduction '' . Salinger 's book led the list for 14 weeks through the spring of 1963 . Daphne du Maurier 's The Glass-Blowers then spent six weeks on the list , followed by Morris West 's novel about the Vatican , The Shoes of the Fisherman ( 14 weeks ) . On October 6 , Shoes gave way to Mary McCarthy 's semi-autobiographical novel The Group , which would spend the next 20 weeks at the top , closing out the year .",
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"text": "Master Tape Theatre Master Tape Theatre is a radio show that broadcasts uncensored versions of The Howard Stern Show on Howard 101 on Sundays at 3:00 pm ( Eastern Time ) on Howard 101 . Each episode is presented as a moment in `` Howard history '' and is presented by the fictional British character , Sir Hardin Thicke , voiced by voice-over actor Mike Pollock . Although Sir Hardin Thicke has not been identified on the air , fan speculation about his voice talent included Fred Norris and Kevin Nealon . The show is a production of `` The Tapes Team '' at SIRIUS , along with Stern Spotlight , Mammary Lane and The History of Howard Stern .",
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"text": "Bible The Bible ( from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία , tà biblía , `` the books '' ) is a collection of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians consider to be a product of divine inspiration and a record of the relationship between God and humans . Many different authors contributed to the Bible . What is regarded as canonical text differs depending on traditions and groups ; a number of Bible canons have evolved , with overlapping and diverging contents . The Christian Old Testament overlaps with the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Septuagint ; the Hebrew Bible is known in Judaism as the Tanakh . The New Testament is a collection of writings by early Christians , believed to be mostly Jewish disciples of Christ , written in first-century Koine Greek . These early Christian Greek writings consist of narratives , letters , and apocalyptic writings . Among Christian denominations there is some disagreement about the contents of the canon , primarily the Apocrypha , a list of works that are regarded with varying levels of respect . Attitudes towards the Bible also differ amongst Christian groups . Roman Catholics , Anglicans and Eastern Orthodox Christians stress the harmony and importance of the Bible and sacred tradition , while Protestant churches focus on the idea of sola scriptura , or scripture alone . This concept arose during the Protestant Reformation , and many denominations today support the use of the Bible as the only source of Christian teaching . With estimated total sales of over 5 billion copies , the Bible is widely considered to be the best-selling book of all time . It has estimated annual sales of 100 million copies , and has been a major influence on literature and history , especially in the West , where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed using movable type .",
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"text": "The Case Against Barack Obama The Case Against Barack Obama : The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media 's Favorite Candidate , by author David Freddoso , is a bestselling book published in late 2008 , providing a critical examination of the life and opinions of the then United States presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama . Freddoso was a political reporter for the website of the conservative magazine National Review when the book came out . He is now with the Washington Examiner . The book was published by Regnery Publishing . Freddoso said in an August 2008 interview that the book is an attempt to address what he sees as two wrong ways of considering Obama as a presidential candidate . The author wanted to counter those , including those in the news media , who look on Obama uncritically , and to do so in a way different from those who `` are smearing him on the Internet for supposedly being a secret Muslim or supposedly not saluting the flag '' . The book harshly criticizes Obama over policy matters , according to Ben Smith , a writer at The Politico . For the most part , the book is drawn from published sources , although Freddoso does some original reporting . The first press run of the book was nearly 300,000 copies , and it appeared on the August 24 , 2008 New York Times Bestseller List for hardcover nonfiction at No. 5 . Publicity for the book is handled by the conservative public relations firm Creative Response Concepts . The book was released within weeks of two other books critical of Obama written by conservative writers : Jerome Corsi 's The Obama Nation : Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality , and Dick Morris ' Fleeced : How Barack Obama , Media Mockery of Terrorist Threats , Liberals Who Want to Kill Talk Radio , the Do-Nothing Congress , Companies That Help Iran , and Washington Lobbyists for Foreign Governments Are Scamming Us ... and What to Do About It .",
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"text": "The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Sellers of 1984 This is a list of adult non-fiction books that topped The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list in 1984 . The distinct list for `` Advice , How-To , and Miscellaneous '' debuted January 1 , 1984 . Its number one bestseller ( The Body Principal by Victoria Principal ) had been number ten and number twelve on the non-fiction lists for the two preceding weeks .",
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"text": "Sidney Sheldon Sidney Sheldon ( February 11 , 1917 -- January 30 , 2007 ) was an American writer and producer . He came to prominence in the 1930s , first working on Broadway plays and then in motion pictures , notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer ( 1947 ) which earned him an Academy Award . He went on to work in television , where his works spanned a 20-year period during which he created The Patty Duke Show ( 1963 -- 66 ) , I Dream of Jeannie ( 1965 -- 70 ) and Hart to Hart ( 1979 -- 84 ) . He became most famous after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels , such as Master of the Game ( 1982 ) , The Other Side of Midnight ( 1973 ) and Rage of Angels ( 1980 ) . He is the seventh best selling fiction writer of all time .",
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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": "The Bookseller The Bookseller is a British magazine reporting news on the publishing industry . Philip Jones is editor-in-chief of the weekly print edition of the magazine and the website . The magazine is home to the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year , a humorous award given annually to the book with the oddest title . The award is organised by The Bookseller '' 's diarist , Horace Bent , and had been administered in recent years by the former deputy editor , Joel Rickett , and former charts editor , Philip Stone . We Love This Book is its quarterly sister consumer website and email newsletter . The subscription-only magazine is read by around 30,000 persons each week , in over 90 countries , and contains the latest news from the publishing and bookselling worlds , in-depth analysis , pre-publication book previews and author interviews . It is the first publication to publish official weekly bestseller lists in the UK . It has also created the first UK-based e-book sales ranking . The website is visited by 160,000 unique users each month . The magazine also produces approximately a dozen specials on an annual basis including its Books of The Year and four `` Buyers Guides '' . The Bookseller '' also publishes three daily newspapers at the annual London Book Fair , in April , the Bologna Children 's Book Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair , in October .",
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"text": "Stand! Stand ! is a 1969 album by soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone . Written and produced by lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone , Stand ! is considered an artistic high-point of the band 's career . Released on May 3 by Epic Records , just before the group 's celebrated performance at the Woodstock festival , it was the band 's fourth album , and most commercially successful to date . It includes several well-known songs , among them hit singles , such as `` Sing a Simple Song '' , `` I Want to Take You Higher '' , `` Stand ! '' , and `` Everyday People '' . It was published in US as an LP record with gatefold cover , and was reissued in 1990 on vinyl and CD and in 2007 as a remastered numbered edition digipack CD with bonus tracks and , in the UK , only as a CD with bonus tracks . 500,000 copies of the album were sold in the year of its release : it was certified gold in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 4 , 1969 , went on to sell over three million copies and became one of the most successful albums of the 1960s . By 1986 it had sold well over 1 million copies and was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA on November 26 of that same year . In 2003 the album was ranked number 118 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time . In 2015 , the album was deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' by the Library of Congress and selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry .",
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"text": "The Dan & Scott Show The Dan & Scott Show was an uncensored comedy program named for its hosts , Dan Schulz and Scott Wirkus . The show is credited as pioneering internet radio , with its uncensored comedy format that is now more commonplace both online and in satellite radio formats such as XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio . The show was first made available as downloadable audio , an early form of podcasting , on AOL in 1995 . It debuted as a live streaming audio format on April 1 , 1996 first via Audionet.com AKA Broadcast.com . Throughout the show 's five-year run , it moved from between several streaming providers such as Audionet , Audioactive , Talkspot.com , Radio HTB , and finally Eyada.com . They had the show on radiofun.com for a number of years as well . The show was one of the few kept by Eyada in their restructuring attempts but in the end both the Dan and Scott show and Eyada failed to survive the tail end of the dot com crash of 2000-2001 due to Eyada 's financial troubles . The show first received national attention when Rick Rockwell , the bachelor from Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire ? appeared on the show making a plea for contestants . The show also received attention for the weekly Survivor predictions from regular show caller `` Jesus '' . After trying to find another site to broadcast the show , it became apparent that the dot com crash had killed all the viable streamed radio sites on the market . After trying to work deals with many networks outside the streaming world in 2001 -- 2002 they had a meeting with HBO . But HBO wanted a sanitized version of the show ; Dan and Scott submitted a censored demo that exists but felt they just could n't do the show HBO wanted . Then it was XM and Sirius to also ask for a clean version of the show , it did not come to fruition there . Big supporter of the show and Eyada owner Bob Meyrowitz offered them a chance for a nationally syndicated morning radio show . Bob 's big plan was for them to take on Howard Stern . Ultimately though , Scott and Dan decided to stop doing the show ; they announced it was going on hiatus on August 24 , 2002 .",
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"text": "Lecture A lecture ( from the French ` lecture ' , meaning ` reading ' -LSB- process -RSB- ) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject , for example by a university or college teacher . Lectures are used to convey critical information , history , background , theories , and equations . A politician 's speech , a minister 's sermon , or even a businessman 's sales presentation may be similar in form to a lecture . Usually the lecturer will stand at the front of the room and recite information relevant to the lecture 's content . Though lectures are much criticised as a teaching method , universities have not yet found practical alternative teaching methods for the large majority of their courses . Critics point out that lecturing is mainly a one-way method of communication that does not involve significant audience participation but relies upon passive learning . Therefore , lecturing is often contrasted to active learning . Lectures delivered by talented speakers can be highly stimulating ; at the very least , lectures have survived in academia as a quick , cheap , and efficient way of introducing large numbers of students to a particular field of study . Lectures have a significant role outside the classroom , as well . Academic and scientific awards routinely include a lecture as part of the honor , and academic conferences often center on `` keynote addresses '' , i.e. , lectures . The public lecture has a long history in the sciences and in social movements . Union halls , for instance , historically have hosted numerous free and public lectures on a wide variety of matters . Similarly , churches , community centers , libraries , museums , and other organizations have hosted lectures in furtherance of their missions or their constituents ' interests . Lectures represent a continuation of oral tradition in contrast to textual communication in books and other media . Lectures may be considered a type of grey literature .",
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"text": "John Howard (author) John Howard is an English author , born in London in 1961 . His fiction has appeared in anthologies , magazines , and the collections The Silver Voices , Written by Daylight , and Cities and Thrones and Powers . The majority of Howard 's stories have central and eastern European settings ; many are set in the fictional Romanian town of Steaua de Munte . The Defeat of Grief is a novella set in Steaua de Munte and the real Black Sea resort of Balcic ; the novellas `` The Fatal Vision '' ( in Cities and Thrones and Powers ) and The Lustre of Time form part of an ongoing series with Steaua de Munte architect and academic Cristian Luca as protagonist . Numbered as Sand or the Stars attempts a ` secret history ' of Hungary between the World Wars . Secret Europe is a collection jointly written with Mark Valentine comprising 25 short stories set in a variety of real and fictional European locations . Ten of the stories are by Howard and fifteen by Valentine . The expanded edition published in 2014 added an introduction and an extra story by Mark Valentine . Howard contributed a story to Dreams of Ourselves , an anthology published in tribute to the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa . Contributors and editor used Pessoa heteronyms , with the authors ' names only revealed in the sealed envelope supplied with each copy of the book . Since 2003 John Howard has occasionally collaborated on short stories with Mark Valentine . Seven have featured Valentine 's long-running series character The Connoisseur , an occult detective whose real name is never revealed . All tales of The Connoisseur then extant , including the collaborations , were reprinted in The Collected Connoisseur ( Tartarus Press , 2010 ) . John Howard has written essays for numerous magazines including Book and Magazine Collector , Supernatural Tales , Wormwood , Studies in Australian Weird Fiction , and All Hallows for the Ghost Story Society . He contributed essays to the Fritz Leiber special issue of Fantasy Commentator ( No. 57/58 , 2004 ) and to the books Black Prometheus : A Critical Study of Karl Edward Wagner ( Gothic Press , 2007 ) , Fritz Leiber : Critical Essays ( McFarlane , 2008 ) , and The Man Who Collected Psychos : Critical Essays on Robert Bloch ( McFarlane , 2009 ) , all edited by Benjamin Szumskyj . Most of these essays were included in Touchstones : Essays on the Fantastic ( 2014 ) , which was a British Fantasy Award nominee the following year . In 2013 Howard took over the review column Camera Obscura in Tartarus Press ' journal Wormwood .",
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"text": "The Famous Five (series) The Famous Five is the name of a series of children 's adventure novels written by English author Enid Blyton . The first book , Five on a Treasure Island , was published in 1942 . The novels feature the adventures of a group of young children -- Julian , Dick , Anne and Georgina ( George ) -- and their dog Timmy . The stories take place in the children 's school holidays after they have returned from their respective boarding schools . Each time they meet they get caught up in an adventure , often involving criminals or lost treasure . Sometimes the scene is set close to George 's family home at Kirrin Cottage in Dorset , such as the picturesque Kirrin Island , owned by George and her family in Kirrin Bay . George 's own home and various other houses the children visit or stay in are hundreds of years old and often contain secret passages or smugglers ' tunnels . In some books the children go camping in the countryside , on a hike or holiday together elsewhere . The settings , however , are almost always rural and enable the children to discover the simple joys of cottages , islands , the English and Welsh countryside and sea shores , as well as an outdoor life of picnics , lemonade , bicycle trips and swimming . Blyton intended to write only six or eight books in the series , but owing to their high sales and immense commercial success she went on to write twenty-one full-length Famous Five novels , as well as a number of other series in similar style following groups of children discovering crime on holiday in the countryside . By the end of 1953 more than six million copies had been sold . Today , more than two million copies of the books are sold each year , making them one of the biggest-selling series for children ever written , with sales totalling over a hundred million . All the novels have been adapted for television , and several have been adapted as films in various countries . Blyton 's publisher , Hodder & Stoughton , first used the term `` The Famous Five '' in 1951 , after nine books in the series had been published . Before this , the series was referred to as `` The ` Fives ' Books '' .",
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"text": "William Hamling (publisher) William Lawrence Hamling ( born 1921 ) was a Chicago-based publisher active from the 1950s into the 1970s . Hamling began as an author . His Shadow of the Sphinx is a horror novel about an ancient Egyptian sorceress . First published during the 1940s in Fantastic Adventures , it was described by Lin Carter as `` the best story of its kind I read in many a moon . The character of Zaleikka was done to perfection . This is the type of yarn we have all too few of nowadays . '' After work as an editor at Ziff-Davis , Hamling started his company , Greenleaf Publishing ( which was at different times known as Greenleaf Classics , Reed Enterprises , Corinth Publications , Regency Publications , Blake Pharmaceuticals , Phenix Publishing and Freedom Publishing ) in the early 1950s with Imagination . His wife , science fiction author Frances Deegan Yerxa Hamling , worked closely with him in the early years of his publishing company . According to L. Sprague de Camp 's 1953 Science-Fiction Handbook , Hamling was at that time a `` slim , dark man who looks too young to be not only an independent publisher but also the father of five . '' In the late 1950s , he began Rogue , and in 1959 , he launched Nightstand Books , an imprint for paperback original sex novels by authors working under house names . ( Later imprints included Leisure Books , Ember Library , Midnight Readers , and others ) . From 1961 on his primary editor was Earl Kemp . Pseudonymous writers for Kemp/Hamling included Lawrence Block , Marion Zimmer Bradley , Harlan Ellison , Evan Hunter , Robert Silverberg , and Donald E. Westlake . Hamling helped finance the defense of bookstore clerk Robert Redrup . His appeal of his conviction on obscenity charges for selling two Greenleaf Books ( Lust Pool and Shame Agent ) in 1965 went to the Supreme Court of the United States , where it was overturned in Redrup v. New York in 1967 . During the Nixon Administration , Hamling published an illustrated edition of the Presidential Report of the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography . The book was `` replete with the sort of photographs the commission examined . '' Hamling and editor Kemp were hit with a one-year prison sentence for distributing the book ( it has been suggested that this prosecution was in part retaliation for Hamling and Kemp 's part in Redrup v. New York ) , but served only the federal minimum of three months and one day . The story of their arrest and prison time was covered in Gay Talese 's Thy Neighbor 's Wife . Hamling published gay-themed books while at Greenleaf , one of the earliest publishers to do so . Novelist Victor J. Banis , one of Hamling 's authors , says that once Greenleaf proved how much of a market there was for erotic gay fiction , other publishers soon joined in .",
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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": "The Howard Stern Show (WWOR) The Howard Stern Show is an American late-night television variety show , hosted by radio personality Howard Stern . It aired Saturdays , beginning at 11:00 pm , from July 14 , 1990 to August 8 , 1992 .",
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"text": "Remaindered book Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are no longer selling well and whose remaining unsold copies are liquidated by the publisher at greatly reduced prices . While the publisher may take a net loss on the sales of these books , they are able to recover at least some of their sunken costs on the sale and clear out space in the warehouses . Copies of remaindered books may be marked by the publisher , distributor , or bookseller to prevent them from being returned . `` Remainder marks '' have varied over the years , but today most remainders are marked with a stroke with a felt-tipped marker across the top or bottom of the book 's pages , near the spine . Only hardcovers and trade paperbacks ( paperback books , often larger than `` pocket '' paperbacks , sold `` to the trade '' or directly to sales outlets ) are typically remaindered . Mass market paperbacks ( `` pocket '' paperback books sold through a third-party distributor ) usually become stripped books rather than remaindered books . A book that might retail for $ 20 will typically be purchased by someone specializing in remainders for $ 1 and resold for approximately $ 5 .",
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"text": "Steve Stern Steve Stern ( born 1947 ) is an author from Memphis , Tennessee . Much of his work draws inspiration from Yiddish folklore .",
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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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Rogue is a Marvel Comics fictional character.
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"text": "Rogue (comics) Rogue is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , commonly in association with the X-Men . The character debuted in Avengers Annual # 10 ( November 1981 ) as a villain , but then soon after she joined the X-Men . Rogue is part of a subspecies of humans called mutants , who are born with superhuman abilities . Rogue has the involuntary ability to absorb and sometimes also remove the memories , physical strength , and superpowers of anyone she touches . Therefore , Rogue considers her powers to be a curse . For most of her life , she limited her physical contact with others , including her on-off love interest , Gambit . However , after many years , Rogue finally gained full control over her mutant ability . Hailing from the fictional Caldecott County , Mississippi , Rogue is the X-Men 's self-described southern belle . A runaway , she was adopted by Mystique of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and grew up as a villain . After Rogue permanently absorbs Ms. Marvel 's psyche and Kree powers , she reforms and turns to the X-Men , fearing for her sanity . Rogue 's real name and early history were not revealed until nearly 20 years after her introduction . Until the back story provided by Robert Rodi in the ongoing Rogue series , which began in September 2004 , Rogue 's background was only hinted at . Her name was revealed as Anna Marie , although her surname is still unknown . She has sometimes adopted the name Raven , which is the first name of her foster mother Mystique . Rogue has been one of the most prominent members of the X-Men since the 1980s . She was # 5 on IGN 's Top 25 X-Men list for 2006 , # 4 on their Top Ten X-Babes list for 2006 , # 3 on Marvel 's list of Top 10 Toughest Females for 2009 and was given title of # 1 X-Man on CBR 's Top 50 X-Men of All Time for 2008 . She was ranked tenth in Comics Buyer 's Guide 's `` 100 Sexiest Women in Comics '' list . Rogue has been featured in most of the X-Men animated series , and various video games . In the X-Men film series , she is portrayed by Anna Paquin . Her visual cue is often the white streak that runs through her hair .",
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"text": "Crippler (comics) Crippler is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Crippler is a mercenary who was once a member of HYDRA , but later quit to become a vigilante and later member of Silver Sable 's Wild Pack .",
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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": "Yeti (comics) Yeti is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .",
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"text": "Flame (Marvel Comics) Flame is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .",
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"text": "Secret War (comics) Secret War is a 2004 -- 2005 five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics . The series is written by Brian Michael Bendis and painted by Gabriele Dell ` Otto . It is loosely based on classified operations told to Bendis by an anonymous high-ranking officer in the United States Intelligence Community during Bendis ' childhood . The storyline involves a large-scale super-hero crossover featuring Marvel characters such as Spider-Man , Captain America , Wolverine , Daredevil , Luke Cage and Nick Fury fighting a wide array of super-villains who have received hi-tech armaments from a mysterious benefactor . The first issue was published in April 2004 , and though intended originally as a bimonthly publication , it faced long delays . It was completed with issue five 's publication in December 2005 . The aftermath of the series was explored in stories in The Pulse and Bendis has gone on to use many of the same characters in his New Avengers titles . This event begins an eight-year-long series of cross-over events ending with Avengers vs. X-Men . The storyline in Secret War is unrelated to the original Secret Wars and Secret Wars II crossover limited series which Marvel published in the mid-1980s , although its title is clearly inspired by them . Those stories received their own spiritual successor in Beyond ! , published in 2006 . Bendis has noted that Secret War is connected to the `` Secret Invasion '' storyline , in which Skrulls have infiltrated several institutions of Earth .",
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"text": "Nova (Richard Rider) Nova ( Richard Rider ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character appeared historically as the star of his own series , and at other times , as a supporting character in team books such as The New Warriors . He is a member of the intergalactic police force known as the Nova Corps , for which he gained superhuman abilities including enhanced strength , flight and resistance to injury . In May 2011 , Nova placed 98th on IGN 's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time , and 19th in their list of `` The Top 50 Avengers '' in 2012 .",
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"text": "Slapstick (comics) Slapstick ( Steve Harmon ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He resembles an animated clown and has the abilities of a slapstick cartoon character , such as one from Looney Tunes , including warping reality to match that of an animated cartoon .",
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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": "Redwing (Marvel Comics) Redwing is a fictional bird appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Primarily a supporting character of Falcon , the character exists within Marvel 's main shared universe , known as the Marvel Universe . Redwing appears as a drone in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Captain America : Civil War .",
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"text": "Hammerhead (comics) Hammerhead is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He is primarily an enemy of Spider-Man and a member of organized crime who exists in Marvel 's main shared universe , known as the Marvel Universe . He is closely associated with the Hammerhead `` Family '' , a Maggia crime family . Hammerhead distinguishes himself from other villains in that he dresses up and acts somewhat like a gangster from the 1920s . Due to an injury he suffered , much of his skull was replaced with an unbendable steel alloy by Jonas Harrow , giving his head a flattened shape .",
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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": "Scarlet Scarab Scarlet Scarab is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .",
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"text": "Power Broker Power Broker is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .",
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"text": "Hoggoth Hoggoth is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .",
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"text": "Star Thief Star Thief ( Ditmal Pirval ) is a fictional Marvel Comics character .",
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"text": "Dark X-Men The Dark X-Men are a fictional team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . They made their debut during the crossover between Dark Avengers and Uncanny X-Men written by Matt Fraction , as part of the broader Dark Reign storyline . Each member but Namor has been handpicked by then -- H.A.M.M.E.R. director Norman Osborn for his own criminal agenda . The team was never officially called the `` Dark X-Men '' ( which was the name of the comics series , not the team ) . Instead , they were simply called the `` X-Men '' and were a government-sponsored team trying to take advantage of the name recognition of Charles Xavier 's X-Men , to which they had no official connection ( much like Osborn 's Avengers team was pretending to be the real Avengers ) .",
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"text": "Wildboys (comics) The Wildboys are fictional characters in the Marvel Universe .",
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"text": "Tar Baby (comics) Tar Baby is a fictional character , a mutant appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .",
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"text": "Scarlet Witch Scarlet Witch ( Wanda Maximoff ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in X-Men # 4 ( March 1964 ) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . The character has since starred in two self-titled limited series with husband the Vision , and has historically been depicted as a regular team member in superhero title The Avengers . Scarlet Witch has the superhuman ability to alter reality in unspecific ways . In most depictions , she is a mutant , a human born with natural superhuman powers . Originally revealed to be the daughter of the Golden Age superhero Whizzer , it was later established she and her twin brother Quicksilver were the children of X-Men villain Magneto , and the half-siblings of his daughter Polaris . This parentage was their status quo until 2014 , when a further retcon revealed that she and Quicksilver were in fact non-mutants who had been kidnapped and experimented on by the High Evolutionary , and then misled to believe that Magneto was their father . The character was ranked 97th in Wizard 's `` 200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time '' list , 12th in IGN 's list of `` The Top 50 Avengers '' , and 14th in Comics Buyer 's Guide 's `` 100 Sexiest Women in Comics '' list . The character has appeared in other Marvel-endorsed products such as animated films ; arcade and video games ; television series and merchandise such as action figures and trading cards . Elizabeth Olsen portrays Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe .",
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Albert Einstein is a Nobel Prize recipient.
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"text": "Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( -LSB- ˈaɪnstaɪn -RSB- -LSB- ˈalbɛɐ̯t ˈaɪnʃtaɪn -RSB- ; 14 March 1879 -- 18 April 1955 ) was a German-born theoretical physicist . He developed the theory of relativity , one of the two pillars of modern physics ( alongside quantum mechanics ) . Einstein 's work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science . Einstein is best known by the general public for his mass -- energy equivalence formula ( which has been dubbed `` the world 's most famous equation '' ) . He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics `` for his services to theoretical physics , and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect '' , a pivotal step in the evolution of quantum theory . Near the beginning of his career , Einstein thought that Newtonian mechanics was no longer enough to reconcile the laws of classical mechanics with the laws of the electromagnetic field . This led him to develop his special theory of relativity during his time at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern ( 1902 -- 1909 ) , Switzerland . He realized , however , that the principle of relativity could also be extended to gravitational fields , and with his subsequent theory of gravitation in 1916 , he published a paper on general relativity . He continued to deal with problems of statistical mechanics and quantum theory , which led to his explanations of particle theory and the motion of molecules . He also investigated the thermal properties of light which laid the foundation of the photon theory of light . In 1917 , Einstein applied the general theory of relativity to model the large-scale structure of the universe . Between 1895 and 1914 he lived in Switzerland ( except for one year in Prague , 1911 -- 12 ) , where he received his academic diploma from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zürich ( later the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule , ETH ) in 1900 . He later taught there at the same institute as a professor of theoretical physics between 1912 and 1914 before he left for Berlin . In 1901 , after being stateless for more than five years , Einstein acquired Swiss citizenship , which he kept for the rest of his life . In 1905 , Einstein was awarded a PhD by the University of Zürich . The same year , his annus mirabilis ( miracle year ) , he published four groundbreaking papers , which were to bring him to the notice of the academic world , at the age of 26 . He was visiting the United States when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and , being Jewish , did not go back to Germany , where he had been a professor at the Berlin Academy of Sciences . He settled in the United States , becoming an American citizen in 1940 . On the eve of World War II , he endorsed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt alerting him to the potential development of `` extremely powerful bombs of a new type '' and recommending that the U.S. begin similar research . This eventually led to what would become the Manhattan Project . Einstein supported defending the Allied forces , but generally denounced the idea of using the newly discovered nuclear fission as a weapon . Later , with the British philosopher Bertrand Russell , Einstein signed the Russell -- Einstein Manifesto , which highlighted the danger of nuclear weapons . Einstein was affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton , New Jersey , until his death in 1955 . Einstein published more than 300 scientific papers along with over 150 non-scientific works . Einstein 's intellectual achievements and originality have made the word `` Einstein '' synonymous with `` genius '' .",
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"text": "Pearl Meister Greengard Prize The Pearl Meister Greengard Prize is an award for women scientists in biology given annually by the Rockefeller University . The Prize was founded by Nobel laureate Paul Greengard and his wife Ursula von Rydingsvard in honor of Greengard 's mother , Pearl Meister Greengard , who died giving birth to him . Greengard began funding the award in 1998 . Greengard donated the full share of his 2000 Nobel Prize to the fund , and was able to use his new publicity to attract additional funding for the award , which was launched in 2004 . The award is to combat discrimination against women in science , since , as Greengard observed , '' -LSB- women -RSB- are not yet receiving awards and honors at a level commensurate with their achievements . '' Two recipients of the Prize , Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn , have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine .",
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"text": "Electromagnetic mass Electromagnetic mass was initially a concept of classical mechanics , denoting as to how much the electromagnetic field , or the self-energy , is contributing to the mass of charged particles . It was first derived by J. J. Thomson in 1881 and was for some time also considered as a dynamical explanation of inertial mass per se . Today , the relation of mass , momentum , velocity and all forms of energy , including electromagnetic energy , is analyzed on the basis of Albert Einstein 's special relativity and mass -- energy equivalence . As to the cause of mass of elementary particles , the Higgs mechanism in the framework of the relativistic Standard Model is currently used . In addition , some problems concerning the electromagnetic mass and self-energy of charged particles are still studied .",
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"text": "Turing Award __ NOTOC __ The ACM A.M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery ( ACM ) to `` an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community '' . It is stipulated that the contributions `` should be of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field '' . The Turing Award is generally recognized as the highest distinction in computer science and the `` Nobel Prize of computing '' . The award is named after Alan Turing , a British mathematician and reader in mathematics at the University of Manchester . Turing is often credited as being the key founder of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence . From 2007 to 2013 , the award was accompanied by a prize of US $ 250,000 , with financial support provided by Intel and Google . Since 2014 , the award has been accompanied by a prize of US $ 1 million , with financial support provided by Google . The first recipient , in 1966 , was Alan Perlis , of Carnegie Mellon University . The first female recipient was Frances E. Allen of IBM in 2006 .",
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"text": "Leconte Prize The Leconte Prize ( French : Prix Leconte ) is a prize created in 1886 by the French Academy of Sciences to recognize important discoveries in mathematics , physics , chemistry , natural history or medicine . In recent years the prize has been awarded in the specific categories of mathematics , physics , and biology . Scientists and mathematicians of all nationalities are eligible for the award . The value of the award in the late 19th and early 20th century was 50,000 ( at the time equivalent to ₤ 2,000 , or US$ 10,000 ) , about five times as much as the annual salary of the average professor in France . In 2001 , the award was 20,000 , in 2008 , $ 3,000 , and since 2010 , $ 2,500 .",
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"text": "Onsager Medal The Onsager Medal ( Onsagermedaljen ) is a scholastic presentation awarded to researchers in one or more subject areas of chemistry , physics or mathematics . The medal is awarded in memory of Lars Onsager who received Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1968 . The medal , designed by Harald Wårvik , commemorates the efforts of a single individual as chosen by the Onsager committee at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology ( NTNU ) . The professorship awardee is expected to spend 3 -- 6 months working at NTNU . The lectureship awardee will give a lecture at the university .",
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"text": "Telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of signs , signals , messages , words , writings , images and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire , radio , optical or other electromagnetic systems . Telecommunication occurs when the exchange of information between communication participants includes the use of technology . It is transmitted either electrically over physical media , such as cables , or via electromagnetic radiation . Such transmission paths are often divided into communication channels which afford the advantages of multiplexing . The term is often used in its plural form , telecommunications , because it involves many different technologies . Early means of communicating over a distance included visual signals , such as beacons , smoke signals , semaphore telegraphs , signal flags , and optical heliographs . Other examples of pre-modern long-distance communication included audio messages such as coded drumbeats , lung-blown horns , and loud whistles . 20th and 21st century technologies for long-distance communication usually involve electrical and electromagnetic technologies , such as telegraph , telephone , and teleprinter , networks , radio , microwave transmission , fiber optics , and communications satellites . A revolution in wireless communication began in the first decade of the 20th century with the pioneering developments in radio communications by Guglielmo Marconi , who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 . Other notable pioneering inventors and developers in the field of electrical and electronic telecommunications include Charles Wheatstone and Samuel Morse ( inventors of the telegraph ) , Alexander Graham Bell ( inventor of the telephone ) , Edwin Armstrong and Lee de Forest ( inventors of radio ) , as well as Vladimir K. Zworykin , John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth ( some of the inventors of television ) .",
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"text": "List of Chinese Nobel laureates Since 1957 , there have been eight Chinese ( including Chinese born ) winners of the Nobel Prize ( Nobelpriset ) . The Nobel Prize is a Sweden-based international monetary prize . The award was established by the 1895 will and estate of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel . It was first awarded in Physics , Chemistry , Physiology or Medicine , Literature , and Peace in 1901 . An associated prize , The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel , was instituted by Sweden 's central bank in 1968 and first awarded in 1969 . This is a list of Nobel laureates who are either of Chinese descent or were born in China .",
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"text": "Lemelson–MIT Prize The Lemelson-MIT Program awards several prizes yearly to inventors in the United States . The largest is the Lemelson -- MIT Prize which was endowed in 1994 by Jerome H. Lemelson , funded by the Lemelson Foundation , and is administered through the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . The winner receives $ 500,000 , making it the largest cash prize for invention in the U.S. The $ 100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation ( previously named the Award for Sustainability ) was last awarded in 2013 . The Award for Global Innovation replaced the $ 100,000 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award , which was awarded from 1995-2006 . The Lifetime Achievement Award recognized outstanding individuals whose pioneering spirit and inventiveness throughout their careers improved society and inspired others . The Lemelson-MIT Program also awards invention prizes for college students , called the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize .",
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"text": "James Franck James Franck ( 26 August 1882 -- 21 May 1964 ) was a German physicist who won the 1925 Nobel Prize for Physics with Gustav Hertz `` for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom '' . He completed his doctorate in 1906 and his habilitation in 1911 at the Frederick William University in Berlin , where he lectured and taught until 1918 , having reached the position of professor extraordinarius . He served as a volunteer in the German Army during World War I . He was seriously injured in 1917 in a gas attack and was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class . Franck became the Head of the Physics Division of the Kaiser Wilhelm Gesellschaft for Physical Chemistry . In 1920 , Franck became professor ordinarius of experimental physics and Director of the Second Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of Göttingen . While there he worked on quantum physics with Max Born , who was Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics . His work included the Franck -- Hertz experiment , an important confirmation of the Bohr model of the atom . He promoted the careers of women in physics , notably Lise Meitner , Hertha Sponer and Hilde Levi . After the NSDAP came to power in Germany in 1933 , Franck resigned his post in protest against the dismissal of fellow academics . He assisted Frederick Lindemann in helping dismissed Jewish scientists find work overseas , before he left Germany in November 1933 . After a year at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark , he moved to the United States , where he worked at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and then the University of Chicago . During this period he became interested in photosynthesis . Franck participated in the Manhattan Project during World War II as Director of the Chemistry Division of the Metallurgical Laboratory . He was also the chairman of the Committee on Political and Social Problems regarding the atomic bomb , which is best known for the compilation of the Franck Report , which recommended that the atomic bombs not be used on the Japanese cities without warning .",
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"text": "Nobel Academy",
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"text": "Einstein's Blackboard Einstein 's Blackboard is a blackboard which physicist Albert Einstein ( 1879 -- 1955 ) used on 16 May 1931 during his lectures while visiting the University of Oxford in England . The blackboard is one of the most iconic objects in the collection of the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford .",
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"text": "Eddington Medal The Eddington Medal is awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society for investigations of outstanding merit in theoretical astrophysics . It is named after Sir Arthur Eddington . First awarded in 1953 , the frequency of the prize has varied over the years , at times being every one , two or three years . Since 2013 it has been awarded annually .",
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"text": "Albert Einstein Institution The Albert Einstein Institution is a non-profit organization that specializes in the study of the methods of nonviolent resistance in conflicts and to explore its policy potential and communicate these findings through print and other media , translations , conferences , consultations , and workshops . The institution 's founder and senior scholar , Gene Sharp , is known for his writings on strategic nonviolent struggle .",
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"text": "The Einstein Theory of Relativity The Einstein Theory of Relativity ( 1923 ) is a silent short film directed by Dave Fleischer and released by Fleischer Studios .",
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"text": "Wolf Prize in Medicine The Wolf Prize in Medicine is awarded once a year by the Wolf Foundation in Israel . It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978 ; the others are in Agriculture , Chemistry , Mathematics , Physics and Arts . The Prize has been stated to be the second most prestigious award in science , and a significant predictor of the Nobel Prize .",
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"text": "Einstein (surname) Einstein is a German-Jewish surname . Notable people with the surname include : Albert Einstein ( 1879 -- 1955 ) , German-American physicist Einstein family , his family Mileva Einstein ( née Marić ) ( 1875 -- 1948 ) , first wife of Albert Einstein Hans Albert Einstein ( 1904 -- 1973 ) , Swiss-American engineer , son of Albert and Mileva Bernhard Caesar Einstein ( 1930 -- 2008 ) , German-American physicist , son of Hans Albert Einstein , grandson of Albert Einstein Eduard Einstein ( 1910 -- 1965 ) , second son of Albert and Mileva Elsa Einstein ( 1876 -- 1936 ) , cousin and second wife of Albert Einstein Hans Einstein ( 1923 -- 2012 ) , foremost authority on Valley Fever , grandson of a first cousin of Albert Einstein",
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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": "Isaac Newton in popular culture Isaac Newton was an English scientist , mathematician , natural philosopher , theologian and one of the most influential scientists in human history . His Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica , published in 1687 , is considered to be one of the most influential book in the history of science , laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics . In this work , Newton described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centuries . In mathematics , Newton shares the credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of the differential and integral calculus . Because of the resounding impact of his work , Newton became a scientific icon , much like Albert Einstein after his theory of relativity . Many books , plays , and films focus on Newton or use Newton as a literary device . Newton 's stature among scientists remains at the very top rank , as demonstrated by a 2005 survey of scientists in Britain 's Royal Society ( formerly headed by Newton ) asking who had the greater effect on the history of science , Newton or Albert Einstein . Newton was deemed the more influential . In 1999 , leading physicists voted Einstein `` greatest physicist ever ; '' Newton was the runner-up .",
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"text": "Russell–Einstein Manifesto The Russell -- Einstein Manifesto was issued in London on 9 July 1955 by Bertrand Russell in the midst of the Cold War . It highlighted the dangers posed by nuclear weapons and called for world leaders to seek peaceful resolutions to international conflict . The signatories included eleven pre-eminent intellectuals and scientists , including Albert Einstein , who signed it just days before his death on 18 April 1955 . A few days after the release , philanthropist Cyrus S. Eaton offered to sponsor a conference -- called for in the manifesto -- in Pugwash , Nova Scotia , Eaton 's birthplace . This conference was to be the first of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs , held in July 1957 .",
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"text": "Einstein Gargoyle Einstein Gargoyle , also referred to as Albert Einstein , Einstein , and Einstein Gargoyles , is an outdoor 1986 sculpture by Wayne Chabre , installed on the exterior of Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene , Oregon , United States . The portrait bust depicts Albert Einstein in high relief with a fluttering necktie , and was inspired by a photograph of the scientist on his birthday . It is made of hammered copper sheet and measures approximately 2.5 ft x 1.5 ft x 1.5 ft. The sculpture 's condition was undetermined when it was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution 's `` Save Outdoor Sculpture ! '' program in March 1993 . The sculpture is administered by the University of Oregon .",
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"text": "O. J. Simpson Orenthal James `` O. J. '' Simpson ( born July 9 , 1947 ) , nicknamed The Juice , is a former American football running back , broadcaster , actor , and convicted armed robber and kidnapper . Simpson attended the University of Southern California ( USC ) , where he played college football for the USC Trojans and won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 . He played professionally in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a running back for 11 seasons , with the Buffalo Bills from 1969 to 1977 and with the San Francisco 49ers from 1978 to 1979 . In 1973 , he became the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season ; holding the record for the single season yards-per-game average , which stands at 143.1 . He is the only player to ever rush for over 2,000 yards in the 14-game regular season NFL format . Simpson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985 . After retiring from football , he began new careers in acting and football broadcasting . In 1995 , Simpson was acquitted of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman after a lengthy and internationally publicised trial . The families of the victims filed a civil suit against him , and in 1997 a civil court awarded a $ 33.5 million judgment against Simpson for the victims ' wrongful deaths . In 2007 , Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas , Nevada , and charged with felonies including armed robbery and kidnapping . In 2008 , he was convicted and sentenced to 33 years imprisonment , with a minimum of nine years without parole . He is serving his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock , Nevada .",
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"text": "Cran-Apple juice Cranapple is a trademark for a blend of cranberry juice and apple juice marketed by the Ocean Spray cooperative . The juice blend is marketed as combining the tartness of the cranberry with the sweet taste of the apple in a beverage that is fat and cholesterol free , low in sodium and is a source of vitamin C. Until 1963 , when the product was first developed , cranberries were sold in the form of cranberry juice and cranberry sauce primarily around Thanksgiving and Christmas time . The Cranapple blend helped turn the cranberry into a year-round product . Cranapple started a trend and was followed by other juice blends . Marketing executive Edward Gelsthorpe was hired by the company in 1963 , having worked in the marketing and product development areas at Bristol-Myers . Gelsthorpe 's focus was to expand the company 's product base , recognizing that there was no way to convince people to `` eat cranberry sauce every time you have chicken '' , no matter how much money was spent on advertising . The company was struggling with a seasonal product and had been hit by consumer fears after a 1959 government warning that chemicals sprayed on the cranberries could cause cancer . Working together with food editor Sylvia Schur of Creative Food Services , he oversaw the development of the Cran-Apple blend that would balance the tart and sweet tastes of the respective juices . The product was highly successful , and gave Ocean Spray a product that could be sold year round . Throughout his career , Gelsthorpe would carry the nickname `` Cranapple Ed '' .",
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"text": "Mickey Finn (drugs) In slang , a Mickey Finn -- or simply a Mickey -- is a drink laced with a psychoactive drug or incapacitating agent ( especially chloral hydrate ) given to someone without their knowledge , with intent to incapacitate them . Serving someone a `` Mickey '' is most commonly referred to as slipping someone a mickey , but it is sometimes spelled `` mickie '' .",
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"text": "Liquorice (confectionery) Liquorice ( British English ) or licorice ( American English ) is a confection usually flavoured with the extract of the roots of the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra . A wide variety of liquorice sweets are produced around the world . In North America , black licorice is distinguished from similar confectionery varieties that are not flavoured with liquorice extract but commonly manufactured in the form of chewy ropes or tubes . So called `` black licorice '' is also a widespread flavour in other forms of confectionery such as jellybeans . In addition to these , various other liquorice-based sweets are sold in the United Kingdom , such as liquorice allsorts . Dutch and Nordic liquorice characteristically contains ammonium chloride instead of sodium chloride , prominently so in salty liquorice . The essential ingredients of liquorice confectionery are liquorice extract , sugar , and a binder . The base is typically starch/flour , gum arabic , gelatin or a combination thereof . Additional ingredients are extra flavouring , beeswax for a shiny surface , ammonium chloride and molasses . Ammonium chloride is mainly used in salty liquorice candy , with concentrations up to about 8 percent . However , even regular liquorice candy can contain up to 2 percent ammonium chloride , the taste of which is less prominent due to the higher sugar concentration . Some liquorice candy is flavoured with anise oil instead of or in combination with liquorice root extract .",
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"text": "Ratchet (slang) Ratchet is a slang term in hip hop that in the strictest sense refers to an uncouth female , and is a Louisianan regiolect of `` wretched '' . The term has devolved to multiple meanings and connotations and is not bound by race or gender . The term gained popularity in 2012 through music artists and celebrities . It has been used similarly as the word `` ghetto '' . `` Ratchet '' can be used as an adjective , noun , or verb . The word has evolved to have many different meanings , and it can have either a positive or negative connotation . Some African-American women have reappropriated the word and embrace the meaning , whereas others point to how the term reinforces the negative portrayal of African-American women in the media . Numerous music artists have referred to the term `` ratchet '' in their songs . In November 2012 , LL Cool J released a single called `` Ratchet '' . In December 2012 , Beyoncé posted a picture of her wearing earrings that contained the word `` ratchet '' in it . Juicy J , Lil Debbie , Cam ` ron , Future , and Lil ' Boosie are some other artists who have also used the term in their music . Miley Cyrus had been criticized by some as appropriating ratchet culture . The word ratchet first appeared in publication in 1999 , with the song `` Do the Ratchet '' by Anthony Mandigo from Shreveport , Louisiana . Mandigo reportedly learned the term from his grandmother . In 2004 , a new version of the song was recorded . The producer of the song named Earl Williams , also known as Phunk Dawg , wrote the definition in the CD liner notes : `` n. , pron. , v , adv. , 1 . To be ghetto , real , gutter , nasty . 2 . It 's whatever , bout it , etc. . ''",
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"text": "Edmund Simpson Edmund Simpson ( b. England , 1784 ; d. New York City , 31 July 1848 ) was an actor and theater manager . He made his theatrical début at the Towcester Theatre in England in May 1806 as Baron Steinfort in August von Kotzebue 's The Stranger . In this country Simpson first appeared at the New York Park Theatre on 22 October 1809 , as Hurry Dornton in The Road to Ruin . In 1828 , when playing lead role in The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus , one of his legs was broken by an accident to the stage machinery , and he was crippled for life . His last performance was Dazzle in London Assurance . As a comedian , Simpson was studious and painstaking , and in his delineations intelligent and respectable , but there was ever attached to his representations a hardness of manner that interfered with his popularity . In 1810 he became stage manager , and remained permanently connected with the one playhouse as actor , stage manager , and manager for 38 years . It was his privilege to introduce nearly all the noted British players of his day to American audiences . From 1821 until 1840 Simpson was working-manager to Stephen Price , the lessee of the theatre , but on the death of Price he assumed the sole management . During his career he went through several trials of adversity , and finally retired , 6 June 1848 , under discouragement and in reduced circumstances . Under Simpson 's direction the old Park Theatre , or `` The Theatre , '' as the show-bills named it , was noted for its well-drilled and efficient stock company . The scenery of this noted resort was made up of flats and drops of the simplest construction , the properties were cheap , worn , and few in number , the costumes flimsy and tinselled , and the auditorium , before the rising of the curtain , usually filled with the stifling leakage of gas . The boxes were painted in white and gold , with the first and second tiers divided into a series of screened lock-boxes . A separate stairway led to the third tier and the gallery . This third tier was an assembling-place for the dissolute of both sexes ; one half the gallery was patronized by boys , servants , and sailors , and the remainder was devoted to the accommodation of Negroes . What is now known as the parterre was called the pit . It was fitted with hard wooden benches , and the admission to it was half-price . Here the bachelors , critics , and wits of the day found their places . Drinking bars , united with apple , pie , and peanut stands , were connected with the pit and the upper tier of boxes . As Frances Trollope has truly pictured , it was not an uncommon thing to see men rise on the front rows of the dress-circle in their shirt-sleeves , and between the acts turn their backs to the audience , while their better-halves sat munching apples and peeling oranges . Not seldom the entertainments of an evening comprised a five-act tragedy , a comedy , and an olio diversion , that terminated at twelve or one o'clock . The old Park Theatre was a wooden , barn-like structure , fronting about eighty feet on Park row , and rising to the height of sixty or seventy feet , painted in imitation of blocks of granite .",
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"text": "Orange drink The term orange drink refers to a sweet , sugary , sometimes carbonated , orange-flavored drink . Typically such beverages contain little or no orange juice and are mainly composed of water , sugar or sweeteners , flavor , coloring , and additives , sometimes in that order . As such , they are very low in nutritional value , although many are fortified with vitamin C . In 2002 , however , a `` cheap , fortified , orange-flavored drink '' was developed with the intention of improving nutrition in the third world by adding vitamin A , iron , and iodine to people 's diets . Because orange drinks can be confused with orange juice , the U.S. government requires orange drinks , as well as other beverages whose names allude to fruit products , to state the percentage of juice contained above the `` Nutrition Facts '' label . and requires companies to state them as orange drinks instead of orange juice .",
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"text": "Juice Rap News Juice Rap News is an internet based satirical news show , created in Melbourne , Australia . The show was the creation of a duo , Hugo Farrant and Giordano Nanni , based in Australia and consists of a rapped `` news report '' with social commentary using comical rap lyrics . The show is known for using satire and rap rhyming to analyse important topics of the day in a humorous , yet philosophical fashion . Juice Rap News is distributed via YouTube . Some episodes were licensed to the international television news channel RT for rebroadcast . The audience of Juice Rap News is international and episodes have been translated into more than 20 languages . 35 episodes were produced in total , plus a video announcing that the 35th episode was the final they would produce . However in September 2016 , due to audience demand , Giordano Nanni produced a special episode for that year 's United States presidential election , and announced that the series would continue to produce content from time to time , with a new crew . Nanni and Farrant co-wrote and produced the series together in their home studio in Melbourne , Australia . Nanni focused on content ( crafting the arguments , narrative and perspectives depicted and explored in the show ) ; while Farrant focused on form ( giving the dialogue the `` rhyme and flow '' of rap and performing the vocals of most of the characters ) . Farrant portrayed the anchor Robert Foster and a host of other characters , including the regulars General Baxter and Terrence Moonseed . Nanni also appeared in the show , portraying many characters , such as Aussie correspondent Ken Oathcarn , `` MSMBS '' host Brian Washington , PR host Ivan Sakamunev , Bill de Berg and George Torwell , all using vox by Hugo Farrant . The goal was to provide an alternative view on world events , one that they felt was lacking in popular media outlets .",
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"text": "Cashis Ramone Johnson , better known by his stage name Cashis ( stylized as Ca $ his ) , is an American rapper who was born and raised in Chicago , but moved to Irvine , California . He was most notably featured on the Shady Records album Eminem Presents : The Re-Up with Eminem and the record label , and released The County Hound EP in 2007 . The County Hound EP sold 6,700 copies in its first week and debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 106 . He 's best known for appearing on Eminem 's song , `` You Do n't Know '' , featuring 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks . In August 2011 on his mixtape Rooftop Series Vol .1 , in the intro , Cashis revealed that he was leaving Shady Records , but is remaining with Bogish Brand Entertainment . After many delays , his solo debut album , The Art of Dying , was released independently on October 30 , 2012 , but failed to chart . On October 15 , 2013 , he released his second studio album The County Hound 2 , which contained significant production from Eminem and was supported by five retail singles .",
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"text": "Juice Juice is a beverage made from the extraction or pressing out of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables . It can also refer to liquids that are flavored with these or other biological food sources such as meat and seafood ( e.g. , clam juice ) . Juice is commonly consumed as a beverage or used as an ingredient or flavoring in foods or other beverages , such as smoothies . Juice emerged as a popular beverage choice after the development of pasteurization methods allowed for its preservation without using fermentation ( the approach used with wine production ) . The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) estimated the total world production of citrus fruit juices to be 12,840,318 tonnes in 2012 . The largest fruit juice consumers are New Zealand ( nearly a cup , or 8 ounces , each day ) and Colombia ( more than three quarters of a cup each day ) . Fruit juice consumption on average increased with country income level . To the American food industry , fruit juice is more profitable than only fruit . .",
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"text": "Botellita de Jerez Botellita de Jerez was a Mexican rock band , formed in Mexico City in 1982 . Their music is a fusion of rock , cumbia , and Mexican traditional music like mariachi and son , creating the genre called guacarrock ( rock and guacamole ) . The band was always distinguished by a festive and irreverent musical fusion , celebrating the culture of the nacos and integrating sketches and albures in its lyrics and concerts . Its style , standard rock , was combined with satirical lyrics that portrayed urban life and popular culture in Mexico City . In their song `` Guaca Rock de la Malinche '' , they coined the phrase Todo lo naco es chido ( Everything tacky is cool ) , trying to re-vindicate the popular culture of the lower socio-economic classes . Botellita de Jerez pioneered a lot of trends from contemporary art in Mexico and the United States , since it incorporated motifs from popular use , such as lucha libre , popular dances and slang , which are now commonly used among the upper classes as well . The name of the band comes from a Mexican saying used as rebuttal in an argument : `` Botellita de jerez , todo lo que me digas , será al revés '' , which literally means : `` Bottle of sherry , all you say to me will be otherwise '' However , the equivalent English idiom is : `` I 'm rubber , you 're glue , whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you . '' One of their most notable songs is `` Niña de mis ojos '' included in the LP of the same name , which has been released on the albums `` El Ultimo Guacarrock '' and `` Superespecial Un Plug '' . The signature songs of Botellita de Jerez are `` Guacarrock '' , `` El Guaca Rock de la Malinche '' , `` Alarmala de Tos '' , `` Oh Denny 's '' and `` Abuelita de Batman '' ( The Granny of Batman ) which became the first cumbia-rock of the rock band , the song is notable for its parody-music video filmed in Colonia Santa María la Ribera in Mexico City .",
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"text": "Juicy Drop Pop Juicy Drop Pop is a brand of lollipops in a variety of fruit flavors , manufactured by Topps . It comes in original and sour varieties . The pop features a reservoir of sour `` juice '' at the top to add to the pop below . Category : Brand name confectionery Category : Topps confectionery products Category : Lollipops",
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"text": "Juice (Serbian rapper) Ivan Ivanović ( Иван Ивановић born October 17 , 1981 ) , known by his stage name Juice ( also Đus ) , is a Serbian rapper and founding member of Full Moon Crew and 93 FU Crew . He is one of the major figures in the Serbian hip hop scene .",
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"text": "Jägerbomb The Jägerbomb -LSB- ˈjeɪɡərˌbɒm -RSB- is a bomb shot mixed drink that was originally mixed by dropping a shot of Jägermeister into a glass of beer . Later , beer was replaced by Red Bull or other energy drinks . In German-speaking countries , it is called a `` Turbojäger '' or a `` Fliegender Hirsch '' / `` Flying Hirsch '' ( Flying Stag ) -- where `` Fliegender '' is derived from the slogan `` Red Bull verleiht Flügel '' ( Red Bull gives you wings ) and `` Stag '' originates in the Jägermeister logo . A long drink mixed with Jägermeister and Red Bull is called `` JägerBull '' . In Finland , it is called an `` Akkuhappo '' ( Battery acid , with the energy drink used commonly being the Finnish Battery ) while in Greece it is called '' Υποβρύχιο '' ( Submarine ) ( note that the most common definition of '' Υποβρύχιο '' in Greece is whiskey/vodka with beer , lately the term `` Jägerbomb '' is more widely understood and accepted ) .",
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"text": "List of fictional beverages Many works of fiction have incorporated into their world the existence of beverages -- liquids made for popular consumption - which may create a sense of the world in which the story takes place , and in some cases may serve to advance the plot of the story . These products may be fictional brands which serve as a stand in for brand names , and in that capacity may be a vessel for mockery of the marketing culture associated with brand name products ( e.g. , Duff Beer from The Simpsons ; Buzz Beer from The Drew Carey Show ) . In science fiction , beverages from alien races may enhance the sense of a futuristic society ( e.g. Romulan Ale in Star Trek ) . While there are many fictional liquids that can be consumed , fictional liquid medicines and magical potions ( such as the liquid that causes Alice to shrink in Alice in Wonderland ) may not be widely available for common consumption , or may simply not be described as being used for that purpose , and thus would not be considered `` beverages '' at all .",
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"text": "Spitting Spitting is the act of forcibly ejecting saliva or other substances from the mouth . It is currently considered rude and a social taboo in many parts of the world including the West , while in some other parts of the world it is considered more socially acceptable . It is commonly believed that it is possible to transmit infectious diseases in this way , including tuberculosis , influenza , and the common cold but the epidemiological evidence that this is the case is not present and it is likely that this belief , although intuitive , is not reflective of meaningful risk . Spitting upon another person , especially onto the face , is a global sign of anger , hatred , disrespect or contempt . It can represent a `` symbolical regurgitation '' or an act of intentional contamination .",
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"text": "Chronicles of the Juice Man Chronicles of the Juice Man is the debut studio album by American rapper Juicy J ; it was released on July 16 , 2002 . The album features guest appearances from his former fellow Three 6 Mafia members Crunchy Black and Lord Infamous , as well as Three 6 Mafia associate and brother of Juicy J , Project Pat . Many of the lyrics on the album refer to the then-recent incarceration of Project Pat .",
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"text": "Aojiru is a Japanese vegetable drink most commonly made from kale or young barley grass . The drink is also known as green drink or green juice in English , a direct translation of the Japanese meaning . Even though '' 青 '' ( ao ) means `` BLUE '' in modern Japanese , it is still sometimes used to refer to green vegetation in older contexts . Aojiru was developed in October 1943 by Dr. , an army doctor who experimented with juices extracted from the discarded leaves of various vegetables in an attempt to supplement his family 's meager wartime diet . He credited the cure of his son from pneumonia and of his wife from nephritis to aojiru , and in 1949 concluded that kale was the best ingredient for his juice . Aojiru was popularized in 1983 by , who started marketing 100 % kale aojiru in powdered form as a dietary supplement , and sales boomed after 2000 when cosmetics giant Fancl started mass retailing of the juice . Today , many Japanese companies manufacture aojiru , usually using kale , young barley or komatsuna leaves as the base of the drink , and the size of the aojiru market was well over $ 500 million in 2005 . The taste of aojiru is famously unpleasant , so much so that drinking a glass of the liquid is a common punishment on Japanese TV game shows . However , new formulations of aojiru have attempted to minimize the bitter taste of the original . Aojiru is a rich source of certain vitamins and minerals , and care should therefore be taken when undergoing certain treatments or if on certain medication . The high levels of potassium , phosphorus , and vitamin A are said to worsen the health of patients on dialysis , while the high levels of vitamin K could decrease the effectiveness of medication taken for circulatory problems .",
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"text": "Hollywood (Flavor Flav album) This is the self-titled debut solo album by hip-hop artist Flavor Flav . It is the only non-Public Enemy album made by him . The album was in production for at least seven years with the oldest track being `` Hot 1 '' , first released as a single in 1999 . The only guest appearance is from Smooth B of Nice & Smooth . Ol' Dirty Bastard , The Beatnuts and Ce Ce Peniston had been slated to appear on the album , but did not make the cut . This album is sometimes mistakenly referred to as `` Hollywood '' due to the image of the sign on the front of the album but it is self-titled . The songs `` Flavor Man '' and `` Col-Leepin '' later appeared on Public Enemy 's 2007 album How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul ? .",
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"text": "Wine fraud Wine fraud may come in several forms . In all cases the fraud relates to the commercial aspects of wine . The most prevalent type of fraud is one where wines are adulterated , usually with the addition of cheaper products ( e.g. juices ) and sometimes with harmful chemicals and sweeteners ( compensating for colour or flavour ) . Counterfeiting and the relabelling of inferior and cheaper wines to more expensive brands is another common type of wine fraud . A third category of wine fraud relates to the investment wine industry . An example of this is when wines are offered to investors at excessively high prices by a company who then go into planned liquidation . In some cases the wine is never bought for the investor . Losses in the UK have been high , prompting the DTI and Police to act . In the US , investors have been duped by fraudulent investment wine firms too . Independent guidelines to potential wine investors are now available . In wine production , as wine is technically defined as fermented grape juice , the term `` wine fraud '' can be used to describe the adulteration of wine by substances that are not related to grapes . In the retailing of wine , as wine is comparable with any other commodity , the term `` wine fraud '' can be used to describe the mis-selling of wine ( either as an investment or in its deceitful misrepresentation ) in general . Fraud in wine production refers to the use of additives in order to deceive . This may include colouring agents such as elderberry juice , and flavourings such as cinnamon at best , or less desirable additives at worst . Some varieties of wine have sought after characteristics . For example some wines have a deep , dark color and flavor notes of spices due to the presence of various phenolic compounds found in the skin of the grapes . Fraudsters will use additives to artificially create these characteristics when they are lacking . Fraud in the selling of wine , has seen much attention focused on label fraud and the investment wine market . Counterfeit labelling of rare , expensive , and cult wines , and unregulated investment wine firms characterise this type of fraud . Wine Spectator noted as much as 5 % of the wine sold in secondary markets could be counterfeit and the DTI ( UK ) believes losses ( by investors ) to rogue wine investment firms amount to hundreds of millions of pounds .",
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"docid": "6e6149f040621408c24d6fd96be4eba5",
"text": "Oleo saccharum Oleo saccharum ( `` oil sugar '' ) is a mixology ingredient produced by placing citrus fruit rinds onto sugar , which hygroscopically pulls the citrus oil from the rinds , giving the resulting sugar-oil mix a rich flavor beyond that which simple syrup or fruit juice would give . Oleo saccharum is a key component in many punch recipes .",
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"text": "Seppuku Seppuku ( 切腹 , `` cutting -LSB- the -RSB- abdomen/belly '' , formal on reading of original Kanji ) , sometimes metathesized as harakiri ( 腹切り , `` abdomen/belly cutting '' ) which is a native Japanese kun reading , is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment . It was originally reserved for samurai . A samurai practice , seppuku was used either voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies ( and likely suffer torture ) or as a form of capital punishment for samurai who had committed serious offenses , or performed because they had brought shame to themselves . The ceremonial disembowelment , which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed in front of spectators , consists of plunging a short blade , traditionally a tantō , into the abdomen and drawing the blade from left to right , slicing the abdomen open . If the cut , done with a movement , is done deep enough , it can cut the descending aorta , inducing a massive blood loss inside the abdomen , with a very fast death .",
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"text": "Jian ware Jian ware or Chien ware is a type of Chinese pottery originally made in Jianyang , Fujian province . It , and local imitations of it , is known in Japan as Tenmoku . The wares are simple shapes in stoneware , with a strong emphasis on subtle effects in the glazes . In the Song dynasty they achieved a high prestige , especially among Buddhist monks and in relation to tea-drinking . They were also highly valued in Japan , where many of the best examples were collected . Though the ceramic body is light-coloured , the wares , generally small cups for tea , bowls and vases , normally are glazed in dark colours , with special effects such as the `` hare 's fur '' `` oil-spot '' and `` partridge feather '' patterns caused randomly as excess iron in the glaze is forced out during firing .",
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"docid": "f407a52fe3cc2d9aadc05e0d5e9c5405",
"text": "He Shu He Shu ( Chinese : 何蜀 ; born 1948 in Chongqing ) is a magazine editor and historian of the Chinese Cultural Revolution . Barred from entering high school in 1964 because of his father 's '' rightism '' , he ended up becoming a temporary contract laborer . In 1972 , permanently employed as a worker in the Chongqing Steel Plant . In 1981 , transferred to the Chongqing People 's Broadcasting Station where he became an editorial assistant in the cultural and historical programs department . In May 1989 , helped launch the Chongqing magazine Red Crag Spring and Autumn Annals （ 红岩春秋 ） of which he is ( in 2009 ) deputy editor-in-chief . He Shu has since 1989 published close to a hundred articles on various aspects of the history of the Cultural Revolution in the People 's Republic of China , Hong Kong , and on the internet . In March 2006 , he helped organize an unofficial conference of Chinese and foreign scholars and historians of the Cultural Revolution in a resort outside Beijing . In September 2008 , together with Wu Di , he launched the electronic journal Remembrance , the only publication of its kind in China , devoted exclusively to publishing academic research on the Cultural Revolution .",
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"docid": "2e9253cd386be8f75615ad2674fd8bdb",
"text": "A Manifesto for a Re-appraisal of Sinology and Reconstruction of Chinese Culture `` A Manifesto for a Re-appraisal of Sinology and Reconstruction of Chinese Culture '' ( 为中国文化敬告世界人士宣言 ; Wei Zhongguo Wenua Jinggao Shijie Renshi Xuanyan ; also translated as `` Declaration on Behalf of Chinese Culture Respectfully Announced to the People of the World '' ) is an essay originally published in China and Taiwan in 1958 . The essay 's collective authors included Carsun Chang ( Zhang Junmai ) , Tang Chun-I ( Tang Junyi ) , Mou Tsung-san ( Mou Zongsan ) , and Hsu Fo-kuan ( Xu Fuguan ) , all `` New Confucianism '' scholars and notable students of Xiong Shili .",
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"docid": "8021807133eac225914a9b93e897b686",
"text": "Chinese Chinese can refer to : Something of , from , or related to China Chinese people , people of Chinese nationality , or one of several Chinese ethnicities Zhonghua minzu , the supra-ethnic Chinese nationality Han Chinese , the dominant ethnic group in China , Singapore , and Taiwan List of ethnic groups in China Ethnic minorities in China , the non-Han Chinese population in China Overseas Chinese , people of Chinese ancestry who live outside mainland China , Hong Kong , Macau , and Taiwan Chinese language , a language or family of languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China Standard Chinese , the standard form of the Chinese ( Mandarin ) language in mainland China , Taiwan and Singapore , and the variety most commonly taught as a foreign language other varieties of Chinese Written Chinese , the writing system of China Chinese cuisine , styles of cooking originating from China American Chinese cuisine Chinese Peak ( California ) , a mountain Chinese Peak ( Idaho ) , a mountain `` Chinese Gordon '' , a nickname of Charles George Gordon ( 1833 -- 1885 ) , British military commander and administrator",
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"text": "Wang Lun Wang Lun ( died November 1 , 1774 ) was the leader of the White Lotus sect in Shandong province , China in the 1770s . He preached a millenarian philosophy , emphasizing the imminent coming of the Buddha Maitreya . A martial arts master and self-taught physician , Wang taught his followers yoga , meditation , and the ability to fast for very long periods by drinking purified water . His group became known as the `` Pure Water Sect '' , and by 1774 numbered several thousand . Having told the sect that he was the reincarnation of Maitreya and was destined to become Emperor of China , he mobilized his followers and marched on the city of Shouzhang on October 3 , 1774 . With the help of confederates inside the city gates , the rebels quickly seized the city and ransacked the treasury and granary . They held the city for a few days only , before abandoning it to attack the city of Yangku . Yangku was easily captured , as the local garrison was marching to relieve Shouzhang , which the local authorities believed was still in rebel hands . The rebels then moved on to capture the towns of Tangyi and then Liulin with ease , and from there they marched on to Linqing , a large and strategically important city . Before reaching Linqing , Wang Lun 's rebels defeated Qing dynasty troops at every engagement , and rumor spread that the rebels practiced invulnerability magic . Many city officials of Linqing fled in terror before the White Lotus rebels arrived at the city on October 11 . Over the next few weeks , Wang Lun 's forces besieged the city , but the Qing defenses commanded by Qin Zhenjun effectively resisted the attack . Eyewitnesses reported that rebel troops fought fiercely even when there seemed to be no hope . Wang Lun 's young concubine Wu Sannian reportedly held off Qing soldiers for hours singlehandedly before being overcome and killed . By October 31 , Wang was surrounded . Determined not to be captured alive , he set fire to the tower in which he was trapped . His burned body were identified by his sword and bracelets . In fiction , Wang 's life is narrated in Alfred Döblin 's 1916 historical novel , The Three Leaps of Wang Lun .",
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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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"docid": "5456b4f8c8bb80585e758255175c32ad",
"text": "Pingdingshan massacre The Pingdingshan village massacre was a massacre committed by Imperial Japanese Army on September 16 , 1932 . On September 15 , Anti-Japanese Red Spear militia , not from the area , but passing through Pingdingshan , fired on Japanese soldiers and later attacked the Japanese garrison in the nearby industrial city of Fushun . The next day in retaliation Japanese soldiers and police in tracking the rebels as they fled back through the villages , assumed all who were in the vicinity either to be members of the militia or their confederates and punished them , by burning homes and summarily executing , bayoneting and machine-gunning village residents . Chinese sources place the number of victims at 3217 . However , the population of the village at the time was 1400 . Japanese sources place the number of victims at 800 . The village was burned down and destroyed . In 1972 , remains of about 800 dead compatriots were found in a mass grave 80 by 5 metres in size . A memorial hall was constructed to house these remains . It is situated in Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County in the prefecture of Fushun , China . A group of Chinese survivors of the massacre demanded 20 million yen from the Japanese government in reparations . In 2006 , the Japanese Supreme Court ruled that a national court could not grant wartime indemnities , as this was a matter for international treaties .",
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"text": "Persecution of Falun Gong The persecution of Falun Gong refers to the campaign initiated in 1999 by the Chinese Communist Party to eliminate the spiritual practice of Falun Gong in China . It is characterized by a multifaceted propaganda campaign , a program of enforced ideological conversion and re-education , and a variety of extralegal coercive measures such as arbitrary arrests , forced labor , and physical torture , sometimes resulting in death . Falun Gong is a qigong discipline combining slow-moving exercises and meditation with a moral philosophy centered on the tenets of truthfulness , compassion and tolerance . It was founded by Li Hongzhi , who introduced it to the public in May 1992 in Changchun , Jilin . Following a period of rapid growth in the 1990s , the Communist Party launched a campaign to `` eradicate '' Falun Gong on 20 July 1999 . An extra-constitutional body called the 6-10 Office was created to lead the persecution of Falun Gong . The authorities mobilized the state media apparatus , judiciary , police , army , the education system , families , and workplaces against the group . The campaign was driven by large-scale propaganda through television , newspaper , radio and internet . There are reports of systematic torture , illegal imprisonment , forced labor , organ harvesting and abusive psychiatric measures , with the apparent aim of forcing practitioners to recant their belief in Falun Gong . Foreign observers estimate that hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of Falun Gong practitioners have been detained in `` re-education through labor '' camps , prisons , and other detention facilities for refusing to renounce the spiritual practice . Former prisoners have reported that Falun Gong practitioners consistently received `` the longest sentences and worst treatment '' in labor camps , and in some facilities Falun Gong practitioners formed the substantial majority of detainees . As of 2009 at least 2,000 Falun Gong practitioners had been tortured to death in the persecution campaign . Some international observers and judicial authorities have described the campaign against Falun Gong as a genocide . In 2009 , courts in Spain and Argentina indicted senior Chinese officials for genocide and crimes against humanity for their role in orchestrating the suppression of Falun Gong . In 2006 , allegations emerged that a large number of Falun Gong practitioners had been killed to supply China 's organ transplant industry . An initial investigation found that `` the source of 41,500 transplants for the six year period 2000 to 2005 is unexplained '' and concluded that `` there has been and continues today to be large scale organ seizures from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners '' . Ethan Gutmann estimates 65,000 Falun Gong practitioners were killed for their organs from 2000 to 2008 . Following additional analysis , the researchers significantly raised the estimates on the number of Falun Gong practitioners who may have been targeted for organ harvesting . In 2008 United Nations Special Rapporteurs reiterated their requests for `` the Chinese government to fully explain the allegation of taking vital organs from Falun Gong practitioners and the source of organs for the sudden increase in organ transplants that has been going on in China since the year 2000 '' .",
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"docid": "6484d35c81fc0df79ccb292b958bff95",
"text": "Seokjeon Daeje The Seokjeon Daeje , also sometimes called Seokjeonje , is a ceremonial rite performed twice annually to honor Confucius . It is held at Confucian sites across South Korea including hyanggyos and the Confucian temple Munmyo located at Sungkyunkwan , on Confucius ' birthday in fall ( 28 September ) and the anniversary of his death in spring ( 11 May ) . Seokjeon is made up of the two Chinese characters , 釋 ( to lay out ) and 酋 ( alcohol ) , and Seokjeon Daeje means `` Laying out offerings ceremony '' . It involves an elaborate ceremony with sacrificial offerings of alcohol and foods , as well as an elaborate dance known as munmyo ilmu accompanied by musical performances munmyo jeryeak . Ceremonies honoring Confucius date back to 372 in Korea , during the Three Kingdoms Period . In 2011 , Korea nominated the ceremony for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list , however , it did not satisfy the criteria for selection and UNESCO invited the Korean government to submit it again in the future with additional information . The ceremony is recognized in Korea as important intangible cultural heritage no. 85 .",
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"docid": "8ea90493739f2225671fd74d8821514f",
"text": "Teachings of Falun Gong Li Hongzhi introduced the Teachings of Falun Gong to the public in Changchun , China in 1992 . The teachings cover a wide range of topics ranging from spiritual , scientific and moral to metaphysical . Since its inception , Falun Gong has been one of the fastest growing qigong ( Pinyin : qìgōng ) schools in Chinese history . The teachings of Falun Gong are based on the principles of zhēn 眞 , shàn 善 and rěn 忍 ( which translate approximately as truthfulness , benevolence , and forbearance ) articulated in the two main books Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun . Falun Gong is an introductory book that discusses qigong , introduces the aforementioned principles , and provides illustrations and explanations of exercises for meditation . Zhuan Falun is considered the central and most comprehensive exposition on the teachings of Falun Gong . According to the book Falun Gong , `` fǎlún '' ( Buddha fǎ #affix ) is a great , high-level cultivation way of the Buddha School ( different from Buddhism ) , in which assimilation to the supreme nature of the universe , Zhen-Shan-Ren , is the foundation of cultivation practice . '' In this concept , `` cultivation '' refers to upgrading one 's xīnxìng ( mind-nature ) through abandoning negative attachments and assimilating oneself to `` Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance '' . `` Practice '' refers to the five meditative exercises that are said to purify and transform one 's body . Cultivation is considered essential , and the exercises are said to supplement the process of improving oneself . Some aspects of Falun Gong 's teachings are considered implausible and peculiar by observers , and Falun Gong 's conservative and moralistic views on subjects such as sexuality have attracted controversy .",
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"text": "Xing Yi Quan Xing Yi Quan is classified as one of the Wudang styles of Chinese martial arts . The name of the art translates approximately to `` Form-Intention Fist '' , or `` Shape-Will Fist '' . Xing Yi is characterized by aggressive , seemingly linear movements and explosive power that 's most often applied from a short range . A practitioner of Xing Yi uses coordinated movements to generate bursts of power intended to overwhelm the opponent , simultaneously attacking and defending . Methods vary from school to school , but always include bare-handed fighting training ( mostly in single movements/combinations and sometimes in forms ) and the training of weapons usage with similar or identical body mechanics to that used for bare-handed fighting . The most basic notions of movement and body mechanics in the art were heavily influenced by the practice of staffs and spears . Historically and technically related martial arts include Dai Xin Yi Liu He Quan , Liu He Xin Yi Quan or Yi Quan .",
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"text": "Traditional Chinese characters Traditional Chinese characters ( ; Pinyin : ) are Chinese characters in any character set that does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946 . They are most commonly the characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan , of Hong Kong and Macau or in the Kangxi Dictionary . The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty , and have been more or less stable since the 5th century ( during the Southern and Northern Dynasties . ) The retronym `` traditional Chinese '' is used to contrast traditional characters with Simplified Chinese characters , a standardized character set introduced by the government of the People 's Republic of China on Mainland China in the 1950s . Traditional Chinese characters are currently used in Taiwan , Hong Kong , and Macau ; as well as in Overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia , although the number of printed materials in simplified characters is growing in Australia , the US and Canada , targeting or created by new arrivals from mainland China . Currently , a large number of overseas Chinese online newspapers allow users to switch between both sets . In contrast , simplified Chinese characters are used in mainland China , Singapore and Malaysia in official publications . The debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters has been a long-running issue among Chinese communities .",
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"text": "National Security Commission of the Communist Party of China The Central National Security Commission ( abbreviated CNSC ; ) of the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) was established at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee in November 2013 , and was considered a `` major regrouping of the top CCP power structure . '' The factors driving the establishment of the CNSC were security challenges faced by the Chinese Party-State , and the deficiencies of the current system The CNSC aims to consolidate political leadership of all components of the security apparatus controlled by the Communist Party , including those headed formerly by former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang . These components would be combined into a single entity under the direct command of the CPC General Secretary . According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Qin Gang , the NSC aims to combat terrorism , separatism , and religious extremism . It will also deal with national security strategy , crisis management , and links with foreign national security agencies . Analysts regarded the establishment of the NSC one of the most `` concrete '' and `` eye-catching '' outcomes of the Plenary Session , set to end the debate , which took place over a decade , on whether China should have a national security council .",
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"text": "Chinese Ophthalmology Chinese ophthalmology ( Chinese 中医眼科学 , pinyin : zhōngyī yǎnkē xué ) is part of the Traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM ) . Here diseases of the eyes are treated with Chinese herbs , acupuncture/moxibustion , tuina , Chinese dietary therapy as well as qigong and taijiquan . Inscriptions on oracle bones and tortoise shells from the Shang and Yin dynasties ( 16th century to 1066 BCE ) already contain indications of eye diseases and of their treatment in China . The work Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea ( 银海精微 , yínhǎi jīngwēi ) has had wide influence on the Chinese ophthalmology until today . It was probably written by Sun Simiao and published at the end of the Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 − 1368 ) . A particular feature of Chinese ophthalmology are the `` five wheels '' ( 五轮 , wǔlún ) and `` eight boundaries '' ( 八廓 , bākuò ) . They characterise certain anatomical segments of the eyes and correspond to certain zang-fu organs . From changes of the five wheels and eight boundaries diseases and the necessary therapy may be deduced . In modern Chinese ophthalmology in China as well as in Western countries diagnostic methods of Western medicine ( such as the slit lamp ) are combined with the diagnostic methods of Chinese medicine ( such as pulse diagnosis and tongue diagnosis ) . Then a disease pattern is stated based on the theories of Chinese medicine . Amongst others , the acupuncture points BL-1 ( jingming 睛明 , `` Bright Eyes '' ) and ST-1 ( chengqi 承泣 , `` Container of Tears '' ) are said to have a special relationship to eye diseases . Chinese herbs such as Chrysanthemi flos ( 菊花 , júhuā ) have a special relationship to the eyes . Throughout history , a number of qigong exercises for the better nourishing of the eyes have developed . They are said to prevent defective vision such as shortsightedness and are recommended in cases of eye fatigue ( so-called `` eye qigong '' ) . These exercises are regularly practised in Chinese schools . In TCM , eye qigong and tuina are considered to be important additional therapies for consolidation of the therapy results following acupuncture in shortsightedness .",
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"text": "Protest and dissent in China In spite of restrictions on freedom of association and of speech , a wide variety of protests and dissident movements have proliferated in China , particularly in the decades since the death of Mao Zedong . Among the most notable of these were the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Communist Party rule , the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests , which was put down with military force , and the 25 April 1999 demonstration by 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners at Zhongnanhai . Protesters and dissidents in China espouse a wide variety of grievances , including corruption , forced evictions , unpaid wages , human rights abuses , environmental degradation , ethnic protests , petitioning for religious freedom and civil liberties , protests against one-party rule , as well as nationalist protests against foreign countries . The number of annual protests has grown steadily since the early 1990s , from approximately 8700 `` mass group incidents '' in 1993 to over 87,000 in 2005 . In 2006 , the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences estimated the number of annual mass incidents to exceed 90,000 , and Chinese sociology professor Sun Liping estimated 180,000 incidents in 2010 . Mass incidents are defined broadly as `` planned or impromptu gathering that forms because of internal contradictions '' , and can include public speeches or demonstrations , physical clashes , public airings of grievances , and other group behaviors that are seen as disrupting social stability . Despite the increase in protests , some scholars have argued that they may not pose an existential threat to Communist Party rule because they lack `` connective tissue ; '' the preponderance of protests in China are aimed at local-level officials , and only a select few dissident movements seek systemic change .",
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"text": "Fangxiangshi The fangxiangshi 方相氏 was a Chinese ritual exorcist , the meaning of whose name is obscure but has been translated as `` one who sees in all ( four ) directions '' , `` he who scrutinizes for evil in many directions '' , and `` one who orients unwanted spirits in the direction to which they belong '' . Ancient Chinese texts record that he wore a bearskin with four golden eyes , and carried a lance and shield to expel malevolent spirits . His primary duties were orchestrating the seasonal Nuo ritual to chase out disease-causing demons from houses and buildings , and leading a funeral procession to exorcize corpse-eating wangliang spirits away from a burial chamber . From the Han dynasty through the Tang dynasty ( 3rd century BCE to 10th century CE ) , fangxiangshi were official wu-shaman specialists in the imperially sanctioned Chinese state religion ; after the Tang , they were adapted into popular folk religion and symbolized by wearing a four-eyed mask . In the present day , the fangxiangshi is a masked character in Chinese Nuo opera , and continues as the Japanese equivalent hōsōshi 方相氏 exorcist in Shinto ceremonies .",
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"text": "Taoist sexual practices Taoist sexual practices ( Simplified Chinese : 房中术 , Traditional Chinese : 房中術 , pinyin : fángzhōngshù ) , literally `` the bedroom arts '' , are the ways Taoists may practice sexual activity . These practices are also known as `` Joining Energy '' or `` The Joining of the Essences '' . Practitioners believe that by performing these sexual arts , one can stay in good health and attain longevity .",
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"text": "Chinese Taoist Association Chinese Taoist Association ( CTA ; ) , founded in April 1957 , is the main association of Taoism in the People 's Republic of China . It is recognized as one of the main religious associations in the People 's Republic of China , and is overseen by the State Administration for Religious Affairs . Dozens of regional and local Taoist associations are included in this overarching group , which is encouraged by the government to be a bridge between Chinese Taoists and the government , to encourage a patriotic merger between Taoism and government initiatives . The group also disseminates information on traditional Taoist topics , including forums and conferences . The association was a major sponsor of the 2007 International Forum on the Tao Te Ching . The Chinese Taoist Association advocates the recompensation of losses inflicted on Taoism by the Cultural Revolution . Taoism was banned for several years in the People 's Republic of China during that period . Taoist practitioners in China are required to register with the Chinese Taoist Association in order to be granted recognition and official protection . The CTA exercises control over religious doctrine and personnel , and dictates the proper interpretation of Taoist doctrine . It also encourages Taoist practitioners to support the Communist Party and the state . For example , a Taoist scripture reading class held by the CTA in November 2010 required participants to `` fervently love the socialist motherland -LSB- and -RSB- uphold the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party . '' The central government of China has supported and encouraged the Association , along with other official religious groups , in promoting the `` harmonious society '' initiative of Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao .",
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"text": "Mount Luofu Mount Luofu is a sacred mountain situated on the north bank of the Dongjiang in the northwest of Boluo County , Huizhou in Guangdong Province , China . It covers 250 kilometers . Among the many temples on Mt. Luofu is Wa Sau Toi , which is linked to both the Dragon and Bak Mei styles of Kung Fu . The Mok Gar master Lin Yin-Tang studied meditation and traditional Chinese medicine at the Temple of Emptiness on Mt. Luofu . Choy Fook , one of the teachers of Choy Lee Fut founder Chan Heung , is said to have been a monk on Mt. Luofu . In the Eastern Jin dynasty , the renowned Daoist Ge Hong once refined elixirs here . During Ge Hong 's stay on Mt. Luofu , four huts were built , and subsequently enlarged into temples , namely the southern Temple of Great Emptiness ( which was changed into the Temple of Emptiness afterwards ) , the western Temple of the Yellow Dragon , the eastern Temple of the Nine Heavens , and the northern Temple of Junkets . In the Qing dynasty , a branch of the Dragon Gate Sect propagated its teachings at the Temple of Junkets . During the reign of the Guangxu Emperor , the abbot of the temple , Chen Jiaoyou , wrote Evolution of the Daoism of Changchun 's Lineage , an important work on the history of transmission and inheritance of the Dragon Gate Sect . It was said that there were nine guan ( temple ) , 18 si ( temple ) and 22 an ( temple ) on Mt. Luofu , but after the Ming and Qing dynasties , many of them collapsed and only five guan and five si remain nowadays . The five Daoist temples are the Temple of Emptiness , the Temple of Junkets , the Temple of the Nine Heavens , the Temple of the White Crane , and the Temple of the Yellow Dragon . The Temple of Emptiness is one of the national key temples acknowledged by the State Council . There are many relics of Ge Hong on Mt. Luofu , such as the `` Well of Longevity '' from which he obtained water , the alchemical kitchen for refining elixirs , and the pond for washing elixirs . The Grotto of Vermillion Brightness on the mountain is said to be the place where Ge Hong cultivated Dao and attained immortality . It is situated in the forest in the deep valley below Mt. Luofu , where everything is in deep stillness , except for gurgling streams . Besides , there is a `` Boots-Losing House '' , which is said to be the place where Ge Hong and his teacher Bo Jing used to discuss scriptures . One day , after talking until daybreak , two swallows flew toward them . However , they turned out to be a pair of boots instead of swallows , after being entangled . There is a stone tablet above the house . It is about five-chi long , half-chi wide and one-chi high . It lies against a huge stone like a bed and is completely in the shade .",
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"text": "Shinnenkai A shinnenkai ( Japanese 新年会 , literally `` new year gathering '' ) is the Japanese tradition of welcoming the arrival of the New Year , usually by the drinking of alcohol . A shinnenkai is generally held among co-workers or friends in January . Like the many festivals ( matsuri ) and celebrations that the Japanese are known for , a shinnenkai is their way of getting together to celebrate a new year and to make promises to each other to do their best for this year while wishing each other good luck and fortune . A shinnenkai is similar to a bōnenkai in several ways with just a few exceptions . Both are observed by parties of friends or co-workers or sponsored by a company for their employees . Bōnenkai and shinnenkai are not part of the New Year Shogatsu celebration which lasts until the 3rd of January ; they are instead a way of ending and beginning the year through a group celebration . At a shinnenkai however , some of the Shogatsu festivities can carry over to the New Year 's party like the making of mochitsuki by pounding sweet steamed rice or kagamiwari which is the breaking open of sake barrels with a wooden hammer and drinking together . This tradition started in the 15th century during the Muromachi period as gatherings to express one 's thanks for each other . At that time , the party was known as noukai ( great achievement gathering ) . Later on in the 18th century a new word was appearing in writings and was since then was known as a bōnenkai or year-end party and a shinnenkai is the same type of celebration . Although the Japanese have always been a people of great feeling and emotion as in the expression mono no aware , they are more reserved in expressing their feelings to others , so the shinnenkai has been a way of showing public displays of gratitude . This is especially true for the company or business office shinnenkai where they can do bureiko or let their hair down and not worry about the boss/employee formal relationship or the rank and age divisions and have a good time . When a business decides to have a shinnenkai they take into account several things before planning a party . Some of their concerns are to ensure that enough of the employees and management will attend . They also try to set a generalized cost of no more than 5,000 yen per person ; this is used to cover the cost of the party and to not discourage employees from attending a party that is too expensive . Some companies pay the entire cost of the party and will at times opt to not have the party at a traditional izakaya ( restaurant and drinking places where the majority of shinnenkai are held ) and instead have it on the business premises and save a lot of money in the process . Statistically more people attend bōnenkai than shinnenkai parties . The majority of those that celebrate a shinnenkai are office co-workers rather than friends .",
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Alan Ladd was a film producer.
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"text": "Alan Ladd Alan Walbridge Ladd ( September 3 , 1913 -- January 29 , 1964 ) was an American actor and film and television producer . Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s , particularly in Westerns such as Shane ( 1953 ) and films noir in which he was often paired with Veronica Lake , such as This Gun for Hire ( 1942 ) , The Glass Key ( 1942 ) and The Blue Dahlia ( 1946 ) . Other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast ( 1946 ) , Whispering Smith ( 1949 ) and The Great Gatsby ( 1949 ) . His popularity diminished in the late 1950s , though he continued to appear in popular films until his accidental death due to a lethal combination of alcohol , a barbiturate , and two tranquilizers .",
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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": "Virgin Films Virgin Films was a film production company of the early 1980s best known for making 1984 ( 1984 ) . It was part of the Virgin Group and was headed by Al Clark . Nik Powell worked for the company before going over to Palace Films .",
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"text": "There Is Such a Lad There Is Such a Lad ( -LSB- Живёт такой парень , Zhivyot takoy paren -RSB- ) is a 1964 Soviet comedy film , directed by Vasily Shukshin . The movie is based on Vasily Shukshin 's collection of short stories .",
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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": "Intermediate film system The intermediate film system was a television process in which motion picture film was processed almost immediately after it was exposed in a camera , then scanned by a television scanner , and transmitted over the air . This system was used principally in Britain and Germany where television cameras were not sensitive enough to use reflected light , but could transmit a suitable image when a bright light was shown through motion picture film directly into the camera lens . John Logie Baird began developing the process in 1932 , borrowing the idea of Georg Oskar Schubert from his licensees in Germany , where it was demonstrated by Fernseh AG in 1932 and used for broadcasting in 1934 . The BBC used Baird 's version of the process during the first three months of its then - `` high-definition '' television service from November 1936 through January 1937 , and German television used it during broadcasts of the 1936 Summer Olympics . In both cases , intermediate film cameras alternated with newly introduced direct television cameras . The exposed film , either 35mm or 17.5 mm ( 35mm split in half , to save expense ) , travelled in a continuous band from the camera , usually atop a remote broadcast vehicle , into a machine that developed and fixed the image . The film was then run through a flying spot scanner ( so called because it moved a focused beam of light back and forth across the image ) , and electronically converted from a negative to a positive image . Depending on the equipment , the time from camera to scanner could be a minute or less . An optical soundtrack was recorded onto the film , between the perforations and the edge of the film , at the same time the image was taken to keep the sound and image in synchronization . The intermediate film system , with its expensive film usage and relatively immobile cameras , did have the advantage that it left a filmed record of the programme which could be rerun at a different time , with a better image quality than the later kinescope films , which were shot from a video monitor . Television tubes developed by Farnsworth and Zworykin in the United States , and by EMI in England , with much higher sensitivity to light , made the intermediate film system obsolete by 1937 . Film continued to be used for time-shifting and as a long-term storage until electronic video recorders were invented .",
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"text": "Ted Ladd Edward Lowell `` Ted '' Ladd is an American entrepreneur and professor of entrepreneurship .",
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"text": "Robert Watts Robert Watts ( born 23 May 1938 ) is a British film producer who is best known for his involvement with the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series .",
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"text": "Meet the Missus (1940 film) Meet the Missus is an American comedy film released in 1940 . The eighth in the 1938 -- 41 nine-film Higgins Family series , this entry features Alan Ladd in a small role .",
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"text": "Gary Gilbert Gary Gilbert is an American film producer and the founder and president of Gilbert Films , a motion picture production and financing company based in Los Angeles , California .",
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"text": "List of British films of 2013 The British film industry produced over five hundred feature films in 2013 . This article fully lists all non-pornographic films , including short films , that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom . It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2013 . Also included is an overview of the major events in British film , including film festivals and awards ceremonies , as well as lists of those films that were particularly well received , both critically and financially . The year was particularly notable for a number of low budget and independent horror films , such as In Fear , Devil 's Pass , Dementamania and Stalled .",
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"text": "The Satanic Rites of Dracula The Satanic Rites of Dracula is a 1973 horror film directed by Alan Gibson and produced by Hammer Film Productions . It is the eighth film in Hammer 's Dracula series , and the seventh and final one to feature Christopher Lee as Dracula . The film was also the third to unite Peter Cushing as Van Helsing with Lee , following Dracula ( 1958 ) and Dracula A.D. 1972 ( 1972 ) .",
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"text": "Darrell Ware Darrell Ware ( 1906-1944 ) was an American screenwriter and film producer . Ware and Karl Tunberg were nominees for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 14th Academy Awards for their film Tall , Dark , and Handsome . Ware wrote and contributed to the writing of several films starring Shirley Temple while he was under contract to 20th Century Fox . Ware joined Paramount Studios in 1942 , where he wrote for film stars including Bing Crosby , Alan Ladd , and Paulette Goddard .",
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"text": "Muriel Box Muriel Box ( 22 September 1905 -- 18 May 1991 ) was an Oscar-winning English screenwriter and director . She was born Violette Muriel Baker in Tolworth , Surrey , England in 1905 . When her attempts at acting and dancing proved to be unsuccessful , she accepted work as a continuity girl for British International Pictures . In 1935 , she met and married journalist Sydney Box , with whom she collaborated on nearly forty plays with mainly female roles for amateur theatre groups . Their production company , Verity Films , first released short propaganda films , including The English Inn ( 1941 ) , her first directing effort , after which it branched into fiction . The couple achieved their greatest joint success with The Seventh Veil ( 1945 ) for which they gained the Academy Award for Best Writing , Original Screenplay in the following year . After the war , the Rank Organisation hired her husband to head Gainsborough Pictures , where she was in charge of the scenario department , writing scripts for a number of light comedies , including two for child star Petula Clark , Easy Money and Here Come the Huggetts ( both 1948 ) . She occasionally assisted as a dialogue director , or re-shot scenes during post-production . Her extensive work on The Lost People ( 1949 ) gained her a credit as co-director , her first for a full-length feature . In 1951 , her husband created London Independent Producers , allowing Box more opportunities to direct . Many of her early films were adaptations of plays , and as such had a stage-bound feel , since she rarely shot on location . They were noteworthy more for their strong performances than they were for a distinctive directorial style . She favoured scripts with topical and frequently controversial themes , including Irish politics , teenage sex , abortion , illegitimacy , and syphilis , and several of her films were banned by local authorities . She pursued her favorite subject -- the female experience -- in a number of films , including Street Corner ( 1953 ) about women police officers , Somerset Maugham 's The Beachcomber ( 1954 ) , with Donald Sinden and Glynis Johns as a resourceful missionary , again working with Donald Sinden on Eyewitness ( 1956 ) and a series of comedies about the battle of the sexes , including The Passionate Stranger ( 1957 ) , The Truth About Women ( 1958 ) and her final film , Rattle of a Simple Man ( 1964 ) . Box often experienced prejudice in a male-dominated industry , especially hurtful when perpetrated by another female . In 1950 , Jean Simmons had her replaced on So Long at the Fair , and Kay Kendall unsuccessfully attempted to do the same with Simon and Laura ( 1955 ) . Many producers questioned her competence to direct large-scale feature films , and while the press was quick to note her position as one of very few women directors in the British film industry , their tone tended to be condescending rather than filled with praise . She left film-making to write novels and created a successful publishing house , Femina , which proved to be a rewarding outlet for her feminism . She divorced Sydney Box in 1969 . The following year , she married Gerald Gardiner , who had been Lord Chancellor . She died in Hendon , London in 1991 .",
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"text": "Alan Greenberg (film director) Alan Greenberg ( born October 14 , 1950 in New York City , died January 27 , 2015 in Portland , OR ) was an American film director , screenwriter , photographer and author . Greenberg visited Jamaica from a young age , and was a friend of Bob Marley . Following Marley 's death , Marley 's family asked Greenberg to make a film about Marley . In 1981 , Greenberg filmed Land of Look Behind ( 1982 ) , a documentary film that includes footage of Marley 's funeral as well as scenes filmed in Jamaica 's remote Cockpit Country and the capital city of Kingston . The film ended up being more of a visionary portrait of the Jamaica of that period ( focusing on the Rastafari movement and reggae culture ) than a film primarily about Marley . The film has won considerable critical acclaim , as well as winning the Gold Hugo Award for Best Documentary in the Chicago International Film Festival , the U.S. 's largest film competition . Land of Look Behind has also been honored as the best American documentary film of its era , and the legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog says '' ` Land of Look Behind ' has achieved things never seen before in cinema . '' Greenberg worked closely with Werner Herzog on many projects . He served as a special unit photographer on the films Cape Fear '' by Martin Scorsese ( 1991 ) and 1900 , by Bernardo Bertolucci ( 1976 ) . He also wrote twenty screenplays and three books . His book Heart of Glass , about the making of the 1976 Werner Herzog masterwork of the same name , was called `` The best book on the making of a film ever written '' by Rolling Stone magazine . A new and entirely revised edition of the book , entitled , `` EVERY NIGHT THE TREES DISAPPEAR : Werner Herzog and the Making of ` Heart of Glass ' '' was published in hard cover by the Chicago Review Press . It featured Greenberg 's previously-unpublished photographs , which Herzog called `` strange and beautiful . '' '' In 2012 Greenberg was going to write and produce a film based on his acclaimed screenplay `` Love in Vain '' , a poetic account of the mysterious blues genius Robert Johnson . `` Love in Vain '' was also the first screenplay ever published by a major house ( Doubleday ) as literature . Greenberg 's latest screenplay , `` Tutankhamun - Lord of Two Lands '' , a radically researched vision of the Boy King 's murder intertwined with the intrigue surrounding his tomb 's discovery in 1922 , was to have been produced in 2013 .",
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"text": "Automatic call distributor An automated call distribution system , commonly known as , automatic call distributor ( ACD ) , is a telephony device that answers and distributes incoming calls to a specific group of terminals or agents within an organization . ACDs often use a voice menu to direct callers based on the customer 's selection , telephone number , selected incoming line to the system or time of day the call was processed . Computer telephony integration ( CTI ) and computer-supported telecommunications applications ( CSTA ) are intermediate software that can produce advanced ACD systems . Experts claim that `` the invention of ACD technology made the concept of a call centre possible . ''",
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"text": "Ben Shedd Ben Shedd is an American director , producer , and writer of film and video . He shared the 1978 Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject .",
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"text": "Alan Wilder (actor) Alan Wilder is an American actor who has appeared on film and television . Alan is also a member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company . He has appeared in over 55 Steppenwolf productions .",
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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": "Producers Guild Film Awards The Producers Guild Film Awards ( previously known as the Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award ) is an accolade given by the Apsara Producers Guild to recognize excellence in Indian film and television . Originated by filmmaker and scholar Amit Khanna , the Star Guild Awards have been one of the major award events since 2004 . The 22-karat gold statuette was sculpted and designed by the jewellery brand Tanishq and was `` inspired by the rich heritage of one of India 's most treasured possessions - the Ajanta and Ellora Caves . '' Nominations for the awards come from selected members of the guild , with the full membership ( around 160 ) available to vote for the winners . The ballots cast by the guild members are then taken to a common venue for the final counting .",
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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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Brian Eno studied painting.
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"text": "Brian Eno Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , RDI ( -LSB- ˈiːnoʊ -RSB- born 15 May 1948 and originally christened Brian Peter George Eno ) is an English musician , composer , record producer , singer , writer , and visual artist . He is best known for his pioneering work in rock , ambient , pop , and electronic music . A self-described `` non-musician '' , Eno has helped to introduce a variety of unique conceptual approaches and recording techniques into contemporary music , advocating a methodology of `` theory over practice '' throughout his career . He has been described as one of popular music 's most influential and innovative figures . Born in Suffolk , Eno studied painting and experimental music at art school in the late 1960s before joining glam rock group Roxy Music as synthesizer player in 1971 . After recording two albums with the band , he departed in 1973 to record a number of solo albums , contributing to and ultimately coining the concept of ambient music with works such as Another Green World ( 1975 ) , Discreet Music ( 1975 ) , and Music for Airports ( 1978 ) . He took part in frequent collaborations with artists such as Robert Fripp , Harold Budd , Cluster , David Bowie on his `` Berlin Trilogy '' , and David Byrne on 1981 's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts . During the 1970s , Eno would also begin a parallel career as a producer , which included work on albums by Talking Heads and Devo , the no wave compilation No New York ( 1978 ) , and recordings by avant-garde artists such as John Cale , Jon Hassell , Laraaji , and Harold Budd , among others . In subsequent decades , Eno continued to record solo albums , collaborate , and produce for other artists , including U2 , Coldplay , Laurie Anderson , James , Grace Jones , and Slowdive . Dating back to his time as a student , he has also pursued a variety of multimedia projects in parallel with his music career , including sound installations and his mid-70s co-development of Oblique Strategies , a deck of cards featuring cryptic aphorisms intended to spur creative thinking . He continues to release music , produce , and write , and maintains a regular column in Prospect Magazine .",
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"text": "Thursday Afternoon Thursday Afternoon is the eleventh solo studio album by British ambient musician Brian Eno consisting of one 60-minute eponymous composition . It is the rearranged soundtrack to an 80-minute video production of the same title made in 1984 .",
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"text": "All-over painting All-over painting refers to the non-differential treatment of the surface of a work of two-dimensional art , for instance a painting . This concept is most popularly thought of as emerging in relation to the so-called `` drip '' paintings of Jackson Pollock and the `` automatic writing '' or `` abstract calligraphy '' of Mark Tobey in the 1950s , though the applicability of the term all-over painting would be wider than that . `` All-over painting '' is not a formal style of painting and the term does not represent an `` art movement . '' Some painting under the heading color field painting displays the `` all-over '' painting style . Such a painting would fail to treat the top , for instance , differently from the bottom ; the left than the right . Uniform treatment of all sections of the surface are the hallmark of all-over painting . All-over paintings would lack a dominant point of interest , or any indication of which way is `` up . '' Some paintings by Cy Twombly have had this term applied to them . Clement Greenberg cited Janet Sobel 's as the first instance of all-over painting he had seen .",
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"text": "Brian Robb Brian Robb ( Scarborough , 7 May 1913 -- 1979 ) was a painter , illustrator , and cartoonist . He worked for Shell and London Transport , designing posters and advertisements , and as a cartoonist for Punch magazine . He was a creative camouflage officer in the Western Desert in the Second World War . He taught at Chelsea College of Art before and after the war , before becoming head of illustration at the Royal College of Art .",
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"text": "No Colour Bar No Colour Bar : Black British Art in Action 1960 -- 1990 is a major public art and archives exhibition , the first of its kind in the UK , held at the Guildhall Art Gallery , City of London , over a six-month period ( 10 July 2015 -- 24 January 2016 ) , with a future digital touring exhibition , and an associated programme of events . No Colour Bar took its impetus from the life work and archives of Jessica Huntley ( 23 February 1927 -- 13 October 2013 ) and Eric Huntley ( born 25 September 1929 ) , Guyanese-born campaigners , political activists and publishers , who founded the publishing company Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications and the associated Walter Rodney Bookshop . Comprising contemporary fine art combined with archive materials , the multi-media exhibition features the work of seminal Black British artists and historically significant activists , and was described by Colin Prescod ( chair of the Institute of Race Relations ) as an `` exposition of startling and radical imaginative works , addressing grand British cultural and historical matters , and touching on themes of existential and social restlessness '' . Participants in the Caribbean Artists Movement , such as Winston Branch , Aubrey Williams , Ronald Moody and Errol Lloyd , are featured together with other prominent artists , including Eddie Chambers , Sonia Boyce , Sokari Douglas Camp , Denzil Forrester and Chila Kumari Burman , with works on display across all media : painting sculpture , painting , drawing , illustration , photography and film . In conjunction with the art and archives , panels and talks led by the exhibition curators , Makeda Coaston and Katty Pearce , and featuring individual artists , writers and publishers , including Eddie Chambers , Errol Lloyd , Denzil Forrester , Fowokan , Donald Hinds , Kadija George , Dorothea Smartt , Arif Ali , Sarah White , as well as Eric Huntley himself , were programmed . Within the exhibition is a purpose-built interactive installation by Michael McMillan , in conjunction with sound and visual specialists Dubmorphology , that recreates the famed Walter Rodney Bookshop , which was formerly located in West Ealing , functioning as a cultural hub of the community until it closed at the beginning of the 1990s .",
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"text": "Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop 's Grounds is an 1823 painting by the nineteenth-century landscape painter John Constable ( 1776 -- 1837 ) . This image of Salisbury Cathedral , one of England 's most famous medieval churches , is one of his most celebrated works , and was commissioned by one of his closest friends , John Fisher , The Bishop of Salisbury . Constable visited Salisbury in 1820 and made a series of oil sketches of the cathedral , which served as the model for this composition . The artist selected a viewpoint from the bishop 's garden and included figures of Dr. Fisher and his wife at the bottom left . Following its exhibition at the 1823 Royal Academy , Constable observed : `` My Cathedral looks very well ... It was the most difficult subject in Landscape I ever had upon my Easel . I have not flinched at the work of the windows , buttresses , & c. - but I have as usual made my escape in the Evanescence of the Chiaro-Oscuro '' . His patron took exception to the dark cloud over the cathedral , and when he commissioned a smaller replica , requested `` a more serene sky '' . The painting embodies the full range of qualities of a quintessentially British landscape painting -- the clouds , trees , a water meadow , cattle drinking at the edge of the pasture and the glorious architecture of a medieval cathedral -- but all on a human scale . Paintings like this one have so conditioned our view of rural Britain that it is now difficult to imagine a time when the countryside and country life were not held in such high regard . A version of the painting also resides at the Frick Collection in New York City . It is slightly different in that it shows different weather and hence light . Whereas the London version depicts the cathedral with an overcast sky , the version in the Frick shows the cathedral with a clear , bright sky . A small version of the painting resides at the Huntington Library in San Marino , California . John Fisher gave it to his daughter as a wedding present . There is an earlier , homonymous version ( 1821-1822 ) of this painting at São Paulo Museum of Art in São Paulo . It is said that Fisher , seeing its sombre and grave colors , disliked it and asked for a happier , lighter one .",
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"text": "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (album) My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is the first collaborative album by Brian Eno and David Byrne , released in February 1981 . It is titled after Amos Tutuola 's 1954 novel of the same name . Recorded by Eno and Byrne in between their work on Talking Heads projects , the album integrates sampled vocals and found sounds , African and Middle Eastern rhythms , and electronic music techniques . While it received mixed reviews upon its release , My Life is now widely regarded as a high point in the discographies of Eno and Byrne . The album has since been called a `` pioneering work for countless styles connected to electronics , ambience and Third World music '' . The extensive use of sampling on the album is widely considered ground-breaking and innovative , though its actual influence on the sample-based music genres that later emerged continues to be debated . Pitchfork listed My Life in the Bush of Ghosts as the 21st best album of the 1980s , while Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 83 on its list of the `` Best Albums of 1980s '' .",
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"text": "Randall Enos Randall Enos is an American illustrator and cartoonist . Enos was born in New Bedford , Massachusetts . Throughout his career , which began in the 1960s , Enos has worked mostly in linocuts . Enos 's work has appeared in the National Lampoon ( where he produced the monthly strip Chicken Gutz in the 1970s ) , The Nation , the New York Times , Playboy , Time , Sports Illustrated , The Atlantic , Rolling Stone and other publications . Enos has taught at colleges and art schools including Parsons School of Design , Philadelphia University of the Arts , RISD , Syracuse University , and others and has illustrated many books , including children 's books . Enos , who ( being from New Bedford ) is interested in whaling history and collects whaling memorabilia , collaborated with Brian Heinz on the 2014 book Mocha Dick , contributing his abstract-folkish visual interpretations to the picture-book , a depiction of the historical whale which inspired the novel Moby Dick . Enos was nominated for the 2010 Advertising Illustration Award given by the National Cartoonist Society for his artwork promoting a revival of The Norman Conquests . He lives on a horse farm in Connecticut with his wife Leann .",
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"text": "Remo Camerota Remo Camerota ( born on 17 April in Coventry , England ) is an English-Australian visual artist and film director . He has been exhibiting in the arts since 1992 when he also started a fine art degree at Swinburne University , Melbourne . 1992 and 1993 saw him win the VEVA award for animation , and the St Kilda Film Festival facility award . See awards below for more details . He also completed a BA in Film and Television at Victorian College of the Arts - 1995 . From 1996 to 1998 Camerota directed and edited for Foxtel/Sportsworld on the TV show Extreme Sports . Camerota 's style of editing and direction became popular in youth culture TV shows , using techniques such as fast cutting , SFX and juxtaposition of sound with image . From 1994 to 2000 , Camerota continued to exhibit video , painting and photography installations including `` Trade '' , at the world trade centre Melbourne , titled `` Loophole '' consisting of a wall of television sets creating a visual and sound loop through the use of feedback , Neo Ethnic at MYU Gallery Tokyo comprising stencil paintings , video-photography installations at Experimenta and collaborating with artist `` Stelarc '' in his short film Scar . From 2000 to 2003 , Camerota edited feature film Narcosys and video directed , photographed and edited `` Speaking In Tongues '' DVD , Gene Simmons . In 2003 , Camerota started a production company - Whitewall Studios 2003 Camerota directed the Kiss Symphony tour DVD extras and B roll . Also Camerota 's photographs became published first in magazines and also included in Kiss Alive 4 package , Kiss and Make up Book and Speaking in Tongues DVD . Camerota co0founds Raven with Kumicho and is currently creating the Manga graphic novel for the Horror feature film SCAR and Sci Fi feature Origami Moon . 2008 - 2010 Camerota authored two books featuring Japanese pop culture , titled Graffiti Japan and Drainspotting http://drainspottingbook.blogspot.com , both are published by Mark Batty Publisher New York . Remo has book signing tours throughout USA and Tokyo in 2008 - 2011 . 2005 - 2011 urban painting and photography exhibited at galleries in New York , london , Bristol , Tokyo , Sydney and murals painted at Bristol in collaboration with Kid zoom and Rory Doona , Cargo Club London UK , Bondi Beach facade Sydney , Shibuya Tokyo , Revolt Club Melbourne . 2010 - 2011 - Camerota is creating iPad/iPhone apps in conjunction with his authored books . Titles so far are Drainspotting Extras , Graffiti Japan Extras , Graffiti New York , Graphic Novel - Scar Vol 1 and 2 . 2011 - Camerota teamed up with Kiyoshi Kohatsu and created Kit Robot - LoveBots iPad/iPhone app , an avatar maker of robots . www.kit-robot.com",
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"text": "Timothy Hasenstein Timothy Hasenstein ( born November 19 , 1940 ) is an American painter , sculptor and educator who was influenced by the New York School of Abstract Expressionists . Hasenstein was a protégé of Milton Resnick , who was artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison while he was doing graduate work . Born and raised in Sheboygan , Wisconsin , Hasenstein grew to favor nature 's icons ; bones and branches and other found objects which play a predominant role in his art . Hasenstein gives sculptural form to the materials he uses from nature . His sculptures are very organic , made from materials found on walks , hikes and adventures . While at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison , Hasenstein developed a unique painting style he calls Abstract Impressionism , reflecting Monet 's late French Impressionistic influence as well as his mentor Resnick 's Post Abstract Expressionism . Rudolf Arnheim author of Art and Visual Perception : A Psychology of the Creative Eye was also a friend and mentor of Hasenstein . In 2007 , Hasenstein was featured in the SPNN cable special Lowertown TV . Hasenstein is currently represented by the Seedboat Gallery in Silver City , New Mexico . After residing in the Lowertown Lofts , a community of artists in St. Paul , Minnesota for several years , he relocated to Silver City in summer 2008 .",
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"text": "New European Painting New European Painting emerged in the 1980s and reached a critical point of major distinction and influence in the 1990s with painters like Gerhard Richter , Sigmar Polke , Georg Baselitz , Anselm Kiefer and Bracha Ettinger whose paintings have established and continue to create a new dialogue between the historical archive , American Abstraction and figuration . The major new European painters of this era show strong engagements with painful personal and general history , as well as shared history ; its memory and its oblivion ; and with life under the shadow of World War II , utilizing research in new and old materials , photography and oil painting .",
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"text": "Music for Films Volume 2 Music for Films Volume 2 is an album by Brian Eno , Daniel Lanois , and Roger Eno . On the back cover Eno states , `` I released the first volume of Music for Films in 1978 , and it contained samples of my work , spanning the period of 1975-78 . This second volume picks up where the first left off , but is somewhat different in that it contains fewer pieces with greater average length . '' Several of the tracks on this album also appear on Apollo : Atmospheres and Soundtracks . The album was reissued in 2005 as More Music for Films .",
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"text": "Brian Sewell Brian Sewell ( -LSB- ˈsjuːəl , _ - uːl -RSB- 15 July 1931 -- 19 September 2015 ) was an English art critic and media personality . He wrote for the London Evening Standard and was noted for his acerbic view of conceptual art and the Turner Prize . The Guardian described him as `` Britain 's most famous and controversial art critic '' , while the Standard called him the `` nation 's best art critic '' , and Artnet News called him the United Kingdom 's `` most famous and controversial art critic '' .",
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"text": "Bill Birrell Bill Birrell ( born 1945 in Glasgow , United Kingdom ) is a British artist . He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1964 -- 66 and from 1968 -- 70 . He has lived and worked in Toronto , Canada and in Glasgow , U.K. . While he was a student at Glasgow he started to develop his unique style . His older brother Ronald Birrell , who was also an artist , was a major influence on his life during this time . His first paintings were industrial landscapes and figure compositions . Birrell 's work is difficult to categorize , not simply realistic , figurative , symbolist , surrealist , historical or combinations of these . It often contains figures in rooms or landscapes , usually female , creating a potent atmosphere of disquiet or sometimes harmony . It is the creation of this atmosphere that is important to him . While he was a student at the GSA he began to show paintings at the Royal Glasgow Institute . In 1970 he met Cyril Gerber , a Glasgow art dealer . Birrell would later exhibit his drawings , paintings , and constructions at Cyril Gerber 's Compass Gallery in Glasgow . He has also shown his work at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh , at Le Mur Vivant gallery , and the Lamont Gallery in London , and at Corporart . He has also exhibited his work in Toronto , Bath , Geneva , and Copenhagen . James Morrison , with Scottish Television created a 1989 film about his work which stressed his uniqueness and separation from the Scottish art establishment . Birrell works mostly in oil paint and ink , and often works out his ideas on paper before transferring them to canvas or board . His main influences were his brother Ronald Birrell and early Renaissance painters such as Piero Della Francesca and Piero Di Cosimo .",
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"text": "Conservation and restoration of paintings The conservation and restoration of paintings is carried out by professional painting conservators . Paintings cover a wide range of various mediums , materials , and their supports ( i.e. - The painted surface made from fabric , paper , wood panel , fabricated board , or other ) . Painting types include fine art to decorative and functional objects spanning from acrylics , frescoes , and oil paint on various surfaces , egg tempera on panels and canvas , lacquer painting , water color and more . Knowing the materials of any given painting and its support allows for the proper restoration and conservation practices . All components of a painting will react to its environment differently , and impact the artwork as a whole . These material components along with collections care ( also known as preventative conservation ) will determine the longevity of a painting . The first steps to conservation and restoration is preventative conservation followed by active restoration with the artist 's intent in mind .",
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"text": "Roy Petley Roy Petley ( born 3 April 1950 ) is a British painter . Petley paints en plein air to depict the wide expanse of English beaches and the gentle allure of Venetian landscapes . His works have been likened to those of John Constable , Edward Seago , and Campbell Mellon , British painters whose styles were influenced by the Barbizon School and Impressionism . Beginning life in a children 's home , he became one of the first artists to open an art gallery in Cork Street , a prestigious street lined with art galleries in London 's Mayfair . His works are popularly collected by British royalty , including Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother .",
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"text": "George Baloghy George Baloghy ( 20 April 1950 ) is a prominent New Zealand artist . He is a painter , preferring to paint with oil on canvas . He was born in 1950 in Budapest , Hungary and emigrated to New Zealand in 1956 as a refugee . He was educated at St Peter 's College , Auckland and at the University of Auckland from which he graduated Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1977 . He has had 27 major solo exhibitions in New Zealand and Australia , commencing in 1978 . Baloghy 's style can be called a particular kind of realism , where major elements are altered and shifted around for dramatic effect . Some of these paintings are close to fiction , yet attempt to narrate a greater truth of the feeling of place . The realism depicted has been described by John Daly-Peoples as being more like paintings of models of the landscape . Heightened edges and colours produce a sharpness of detail and an atmosphere that is at once familiar , yet faintly alien . Many of his works contain references to other painters and paintings . Baloghy lives and works in Auckland and Hahei Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula . Many of the subjects of his paintings are in those places . In 2007 he completed a major series of paintings of Wellington subjects . Baloghy then focused on iconic pieces of New Zealand art , producing parodic interpretations of signature New Zealand regional paintings such as Robin White 's Mangaweka and Christopher Perkin 's 1931 painting Taranaki . In painting these works Baloghy has intimately studied the painting techniques of several important New Zealand artists such as Colin McCahon , Don Binney , Rita Angus and Bill Hammond and replicated it with himself ( and his car ) located in their works . Some of the artists parodied have themselves been students of Baloghy . In a return to his Auckland roots , Baloghy 's most recent works have chronicled areas of Auckland City over the past one hundred years , highlighting the minutest of details , from the spectacular to the mundane , and often placing anachronistic classical buildings , objects or scenes or copies of other artists ' paintings in the Auckland locations .",
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"text": "Tomasz Rut Tomasz Rut ( pronounced root ) was born in 1961 and raised in Warsaw , Poland , the son of an Olympic athlete father and artist mother who together encouraged a love of art and the classics . During his childhood Rut was introduced to the Pompeiien Frescos as well as Renaissance and Baroque art , which have influenced his oils on canvas , murals , and graphic works . Rut had his first showing in Warsaw at the age of eleven . Trained in Art Conservation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw , Rut continued his education in New York City at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and at Columbia University in Manhattan . He eventually took a job in art conservation for the Biltmore House in Asheville , North Carolina , traveling the east coast restoring large scale murals in museums and mansions for such clients as the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington , DC , the New Jersey State House in Trenton , the Gusman Center for the Arts and Vizcaya Museum in Miami . It was during these travels he began to notice the void of figurative paintings from the past that one could purchase , so Rut invented a style aimed at filling this void . This style incorporated cracked canvasses that mimic aged Italian frescoes and figurative oils . `` The one element evident in all of my paintings is the superficial patina or aging , '' which is created with a variety of transparent and semitransparent glazes , giving each work the aged and classic appearance that exemplifies Rut 's style . Rut 's mural size paintings are contemporary conversions of the classical vocabulary variously continued by Michelangelo , Raphael , Titian , and Rubens . In making them he returns to antiquity by a double detour . First , he sets in motion the charming unreal apparatus of the Quattrocento mise-en-scene , and more importantly its heroic nudity , vigorous modeling , expressive anatomic structure , powerful movement and fascinating physiognomy . Tinged with sadness , his super-human youths play once more on Arcadian pipes ( i.e. pan flute ) - a motif also reprised by Matisse . Alternatively , he offers us impossible delicate , gracile females - ` still unravished bride ( s ) of quietness ' - delimiting them with sylvan togas and braided tresses . Nor does he leave rearing steeds , which in the grand manner represent humanity 's turbulent passions . Dorothy Keane-White , Art Curator & Director for Northwood University . The subjects of Rut 's paintings , whether a figure , horse , or object , is at the center of every work , surrounded by compressed space with few background details to distract from the subject .",
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"text": "Wrong Way Up Wrong Way Up is a 1990 album by Brian Eno and John Cale . The album sits between the electronic , prog-rock and art rock genres and features some of both Eno and Cale 's most mainstream work . The single `` Been There , Done That '' remains the only Eno single to ever reach an American chart ( modern rock tracks # 11 ) . The cover was conceived by Eno . The 2005 re-release on All Saints Records was remastered and had a different cover . It contained two bonus tracks , `` Grandfather 's House '' and ″ You Do n't Miss Your Water ″ by Eno . Both titles only appeared on single or EP before ; the latter was taken from the 1988 OST album Married to the Mob .",
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"text": "Edward Giobbi Edward Gioachino Giobbi ( born July 18 , 1926 in Waterbury , Connecticut ) is an American artist and cookbook author . Giobbi 's paintings and other renderings appear in collections in the U.S. and , particularly , in Italy . His works have been shown in solo and group shows featuring a range from abstract impressionism to pop art . According to New York Times reviewer Edward Zimmer , Giobbi 's early works reveal the influence of expressionism . These works depict a `` dark sense of ambiguity and longing '' contradicted by `` buoyant '' colors . `` Mr. Giobbi 's art then takes a different turn ... more intellectual and formal '' revealing the impact of cubism and formalism . Zimmer notes Giobbi 's use of a protagonist , Linus , addressing issues of loss and abandonment . See the article `` In Katonah with Nothing But Abstractions to Consider '' by Vivien Raynor , New York Times , July 19 , 1992 , and Giobbi 's response , `` The Myth of Linus in Greek Mythology '' New York Times , September 16 , 1992 . Giobbi 's later works are autobiographical , with a `` free , seemingly extemporaneous use of paint that contrasts with the deliberately plotted quality of the main compositions . '' In his article , `` Still Going Strong '' , New York Times , September 9 , 2001 , D. Dominick Lombardi wrote : `` After returning from the service in 1946 , Giobbi worked in a foundry , earning enough money to begin his art education at Vesper George School of Art in Boston . A visiting artist there , Henry Hensche , suggested that Giobbi spend the summer at Hensche 's private art school in Provincetown , Mass. . He taught the Impressionist style , which is when I learned color logic , whereby all colors fit as they do in nature , Giobbi said . This enabled me to build a color vocabulary that I continue to use today . After he finished school in Boston , Giobbi moved on to the Art Students League in Manhattan . The League was fabulous in 1949 , he said . It was full of veterans who were no-nonsense . They had families , they experienced war , and there was no time for fussing around.Shortly afterwards , my mother suggested I visit Italy . I stayed for three years , learned to speak better Italian and studied fresco painting at the Academia di Belle Arte in Florence . I learned the old master techniques using dried pigments with rabbit skin glue . That is when I fell in love with the early fresco artists : Giotto , Masaccio , Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo . Those are the people that still nourish me through their art.In speaking of his return to New York City in 1954 , he said : I had a special grant from the Art Students League , affording me time and space in the sculpture studio . I met my wife , Elinor Turner , there . In 1958 , we decided to return to Europe . We got married in Switzerland.Returning to the Northeast in 1961 , the Giobbis stayed in a friend 's home in Greenwich , searching the tristate area for a home before settling in Katonah.I found Munch , Cézanne , Matisse , Picasso and Giacometti to be artists that nourished me , he said , recalling influences on his work at that time . In those days , Abstract Expressionism was in full swing . I liked the excitement and the abandonment of their technique to a degree , but I do not believe in anarchy . If you look at the growth of masses of various vegetation that grows naturally in the woods , you see extreme anarchy . However , if you really study this vegetation , there is order there . That is how I see painting . The Abstract Expressionists lacked order . '' '' Giobbi 's oral history interview , recorded by Paul Cummings in November and December , 1977 , is archived at the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art . Giobbi is the author of `` Italian Family Cooking '' , Random House , 1971 , 1978 , foreword by Craig Claiborne . He then authored `` Eat Right , Eat Well -- The Italian Way '' , Knopf , 1985 , 1998 . This book was edited by noted cookbook editor Judith Jones and reflects Giobbi 's back to nature lifestyle in imitation of his Italian ancestors who raised their own farm animals and grew their own vegetables and fruits . For `` Pleasures of the Good Earth '' , Knopf , 1991 , Giobbi won a James Beard award for culinary excellence in 1992 . Giobbi collaborated with his daughter , Eugenia Giobbi Bone , for his most recent work , `` Italian Family Dining : Recipes , Menus and Memories of Meals with a Great American Food Family '' , Rodale , 2005 . In 1990 , he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member , and became a full Academician in 1992 . See also `` An Artist Round When All Was Square '' , review of a Katonah Gallery show , New York Times , July 2 , 1976 .",
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"text": "Begegnungen Begegnungen is a Sky Records 1984 compilation album with recordings by Brian Eno , Dieter Moebius , Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Conny Plank , from solo albums , and from various collaborations between the artists . All of the tracks had been previously released elsewhere . The albums these tracks were drawn from are : Durch die Wüste , Roedelius ' first solo album , Rastakraut Pasta by Moebius and Plank , After the Heat by Eno , Moebius , Roedelius , Tonspuren , the first solo album by Moebius , Zero Set by Moebius , Plank , Neumeier , Sowiesoso by Cluster , and the eponymous Cluster & Eno . These albums were released by Sky between 1976 and 1983 . The title is the German word for `` Meetings '' or `` Encounters '' . A second volume to this compilation , Begegnungen II , was also released . Begegnungen was issued in the US on CD in 1996 by the Gyroscope label . It was also reissued on the Pat Thomas ' San Francisco-based Water label in 2006 .",
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"text": "Tina Turner Tina Turner ( born Anna Mae Bullock ; November 26 , 1939 ) , is an American-born recording artist , dancer , actress , and author , whose career has spanned more than half a century , earning her widespread recognition and numerous awards . Born and raised in the Southeastern United States , Turner relinquished her American citizenship after obtaining Swiss citizenship in 2013 . She began her musical career in the mid-1950s as a featured singer with Ike Turner 's Kings of Rhythm , first recording in 1958 under the name `` Little Ann . '' Her introduction to the public as Tina Turner began in 1960 as a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue . Success followed with a string of notable hits credited to the duo , including `` A Fool in Love '' , `` River Deep -- Mountain High '' ( 1966 ) , `` Proud Mary '' ( 1971 ) , and `` Nutbush City Limits '' ( 1973 ) , a song which she herself wrote . In her autobiography , I , Tina , she revealed several instances of severe domestic abuse against her by Ike Turner prior to their 1976 split and subsequent 1978 divorce . Raised a Baptist , she encountered faith with Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism in 1971 , crediting the spiritual chant of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo , which Turner claims helped her to endure during difficult times . After her divorce from Ike Turner , she rebuilt her career through live performances . In the 1980s , Turner launched a major comeback with another string of hits , starting in late 1983 with the single `` Let 's Stay Together '' followed by the 1984 release of her fifth solo album Private Dancer which became a worldwide success . The album contained the song `` What 's Love Got to Do with It '' , which became Turner 's biggest hit and won three Grammy Awards including Record of the Year . Her solo success continued thoughout the 1980s and 90s with multi-platinum albums including Break Every Rule and Foreign Affair , and with singles such as `` We Do n't Need Another Hero ( Thunderdome ) '' , `` The Best '' , and `` GoldenEye '' for the 1995 James Bond film of the same name . In 1993 , `` What 's Love Got to Do with It '' was used as the title of a biographical film adapted from her autobiography , along with the film 's accompanying soundtrack album . In addition to her musical career , Turner has also garnered success acting in films , including the role of the Acid Queen in the 1975 rock musical Tommy , a starring role alongside Mel Gibson in the 1985 action film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome , and a cameo role in the 1993 film Last Action Hero . One of the world 's best-selling artists of all time , she has also been referred to as The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll . Turner has been termed the most successful female Rock 'n' Roll artist , receiving eleven Grammy Awards , including eight competitive awards and three Grammy Hall of Fame awards . Turner has also sold more concert tickets than any other solo performer in history . Her combined album and single sales total approximately 180 million copies worldwide , She is noted for her energetic stage presence , powerful vocals , and career longevity . In 2008 , Turner returned from semi-retirement to embark on her Tina ! : 50th Anniversary Tour . Turner 's tour became one of the highest selling ticketed shows of 2008 -- 09 . Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Turner no. 63 on their list of 100 greatest artists of all time , and no. 17 on their list of 100 greatest singers of all time . In 1991 , Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Turner announced in December 2016 that she has been working on `` Tina '' , a new musical based on her story , in collaboration with Phyllida Lloyd and Stage Entertainment .",
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"text": "Patsy Cline discography The discography of Patsy Cline , an American country pop artist , consists of three studio albums , one compilation album , six extended plays , twenty four singles , and seven B-sides . For material released after the artist 's death in 1963 , see Patsy Cline posthumous discography . After performing in a band in 1954 , Cline was signed by Bill McCall to Four Star Records , based in Pasadena , California . She made her first recording session for the label in June 1955 , releasing her debut single , `` A Church , a Courtroom , and Goodbye '' in July . Cline issued seventeen singles to the country music recording charts between 1955 and 1960 ; however , only one of them was a major hit . After releasing the singles `` Hidin ' Out '' , `` I Love You Honey '' , and `` I 've Loved and Lost Again '' , her first single issued in 1957 , entitled `` Walkin ' After Midnight '' , peaked at # 2 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Songs list and # 12 on the Top Pop Songs chart . The song 's success spawned Cline 's self-titled debut album , released in August 1957 . Cline 's additional singles between 1958 and 1960 ranged in variations between country , Gospel , and Rockabilly . These songs included such releases as , `` Three Cigarettes ( In an Ashtray ) , '' `` Come On In ( And Make Yourself at Home ) , '' `` Dear God , '' and `` Crazy Dreams . '' In late 1960 , Cline signed with Four Star 's distributor , Decca . Working with producer Owen Bradley , Cline 's musical style changed from Honky Tonk to the Pop-influenced Nashville Sound . Her first Decca release was 1961 's `` I Fall to Pieces , '' which was recorded during her first session for the label . The single became her first number one single on the Billboard Country Chart , while also reaching # 12 on the Pop chart , and # 6 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks list . Her second self-titled extended play was issued in August and contained the hit ; however , due to a major car accident , Cline could not promote the song . Its follow-up , `` Crazy '' , was released in October and became another crossover hit , reaching # 2 on the Billboard Country and Adult Contemporary chart , and # 9 on the Pop chart . Cline 's second studio album was then issued in November 1961 , entitled Patsy Cline Showcase and containing both hits . In its re-release in 1963 , the album peaked at # 73 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart . Cline 's third Decca single , `` She 's Got You '' was released in January 1962 , and became her fourth major hit , reaching number one on Billboard '' 's Country Chart , # 14 on the Billboard Pop Chart , and # 3 on its Adult Contemporary chart . Because an album was not yet released , the extended play also titled , She 's Got You was released in April . She had two other major country hits that year : `` When I Get Thru ' With You '' ( # 10 ) and `` So Wrong '' ( # 14 ) . Her third and final official studio album named , Sentimentally Yours was released in August and contained `` She 's Got You '' , as well as , `` Heartaches '' , which reached # 31 in the United Kingdom . Many of the singles ' B-sides charted on the Country and Pop chart that year , including `` She 's Got You '' 's flip side , `` Strange '' and `` When I Get Thru ' With You '' 's flip , `` Imagine That '' . Cline released her final single during her lifetime in January 1963 entitled , `` Leavin ' on Your Mind . '' The song became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard '' Country Chart , while also reaching # 83 on the Pop chart . Patsy Cline died March 5 , 1963 in a plane crash in Camden , Tennessee .",
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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": "Queen of Soul (album) Queen of Soul is the sixth studio album by American Blues artist , Etta James . The album was released on Argo Records in 1965 , featuring the singles James had released during the year . Two songs on the album : `` Baby What You Want Me to Do '' and `` Loving You More Every Day '' charted on the Rhythm and Blues and Billboard Pop Chart . It was James 's first studio album in two years since the release of Etta James Top Ten . Like her previous releases , Queen of Soul was released on a 12-inch LP album , and has not been reissued since . It consisted of ten tracks , with five on each side of the LP . Allmusic rated the album three out of five stars .",
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"text": "Linda Ronstadt Linda Maria Ronstadt ( born July 15 , 1946 ) is an American popular music singer . She has earned 11 Grammy Awards , three American Music Awards , two Academy of Country Music awards , an Emmy Award , and an ALMA Award , and many of her albums have been certified gold , platinum or multiplatinum in the United States and internationally . She has also earned nominations for a Tony Award and a Golden Globe award . She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014 . On July 28 , 2014 , she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and Humanities . In total , she has released over 30 studio albums and 15 compilation or greatest hits albums . Ronstadt charted 38 Billboard Hot 100 singles , with 21 reaching the top 40 , 10 in the top 10 , three at number 2 , and `` You 're No Good '' at number 1 . This success did not translate to the UK , with only her single `` Blue Bayou '' reaching the UK Top 40 . Her duet with Aaron Neville , `` Do n't Know Much '' , peaked at number 2 in December 1989 . In addition , she has charted 36 albums , 10 top-10 albums and three number 1 albums on the Billboard Pop Album Chart . Her autobiography , Simple Dreams : A Musical Memoir , was published in September 2013 . It debuted in the Top 10 on The New York Times Best Seller list . Ronstadt has collaborated with artists in diverse genres , including Bette Midler , Billy Eckstine , Frank Zappa , Rosemary Clooney , Flaco Jiménez , Philip Glass , Warren Zevon , Emmylou Harris , Gram Parsons , Dolly Parton , Neil Young , Johnny Cash , and Nelson Riddle . She has lent her voice to over 120 albums and has sold more than 100 million records , making her one of the world 's best-selling artists of all time . Christopher Loudon , of Jazz Times , wrote in 2004 that Ronstadt is `` blessed with arguably the most sterling set of pipes of her generation . '' After completing her last live concert in late 2009 , Ronstadt retired in 2011 . She was diagnosed as having Parkinson 's disease in December 2012 , which left her unable to sing .",
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"text": "Delilah's Power Delilah 's Power is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner released in 1977 by United Artists Records .",
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"text": "Crying (album) Crying is an album released in 1962 by Roy Orbison . It was his second album on the Monument Record label . The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name that in 2002 was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award . In 2004 , the song ranked # 69 on Rolling Stone Magazine 's `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' .",
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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": "Ike & Tina Turner discography This is a list of albums and singles released by American rock and soul duo Ike & Tina Turner during their 16-year musical career .",
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"text": "Double album A double album ( or double record ) is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold , typically records and compact discs . A double album is usually though not always released as such , because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium . Recording artists often think of double albums as comprising a single piece artistically ; however , there are exceptions such as John Lennon 's Some Time in New York City and Pink Floyd 's Ummagumma ( both examples of one studio record and one live album packaged together ) and OutKast 's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below ( effectively two solo albums , one by each member of the duo ) . A classic example of this idea is Works ( Volume One ) by Emerson Lake and Palmer , where side one was Keith Emerson , two Greg Lake , three Carl Palmer while side four was by the entire group . Since the advent of the compact disc , albums are sometimes released with a bonus disc featuring additional material as a supplement to the main album , with live tracks , studio out-takes , cut songs , or older unreleased material . One innovation is the accompaniment of a CD with a DVD of related material , such as video related to the album or DVD-Audio versions of the same recordings . These could be regarded as a new form of double album ; some such discs were also released on a two-sided format called DualDisc . Due to the limitations of the gramophone record , many albums primarily released on the format were under 40 minutes long . This has led to record labels re-releasing two of these albums on one CD , thus making a double album . The same principles apply to the triple album , which comprises three units . Packages with more units than three are often packaged as a box set .",
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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": "Mountain Soul Mountain Soul is the eleventh album of original recordings by Patty Loveless . The album was recorded between January and March 2001 and was released on June 26 in the United States . It first charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on July 14 ( peaking on July 28 at # 19 ) , and remaining on the charts for 87 weeks until March 8 , 2003 . Other country superstars also have done `` You 'll Never Leave Harlan Alive '' such as Kathy Mattea and Brad Paisley . A follow up album , Mountain Soul II was released in September 2009 . The album also charted on the main Top Billboard 200 chart , Top Bluegrass Album chart and the Top Internet Albums chart . Rhapsody ranked the album # 9 on its `` Country 's Best Albums of the Decade '' list . Country Universe , ranked the album # 10 . Engine 145 country music blog list it # 6 on the `` Top Country Albums of the Decade '' list .",
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"text": "Honey Hush `` Honey Hush '' , written by Big Joe Turner ( although he assigned the copyright to his wife , Lou Willie Turner ) , was recorded in May 1953 in New Orleans , Louisiana , and released that August by Atlantic Records . It was a number-one song on Billboard 's Rhythm and Blues chart for eight weeks .",
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"text": "Mule Variations Mule Variations is the twelfth studio album by American musician Tom Waits , released on April 16 , 1999 on the ANTI- label . It was Waits 's first studio album since The Black Rider ( 1993 ) . It won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album and was nominated for Best Male Rock Performance for the track `` Hold On '' . It also sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide . The album was backed by an extensive tour in Europe and North America during the summer and autumn of 1999 , which was Waits ' first proper tour since 1987 . Other promotional stops included a solo performance on VH1 Storytellers . In 2003 , the album was ranked number 416 on Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time .",
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"text": "Show Some Respect `` Show Some Respect '' is a song recorded by recording artist Tina Turner . It was written by Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin and released as the sixth single from her fifth solo album Private Dancer ( 1984 ) . While not released as a single in Europe , it song found moderate success in the US and minor success in Canada . The B-side to `` Show Some Respect '' is a live cover of Prince 's song `` Let 's Pretend We 're Married '' .",
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"text": "The Very Best of Bachman–Turner Overdrive The Very Best of Bachman -- Turner Overdrive is a 2001 compilation album by Bachman -- Turner Overdrive . It was released in Europe by Falcon Neue Medien .",
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"text": "Duets (Linda Ronstadt album) Duets is a compilation album by Linda Ronstadt . It was released on the Rhino Records label in April 2014 , a few days before Ronstadt 's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame . The album peaked at number 32 on the Billboard album chart - Ronstadt 's highest charting album in 24 years . The songs on the album were all previously released with the exception of `` Pretty Bird '' . In his review for AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that `` generally , this Duets emphasizes the sweeter , softer , and slower side of Ronstadt , a move that makes for pleasant listening '' . As of December , 2016 , this release had sold a total of 81,316 copies per Nielsen SoundScan .",
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"text": "Kreesha Turner Kreesha Turner ( born June 10 , 1985 ) is a Canadian/Jamaican recording artist and songwriter , born in Edmonton , Alberta , Canada . Raised in both Canada and Jamaica , she began her musical career after a successful audition with Virgin Records . She signed a record deal with the Capitol Music Group , under which the Virgin imprint operates . Concurrently , EMI Music Canada signed her in order to more effectively tap into the Canadian market . She has released two albums in Canada . Her first album Passion ( 2008 ) spawned singles `` Bounce With Me , '' `` Lady Killer '' and `` Do n't Call Me Baby '' . The latter became the # 1 most played song ( by a Canadian ) on Canadian radio in 2008 and became her very first number one single on Billboards U.S. Hot Dance Club Play . During this year , she was nominated for two Juno Awards for `` Best New Artist '' and `` Best Pop Album of The Year . '' Her second double disc studio album , Tropic Electric ( 2011 ) saw Turner alter her public image and return to her original sound . She released three moderately successful singles `` Rock Paper Scissors , '' `` I Could Stay , '' and `` Love Again . '' which gained her another Juno Award Nomination for `` Best R&B Album . '' Turner is currently finished recording her third album entitled Evolution Inevitable with a new direction of her sound infused with Dancehall , Hip Hop and R&B . Throughout Turner 's career , she has been well known for her style and image . She 's been ranked on Complex magazine list of `` 25 Sexiest International Singers You 've Never Heard Of '' and Much Music 's `` Sexiest Girls list '' in 2008 . She has been featured on multiple major Canadian magazine covers and starred in a national Kit Kat campaign . Her music has been featured on major network television shows such as , `` Entourage '' , `` Desperate Housewives '' , `` Ugly Betty '' , `` Gossip Girl '' , `` The Hills '' , `` Keeping Up With the Kardashians '' , `` Smash '' , `` Lipstick Jungle '' and `` Brothers & Sisters '' .",
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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": "Atlanta Blue (album) Atlanta Blue is the twenty-fifth studio album by American country music group The Statler Brothers . It was released in 1984 via Mercury Records . The album peaked at number 177 on the Billboard 200 chart .",
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"text": "Montana (Frank Zappa song) `` Montana '' is a song composed by Frank Zappa for his 1973 LP Over-Nite Sensation . The last track on the album is one of Zappa 's most famous and renowned compositions . It features backing vocals by Tina Turner and the Ikettes throughout the entire track , notably on the middle and ending sections .",
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"text": "Mao Zedong Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung ( -LSB- ˈmaʊ_dzəˈdʊŋ , _ zə - , _ - dɒŋ -RSB- December 26 , 1893September 9 , 1976 ) , also known as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People 's Republic of China , which he governed as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 , until his death in 1976 . His Marxist -- Leninist theories , military strategies , and political policies are collectively known as Maoism or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism . Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan , Hunan , Mao adopted a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist outlook in early life , particularly influenced by the events of the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 and May Fourth Movement of 1919 . Mao adopted Marxism -- Leninism while working at Peking University and became a founding member of the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) , leading the Autumn Harvest Uprising in 1927 . During the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang ( KMT ) and the CPC , Mao helped to found the Chinese Workers ' and Peasants ' Red Army , led the Jiangxi Soviet 's radical land policies and ultimately became head of the CPC during the Long March . Although the CPC temporarily allied with the KMT under the United Front during the Second Sino-Japanese War ( 1937 -- 45 ) , after Japan 's defeat China 's civil war resumed and in 1949 Mao 's forces defeated the Nationalists who withdrew to Taiwan . On 1 October 1949 , Mao proclaimed the foundation of the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) , a one-party state controlled by the CPC . In the following years Mao solidified his control through a campaign of classicide against landlords , and a mass purge of perceived enemies of the state he termed as `` counter-revolutionaries '' alleged to have caused between 2,000,000 to 6,000,000 deaths . ( Mao himself admitting 800,000 deaths in the classicide and 712,000 in the suppression of Counterrevolutionaries ) In 1957 , he launched the Great Leap Forward campaign that aimed to rapidly transform China 's economy from an agrarian economy to an industrial one . The campaign contributed to a widespread famine , whose death toll is estimated at between 15,000,000 and 55,000,000 . In 1966 , he initiated the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution , a program to remove `` counter-revolutionary '' elements of Chinese society that lasted 10 years and which was marked by violent class struggle that killed 400,000 to 10,000,000 people , widespread destruction of cultural artifacts and unprecedented elevation of Mao 's personality cult . In 1972 , Mao welcomed American President Richard Nixon in Beijing , signalling a policy of opening China , which was furthered under the rule of Deng Xiaoping ( 1978 -- 1992 ) . Mao suffered a series of heart attacks in 1976 , and died in September , aged 82 . He was succeeded as Paramount leader by Hua Guofeng ( 1976 -- 1978 ) , who was quickly sidelined and replaced by Deng . A controversial figure , Mao is regarded as one of the most important individuals in modern world history , and is also known as a theorist , military strategist , poet and visionary . Supporters credit him with driving imperialism out of China , modernising China and building it into a world power , promoting the status of women , improving education and health care , and increasing life expectancy as China 's population grew from around 550 million to over 900 million under his leadership . In contrast , critics consider him a dictator comparable to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin who damaged traditional Chinese culture , as well as considering him a perpetrator of human rights abuses , and they estimate that Mao was responsible for 40 to 70 million deaths through starvation , prison labour and executions , which would rank his tenure as the top incidence of excess mortality in human history .",
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"text": "Li Jingquan Li Jingquan ( November 1 , 1909 -- April 24 , 1989 ) was a Chinese politician and the first Party Committee Secretary of Sichuan following the establishment of the People 's Republic of China in 1949 . Li was born into a landlord 's family in Huichang County , Jiangxi in 1908 . He began studying Marxist theory in his youth , joined the Communist Youth League in 1927 , and became a full member of the Communist Party of China in 1930 . During the 1930s , Li served as a political commissar in the Red Army , and participated in the Long March . During the Second Sino-Japanese War , Li commanded the military actions against the Japanese invasion in the northwest of China , included in Mongolia and Shanxi . In 1949 , working with He Long , Liu Bocheng , and Deng Xiaoping , Li commanded his troops to occupy all of Sichuan province . After the founding of the People 's Republic of China , Li became one of the dominant political figures in Sichuan . He led agrarian reform in the province in 1950 , and the establishment of socialist cooperatives in 1955 . However , after Mao Zedong launched the Anti-Rightist Movement in 1957 , Li became more radical , persecuting more than 50,000 `` bourgeoisie rightist '' elements , which represented 10 % of the rightists persecuted nationwide during the movement . From 1958 to 1961 , he participated enthusiastically in the Great Leap Forward movement . Li 's radical policies created major food shortages in Sichuan , leading to the deaths of over 8 million people from starvation according to official statistics . In 1961 , Li was made Party Secretary of the Southwestern Bureau of China , and retained his position as Party Secretary of Sichuan province . During the Cultural Revolution , Li was branded an enemy of the Party , relieved of all political and administrative positions , and imprisoned . He was released in 1972 and rehabilitated in 1973 . Following the Cultural Revolution , Li served as a Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People 's Congress and as a member of the 10th and 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China .",
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"text": "Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China The Reorganized National Government was the name of the collaborationist government established in the Republic of China from 1940-45 . -LSB- 2 -RSB- It was led by former Kuomintang ( KMT ) party member Wang Jingwei . Wang Jingwei was the leftist leader of a predominantly civilian Kuomintang faction called the Reorganizationists , who were often at odds with Chiang Kai-shek and his military arm of the Kuomintang . Shortly after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident and the initial invasion by the Imperial Japanese Army , Wang Jingwei advocated a strategy of peace and appeasement in order to end the string of devastating losses sustained by the Nationalist Forces and in order to secure the Japanese as a potential ally against the Chinese Communist Party . After the fall of the capital city of Nanjing to the Imperial Japanese Army soon after the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War , the Nationalist government went into exile to Chongqing . On 30 March 1940 Wang Jingwei and his allies defected from Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists and established a collaborationist government under the Japanese Army that claimed to be the legitimate representative of all of the Republic of China . This reorganized national government was formed out of a number of previous collaborationist governments that existed in northern and central China , including the Reformed Government of the Republic of China based in eastern China , the Provisional Government of the Republic of China in northern China , and later on the Mengjiang government in Inner Mongolia , though in reality northern China and Inner Mongolia stayed relatively free of its influence . Although using the same state symbols and name of the republic , the new government obtained international recognition only from the Anti-Comintern Pact countries . The exiled Nationalist government in Chongqing continued to be recognized as the legitimate government of China . While heavily restricted in its powers by the Japanese occupation , the Reorganized government attempted to limit the civilian casualties inflicted by the Japanese Imperial Army . At the same time , the new government also eagerly assisted the Japanese Imperial Army against Communist forces operating in Reorganized Government territory . As the Japanese war situation worsened and Allied and American forces began threatening the Pacific , the puppet state was gradually granted increased self-governance culminating in the reorganized national government declared war on the Allies on 9 January 1943 . It was disbanded following the surrender of Japan in August 1945 , with the majority of its surviving leaders being put on trial , declared hanjian , traitors to the Han people , and imprisoned or executed for treason .",
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"docid": "223eb3f339914fcde3a718cc844891c9",
"text": "Nixon goes to China The phrase `` Nixon goes to China '' , `` Nixon to China '' , or `` Nixon in China '' is a historical reference to United States President Richard Nixon 's 1972 visit to the People 's Republic of China , where he met with Chairman Mao Zedong . The metaphor is often expressed as the observation `` Only Nixon could go to China '' or `` It took Nixon to go to China '' . As a political metaphor , it refers to the ability of a politician with an unassailable reputation among his or her supporters for representing and defending their values to take actions that would draw their criticism and even opposition if taken by someone without those credentials . Although the example is that of a hardliner taking steps toward peace with a traditional enemy , and this is the most common application of the metaphor , it could also be applied to a reputedly cautious diplomat defying expectations by taking military action , or a political leader reforming aspects of the political system of which they have been strong supporters .",
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"docid": "b17c71b76f03d66b96e56191749bd012",
"text": "Mao Tse-tung: Ruler of Red China Mao Tse-tung : Ruler of Red China is a book written by Robert Payne and published by Henry Schuman , New York in 1950 , shortly after Mao Zedong ( here his name is transliterated as Mao Tse-tung ) came to power . Fifteen years before the Cultural Revolution , Payne anticipated Mao 's wider interests : Mao holds all the arts of China in his hands . Lenin had neither the learning nor the inclination to assume the role of transformer of culture . Mao , far more widely read and with a comparable subtlety of mind , has clearly determined to accept the position thrust on him , and no one can foresee the changes in the basic structure of Chinese culture which will derive ultimately from his will . Though lacking some of the documents and details that were available in later years , the book discusses the party 's history , including its foundation , in detail . In chapter three , Payne explains how Pravda in 1920 had wrongly reported the formation of a Communist Party of China . This was actually a conference consisting of a mixed bag of anarchists and non-Leninist socialists which `` ended in a fiasco '' . A revised and updated edition was published in 1961 as Portrait of a Revolutionary : Mao Tse-tung . The original edition has been republished several times in recent years : as a paperback in 2007 , as a hardback in 2008 and on Kindle in 2011 .",
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"text": "Suiyuan Suiyuan was a historical province of China . Suiyuan 's capital was Guisui ( now Hohhot ) . The abbreviation was 綏 ( pinyin : suí ) . The area Suiyuan covered is approximated today by the prefecture-level cities of Hohhot , Baotou , Wuhai , Ordos , Bayan Nur , and parts of Ulaan Chab , all today part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region . Suiyuan was named after a district in the capital established in the Qing Dynasty . In the early 1930s Suiyuan was occupied by the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan , who mined Suiyuan 's iron , reorganized the province 's finances , and brought over 4,000 acre of land under cultivation for the first time . Most of the work and settlement of Suiyuan at this time was done by Shanxi farmer-soldiers under the direction of retired officers from Yan 's army . Yan 's control of Suiyuan was sufficient to cause one visiting reporter to refer to Suiyuan as a `` colony '' of Shanxi . The Suiyuan Campaign took place in Suiyuan during the Second Sino Japanese War . It became a part of the puppet state of Mengjiang from 1937 to 1945 under Japanese rule . During the Chinese Civil War in 1935 , Communist leader Mao Zedong promised Mongol leaders a `` unified autonomous '' administration which would include all `` historic '' Mongol lands within China , in exchange for Mongol support against the Kuomintang . This promise included the declaration that `` Under no circumstances should other -LSB- non-Mongol ethnic groups -RSB- be allowed to occupy the land of the Inner Mongolian nation '' . But following the Communist victory in 1949 , the administrators of the soon-to-be `` Mongolian '' territories with Han Chinese majorities , the biggest of which was Suiyuan with a population of over 2 million , resisted annexation by the new Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region . In 1954 , Mao reached a compromise with Suiyuan , which involved the Mongols ' taking over the administration of Suiyuan , but stipulated that the Han natives not be expelled from the territory . Uradyn Bulag thus notes that `` ironically '' , the Mongols ' territorial ambitions against Suiyuan resulted in their becoming a `` small minority within their own -LSB- enlarged -RSB- autonomous region '' .",
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"text": "Constitution of the Communist Party of China The Constitution of the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) has 53 Articles and includes contents of General Program , Membership , Organization System , Central Organizations , Local Organizations , Primary Organizations , Party Cadres , Party Discipline , Party Organs for Discipline Inspection , Leading Party Members ' Groups , Relationship Between the Party and the Communist Youth League , Party Emblem and Flag . The Party Constitution currently in force was adopted at the Twelfth National Congress of the CPC in September 1982 . In accordance with the changing situation and tasks , revisions were made in some of the articles at the Thirteenth National Congress in November 1987 and in the General Program and some of the articles at the Fourteenth National Congress in October 1992 , and a few revisions were made in the General Program at the Sixteenth National Congress of the CPC in November 2002 . The organizational principle that drives the political system of the PRC is `` democratic centralism '' . Within the system , the democratic feature demands participation and expression of opinion on key policy issues from members at all levels of party organization . It depends on a constant process of consultation and investigation . At the same time , the centralist feature requires that subordinate organizational levels follow the dictates of superior levels . Once the debate has reached the highest level and decisions concerning policy have been made , all party members are obliged to support the Central Committee . The constitution emphasizes the party 's role in promoting socialist democracy , in developing and strengthening a socialist legal system , and in consolidating public resolve to carry out the modernization program .",
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"text": "Asia and Pacific Rim Peace Conference The Asia and Pacific Rim Peace Conference was held in Beijing , China from October 2-12 , 1952 . Delegates from dozens of countries attended the conference , which including a number of speeches and opening remarks by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong . The gathering took place against the backdrop of the Korean War and the growing Cold War between the communist East and capitalist West . It coincided with the heyday of positive Sino-Soviet relations . Delegates , mainly affiliated with domestic communist parties , traveled to Beijing from Canada , the United States , Guatemala , Colombia , Pakistan , India and Indonesia . Resolutions were passed , including a signed declaration by the Pakistani and Indian delegates supporting a negotiated settlement to any differences and the resolution of the Kashmir question `` by the people of the Kashmir . ''",
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"text": "Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China The Ministry of Health of the People 's Republic of China ( MOH ) is an executive agency of the state which plays the role of providing information , raising health awareness and education , ensuring the accessibility of health services , and monitoring the quality of health services provided to citizens and visitors in the mainland of the People 's Republic of China . In the reforms of 2013 the ministry has been dissolved and its functions integrated into the new agency called the National Health and Family Planning Commission . The MOH is also involved in the control of illness and disease , coordinating the utilisation of resources and expertise where necessary . It also cooperates and keeps in touch with other health ministries and departments , including those of the special administrative regions , and the World Health Organization ( WHO ) . As part of the National Health and Family Planning Commission it is now headed by Ms. Li Bin ( Simplified Chinese : 李斌 ; Hanyu Pinyin : Lǐ Bīn ) . Until 2013 it was headed by the Minister for Health , a position last held by Dr Chen Zhu who was then the only minister in the State Council , and one of the two ministers who are not members of the Communist Party of China . He is the chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party , one of the `` 8 democratic parties '' of the PRC .",
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"text": "Human rights in Tibet Human rights in Tibet is a contentious issue . According to a 1992 Amnesty International report , judicial standards in China , including in Tibet , were not up to `` international standards '' . The report charged the Chinese Communist Party government with keeping political prisoners and prisoners of conscience , including the death penalty in its penal code , ill-treatment of detainees and inaction in the face of ill-treatment of detainees , including torture , the use of the death penalty , extrajudicial executions , forced abortions and sterilisation . The status of religion , mainly as it relates to figures who are both religious and political , such as the 14th Dalai Lama , is a regular object of criticism . Reported abuses of human rights in Tibet include restricted freedom of religion , belief , and association . Specifically , Tibetans have faced arbitrary arrest and maltreatment in custody , including torture at the hands of Chinese authorities . Freedom of the Press in the PRC is still absent , and Tibet 's media is tightly controlled by the Chinese leadership , making it difficult to determine accurately the scope of human rights abuses . A series of reports published in the late 1980s claimed that China was forcing Tibetans to adhere to strict birth control programs that included forced abortions , sterilizations , and even infanticide . Before the Invasion of Tibet in 1951 , Tibet was ruled by a theocracy and had a caste-like social hierarchy . Official crackdowns in the region generally center on `` the three evils of separatism , terrorism and religious extremism , '' which give pretext for abuses .",
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"text": "Chinese economic reform The Chinese economic reform refers to the program of economic reforms termed `` Socialism with Chinese characteristics '' in the People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) that was started in December 1978 by reformists within the Communist Party of China , led by Deng Xiaoping . China had one of the world 's largest and most advanced economies prior to the nineteenth century . In the 18th century , Adam Smith claimed China had long been one of the richest , that is , one of the most fertile , best cultivated , most industrious , most prosperous and most urbanized countries in the world . The economy stagnated beginning in the 16th century and even declined in absolute terms in the nineteenth and much of the twentieth century , with a brief recovery in the 1930s . Economic reforms introducing market principles began in 1978 and were carried out in two stages . The first stage , in the late 1970s and early 1980s , involved the decollectivization of agriculture , the opening up of the country to foreign investment , and permission for entrepreneurs to start businesses . However , most industry remained state-owned . The second stage of reform , in the late 1980s and 1990s , involved the privatization and contracting out of much state-owned industry and the lifting of price controls , protectionist policies , and regulations , although state monopolies in sectors such as banking and petroleum remained . The private sector grew remarkably , accounting for as much as 70 percent of China gross domestic product by 2005 . From 1978 until 2013 , unprecedented growth occurred , with the economy increasing by 9.5 % a year . The conservative Hu-Wen Administration more heavily regulated and controlled the economy after 2005 , reversing some reforms . The success of China 's economic policies and the manner of their implementation has resulted in immense changes in Chinese society . Large-scale government planning programs alongside market characteristics have greatly decreased poverty , while incomes and income inequality have increased , leading to a backlash led by the New Left . In the academic scene , scholars have debated the reason for the success of the Chinese `` dual-track '' economy , and have compared them to attempts to reform socialism in the Eastern Bloc and the Soviet Union ; as well as the growth of other developing economies .",
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"text": "Qiao Shi Qiao Shi ( December 1924 -- 14 June 2015 ) was a Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Communist Party of China . He was a member of the party 's top decision-making body , the Politburo Standing Committee , from 1987 to 1997 . He was a contender for the paramount leadership of China , but lost out to his political rival Jiang Zemin , who assumed the post of General Secretary of the party in 1989 . Qiao Shi instead served as Chairman of the National People 's Congress , the third-ranked political position , from 1993 until his retirement in 1998 . Compared with his peers , including Jiang Zemin , Qiao Shi adopted a more liberal stance in political and economic policy , promoting the rule of law and market-oriented reform of state-owned enterprises .",
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"text": "List of political parties in China The People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) is formally a multi-party state under the leadership of the Communist Party of China ( CPC ) in a United Front similar to the popular fronts of former Communist-era Eastern European countries such as the National Front of Democratic Germany . Under the one country , two systems scheme , the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau , which were previously colonies of European powers , operate under a different political system to the rest of the PRC . Currently , both Hong Kong and Macau possess multi-party systems .",
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"text": "Protest and dissent in China In spite of restrictions on freedom of association and of speech , a wide variety of protests and dissident movements have proliferated in China , particularly in the decades since the death of Mao Zedong . Among the most notable of these were the 1959 Tibetan uprising against Communist Party rule , the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests , which was put down with military force , and the 25 April 1999 demonstration by 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners at Zhongnanhai . Protesters and dissidents in China espouse a wide variety of grievances , including corruption , forced evictions , unpaid wages , human rights abuses , environmental degradation , ethnic protests , petitioning for religious freedom and civil liberties , protests against one-party rule , as well as nationalist protests against foreign countries . The number of annual protests has grown steadily since the early 1990s , from approximately 8700 `` mass group incidents '' in 1993 to over 87,000 in 2005 . In 2006 , the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences estimated the number of annual mass incidents to exceed 90,000 , and Chinese sociology professor Sun Liping estimated 180,000 incidents in 2010 . Mass incidents are defined broadly as `` planned or impromptu gathering that forms because of internal contradictions '' , and can include public speeches or demonstrations , physical clashes , public airings of grievances , and other group behaviors that are seen as disrupting social stability . Despite the increase in protests , some scholars have argued that they may not pose an existential threat to Communist Party rule because they lack `` connective tissue ; '' the preponderance of protests in China are aimed at local-level officials , and only a select few dissident movements seek systemic change .",
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"text": "Revolutionary Workers Headquarters Revolutionary Workers Headquarters ( RWH ) was a U.S. Marxist-Leninist organization that formed out of a split from the Revolutionary Communist Party ( RCP ) in 1977 . After Mao Zedong , leader of the Communist Party of China , died in 1976 , the majority of the RCP 's leadership criticized the post-Mao Chinese leadership as `` revisionist '' and `` capitalist-roaders '' , saying that China was no longer a socialist country . A sizable minority of the RCP believed China was still a socialist country , and continued to support the post-Mao Chinese Communist Party under new leader Hua Guofeng . They left the RCP to form the RWH . Aside from differences on how to assess the changes in China , the RWH also criticized the RCP for ultra-leftism , or left-idealism in their approach to political work in the U.S. . After leaving the RCP , the RWH also did an extensive critique of the RCP 's line on the national question , criticizing the RCP for being `` white chauvinist '' . The RWH published this critique in a lengthy pamphlet titled Build the Black Liberation Movement , which itself was subsequently criticized by Amiri Baraka of the League of Revolutionary Struggle in a pamphlet titled RWH on the BLM : Wrong Again ! as having white chauvinist errors . The RWH made efforts to unite in the early 1980s with the Communist Party ( Marxist-Leninist ) , but then the CP ( M-L ) dissolved . In 1985 , the RWH merged with the Proletarian Unity League and the Organization for Revolutionary Unity to form the Freedom Road Socialist Organization . During its brief existence , RWH cadre were active in various movements , including the labor movement , struggles of oppressed nationalities , the women 's movement , the student movement , the struggle for divestiture from companies doing business in then-apartheid dominated South Africa , and others . Through its cadres who worked in the Revolutionary Student Brigade , the RWH was directly involved with the founding of the Progressive Student Network . Initially , RWH activity was almost exclusively found in urban areas of the Midwest and the East ; it expanded to the West Coast when it absorbed the Bay Area Communist Union in 1979 . While the RWH was structured according to the principles of democratic centralism , it did not consider itself a communist party per se , but rather a `` pre-party organization . ''",
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"text": "Mao Yichang Mao Yichang ( October 15 , 1870 -- January 23 , 1920 ) was a Chinese farmer and grain merchant who achieved notability as the father of revolutionary political theorist Mao Zedong . The nineteenth generation of the Mao clan , he was born and lived his life in the rural village of Shaoshanchong in Shaoshan , Hunan Province . The son of Mao Enpu , he was raised into a poverty-stricken family of farmers . Marrying Wen Qimei when he was ten , he subsequently served for two years in the Chinese army . Returning to agriculture , he became a moneylender and grain merchant , buying up local grain and selling it in the city for a higher price , becoming one of the wealthiest farmers in Shaoshan , with 20 acres of land . He and Wen had four surviving children , Zedong , Zemin , Zetan , and Zejian , the latter of whom was adopted .",
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"text": "New Left in China The New Left in the People 's Republic of China is a school of intellectual thought that is critical of capitalism and aspects of the Chinese economic reforms and in favour of elements of Maoist-style socialism , which includes significant role for state planning , the preservation of state-owned enterprises , and a renewed spirit of collectivism . It is also correlated with increased Chinese nationalism after a period of ` low-profile ' presence on the world stage during Deng Xiaoping 's era . It is seen as a response to problems faced by China during its modernization drive since the 1980s , which has led to mounting social inequality between the coast and the hinterlands , as well as between the rich and the poor . Its relationship with Maoism and capitalism is complex . Some schools of thought suggest that the New Left wants to return to the mass political movements of the Mao Zedong era and an abandonment of capitalist practices , while others believe that it blends the open markets of capitalism while still maintaining socialist aspects of the community , particularly in rural China .",
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"text": "Sino-Russian relations since 1991 Diplomatic relations between the People 's Republic of China and the Russian Federation dramatically improved after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Russian Federation in 1991 . American scholar Joseph Nye argues : With the collapse of the Soviet Union , that de facto US-China alliance ended , and a China-Russia rapprochement began . In 1992 , the two countries declared that they were pursuing a `` constructive partnership '' ; in 1996 , they progressed toward a `` strategic partnership '' ; and in 2001 , they signed a treaty of `` friendship and cooperation . '' The two countries share a long land border which was demarcated in 1991 , and they signed a Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001 . On the eve of a 2013 state visit to Moscow by Chinese President Xi Jinping , Russian President Vladimir Putin remarked that the two nations were forging a special relationship .",
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"text": "Chinese Chinese can refer to : Something of , from , or related to China Chinese people , people of Chinese nationality , or one of several Chinese ethnicities Zhonghua minzu , the supra-ethnic Chinese nationality Han Chinese , the dominant ethnic group in China , Singapore , and Taiwan List of ethnic groups in China Ethnic minorities in China , the non-Han Chinese population in China Overseas Chinese , people of Chinese ancestry who live outside mainland China , Hong Kong , Macau , and Taiwan Chinese language , a language or family of languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China Standard Chinese , the standard form of the Chinese ( Mandarin ) language in mainland China , Taiwan and Singapore , and the variety most commonly taught as a foreign language other varieties of Chinese Written Chinese , the writing system of China Chinese cuisine , styles of cooking originating from China American Chinese cuisine Chinese Peak ( California ) , a mountain Chinese Peak ( Idaho ) , a mountain `` Chinese Gordon '' , a nickname of Charles George Gordon ( 1833 -- 1885 ) , British military commander and administrator",
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"text": "Corruption in China Corruption in China post-1949 lies in the `` organizational involution '' of the ruling party , including the Communist Party of China 's policies , institutions , norms , and failure to adapt to a changing environment in the post-Mao era caused by the market liberalization reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping . Like other socialist economies that have undertaken economic reforms , such as post-Soviet Eastern Europe and Central Asia , reform-era China has experienced increasing levels of corruption . Cadre corruption in China has been subject to significant media attention since Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping announced his Anti-corruption campaign following the 18th National Congress which was held in November 2012 . Despite this high-profile anti-graft drive , in 2014 China was ranked No. 100 in Transparency International 's Corruption Perceptions Index , which is 20 places lower than 2013 , when it ranked No. 80 . According to 2016 results of Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International , China ranks 79th place out of 176 countries . This puts China on par with Algeria and Suriname , and comparable to Armenia , Colombia , Egypt , Gabon , Liberia , Panama , Bolivia , Mexico , Moldova and Niger . China ranked less corrupt than neighbours Myanmar , Vietnam , Laos , North Korea , Russia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Afghanistan , Pakistan and Nepal but more corrupt than neighbours Australia , New Zealand , Singapore , India , Bhutan , Macau , Hong Kong and Mongolia . Means of corruption include graft , bribery , embezzlement , backdoor deals , nepotism , patronage , and statistical falsification . Public surveys on the mainland since the late 1980s have shown that it is among the top concerns of the general public . According to Yan Sun , Associate Professor of Political Science at the City University of New York , it was corruption , rather than democracy as such , that lay at the root of the social dissatisfaction that led to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 . Corruption undermines the legitimacy of the CPC , adds to economic inequality , undermines the environment , and fuels social unrest . Since then , corruption has not slowed down as a result of greater economic freedom , but instead has grown more entrenched and severe in its character and scope . Business deals often involve participation in corruption . In popular perception , there are more dishonest CPC officials than honest ones , a reversal of the views held in the first decade of reform of the 1980s . China specialist Minxin Pei argues that failure to contain widespread corruption is among the most serious threats to China 's future economic and political stability . Bribery , kickbacks , theft , and misspending of public funds costs at least three percent of GDP . China , though not a member of the OECD has participated as an observer in the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions , see OECD Anti-Bribery Convention .",
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"text": "Hu–Wen Administration The Hu -- Wen Administration , or Hu-Wen New Administration is the name given to the Chinese leadership that officially succeeded Jiang Zemin , Li Peng and Zhu Rongji in 2003 . Using the two leaders ' surnames , it is abbreviated as Hu-Wen . This phrase is named after the new Party General Secretary Hu Jintao and Government Premier Wen Jiabao , who are considered the 4th generation Chinese leaders and are viewed as , at least ostensibly , more reform-oriented and more open-minded and have been praised by political observers . Their dominant political ideology is termed the Scientific Development Concept .",
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"text": "John Adams John Adams ( October 30 -LSB- O.S. October 19 -RSB- 1735 -- July 4 , 1826 ) was an American patriot who served as the second President of the United States ( 1797 -- 1801 ) and the first Vice President ( 1789 -- 97 ) . He was a lawyer , diplomat , statesman , political theorist , and , as a Founding Father , a leader of the movement for American independence from Great Britain . He was also a dedicated diarist and correspondent , particularly with his wife and closest advisor Abigail . He collaborated with his cousin , revolutionary leader Samuel Adams , but he established his own prominence prior to the American Revolution . After the Boston Massacre , he provided a successful ( though unpopular ) legal defense of the accused British soldiers , in the face of severe local anti-British sentiment and driven by his devotion to the right to counsel and the `` protect -LSB- ion -RSB- of innocence '' . Adams was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress , where he played a leading role in persuading Congress to declare independence . He assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776 , and was its foremost advocate in the Congress . As a diplomat in Europe , he helped negotiate the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain , and acquired vital governmental loans from Amsterdam bankers . Adams was the primary author of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780 which influenced American political theory , as did his earlier Thoughts on Government ( 1776 ) . Adams 's credentials as a revolutionary secured for him two terms as President George Washington 's vice president ( 1789 to 1797 ) and also his own election in 1796 as the second president . In his single term as president , he encountered fierce criticism from the Jeffersonian Republicans , as well as the dominant faction in his own Federalist Party , led by his rival Alexander Hamilton . Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts , and built up the army and navy in the face of an undeclared naval `` Quasi-War '' with France . The major accomplishment of his presidency was a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the face of Hamilton 's opposition . Due to his strong posture on defense , Adams is `` often called the father of the American Navy '' . He was the first U.S. president to reside in the executive mansion , now known as the White House . In 1800 , Adams lost re-election to Thomas Jefferson and retired to Massachusetts . He eventually resumed his friendship with Jefferson upon the latter 's own retirement by initiating a correspondence which lasted fourteen years . He and his wife established a family of politicians , diplomats , and historians now referred to as the Adams political family . Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams , the sixth President of the United States . He died on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence , and the same day as Jefferson . Modern historians in the aggregate have favorably ranked his administration .",
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"text": "List of ambassadors of Great Britain to Denmark The Ambassador of Great Britain to Denmark was the foremost diplomatic representative in Denmark ( also referred to as the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway ) of the Kingdom of Great Britain , a European state created by the Treaty of Union of 1707 , in charge of the British diplomatic mission to Copenhagen . For Ambassadors from the Court of St James 's to Denmark before 1707 see List of ambassadors of the Kingdom of England to Denmark . For Ambassadors after 1800 , see List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Denmark .",
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"text": "Embassy of the United States, Paris The Embassy of the United States in Paris is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the French Republic . The embassy is the oldest diplomatic mission of the United States . Benjamin Franklin and some of the other Founding Fathers were the earliest United States Ambassadors to France . It is located at 2 , on the northwest corner of the Place de la Concorde , in the 8th arrondissement .",
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"text": "Thomas O. Enders Thomas Ostrom Enders ( November 28 , 1931 -- March 17 , 1996 ) was a United States diplomat . Thomas O. Enders was born on November 28 , 1931 in Hartford , Connecticut . He was educated at Yale University , where he was a member of the Scroll and Key society , receiving a B.A. in 1953 ; at the University of Paris , receiving a M.A. in 1955 ; and Harvard University , receiving a M.A. in 1957 . In 1958 , Enders joined the United States Foreign Service as an intelligence research specialist . From 1960 to 1963 , he was a visa officer and then an economic officer in Stockholm . From 1963 , he was supervisory international economist at the Bureau of European Affairs . In 1966 , he was a special assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs . In 1968 , he became Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Monetary Affairs . From 1969 , he was deputy chief of mission in Belgrade . From 1971 to 1973 , he held the same position in Phnom Penh . In 1974 , Enders became Assistant Under Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs . In 1976 , US President Gerald Ford nominated Enders as United States Ambassador to Canada ; Enders held this post from February 17 , 1976 to December 14 , 1979 . From 1979 , he was United States Ambassador to the European Communities . President Ronald Reagan nominated Enders as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs ; Enders held this office from June 23 , 1981 to June 27 , 1983 . The Reagan administration made the decision to reduce the emphasis that the Carter administration had put on human rights issues in dealings with allies and this new policy had been made clear to Ambassador Jack R. Binns , a Carter appointee , following his repeated reports of human rights abuses by the Honduran Military . In a June 1981 cable , Binns reported that he was deeply concerned about increasing evidence of officially sponsored or sanctioned assassinations of political or criminal targets and repression . Binns was summoned to Washington by Thomas O. Enders . I was told to stop human rights reporting except in back channel . The fear was that if it came into the State Department , it will leak , Binns recalled . They wanted to keep assistance flowing . Increased violations by the Honduran military would prejudice that . Reagan then named Enders US Ambassador to Spain , with Enders presenting his credentials to the Spanish government September 15 , 1983 and representing the U.S. in Spain until July 6 , 1986 . Enders retired in 1986 . He died in New York City on March 17 , 1996 . He is buried in Waterford , Connecticut .",
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"text": "Treaty of Vienna (1731) The Treaty of Vienna was first signed on 16 March 1731 by the imperial ministers Prince Eugene of Savoy , Count Sinzendorf and Count Gundaker Thomas Starhemberg and the British envoy to Vienna , Sir Thomas Robinson . This treaty marked the collapse of the Anglo-French Alliance ( 1727 -- 1731 ) , the beginning of the Anglo-Austrian Alliance and the birth of the legend of the natural enmity between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Great Britain . The treaty pitted France and Spain on one side against Great Britain and Austria on the other . The Spanish , specifically , signed the treaty on 22 July 1731 . The treaty also recognised Charles of Spain as the Duke of Parma .",
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"text": "Elyesa Bazna Elyesa Bazna ( -LSB- ˈeljesɑ ˈbɑznɑ -RSB- ) , infrequently referred to as Iliaz and Ilyaz Bazna ( -LSB- iliaz bazna -RSB- ) , ( 28 July 1904 -- 21 December 1970 ) , was a secret agent for Nazi Germany during World War II , operating under the code name Cicero . Born in Pristina , Bazna attended a military academy , and joined a French military unit at age 16 . He was caught stealing cars and weapons , for which he served three years in a penal labor camp in France . Bazna held a number of manual jobs in Turkish and French cities before obtaining work for foreign diplomats and consulates as a doorman , driver , and guard . He spoke several languages fluently , including French , which was the predominant diplomatic language at the time . In 1943 , Bazna was hired as a valet by Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen , the British ambassador in Ankara , Turkey . He photographed British documents in Knatchbull-Hugession 's possession , and sold them to the Germans through their attaché Ludwig Carl Moyzisch in what became known as the Cicero affair . As Cicero , Bazna passed on important information about many of the Allied leaders ' conferences , including the Moscow , Tehran and Cairo Conferences . The details for the Tehran Conference were important for Operation Long Jump , the unsuccessful plot to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt , Joseph Stalin , and Winston Churchill . He had also conveyed a document that carried the highest security restriction ( BIGOT list ) about Operation Overlord ( the code name for the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944 ) . It included intelligence that the British ambassador was to request the use of Turkish air bases `` to maintain a threat to the Germans from the eastern Mediterranean until Overlord is launched . '' The information about the Normandy Invasion was not known by the Germans until after the war . Had it been provided in time , Operation Overlord ( the preparations for D-Day ) could have been compromised . He also provided intelligence that might have made the Germans believe that there was no danger of attack in the Balkans . The information that he leaked is believed to have been among the potentially more damaging disclosures made by an agent during the Second World War . The German Foreign Office questioned the intelligence provided by Cicero due to the large quantity of transmitted documents , which meant that little , if any , of it was acted upon . Once the British became aware that there was a spy operating within the Turkish Embassy , they investigated Bazna , installed a new alarm system , and initiated an unsuccessful sting to catch him selling intelligence . He stopped selling information to the Germans by the end of February 1944 and left the embassy within a month or so . After the war , Bazna was questioned for war crimes , but he was never charged with espionage . He attempted to buy and operate a hotel in Ankara with the proceeds of his spying career , but it was discovered that much of the money was counterfeit . He served a brief prison sentence for circulating forged notes . Bazna lived in Ankara with his family for many years and obtained work doing odd jobs . He moved to Munich in 1960 and worked as a night watchman before dying in 1970 of kidney disease . Bazna published a memoir of the Cicero affair in 1962 .",
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"text": "Pax Britannica Pax Britannica ( Latin for `` British Peace '' , modelled after Pax Romana ) was the period of relative peace in Europe ( 1815 -- 1914 ) during which the British Empire became the global hegemonic power and adopted the role of a global police force . Between 1815 and 1914 , a period referred to as Britain 's `` imperial century , '' around 10,000,000 sqmi of territory and roughly 400 million people were added to the British Empire . Victory over Napoleonic France left the British without any serious international rival , other than perhaps Russia in central Asia . When Russia tried expanding its influence in the Balkans , the British and French defeated it in the Crimean War ( 1854 -- 56 ) , thereby protecting the by-then feeble Ottoman Empire . Britain 's Royal Navy controlled most of the key maritime trade routes and enjoyed unchallenged sea power . Alongside the formal control it exerted over its own colonies , Britain 's dominant position in world trade meant that it effectively controlled access to many regions , such as Asia and Latin America . British merchants , shippers and bankers had such an overwhelming advantage over everyone else that in addition to its colonies it had an `` informal empire '' .",
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"text": "Jean Monnet Jean Omer Marie Gabriel Monnet ( -LSB- ʒɑ̃ mɔnɛ -RSB- ; 9 November 1888 -- 16 March 1979 ) was a French political economist and diplomat . An influential supporter of European unity , he is considered as one of the founding fathers of the European Union . Jean Monnet has been called `` The Father of Europe '' by those who see his innovative and pioneering efforts in the 1950s as the key to establishing the European Coal and Steel Community , the predecessor of today 's European Union . Never elected to public office , Monnet worked behind the scenes of American and European governments as a well-connected pragmatic internationalist . He was named patron of the 1980 -- 1981 academic year at the College of Europe , in honour of his accomplishments .",
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"text": "American Committee on United Europe The American Committee on United Europe ( ACUE ) , founded in 1948 , was an American organization which sought to counter the Communist threat in Europe by promoting European political integration . Its first chairman was ex-wartime OSS head William Joseph Donovan . The vice-chairman was Allen Dulles . A board member was Walter Bedell Smith . The structure of the organisation was outlined in early summer of 1948 by Donovan and Allen Welsh Dulles by then also reviewing the organization of the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) . in response to assistance requests by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi and Winston Churchill . Declassified American government documents have shown that the ACUE was an important early funder of both the European Movement and the European Youth Campaign . The ACUE itself received funding from the Rockefeller and Ford foundations . The U.S. policy was to promote a United States of Europe , and to this end the committee was used to discreetly funnel CIA funds - by the mid 50 's ACUE was receiving roughly $ 1,000,000 USD per year - to European pro-federalists supporting such organizations as the Council of Europe , the European Coal and Steel Community , and the proposed European Defence Community . The end of an article appearing in The Daily Telegraph in September 2000 noted that : `` The State Department also played a role . A memo from the European section , dated June 11 , 1965 , advises the vice-president of the European Economic Community , Robert Marjolin , to pursue monetary union by stealth . It recommends suppressing debate until the point at which `` adoption of such proposals would become virtually inescapable '' . ''",
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"text": "Polignac Memorandum The Polignac Memorandum was a document by George Canning ( British Foreign Secretary ) written in October 1823 , stating that Great Britain had no intention of aiding Spain in the retention of her colonies in Latin and South America . The document was a result of talks with Prince Jules de Polignac , the French Ambassador to Great Britain . Both countries ( France and Great Britain ) agreed that there was no hope of Spain recovering her colonies in the Americas , that neither nation had any desire to gain territory in the region , or gain exclusive commercial treaties . Canning was then able to advise King George IV to extend diplomatic recognition to Buenos Aires , Colombia , and Mexico , and authorize British ministers in South America to negotiate with their respective states for commercial treaties . During this time period , the European states had formed the Quintuple Alliance after the 1815 Congress of Vienna to restore balance to Europe after the Napoleonic Wars . Spain was having trouble with its colonies in Latin and South America , and was fighting a losing battle to remain an empire . Villele , the French Prime Minister under Louis XVIII viewed the Polignac Memorandum as a way to refuse to aid Ferdinand VII in his attempts to regain his colonies .",
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"text": "White Company The White Company ( -LSB- Compagnia Bianca del Falco , -RSB- ) was a 14th-century Italian mercenary Company of Adventure ( Compagnia di ventura ) , led from its arrival in Italy in 1361 to 1365 by the German Albert Sterz and later by the Englishman John Hawkwood . Although the White Company is the name by which it is popularly known , it was initially called the Great Company of English and Germans and would later often be referred to as the English Company ( It : Compagnia degli Inglesi , L : Societas Angliciis ) .",
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"text": "Grand Tour The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper class European young men of sufficient means and rank ( or those of more humble origin who could find a sponsor ) , as well as young women if they were also of sufficient means , and accompanied by a chaperone , such as other family members , when they had come of age ( about the age of 21 years old ) . The custom flourished from about 1660 , until the advent of large-scale rail transport in the 1840s , and was associated with a standard itinerary . It served as an educational rite of passage . Though primarily associated with the British nobility and wealthy landed gentry , similar trips were made by wealthy young men of Protestant Northern European nations , and from the second half of the 18th century , by some South and North Americans . The tradition declined with the lapse of neo-classical enthusiasm and after rail and steamship travel made the journeys much easier when Thomas Cook made the `` Cook 's Tour '' of early mass tourism a byword . The New York Times in 2008 described the Grand Tour in this way : The primary value of the Grand Tour , it was believed , lay in the exposure both to the cultural legacy of classical antiquity and the Renaissance , and to the aristocratic and fashionably polite society of the European continent . In addition , it provided the only opportunity to view specific works of art , and possibly the only chance to hear certain music . A Grand Tour could last from several months to several years . It was commonly undertaken in the company of a Cicerone , a knowledgeable guide or tutor . The Grand Tour had more than superficial cultural importance ; as E. P. Thompson stated , `` ruling-class control in the 18th century was located primarily in a cultural hegemony , and only secondarily in an expression of economic or physical ( military ) power . '' The legacy of the Grand Tour lives on to the modern day and is still evident in works of travel and literature . From its aristocratic origins and the permutations of sentimental and romantic travel to the age of tourism and globalization , the Grand Tour still influences the destinations tourists choose and shapes the ideas of culture and sophistication that surround the act of travel . In essence , the Grand Tour was neither a scholar 's pilgrimage nor a religious one , though a pleasurable stay in Venice and a cautious residence in Rome were essential . Catholic Grand Tourists followed the same routes as Protestant Whigs . Since the 17th century , a tour to such places was also considered essential for budding young artists to understand proper painting and sculpture techniques , though the trappings of the Grand Tour -- valets and coachmen , perhaps a cook , certainly a `` bear-leader '' or scholarly guide -- were beyond their reach . The advent of popular guides , such as the Richardsons ' , did much to popularise such trips , and following the artists themselves , the elite considered travel to such centres as necessary rites of passage . For gentlemen , some works of art were essential to demonstrate the breadth and polish they had received from their tour : in Rome , antiquaries like Thomas Jenkins provided access to private collections of antiquities , among which enough proved to be for sale that the English market raised the price of such things , and for coins and medals , which formed more portable souvenirs and a respected gentleman 's guide to ancient history . Pompeo Batoni made a career of painting English milordi posed with graceful ease among Roman antiquities . Many continued on to Naples , where they viewed Herculaneum and Pompeii , but few ventured far into southern Italy or Malta , and fewer still to Greece , still under Turkish rule .",
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"text": "John Adams (New York) John Adams ( August 26 , 1778 Oak Hill , New York -- September 25 , 1854 Catskill , New York ) was a United States Congressman from New York .",
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"text": "Continental Europe Continental Europe , also referred to as mainland Europe , or , by Europeans , simply the Continent , is the continuous continent of Europe , excluding surrounding islands . The most common definition of continental Europe excludes continental islands , encompassing the Greek Islands , Cyprus , Malta , Sicily , Sardinia , Corsica , the Balearic Islands , Ireland , Great Britain , the Isle of Man , the Channel Islands , Novaya Zemlya and the Danish archipelago , as well as nearby oceanic islands , including the Canary Islands , Madeira , the Azores , Iceland , the Faroe Islands , and Svalbard . The Scandinavian peninsula is sometimes also excluded , as even though it is technically part of `` mainland Europe '' , the de facto connections to the rest of the continent are across the Baltic Sea or North Sea ( rather than via the lengthy land route that involves travelling to the north of the peninsula where it meets Finland , and then south through north-east Europe ) . The notion of Europe as a geopolitical or cultural term is centred on core Europe ( Kerneuropa ) , the continental territory of the historical Carolingian Empire and the core of Latin Christendom , corresponding to modern France , Italy , Germany ( or German-speaking Europe ) and the Benelux states ( historical Austrasia ) . This historical core of `` Carolingian Europe '' was consciously invoked in the 1950s as the historical ethno-cultural basis for the prospective European integration ( see also Multi-speed Europe ) .",
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"text": "Papal diplomacy Nuncio ( officially known as an Apostolic nuncio and also known as a papal nuncio ) is the title for an ecclesiastical diplomat , being an envoy or permanent diplomatic representative of the Holy See to a state or international organization . A nuncio is appointed by and represents the Holy See , and is the head of the diplomatic mission , called an Apostolic Nunciature , which is the equivalent of an embassy . The Holy See is legally distinct from the Vatican City or the Catholic Church . A nuncio is usually an archbishop . A papal nuncio is generally equivalent in rank to that of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary , although in Catholic countries the nuncio often ranks above ambassadors in diplomatic protocol . A nuncio performs the same functions as an ambassador and has the same diplomatic privileges . Under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations , to which the Holy See is a party , a nuncio is an ambassador like those from any other country . The Vienna Convention allows the host state to grant seniority of precedence to the nuncio over others of ambassadorial rank accredited to the same country , and may grant the deanship of that country 's diplomatic corps to the nuncio regardless of seniority . The representative of the Holy See in some situations is called a Delegate or , in the case of the United Nations , Permanent Observer . In the Holy See hierarchy , these usually rank equally to a nuncio , but they do not have formal diplomatic status , though in some countries they have some diplomatic privileges . In addition , the nuncio serves as the liaison between the Holy See and the Church in that particular nation , supervising the diocesan episcopate ( usually a national conference of bishops which has its own chairman , usually the highest-ranking bishop or archbishop , especially if his seat carries the title of primate or he has individually been created a cardinal ) and has an important role in the selection of bishops .",
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"text": "Mediterranean Agreements (1887) The Mediterranean Agreements ( German Mittelmeerentente ; French Entente de la Méditerranée ) were a series of treaties signed in 1887 by the United Kingdom with the Italy on 12 February ( through the mediation of Germany ) , with Austria-Hungary on March 24 and with Spain on May 4 . Further notes were exchanged between Britain , Italy and Austria-Hungary on 12 December . On the face of it the treaties recognised the status quo in the Mediterranean Sea . In fact , one of the objectives was to halt the expansion of the Russian Empire in the Balkans and her wish to control the straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles . From that perspective it also assured the survival of the Ottoman Empire . It also protected Italian interests against France . Thus it united forces hostile to Russia in the Balkans and to France in North Africa . From the point of view of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck , the benefit of these agreements to which Germany was not a party , was in bringing Britain closer to the Triple Alliance of Germany , Italy and Austria-Hungary . This advantage proved short-lived since Britain achieved a rapprochement with Russia . The Alliance was dissolved in 1896 when Wilhelm II , German Emperor alienated Great Britain with his `` Kruger telegram '' . The treaty potentially conflicted with the Reinsurance Treaty of 1888 , between Germany and Russia . In the secret protocol to the Reinsurance Treaty , Bismarck lent support to Russia 's expansion efforts . Thus the Mediterranean Agreement , while not a de jure contradiction of the Reinsurance Treaty was at least contrary to its spirit .",
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"text": "John Finch (ambassador) Sir John Finch ( 1626 -- 1682 ) was ambassador of England to the Ottoman Empire . One of the Finches of Burley-on-the-Hill , John Finch was the younger brother of Lord Chancellor Sir Heneage Finch , 1st Earl of Nottingham ; their half-sister was the philosopher Lady Anne Conway of Ragley Hall . Anne and John Finch were pupils of Henry More . After Eton John Finch studied with More at Christ 's College , Cambridge , and there met his lifelong companion Sir Thomas Baines . Following a Grand Tour of Italy , where they graduated in medicine from the University of Padua in 1656 Finch and Baines returned to Christ 's as teachers in 1660 , and fellows of the Royal Society . They returned to Italy again from 1665 to 1670 when Finch was Minister to the Ducal Court at Florence . He was elected by the Company on the king 's education on 7 November 1672 . Sir John was ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople , succeeding his uncle Heneage Finch , 3rd Earl of Winchilsea and his cousin Daniel Harvey arriving on 18 March 1674 . Finch was not a strong ambassador and was constantly outwitted by the Grand Viziers Ahmet Köprülü and Kara Mustafa Other British residents during Finch 's tenure included the Reverend John Covel , merchant Sir Dudley North , Finch 's consul in Smyrna , Paul Rycaut and their letters and memoirs contribute to our picture of Finch 's tenue as the diplomat in residence . Finch and Baines are further remembered in the poem Baines His Dissection by Scottish poet , David Kinloch . He left Turkey on November 1681 . Sir John Finch died of pleurisy in Florence , Italy in 1682 , is buried in Christ 's College and commemorated with Baines , who had died in Constantinople , with an elaborate monument . Their portraits by Florentine artist Carlo Dolci hang in the Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge .",
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"text": "Second Continental Congress The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775 , in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . It succeeded the First Continental Congress , which met between September 5 , 1774 and October 26 , 1774 , also in Philadelphia . The second Congress managed the colonial war effort , and moved incrementally towards independence , adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4 , 1776 . By raising armies , directing strategy , appointing diplomats , and making formal treaties such as the Olive Branch Petition , the Congress acted as the de facto national government of what became the United States . When the Second Continental Congress came together on May 10 , 1775 it was , in effect , a reconvening of the First Continental Congress . Many of the same 56 delegates who attended the first meeting were in attendance at the second , and the delegates appointed the same president ( Peyton Randolph ) and secretary ( Charles Thomson ) . Notable new arrivals included Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and John Hancock of Massachusetts . Within two weeks , Randolph was summoned back to Virginia to preside over the House of Burgesses ; he was replaced in the Virginia delegation by Thomas Jefferson , who arrived several weeks later . Henry Middleton was elected as president to replace Randolph , but he declined . Hancock was elected president on May 24 . Delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies were present when the Second Continental Congress convened . Georgia had not participated in the First Continental Congress and did not initially send delegates to the Second Continental Congress . On May 13 , 1775 , Lyman Hall was admitted as a delegate from the Parish of St. John 's in the Colony of Georgia , not as a delegate from the colony itself . On July 4 , 1775 , revolutionary Georgians held a Provincial Congress to decide how to respond to the American Revolution , and that congress decided on July 8 to send delegates to the Continental Congress . They arrived on July 20 .",
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"text": "Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Henry John Temple , 3rd Viscount Palmerston , ( 20 October 1784 -- 18 October 1865 ) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century . For most of 1830 to 1865 he dominated British foreign policy when Britain was at the height of her power . Popularly nicknamed `` Pam '' and `` The Mongoose '' , he was in government office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865 , beginning his parliamentary career as a Tory , switching to the Whigs in 1830 , and concluding it as the first Prime Minister of the newly-formed Liberal Party from 1859 . He succeeded to his father 's Irish peerage in 1802 . He became a Tory MP in 1807 , and was made Secretary at War in 1809 , responsible for the finances of the army . He held the job until 1828 , entering the cabinet in 1827 when George Canning became Prime Minister . Less than a year later he resigned with other Canningites . In opposition he switched his focus to foreign policy , and he was Foreign Secretary ( 1830-4 , 1835 -- 41 and 1846 -- 51 ) when the Whigs were in power , dealing with a succession of crises in Europe and beyond . Some of his aggressive actions , now sometimes termed liberal interventionist , were highly controversial at the time , and remain so today . In 1852 he became Home Secretary in Aberdeen 's coalition government , the Peelites having insisted on Russell getting the Foreign Office . He passed various social reforms but opposed electoral ones . When public discontent over the Crimean War brought the government down in 1855 , Palmerston was found to be , despite the Queen 's distrust of him , the only Prime Minister who could sustain a majority in Parliament . He had two periods in office , 1855 -- 1858 and 1859 -- 1865 , before dying at almost 81 , a few months after winning a general election with an increased majority . He remains , to date , the last Prime Minister to die in office . Historians consider him one of the greatest foreign secretaries , for his handling of great crises , his commitment to the balance of power that made Britain the deciding voice in many controversies , his analytic skills , and his commitment to British interests . His policies regarding India , Italy , Belgium and Spain had long-term impact , while his policies toward France , the Ottoman Empire , and the United States proved more ephemeral . He was a master of public opinion , achieved by stroking British nationalism . His weaknesses include mishandling of personal relations , and long-standing disagreements with the Queen over the royal role in determining foreign policy . Palmerston built a strong popular following among the British electorate , by promoting himself , British nationalism , and a sense of patriotism . He assiduously fostered the press , which gave him very favourable coverage . Queen Victoria and most of the political leadership distrusted him , but his popular strength prevailed .",
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"text": "United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom The United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ( known formally in the United Kingdom as Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St James 's ) is the official representative of the President and the Government of the United States of America to the Queen and Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . The position is regarded as one of the most prestigious positions in the United States Foreign Service due to the so-called `` Special Relationship '' . The ambassadorship has been held by various notable politicians , including five who would later become presidents : John Adams , James Monroe , John Quincy Adams , Martin Van Buren and James Buchanan . However , the modern tendency of American presidents ( of both parties ) is to appoint keen political fundraisers from previous presidential campaigns , despite the importance and prestige of the office . The ambassador and the embassy staff at large work at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square , London . The official residence of the ambassador is Winfield House in Regent 's Park . The post of ambassador is currently vacant ; however , President Trump has announced Woody Johnson as his choice for the post . As of May 18 , 2017 Johnson had not been formally nominated for confirmation by the US Senate . Lewis Lukens is currently serving as Chargé d'affaires-a . i. until Johnson is approved by the Senate . The most recent Ambassador was Matthew Barzun .",
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"text": "Navigation Acts The Navigation Acts were a series of English laws that restricted colonial trade to England . They were first enacted in 1651 and throughout that time until 1663 , and were repealed in 1849 . They reflected the policy of mercantilism , which sought to keep all the benefits of trade inside the Empire , and to minimize the loss of gold and silver to foreigners . They prohibited the colonies from trading directly with the Netherlands , Spain , France , and their colonies . The original ordinance of 1651 was renewed at the Restoration by Acts of 1660 , 1663 , 1670 , and 1673 , with subsequent minor amendments . The Acts formed the basis for English overseas trade for nearly 200 years . Additionally the Acts restricted the employment of non-English sailors to a quarter of the crew on returning East India Company ships . The major impetuses for the Navigation Acts were the ruinous deterioration of English trade in the aftermath of the Eighty Years ' War , and the concomitant lifting of the Spanish embargoes on trade between the Spanish Empire and the Dutch Republic . The end of the embargoes in 1647 unleashed the full power of the Amsterdam Entrepôt and other Dutch competitive advantages in world trade . Within a few years , English merchants had practically been overwhelmed in the trade in the Iberian Peninsula , the Mediterranean and the Levant . Even the trade with English colonies ( partly still in the hands of the royalists , as the English Civil War was in its final stages and the Commonwealth of England had not yet imposed its authority throughout the English colonies ) was `` engrossed '' by Dutch merchants . English direct trade was crowded out by a sudden influx of commodities from the Levant , Mediterranean and the Spanish and Portuguese empires , and the West Indies via the Dutch Entrepôt , carried in Dutch ships and for Dutch account . The obvious solution seemed to be to seal off the English and Scottish markets to these unwanted imports . A precedent was the Act the Greenland Company had obtained from Parliament in 1645 prohibiting the import of whale products into England , except in ships owned by that company . This principle was now generalised . In 1648 the Levant Company petitioned Parliament for the prohibition of imports of Turkish goods '' ... from Holland and other places but directly from the places of their growth . '' Baltic traders added their voices to this chorus . In 1650 the Standing Council for Trade and the Council of State of the Commonwealth prepared a general policy designed to impede the flow of Mediterranean and colonial commodities via Holland and Zeeland into England . On the whole , the Acts of Trade and Navigation were obeyed , except for the Molasses Act of 1733 , which led to extensive smuggling because no effective means of enforcement was provided until the 1750s . Stricter enforcement under the Sugar Act of 1764 became one source of resentment of Great Britain by merchants in the American colonies . This in turn helped push the colonies to start the American Revolution in the late 18th century , even though the consensus view among modern economic historians and economists is that the `` costs imposed on -LSB- American -RSB- colonists by the trade restrictions of the Navigation Acts were small . ''",
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"text": "Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams ( born June 17 , 1980 ) is an American professional tennis player who is generally regarded as one of the all-time greats of women 's tennis and who , along with younger sister Serena Williams , is credited with ushering in a new era of power and athleticism on the women 's professional tennis tour . Ranked World No. 11 in singles as of January 28 , 2017 , Williams has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women 's Tennis Association on three occasions , for a total of 11 weeks . She first became the World No. 1 on February 25 , 2002 , the first African American woman to do so in the Open Era . On 10 June 2002 , Venus and Serena became the first sisters to hold the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the singles rankings , respectively . On 7 June 2010 , Venus became co-No . 1 in doubles with Serena after they won their 4th consecutive grand slam doubles title at Roland Garros . By virtue of that doubles ascension , Venus became one of seven women to reach No. 1 in singles and No. 1 in doubles . On 21 June 2010 , Venus and Serena again occupied the No. 2 and No. 1 spots in the singles rankings , respectively . This came almost exactly 8 years after first accomplishing this feat . At the time , Venus had just celebrated her 30th birthday and Serena was three months shy of her 29th birthday , both ages at which many of their peers had retired . Her seven Grand Slam singles titles ties her twelfth on the all-time list , more than any other active female player except sister Serena . She has also won fourteen Grand Slam doubles titles and two mixed doubles titles . Her five Wimbledon singles titles ties her with two other women for eighth place on the all-time list . Williams is one of four women to have won five or more Wimbledon singles titles in the Open Era . From the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2001 US Open , Williams won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments held . She is one of only six women in the Open Era to win 200 or more main draw Grand Slam singles matches . At the 2017 French Open , Williams extended her record as the all-time leader , male or female , in Grand Slams played , with 74 . Furthermore , Williams ' run to the 2017 Australian Open Women 's Singles final set the record for longest span between singles slam finals in the open era at 20 years , the beginning of which was marked by her appearance in the singles final at the 1997 US Open . Williams has won four Olympic gold medals , one in singles and three in women 's doubles , along with a silver medal in mixed doubles . She and Serena have won more Olympic gold medals than any other tennis player , male or female . Venus also holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by a male or female tennis player , shared with Kathleen McKane Godfree . She is the only tennis player to have won a medal at four separate Olympic Games . At the 2000 Sydney Olympics , Williams became only the second player to win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles at the same Olympic Games , after Helen Wills Moody in 1924 . With 49 singles titles , Williams is behind only Serena among active players on the WTA Tour . Her 35-match winning streak from the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2000 Generali Ladies Linz tournament final is the longest since January 1 , 2000 . She is also one of only three active WTA players to have made the finals of all four Grand Slams , along with Serena and Russian Maria Sharapova . By winning her 49th career singles title at the 2016 Taiwan Open , Williams became the 5th oldest WTA Tour titlist in the Open Era , at 35 years , 7 months and 28 days . Williams has played against her sister in 27 professional matches since 1998 , and won 11 . They have played against each other in nine Grand Slam singles finals , with Venus holding a 2-7 record . Venus has 8 runner-up finishes in grand slam singles events with Martina Hingis being the only player other than Serena to beat Venus in a major final at the 1997 US Open . Beginning with the 2002 French Open , they opposed each other in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals , the first time sisters had so met in the Open Era . On the other side , the pair have won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles playing alongside each other and are undefeated in Grand Slam finals .",
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"text": "Sabine Lisicki Sabine Katharina Lisicki ( -LSB- zaˈbɪnə lɪˈzɪki -RSB- ; born 22 September 1989 ) is a German professional tennis player . She turned professional in 2006 and her breakthrough came in 2009 when she reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships and won her first WTA title , the Family Circle Cup , against Caroline Wozniacki . In March 2010 , she suffered an ankle injury at the Indian Wells Masters that kept her out of competition for five months and saw her fall out of the top 200 . Lisicki rebounded in 2011 and won the Aegon Classic before entering the Wimbledon Championships as a wildcard and going on to reach the semifinals , where she lost to Maria Sharapova . In doing so she became only the second woman in Wimbledon history to make it to the semifinals while entering the tournament as a wildcard . She followed that two months later by winning her third WTA tournament , the Texas Open . In 2012 , she achieved her highest career world ranking , 12th , and again reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon . Again , in 2012 she suffered from another ankle injury that prevented her from having better results on tour . Lisicki reached the final of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships , losing to Marion Bartoli . The following year , she reached another quarterfinal at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and won her first title in three years when she won the 2014 Hong Kong Tennis Open . In doubles , Lisicki won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in 2011 with Samantha Stosur and in 2013 with Mona Barthel and the 2014 Sony Open with coach Martina Hingis . She also reached the doubles final at Wimbledon in 2011 with Stosur and came fourth in the mixed doubles event at the 2012 London Olympics with Christopher Kas . Lisicki currently holds the world record for the fastest serve by a female tennis player . She clocked a 131.0 mph serve during her first-round encounter against Ana Ivanovic at the 2014 Bank of the West Classic . She also held the record for the most aces in a singles match , hitting 27 aces during her second-round encounter against Belinda Bencic at the 2015 Aegon Classic , until it was surpassed by Kristýna Plíšková at the 2016 Australian Open .",
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"text": "Clarisa Fernández Clarisa Fernández ( born 28 August 1981 ) is a retired Argentine tennis player who is best known for her semi-final appearance at the 2002 French Open , the first Argentine since Sabatini in 1992 to reach that stage . Fernández was ranked 87th in the world at the time of her shocking result . She defeated , in order : ( Q ) Lubomira Bacheva , Jelena Kostanić , Kim Clijsters , ( 13 ) Elena Dementieva , Paola Suárez , before losing to second-seeded Venus Williams in straight sets . . Fernández is a crafty left-handed player . She turned professional in 1998 , and did not have much success before her appearance at the French Open . She has six ITF titles to her name , including one in 2006 . Since 2003 , Fernández has been plagued with injuries . She has suffered from tendinitis in her left shoulder , an injury to her left wrist , and to her right knee . Fernández enjoys playing on hard and grass courts . She was coached by Leonardo Lerda . Her tennis inspirations are Pete Sampras and Martina Navratilova . In April 2008 , Fernández announced her retirement from professional tennis after a lengthy battle with knee injuries .",
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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": "Unmatched Unmatched is a documentary about tennis players Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert , their decades-long on-court rivalry and lifelong friendship , created for ESPN 's 30 for 30 documentary series . Evert and Navratilova met in 80 matches , 60 finals and 14 grand slam finals with Navratilova sporting a 43-37 advantage . The film was shot over three days in Amagansett , New York in October 2009 . Unmatched was awarded the 2011 Gracie Award for `` Outstanding Producer - News/Non-fiction '' . Navratilova was sometimes described as the lesbian tennis player from a communist country : `` As one of the first openly gay sports figures , she has spent much of her career overcoming prejudices and stereotypes , giving up millions of dollars in endorsements and sponsorships as a result of her insistence on living a life of integrity and honesty . '' Evert was described as the all-American girl next door . Today Navratilova is often cited as the greatest tennis player of all-time ; she has won 167 singles titles , 177 doubles championships titles and 59 Grand Slam titles , she has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame , was the WTA 's `` Tour Player of the Year '' seven times , was declared one of the `` Top Forty Athletes of All-time '' by Sports Illustrated and was named `` Female Athlete of the Year '' by the Associated Press . Navratilova has served as AARP 's Health and Fitness Ambassador and is also involved with the LGBT movement , The Rainbow Card ® and Rainbow Endowment . Evert on the other hand reached more Grand Slam singles finals than any player , she has been president of the Women 's Tennis Association and in 2005 she was named fourth on the list of the 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era by TENNIS Magazine . Evert won 157 singles championships , 29 doubles titles and she won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles . Hannah Storm said of the rivalry : `` Just think about the dynamic of competing against your best friend . They would practice together , eat lunch together , then go out and play in the final and then make travel plans to go to the next tournament . '' In describing their rivalry and its effect on their tennis careers , Navratilova said : `` I do n't think either of us would have lasted as long without the other . '' Evert said : `` It gave us inspiration and a lot of incentive to work harder and try to continue to improve . ''",
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"text": "Margaret Court career statistics This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Margaret Court . She won 64 Grand Slam events ( 24 singles , 19 doubles , 21 mixed doubles ) , which is a record for a male or female player . Her 24 Grand Slam singles titles and 21 in mixed doubles are also all-time records for both sexes . She achieved a career Grand Slam in singles , doubles , and mixed doubles . She is one of two women to have achieved the calendar year Grand Slam in singles in the Open Era ( alongside Steffi Graf ) , and is the only woman to have achieved the mixed doubles Grand Slam , which she did twice . Court won more than half of the Grand Slam singles tournaments she played ( 24 of 47 ) . She won 192 singles titles before and after the Open Era , an all-time record . Her career singles win-loss record was 1,177-106 , for a winning percentage of 91.74 percent on all surfaces ( hard , clay , grass , carpet ) , is also an all-time record . She won at least 100 singles matches in 1965 ( 113-8 ) , 1968 ( 107-12 ) , 1969 ( 104-6 ) , 1970 ( 110-6 ) , and 1973 ( 108-6 ) . She won more than 80 percent of her singles matches against top 10 players ( 297-73 ) and was the year-end top ranked player seven times .",
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"text": "2009 Wimbledon Championships The 2009 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon , London , from Monday 22 June through to Sunday 5 July 2009 . It was the 123rd staging of the Wimbledon Championships , and the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year . Rafael Nadal did not defend his title after withdrawing from the tournament due to knee tendinitis . Roger Federer won his 6th Wimbledon title defeating rival Andy Roddick in the final in five sets . Federer 's victory marked his fifteenth Grand Slam title which broke the men 's all-time record . Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence , being defeated in the final by her sister Serena , who won her first Wimbledon in 2002 .",
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"text": "French Open The French Open , often referred to as Roland-Garros ( -LSB- ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁɔs -RSB- ) , is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris , France . Named after the French aviator Roland Garros , it is the premier clay court tennis championship event in the world and the second of four annual Grand Slam tournaments , the other three being the Australian Open , Wimbledon and the US Open . Roland Garros is currently the only major held on clay , and it is the zenith of the spring clay court season . Because of the seven rounds needed for a championship , the slow-playing surface and the best-of-five-set men 's singles matches ( without a tiebreak in the final set ) , the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world .",
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"text": "2017 Australian Open The 2017 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 16 -- 29 January 2017 . It was the 105th edition of the Australian Open , and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year . The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles , doubles and mixed doubles play . Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments . As in previous years , the tournament 's title sponsor was Kia . Novak Djokovic and Angelique Kerber were the defending champions and both were unsuccessful in their title defense ; they lost to Denis Istomin and Coco Vandeweghe in the second and fourth rounds , respectively . For the first time since the 2004 French Open , both No. 1 seeds lost before the quarterfinals , with both Andy Murray and Kerber defeated in the fourth round . Roger Federer won his eighteenth men 's singles Grand Slam title by defeating Rafael Nadal in a five-set final . It was his first major title since 2012 Wimbledon and a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final , which Nadal won in five sets . Serena Williams overcame her sister Venus in the women 's singles final , surpassing Steffi Graf to become the player with the most major wins in the women 's game in the Open Era .",
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"text": "2014 US Open (tennis) The 2014 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts . It was the 134th edition of the US Open , the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year . It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center . Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the men 's event ; however , on 18 August , the Spaniard announced his withdrawal from the event after failing to recover from a wrist injury , while Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion in the women 's event . In the men 's singles competition , Marin Čilić won his maiden grand slam title ; while , Serena Williams won her Open era record tying sixth title in the women 's singles competition tying Chris Evert , and it was her eighteenth grand slam title tying Evert and Martina Navratilova . Winning the men 's doubles , Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan became the most victorious doubles team in Open era history at the tournament , and this was the team 's 100th title together and sixteenth grand slam title tying Todd Woodbridge for the Open era record . Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won women 's doubles competition title , becoming two-time grand slam champions with their victory at the 2013 French Open . The winning mixed doubles team was Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares , and for Mirza it was her third mixed doubles grand slam title in her career and Soares ' second grand slam title for his career . It was Soares ' second US Open title in mixed doubles , and it was the first for Mirza .",
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"text": "Roger Draper Roger Draper is the former Chief Executive of Sport England from 2003 to 2006 , and the Lawn Tennis Association from 2006 to 2013 . In his time at Sport England , Draper had overall accountability for business turnover of # 340m , and was involved in London 's 2012 Olympic bid , and the Wembley National Stadium construction project . As Accounting Officer for Sport England , he had responsibility for reporting to Parliament through the Secretary of State for Culture , Media and Sport , and represented the organisation at a wide range of Select Committees , including the Public Accounts Committee hearing on the Wembley National Stadium Project , in 2003 . He also led a major review and reorganisation of the # 450m spent on sport in the UK . This included the completion of the # 120m English Institute of Sport network of high performance facilities including new centres at Bath and Loughborough Universities , and a review of corporate governance across a number of sports , including athletics , hockey , rugby league , golf , cricket , boxing , karate and bowls . Draper joined the LTA in 2006 and published the ` Blueprint , a Strategy for British Tennis ' , which set out his plans to transform the national governing body for British tennis . This included a complete restructure of the organisation , a new commercial strategy and programme , the introduction of Talent ID , and a comprehensive review and rebuild of all the LTA 's major events . During his time at the LTA , turnover grew by 45 % to # 65m , and commercial revenues increased by three and a half times , in part the result of a ground-breaking Lead Partner agreement with pensions provider Aegon UK . British Tennis membership grew by 500 % and the number of juniors playing competitive tennis sevenfold . Draper was also responsible for introducing a new mini tennis programme and a nationwide talent ID system for British tennis . During this period , Great Britain won the Junior Davis Cup for the first time , and a number of British juniors won grand slam singles and doubles titles . In 2007 Draper withdrew funding from Naomi Broady , then age 17 and the leading junior , as a disciplinary measure for posting pictures and comments online wholly unrelated to tennis . This resulted in a feud which has resulted in Broady refusing to play for GB ever since and funding her own career . The general opinion of observers was that Draper was reflecting an LTA mindset which discredited tennis and put back attempts to widen participation beyond a narrow wealthy social group . In 2013 , Andy Murray became the first British man to win the Wimbledon singles title for 77 years . Despite a growth in the number of children playing tennis , Draper 's tenure was criticised for failing to increase levels of participation among adults . The problems of participation came to a head when in December 2012 Sport England announced that # 10.3 million of the LTA 's # 17.4 million funding total had been put on hold , with Sport England chief executive Jennie Price telling Press Association Sport : `` Tennis has not performed well in terms of participation '' . Sport England subsequently released the funding to the LTA . After his salary package at the LTA was revealed to be # 640,000 in 2012 , Draper and the LTA received further criticism , including from Baroness Billingham , the Chair of Parliament 's All-Party Tennis Group . His 7 1/2 year tenure as chief executive of the LTA came to an end in March 2013 when he announced that he would stand down in September 2013 Draper opposed the creation of the # 40 million National Tennis Centre at Roehampton , and in August 2014 , it was reported that the centre was to close , just 7 years after it was opened .",
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"text": "Williams sisters rivalry Venus Williams and Serena Williams ( born June 17 , 1980 , and September 26 , 1981 , respectively ) are professional tennis players and sisters who have faced off 28 times in professional tournaments , most recently in the final of the 2017 Australian Open on 28 January 2017 , where Serena claimed a history-making 23rd grand slam . Serena leads their rivalry 17 -- 11 . Both Williams sisters have been ranked World No. 1 : Venus for a total of 11 weeks , beginning in February 2002 ; Serena for a total of 316 weeks , beginning in July 2002 . The Williams sisters are the only two women during the open era to play each other in four consecutive Grand Slam finals : from the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open . Serena won all four of these finals . Venus has won 49 singles titles over the course of her career , and Serena has won 72 . Although the rivalry is long established , and is very fierce in competition , the two sisters remain personally very close . They have won 22 titles when playing doubles together , including 14 Grand Slam titles and 3 Olympic gold medals .",
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"text": "Association of Tennis Professionals The Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell , Bob Briner , Jack Kramer , and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players . Drysdale became the first President . Since 1990 , the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the organization 's name . In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour , which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour . In 2009 the name was changed again and is now known as the ATP World Tour . It is an evolution of the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis ( WCT ) . The ATP 's global headquarters are in London , United Kingdom . ATP Americas is based in Ponte Vedra Beach , United States ; ATP Europe is headquartered in Monaco ; and ATP International , which covers Africa , Asia and Australasia , is based in Sydney , Australia . The counterpart organization in the women 's professional game is the Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) .",
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"text": "Althea Gibson Althea Gibson ( August 25 , 1927 -- September 28 , 2003 ) was an American tennis player and professional golfer , and the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis . In 1956 , she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title ( the French Open ) . The following year she won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals ( precursor of the U.S. Open ) , then won both again in 1958 , and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years . In all , she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments , including six doubles titles , and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women 's Sports Hall of Fame . `` She is one of the greatest players who ever lived , '' said Robert Ryland , a tennis contemporary and former coach of Venus and Serena Williams . `` Martina could n't touch her . I think she 'd beat the Williams sisters . '' In the early 1960s she also became the first black player to compete on the women 's professional golf tour . At a time when racism and prejudice were widespread in sports and in society , Gibson was often compared to Jackie Robinson . `` Her road to success was a challenging one , '' said Billie Jean King , `` but I never saw her back down . '' `` To anyone , she was an inspiration , because of what she was able to do at a time when it was enormously difficult to play tennis at all if you were black , '' said former New York City Mayor David Dinkins . `` I am honored to have followed in such great footsteps , '' wrote Venus Williams . `` Her accomplishments set the stage for my success , and through players like myself and Serena and many others to come , her legacy will live on . ''",
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"text": "Sesil Karatantcheva Sesil Radoslavova Karatantcheva ( Сесил Радославова Каратанчева born 8 August 1989 ) is a Bulgarian tennis player . Karatantcheva has won seven singles titles on the ITF tour in her career . On 7 November 2005 , she reached her best singles ranking of world no. 35 . On 19 April 2010 , she peaked at world no. 154 on the doubles rankings . Karatantcheva is perhaps best known for reaching the quarterfinals of the 2005 French Open , upsetting seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams en route . The same year , she twice tested positive for nandrolone and was therefore issued a two-year suspension . She returned to professional competition in January 2008 .",
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"text": "Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification Qualification for tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil is determined not by any form of qualifying tournament , but by the rankings maintained by the Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) and the Women 's Tennis Association ( WTA ) .",
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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": "2001 WTA Tour Championships The 2001 WTA Tour Championships , also known by its sponsored name Sanex Championships , was a women 's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympiahalle in Munich , Germany . It was the 31st edition of the year-end singles championships , the 26th edition of the year-end doubles championships , and was part of the 2001 WTA Tour . The tournament was held between 30 October and 4 November 2001 . Seventh-seeded Serena Williams won the singles event after Lindsay Davenport defaulted the final due to a knee injury she sustained in her semifinal match . Davenport 's semifinal win ensured her the No. 1 year-end ranking . Williams earned $ 500,000 first-prize money as well as 390 ranking points . Venus Williams and Martina Hingis had qualified for the tournament but withdrew due to injuries while Monica Seles refused to play in Germany , the country where she was stabbed in 1993 .",
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"text": "2013 Australian Open The 2013 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Australia , from 14 to 27 January 2013 . It was the 101st edition of the Australian Open , and the first Grand Slam event of the year . The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles , doubles and mixed doubles play . Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments . All four of the main events in singles and same-sex doubles were won by the top seeds -- Novak Djokovic in men 's singles , Victoria Azarenka in women 's singles , Bob and Mike Bryan in men 's doubles , and Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in women 's doubles . This year 's Australian Open was the first Grand Slam event since that tournament 's 2004 edition in which the women 's singles and doubles were won by the top seeds , and the first Grand Slam event since the 1997 Wimbledon Championships in which the men 's and women 's singles and doubles were all won by the top seeds .",
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"text": "Grand Slam Cup The Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament held annually at the Olympiahalle in Munich in Germany from 1990 through 1999 . The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation ( ITF ) , which invited the best-performing players in the year 's Grand Slam events to compete in the Grand Slam Cup . The tournament was created in 1990 and was played on indoor carpet courts . From 1990 to 1996 , it was held in December but was moved to the middle of autumn from 1997 to 1999 . From 1990 to 1997 the tournament was limited to male players . A women 's Cup was added in 1998 and was held simultaneously with the men 's Cup . Throughout its existence , the Grand Slam Cup was famous for paying out the highest prize money of any tournament in tennis . The winner for the first three years of the Cup received US$ 2 million in prize money , which dipped to $ 1.625 million in 1993 , rose to $ 1.875 million in 1996 and back to $ 2 million in 1997 before falling to $ 1.3 million in 1998 . If the Cup was won by a player who had also won a Grand Slam event that year they received a bonus of $ 1 million . Prize money for the winner of the two women 's Cups was fixed at $ 800,000 . The Cup was not recognized by the Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) for the course of its run , and participants did not receive points in the ATP computer rankings nor have it credited as an official career title . Following the discontinuation of the Cup in 1999 , the ATP decided to give the event full recognition and added it to players ' lists of official titles . A compromise between the ITF and the ATP was announced on December 9 , 1999 which merged the Cup with the ATP Tour World Championship , the ATP 's year-end tournament also held annually in Germany , giving birth to the ATP World Tour Finals , an official tour event . A direct result of the merging of the two competitions can still be seen in the qualification rules for the ATP World Tour Finals , which included one notable difference from those of the ATP Tour World Championship . The Tour World Championship was meant to include the top eight players on the ATP computer rankings at the end of a season , even though this could mean the exclusion of a Grand Slam champion who had not been able to earn sufficient ranking points in the rest of the year . Present Finals rules ensure the participation of a Grand Slam champion who is unable to earn a top eight ranking at the end of the season and automatic qualification for the top seven players in the computer rankings . The eighth ranked player , however , qualifies only if all Grand Slam singles champions are among the top eight . Any Grand Slam event champion who is not in the top eight but is still in the top twenty is included to the detriment of the eighth ranked player . This situation occurred at the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup , where Andre Agassi , the 8th ranked player in the ATP Champions Race , was excluded from the event in favor of Gastón Gaudio , who had won that year 's French Open but was ranked 10th at the end of the year . Pete Sampras was the most successful player at this event winning two titles out of three final appearances .",
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"text": "Henin–S. Williams rivalry Tennis players Justine Henin from Belgium , former world No. 1 , and Serena Williams from the USA , current World No. 1 , who met 14 times during their careers . When Henin was an active player , their rivalry was one of the most heated and competitive between two female players on the WTA Tour ; their contests were not solely athletic in nature , but interpersonal as well . As of June 30 , 2013 , Williams leads the overall head-to-head series , 8 -- 6 . Henin retired for the second time in January 2011 .",
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"text": "Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson , OBE ( born August 9 , 1968 ) , is an American-British film , television and theatre actress , activist and writer . Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running and widely popular series The X-Files , ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies ' film The House of Mirth ( 2000 ) , and DSI Stella Gibson on the BBC crime drama television series The Fall . Among other honours , Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award , a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . After beginning her career on stage , Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi drama series The X-Files . Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt ( 2005 ) , The Last King of Scotland ( 2006 ) , Shadow Dancer ( 2012 ) , Viceroy 's House ( 2017 ) and two X-Files films : The X-Files : Fight the Future ( 1998 ) and The X-Files : I Want to Believe ( 2008 ) . Other notable television credits include : portraying Lady Dedlock in the successful BBC production of Charles Dickens ' Bleak House , Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart , Miss Havisham in Great Expectations ( 2011 ) , and Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal . Anderson is the co-writer of The EarthEnd Saga novel trilogy and the self-help guide book WE : A Manifesto for Women Everywhere . Aside from film and TV , Anderson has taken on the stage and received both awards and critical acclaim . Her stage work includes Absent Friends ( 1991 ) -- for which she won a Theatre World Award for Best Newcomer , A Doll 's House ( 2009 ) -- that earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination , and a portrayal of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 2014 , 2016 ) -- for which she won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress and received her second Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress . Anderson has been active in supporting numerous charities and humanitarian organizations . She is an honorary spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis ( NF ) Network and a co-founder of South African Youth Education for Sustainability ( SAYes ) . Anderson was appointed an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) in 2016 for her services to drama .",
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"text": "Gillian Gill Gillian Catherine Gill ( born June 12 , 1942 ) is a Welsh-American writer and academic who specializes in biography . She is the author of Agatha Christie ( 1990 ) , Mary Baker Eddy ( 1998 ) , Nightingales : The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale ( 2004 ) , and We Two : Victoria and Albert , Rulers , Partners , Rivals ( 2009 ) . Gill ( née Scobie ) was born in Cardiff , Wales . She attended Cardiff High School for Girls , and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a first-class honours degree in French , Italian , and Latin . She obtained her Ph.D. in March 1972 , also from Cambridge , for a thesis entitled André Malraux : A Study of a Novelist . She emigrated to the United States after marrying , and taught at Northeastern University , Wellesley , Harvard , and Yale , where she was a fellow of Jonathan Edwards College and director of the Women 's Studies Program .",
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"text": "Theatre of Australia Theatre of Australia refers to the history of the performing arts in Australia , or produced by Australians . There are theatrical and dramatic aspects to a number of Indigenous Australian ceremonies such as the corroboree . During its colonial period , Australian theatrical arts were generally linked to the broader traditions of English literature and to British and Irish theatre . Australian literature and theatrical artists ( including Aboriginal as well as Anglo-Celtic and multicultural migrant Australians ) have over the last two centuries introduced the culture of Australia and the character of a new continent to the world stage . Individuals who have contributed to theatre in Australia and internationally include Sir Robert Helpmann , Dame Joan Sutherland , Barry Humphries , David Williamson , Cate Blanchett , Geoffrey Rush , Judy Davis , Jim Sharman , Tim Minchin and Baz Luhrmann . Notable theatrical institutions include the Sydney Opera House , and the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney .",
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"text": "Gillian Armstrong Gillian May Armstrong ( born 18 December 1950 ) is an award-winning Australian feature film and documentary director , who specializes in period-drama . Her films often feature female perspectives and protagonists .",
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"text": "Never Again (The X-Files) `` Never Again '' is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files . It was written by producers Glen Morgan and James Wong , and directed by Rob Bowman . The episode aired in the United States on February 2 , 1997 on the Fox network and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on December 3 , 1997 . The episode is a `` Monster-of-the-Week '' story , a stand-alone plot which is unconnected to the series ' wider mythology . The episode received a Nielsen rating of 13 and was viewed by 21.36 million viewers . It received mostly positive reviews from television critics . The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny ) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson ) who work on cases linked to the paranormal , called X-Files . Mulder is a believer in the paranormal , while the skeptical Scully has been assigned to debunk his work . In this episode , Scully leaves town -- and Mulder -- for a solo assignment . She soon meets Ed Jerse , a man who is being mentally controlled by a drug-related side effect of his tattoo . His tattoo , affectionately named Betty , does not want to share him , especially not with Scully . Although `` Never Again '' was directed by Bowman , it was originally scheduled to be directed by noted movie director Quentin Tarantino . Tarantino was unable to direct the entry due to a dispute with the Directors Guild of America . Gillian Anderson was particularly pleased with the episode showing a different side of Scully ; she had specifically asked Morgan and Wong to write an episode that explored Scully 's dark side . Several cast members from Morgan and Wong 's series Space : Above and Beyond were cast in the episode .",
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"text": "The Other Two & You The Other Two & You is the debut album by New Order members Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris under the name The Other Two . It was recorded in 1991 , but its official release was delayed until late 1993 due to the collapse of Factory Records . Early promo copies from Factory Records were released in 1992 and referred to as FACT-330 . The album was re-released with additional remixes in January 2010 by LTM Recordings .",
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"text": "New Order discography The discography of New Order , an English rock band , consists of ten studio albums , twelve compilation albums , three live albums , five extended plays ( EPs ) , thirty-eight singles , twelve video releases , thirty-three music videos and a number of soundtrack appearances . New Order were formed in 1980 by singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner , bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris . The group began life as a continuation of their former incarnation Joy Division . Joy Division had disbanded after the death of the lead singer Ian Curtis . Gillian Gilbert , who was Morris ' girlfriend at the time , soon joined the group and played guitar and keyboards . Remarkably , New Order 's first eight singles released between 1981 and 1984 were not taken from any album . In most cases they were not even released as a 7-inch , but exclusively available in the radio-unfriendly 12-inch format , an unusual approach for a pop-act in the eighties . Despite the high anticipation that surrounded the group , their debut single `` Ceremony '' only peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart . The group 's following two singles and their debut album met with similar moderate success . It would not be until the release of their fourth single , `` Blue Monday '' , that New Order would break into the top ten , with the song peaking at number 9 . `` Blue Monday '' became a defining single for the group and caused a sensation , becoming the biggest selling 12-inch single of all time . New Order , like many other post-punk groups of the period , increasingly utilised keyboards , drum machine and sequencers in their music . As a result they became associated with the synthpop and electronic dance movements of the 1980s . Beginning with Power , Corruption & Lies from 1983 , all of the group 's studio albums reached the top ten in the United Kingdom . The group experienced a lull in popularity in the years 1985 and 1986 but the surprise international popularity of the `` Bizarre Love Triangle '' single re-launched the group across the world . The group cemented their success in 1987 with the single , `` True Faith '' , and the compilation album Substance . New Order were at the peak of their popularity in the years 1987 to 1993 , with a run of popular singles , including `` Blue Monday 1988 '' , `` Fine Time '' , `` Regret '' , `` World ( The Price of Love ) '' and in 1990 they scored their only number 1 single in the UK with the official England national football team song , `` World in Motion '' . The two albums released during these years , Technique and Republic ; each charted at number 1 in the UK . It was during this successful period that the group 's internal dynamic began to falter . Sumner was not fond of touring , and wanted to take time off from the group and produce a solo album . He formed Electronic with Johnny Marr and the pair released their first single in 1989 . Hook formed his own band , Revenge , in 1989 , while Morris and Gilbert worked together as The Other Two , primarily scoring soundtracks . Of the three side projects , Sumner 's was by far the most successful . The recording and touring of 1993 's Republic , their first for London Records , was difficult and intra-band tensions were rife . The group went on hiatus until 1998 . In the meantime two compilation albums , The Best of New Order and The Rest of New Order , and several singles were released . The group reconvened in 1998 for the Reading Festival but did not release new material until 2000 . The group released the album Get Ready in 2001 . It was met with critical warmth , but it was apparent that the group 's popularity had lessened . The lead single from the album , `` Crystal '' , reached the top ten in the UK . The film 24 Hour Party People , a humorous chronicle of their label Factory Records , was released in 2002 . New Order contributed a new song , `` Here to Stay '' , and a re-recording of the Joy Division song `` New Dawn Fades '' with Moby , for the film 's soundtrack . The compilation International and four-disc boxset Retro were released in winter 2002 . New Order followed Get Ready with Waiting for the Sirens ' Call in 2005 . During this period Gilbert stepped down from live performances due to family commitments . Phil Cunningham stepped into her role and in 2005 became an official member of the group . The group had intended to release a ninth album soon after Waiting for the Sirens ' Call , the majority of which had already been recorded . The lack of enthusiasm inside the group and relative failure of Waiting for the Sirens ' Call stalled their career momentum . In 2007 , Hook decided to leave the group , and stated that he and Sumner had no further plans to work together . Sumner formed Bad Lieutenant with Cunningham , and Hook formed Freebass . Morris continued to work with Sumner and Cunningham . In 2008 , New Order released remastered and expanded editions of their first five albums with the intention of releasing the further three albums in a similar format in future . In December 2012 it was announced that Lost Sirens would be released in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2013 . Lost Sirens is an eight-track album of tracks left out of Waiting for the Sirens ' Call . On 22 June 2015 , the band announced they are to release a new album , Music Complete , on 25 September 2015 . The album will be the first without Peter Hook , and was produced mostly by the band themselves , except `` Singularity '' and `` Unlearn This Hatred '' , both produced by Tom Rowlands , while `` Superheated '' features additional production by Stuart Price . In the US , the band has sold a certified 2 million albums , and in the UK a certified 960,000 albums .",
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"text": "3rd Empire Awards The 3rd Empire Awards ceremony , presented by the British film magazine Empire , honored the best films of 1997 and took place in 1998 . During the ceremony , Empire presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as one honorary award . The awards were sponsored by Stella Artois for the first time . All of the winners this year won one award each . The Full Monty won the award for Best British Film , while Men in Black won the award for Best Film . Other winners included A Life Less Ordinary , Hamlet , Jerry Maguire , L.A. Confidential , Nil by Mouth , The Crucible and The English Patient . Dennis Hopper received the Lifetime Achievement Award .",
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"text": "Andersonian Library The Andersonian Library is the principal university library of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow , Scotland . Established in 1796 , it is one of the largest of its type in Scotland . Access to the Library is restricted to Strathclyde university students and faculty only ; upon entering the facility you are greeted with a card reader and security guard . This ensures that no unwanted visitors disrupt students during crucial working times . However , if you have forgotten or lost your card then a visitor 's pass can be acquired from reception twice ; then after a small fee is required to use the facilities without a Student card . On 29 April 2010 The library was victim to a bomb scare . The surrounding roads and the library itself were evacuated . Strathclyde Police were called to the scene along with bomb-sniffing dogs . The library was cleared safe shortly after 2 pm and staff were allowed access and students were allowed to re-enter around 3 pm .",
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"text": "Judi Dench Dame Judith Olivia Dench ( born 9 December 1934 ) , known as Judi Dench , is an English actress and author . Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company . Over the following few years , she performed in several of Shakespeare 's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet , Juliet in Romeo and Juliet , and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth . Although most of her work during this period was in theatre , she also branched into film work and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer . She drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968 . Over the next two decades , Dench established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers , working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company . She achieved success in television during this period , in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 , and in 1992 with a starring role in the romantic comedy series As Time Goes By . Her film appearances were infrequent and included supporting roles in major films such as A Room with a View ( 1986 ) supporting Maggie Smith , before she rose to international fame as M in GoldenEye ( 1995 ) , a role she continued to play in James Bond films until Skyfall ( 2012 ) . A seven-time Oscar nominee , Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love and has received nominations for her roles in Mrs Brown ( 1997 ) , Chocolat ( 2000 ) , Iris ( 2001 ) , Mrs Henderson Presents ( 2005 ) , Notes on a Scandal ( 2006 ) , and Philomena ( 2013 ) . She has also received many award nominations for her acting in theatre , film and television ; her competitive awards include six British Academy Film Awards , four BAFTA TV Awards , seven Olivier Awards , two Screen Actors Guild Awards , two Golden Globes , and a Tony Award . She has also received the BAFTA Fellowship ( 2001 ) and the Special Olivier Award ( 2004 ) . In June 2011 , she received a fellowship from the British Film Institute ( BFI ) . Dench is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts ( FRSA ) .",
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"text": "Karen Gillan Karen Sheila Gillan ( born 28 November 1987 ) is a Scottish actress and director . She is known for the role of Amy Pond , companion to the Eleventh Doctor , in the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who ( 2010 -- 13 ) . In film , she has starred as Jane Lockhart in Not Another Happy Ending ( 2013 ) , Kaylie Russell in the horror film Oculus ( 2013 ) , and Nebula in the Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy ( 2014 ) and its sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 2 ( 2017 ) . She took part in the upcoming films Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle , The Circle ( 2017 ) , Avengers : Infinity War ( 2018 ) and its untitled sequel ( 2019 ) . In 2017 , she directed her first feature film The Party 's Just Beginning .",
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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": "Annette Crosbie Annette Crosbie , ( born 12 February 1934 ) is a Scottish actor . She is known for her role as Margaret Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave ( 1990 -- 2000 ) . She twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress , for The Six Wives of Henry VIII in 1971 and Edward the Seventh in 1976 , and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1976 film The Slipper and the Rose . Her other film appearances include The Pope Must Die ( 1991 ) , Shooting Fish ( 1997 ) , Calendar Girls ( 2003 ) and Into the Woods ( 2014 ) .",
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"text": "British Academy Television Awards 2010 The 2010 British Academy Television Awards were held on 6 June 2010 . The nominations were announced on 10 May . This year new awards were added including the award for Best Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role . Graham Norton hosted the ceremony . Winners are in bold .",
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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": "Gillian Galbraith Gillian Galbraith is an Advocate-turned-author , a Scottish crime writer , whose protagonist , DS Alice Rice , is based in Edinburgh .",
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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": "Bob Anderson (fencer) Robert James Gilbert `` Bob '' Anderson ( 15 September 1922 -- 1 January 2012 ) was a British Olympic fencer , and a renowned film fight choreographer , with a cinema career that spanned more than 50 years and included films such as Highlander , The Princess Bride , The Mask of Zorro , The Lord of the Rings , and Die Another Day . He was regarded as the premier choreographer of Hollywood sword-fighting , and during his career he coached many actors in swordsmanship , including Errol Flynn , Sean Connery , Antonio Banderas , Viggo Mortensen , Adrian Paul , and Johnny Depp . He also appeared as a stunt double for Darth Vader 's lightsaber battles in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi .",
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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": "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": "List of Sherlock Holmes episodes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ( 1984 -- 1985 ) , The Return of Sherlock Holmes ( 1986 -- 1988 ) , The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes ( 1991 -- 1993 ) and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ( 1994 ) , collectively known as Sherlock Holmes , are a series of adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes stories which were produced by Granada Television and originally broadcast by ITV in the United Kingdom . The series starred Jeremy Brett as Holmes and David Burke ( in the Adventures series ) and Edward Hardwicke ( Return , Case-Book , Memoirs ) as Dr. Watson . The programme adapted 42 of the original stories in 41 episodes , with 36 running for 50 minutes ( in a one-hour timeslot ) , and five being feature-length specials . Adventures ran for two series totalling 13 episodes , from April to June 1984 and August to September 1985 . Return ran for two series from July to August 1986 and April to August 1988 , as well as the specials `` The Sign of Four '' and `` The Hound of the Baskervilles '' , which aired on 29 December 1987 and 31 August 1988 respectively . Case-Book ran for one series from February to March 1991 and three specials which aired on 2 January 1992 and 27 January and 3 February 1993 . Memoirs ran for one series from March to April 1994 . A short episode was also produced as part of `` The Four Oaks Mystery '' which aired during the ITV Telethon in 1992 . Sherlock Holmes appeared in the first part , with the casts of Van der Valk , Taggart and Inspector Wexford appearing in the second , third and fourth parts respectively . The series has been released on DVD in Regions 1 , 2 and 4 , and has been repeated on ITV3 and BBC Two .",
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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": "Jim Craig (Scottish footballer) James Philip Craig ( born 7 May 1943 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish former footballer , who played as a right back . Most closely associated with Celtic , he was a member of their Lisbon Lions side which won the 1967 European Cup . A student at Glasgow 's St Gerard 's School , Craig 's first senior side was the University of Glasgow representative side , which he played for while studying dentistry at the institution . He joined Celtic in 1963 on amateur terms so as to allow him to complete his studies , and having done so signed as a full professional in January 1965 . Craig 's abilities and style of play matched manager Jock Stein 's tactical philosophy and he soon displaced Willie O'Neill and Ian Young as Celtic 's regular right back . Stein encouraged his fullbacks to overlap the side 's midfield to provide additional support to the forwards , in the style of the modern wing-back role , and in Craig and left back Tommy Gemmell he found willing protagonists . During his tenure at Parkhead , Craig collected 14 domestic honours ( 7 League titles , 4 Scottish Cups and 3 League Cups ) as well as a European Cup medal in 1967 . He made 239 appearances for Celtic scoring 6 goals with his final match being the victorious 1972 Scottish Cup Final . He won one cap for the Scotland national side . Craig left Celtic to live in South Africa in May 1972 , where he played for Hellenic FC , however after 6 months he returned to Britain . He joined Sheffield Wednesday , with the South Yorkshire side paying Celtic # 10,000 compensation , as they had retained his registration . He retired from football in 1973 , to concentrate his efforts upon his dentistry career . In July 1974 he succeeded Shay Brennan as player-manager of Waterford United . However , in December , after one substitute appearance , Craig informed the club that he was unable to commit to the role due to a `` domestic problem '' . In 2001 , he was made Honorary President of the Belfast Shamrock Celtic Supporters Club , which subsequently changed its name to Jim Craig Celtic Supporters Club in 2011 . Jim Craig is now actively part of the Celtic community ; he currently hosts Channel67 an online streaming service which provides video streams and audio streams of every Celtic match . Jim regularly updates the Jim Craig Celtic Supporters Club blog site www.JimCraigCSC.com with topical articles and the odd walk down memory lane . His son James Craig is a notable rugby player who was capped for the Scotland national rugby union team four times between 1997-2001 .",
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"text": "Livingston (basketball) Livingston was a professional basketball team based in Livingston , Scotland , founded in 1977 as Edinburgh by steel magnate David Murray and backed by sponsorship from his company Murray International Metals . Using the name Murray International or MIM Livingston , they went on to be one of the most successful clubs in Scottish basketball , playing first in Edinburgh and then later moving to Livingston . During the height of its success , Livingston were crowned as Scottish National League Champions seven times between 1979 and 1987 . The club were founder members of the British Basketball League , a professional league established in 1987 by leading clubs from England and Scotland . Playing out of the newly built 3,000-seat Forum Arena , Livingston were incredibly successful in their inaugural season and following an 81 -- 72 victory over regular season Champions Portsmouth , were crowned winners of the first Carlsberg League Championship Final . The following year , Murray had acquired Rangers F.C. football team and sought about expanding his new acquisition and forming a ` sporting club ' by purchasing Carlsberg League rivals Kingston for # 100,000 and moving them to Glasgow . The Glasgow Rangers basketball team made their first appearance alongside Livingston in the 1988 -- 89 season , becoming the league 's second Scottish representatives . Under the guidance of Coach Kevin Cadle , Rangers dominated the campaign and claimed an impressive trophy haul , pipping Livingston to the regular season title and then beating them in the Final of the Championship Play-offs , winning 89 -- 86 . Livingston also finished as Runners-up in the NatWest League Trophy , losing 89 -- 81 to Bracknell in the Final . Despite the success of his two basketball teams , Murray was rumoured to have had a fall out with the basketball authorities in 1989 over a proposal to have both teams playing at The Forum Arena on alternate weekends , thus meaning a home game was staged every week . The move was blocked and so Murray withdrew his financial support . The Rangers team was sold and moved back to Kingston-upon-Thames in 1989 , whilst the Livingston franchise folded completely .",
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"text": "2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( Scottish : Geamannan a ` Cho-fhlaitheis 2014 ) , officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 , was an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwealth Games Federation ( CGF ) . It took place in Glasgow , Scotland , from 23 July to 3 August 2014 . Glasgow was selected as the host city on 9 November 2007 during CGF General Assembly in Colombo , Sri Lanka , defeating Abuja , Nigeria . It was the largest multi-sport event ever held in Scotland with around 4,950 athletes from 71 different nations and territories competing in 18 different sports , outranking the 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh . Over the last 10 years , however , Glasgow and Scotland had staged World , Commonwealth , European , or British events in all sports proposed for the 2014 Commonwealth Games , including the World Badminton Championships in 1997 . The Games received acclaim for their organisation , attendance , and the public enthusiasm of the people of Scotland , with CGF chief executive Mike Hooper hailing them as `` the standout games in the history of the movement '' . Held in Scotland for the third time , the Games were notable for the successes of the Home Nations of the United Kingdom , with England , Wales and hosts Scotland achieving their largest ever gold medal hauls and overall medal hauls at a Commonwealth Games . England finished top of the medal table for the first time since the 1986 Commonwealth Games , also held in Scotland . Kiribati also won its first ever medal at a Commonwealth Games , a gold in the 105 kg men 's weightlifting competition .",
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"text": "Cèilidh A cèilidh ( -LSB- ˈkʲʰeːli -RSB- ) or céilí ( -LSB- ˈceːlʲiː -RSB- ) is a traditional Scottish or Irish social gathering . In its most basic form , it simply means a social visit . In contemporary usage , it usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing , either at a house party or a larger concert at a social hall or other community gathering place . Cèilidhean ( plural of cèilidh ) and Céilithe ( plural of céilí ) originated in the Gaelic areas of Scotland and Ireland and are consequently common in the Scottish and Irish diasporas . They are similar to the Troyl and Twmpath traditions in Cornwall and Wales , as well as English country dances throughout England where they have in some areas undergone a fusion with céilithe . In Scottish Gaelic it is spelled cèilidh ( -LSB- ˈkʲʰeːli -RSB- ) , and in Irish it is spelled céilí ( -LSB- ˈceːlʲiː -RSB- ) .",
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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": "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": "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": "Glasgow Film Festival The Glasgow Film Festival is an annual film festival based in Glasgow , Scotland . The festival began in 2005 . By 2015 , the festival had seen audience figures top 40,000 for two consecutive years .",
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"text": "East Stirlingshire F.C. East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk . The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the Lowland Football League , in the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system . The club 's origins can be traced to 1880 when a local cricket club formed a football team under the name Britannia , based in the village of Bainsford . The club was elected to the Scottish Football League in 1900 -- 01 and has competed in the league system for most of its existence . East Stirlingshire has won the second tier of Scottish football once and finished runners-up once , earning promotion to the top-flight on both occasions . The club 's highest league ranking came during the two solitary seasons it competed in the top flight in 1932 -- 33 and 1963 -- 64 . In 2016 , East Stirlingshire became the first club ever to be relegated out of the national league system . East Stirlingshire first entered in the Scottish Cup in 1882 , its best result reaching the quarter-finals on three occasions , the last in 1981 . The club 's best result in a national cup competition was in the 2000 -- 01 season when it reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup , losing to Livingston for a place in the final . In 2008 , the club left Firs Park and moved to Ochilview Park to ground-share with local rivals Stenhousemuir .",
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"text": "2001–02 Celtic F.C. season Celtic started the 2001 -- 02 season looking to retain the Scottish Premier League , Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup . They entered the UEFA Champions League at the third qualifying round . They finished the season as league champions for the second season in succession .",
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"text": "Kilsyth Rangers F.C. Kilsyth Rangers Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the town of Kilsyth , North Lanarkshire . Nicknamed The Wee Gers , they were formed in 1913 and play at Duncansfield Park , one of the bigger non-league football grounds in Scotland . They wear blue tops and shorts , the away strip ( uniform ) being red tops , black shorts and red socks , and currently compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association .",
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"text": "Ardeer Thistle F.C. Ardeer Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club from Stevenston in North Ayrshire . Formed in 1900 , they are based at Ardeer Stadium and are nicknamed `` The Thistle '' . They compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and players wear red and black home kits and sky blue change strips . The clubs main sponsor is Move2 . Ardeer Stadium is the second home the club has occupied in its history . Previously playing at Ardchoille Park in the Hayocks area of the town , the club suffered badly due to vandalism at the pavilion , and were effectively left homeless . However Ardeer Stadium , a very good facility , existed in the bottom end of the town , having been the former home of the defunct Ardeer Recreation FC who were at one time sponsored by Chemical giants ICI - once a major employer in the town . When Thistle made the move to Ardeer Stadium in the mid-1970s the opening game was between Kilmarnock and St Mirren , who were managed at the time by none other than Alex Ferguson . Stevenston man Gordon Smith played for Kilmarnock in the game . Smith has since gone on to be the one time Chief Executive of the SFA , and is now Director of Football at Rangers FC . Thistle have remained at Ardeer Stadium ever since and have their own supporters group called none other than ` Ardeer Ultras ' , Ardeer still remains a decent facility in Junior football terms , with its large oval terrace and excellent playing surface . The outline of the former ground at Ardchoille can still be seen , and goalposts remain for public use .",
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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": "Forth Wanderers F.C. Forth Wanderers Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the village of Forth , South Lanarkshire . Formed in 1904 they compete in the West Region of the Scottish Junior Football Association and play in red strips ( uniforms ) with a white trim.Although now more often play in a black kit . The black kit is sponsored by the Scottish band G.U.N. and the red kit by local firm Gardiner accountants , Since 1934 they have played at Kingshill Park in the village , however they have had to share with Carluke Rovers for a spell and play on a public park in Carnwath when this ground proved unusable . Forth have supplied two Scottish international goalkeepers in George Wood and Rab Douglas . Rangers legend Willie Waddell came from the village and starred for the team in his pre-Ibrox days . Wanderers reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Junior Cup in 1981 and their home quarter-final tie versus East Kilbride Thistle attracted a record crowd of 2,324 . The club are managed since November 2014 by Jamie McKenzie .",
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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": "Scottish Football Museum The Scottish Football Museum is the Scottish Football League 's National Museum of football , located in Hampden Park in Glasgow .",
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"text": "Aberdeen F.C.–Rangers F.C. rivalry The Aberdeen -- Rangers rivalry refers to football matches and related activity involving the Scottish football clubs Aberdeen F.C. and Rangers F.C. Unlike Rangers ' Old Firm rivalry with Glasgow neighbours Celtic F.C. which has historically revolved around religion , national identity and ethnic background , the situation with Aberdeen is a comparatively modern phenomenon which developed from the 1970s on a competitive sporting basis but escalated into hostility on the field and in the stands , with the animosity continuing into the 21st century to some extent .",
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"text": "Celtic Connections The Celtic Connections festival started in 1994 in Glasgow , Scotland , and has since been held every January . Featuring over 300 concerts , ceilidhs , talks , free events , late night sessions and workshops , the festival focuses on the roots of traditional Scottish music and also features international folk , roots and world music artists . The festival is produced and promoted by Glasgow 's Concert Halls . Donald Shaw , a founding member of Capercaillie , is the current Celtic Connections Artistic Director , having been appointed to the role in 2006 . At the core of the festival is the Education Programme , which sees thousands of school children attend free morning concerts experiencing live music ranging from Burns to spiritual and blues . Celtic Connections also continues to foster new and young talent through its Young Tradition and New Voices series of concerts , and through the Danny Kyle Open Stage competition . Every night of the festival , once the concerts are over , the late-night Celtic Connections Festival Club runs through to the small hours of the morning . No programme is announced in advance , and the club is renowned for one-off collaborations between musicians appearing at the festival . Celtic Music Radio broadcasts in the Glasgow area on 1530 kHz and on http://www.celticmusicradio.net , and is based in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall during the festival . Celtic Music Radio broadcasts around 7 hours of live material from the venue every day . This includes interviews with performers , reviews and previews of gigs , and live coverage of concerts , including every act on the Danny Kyle Open Stage .",
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"text": "2001–02 Scottish Premier League The 2001 -- 02 Scottish Premier League was won by Celtic . As league champions , Celtic qualified for the UEFA Champions League . Runners-up Rangers and third-placed Livingston ( in the Scottish top flight for the first time ) qualified for the UEFA Cup , as did fourth-placed Aberdeen , who took the final UEFA Cup place due to Rangers beating Celtic in the Scottish Cup final . St Johnstone were relegated , and Scottish First Division winners Partick Thistle were promoted . Henrik Larsson was the top scorer with 29 goals for Celtic .",
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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": "Tokyo Tokyo ( -LSB- toːkjoː -RSB- , -LSB- langˈtoʊki.oʊ -RSB- ) , officially Tokyo Metropolis , is the capital of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures . The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world . It is the seat of the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government . Tokyo is in the Kantō region on the southeastern side of the main island Honshu and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands . Formerly known as Edo , it has been the de facto seat of government since 1603 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters . It officially became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from the old capital of Kyoto in 1868 ; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo . Tokyo Metropolis was formed in 1943 from the merger of the former and the . Tokyo is often referred to as a city , but is officially known and governed as a `` metropolitan prefecture '' , which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture , a characteristic unique to Tokyo . The Tokyo metropolitan government administers the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo ( each governed as an individual city ) , which cover the area that was the City of Tokyo before it merged and became the metropolitan prefecture in 1943 . The metropolitan government also administers 39 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture and the two outlying island chains . The population of the special wards is over 9 million people , with the total population of the prefecture exceeding 13 million . The prefecture is part of the world 's most populous metropolitan area with upwards of 37.8 million people and the world 's largest urban agglomeration economy . The city hosts 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies , the highest number of any city in the world . Tokyo ranked third in the International Financial Centres Development IndexEdit . The city is also home to various television networks such as Fuji TV , Tokyo MX , TV Tokyo , TV Asahi , Nippon Television , NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System . Tokyo ranked first in the Global Economic Power Index and fourth in the Global Cities Index . The city is considered an alpha + world city -- as listed by the GaWC 's 2008 inventory -- and in 2014 , Tokyo was ranked first in the `` Best overall experience '' category of TripAdvisor '' 's World City Survey ( the city also ranked first in the following categories : `` helpfulness of locals '' , `` nightlife '' , `` shopping '' , `` local public transportation '' and `` cleanliness of streets '' ) . In 2015 , Tokyo was ranked as the 11th most expensive city for expatriates , according to the Mercer consulting firm , and also the world 's 11th most expensive city , according to the Economist Intelligence Unit 's cost-of-living survey . In 2015 , Tokyo was named the Most Liveable City in the world by the magazine Monocle '' . The Michelin Guide has awarded Tokyo by far the most Michelin stars of any city in the world . Tokyo ranked first in the world in the Safe Cities Index . The 2016 edition of QS Best Student Cities ranked Tokyo as the 3rd-best city in the world to be a university student . Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics , the 1979 G-7 summit , the 1986 G-7 summit , and the 1993 G-7 summit , and will host the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics .",
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"text": "Moscow International Business Center The Moscow International Business Center ( MIBC ) , also known as `` Moscow City '' , ( Московский международный деловой центр `` Москва-Сити '' , Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnıy delovoy tsentr `` Moskva-Citi '' ) is a commercial district in central Moscow , Russia . Located east of the Third Ring Road in the Presnensky District of Central Administrative Okrug , the Moscow City area is currently under development . Construction of the MIBC takes place on the Presnenskaya embankment of the Moscow River , approximately 4 km west of Red Square , and just east of the Third Ring Road . The project occupies an area of 60 hectares , with the territory chosen being the only area in central Moscow that can accommodate such a project . The MIBC is expected to become the first zone in Russia to combine business activity , living space and entertainment in one single development . The Moscow government first conceived the project in 1992 . An estimated 250,000 -- 300,000 people will be working in , living in , or visiting the complex at any given time . MIBC includes 6 skyscrapers with maximum height of 300 meters or more ( Shanghai has 5 , Hong Kong has 6 , Chicago has 6 , New York has 8 ) . Europe 's tallest building , the Federation Tower , is in the MIBC . The complex also includes the second-tallest , third-tallest , fifth-tallest , sixth-tallest , and seventh-tallest buildings in Europe . By 2016 twelve of twenty-three planned facilities of MIBC were already built , seven buildings are in construction and four are in the design stage . __ TOC __",
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"text": "Japanese community of Düsseldorf There is a Japanese community in Düsseldorf , Germany . In 2008 the Consulate-General of Japan in Düsseldorf ( Japanisches Generalkonsulat Düsseldorf , 在デュッセルドルフ日本国総領事館 ) stated that about 11,000 Japanese , including both permanent and temporary residents and German-born citizens of Japanese ancestry live in Düsseldorf . Since the 1950s Düsseldorf has hosted over 500 Japanese companies . In 1985 the general manager of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Düsseldorf , Akira Arikawa , stated that of all of the cities in the world outside Japan , Düsseldorf had the highest concentration of Japanese residents .",
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"text": "Tokyo Global Concert is a music event aimed at the promotion of arts and culture and international development held in Tokyo , Japan inviting renowned opera singers from both Japan and overseas . It has been organized by the International Foundation for Arts and Culture ( IFAC ) , a not-for-profit organization with Haruhisa Handa as its chairman , created as an opportunity for the purpose of enjoying classical music free of charge under the concept for a wish for more people to enjoy and love classical music .",
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"text": "Expatriation tax An expatriation tax or emigration tax is a tax on persons who cease to be tax resident in a country . This often takes the form of a capital gains tax against unrealised gain attributable to the period in which the taxpayer was a tax resident of the country in question . In most cases , expatriation tax is assessed upon change of domicile or habitual residence ; in the United States , which is one of only two countries ( Eritrea is the other ) to tax its overseas citizens , the tax is applied upon renunciation of citizenship on top of all taxes previously paid .",
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"text": "Architectural forgery in Japan In Japan , structural engineers designing structures exceeding a certain floor area or number of storeys must submit drawings and calculations to the authorities , demonstrating that the building is safe ( e.g. earthquake-resistant , etc. ) `` Structural Calculation Forgery Problem '' ( 構造計算書偽造問題 , kōzō keisansho gizō mondai ) refers to a series of incidents , set off by the Ministry of Land , Infrastructure and Transport 's November 17 , 2005 , announcement that structural engineer Hidetsugu Aneha of Aneha Architectural Design Office in Chiba Prefecture had falsified earthquake design calculations . A number of Japanese construction and real estate companies have had to declare bankruptcy due to their involvement in the affair , including Kimura Construction and Huser . Note that Aneha is frequently referred to as an architect , as Japan has a unique licensing system where structural engineers designing buildings are registered as first-class architects . It is suggested that one of the causes for the problem was that the ( privately owned ) oversight agencies responsible for confirming compliance to Japanese safety standards did not detect the forgery . Prior to 1999 , oversight was managed solely by regional governments , however , a change made to Japanese law that year allowed private organizations to conduct investigations as well . It was said that these private organizations , such as `` EHomes '' and `` Nihon ERI '' did not adequately function in their oversight roles , however , it was later revealed that government oversight agencies had also failed to detect some instances of forgery . Of 14 hotels that had already been built under false pretenses when the problem first came to light , two of them were shown to fail Japan 's earthquake resistance standards . Because the concrete had insufficient reinforcing steel , there was a fear that an earthquake of magnitude 5 on the Japanese Shindo scale could cause the buildings to collapse . None of the buildings in question have yet collapsed , but the safety of high-rise buildings in earthquake-prone Japan has been called into question , particularly in the light of the 1995 Sampoong Department Store collapse in Korea . Residents of the areas around the affected buildings live in a constant state of unease , not knowing if or when the buildings will collapse . Some hotels , unable to guarantee the safety of their customers , have ceased operations . As the architect concerned in the matter has participated in the construction of a large number of buildings , the full extent of the problem is still unknown . In Japan , the incident was first publicized by bloggers . Hidetsugu Aneha , Moriyoshi Kimura , Akira Shinozuka and Togo Fujita etc. were arrested on April 26 , 2006 , and Huser 's president Susumu Ojima was arrested on May 17 of the same year .",
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"text": "Akiruno, Tokyo is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis , in the central Kantō region of Japan . , the city had an estimated population of 80,464 and a population density of 1100 persons per km ² . Its total area was 73.47 sqkm .",
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"text": "Ichibanchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo is an upscale residential district of Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan . The district is located just east of Tokyo Imperial Palace , and is home to the British Embassy and Paraguayan Embassy . is a prestigious private secondary school and the only educational institution based in Ichibanchō . The district borders Chiyoda ( Tokyo Imperial Palace ) on the west , Sanbanchō and Yonbanchō on the north , Nibanchō on the east , and Kōjimachi on the south . Category : Neighborhoods of Tokyo Category : Chiyoda , Tokyo",
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"text": "Tokyo City was a municipality in Japan and part of Tokyo-fu which existed from 1 May 1889 until its merger with its prefecture on 1 July 1943 . The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by the 23 Special Wards of Tokyo . The new merged government became what is now Tokyo , also known as the Tokyo Metropolis , or , ambiguously , Tokyo Prefecture .",
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"text": "Tokyo Christian University is a private university in Inzai , Chiba , Japan , offering an undergraduate liberal arts degree in both Japanese and English . The English-degree program is administered under the `` Asian Christian Theological Studies Program for English Speakers '' ( ACTS-ES ) , which integrates the liberal arts with Bible studies and theology , academic preparation with practical experience , the English language with Japanese studies , and the world 's cultures with Japan and Asia . All courses are offered in English , though two years of Japanese language study is required , and advanced students have the option of doing some coursework entirely in Japanese together with Japanese undergraduates . Students who meet advanced requirements may obtain a minor in Japanese Studies . International students and Japanese students are not segregated , as often happens at Japanese universities , but live together in on-campus dorms . TCU 's history spans 125 years of Japan 's 140-year Protestant history . The university emerged from a merger of three Christian schools . The oldest , founded in 1881 in Yokohama , focused on women 's education at a time when Japan offered women few opportunities for higher education . In 1949 Tokyo Christian Theological Seminary came into existence , and 1950 saw the establishment of the Japan Domei Institute . The Domei Institute later offered both a three - and a four-year course , achieving accreditation as a junior college . These three schools merged in 1979 , with the goal of upgrading the junior college into a university while maintaining the seminary as a distinct graduate program with its own identity . In 1989 , the merged school moved to its present location in Chiba New Town , a part of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area . Having achieved the approval of the Japanese Ministry of Education , the transition from the junior college to the university took place between 1990 and 1993 . The university admitted its first group of students in 1990 , when the junior college graduated its final class . In 1993 , the university gained full recognition from the Japanese Ministry of Education , and it continues in this status until today .",
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"text": "T&D Holdings T&D Holdings is a Japanese insurance company . It is listed on the Nikkei 225 . It is based in Tokyo , Japan . Subsidiaries include Taiyo Life , Daido Life , T&D Financial Life , and T&D Asset Management . In 2012 , it was ranked 413 in the Fortune Global 500 list , with USD $ 26.6 bn in revenue . Assets -- $ 123.7 billion ( 2015 ) .",
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"text": "Japanification Japanification is the process of becoming or wishing to become a member of Japanese society . It most commonly refers to expats living for an extended period of time in Japan , though it may also be used to describe persons living outside Japan who have a certain affinity to some aspect of Japanese culture . Cultural assimilation could include adoption of Japanese mannerisms , style of clothing , taste in entertainment , and sometimes aspects of Japanese language . In expats this process often occurs because of a feeling of isolation or desire to conform , whereas outside Japan it may occur because of an especially strong interest in some kind of fan culture based in Japan , e.g. anime , manga , television dramas , music or lolita fashion .",
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"text": "Narita International Airport , also known as Tokyo Narita Airport , formerly and originally known as , is an international airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan . It is located approximately 60 km east of central Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture , straddling the border between the city of Narita and the adjacent town of Shibayama . Narita is the predominant international airport in Japan , handling around 50 % of the country 's international passenger traffic and 60 % of its international air cargo traffic . As of 2013 , Narita was the second-busiest passenger airport in Japan ( after Haneda Airport in Tokyo ) , and was the tenth-busiest air freight hub in the world . Its 4000 m main runway shares the record for longest runway in Japan with the second runway at Kansai International Airport in Osaka . Narita serves as the main international hub of Japan Airlines , All Nippon Airways and Nippon Cargo Airlines , and as a hub for low-cost carriers Jetstar Japan , Peach and Vanilla Air . It also serves as an Asian hub for Delta Air Lines and United Airlines .",
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"text": "Bunkyō is a special ward located in Tokyo , Japan . Situated in the middle of the ward area , Bunkyō is a residential and educational center . Beginning in the Meiji period , literati like Natsume Sōseki , as well as scholars and politicians have lived there . Bunkyō is home to the Tokyo Dome , judo 's Kodokan , and the University of Tokyo ( Hongo Campus ) . The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Bunkyō City . Bunkyō has a sister-city relationship with Kaiserslautern in the Rhineland-Palatinate of Germany . As of May 1 , 2015 , the ward has a population of 217,743 ( including about 6,500 foreign residents ) and a population density of 19,290 persons per km ² . The total area is 11.29 km ² . The ward was founded on March 15 , 1947 .",
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"text": "Music of Japan The music of Japan includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles both traditional and modern . The word for music in Japanese is 音楽 ( ongaku ) , combining the kanji 音 `` on '' ( sound ) with the kanji 楽 `` gaku '' ( enjoy ) . Japan is the largest physical music market in the world , with US$ 2 billion in 2014 and the second largest overall music market , with a total retail value of 2.6 billion dollars in 2014dominated by Japanese artists , with 37 of the top 50 best selling albums and 49 of the top 50 best selling singles in 2014 . Local music often appears at karaoke venues , which is on lease from the record labels . Traditional Japanese music is quite different from Western music as it is often based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing .",
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"text": "Tokyo Dome City , referred to as Big Egg City before January 1 , 2000 , is an entertainment complex in Bunkyo , Tokyo , Japan . It includes the world 's largest roofed baseball stadium known as Tokyo Dome ( nicknamed `` Big Egg '' ) , an amusement park known as Tokyo Dome City Attractions ( formerly Kōrakuen Yūenchi ) , and Korakuen Hall . In May 2003 , a spa resort known as LaQua opened for business near Tokyo Dome City Attractions . It also hosts character shows for Toei Company 's Toei Superheroes , including the Kamen Rider and Super Sentai series . The Tokyo Dome City contains the Tokyo Dome Hotel , a 43-story hotel that is easily visible from the street and from the Tokyo Subway Suidobashi Station , which is only two blocks away .",
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"text": "List of people by number of countries visited This is a list of people by number of countries and territories visited . There are a number of people claiming to have visited every country in the world , though there is great debate as to how many countries there are in the world . The most commonly agreed base number is the number of United Nations member states , of which there are 193 . According to the United Nations , `` The recognition of a new State or Government is an act that only other States and Governments may grant or withhold . '' As a result , the membership of some countries to the United Nations is blocked by one or more other members , such as Taiwan and Kosovo , and there are also two observer states , the Holy See and the State of Palestine . Additionally , there are various dependencies and territories that maintain autonomy , their own government , immigration , and/or print their own currency , and can be widely held as de facto countries by travellers . ISO 3166 is maintained by ISO as an updated list of the aforementioned derived from United Nations sources ( Terminology Bulletin Country Names and the Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use maintained by the United Nations Statistics Divisions ) , and lists 249 countries . The Travelers ' Century Club , whose membership is limited to those travellers who have visited one hundred or more territories of the world , maintains its own official list of countries and territories , a total of 325 as of 1 January 2016 , which includes geographically separated areas , such as Hawaii and other areas of cultural interest . This list of people by countries visited does not prescribe one list as correct ; rather , it lists the number of countries visited from any of these competing lists . The Best Travelled is also considered a reference for the 1281 world regions and well travelled people , and hold a verification process to check on traveller 's claims . Their UN Master List regroups all those travellers .",
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"text": "Tokyo University of Science , formerly `` Science University of Tokyo '' or TUS , informally or simply is a private research university located in Shinjuku , Tokyo , Japan .",
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"text": "Tokyo Bay is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan , and spans the coasts of Tokyo , Kanagawa Prefecture , and Chiba Prefecture . Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel . Its old name was . The Tokyo Bay region is both the most populous and largest industrialized area in Japan .",
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"text": "Japanese people in Nepal There is a small community of , mainly comprising expatriates from Japan . As of 2016 , there are about 1,088 Japanese nationals in Nepal .",
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"text": "Tanashi, Tokyo was a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis , Japan . Tanashi means the land without rice . Because of the area 's elevation relative to the Tamagawa River , traditional irrigation and rice farming was impossible . Hence , the area was named Tanashi . At the time of its merger , the city had an estimated population of 78,165 and a density of 11,495 persons per km ² . The total area was 6.8 km ² . The area of modern Tanashi prospered during the Edo period as a post station on the Ome Kaido and Tokorozawa Kaido , and was part of ancient Musashi Province . After the Meiji Restoration it came under the jurisdiction of the short-lived prefectures of Shinagawa ( 1868 ) and Irima ( 1871 ) , before becoming part of Kanagawa in 1872 . During the early Meiji period ( 1878 ) cadastral reform , it became the town of Tanashi within Kitatama District in Kanagawa . The entire district was transferred to the administrative control of Tokyo Metropolis in 1893 . Tanashi was connected to central Tokyo by train from 1927 . Tanashi was elevated to city status in 1967 . On January 21 , 2001 , Tanashi was merged with the neighboring city of Hoya to create the city of Nishi-Tōkyō , and thus Tanashi thus no longer exists as an independent municipality . Category : Populated places disestablished in 2001 Category : Dissolved municipalities of Tokyo",
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"text": "Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion , ( -LSB- ˈdiːɒn -RSB- -LSB- seˈlɪn dziˈjɔ̃ -RSB- ; born 30 March 1968 ) is a Canadian singer and businesswoman . Born into a large family from Charlemagne , Quebec , Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record . Dion first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest where she represented Switzerland . Following a series of French albums during the 1980s , she signed on to Epic Records in the United States . In 1990 , Dion released her debut English-language album , Unison , establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world . During the 1990s , with the help of Angélil , she achieved worldwide fame after releasing several English albums along with additional French albums . Her albums , Falling into You ( 1996 ) and Let 's Talk About Love ( 1997 ) , were both certified diamond in the US while D'eux ( 1995 ) became the best-selling French-language album of all time . She also scored a series of international number-one hits , including `` Nothing Broken but My Heart '' , `` The Power of Love '' , `` Think Twice '' , `` Because You Loved Me '' , `` It 's All Coming Back to Me Now '' , `` My Heart Will Go On '' , and `` I 'm Your Angel . '' However , in 1999 at the height of her success , Dion announced a hiatus from entertainment to start a family and spend time with her husband , who had been diagnosed with cancer . She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed to perform nightly in A New Day ... ( 2003 -- 07 ) , a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace , on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise , Nevada . It became the most successful residency show of all time , grossing US $ 385 million . Dion 's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical . Her recordings are mainly in French and English , although she also sings in Spanish , Italian , German , Latin , Japanese , and Mandarin Chinese . While her releases have often received mixed critical reception , she is regarded as one of pop music 's most influential voices . Dion has won five Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year and Record of the Year . She is the second best-selling female artist in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era . In 2003 , Dion was honoured by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ( IFPI ) for selling over 50 million albums in Europe . Dion remains the best-selling Canadian artist and one of the best-selling artists of all time with record sales of over 200 million copies worldwide .",
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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": "Mexican pop music Mexican pop is a music genre produced in Mexico , particularly intended for teenagers and young adults . Mexico is the country that exports the most entertainment in Spanish language . Mexican pop was limited to Latin America until the mid-1990s , when an interest towards this type of music increased after Luis Miguel 's , Lynda Thomas ' , Selena 's , Thalía 's , Gloria Trevi 's and Paulina Rubio 's debuts before the mainstream USA audience . During the 1960s and 1970s most of the pop music produced in Mexico consisted on Spanish-language versions of English-language rock-and-roll hits . Singers and musical groups like Angélica María , Johnny Laboriel , Alberto Vázquez , Enrique Guzmán or Los Teen Tops performed cover versions of songs by Elvis Presley , Paul Anka , Nancy Sinatra and others .",
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"text": "Heavy metal lyrics Heavy metal lyrics are the words used in songs by heavy metal music bands , groups and artists . Given that there are many genres of heavy metal , it is difficult to make generalizations about the lyrics and lyrical themes . In 1989 , two metal scholars wrote that heavy metal lyrics concentrate `` on dark and depressing subject matter to an extent hitherto unprecedented '' in any form of popular music . Jeffrey Arnett states that metal songs are `` overwhelmingly dominated '' by `` ugly and unhappy '' themes which express `` no hope '' for the future . Deena Weinstein has proposed one way to analyze metal song themes is loosely grouping them into two categories : the Dionysian theme ( a reference to the Roman God of wine ) , which celebrates `` sex , drugs and rock and roll '' , partying , and enjoyment of life and the Chaotic theme , which involves dark subjects such as Hell , injustice , mayhem , carnage and death . Not all metal genres fall into Weinstein 's two theme model ; for example power metal 's lyrical themes often focus on fantasy and mythology , camaraderie and hope , personal struggles and emotions , among other themes . Another exception is pop metal bands , which replaced `` gloom and doom '' themes with `` positive , upbeat '' songs about romantic love and relationships , part of their goal of appealing more to female listeners . In metal overall , the small number of metal songs about relationships are typically about unions that have `` gone sour '' long ago . The thematic content of heavy metal lyrics has long been a target of criticism . According to Jon Pareles , `` Heavy metal 's main subject matter is simple and virtually universal . With grunts , moans and subliterary lyrics , it celebrates ... a party without limits ... -LSB- T -RSB- he bulk of the music is stylized and formulaic . '' Music critics have often deemed metal lyrics juvenile and banal , and others have objected to what they see as advocacy of misogyny and the occult . During the 1980s , the Parents Music Resource Center ( PMRC ) petitioned the U.S. Congress to regulate the popular music industry due to what the group asserted were objectionable lyrics , particularly those in heavy metal songs . The PMRC used music professor Joe Stuessy to testify against metal . Professor Stuessy alleged that heavy metal songs focus on violence , substance abuse , perversion , S&M , and Satanism . Robert Walser analyzed 88 metal songs ' themes to determine if Professor Stuessy 's claims were valid . In Walser 's analysis , the dominant theme in the metal songs was `` longing for intensity '' ; he found that the negative themes described by Stuessy and the PMRC were uncommon . Jeffrey Arnett analysed the lyrics from 115 metal songs : he found that the top three messages were `` grim ... themes '' about violence , angst and protest . Metal artists have had to defend their lyrics in front of the U.S. Senate and in courtrooms . In 1985 , Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider was asked to defend his song Under the Blade at a U.S. Senate hearing . In 1986 , Ozzy Osbourne was sued because of the lyrics of his song Suicide Solution . In 1990 , Judas Priest was sued in American court by the parents of two young men who had shot themselves five years earlier , allegedly after hearing the subliminal statement `` do it '' in a Priest song . While the case attracted a great deal of media attention , it was ultimately dismissed . In some predominantly Muslim countries , heavy metal has been officially denounced as a threat to traditional values . In countries such as Morocco , Egypt , Lebanon , and Malaysia , there have been incidents of heavy metal musicians and fans being arrested and incarcerated .",
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"text": "Le ballet (Celine Dion song) `` Le ballet '' ( meaning `` The Ballet '' ) is a radio single by Celine Dion from her album D'eux . It was released in January 1996 in France and was immediately a huge radio hit , ranking as the 6th most economically profitable song of 1996 in France . `` Le ballet '' is a bluesy groove song , with percussive finger snaps , harmonica and electric guitar that shows Dion singing blues for first time . The song is an example of D'eux style that was influenced by continental pop , folk music , jazz and 1970s soul . Written and produced by Jean-Jacques Goldman this track is considered an example of Goldman 's handling of mature topics and feelings and is known for Dion 's imitations of instruments . Starting in her D'eux Tour in 1995 , and featured on the Live à Paris album , she used an extended version of this song to introduce all her band members . She performed the song similarly on her Falling Into You Around the World Tour . There was no video made for the song . `` Le ballet '' was included as the B-side of `` Falling into You '' single , released later . The song peaked at number five on the French Airplay Chart . It spent two weeks inside top ten and eleven weeks on the chart in total . It was also featured on some editions of Dion 's greatest hits compilation On ne change pas in 2005 .",
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"text": "Rock en español Rock en español ( Spanish-language rock ) is a term used widely in the English-speaking world to refer any kind of rock music featuring Spanish vocals . Unlike English-speaking bands , very few acts reached worldwide success and often not even between different Spanish-speaking countries due to a lack of promotion . Despite rock en español 's origins in the late 1950s , many rock acts achieved at best nationwide fame until the Internet consolidated the listeners . However , some rock en español artists did become internationally popular with the help of a promotional campaign from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s called `` Rock en tu idioma '' ( Rock in your language ) . Some specific rock-based styles influenced by folkloric rhythms have also developed in these regions . Some of the more prominent styles are Latin rock , a fusion of rock music with Latin American and Caribbean folkloric sounds developed in Latino communities ; Latin alternative , an alternative rock scene which blended a Latin sound with other genres like Caribbean ska , reggae , and soca ; or Andalusian rock , a flamenco-influenced style that emerged in Spain .",
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"text": "Dramatic soprano A dramatic soprano is a type of operatic soprano with a powerful , rich , emotive voice that can sing over , or cut through , a full orchestra . Thicker vocal folds in dramatic voices usually ( but not always ) mean less agility than lighter voices but a sustained , fuller sound . Usually this voice has a lower tessitura than other sopranos , and a darker timbre . They are often used for heroic , often long-suffering , tragic women of opera . Dramatic sopranos have a range from approximately low A ( A3 ) to `` high C '' ( C6 ) . Some dramatic sopranos , known as Wagnerian sopranos , have an exceptionally big voice that can assert itself over a large orchestra ( of more than 80 or even 100 pieces ) . These voices are substantial , often denser in tone , extremely powerful and , ideally , evenly balanced throughout the vocal registers . Wagnerian sopranos usually play mythic heroines . Successful Wagnerian sopranos are rare and often Wagnerian roles are performed by Italianate dramatic sopranos .",
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"text": "Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride ( née Schiff , born July 29 , 1966 ) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer . She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material . McBride signed to RCA Records in 1991 , and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single , `` The Time Has Come '' . Over time , she developed a pop-styled crossover sound , similar to that of Shania Twain and Faith Hill and has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart . Five of these singles went to No. 1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001 , and one peaked at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003 . She has been called the `` Celine Dion of Country Music '' when she was recognized for her soprano singing range . McBride has recorded a total of 13 studio albums , two greatest hits compilations , one `` live '' album , as well as two additional compilation albums . Eight of her studio albums and two of her compilations have received an RIAA Gold certification , or higher . In the U.S. she has sold over 14 million albums . In addition , McBride has won the Country Music Association 's `` Female Vocalist of the Year '' award four times ( tied with Reba McEntire for the second-most wins ) and the Academy of Country Music 's `` Top Female Vocalist '' award three times . She is also a 14-time Grammy Award nominee .",
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"text": "That's the Way It Is (Celine Dion song) `` That 's the Way It Is '' is the lead single from Celine Dion 's greatest hits album All the Way ... A Decade of Song , released on 1 November 1999 .",
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"text": "Song cycle A song cycle ( Liederkreis or Liederzyklus ) is a group , or cycle , of individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a unit . The songs are either for solo voice or an ensemble , or rarely a combination of solo songs mingled with choral pieces . The number of songs in a song cycle may be as brief as two songs or as long as 30 or more songs . The term `` song cycle '' did not enter lexicography until 1865 , in Arrey von Dommer 's edition of Koch 's Musikalisches Lexikon , but works definable in retrospect as song cycles existed long before then . One of the earliest examples may be the set of seven Cantigas de amigo by the 13th-century Galician jongleur Martin Codax . A song cycle is similar to a song collection , and the two can be difficult to distinguish . Some type of coherence , however , is regarded as a necessary attribute of song cycles . It may derive from the text ( a single poet ; a story line ; a central theme or topic such as love or nature ; a unifying mood ; poetic form or genre , as in a sonnet or ballad cycle ) or from musical procedures ( tonal schemes ; recurring motifs , passages or entire songs ; formal structures ) . These unifying features may appear singly or in combination . Because of these many variations , the song cycle `` resists definition '' . The nature and quality of the coherence within a song cycle must therefore be examined `` in individual cases '' .",
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"text": "American popular music American popular music has had a profound effect on music across the world . The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture , including ragtime , blues , jazz , swing , rock , bluegrass , country , R&B , doo wop , gospel , soul , funk , heavy metal , punk , disco , house , techno , salsa , grunge and hip hop . In addition , the American music industry is quite diverse , supporting a number of regional styles such as zydeco , klezmer and slack-key . Distinctive styles of American popular music emerged early in the 19th century , and in the 20th century the American music industry developed a series of new forms of music , using elements of blues and other genres of American folk music . These popular styles included country , R&B , jazz and rock . The 1960s and 1970s saw a number of important changes in American popular music , including the development of a number of new styles , such as heavy metal , punk , soul , and hip hop . Though these styles were not in the sense of mainstream , they were commercially recorded and are thus examples of popular music as opposed to folk or classical music .",
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"text": "New Orleans soul New Orleans soul is a musical style derived from the soul music which has a large influence of the Gospel ( music ) . New Orleans soul has ingredients of pop music and soul and is influenced by boogie-woogie style . The songs always are accompanied by a piano and a saxophone . Guitars are rare in this genre . It was popularized in the postwar era in the town of Crescent . This genus stands out in its use of simple pop structures and Rock rhythms that have become very influenced by the `` second line '' and `` parade '' hits common to the city . The Caribbean music and Latin music from the 60 , that earned a great importance in the city , also inspired to this genre of Soul to develop more exotic rhythms . Are also normal midtempo rhythms . The musicians give more importance to the music and sound that to the letter , which sometimes makes no sense . The choir is always feminine , with the participation of one or two women in it .",
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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": "Amélie (soundtrack) Amélie is the soundtrack to the 2001 French film Amélie , a motion picture set in Paris , France , about a young woman endeavouring to help and improve the lives of those around her . Having been home-schooled since childhood , Amélie finally leaves her lifelong home and begins to discover her true vocation in life : awarding her neighbours and colleagues love and happiness . But when Amélie chances upon her own romance , her adventure truly begins -- ever captured by the music of Yann Tiersen . Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet chanced upon the accordion - and piano-driven music of Yann Tiersen while driving with his production assistant who put on a CD he had not heard before . Greatly impressed , he immediately bought Tiersen 's entire catalogue and eventually commissioned him to compose pieces for the film . The soundtrack features both compositions from Tiersen 's first three albums , but also new items , variants of which can be found on his fourth album , L'Absente , which he was writing at the same time . Beside the accordion and piano the music features parts played with harpsichord , banjo , bass guitar , vibraphone and even a bicycle wheel at the end of `` La Dispute '' ( which plays over the opening titles in the motion picture ) . Prior to discovering Tiersen , Jeunet was primarily considering composer Michael Nyman to score the film . `` Les Jours tristes '' was co-written with Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy . The track later received English lyrics , and was released by The Divine Comedy as a b-side to the Regeneration single `` Perfect Lovesong . '' The English-language version also appeared on Tiersen 's L'Absente .",
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"text": "Lori Cullen Lori Cullen is a Canadian pop and jazz singer-songwriter . She has released seven albums as a solo artist , has collaborated with other artists as a guest musician , and has been a Juno Award nominee . Originally from Mississauga , Ontario , Cullen released her debut album Garden Path in 2000 . She followed up with So Much , an album of jazz standards , in 2002 , before returning to original folk-pop songwriting for 2004 's Uneven Hill . During her early career , she kept these two sides of her artistic personality separate , recording distinct albums and distinguishing her live performances as being either folk or jazz shows ; during her tour to support Uneven Hill , however , she decided to instead start integrating the two genres . Her song `` Away So Long '' , cowritten with Brian MacMillan , was the winner of the 2005 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award . Her next album , 2006 's Calling for Rain , was an album of covers of artists such as Joni Mitchell , Gordon Lightfoot , Richard Thompson and Randy Newman , done in a style that incorporated both pop and jazz influences . It was nominated for a Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2007 . In 2011 , she was featured on Toronto-based Cadence 's Christmas album `` Cool Yule , '' singing Baby , It 's Cold Outside . Her most recent album , Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs ( 2016 ) , features songs written for her by Ron Sexsmith and Kurt Swinghammer .",
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"text": "Donna the Prima Donna `` Donna the Prima Donna '' is a song written by Dion DiMucci and Ernie Maresca and performed by Dion . The song reached # 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and # 17 on the R&B chart in 1963 . The song appeared on his 1963 album , Donna the Prima Donna . The song was produced by Robert Mersey and arranged by DiMucci . The backing group on the song is The Del-Satins . The song was ranked # 86 on Billboard magazine 's Top Hot 100 songs of 1963 . The song references Zsa Zsa Gabor and how the titular girl in the song tries to look like her .",
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"text": "Dionysia The Dionysia ( -LSB- daɪəˈnaɪsiə -RSB- ) was a large festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus , the central events of which were the theatrical performances of dramatic tragedies and , from 487 BC , comedies . It was the second-most important festival after the Panathenaia . The Dionysia actually consisted of two related festivals , the Rural Dionysia and the City Dionysia , which took place in different parts of the year . They were also an essential part of the Dionysian Mysteries .",
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"text": "Epic Records Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment , a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America , Inc. . Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 . It later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of musical genres , including pop , R&B , rock and hip hop . Historically , the label has housed popular acts such as Michael Jackson , Cheap Trick , Shakira , Celine Dion , ABBA , Anastacia , Boston , Dave Clark Five , Gloria Estefan , Pearl Jam and Sly & the Family Stone . Along with Columbia and RCA Records , Epic is one of Sony Music Entertainment 's three main record labels . Artists currently signed to Epic as of 2017 include Fiona Apple , Sara Bareilles , Mariah Carey , Keyshia Cole , Future , Fifth Harmony , Jennifer Hudson , Zara Larsson , Jennifer Lopez , Outkast , Ozzy Osbourne , Judas Priest , Busta Rhymes , Rick Ross , Sade , 21 Savage , Travis Scott and Meghan Trainor .",
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"text": "Classical Gas `` Classical Gas '' is an instrumental musical piece composed and originally performed by Mason Williams with instrumental backing by members of the Wrecking Crew . Originally released in 1968 on the album The Mason Williams Phonograph Record , it has been re-recorded and re-released numerous times since by Williams . One later version served as the title track of a 1987 album by Williams and the band Mannheim Steamroller . Originally named `` Classical Gasoline '' , the song was envisioned to be `` fuel '' for the classical guitar repertoire . The title was later shortened by a music copyist . Williams was the head writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour at the time of the piece 's release and premiered the composition on the show . Williams performed it several times over several episodes . After the piece had reached the Top Ten , Williams asked an experimental filmmaker named Dan McLaughlin to adjust a student video montage that he had created of classical art works using Beethoven 's 5th Symphony and edit it in time to `` Classical Gas '' , using the visual effect now known as kinestasis . The work , 3000 Years of Art , premiered in 1968 on the Smothers Brothers . The song peaked at number 2 for two weeks in August that year . On the US Easy Listening chart , it went to number one for three weeks . It is sometimes erroneously thought that `` Classical Gas '' was performed , or even composed , by Eric Clapton . This may be due to the fact that Clapton was musical director of , and played much of the guitar music for , the feature film The Story of Us in which Williams ' own solo-guitar re-recording of it , from his 1970 album Handmade , appeared . Clapton has actually never recorded a cover of the song . Williams re-recorded `` Classical Gas '' as a solo guitar piece on his 1970 album Handmade . This version was re-released by Sony in 2003 , after being featured in the film Cheaper by the Dozen , which starred Williams 's Smothers Brothers protégé , Steve Martin . During the 1970s and early 1980s , many television stations ( such as KIRO-TV in Seattle , WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh , WMGC now WIVT in Binghamton , WKYC in Cleveland , WBAL-TV in Baltimore , KNTV in San Jose , WXII-TV in Winston-Salem , WECT in Wilmington ( NC ) , WIS-TV in Columbia , WCHS-TV in Charleston ( WV ) , WFTV in Orlando , and WNEP-TV in Wilkes-Barre ) used the composition -- or a version of it re-recorded by Telesound -- as their news theme . In the late 2000 's a banjo version was used in an advertisement campaign by the Irish beer Guinness .",
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"text": "Symphonic Variations Symphonic Variations may refer to : a musical composition consisting of a set of variations on a theme ; Symphonic Variations ( 1875 ) by Johann von Herbeck Symphonic Variations on an Original Theme , Op. 78 , B. 70 ( 1877 ) by Antonín Dvořák Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra ( 1885 ) by César Franck Symphonic Variations ( 1897 ) by Hubert Parry Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra ( 1918 ) by Arnold Bax Variations Symphoniques for Cello and Orchestra , Op. 23 ( 1893 ) by Léon Boëllmann Symphonic Variations ( 1931 ) by Mykola Kolessa Symphonic Variations on a Theme of Girolamo Frescobaldi , Op. 20 ( 1935 , rev. 1956 , 1965 ) by Karl Höller Symphonic Variations for Piano ( 1935 -- 37 ) by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra ( 1935 -- 37 , 1953 -- 56 ) , Sorabji 's orchestration of the first book of the three-volume Symphonic Variations for Piano , preceded by a newly composed `` Introitus '' for orchestra alone Symphonic Variations ( 1936 -- 38 ) by Witold Lutosławski Symphonic Variations , Op. 25 ( 1940 -- 41 ) by Gunnar de Frumerie Symphonic Variations for Wind Orchestra ( 1977 ) by Symphonic Variations on `` In Dulci Jubilo '' ( 1984 ) by Claude T. Smith Symphonic Variations on `` Amazing Grace '' ( 1987 ) by Claude T. Smith Symphonic Variations ( 1996 ) by Jacob de Haan Symphonic Variations ( 2004 ) by Symphonic Variations by Ismayil Hajiyev Symphonic Variations on Chopin 's Prelude in A , Op. 28/7 ( subtitled From the Life of a Nation ) by Zygmunt Noskowski Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ( 1943 ) by Paul Hindemith ( sometimes also known as Symphonic Variations on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber ) Symphonic Variations , a ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton",
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"text": "Miracle: A Celebration of New Life Miracle : A Celebration of New Life is a book resulting from the collaboration of Anne Geddes with Canadian singer Céline Dion . The project is a combination of music and photos revolving around the themes of new life and babies . The book was published in nine languages in 22 countries simultaneously , and remained in The New York Times bestseller list for six weeks . Miracle appeared on The Wall Street Journal nonfiction bestseller list , as well as the Publishers Weekly , Barnes & Noble , amazon.com Canada , and BookSense nonfiction hardcover bestseller lists and was # 1 on the Wal-Mart . com bestseller list for two weeks . In Germany , Miracle debuted at # 3 on the prestigious GEO magazine bestseller list for the month of December 2004 , and remained within the top ten at # 6 for the month of January 2005 . It was # 12 on the Livre Hebdo Fall 2004 illustrated books bestseller list in France . The album was a Billboard magazine Top 5 international bestseller in December 2004 .",
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"text": "Gunday Gunday ( English : Outlaws ) is a 2014 Indian action thriller film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra . The film features Ranveer Singh , Arjun Kapoor , Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan in the principal roles . The film starts off in the 1970s , with the introduction of 2 young boys : Bikram and Bala , who initially become gun carriers and later coal bandits . They ultimately grow up to become the most powerful goons of Calcutta . The film was released on 14 February 2014 . The film also released in Bengali with a full Bengali soundtrack also composed by Sohail Sen. Though , in some of the Bengali songs , the singers differ from the original . This was also the first Indian film to have its trailer premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival .",
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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": "The Bright Day The Bright Day is a 2013 Iranian social drama film directed by Hossein Shahabi . It is his debut feature film which was very well received by Iranian film critics and audiences of the 31st Fajr Film Festival of Tehran in February 2013 . The film also won the Special Jury Prize of 28th Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina and it was shown on the 24th Annual Festival of Films from Iran in Chicago.also win Silver Pheasant Award and a cash prize for The Best Debut Director of the 19th International Film Festival of Kerala , India",
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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": "London Iranian Film Festival London Iranian Film Festival is an annual , independent film festival held in London , United Kingdom . It is now entering its fourth year . It is the only festival in the UK that is dedicated to Iranian independent cinema , with this year 's event taking place from the 1st to the 9th of November . The London Iranian Film Festival is organised by a non-political , film-focused organization UKIFF , which aims to provide a platform for Iranian cinema in the UK . The Festival showcases films that consistently explore Iranian culture and identity . Submissions to the festival are looked over by a panel of filmmakers and film industry professionals , and the films selected for screening are then placed into four categories : Short film , Documentary , Animation and Feature film . Prizes are awarded to the best film from each category on the closing night of the festival . Previous selection committees have included Iranian filmmaker and scriptwriter Kambuzia Partovi , screen director Patrick Tucker , cinematographer Zoran Veljkovic , and Iranian filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb . The film festival has also had assistance from members of Europe 's only dedicated Iranian cinematic organization Iran film foundation , as well as members of Britain 's Iranian community .",
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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 Victory Sun The Victory Sun ( Turkish : Zafer Güneşi ) is a 1953 Turkish drama film directed by and starring Seyfi Havaeri .",
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"text": "Salgira Salgira ( Urdu : سالگرہ ) ( English : Birthday ) is an Urdu-language Pakistani black-and-white film released in 1969 . It is a melodious love story directed by Qamar Zaidi and produced by Najma Hassan and written by Shams Hanafi . The film cast Waheed Murad , Shamim Ara , Tariq Aziz , Santosh Rissal , Nirala , Nighat Sultana and Talish . Included in the soundtrack are two hits songs , Meri zindagi hai naghma , meri zindagi tarana ... and Lay aai phir kahan par qismat hamein kahan se ... sung by Noor Jehan . Asif Ali Zardari , ex-president of Pakistan , acted as the young protagonist Waheed Murad . This is his only known film as a child actor .",
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"text": "The Report The Report ( گزارش , Gozāresh ) is a 1977 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami and starring Academy Award-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo .",
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"text": "Gun & Goal Gun & Goal is a Punjabi sports drama film , directed by Simranjit Singh Hundal and starring Sumeet Singh Sarao and Rishita Monga . The movie is based on the life of a football player .",
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"text": "Radio Days (disambiguation) Radio Days is a 1987 film directed by Woody Allen . Radio Days may also refer to : `` Radio Days '' ( Full House episode ) `` Radio Days '' ( Roseanne ) Radio Dayz , 2008 South Korean film",
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"text": "Jaan'nisar Jaan 'n isar is a 13 episode drama series that brings the issue of rule of law to the fore by revealing the deep-rooted nexus of politics and police with the help of a responsible media . It was aired on APlus and ATV ( Pakistan ) . It is directed by Aamir Yousuf and written by Aamir Raza . It stars Noman Ijaz , Sohail Sameer , Ghana Ali , Zulqarnain Haider , Saba Faisal , Nayyar Ejaz , Firdous Jamal , Zain Afzal , Jibran Shahid , Qazi Zubair , Sadaf Bhatti , Maira Khan , Iftikhar Qaisr , and Javed Babar . It was released on October 21 , 2016 . Drama series Jaan ` nisar instantly captured the audience 's imagination . In a country like Pakistan where the police department remains in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons and is stigmatized as one of the most corrupt , rotten and plagued governmental entities , Jaan ` nisar throws light on the other side of the story , in an impressive display of creativity and novelty . Broadcast at 8:00 pm every Thursday on ATV and at 9:10 on Aplus every Friday , the play identifies the flaws in Pakistan 's criminal justice system and offers practicable remedies . The drama highlights the contributions and sacrifices made by police force in maintaining law and order in the face of serious challenges coming from lack of capacity , meager resources , political pressures , higher expectations and related constraints .",
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"text": "Ali Zafar Ali Mohammad Zafar ( born 18 May 1980 ) is a Pakistani singer-songwriter , model , actor and painter . Zafar started out on Pakistani TV , then also established a career in Hindi cinema and his success led many Pakistani actors to venture into Hindi films . He has received five Lux Style Awards and a Filmfare Award nomination . Zafar started his career as a music composer and gained popularity by his single `` Channo '' from his debut album Huqa Pani which sold over five million copies worldwide . `` Channo '' turned out to be a huge success topping many music charts and earned him several awards for Best Music Album and Artist . Zafar made his acting debut with a leading role in the 2010 Bollywood satire film Tere Bin Laden , a moderate box-office success . His performance in the film garnered critical appreciation and earned him several nominations in the Best Male Debut category , including Filmfare . He then also worked in several films , including Mere Brother Ki Dulhan , Chashme Baddoor , and Dear Zindagi . Alongside his acting and singing career , Zafar participates in tours , concerts and stage shows , is active in humanitarian work and has a number of endorsement deals . In 2013 , Zafar was voted as the `` Sexiest Asian Man on the Planet '' based on a worldwide poll by the British newspaper Eastern Eye .",
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"text": "Jalaibee Jalaibee ( -LSB- ; meaning twist ) is a 2015 Pakistani caper action thriller film directed and written by Yasir Jaswal , produced by Eman Syed . Jalaibee is a joint production of ARY Films & Redrum Films in association with Sermad Films and Jaswal Films . The film stars prominent TV actors Danish Taimoor and Ali Safina in lead roles along with Adnan Jaffar , Sajid Hasan , Uzair Jaswal ( director 's younger brother ) , Wiqar Ali Khan , Sabeeka Imam and Zhalay Sarhadi . It is the first Pakistani film to be shot with Arri Alexa camera . The film is shot in capital cities Islamabad , Lahore and Karachi . Jalaibee features Ford Mustang 73 in the film as well as its mascot . It is about the intertwined stories of numerous relatable characters who are all struggling with their problems , and who somehow connect on a unifying level .",
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"text": "Baladay Baladay is a village in Kandahar Province , in southern Afghanistan . The village lies on the open plain south of Kandahar city . To the north is Shir-e Sorkh and to the southeast is Zaker-e Sharif . It contained 54 houses in 1880 . Its altitude ranges between 42 and 65 metres . Most of the inhabitants are involved in agriculture , working on fine orchards and vineyards . The villagers obtain their water from the Naoshijan canal .",
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"text": "Payday 2 Payday 2 '' ' is a cooperative first-person shooter video game developed by Overkill Software and published by 505 Games has former published by Sony . The game is a sequel to 2011 's Payday : The Heist . It was released on 13 August 2013 for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 . An improved version of the game , subtitled Crimewave Edition , was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2015 ( on 12 June in the UK and Europe and on 16 June in North America ) . The game has been announced for the Nintendo Switch and will come out in the fall of 2017 . Two years after the events of the previous game , a new gang comes to the Washington , D.C. area to perform another heisting spree . The player takes control of one of the gang 's seventeen members and can perform heists alone , with up to two AI players , or with ( up to ) 3 other players . The player can participate in a variety of heists , including but not limited to robberies of banks , shops and armored cars , and producing and distributing narcotics . The game differs on the previous by allowing much more customization of the player ( aesthetically and gameplay-wise ) , more variety in levels , and has reworked stealth mechanics . An accompanying web series was produced to promote the game . The game was profitable from pre-orders alone and received positive reviews . Payday 2 : Crimewave Edition '' which offers improved graphics , new content and all previous DLCs , was released on 12 June 2015 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One .",
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"text": "Iranium Iranium is a 2011 documentary film by director Alex Traiman , Written and Distributed by Clarion Fund . Featuring footage with Iranian leaders and interviews with 25 leading politicians , dissidents , and researchers , the film discusses the Iranian nuclear program , Middle East policy , terrorism , and nuclear proliferation . Beginning with the Islamic revolution , the film documents the creation of the Iranian nuclear program and development of weapons of mass destruction . The film discusses Iranian foreign policy and Iran -- United States relations , including the Iran hostage crisis and the 1979 Iranian Revolution and takeover by Ayatollah Khomeini to what it refers to as `` the brutal nature of the Iranian regime to its own citizens , and the Iranian people 's desire to rejoin the international community . '' The film is produced by the Clarion Fund . It was produced by the same team that produced Obsession : Radical Islam 's War Against the West and The Third Jihad . Iranian actress and Academy Award nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo narrates the film . Pre-release screenings have been held or are scheduled to be held at organizations such as the Hudson Institute , David Horowitz Freedom Center , and Heritage Foundation . The film premiered at select AMC theaters and community centers throughout the United States on February 8 .",
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"text": "For One Thousand Dollars Per Day For One Thousand Dollars Per Day ( Per mille dollari al giorno , Por mil dólares al día , also known as Renegade Gunfighter ) is a 1966 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Silvio Amadio . The title song '' `` My Gun is Fast '' is performed by Bobby Solo .",
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"text": "Forty Days and Forty Nights (1953 film) Forty Days and Forty Nights ( Turkish : Kırk gün kırk gece ) is a 1953 Turkish film directed by Esat Özgül .",
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"text": "List of accolades received by Haider (film) Haider is a 2014 Indian crime-drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj , and produced by Bhardwaj and Siddharth Roy Kapur . The film stars Shahid Kapoor as the eponymous protagonist , and co-stars Tabu , Kay Kay Menon , Shraddha Kapoor , and Irrfan Khan . Bhardwaj wrote the dialogues for the film , and co-wrote the screenplay with Basharat Peer . Bhardwaj also composed the music and Gulzar wrote the lyrics . The film is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare 's tragedy Hamlet , and tells the story of Haider who searches for his missing father during the Kashmir conflict of 1995 . Produced on a budget of , Haider was released on 2 October 2014 , and grossed worldwide . The film garnered awards and nominations in several categories , with particular praise for its direction , performances of Shahid Kapoor and Tabu , music and production design . As of June 2015 , the film has won 36 awards . At the 62nd National Film Awards , Haider earned five awards , more than any other film at the ceremony , including Best Music Direction and Best Screenplay ( Dialogues ) ( both Bhardwaj ) . Haider also won five awards at the 60th Filmfare Awards ceremony , including Best Actor ( Shahid Kapoor ) , Best Supporting Actor ( Menon ) , and Best Supporting Actress ( Tabu ) . It also received nominations for Best Film and Best Director at the ceremony . At the 2015 Screen Awards , Haider received nominations for Best Film and Best Director , and won five awards , including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress . Haider also won nine awards at the 16th ceremony of the International Indian Film Academy Awards , including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress .",
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"text": "Lake Powell Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River , straddling the border between Utah and Arizona ( most of it , along with Rainbow Bridge , is in Utah ) . It is a major vacation spot that around two million people visit every year . It is the second largest man-made reservoir by maximum water capacity in the United States behind Lake Mead , storing 24,322,069 acre.ft of water when full . However , due to high water withdrawals for human and agricultural consumption , and because of subsequent droughts in the area , Lake Powell is currently larger than Lake Mead in terms of volume of water currently held , depth and surface area . Lake Powell was created by the flooding of Glen Canyon by the Glen Canyon Dam , which also led to the creation of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area , a popular summer destination . The reservoir is named for explorer John Wesley Powell , a one-armed American Civil War veteran who explored the river via three wooden boats in 1869 . In 1972 , Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was established . It is public land managed by the National Park Service , and available to the public for recreational purposes . It lies in parts of Garfield , Kane , and San Juan counties in southern Utah , and Coconino County in northern Arizona . The northern limits of the lake extend at least as far as the Hite Crossing Bridge . A map centered at the confluence of the Escalante River with the Colorado River gives a good view of the extent of the lake . Lake Powell is a water storage facility for the Upper Basin states of the Colorado River Compact ( Colorado , Utah , Wyoming , and New Mexico ) . The Compact specifies that the Upper Basin states are to provide a minimum annual flow of 7500000 acre.ft to the Lower Basin states ( Arizona , Nevada , and California ) .",
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"text": "Pagosa Springs, Colorado Pagosa Springs is a municipality that is the county seat of , and the only incorporated municipality in , Archuleta County , Colorado , United States . The population was 1,727 at the 2010 census . Approximately 65 percent of the land in Archuleta County is either San Juan National Forest , Weminuche and South San Juan Wilderness areas , or Southern Ute Indian land . Pagosa Springs and the surrounding county are both experiencing a substantial influx of second-home owners ; a 2006 property assessment indicates that 60 % of area private properties are owned by non-residents . Pagosa Springs is located approximately 35 mi north of the New Mexico border , nestled at 7000 ft on the Western Slope of the Continental Divide . This combination of high desert plateau and dramatic Rocky Mountains to the north and east creates an unusually mild climate , especially in the summer months , when compared with much of the surrounding Southwest . Pagosa is favored with around 300 days of sun each year , as well as four distinct seasons . The town is located in the upper San Juan Basin , surrounded by the 3 million acre ( 12,000 km ² ) San Juan National Forest , and adjacent to the largest wilderness area in the state of Colorado , the Weminuche Wilderness . The town is named for the sulfur springs located there , including the world 's deepest geothermal hot spring . This `` Mother Spring '' feeds the pools hosted by three local hot spring soaking locations within town . The largest is at The Springs Resort & Spa which hosts the mother spring . Other hot springs facilities in town are the Healing Waters Resort and Spa and the Overlook Hot Springs Spa . The mineral-rich water continues to be celebrated for its therapeutic powers . The Utes called the sulfur-rich mineral springs Pah gosah , which is commonly translated in modern documents as `` healing waters '' ; a Ute elder once translated the phrase as `` water ( pah ) that has a bad smell ( gosah ) . '' Visitors from all over the world come to enjoy its hot baths . Some come to cure ailments , others to simply relax in the mineral-rich waters . Other recreational activities in the area include downhill and cross country skiing at nearby Wolf Creek ski area . Snowmobiling in the surrounding National Forest is also quite popular . Summertime activities include fishing , hiking , and rafting . Come autumn , the area is a popular destination for hunters , who harvest elk , deer , and other game animals . `` Downtown Pagosa Springs '' was the final destination for a duo of truckers in the 1975 country song `` Wolf Creek Pass '' by C. W. McCall . U.S. Highway 160 from the pass to town goes through a vertical drop of around 5000 ft , and is described in the song as `` hairpin county and switchback city '' .",
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"text": "Lewis and Clark Lake Lewis and Clark Lake is an impoundment on the Missouri River above Gavins Point Dam , near Yankton , South Dakota . It is located on the border of South Dakota and Nebraska . The reservoir is approximately 25 mi long , with a surface area of 31,000 acres ( 130 km ² ) ; it has a maximum depth of 45 ft. It is the smallest of the Pick-Sloan Plan impoundments , and has been plagued with siltation problems . Lewis and Clark Lake ( with Gavins Point Dam ) is a very popular for camping as a regional tourist destination , having hosted over one million visitors per year .",
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"text": "Hardy River The Hardy River ( Río Hardy ) is a 26 km-long Mexican river formed by residual agricultural waters from the Mexicali Valley and running into the Colorado River . The river is believed to have been an ancient channel of the Colorado . In the 19th century , a sea captain ( Captain Hardy ) explored the Colorado River Delta , and noted that the main channel of the Colorado followed this course . Later in the 1880s , sea captains noted that the main channel of the Colorado had moved east , and this old channel became known as Hardy 's Colorado . In much earlier times , the Colorado River periodically flowed north into the Salton Sink , forming a large lake called Lake Cahuilla . Eventually , Lake Cahuilla would fill to about 30 ' above sea level , at which point the lake would overflow its banks near Cerro Prieto and flow south to the Gulf of California . During those times , the Rio Hardy would serve as the overflow channel for Lake Cahuilla .",
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"text": "Lake Havasu Lake Havasu is a large reservoir behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River , on the border between California and Arizona . Lake Havasu City sits on the lake 's eastern shore . The reservoir has an available capacity of 619400 acre.ft . The concrete arch dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclamation between 1934 and 1938 . The lake 's primary purpose is to store water for pumping into two aqueducts . Prior to the dam construction , the area was home to the Mohave Indians . The lake was named ( in 1939 ) after the Mojave word for blue . In the early 19th century , it was frequented by beaver trappers . Spaniards also began to mine the areas along the river .",
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"text": "Platte Canyon The Platte Canyon is a deep , narrow , scenic gorge on the South Platte River in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado . The canyon is southwest of Denver on the border between Jefferson and Douglas counties . The canyon is at the entrance to the mountains , where the South Platte emerges through the Rampart Range through the hogbacks onto Eastern Plains . The lower narrow section is sometimes called Waterton Canyon .",
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"text": "Dirty Devil River The Dirty Devil River is an 80 mi tributary of the Colorado River , located in the U.S. state of Utah . It flows through southern Utah from the confluence of Fremont River and Muddy Creek to the Colorado River .",
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"text": "Coeur d'Alene people The Coeur d'Alene -LSB- kɜrdəˈleɪn -RSB- ( Schitsu'umsh or Skitswish in their Coeur d'Alene language , meaning `` The Discovered People '' or `` Those Who Are Found Here '' ) are a Native American people and one of four federally recognized tribes in the state of Idaho . The Coeur d'Alene have sovereign control of their Coeur d'Alene Reservation , which includes a significant portion of Lake Coeur d'Alene and its submerged lands . In Idaho v. United States ( 2001 ) , the United States Supreme Court ruled against the state 's claim of the submerged lands of the lower third of Lake Coeur d'Alene and related waters of the St. Joe River . It said that the Coeur d'Alene were the traditional owners and that the Executive Branch and Congress had clearly included this area in their reservation , with compensation for ceded territory . This area was designated in 1983 by the Environmental Protection Agency as Bunker Hill Mine and Smelting Complex , the nation 's second-largest Superfund site for cleanup . Concerned that progress was too slow , in 1991 the tribe filed suit against mining companies for damages and cleanup costs , joined in 1996 by the United States and in 2011 by the state of Idaho . Settlements were reached with major defendants in 2008 and 2011 , providing funds to be used in removal of hazardous wastes and restoration of habitat and natural resources . Historically the Coeur d'Alene occupied a territory of 3.5 million acres in present-day northern Idaho , eastern Washington and western Montana . They lived in villages along the Coeur d'Alene , St. Joe , Clark Fork , and Spokane Rivers ; as well as sites on the shores of Lake Coeur d'Alene , Lake Pend Oreille , and Hayden Lake . Their native language is Coeur d'Alene , an Interior Salishan language . They are one of the Salish language peoples , which tribes occupy areas of the inland Plateau and the Coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest . French Canadian fur traders in the late 18th or early 19th century referred to these people as the Cœur d'Alène , meaning `` heart of an awl . '' This referred to the people 's shrewdness in trading skills . British traders and later colonists adopted the French term for the people .",
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"text": "Defiance Plateau The Defiance Plateau , part of the geologic Defiance Uplift , is an approximately 75-mile ( 121 km ) long , mostly north-trending plateau of Apache County , Arizona , and its east and southeast perimeter , are parts of San Juan and McKinley Counties , New Mexico . The west and southwest of the plateau region borders the east , southeast of the Painted Desert , where the Puerco River enters the desert , flowing southwest from New Mexico then meeting the Little Colorado River which flows northwest through the Painted Desert - ( light tan & arc-shaped ) , to the Colorado River - ( at the northeast of the Grand Canyon ) . The Puerco River is the plateau 's border on the south and southeast ; at the northwest , the Black Mesa is the northwest border , and the north of the Defiance Plateau is bounded by the south of the Chinle Valley , where Chinle Creek flows north to meet the San Juan River in southeast Utah . The north terminus region of the Defiance Plateau contains three canyons , with watercourses flowing due-west , as headwaters of Chinle Creek . The canyons are the Canyon de Chelly National Monument ; two other canyons are southwest , part of the five canyon system , Little White House and Three Turkey Canyons . The Defiance Plateau is part of the Navajo Nation . At the plateau 's southeast , on Black Creek lies the site of Window Rock , Arizona , the Navajo Nation capitol . The highpoint of the plateau is Fluted Rock , southwest of Sawmill , Arizona , 8304 ft.",
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"text": "Lake Mead National Recreation Area Lake Mead National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area located in southeastern Nevada and northwestern Arizona . Operated by the National Park Service , Lake Mead NRA follows the Colorado River corridor from the westernmost boundary of Grand Canyon National Park to just north of the cities of Laughlin , Nevada and Bullhead City , Arizona . It includes all of the eponymous Lake Mead as well as the smaller Lake Mohave -- reservoirs on the river created by Hoover Dam and Davis Dam , respectively -- and the surrounding desert terrain and wilderness . Formation of Lake Mead began in 1935 , less than a year before Hoover Dam was completed . The area surrounding Lake Mead was established as the Boulder Dam Recreation Area in 1936 . In 1964 , the area was expanded to include Lake Mohave and its surrounding area and became the first National Recreation Area to be designated as such by the U.S. Congress .",
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"text": "Selkirk Mountains The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range spanning the northern portion of the Idaho Panhandle , eastern Washington , and southeastern British Columbia . They begin at Mica Peak near Spokane and extend approximately 320 km north ( 200 miles ) from the border to Kinbasket Lake , at the now-inundated location of the onetime fur company post Boat Encampment . The range is bounded on its west , northeast and at its northern extremity by the Columbia River , or the reservoir lakes now filling most of that river 's course . From the Columbia 's confluence with the Beaver River , they are bounded on their east by the Purcell Trench , which contains the Beaver River , Duncan River , Duncan Lake , Kootenay Lake and the Kootenay River . The Selkirks are distinct from , and geologically older than , the Rocky Mountains . Together with the neighboring Monashee and Purcell Mountains , and sometimes including the Cariboo Mountains to the northwest , the Selkirks are part of a larger grouping known as the Columbia Mountains . A scenic highway loop , the International Selkirk Loop , encircles the southern portions of the mountain range . The Selkirks were named after Thomas Douglas , 5th Earl of Selkirk .",
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"text": "List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) The main stems of 38 rivers in the United States are at least 500 mi long . The main stem is `` the primary downstream segment of a river , as contrasted to its tributaries '' . The United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) defines a main-stem segment by listing coordinates for its two end points , called the source and the mouth . Well-known rivers like the Atchafalaya , Willamette , and Susquehanna are not included in this list because their main stems are shorter than 500 miles . Seven rivers in this list cross or form international boundaries . Two -- the Yukon and Columbia rivers -- begin in Canada and flow into the United States . Three -- the Milk and Saint Lawrence rivers and the Red River of the North -- begin in the United States and flow into Canada . Of these , only the Milk River crosses the international border twice , leaving and then re-entering the United States . Two rivers , the Colorado and the Rio Grande , begin in the United States and flow into or form a border with Mexico . In addition , the drainage basins of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers extend into Canada , and the basin of the Gila River extends into Mexico . Sources report hydrological quantities with varied precision . Biologist and author Ruth Patrick , describing a table of high-discharge U.S. rivers , wrote that data on discharge , drainage area , and length varied widely among authors whose works she consulted . `` It seems , '' she said , `` that the wisest course is to regard data tables such as the present one as showing the general ranks of rivers , and not to place too much importance on minor ( 10 -- 20 % ) differences in figures . ''",
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"text": "Little Colorado River The Little Colorado River ( Hopi : Paayu ) is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona , providing the principal drainage from the Painted Desert region . Together with its major tributary , the Puerco River , it drains an area of about 26500 mi2 in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico . Although it stretches almost 340 mi , only the headwaters and the lowermost reaches flow year-round . Between St. Johns and Cameron , most of the river is a wide , braided wash , only containing water after heavy snowmelt or flash flooding . The lower 57.2 mi is known as the Little Colorado River Gorge and forms one of the largest arms of the Grand Canyon , at over 3000 ft deep where it joins the Colorado near Desert View in Grand Canyon National Park .",
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"text": "Lake Bonneville Lake Bonneville was a prehistoric pluvial lake that covered much of the eastern part of North America 's Great Basin region . Most of the territory it covered was in present-day Utah , though parts of the lake extended into present-day Idaho and Nevada . ( Its counterpart Lake Lahontan occupied much of northwestern Nevada while extending into California and Oregon . ) Formed about 32,000 years ago , Lake Bonneville existed until about 14,500 years ago , when a large portion of the lake was released through the Red Rock Pass in Idaho . Following the Bonneville Flood , as the release is now known , the lake receded to a level called the Provo Level . Many of the unique geological characteristics of the Great Basin are due to the effects of the lake . At more than 1000 ft deep and more than 19691 sqmi in area , the lake was nearly as large as Lake Michigan and significantly deeper . With the change in climate , the lake began drying up , leaving Great Salt Lake , Utah Lake , Sevier Lake , Rush Lake , and Little Salt Lake as remnants . Lake Bonneville was named by the geologist G. K. Gilbert after Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville ( 1796 -- 1878 ) , a French-born officer in the United States Army , who was also a fur trapper , and explorer in the American West . Bonneville was noted for his expeditions to the Oregon Country and the Great Basin .",
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"text": "Rio Grande National Forest Rio Grande National Forest is a 1.86 million-acre ( 7,530 km ² ) U.S. National Forest located in southwestern Colorado . The forest encompasses the San Luis Valley , which is the world 's largest agricultural alpine valley , as well as one of the world 's largest high deserts located around mountains . The Rio Grande river rises in the forest , and the Continental Divide runs along most of its western border . The forest lies in parts of nine counties . In descending order of land area within the forest they are Saguache , Mineral , Conejos , Rio Grande , Hinsdale , San Juan , Alamosa , Archuleta , and Custer counties . Forest headquarters are located in Monte Vista , Colorado . There are local ranger district offices in Del Norte , La Jara , and Saguache .",
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"text": "Little Blackfoot River The Little Blackfoot River is a 48 mi long tributary of the Clark Fork River , located in Powell County , Montana in the state of Montana in the United States .",
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"text": "Heron Lake (New Mexico) Heron Lake is a reservoir in Rio Arriba County , in northern New Mexico in the southwestern United States . The lake is part of the San Juan-Chama Project , which transfers water from the upper reaches of the San Juan River through the 12.8 mi Azotea Tunnel ( and under the Continental Divide ) , into Willow Creek and the Rio Chama ( and ultimately into the Rio Grande ) . Water is impounded in Heron Lake by the 1250 ft long , 263 ft high Heron Dam , which was completed in 1971 . The 5900 acre lake is approximately 4 mi long and 3 mi wide , and lies at an elevation of up to 7186 ft. Heron Dam is owned and operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation . The southern shore is the location of Heron Lake State Park , featuring over 200 camping and picnic sites , and two improved boat ramps . The lake is a destination for salmon and trout fishing , as well as for small boat sailing . Boat speeds are restricted by a ` no-wake ' policy . A 5.5 mi hiking trail crosses the Rio Chama Gorge via a pedestrian suspension bridge , and then runs southwest through wooded terrain to the grounds of El Vado Lake State Park . The lake , dam , and state park are named after Kenneth A. Heron , an engineer in the early 1900s who realized that water could be diverted from wetter areas to the north , to the benefit of more arid regions to the south .",
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"text": "Course of the Colorado River The Colorado River is a major river of the western United States and northwest Mexico in North America . Its headwaters are in the Rocky Mountains of north central Colorado . It flows southwest through the Colorado Plateau country of western Colorado , southeastern Utah and northwestern Arizona where it flows through the Grand Canyon . It turns south near Las Vegas , Nevada , forming the Arizona -- Nevada border in Lake Mead and the Arizona -- California border below Hoover Dam . Before entering Mexico in the Colorado Desert most of its waters are diverted into the Imperial Valley of Southern California . In Mexico its course forms the boundary between Sonora and Baja California before entering the Gulf of California . This article describes most of the major features along the river .",
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"text": "Sublett Range The Sublett Range is a mountain range in the U.S. states of Idaho ( ~ 94 % ) and Utah ( ~ 6 % ) , spanning Cassia , Oneida , and Power counties , Idaho and reaching into Box Elder County , Utah . The Phosphoria Formation reaches its greatest thickness beneath the mountains . The highest point in the range is known as the Sublett Range High Point at 7492 ft , and the range is a part of the Basin and Range Province . The northern part of the mountains are part of the Sublett Division of the Minidoka Ranger District of Sawtooth National Forest . The range was named after the trapper William Sublette , who lived in the area in the 1830s . The Raft River and Black Pine mountains are southwest of the range , while the Albion Mountains are to the west . The northern part of the mountains are in the Snake River watershed , which is a tributary of the Columbia River , while the southern section drains to the Great Salt Lake . The town of Snowville , Utah is south of the mountains , Malta , Idaho is to the west , and American Falls , Idaho is to the north . Interstate 84 passes just to the south and west of the mountains . Most of the mountains are covered in sagebrush steppe and meadows , but there can be pockets of Douglas fir on northern slopes .",
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"text": "San Juan River (Colorado River) The San Juan River is a major tributary of the Colorado River in the southwestern United States , providing the chief drainage for the Four Corners region of Colorado , New Mexico , Utah and Arizona . Originating as snowmelt in the San Juan Mountains ( part of the Rocky Mountains ) of Colorado , it flows 383 mi through the deserts of northern New Mexico and southeastern Utah to join the Colorado River at Glen Canyon . The river drains a high , arid region of the Colorado Plateau and along its length it is often the only significant source of fresh water for many miles . The San Juan is also one of the muddiest rivers in North America , carrying an average of 25 million US tons ( 22.6 million t ) of silt and sediment each year . Historically , the San Juan formed the border between the territory of the Navajo in the south and the Ute in the north . Although Europeans explored the Four Corners region at least as early as the 1700s , it was not until the gold and silver booms of the 1860s when settlers arrived in large numbers from the eastern United States . After heated conflicts over land , the Native Americans were forced into reservations , where their descendants live today . During the 20th century , intensive drilling in the fossil fuel-rich San Juan Basin and uranium mining along the lower river in Utah generated serious concerns about water quality , particular in the Navajo Nation where the river is a crucial source of water for irrigation . Runoff from abandoned gold and silver mines is also a major issue , as occurred in the 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill into the Animas River , the main tributary of the San Juan . The U.S. federal government has built a number of large dams in the San Juan River system to control floods , and provide irrigation and domestic water supply . In addition , the lower part of the river is inundated by Lake Powell , one of the largest reservoirs in the United States . Efficient management is crucial to ensuring enough water supply for not just farms and urban areas , but also recreational boating , fisheries , and environmental restoration . However , heavy water use has significantly reduced the flow of the San Juan River , by as much as 25 percent since pre-development conditions ; in addition , warming temperatures in the Rocky Mountains are projected to have a further negative effect on snowpack , and stream flow .",
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"text": "South Fork Republican River The South Fork Republican River is a river that arises in Lincoln County , Colorado , United States , and flows east-northeastward for about 171 mi through Kit Carson and Yuma Counties , Colorado , and Cheyenne County , Kansas , to a confluence with the Republican River in Dundy County , Nebraska . Bonny Reservoir is located on the South Fork Republican River in Yuma County , Colorado . The South Fork Republican River drains an area of 2778 sqmi , including 2106 sqmi , or 75.8 % , in eastern Colorado , 667 sqmi , or 24.0 % , in northwestern Kansas , and 6 sqmi , or 0.2 % , in southwestern Nebraska . Use of water from the South Fork Republican River is governed by the Republican River Compact , a water agreement among the U.S. states of Colorado , Kansas , and Nebraska signed on 12-31-1942",
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"text": "Hotell Hotell is a 2013 Swedish drama film written and directed by Lisa Langseth . It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival . The film received four nominations at the 49th Guldbagge Awards : Best Script , Lisa Langseth , Best Supporting Actress , Anna Bjelkerud and Mira Eklund and Best Supporting Actor , David Dencik . Bjelkerud received a Guldbagge Award for Best Supporting Actress .",
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"text": "Listen to Your Heart (Lisa Stansfield song) `` Listen to Your Heart '' is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield . It was written by David Pickerill and Paul O'Donoughue , and produced by Pickerill . `` Listen to Your Heart '' was released as a single by the Devil Records/Polydor Records in the United Kingdom in 1983 . The single 's B-side included `` The Thought Police '' which also appeared on Stansfield 's first single , `` Your Alibis . '' `` Listen to Your Heart '' was released on the In Session album in 1996 .",
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"text": "Merry Christmas II You Merry Christmas II You is the second Christmas album and thirteenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey . It was released by Island Records on November 2 , 2010 . Recording began in April 2010 and continued while Carey became pregnant . She was the executive producer of Merry Christmas II You and worked with various record producers , including Bryan-Michael Cox , Jermaine Dupri , Randy Jackson , James Poyser , Marc Shaiman , James `` Big Jim '' Wright and Johnny `` Sev '' Severin of RedOne . The album features Carey 's mother Patricia Carey as a guest vocalist on `` O Come All Ye Faithful '' / `` Hallelujah Chorus '' . The album is composed of original songs and covers , ballads and uptempo tracks . It incorporates R&B , soul and house music in its composition . The album received mixed reviews from music critics , who complimented its relaxed yet lively and contemporary feel , while others felt it was predictable and too overproduced in places . It debuted at number four on the United States Billboard 200 album chart , and reached number one on both the Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums and Holiday Albums chart . It was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , denoting shipments exceeding 500,000 copies . Elsewhere , however , the album failed to make an impact , reaching the top thirty in Australia and Hungary , and the top fifty in Austria and Italy . It missed out on the top one-hundred in the United Kingdom by one position , peaking at one-hundred and one on the albums chart . The album produced four singles , including the US Adult Contemporary record-breaking song `` Oh Santa ! '' . It reached number-one in its second week , the quickest ascent in the history of the chart and the only song to do so . Other singles included `` Auld Lang Syne ( The New Year 's Anthem ) '' , a single release version of `` When Christmas Comes '' in 2011 with John Legend and `` Christmas Time Is in the Air Again '' in 2012 . To support the album , Carey made promotional appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Lopez Tonight , and hosted her own television special called Mariah Carey : Merry Christmas to You .",
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"text": "Lucy Beresford Lucy Beresford is a British writer , broadcaster & psychotherapist , born in West Sussex . Lucy hosts a 2-hour Sex & Relationships phone-in show on LBC , and is a regular on the Press Preview for Sky News . She blogs for Huffington Post UK Lifestyle and was shortlisted for ` Dating Expert of the Year 2015 ′ by UK Dating Awards . She is on the Faculty of The School of Life and is a Fellow of the RSA . She is the author of four books . Her second novel Invisible Threads was published by Quartet Books in May 2015 and is in film development . . Hungry For Love was also published by Quartet in 2016 . Her non-fiction book , Happy Relationships : at home , work and play , is published by McGraw-Hill in the UK , Fingerprint Publishing in India and has been translated into Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese . Her first novel Something I 'm Not , was published by Duckworth . Her short story `` Endurance '' was published in The London Magazine and her short story `` A Tender Meditation '' was recorded as an audio story for Spoken Ink . Lucy reviews contemporary fiction for a variety of British publications including The Spectator , the New Statesman , The Literary Review and The Sunday Telegraph . She appears frequently in the national international media , providing psychological insights into topical questions , and her appearances include the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 , LBC , CNN , Daily Politics on BBC2 , BBC Breakfast on BBC1 , This Morning on ITV , NewsTalk on Channel 5 , and Woman 's Hour and the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 . She was the agony aunt for Healthy magazine and , before that for 5 years at Psychologies . Lucy has written for The Mail on Sunday , The Sunday Telegraph , Evening Standard and The Spectator . She has an M.A. in Psychotherapy awarded by the City University , London , and an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy , having studied for both at Regent 's College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology , London . She is registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy ( UKCP ) . She sees patients for the Priory Hospital , Roehampton , and privately in central London . She also has a degree in English Literature from the University of Durham . Her initial career was in finance , with Shearson Lehman Brothers and BZW .",
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"text": "Lisa Daggs Lisa Daggs ( born February 28 , 1965 ) is an American multi-award-winning Christian music singer/songwriter based in Los Angeles , California . In some instances she also goes by the name of Lisa Daggs-Charette . She was born in Los Angeles , California , and was raised in Sacramento by her mother after her parents were divorced when she was ten . Trying to deal with the pressures of her teenage years and her parents ' divorce , she eventually tried to ease her pain by medicating herself with drugs and alcohol .",
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"text": "Lisa Stansfield discography British singer and songwriter Lisa Stansfield has released seven solo studio albums and one with her band Blue Zone , four compilation albums , three remix albums , one soundtrack album , one extended play and forty-four singles . As of 2004 , Stansfield has sold over twenty million albums worldwide , including five million of Affection . Her biggest hits include : `` People Hold On '' , `` This Is the Right Time '' , `` All Around the World '' , `` Live Together '' , `` What Did I Do to You ? '' , `` You Ca n't Deny It '' , `` Change '' , `` All Woman '' , `` Time to Make You Mine '' , `` Set Your Loving Free '' , `` Someday ( I 'm Coming Back ) '' , `` In All the Right Places '' , `` The Real Thing '' and `` Never , Never Gon na Give You Up '' . Stansfield released her latest studio album titled Seven on 31 January 2014 .",
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"text": "TLA+ TLA + ( pronounced as tee ell a plus , -LSB- ` tiː_ɛl_eɪ_plʌs -RSB- ) is a formal specification language developed by Leslie Lamport . It is used to design , model , document , and verify concurrent systems . TLA + has been described as exhaustively-testable pseudocode and blueprints for software systems . For design and documentation , TLA + fulfills the same purpose as informal technical specifications . However , TLA + specifications are written in a formal language of logic and mathematics , and the precision of specifications written in this language is intended to uncover design flaws before system implementation is underway . Since TLA + specifications are written in a formal language , they are amenable to finite model checking . The model checker finds all possible system behaviours up to some number of execution steps , and examines them for violations of desired invariance properties such as safety and liveness . TLA + specifications use basic set theory to define safety ( bad things wo n't happen ) and temporal logic to define liveness ( good things eventually happen ) . TLA + is also used to write machine-checked proofs of correctness both for algorithms and mathematical theorems . The proofs are written in a declarative , hierarchical style independent of any single theorem prover backend . Both formal and informal structured mathematical proofs can be written in TLA + ; the language is similar to LaTeX , and tools exist to translate TLA + specifications to LaTeX documents . TLA + was introduced in 1999 , following several decades of research into a verification method for concurrent systems . A toolchain has since developed , including an IDE and distributed model checker . The pseudocode-like language PlusCal was created in 2009 ; it transpiles to TLA + and is useful for specifying sequential algorithms . TLA +2 was announced in 2014 , expanding language support for proof constructs . The current TLA + reference is The TLA + Hyperbook by Leslie Lamport .",
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"text": "L. J. Smith (author) Lisa Jane Smith , known professionally as L. J. Smith , is an American author of young adult fiction best known for her best-selling series The Vampire Diaries , which has been turned into a successful television show . Her books , particularly The Vampire Diaries and Night World , have been in the New York Times Best Seller list and have been nominated for five awards .",
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"text": "Hotel Tuller The Hotel Tuller once stood at Adams Avenue West , Bagley Street , and Park Avenue across from Grand Circus Park in downtown Detroit , Michigan . It was one of the largest luxury hotels in Detroit , and the first one to be erected in the Grand Circus Park Historic District . The hotel was known as the `` grand dame of Grand Circus Park . '' The site is now the location of a parking lot next to the United Artists Theatre Building . Composer Gerald Marks ' band , the Gerald Marks 's Hotel Tuller Orchestra , was based at the hotel . The band made several commercially successful recordings for Columbia Records in the mid-1920s .",
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"text": "Lisa LoCicero Lisa LoCicero ( born April 18 , 1970 ) is an American actress , known for her role as Sonia Toledo in ABC soap opera One Life to Live and Olivia Falconeri in another ABC soap opera General Hospital .",
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"text": "Lisa Frank Lisa Frank is an American businesswoman , the founder of Lisa Frank Incorporated , headquartered in Tucson , Arizona . She is known for producing whimsical commercial design for school supplies and other products that are primarily marketed to children , particularly female ones .",
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"text": "The Hotel New Hampshire (film) The Hotel New Hampshire is a 1984 British-Canadian-American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tony Richardson based on John Irving 's 1981 novel of the same name . The film stars Jodie Foster , Beau Bridges , Rob Lowe , and Nastassja Kinski , and also features Wilford Brimley , Amanda Plummer , Matthew Modine , and a young Seth Green in a supporting role . The film is a co-production from the United Kingdom , Canada , and the United States . In an introductory foreword that he wrote for a later edition of the novel , author Irving stated that he was thrilled when Richardson informed him that he wanted to adapt the book to the screen . Irving wrote that he was very happy with the adaptation , complaining only that he felt Richardson tried to make the film too faithful to the book , noting the manner in which Richardson would often speed up the action in an attempt to include more material onscreen .",
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"text": "Lisa's Song Lisa 's Song + 6 Songs is the debut recording from Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe . Its tracks were recorded live-off-the-floor in two separate sessions . The first tracks were captured July 2001 , on an afternoon when Crowe was travelling to Seattle , Washington , to perform concerts for fans of Pearl Jam at the Worldwide Jammer Convergence . The final session , in April 2003 , was to add the title song for Lisa Marie Young , Crowe 's high-school friend who disappeared one night and is still missing from her hometown . This recording has been released in three different EP versions titled Six Songs , Six Songs + and Lisa 's Song + 6 Songs . Following the independent model of musicians Loreena McKennitt and Ani DiFranco , Allison Crowe launched her own record label , Rubenesque Records Ltd. , with the release of `` Lisa 's Song '' in its various forms .",
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"text": "Lisp-based Intelligent Software Agents The Lisa project is a platform for the development of Lisp-based Intelligent Software Agents . Lisa is a production-rule system implemented in the Common Lisp Object System ( CLOS ) , and is heavily influenced by CLIPS and the Java Expert System Shell ( JESS ) . At its core is a reasoning engine based on an object-oriented implementation of the Rete algorithm , a very efficient mechanism for solving the difficult many-to-many matching problem . Intrinsic to Lisa is the ability to reason over CLOS objects without imposing special class hierarchy requirements ; thus it should be possible to easily augment existing CLOS applications with reasoning capabilities . As Lisa is an extension to Common Lisp , the full power of the Lisp environment is always available . Lisa-enabled applications should run on any ANSI-compliant Common Lisp platform .",
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"text": "LP (singer) Laura Pergolizzi ( born March 18 , 1981 ) is an American pop singer and songwriter , originally from Long Island , New York , who performs under the stage name LP . She moved to Los Angeles in 2010 . She has released three albums and one EP . As a songwriter , she has written for Cher , Rihanna , the Backstreet Boys and Christina Aguilera , among others .",
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"text": "Saxony Hotel The Saxony Hotel is a hotel at 3201 Collins Avenue Miami Beach . It was built and owned by George D. Sax . Designed by architect Roy F. France , it was completed in 1948 as one of the first luxury resorts on Miami Beach . Following the success of the Saxony , other hotels emerged on the opulent beach front . Currently it is owned by The Faena Group which is extensively renovating to be part of the New Saxony Hotel & Residences . George Sax was perhaps best known as the president and chairman of Chicago 's Exchange International Corporation and Exchange National Bank . He was also president of Sax Enterprises , Inc. . Today , Sax is recognized for his contributions to the banking industry , being credited with the innovation of drive-through banking and instant loans . The Saxony was famous for its luxurious rooms , complimentary meals , restaurants and exceptional views of South Beach . It was the first air-conditioned hotel on Miami Beach , and was considered the most expensive and lavish resort of the time . When the hotel first opened , each room was estimated to have cost approximately $ 21,000 , which at the time was thought to be the largest sum of money ever paid for such a project . The rooms featured decks that could accommodate large groups . It was nicknamed the `` Ivory Tower '' after the nightclub on its top floor . Features of the hotel included decks that could accommodate large groups , an Olympic-sized swimming pool , a 600-foot private beach , and two all-weather tennis courts . The Saxony hotel is now known as the Faena Hotel , celebrating its grand opening in December 2015 .",
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"text": "Aurealis Award for best young adult novel The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works to `` recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction , fantasy , horror writers '' . To qualify , a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year ; the presentation ceremony is held the following year . It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people . Since their creation in 1995 , awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction . Categories currently include science fiction , fantasy , horror , speculative young adult fiction -- with separate awards for novels and short fiction -- collections , anthologies , illustrative works or graphic novels , children 's books , and an award for excellence in speculative fiction . The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy . The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has added weight to the honour of the award . The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees ; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists . Ties can occur if the panel decides that both entries show equal merit , however they are encouraged to choose a single winner . The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award 's management team . This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best young-adult novel category , as well as novels that have been highly commended . Three people have won the award twice -- Isobelle Carmody , Garth Nix and Scott Westerfeld . Westerfeld holds the record for most nominations with eight , and Rory Barnes has the most nominations without winning , having been a losing finalist five times .",
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"text": "Apple Lisa Apple Lisa is a desktop computer developed by Apple , released on January 19 , 1983 . It was one of the first personal computers to offer a graphical user interface ( GUI ) in a machine aimed at individual business users . Development of the Lisa began in 1978 , and it underwent many changes during the development period before shipping at the very high price of US$ 9,995 with a 5 MB hard drive . The high price , relatively low performance and unreliable `` Twiggy '' floppy disks led to poor sales , with only 100,000 units sold . In 1982 , after Steve Jobs was forced out of the Lisa project , he joined the Macintosh project , at that time developing a much more limited machine with a task-switching interface . Jobs redirected the Macintosh team to build a cheaper and better Lisa , releasing it in January 1984 and quickly outstripping Lisa sales . Newer versions of the Lisa were introduced that addressed its faults and lowered its price considerably , but it failed to achieve favorable sales compared to the much less expensive Mac . The final revision of the Lisa , the Lisa 2/10 , was modified and sold as the Macintosh XL . Generally considered a failure , the Lisa nevertheless introduced a number of advanced features that would not re-appear on the Macintosh for a number of years . Among these was an operating system which featured protected memory and preemptive multitasking , and a more document-oriented workflow . The hardware itself was also much more advanced than the Macintosh , with a hard drive and support for up to 2 megabytes ( MB ) of RAM , expansion slots and a larger higher-resolution display . The main exception being that while the Macintosh also used the 68000 processor , the Macintosh initially used a version clocked at 7.89 Mhz , compared to the 5Mhz version used in the Lisa . The complexity of the Lisa operating system and its associated programs overtaxed the slower processor enough that users perceived it to be sluggish , particularly when scrolling in documents .",
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"text": "Magnuson Hotels Magnuson Hotels is an American hotel chain & affiliate . It was founded in 2003 by Tom and Melissa Magnuson . It is the largest group of independent hotels in the world . The company was begun by several independent , unbranded hotel properties . In December 2010 , it was listed in Fortune 500 as the fastest growing hotel chain based on revenue . As of that year , it had more than 1,500 properties in 30 countries .",
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"text": "Lisa Mona Lisa `` Lisa Mona Lisa '' was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 , performed in German by Wilfried . The song was performed twelfth on the night , following Germany 's Maxi & Chris Garden with `` Lied für einen Freund '' and preceding Denmark 's Kirsten & Søren with `` Ka ' du se hva ' jeg sa ' ? '' . At the close of voting , it had received no points , placing it last out of a field of 21 . The song is a ballad in which the singer likens the object of his affection to the Mona Lisa , in that she is very mysterious but nonetheless entrancing . The song was recorded in German , French and English . Due to the song 's poor performance at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 , the English version was not released . It was succeeded as Austrian representative at the 1989 Contest by Thomas Forstner singing `` Nur ein Lied '' .",
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"text": "LSL LSL is a three letter acronym , which may refer to : Sports Leicestershire Senior League , a football competition Leinster Senior League ( association football ) , an amateur football league Leinster Senior League ( Men 's hockey ) , a field hockey league in Ireland Leinster Senior League ( rugby ) , an Irish rugby union competition Computers Leisure Suit Larry , a series of adult adventure games Linden Scripting Language , a scripting language Logical shift left , a type of bitwise operation Larch Shared Language , a language for algebraic specification of abstract data types Finance Lending Solutions , also known as LSL Properties , a UK-based company Lincoln Savings and Loan Association , the financial institution at the heart of the Keating Five scandal LSL , the ISO 4217 Code for the Lesotho loti , the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho Other LSL , Laurent Salvador Lamothe , former Prime Minister of Haiti , and founder of LSL World Initiative Lisa Scott-Lee ( born 1975 ) , Welsh singer LSL ( gene ) , a human gene Lake Shore Limited , an Amtrak railroad line '' Lake Shore Limited ( NYC train ) , the predecessor of the above line Landing Ship Logistics , an amphibious warfare vessel of the United Kingdom Lycée Saint-Louis , a French higher education establishment and Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles Laminated strand lumber , a type of engineered wood Liberty Shoes Limited , an Indian footwear manufacturer Long Service Leave , an employee vacation payable after long service in Australia and New Zealand",
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"text": "Afghanistan Afghanistan ( -LSB- æfˈɡænᵻstæn -RSB- Pashto/Dari : , Afġānistān ) , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population of 33 million , making it the 42nd most populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and Tajikistan in the north ; and China in the far northeast . Its territory covers 652,000 km2 , making it the 41st largest country in the world . Human habitation in Afghanistan dates back to the Middle Paleolithic Era , and the country 's strategic location along the Silk Road connected it to the cultures of the Middle East and other parts of Asia . Through the ages the land has been home to various peoples and witnessed numerous military campaigns , notably by Alexander the Great , Mauryas , Muslim Arabs , Mongols , British , Soviet , and in the modern era by Western powers . The land also served as the source from which the Kushans , Hephthalites , Samanids , Saffarids , Ghaznavids , Ghorids , Khiljis , Mughals , Hotaks , Durranis , and others have risen to form major empires . The political history of the modern state of Afghanistan began with the Hotak and Durrani dynasties in the 18th century . In the late 19th century , Afghanistan became a buffer state in the `` Great Game '' between British India and the Russian Empire . Following the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919 , King Amanullah unsuccessfully attempted to modernize the country . It remained peaceful during Zahir Shah 's forty years of monarchy . A series of coups in the 1970s was followed by a series of civil wars that devastated much of Afghanistan and continues to this day . Afghanistan is a unitary presidential Islamic republic with Islam as an official state religion . It is a member of the United Nations , the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , the Group of 77 , the Economic Cooperation Organization , and the Non-Aligned Movement . The country 's economy is ranked 108th in the world with the GDP of $ 64.08 billion .",
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"text": "Indo-Greek Kingdom The Indo-Greek Kingdom or Graeco-Indian Kingdom was a Hellenistic kingdom covering various parts of the northwest regions of South Asia ( mainly modern Afghanistan and Pakistan ) during the last two centuries BC and was ruled by more than thirty kings , often in conflict with each other . The kingdom was founded when the Graeco-Bactrian king Demetrius invaded the subcontinent early in the 2nd century BC . The Greeks in South Asia were eventually divided from the Graeco-Bactrians centered in Bactria ( now the border between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan ) . But the Greeks failed to establish united rule in present-day north-western South Asia . The most famous Indo-Greek ruler was Menander ( Milinda ) . He had his capital at Sakala in the Punjab ( present-day Sialkot , Punjab , Pakistan ) . The expression `` Indo-Greek Kingdom '' loosely describes a number of various dynastic polities , traditionally associated with a number of regional capitals like Taxila , ( modern Punjab ( Pakistan ) ) , Pushkalavati and Sagala . Other potential centers are only hinted at ; for instance , Ptolemy 's Geographia and the nomenclature of later kings suggest that a certain Theophila in the south of the Indo-Greek sphere of influence may also have been a satrapal or royal seat at one time . Euthydemus I was , according to Polybius a Magnesian Greek . His son , Demetrius , founder of the Indo-Greek kingdom , was therefore of Greek descent from his father at minimum . A marriage treaty was arranged for Demetrius with a daughter of Antiochus III the Great , who had partial Persian descent . The ethnicity of later Indo-Greek rulers is less clear . During the two centuries of their rule , the Indo-Greek kings combined the Greek and Indo-Iranian languages and symbols , as seen on their coins , and blended Hindu , Buddhist and ancient Greek religious practices , as seen in the archaeological remains of their cities and in the indications of their support of Buddhism , pointing to a rich fusion of Indian and Hellenistic influences . The diffusion of Indo-Greek culture had consequences which are still felt today , particularly through the influence of Greco-Buddhist art . The Indo-Greeks ultimately disappeared as a political entity around 10 AD following the invasions of the Indo-Scythians , although pockets of Greek populations probably remained for several centuries longer under the subsequent rule of the Indo-Parthians and Kushans .",
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"text": "Sogdia Sogdia or Sogdiana was an ancient Iranian civilization that at different times included territory located in present-day Tajikistan and Uzbekistan such as : Samarkand , Bukhara , Khujand , Panjikent and Shahrisabz . Sogdiana was also a province of the Achaemenid Empire , eighteenth in the list on the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great ( i. 16 ) . In the Avesta , Sogdiana is listed as the second best land that the supreme deity Ahura Mazda had created . It comes second , after Airyanem Vaejah , `` homeland of the Aryans '' , in the Zoroastrian book of Vendidad , indicating the importance of this region from ancient times . Sogdiana was conquered by the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great in 328 BC and later formed part of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom and Sasanian Empire . The Sogdian states , although never politically united , were centred on the main city of Samarkand . Sogdiana lay north of Bactria , east of Khwarezm , and southeast of Kangju between the Oxus ( Amu Darya ) and the Jaxartes ( Syr Darya ) , embracing the fertile valley of the Zeravshan ( ancient Polytimetus ) . Sogdian territory corresponds to the modern provinces of Samarkand and Bokhara in modern Uzbekistan as well as the Sughd province of modern Tajikistan . During the High Middle Ages , Sogdian cities included sites stretching towards Issyk Kul such as that at the archeological site of Suyab . Sogdian , an Eastern Iranian language , is no longer a spoken language , but its direct descendant , Yaghnobi , is still spoken by the Yaghnobis of Tajikistan . It was widely spoken in Central Asia as a lingua franca and even served as one of the Turkic Khaganate 's court languages for writing documents . Sogdians also lived in Imperial China and rose to special prominence in the military and government of the Chinese Tang dynasty ( 618 -- 907 AD ) . Sogdian merchants and diplomats traveled as far west as the Byzantine Empire . They played an important part as middlemen in the trade route of the Silk Road . While originally following the faiths of Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism from Persia , Buddhism from India , and Nestorian Christianity from West Asia , the gradual conversion to Islam among the Sogdians and their descendants began with the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana in the 8th century . The Sogdian conversion to Islam was virtually complete by the end of the Samanid Empire in 999 , coinciding with the decline of the Sogdian language , as it was largely supplanted by Persian .",
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"text": "Civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2001–2014) During the war in Afghanistan ( 2001 -- 14 ) , over 26,000 civilian deaths due to war-related violence have been documented ; 29,900 civilians have been wounded . Over 91,000 Afghans , including civilians , soldiers and militants , are recorded to have been killed in the conflict , and the number who have died through indirect causes related to the war may include an additional 360,000 people . These numbers do not include those who have died in Pakistan . The war , launched by the United States as `` Operation Enduring Freedom '' in 2001 , began with an initial air campaign that almost immediately prompted concerns over the number of Afghan civilians being killed as well as international protests . With civilian deaths from airstrikes rising again in recent years , the number of Afghan civilians being killed by foreign military operations has led to mounting tension between the foreign countries and the government of Afghanistan . In May 2007 , President Hamid Karzai summoned foreign military commanders to warn them of the consequences of further Afghan civilian deaths . The civilian losses are a continuation of the extremely high civilian losses experienced during the Soviet War in Afghanistan in the 1980s , and the three periods of civil war following it : 1989 -- 1992 , 1992 -- 1996 , and 1996 -- 2001 .",
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"text": "Caravan (travellers) A caravan ( from کاروان ) is a group of people traveling together , often on a trade expedition . Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road , where traveling in groups aided in defense against bandits as well as helping to improve economies of scale in trade . In historical times , caravans connecting East Asia and Europe often carried luxurious and lucrative goods , such as silks or jewelry . Caravans could therefore require considerable investment and were a lucrative target for bandits . The profits from a successfully undertaken journey could be enormous , comparable to the later European spice trade . The luxurious goods brought by caravans attracted many rulers along important trade routes to construct caravanserais . Caravanserais were roadside stations which supported the flow of commerce , information , and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia , North Africa , and southeastern Europe , especially along the Silk Road . Caravanserais provided water for human and animal consumption , washing , and ritual ablutions . Sometimes they had elaborate baths . They also kept fodder for animals and had shops for travelers where they could acquire new supplies . In addition , some shops bought goods from the traveling merchants . However , the volume a caravan could transport was limited even by Classical or Medieval standards . For example , a caravan of 500 camels could only transport as much as a third or half of the goods carried by a regular Byzantine merchant sailing ship . Present-day caravans in less-developed areas of the world often still transport important goods through badly passable areas , such as seeds required for agriculture in arid regions . An example are the camel trains traversing the southern edges of the Sahara Desert .",
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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": "Route 606 (Afghanistan) Route 606 , also known as Delaram-Zaranj Highway or A71 is a 218 km roadway in the Nimruz Province of Afghanistan connecting the Delaram District in Afghanistan to the border of Iran . The opposite way goes towards the south near Zaranj , Afghanistan . It is one of the busiest roads in Afghanistan and provides an important trade route between Iran and the rest of Asia . The Delaram -- Zaranj Highway , also known as Route 606 , is a 135-mile-long two-lane road in Afghanistan , connecting Zaranj in Nimruz Province , near the Iranian border , with Delaram in neighbouring Farah Province . It connects the Afghan -- Iranian border with the Kandahar -- Herat Highway in Delaram , which provides connectivity to other major Afghan cities via A01 . Route 606 reduces travel time between Delaram and Zaranj from the earlier 12 -- 14 hours to just 2 hours . From Zaranj , the highway connects to Zabol across the border in Iran . Zabol is well-connected by road to the Port of Chabahar . The highway thus provides land-locked Afghanistan an alternative way to access the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf , instead of relying solely on the unstable Pakistani routes . `` The road is much shorter and more stable than any of the routes in Pakistan , making it perhaps the most efficient means of reaching Afghanistan . ''",
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"text": "Khost Province Khost is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan , located in the eastern part of the country next to Pakistan 's Federally Administered Tribal Areas ( FATA ) . Khost province used to be part of Paktia province in the past . The city of Khost serves as the capital of Khost province . The population of the province is around 546,800 , which is mostly a tribal society . Khost Airport serves the province for domestic flights to Afghanistan 's capital , Kabul .",
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"text": "Shirin Tagab District Shirin-Tagab ( meaning in Uzbek language : `` Sweet Water '' , also known as Koh-i-Saiyād ) is the district center in the Faryab Province , Afghanistan . The population was 65,800 in 2004 . Ethnic composition includes 10 % Pashtun , 10 % Tajik and 80 % Uzbek . It is located at , 525 m altitude . This Turkmen populated township is 33 km to the south of Dawlatabad . The valley of Shirin-Tagab hosts many villages with a central township comprising two hundred shops . The Shirin-Tagab road in a point , which is 20 km from Maymana , branches off the river 's stream valley . In 1969 it was named Deh-e Now . The people had developed a bazaar with 200 shops and eight caravanseries . Livestock and grain are the main items of transactions in the bazaar before the war . Because most of the central and northern districts in Faryab Province have a salty water supply , many civilians bring water from the Shirin Tagab bazaar .",
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"text": "Alishang Alishang is a village , river and a fertile valley of Laghman Province , and also the district headquarters of Mihtarlam District , in eastern Afghanistan . It lies about 40 km northwest of Jalalabad . The fertile Alishang valley drained by the Alishang River , which is described as `` contracted '' , has an abundance of mounds and caves . Is surrounded by Badrow hills . Alladad Khan castle is located close to the village . The Alishang River valley has a number of villages on the way from Jalalabad , such as Kargai , Tajak , Tigadee and Safees along its river course , which in some reaches is very narrow and can be forded by dismounting from the horse 's back .",
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"text": "National Directorate of Security The National Directorate of Security ( NDS ) is the primary intelligence agency of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan .",
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"text": "Chil Zena Chil Zena ( `` Forty steps '' ) , also Chilzina or Chehel Zina , is a mountainous outcrop at the western limit of the city of Kandahar . Forty stone steps lead to the top of the outcrop , hence its name . It gives a commanding view on the city of Kandahar . Chil Zena was located on the northern side of the old citadel of Old Kandahar , destroyed by Nadir Shah Afshar of Persia in 1738 . Chil Zena is well known for the discovery of the Indian Emperor Ashoka 's Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription on the mountainside ， which is still located on in an open-air compound on the mountainside . The presence of this inscription at Chil Zena helped confirm the presence of Greek populations in the vicinity in the 3rd century BCE , as well as the extent of Ashoka 's control over the northwestern Indian subcontinent , which is therefore thought to have incorporated Kandahar and its region of Arachosia . Chil Zena later received numerous inscriptions about the conquests of Emperor Babur ( 1526-1530 ) , apparently carved by his son Humayun .",
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"text": "Cities along the Silk Road",
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"text": "Nani, Afghanistan Nani is a town in Ghazni Province , Afghanistan . It lies along highway A01 .",
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"text": "1960 in Afghanistan The following lists events that happened during 1960 in the Kingdom of Afghanistan . The U.S.S.R. has by this year spent or committed about $ 300,000,000 in economic aid to Afghanistan . The latest Soviet enterprise is the building of the Salang highway across the Hindu Kush range to shorten the route between Kabul and the northern provinces by 190 km . The Soviet government promises $ 22,400,000 in aid to construct the Jalalabad dam on the Kabul river to provide electricity to the capital . Soviet technicians find petroleum in the area of Mazar-i-Sharif , on the Afghan side of the Amu Darya ( Oxus ) river . United States economic aid to Afghanistan totals by 1960 about $ 165,000,000 , including a loan of $ 50,000,000 . The National Assembly approves the budget estimate for the year 1960-61 , balanced at 4,500,000,000 Afghanis . Abdullah Malikyar , minister of finance , declares that a total of 2,540,000,000 Afghanis of the budget expenditure will be used to implement the last year of the 1957 -- 61 development plan .",
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"text": "Roshan (telco) Roshan is a leading Afghan telecommunications provider , serving nearly 6.0 million active subscribers . In January 2003 , Roshan was awarded the second GSM license in Afghanistan . This was at a time when there was only one other mobile phone operator ( Afghan Wireless ) in Afghanistan . Due to decades of civil wars . there was almost only limited telecommunications infrastructure in place in the country . Prior to the fall of the Taliban , phone lines were not accessible to the population , and Afghans had to travel abroad to make international calls . Roshan , which means `` light '' or `` hope '' in Persian , is one of Afghanistan 's leading telecommunications providers . Today , Roshan 's GSM network reaches 240 cities and towns across all of Afghanistan 's 34 provinces . The network covers over 60 % of the population , including the most remote rural areas . Roshan is one of the largest investors , private companies and taxpayers in Afghanistan . It has invested nearly $ 600 million in the telecommunications infrastructure in Afghanistan . Roshan is also continuing to expand its network in areas where there is no or limited cellular coverage . Roshan employs over 1,100 people , of whom 20 % are women . Indirectly , the company has added over 30,000 jobs to the Afghan economy through its top-up stations , retail stores and public call offices . Roshan introduced 3G in April 2013 . It was the third company in the market to have been granted a 3G license after Etisalat ( UAE-based telecom ) , and MTN ( South Africa-based telecom ) , waiting to ensure it could deliver the highest quality service . It has 3G service in Kabul , Jalalabad , Kandahar , Mazar , Herat , and Kunduz .",
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"text": "1949 in Afghanistan __ NOTOC __ See also : 1948 in Afghanistan , other events of 1949 , and 1950 in Afghanistan . The cold war between Afghanistan and Pakistan continues . Political circles in Kabul and the Afghan government insist that Pakistan should constitute the North-West Frontier Province as an independent Pashtun republic , or at least allow the Pashtuns of the tribal areas on the Pakistan side of the Durand Line to opt for Kabul . The British government categorically refuses the Afghan request that it should intervene . The press and wireless of Kabul continue to pour out propaganda against Pakistan . The Pakistan government refrains from reprisals and trade between the two countries goes on as before ; in fact economic cooperation is offered . Afghanistan is in the grip of an economic crisis . The Persian lamb trade , a vital element in Afghan finance , is languishing ; Indian import duties paralyze the export of fruit .",
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"text": "Silk Road Gallery Silk Road Gallery is a photography galley in Tehran , Iran . It is the first gallery in Iran devoted exclusively to contemporary photography . The gallery was opened in December 2001 by Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh with the collaboration of Minou Saberi ( 1938 -- 2010 ) . It has had an active role in the development of the new artistic movement in Iranian photography of the past decade by providing a sort of laboratory in which new ideas and methods are discussed , shaped , and formed . Many famed Iranian Photographers such as the late Bahman Jalali and Shadi Ghadirian have collaborated with the gallery while a younger generation have sprung up . Silk Road Gallery has had a fair deal of success in presenting Iranian photographers to the international audience by participating in various fairs and exhibitions such as Paris Photo ( 2001 , 2010 , 2009 , 2004 ) , Arco ( 2009 and 2007 ) , Art Dubai ( 2009 and 2008 ) , Art Abu Dhabi/Art Paris Abu Dhabi ( 2010 , 2008 , 2007 ) , and Photoquai ( 2007 and 2009 ) . The tenth anniversary of the gallery was marked by the publication of a book in French , on contemporary Iranian Photography called `` La photographie iranienne , Un Regard sur la creation contemporaine en Iran '' .",
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"text": "Stone Tower (Ptolemy) Ptolemy , the Greco-Egyptian geographer of Alexandria , wrote about a `` Stone Tower '' ( λίθινος πύργος in Greek , Turris Lapidea in Latin ) which marked the mid-point on the ancient Silk Road -- the network of overland trade routes taken by caravans between Europe and Asia . It was the most important landmark on this route , where caravans stopped on their difficult and dangerous journeys to allow travellers to take on provisions , rest , and trade goods before continuing on . Ptolemy 's famous treatise on cartography , Geography , written around 140 CE , is the only book on this subject to have survived from classical antiquity , and has had a profound influence right through the ages . In it , he set the coordinates of the Stone Tower at longitude135 and latitude 43 degrees north on his gradation system , but its actual location has been vigorously debated by researchers and historians over the centuries . This is because the information that he , and other scholars from his era , left behind is simply not precise enough ( despite his coordinates ) , due to the rudimentary methods caravans employed while route surveying distant lands from which ancient cartographers drew their maps . If the Stone Tower could be pin-pointed then not only would this be of great significance in the study of ancient geography , but it would allow other important landmarks in this region , similarly ( and imprecisely ) detailed by Ptolemy , to be more closely located also . A brief survey of literature reveals the long-standing disagreements by geographers and historians to locate the Stone Tower : As far back as the 11th century Al-Biruni suggested it was the city of Tashkent ( which means `` castle of stone '' ) . In the 19th century , Hagar too maintained it was Tashkent , partly based on the striking coincidence of the city being on the same latitude of 43 degrees north ; while d'Anville identified it with the fortress of Aatas , 7 degrees northwest of Kashgar ; and Bell argued it was near the Pass of Chiltung in the Pamirs . Yule located it nearby at Daraut-Kurgan , while Bevan & Smith thought the Stone Tower was probably the same as the `` Hormeterium '' ( or `` merchants ' station '' which Ptolemy also writes about ) and located it near the Sulaiman-Too mountain in Osh . Bunbury thought the information given was too vague to precisely determine its location . In the 20th century , Hackin travelled there and thought it was at Tashkurgan , while Hermann placed it in the vicinity of Daraut-Kurgan . Stein , who perhaps most extensively travelled this region , suggested the valley of Karategin was the area Ptolemy referred to `` when the traveller ascended the ravine '' and so proposed a site near Daraut-Kurgan , and Thomson agrees it should be nearby . From the turn of this century , Rapin ( 2001 ) has suggested it is Sulaiman-Too ; while Bernard ( 2005 ) , by carefully tracing the route taken by the caravan of Maes Titianos , locates the Stone Tower near Daraut-Kurgan ; and P'iankov ( 2014 ) , after also considering information drawn from contemporary sailors , agrees with him . Tupikova et al ( 2014 ) , following `` the application of spherical trigonometry for the recalculation of Ptolemy 's coordinates '' , concluded that it `` can with great probability be identified as Tashkurgan '' . Dean ( 2015 ) also uses a new methodology , by proposing a set of three criteria to help locate this landmark , and identifies it as Sulaiman-Too . All in all , there are four sites that are most often identified as the likely location of the Stone Tower : ( i ) the city of Tashkent , in Uzbekistan ; ( ii ) the Sulaiman-Too mountain in Osh , Kyrgyzstan ; ( iii ) the town of Daraut-Kurgan in south-western Kyrgyzstan ; and ( iv ) the town of Tashkurgan , in Xinjiang , China . However , some historians also consider the Hormeterium , located nearby in the mountains close to the crossover point with China , to be one and the same as the Stone Tower ; and believe this landmark to be the settlement of Irkeshtam . All four sites mentioned above , as well as Irkeshtam , can be seen on the Map of Silk Roads over the Roof of Asia .",
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"text": "Silk Road sites in India Silk Road sites in India are sites that were important for trade on the ancient Silk Road . There are 12 such places in India . These are spread across seven states in India ( Bihar , Jammu and Kashmir , Maharashtra , Puducherry , Punjab , Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh . These sites are on tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites .",
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"text": "Balkh Province Balkh ( Persian and Pashto : بلخ , Balx ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan , located in the north of the country . It is divided into 15 districts and has a population of about 1,245,100 , which is multi-ethnic and mostly a Persian-speaking society . The city of Mazar-i-Sharif serves as the capital of the province . The Mazar-e Sharif International Airport and Camp Marmal sit on the eastern edge of Mazar-i-Sharif . The name of the province is derived from the ancient city of Balkh , near the modern town . Home to the famous blue mosque , it was once destroyed by Genghis Khan but later rebuilt by Timur . The city of Mazar-e-Sharif has been an important stop on the trade routes from the Far East to the Middle East , the Mediterranean and Europe . The city of Balkh and the area of Balkh Province was considered a part of various historical regions in history including Ariana and Greater Khorasan . It serves today as Afghanistan 's second but main gateway to Central Asia , the other being Shir Khan Bandar in neighboring Kunduz Province .",
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"text": "The Shadow Line (TV series) The Shadow Line is a seven-part British television drama miniseries produced by Company Pictures/Eight Rooks Ltd/Baby Cow/CinemaNX production for BBC Two . It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor , Christopher Eccleston , Rafe Spall , Lesley Sharp , Kierston Wareing , Antony Sher and Stephen Rea . The series was written , directed and produced by Hugo Blick . ( It has no connection with the sea-faring novel of the same title by Joseph Conrad . ) The first episode was screened on 12 April 2011 at BAFTA 's Princess Anne Theatre in Piccadilly , and was followed by a special question and answer session with Hugo Blick and Christopher Eccleston . Broadcasting of the series started on 5 May 2011 and finished on 16 June 2011 . It is currently available on Blu-ray and DVD .",
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"text": "Shadowshaper Shadowshaper is a 2015 American urban fantasy young adult novel written by Daniel José Older . It follows Sierra Santiago , an Afro-Boricua teenager living in Brooklyn . She is the granddaughter of a `` shadowshaper '' , or a person who infuses art with ancestral spirits . As forces of gentrification invades their community and a mysterious being who appropriates their magic begins to hunt the aging shadowshapers , Sierra must learn about her artistic and spiritual heritage to foil the killer . Two sequels are planned in the series , Shadowhouse Fall ( 2017 ) and an untitled Shadowshaper # 3 .",
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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": "Cyberpunk derivatives A number of cyberpunk derivatives have become recognized as distinct subgenres in speculative fiction . These derivatives , though they do not share cyberpunk 's computers-focused setting , may display other qualities drawn from or analogous to cyberpunk : a world built on one particular technology that is extrapolated to a highly sophisticated level ( this may even be a fantastical or anachronistic technology , akin to retro-futurism ) , a gritty transreal urban style , or a particular approach to social themes . The most successful of these subgenres , Steampunk , has been defined as a `` kind of technological fantasy '' , and others in this category sometimes also incorporate aspects of science fantasy and historical fantasy . Scholars have written of these subgenres ' stylistic place in postmodern literature , and also their ambiguous interaction with the historical perspective of postcolonialism . American author Bruce Bethke coined the term `` cyberpunk '' in his 1980 short story of the same name , proposing it as a label for a new generation of punk teenagers inspired by the perceptions inherent to the Information Age . The term was quickly appropriated as a label to be applied to the works of William Gibson , Bruce Sterling , John Shirley , Rudy Rucker , Michael Swanwick , Pat Cadigan , Lewis Shiner , Richard Kadrey , and others . Science fiction author Lawrence Person , in defining postcyberpunk , summarized the characteristics of cyberpunk thus : Classic cyberpunk characters were marginalized , alienated loners who lived on the edge of society in generally dystopic futures where daily life was impacted by rapid technological change , an ubiquitous datasphere of computerized information , and invasive modification of the human body . The relevance of cyberpunk as a genre to punk subculture is debatable and further hampered by the lack of a defined cyberpunk subculture ; where the small cyber movement shares themes with cyberpunk fiction and draws inspiration from punk and goth alike , cyberculture is much more popular though much less defined , encompassing virtual communities and cyberspace in general and typically embracing optimistic anticipations about the future . Cyberpunk is nonetheless regarded as a successful genre , as it ensnared many new readers and provided the sort of movement that postmodern literary critics found alluring . Furthermore , author David Brin argues , cyberpunk made science fiction more attractive and profitable for mainstream media and the visual arts in general .",
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"text": "Criticism of postmodernism Criticisms of postmodernism are intellectually diverse , including the belief that postmodernism can be meaningless , promotes obscurantism and uses relativism ( in culture , morality , knowledge ) to the extent that it cripples most judgement calls . Criticism of postmodernism is usually not a comprehensive attack on the various diverse movements labelled postmodern . Criticism often refers to specific branches of postmodernism which may vary greatly such as postmodern philosophy , postmodern architecture and postmodern literature . It may also be limited to certain tendencies in postmodern thought such as post-structuralism , cultural relativism and `` theory '' . For example , a philosopher may criticize French postmodern thought yet still appreciate postmodern cinema . Conversely Ashbee criticises most creative postmodern works ( works of art , books , films etc. ) without broadly attacking the entire inventory of varied post-modern projects .",
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"text": "Embodied imagination Embodied imagination is a therapeutic and creative form of working with dreams and memories pioneered by Dutch Jungian psychoanalyst Robert Bosnak and based on principles first developed by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung , especially in his work on alchemy , and on the work of American archetypal psychologist James Hillman , who focused on soul as a simultaneous multiplicity of autonomous states . The technique of embodied imagination takes dreaming as the paradigm for all work with images . While dreaming , everyone experiences dreams as embodied events in time and space ; that is , the dreamer is convinced that he or she is experiencing a real event in a real environment . Bosnak describes how a dream `` instantaneously presents a total world , so real that you are convinced you are awake . You do n't just think so , you know it in the same way you now know you are awake reading this book . '' So from the perspective of dreaming , the image is a place . Based on this notion , the dreamer can re-enter the landscape of the dream and flash back into its images to more fully and deeply explore and experience them . The dreamer explores the images of the dream while in a hypnagogic state , a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping . While in this state , the dreamer is asked a series of questions that help him or her to re-experience the dream by describing details of its landscape and image . Once fully immersed in the images that the dream environment presents , the dreamer is then also invited to feel and identify the feelings and sensations manifested in the body from a variety of dream perspectives . Perspectives explored are both that of the dream ego as well any `` others '' that appear in the dream . These `` others '' may be , for example , another person , an animal , or a physical object . Approaching dream figures in this way is consistent with archetypal psychologist James Hillman 's prescription for therapeutic work in regard to the phenomena of psychic multiplicity . Drawing upon Carl Jung 's realization that `` the ego complex is not the only complex in the psyche , '' Hillman described the psyche to be not a singular unified whole defined by the ego point of view , but rather a self-organizing multiplicity of autonomous selves . In the technique of embodied imagination , for each of these `` selves '' or `` states '' representing various perspectives , the dreamer then feels , identifies , and locates the feelings and sensations in his or her body . At the conclusion of the dreamwork session , the dreamer simultaneously holds in conscious awareness these differentiated and complex states of embodied feeling and sensation . The act of holding these multiple disparate states at the same time creates a psychical tension from which a completely new image or feeling state spontaneously emerges from the dreamer 's psyche . This new image or state presents a completely new and previously unknown awareness to the dreamer , one through which the dreamer often feels changed , transformed , or greatly expanded in the ability to embody and feel intensely . After working with a dream in this way , one dreamer , a woman whose name is Ariel , later reflected , `` That dreamwork warded off my seasonal depression which always starts in the autumn . I could already feel it creeping up at the time of the dream . And with the dreamwork it just stopped and retreated and never came back . I did n't have it all winter . '' Ariel 's transformation is typical of those who practice this method of working with dreams . Using the technique of embodied imagination in dreamwork , the body becomes the theater for a vivid complexity of states , which leads along `` alchemical '' lines to profound psychical transformation .",
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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": "Spec Ops: The Line Spec Ops : The Line is a 2012 third-person shooter video game developed by the German studio Yager Development and published by 2K Games . It was released internationally in June 2012 for Microsoft Windows , Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 . It was later released for OS X in 2013 and Linux in 2015 . It is the tenth title , as well as a reboot , of the Spec Ops series , and the first entry since Spec Ops : Airborne Commando in 2002 . The game is powered by Unreal Engine 3 . In the game , the player controls Captain Martin Walker , who is sent into a post-catastrophe Dubai with an elite Delta Force team on a recon mission . As the game progresses , Walker 's mental health deteriorates , as he begins to experience hallucinations and slowly realizes the horror of war . Players can hide behind cover , vault over obstacles , and shoot enemies while utilizing a variety of gadgets . Sand is a key gameplay mechanic that can be manipulated to defeat enemies . Included with the game is an online multiplayer mode , developed separately by Darkside Game Studios , allowing players to engage in both cooperative and competitive gameplay . Yager started the game 's development in 2007 , taking inspiration for the setting and story framework from various media , including Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now . The game was designed to be `` physically opposing '' , causing players to question their thoughts about treating war in a video game as entertainment , and tasks players to make a variety of morally ambiguous decisions . The game suffered from multiple delays , and the development team used this time to refine the story and increase the gameplay 's pace . The game 's soundtrack is a mix of licensed music and original music composed by Elia Cmíral . Video game critics gave Spec Ops : The Line generally positive reviews . Praise focused on the narrative and its themes , while criticism was targeted at the online multiplayer mode and generic third person gameplay . Spec Ops : The Line was a commercial failure and did not garner the attention that distributor Take-Two Interactive had hoped for , but it was awarded and nominated for several end-of-the-year accolades particularly for its story . Yager announced that there would not be a sequel to the game . The game was banned in the United Arab Emirates for its depiction of Dubai in a state of destruction .",
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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": "Where Is the Line `` Where Is the Line '' is a song by Icelandic artist Björk , taken from the 2004 album Medúlla , written by the singer herself and co-produced with longtime collaborator Mark Bell . The track was originally intended to be released as the album 's third commercial single , but its release was cancelled just before Björk released the Drawing Restraint 9 soundtrack , in order to focus all promotional efforts on the film and soundtrack instead . Some promotional white labels vinyls were released around 2005 . A music video for the song was made by Icelandic Artist Gabríela Friðriksdóttir . Upon the cancellation of the single , the video was used as part of a video installation project by Friðriksdóttir . The track is included on a compilation album released by Rough Trade , titled `` The Record Shop - 30 Years Of Rough Trade Shops '' . The track was chosen by Richard Russell . A remix by Mike Patton of the band Fantômas ( who contributed to the original album track ) was made available for download on War Child Music in April 2005 and also appeared on a previous White label 12 '' , as the B-side to the Vitalic remix of Who Is It . Both remixes were suspected to be included with the commercial release of Where Is The Line .",
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"text": "Bookwriter The bookwriter is the member of a musical 's writing team who creates the book -- the musical 's plot , character development , and dramatic structure . Essentially , the bookwriter is the playwright of the musical . He or she works very closely in collaboration with the lyricist and composer to create an integrated piece of drama . There is a common misconception that the bookwriter merely writes the dialogue ; though the book does include the musical 's spoken text , it is much more than that , defining and organizing the dramatic action of the entire piece , including action that is musicalized by the songwriter ( s ) . Even `` sung-through , '' `` operatic , '' or `` through-composed '' musicals , where there is little , if any , spoken text , require as much contribution from a bookwriter as do musicals with extensive dialogue scenes . The bookwriter is often also the musical 's lyricist , composer , or director . Category : Occupations in music",
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"text": "Faery in Shadow Faery in Shadow is a fantasy novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh . It was first published in the United Kingdom by Legend Books in August 1993 in trade paperback , and the first United States edition was published by Ballantine Books under its Del Rey Books imprint in November 1993 in hardcover . It was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1994 . Faery in Shadow is a sequel to Cherryh 's novella `` The Brothers '' , which was first published in her 1986 collection of short fiction , Visible Light , and is based in part on Celtic Mythology , featuring such creatures as the fay race of the Sídhe , including pooka . Its setting is suffused with magical forces and supernatural beings , marking it as an example of the high fantasy literary subgenre . Cherryh also borrows elements from Horror Fiction for the book . A major revision of Faery in Shadow entitled Faery Moon , with a new copyright , was self-published by Cherryh as an e-book in December 2009 .",
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"text": "Dark Adventure Radio Theatre Dark Adventure Radio Theatre is a series of radio dramas produced by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society . They are produced in the style of 1930s radio drama , and the `` Dark Adventure Radio Theatre '' resembles a Mercury Theatre production hosted by the fictional `` Chester Langfield '' and `` sponsored '' by `` Fleur-de-Lys Cigarettes '' . However , the character `` died '' of emphysema after the fourth production ( The Shadow Over Innsmouth ) and was replaced by the equally fictional `` Erskine Blackwell , '' the new `` sponsor '' being `` Forhan 's Toothpaste . '' In the latest production , The Dreams in the Witch House , the sponsor became `` Bub-L-Pep '' , a lithium-based drink . The series features casts of professional actors and original music . The CD releases include four prop documents , such as newspaper clippings , etc. , from the show . Currently released productions : Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : At the Mountains of Madness ( 2007 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Dunwich Horror ( 2008 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Shadow Out of Time ( 2008-10-01 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Shadow Over Innsmouth ( 2008-12 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Call of Cthulhu ( 2012-11 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ( 2013-03 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Color Out of Space ( 2013 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : Herbert West - Reanimator ( 2013 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Dreams in the Witch House ( 2014 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : Imprisoned with the Pharaohs ( 2014 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Horror at Red Hook ( 2015 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : Dagon : War of Worlds ( 2015 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : A Solstice Carol ( 2015 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The White Tree ( 2016 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Thing on the Doorstep ( 2016 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Brotherhood of the Beast ( 2016 )",
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"text": "Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: The Shadow Out of Time Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Shadow Out of Time is a radio drama performed by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society , and based on the novella The Shadow Out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft . It is the third production in the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre series . The adaptation was written and produced by Sean Branney and Andrew Leman .",
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"text": "LEAF Festival LEAF Festival is produced by LEAF Community Arts , a non-profit organization established to build community and enrich lives through the arts , locally and globally , through festivals , events , mentoring , and educational programs . When LEAF was created in 1995 , it was an acronym for `` Lake Eden Arts Festival '' . As of 2012 , we no longer use the origin except as a historical reference - it has transformed into LEAF Community Arts often referred to as `` LEAF '' . LEAF has several signature programs including : LEAF Festival , LEAF Schools & Streets , LEAF International , LEAF Downtown AVL , and LEAF Local . Occurring twice a year since 1995 , LEAF Festival , based in Black Mountain , North Carolina has established a reputation as being one of the best festivals in the southeast . The Washington Post recognized it in 2001 as , `` The best cultural Mix and Match Festival in the nation '' . The festival includes international and local music , handcrafts , dancing , cuisine , children 's activities , outdoor adventures , drum circles , a zipline , canoeing , etc. . The home of LEAF , Lake Eden Events & Camp Rockmont , has an intriguing history . Prior to becoming a camp , in the 1940s it was the site of the historic Black Mountain College ( BMC ) . Many of the century 's most celebrated artists and thinkers attended the college as teachers or students : Albert Einstein , Robert Rauschenberg , Anni Albers , Merce Cunningham , Rothko and Buckminster Fuller ( who designed the first geodesic dome there ) . Prior to BMC , in the early 1900s , Edwin Wiley Grove ( of the Grove Park Inn and Grove Arcade ) developed the land and constructed some buildings with his trademark native stone fireplaces . Prior to Grove , The Lake Eden Inn and Resort offered a getaway for people seeking its healing waters and rejuvenating air . LEAF in Schools & Streets is a non-profit collaborative outreach program bringing performing artists into schools and community centers for hands-on workshops , residencies , and interactive performances . The experience provides opportunities for youth to perform alongside resident artists on a national stage , with family members in the audience . The program provides participating youth with a diverse experience that includes workshops , performances , interactions with performing artists , and a festival adventure .",
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"text": "Robotech (novels) In 1987 , the Robotech animated series was adapted into novel form by authors James Luceno and Brian Daley and published by Del Rey Books . Having previously collaborated on the animated series Galaxy Rangers , the pair 's Robotech novels were released under the unified pseudonym of `` Jack McKinney '' . Using fictitious epigraphs in the style of Dune , McKinney 's novels escaped the limitations inherent in the dubbed cartoon and fleshed out its chronology in greater detail ; most significantly , by adapting the storyline of the aborted sequel project , `` The Sentinels '' . The entire series lasted for twenty-one books , the first fifteen of which were later collected into five three-book omnibus compilations in the early 1990s . The original twelve novels were written to a tight twelve-month deadline , so that the books could be released one per month . Under this deadline , Daley and Luceno divided the Robotech timeline into twelve segments and worked on different segments simultaneously ( i.e. Daley wrote Book 1 while Luceno wrote Book 2 ) , then traded completed manuscripts for revision and style adjustments . As part of the research project , they watched the TV series many times , and consulted heavily with Carl Macek . The first two omnibus collections , comprising the entirety of the `` Macross Saga '' , were reissued in 2003 to tie in with the release of the Robotech : Battlecry video game . Then , in 2007 , the next two omnibus collections , covering the remainder of the television series , were re-released as tie-ins to the animated movie , Robotech : The Shadow Chronicles . However , a revision of the Robotech timeline made by Harmony Gold alongside the release of the movie caused some continuity clashes with the McKinney novels , which were relegated to a `` secondary '' position in Robotech canon . To work around this , the Southern Cross and Invid Invasion collections contain new appendices written by Robotech fan Jonathan L. Switzer correcting any newborn mistakes .",
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"text": "Cornerstone Theater Company Cornerstone Theater Company is a theater company based in the United States that specializes in community-based collaboration . According to the mission statement published on the company 's website , `` Cornerstone Theater Company is a multi-ethnic , ensemble-based theater company . We commission and produce new plays , both original works and contemporary adaptations of classics , which combine the artistry of professional and community collaborators . By making theater with and for people of many ages , cultures and levels of theatrical experience , Cornerstone builds bridges between and within diverse communities in our home city of Los Angeles and nationwide . '' Typically , Cornerstone artists take up residence in the community they will be working with and develop the script for a production . Using members of the community , Cornerstone creates a performance company mixing the professional Cornerstone ensemble with local talent . The resulting plays are often adaptations of classics , but they are always informed by and often address local concerns . These plays are often organized into `` Cycles '' which include several related communities . For example , Cornerstone 's Faith Based cycles included plays created with members of the Jewish community , Catholics , Muslims , and so on . This artistic strategy is specifically aimed at developing and serving new audiences , and yields a unique theater form that blends professional actors , playwrights and stage designers with artists and actors who are in some way telling their own stories , or the stories of their community .",
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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": "Southern Ontario Gothic Southern Ontario Gothic is a subgenre of the Gothic novel genre and a feature of Canadian literature that comes from Southern Ontario . This region includes Toronto , Southern Ontario 's major industrial cities ( Windsor , London , Hamilton , St. Thomas , Oshawa , St. Catharines ) , and the surrounding countryside . While the genre may also feature other areas of Ontario , Canada , and the world as narrative locales , this region provides the core settings . The term was first used in Graeme Gibson 's Eleven Canadian Novelists ( 1972 ) to recognize an existing tendency to apply aspects of the Gothic novel to writing based in and around Southern Ontario . In an interview with Timothy Findley , Gibson commented that Findley 's novel The Last of the Crazy People shared similarities with the American Southern Gothic genre , to which Findley replied , '' ... sure , it 's Southern Gothic : Southern Ontario Gothic . '' Notable writers of this subgenre include Alice Munro , Margaret Atwood , Robertson Davies , Jane Urquhart , Marian Engel , James Reaney and Barbara Gowdy . Like the Southern Gothic of American writers such as William Faulkner , Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty , Southern Ontario Gothic analyzes and critiques social conditions such as race , gender , religion and politics , but in a Southern Ontario context . Southern Ontario Gothic is generally characterized by a stern realism set against the dour small-town Protestant morality stereotypical of the region , and often has underlying themes of moral hypocrisy . Actions and people that act against humanity , logic , and morality all are portrayed unfavourably , and one or more characters may be suffering from some form of mental illness . In a review of Alice Munro 's Dear Life for Quill & Quire , literary critic James Grainger writes that `` Violence , illness , and reputations ruined by a single indiscretion are accepted in Munro 's secretive , repressed communities as a kind of levelling mechanism , rough justice for those who dare to strive for something finer . '' The Gothic novel has traditionally examined the role of evil in the human soul , and has incorporated dark or horrific imagery to create the desired setting . Some ( but not all ) writers of Southern Ontario Gothic use supernatural or magic realist elements ; a few deviate from realism entirely , in the manner of the fantastical gothic novel . Virtually all dwell to a certain extent upon the grotesque . Notable works of the genre include Davies ' Deptford Trilogy , Findley 's Headhunter , Atwood 's Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin , and Munro 's Selected Stories . The genre has been criticised as having `` little or nothing to distinguish it from everyday , garden-variety type realism . ''",
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"text": "Hatching Hatching ( hachure in French ) is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing ( or painting or scribing ) closely spaced parallel lines . ( It is also used in monochromatic heraldic representations to indicate what the tincture of a `` full-colour '' emblazon would be . ) When lines are placed at an angle to one another , it is called cross-hatching . Hatching is especially important in essentially linear media , such as drawing , and many forms of printmaking , such as engraving , etching and woodcut . In Western art , hatching originated in the Middle Ages , and developed further into cross-hatching , especially in the old master prints of the fifteenth century . Master ES and Martin Schongauer in engraving and Erhard Reuwich and Michael Wolgemut in woodcut were pioneers of both techniques , and Albrecht Dürer in particular perfected the technique of crosshatching in both media . Artists use the technique , varying the length , angle , closeness and other qualities of the lines , most commonly in drawing , linear painting and engraving .",
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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": "Alfre Woodard Alfre Woodard ( born November 8 , 1952 ) is an American film , stage , and television actress , producer , and political activist . Woodard has been named one of the most versatile and accomplished actors of her generation . She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Award , 18 times for an Emmy Award ( winning four ) , and has also won a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards . Woodard began her acting career in theater . After her breakthrough role in the Off-Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf ( 1977 ) , she made her film debut in Remember My Name ( 1978 ) . In 1983 , she won major critical praise and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Cross Creek . In the same year , Woodard won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the NBC drama series Hill Street Blues . Later in the 1980s , Woodard had leading Emmy Award-nominated performances in a number of made for television movies , and another Emmy-winning role as a woman dying of leukemia in the pilot episode of L.A. Law . She also starred as Dr. Roxanne Turner in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere , for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1986 , and for Guest Actress in 1988 . In the 1990s , Woodard starred in films such as Grand Canyon ( 1991 ) , Heart and Souls ( 1993 ) , Crooklyn ( 1994 ) , How to Make an American Quilt ( 1995 ) , Primal Fear ( 1996 ) and Star Trek : First Contact ( 1996 ) . She also drew critical praise for her performances in the independent dramas Passion Fish ( 1992 ) , for which she won an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress , as well as Down in the Delta ( 1998 ) . For her lead role in the HBO film Miss Evers ' Boys ( 1997 ) , Woodard won Golden Globe , Emmy , Screen Actors Guild Awards , and several another awards . In later years she has appeared in several blockbusters , like K-PAX ( 2001 ) , The Core ( 2003 ) , and The Forgotten ( 2004 ) , starred in independent films , and won her fourth Emmy Award for The Practice in 2003 . From 2005 to 2006 , Woodard starred as Betty Applewhite in the ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives , and later starred in several short-lived series . She appeared in the films The Family That Preys ( 2008 ) , 12 Years a Slave ( 2013 ) and Annabelle ( 2014 ) , and has also worked as a political activist and producer . Woodard is a founder of Artists for a New South Africa , an organization devoted to advancing democracy and equality in that country . She is a board member of AMPAS .",
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"text": "Ralph Richardson Sir Ralph David Richardson ( 19 December 1902 -- 10 October 1983 ) was an English actor who , along with his contemporaries John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier , dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century . He worked in films throughout most of his career , and played more than sixty cinema roles . From an artistic but not theatrical background , Richardson had had no thought of a stage career until a production of Hamlet in Brighton inspired him to become an actor . He learned his craft in the 1920s with a touring company and later the Birmingham Repertory Theatre . In 1931 he joined the Old Vic , playing mostly Shakespearean roles . He led the company the following season , succeeding Gielgud , who had taught him much about stage technique . After he left the company , a series of leading roles took him to stardom in the West End and on Broadway . In the 1940s , together with Olivier and John Burrell , Richardson was the co-director of the Old Vic company . There , his most celebrated roles included Peer Gynt and Falstaff . He and Olivier led the company to Europe and Broadway in 1945 and 1946 , before their success provoked resentment among the governing board of the Old Vic , leading to their dismissal from the company in 1947 . In the 1950s , in the West End and occasionally on tour , Richardson played in modern and classic works including The Heiress , Home at Seven , and Three Sisters . He continued on stage and in films until shortly before his sudden death at the age of eighty . He was celebrated in later years for his work with Peter Hall 's National Theatre and his frequent stage partnership with Gielgud . He was not known for his portrayal of the great tragic roles in the classics , preferring character parts in old and new plays . Richardson 's film career began as an extra in 1931 . He was soon cast in leading roles in British and American films including Things to Come ( 1936 ) , The Fallen Idol ( 1948 ) , Long Day 's Journey into Night ( 1962 ) and Doctor Zhivago ( 1965 ) . He received nominations and awards in the UK , Europe and the US for his stage and screen work from 1948 until his death . Richardson was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor , first for The Heiress ( 1949 ) and again ( posthumously ) for his final film , Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan , Lord of the Apes ( 1984 ) . Throughout his career , and increasingly in later years , Richardson was known for his eccentric behaviour on and off stage . He was often seen as detached from conventional ways of looking at the world , and his acting was regularly described as poetic or magical .",
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"text": "List of British films of 2013 The British film industry produced over five hundred feature films in 2013 . This article fully lists all non-pornographic films , including short films , that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom . It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2013 . Also included is an overview of the major events in British film , including film festivals and awards ceremonies , as well as lists of those films that were particularly well received , both critically and financially . The year was particularly notable for a number of low budget and independent horror films , such as In Fear , Devil 's Pass , Dementamania and Stalled .",
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"text": "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is a 1962 film based on the short story of the same name . The screenplay , like the story , was written by Alan Sillitoe . The film was directed by Tony Richardson , one of the new young directors emerging from documentary films , a series of 1950s filmmakers known as the Free Cinema movement . It tells the story of a rebellious youth ( played by Tom Courtenay ) , sentenced to a borstal ( ` Approved School ' ) for burgling a bakery , who gains privileges in the institution through his prowess as a long-distance runner . During his solitary runs reveries of important events before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his status as the Governor 's ( played by Michael Redgrave ) prize athlete , eventually prizing a rebellious act of personal autonomy notwithstanding an immediate loss in privileges . The film poster 's byline is `` you can play by the rules ... or you can play it by ear - WHAT COUNTS is you play it right by YOU ... '' . . The notion is echoed by other contemporary films such as a rapid series of three contemporary Lone Ranger films . Depicting a bleak , elitist Britain in the late 1950s to early 1960s for the working to middle class , the writer was one of the angry young men producing media vaunting or depicting the plight of rebellious youths . The film has characters entrenched in their social context . Class consciousness abounds throughout : the `` them '' and `` us '' notions which Richardson stresses reflect the very basis of British society at the time , so that Redgrave 's `` proper gentleman '' of a Governor is in contrast to many of the young working class inmates . Much of the screenplay takes place in and around Ruxley Towers , Claygate , Surrey -- a Victorian mock castle built by Lord Foley ( ` Ruxton Towers ' ) . The building had been used as a NAAFI base in the war , giving it a military atmosphere . The original trumpet theme to the film was performed by Fred Muscroft ( the Scots Guards Principal Cornet at the time ) . The film 's words were heavily sampled in the 1980s Chumbawamba track `` Alright Now '' and text monologues from the book upon which the film is based was printed on the record/cassette covers of their single `` Just Look at Me Now '' .",
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"text": "Ian Hallard Ian Christopher Hallard ( born 9 November 1974 ) is an English actor .",
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"text": "The Tale of the Fox The Tale of the Fox ( Le Roman de Renard , Reinecke Fuchs ) was stop-motion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevich 's first fully animated feature film . The film is based on the tales of Renard the Fox . Although the animation was finished in Paris after an 18-month period ( 1929-1930 ) , there were major problems with adding a soundtrack to the film . Finally , funding was given for a German soundtrack by the UFA -- Goethe had written a classic version of the Renard legend -- and this version had its premiere in Berlin in April 1937 . Released eight months before Disney 's Snow White , it is the world 's sixth-ever animated feature film ( and the second to use puppet animation , following The New Gulliver from the USSR ) . The film was released in France with a French language soundtrack in 1941 ; this is the version which is currently available on DVD .",
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"text": "Thierry Godard Thierry Godard ( born 8 February 1967 ) is a French actor . He appeared in more than fifty films since 2001 .",
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"text": "St. Elmo (1914 film) St. Elmo is a 1914 American silent drama film produced by the Balboa Amusement Producing Company and distributed by William Fox 's Box Office Attractions Company . It was the first feature-length film adaptation of Augusta Jane Evans 's 1866 novel of the same name . The story follows the life of the title character ( played by William Jossey ) , who kills his cousin ( Francis McDonald ) over the love of Agnes ( Madeline Pardee ) , falls from grace , and eventually finds redemption and love with Edna ( Gypsy Abbott ) . It is disputed who directed the film ; many sources credit Bertram Bracken , while others list St. Elmo as J. Gordon Edwards 's directorial debut . Some reviewers praised the scenery and overall production quality , considering the film an improvement over staged adaptations of the novels . Others found the scenery irrelevant and the story confusing . Despite mixed reviews , the film was financially successful , reportedly setting box office records . The following year , a film adaptation of an unrelated Evans novel , Beulah , was marketed as a sequel . As with most Balboa films , St. Elmo is now believed lost .",
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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": "Alf Wood (Australian footballer) Alf Wood ( 15 February 1875 -- 16 November 1945 ) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) .",
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"text": "Aardman Animations Aardman Animations , Ltd. , also known as Aardman Studios , or simply as Aardman , is a British animation studio based in Bristol . Aardman is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques , particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit . After some experimental computer animated short films during the late 1990s , beginning with Owzat ( 1997 ) , it entered the computer animation market with Flushed Away ( 2006 ) . Aardman films have made $ 973.2 million worldwide and average $ 163 million per film . All of their stop motion films are among the highest-grossing stop-motion films , with their debut , Chicken Run ( 2000 ) , being their top-grossing film as well as the highest-grossing stop-motion film of all time .",
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"text": "Saratoga Trunk Saratoga Trunk is a 1945 American romantic drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper , Ingrid Bergman , and Flora Robson . Written by Casey Robinson , and based on the novel Saratoga Trunk by Edna Ferber , the film is about a Texas gambler and a Creole daughter of an aristocratic family who work together to seek justice from a society that has rejected them .",
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"text": "Muriel Box Muriel Box ( 22 September 1905 -- 18 May 1991 ) was an Oscar-winning English screenwriter and director . She was born Violette Muriel Baker in Tolworth , Surrey , England in 1905 . When her attempts at acting and dancing proved to be unsuccessful , she accepted work as a continuity girl for British International Pictures . In 1935 , she met and married journalist Sydney Box , with whom she collaborated on nearly forty plays with mainly female roles for amateur theatre groups . Their production company , Verity Films , first released short propaganda films , including The English Inn ( 1941 ) , her first directing effort , after which it branched into fiction . The couple achieved their greatest joint success with The Seventh Veil ( 1945 ) for which they gained the Academy Award for Best Writing , Original Screenplay in the following year . After the war , the Rank Organisation hired her husband to head Gainsborough Pictures , where she was in charge of the scenario department , writing scripts for a number of light comedies , including two for child star Petula Clark , Easy Money and Here Come the Huggetts ( both 1948 ) . She occasionally assisted as a dialogue director , or re-shot scenes during post-production . Her extensive work on The Lost People ( 1949 ) gained her a credit as co-director , her first for a full-length feature . In 1951 , her husband created London Independent Producers , allowing Box more opportunities to direct . Many of her early films were adaptations of plays , and as such had a stage-bound feel , since she rarely shot on location . They were noteworthy more for their strong performances than they were for a distinctive directorial style . She favoured scripts with topical and frequently controversial themes , including Irish politics , teenage sex , abortion , illegitimacy , and syphilis , and several of her films were banned by local authorities . She pursued her favorite subject -- the female experience -- in a number of films , including Street Corner ( 1953 ) about women police officers , Somerset Maugham 's The Beachcomber ( 1954 ) , with Donald Sinden and Glynis Johns as a resourceful missionary , again working with Donald Sinden on Eyewitness ( 1956 ) and a series of comedies about the battle of the sexes , including The Passionate Stranger ( 1957 ) , The Truth About Women ( 1958 ) and her final film , Rattle of a Simple Man ( 1964 ) . Box often experienced prejudice in a male-dominated industry , especially hurtful when perpetrated by another female . In 1950 , Jean Simmons had her replaced on So Long at the Fair , and Kay Kendall unsuccessfully attempted to do the same with Simon and Laura ( 1955 ) . Many producers questioned her competence to direct large-scale feature films , and while the press was quick to note her position as one of very few women directors in the British film industry , their tone tended to be condescending rather than filled with praise . She left film-making to write novels and created a successful publishing house , Femina , which proved to be a rewarding outlet for her feminism . She divorced Sydney Box in 1969 . The following year , she married Gerald Gardiner , who had been Lord Chancellor . She died in Hendon , London in 1991 .",
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"text": "Let's Touch Wood Let 's Touch Wood ( French : Touchons du bois ) is a 1933 French comedy film directed by Maurice Champreux and starring Jeanne Cheirel , Armand Bernard and Lily Zévaco .",
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"text": "Roy Emerton Roy Emerton ( 9 October 1893 -- 30 November 1944 ) was a British film actor . Earlier in his life , he was a sailor , stoker , docker , railway worker , miner , and served in World War I . He played in a great number of popular London stage plays and shows , including Shakespeare as well as film work .",
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"text": "The Men of Sherwood Forest The Men of Sherwood Forest is a 1954 British adventure film directed by Val Guest and starring Don Taylor , Reginald Beckwith , Eileen Moore and David King-Wood . The film follows the exploits of Robin Hood and his followers . Doreen Carwithen wrote the score for the film .",
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"text": "Buzz Buzzard Buzz Buzzard is a fictional animated cartoon character who appeared in several films produced by Walter Lantz Productions in the 1940s , 1950s , and 1970s .",
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"text": "Corsair (film) Corsair is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama written , produced and directed by Roland West . The film is based on the 1931 novel Corsair , a Pirate in White Flannels by Walton Green and takes place in and was shot during the era of Prohibition in the United States . The film stars Chester Morris and Thelma Todd ( credited as Alison Loyd ) .",
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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 House of Discord The House of Discord ( 1913 ) is a silent American drama film directed by James Kirkwood , Sr. , written by F. E. Woods and A. Clayton Harris from a play by William C. deMille . The film stars Lionel Barrymore and marked the theatrical film debut of actor Jack Mulhall .",
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"text": "Gordon De Main Floyd Wood ( September 1886 -- March 5 , 1954 ) better known as Gordon De Main , was a film actor . He was leading man for the New York-based Excelsior company in the early 1910s , and was later a supporting actor in many films , particularly Westerns . Born in Washington , Iowa , he was variously credited as Gordon De Maine/DeMain/DeMaine , Gordon Wood ( s ) , G. D. Wood ( s ) , G. A. Wood ( s ) , Bud Wood or J. D. Wood . He died March 5 , 1954 in Los Angeles County , California .",
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"text": "Venom (comics) Venom , or the Venom Symbiote , is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , commonly in association with Spider-Man . Venom made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man # 300 ( May 1988 ) . Venom was originally conceived as a supervillain , but has since become more of an antihero . Venom is a Symbiote , a sentient alien , with a gooey , almost liquid-like form . As with real-world symbiotes , it requires a host , usually human , to bond with for its survival . After bonding , the Symbiote endows its enhanced powers upon the host . When the Venom Symbiote bonds with a human , that new dual-life form refers to itself as `` Venom '' . The Venom Symbiote 's first known host was Spider-Man , who eventually separated himself from the creature when he discovered its true nature . The Symbiote went on to merge with other hosts , most notably Eddie Brock , its second and most infamous host , with whom it first became Venom and one of Spider-Man 's archenemies . According to S.H.I.E.L.D. , it is considered one of the greatest threats to humanity , alongside Magneto , Doctor Doom , and Red Skull . Comics journalist and historian Mike Conroy writes of the character : `` What started out as a replacement costume for Spider-Man turned into one of the Marvel web-slinger 's greatest nightmares . '' Venom was ranked as the 22nd Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time in IGN 's list of the top 100 comic villains . IGN also ranked Mac Gargan 's incarnation of Venom as # 17 in their list of `` The Top 50 Avengers '' , while the Flash Thompson incarnation was ranked as # 27 . The character was listed as # 33 on Empire Magazines 50 Greatest Comic Book Characters .",
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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": "Fantastic Four Adventures Fantastic Four Adventures is part of Marvel UK 's ` Collector 's Edition ' line . It is being published by Panini Comics but reprints Marvel Comics from the United States . It began in 2005 around the release of the Fantastic Four film and follows the format established by the Collector 's Edition Range . Fantastic Four Adventures is sold once every 28 days through newsagents , although a subscription offer is available . Fantastic Four Adventures retailed at # 2.40 upon its release , but rising in printing costs have seen the price rise to # 2.50 and then onto the current price of # 2.95 . It was announced at the end of 2011 that Fantastic Four Adventures would cease publication with its final issue in March 2012 , only to be replaced by a new CE , Incredible Hulks .",
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"text": "Uncanny Magazine Uncanny Magazine is an American science fiction and fantasy online magazine , edited and published by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas . Issues appear bimonthly , starting November 2014 after receiving funding through Kickstarter . Uncanny Magazine has maintained a regular bimonthly schedule since , publishing original works by authors such as Neil Gaiman , Elizabeth Bear , Paul Cornell , Catherynne M. Valente , Charlie Jane Anders , Seanan McGuire , Javier Grillo-Marxuach , Alex Bledsoe , Kameron Hurley and Ken Liu . In 2016 , Uncanny won the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine , and one of its published stories , `` Folding Beijing '' by Hao Jingfang translated by Ken Liu , won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette .",
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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": "Naga (Marvel Comics) Naga is a fictional character , a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Marie Severin , he first appeared in Sub-Mariner # 9 ( January 1969 ) .",
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"text": "Swank Swank is an adult or pornographic magazine published in the United States . The first incarnation was launched by Victor Fox of Fox Comics in 1941 ( and again in 1945 ) as a men 's lifestyle and pin-up magazine in the style of Esquire . Around 1954 -- 1955 , it was relaunched by Martin Goodman , the founder of Marvel Comics , and ran spicy adventure or suspense fiction by the likes of Ian Fleming , Graham Greene , Norman Mailer and Arthur C. Clarke . Humorist Bruce Jay Friedman was an editor in the late 1950s . Along with its sister title , Stag , the magazine was bought by the Magna Publishing Group in 1993 . Following that acquisition , the format of Swank changed to include hardcore sex , such as the use of sex toys , lesbian sex , and sexual intercourse between men and women . There are also a series of DVDs and an official website produced under the Swank name . Magna Publishing Group was bought by 1-800-PHONESEX in 2015 .",
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"text": "Action Comics Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman , one of the first major superhero characters as the term is popularly defined . The publisher was originally known as National Allied Publications , and later as National Comics Publications and as National Periodical Publications , before taking on its current name of DC Comics . Its original incarnation ran from 1938 to 2011 and stands as one of the longest-running comic books with consecutively numbered issues . A second volume of Action Comics with issue # 1 ran from 2011 to 2016 . Action Comics returned to its original numbering beginning with issue # 957 ( Aug. 2016 ) .",
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"text": "Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics) Captain Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Most of these versions exist in Marvel 's main shared universe , known as the Marvel Universe .",
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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": "Venom (disambiguation) Venom is a class of animal toxins . Venom or Venomous may refer to : Venom clade , also known as Toxicofera , a group of reptiles containing snakes and some lizard families VeNom Coding Group , a standardization in the names and terms used in veterinary medicine Venom Energy Drink Bell UH-1Y Venom , also called the Super Huey , a utility helicopter primarily used by the USMC de Havilland Venom , a jet-powered fighter-bomber in service from 1952 to 1967 Devil 's venom , a nickname coined by Soviet rocket scientists for their dangerous liquid rocket fuel mixture , the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy Velocette Venom , a 500cc model of Velocette motorcycle made in Britain Hennessey Venom GT , one of the world 's fastest production cars",
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"text": "Marvel Two-in-One Marvel Two-In-One is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring Fantastic Four member , the Thing , in a different team-up each issue .",
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"text": "Marvel Zombies Marvel Zombies is a five-issue limited series published from December 2005 to April 2006 by Marvel Comics . The series was written by Robert Kirkman with art by Sean Phillips and covers by Arthur Suydam . It was the first series in the Marvel Zombies series of related stories . The story is set in an alternate universe where the world 's superhero population has been infected with a virus which turned them into zombies . The series was spun out of events of the `` Crossover '' story-arc of Ultimate Fantastic Four , where the zombie Reed Richards tricked his Ultimate counterpart into opening a portal to the zombie universe .",
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"text": "Warheads (comics) Warheads was a Marvel UK comic book series which ran for 14 issues in the early 1990s ( January 1992 - May 1993 ) and was followed by the two-issue mini-series Warheads : Black Dawn . The stories contained in the comic were also serialised in the UK comics anthology Overkill . The Warheads were mercenaries employed by the nefarious and Faustian Mys-Tech organisation to capture advanced technology or mystical artifacts from alien worlds , time periods or other dimensions . The book had guest appearances , such as the X-Men , Silver Surfer , Mephisto , X-Force and agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. . It features many backup ` flashback ' stories .",
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"text": "Savage Tales Savage Tales is the title of three American comics series . Two were black-and-white comics-magazine anthologies published by Marvel Comics , and the other a color comic book anthology published by Dynamite Entertainment .",
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"text": "Chamber of Darkness Chamber of Darkness is a horror/fantasy anthology comic book published by American company Marvel Comics : under this and a subsequent name , it ran from 1969 to 1974 . It featured work by creators such as writer-editor Stan Lee , writers Gerry Conway and Archie Goodwin , and artists John Buscema , Johnny Craig , Jack Kirby , Tom Sutton , Barry Windsor-Smith ( as Barry Smith ) , and Bernie Wrightson . Stories were generally hosted by either of the characters Digger , a gravedigger , or Headstone P. Gravely , in undertaker garb , or by one of the artists or writers . After the eighth issue , the title changed to Monsters on the Prowl , and the comic became almost exclusively a reprint book .",
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"text": "Sin-Eater (comics) Sin-Eater is a name given to several fictional characters appearing in books published by Marvel Comics , usually those featuring Spider-Man and Ghost Rider .",
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"text": "Ultimate Comics: The Ultimates Ultimate Comics : The Ultimates is an ongoing monthly comic book series published by Marvel Comics that made its debut in September 2011 as part of the second re-launch of Ultimate Marvel . Through the `` Ultimate Universe Reborn '' tagline following the `` Death of Spider-Man '' and written by Jonathan Hickman with art by Esad Ribic , the series also serves as a continuation of elements from Ultimate Comics : Fallout , and exists alongside other relaunched Ultimate Marvel titles including Ultimate Comics : Spider-Man and Ultimate Comics : X-Men . The series continues the adventures of the Ultimates , including Nick Fury , Thor and Iron Man .",
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"text": "Nitro (comics) Nitro is a fictional character , a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Nitro is known by comic fans for playing a part in the death of the Kree superhero Mar-Vell . He is also best known for being part of the tragedy that started off Marvel 's Civil War crossover .",
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"text": "Hammerhead (comics) Hammerhead is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . He is primarily an enemy of Spider-Man and a member of organized crime who exists in Marvel 's main shared universe , known as the Marvel Universe . He is closely associated with the Hammerhead `` Family '' , a Maggia crime family . Hammerhead distinguishes himself from other villains in that he dresses up and acts somewhat like a gangster from the 1920s . Due to an injury he suffered , much of his skull was replaced with an unbendable steel alloy by Jonas Harrow , giving his head a flattened shape .",
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"text": "Magazine A magazine is a publication , usually a periodical publication , which is printed or electronically published ( sometimes referred to as an online magazine ) . Magazines are generally published on a regular schedule and contain a variety of content . They are generally financed by advertising , by a purchase price , by prepaid subscriptions , or a combination of the three . At its root , the word `` magazine '' refers to a collection or storage location . In the case of written publication , it is a collection of written articles . This explains why magazine publications share the word root with gunpowder magazines , artillery magazines , firearms magazines , and , in French , retail stores such as department stores .",
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"text": "The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film) The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy crime film directed by Martin Scorsese . The screenplay by Terence Winter is adapted from the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort and recounts Belfort 's perspective on his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm Stratton Oakmont engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street that ultimately led to his downfall . Leonardo DiCaprio ( who also co-produced the film ) stars as Belfort , with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff , Margot Robbie as his second wife Naomi Lapaglia and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham , the FBI agent who tries to bring him down . Matthew McConaughey , Rob Reiner , Jon Favreau , Joanna Lumley and Jean Dujardin are also featured . The film marks the director 's fifth collaboration with DiCaprio , after Gangs of New York ( 2002 ) , The Aviator ( 2004 ) , The Departed ( 2006 ) and Shutter Island ( 2010 ) , as well as his second collaboration with Winter after the television series Boardwalk Empire ( 2010 -- 14 ) . The Wolf of Wall Street premiered in New York City on December 17 , 2013 and was released theatrically on December 25 , 2013 in the United States , distributed by Paramount Pictures . The film was the first to be released entirely through digital distribution . It was a major commercial success , grossing more than $ 392 million worldwide during its original theatrical run to become Scorsese 's highest-grossing movie and the 17th-highest-grossing film of 2013 . The film was controversial for its morally ambiguous depiction of events , explicit sexual content , profanity , depiction of hard drug use and the use of animals during production . The film also caused controversy due to revelations that it was financed by illegally obtained funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad ( 1MDB ) . The film received mostly positive reviews from critics , with praise for Scorsese 's direction , the comedic performance of DiCaprio and the fast-paced and consistent humor . The film was nominated for several awards including five nominations at the 86th Academy Awards ceremony : Best Picture , Best Director for Scorsese , Best Writing ( Adapted Screenplay ) for Winter and Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nominations for DiCaprio and Hill , respectively . The film did not win in any category , although DiCaprio did win Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 71st Golden Globe Awards , where the film was also nominated for Best Picture -- Musical or Comedy . It was also recognized by numerous other awards ceremonies , as well as guilds and critics ' associations . The word `` fuck '' and its numerous conjugations are said between 506 and 569 times , making this the film with the most uses of the word in a mainstream , non-documentary film .",
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"text": "Back in Crime Back in Crime ( L'Autre Vie de Richard Kemp ) is a 2013 French crime film directed by Germinal Alvarez . It competed in the main competition section of the 35th Moscow International Film Festival .",
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"text": "Wall Street Warriors Wall Street Warriors is a documentary and reality TV series that details the lives of various Wall Street entrepreneurs . A MOJO HD channel original series , each episode is 30 minutes long and shot in high definition video . Currently two seasons have aired and a third season is in production . MOJO HD recently announced it will be going dark in December , 2008 and it is uncertain which network will air the current season of the series . On February 18 , 2009 the opening scenes surfaced on the web for the Wall Street Warriors Season 3 . Even though it was a very brief video it seems to have been made during the peak of the October 2008 stockmarket turmoil .",
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"text": "The Last of Robin Hood The Last of Robin Hood is a 2013 American independent biographical drama film about actor Errol Flynn which is directed and written by Richard Glatzer and Wash West . The film stars Kevin Kline , Dakota Fanning , Susan Sarandon , Matthew Kane and Max Casella . It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival .",
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"text": "Dallas Buyers Club Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 American biographical drama film , co-written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack , and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée . The film tells the story of Ron Woodroof , an AIDS patient diagnosed in the mid 1980s when HIV/AIDS treatments were under-researched , while the disease was not understood and highly stigmatized . As part of the experimental AIDS treatment movement , he smuggled unapproved pharmaceutical drugs into Texas for treating his symptoms , and distributed them to fellow people with AIDS by establishing the `` Dallas Buyers Club '' while facing opposition from the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) . Two fictional supporting characters , Dr. Eve Saks ( Jennifer Garner ) , and Rayon ( Jared Leto ) , were composite roles created from the writer 's interviews with transgender AIDS patients , activists , and doctors . Screenwriter Borten interviewed Woodroof in 1992 and wrote the script , which he polished with writer Wallack in 2000 , and then sold to producer Robbie Brenner . Several other actors , directors , and producers who were attached at various times to the development of the film left the project . Universal Pictures also tried to make the film , but did not . A couple of screenwriters wrote drafts that were rejected . In 2009 , producer Brenner involved Matthew McConaughey , because of his Texas origins , the same as Woodroof 's . Brenner selected the first draft , written by Borten and Wallack , for the film , and then Vallée was set to direct the film . Principal photography began on November 11 , 2012 , in New Orleans , Louisiana , continuing for 25 days of filming , which also included shooting in Baton Rouge . Brenner and Rachel Winter co-produced the film . The official soundtrack album was featured by various artists , and was released digitally on October 29 , 2013 , by the Relativity Music Group . Dallas Buyers Club premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on November 1 , 2013 , by Focus Features , strategically entering wide release on November 22 for award season . The film grossed over $ 27 million domestically and $ 27.9 million internationally , the box office revenue returned over $ 55 million against a budget of $ 5 million in 182-days of a theatrical run . It grossed over $ 4.5 million from DVD , and over $ 3 million from Blu-ray sales . The film received universal critical acclaim , resulting in numerous accolades . Most praised the performances of McConaughey and Leto , who received the Academy Award for Best Actor and for Best Supporting Actor , respectively , at the 86th Academy Awards , making this the first film since Mystic River ( 2003 ) , and only the fifth movie ever , to win both awards . The film also won the award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling , and garnered nominations for Best Picture , Best Original Screenplay , and Best Editing .",
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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": "New Crown New Crown is the third studio album by Australian hard rock band Wolfmother . Recorded at Mates Rehearsal Studio in Los Angeles , California and The Shed in Byron Bay , New South Wales , it was produced by the band 's frontman Andrew Stockdale and self-released on 23 March 2014 , initially as a digital download only available on Bandcamp . It was later reissued physically . After Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale released the band 's planned third album Keep Moving under his own name in 2013 , the band returned with a lineup featuring Stockdale , bassist and keyboardist Ian Peres , and drummer Vin Steele later in the year . New Crown was recorded throughout the second half of the year , with Peres and Kevin Garcia Fernandez engineering the release . New Crown received mixed reviews from critics . The musical styles exhibited on the songs , all of which were written by Stockdale , were praised on their own merit , but the album was criticised for its low production values and poor audio fidelity . Despite having no label support and little promotion , New Crown reached number 160 on the US Billboard 200 chart .",
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"text": "Wall Street (disambiguation) Wall Street is a street in New York City which runs through the historical center of the Financial District . Wall Street also refers to : The Wall Street Journal , a daily newspaper in New York City Financial District , Manhattan , a New York City neighborhood containing the headquarters of many of the city 's major financial institutions Financial market of the United States , particularly major participants in New York City These New York City Subway stations in Manhattan : Wall Street ( IRT Broadway -- Seventh Avenue Line ) , at Williams Street ; serving the trains Wall Street ( IRT Lexington Avenue Line ) , at Broadway ; serving the trains Wall Street ( Winnipeg ) , a street in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada Wall Street ( train ) a former train of the Reading Railroad Big business , often contrasted with `` Main Street '' small business In arts and entertainment : Wall Street ( 1915 photograph ) Wall Street ( 1929 film ) , directed by Roy William Neill Wall Street ( 1987 film ) , directed by Oliver Stone Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps , ( 2010 film ) , directed by Oliver Stone , sequel to the 1987 film Wall Street , a 1997 book by Doug Henwood `` Wall Street '' , a character in the 2002 film The Transporter",
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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 British films of 2013 The British film industry produced over five hundred feature films in 2013 . This article fully lists all non-pornographic films , including short films , that had a release date in that year and which were at least partly made by the United Kingdom . It does not include films first released in previous years that had release dates in 2013 . Also included is an overview of the major events in British film , including film festivals and awards ceremonies , as well as lists of those films that were particularly well received , both critically and financially . The year was particularly notable for a number of low budget and independent horror films , such as In Fear , Devil 's Pass , Dementamania and Stalled .",
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"text": "Silver Linings Playbook Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell . It was adapted from the novel The Silver Linings Playbook , by Matthew Quick . The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence , with Robert De Niro , Jacki Weaver , Chris Tucker , Anupam Kher , and Julia Stiles in supporting roles . Cooper plays Patrick `` Pat '' Solitano , Jr. , a man with bipolar disorder who is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents , played by Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver . Determined to win back his estranged wife , Pat meets recently widowed Tiffany Maxwell , portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence , who offers to help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her . The two become closer as they train and Pat , his father , and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their problems . Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8 , 2012 , and was released in the United States on November 16 , 2012 . The film opened to major critical success and earned numerous accolades . It received eight Academy Award nominations , including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Adapted Screenplay . It became the first film since 1981 's Reds to be Oscar-nominated for the four acting categories and the first since 2004 's Million Dollar Baby to be nominated for the Big Five Oscars , with Lawrence winning the Academy Award for Best Actress . It also achieved four Golden Globe Award nominations , with Lawrence winning Best Actress ; three BAFTA nominations , with Russell winning for Best Adapted Screenplay ; four Screen Actors Guild nominations ; and five Independent Spirit Award nominations , winning in four categories , including Best Film . The film was a success at the box office , grossing over $ 236 million worldwide , more than eleven times its budget .",
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"text": "Wolf PAC Wolf PAC is an American non-partisan political action committee formed in 2011 with the goal of `` ending corporate personhood and publicly financing all elections in our country '' , to include the restriction of large monetary donations to political candidates , parties , and groups . It began with an announcement at an Occupy Wall Street rally in New York City by The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur . On a state level Wolf PAC has received some bi-partisan support for its objectives . Its strategy is to add a 28th amendment to the Constitution , thereby overturning multiple Supreme Court cases including Citizens United v. FEC and Buckley v. Valeo , which cumulatively have made it impossible to achieve Wolf PAC 's campaign finance goals through simple legislation . Wolf PAC believes that Congress is too corrupt to pass such an amendment itself , and therefore advocates a convention of the States , which is a procedure outlined in Article V of the Constitution . , five states had passed resolutions calling for such a convention , though not all states have used identical language in their convention call .",
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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": "Wolf Prize in Medicine The Wolf Prize in Medicine is awarded once a year by the Wolf Foundation in Israel . It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978 ; the others are in Agriculture , Chemistry , Mathematics , Physics and Arts . The Prize has been stated to be the second most prestigious award in science , and a significant predictor of the Nobel Prize .",
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"text": "Once Upon a Time in Queens Once Upon a Time in Queens is a 2013 American post-mob film written and directed by David Rodriguez , starring Paul Sorvino , Michael Rapaport and Chazz Palminteri .",
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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": "Scot J. Paltrow Scot J. Paltrow is an American journalist . A financial journalist , Paltrow currently works for Reuters . Paltrow is from New York . He received his bachelor 's degree from the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences and a master 's degree from the London School of Economics . Paltrow 's journalism career began in 1977 when he joined the Memphis Commercial Appeal as a reporter . The following year , he joined the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner , where his investigative series on corruption in Industry , California , `` The City of Insiders , '' resulted in federal and state criminal probes and several convictions . In 1981 , Paltrow moved to the Washington Star , where he covered federal courts . After the Star shut down the same year , Paltrow moved to the Wall Street Journal , where he was a reporter in the Los Angeles bureau . In 1985 , Paltrow became a European correspondent for the Journal based in Brussels . In April 1988 , Paltrow returned to the United States as New York financial bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times . During this period he did numerous investigative stories on Wall Street investment banks , markets and the insurance industry . '' While at the Times , Paltrow won a 1993 George Polk Award for Financial Reporting . Paltrow returned to the Wall Street Journal in May 1997 and served as senior special writer based in New York and writes for the paper 's Washington bureau . In 2007 , following Rupert Murdoch 's purchase of Dow Jones & Company ( which owns the Wall Street Journal ) , Paltrow left the paper and joined Condé Nast 's Portfolio.com as a contributing editor , starting September 1 , 2007 , following another longtime Journal journalist who moved to Portfolio.com , Peter Waldman . In September 2010 , Paltrow moved to Reuters , where he and fellow financial journalist Mark Hosenball were brought on as `` key hires '' in an effort to expand Reuters ' `` coverage of business , Wall Street and Washington . '' Paltrow joined Reuters to cover `` financial crimes , specifically covering criminal and civil investigations related to the financial crisis , as well as the effort to more closely regulate and police the financial world . '' In 2012 , Paltrow won a Society of American Business Editors and Writers Best in Business Awards in the Explanatory/News Agency category for his investigation into banks ' use of robo-signing . Paltrow has written a report , The Case for a Stronger Federal Role in Insurance Regulation : Weak State Regulation Highlights the Need for Federal Oversight of Health Premiums , for the Center for American Progress Action Fund . Paltrow has received a Gerald Loeb Award . Paltrow won 1992 and 1993 John Hancock Awards for Excellence in Business & Financial Journalism , the 1994 Los Angeles Times Editorial Award , the Unity Award in Media , and a 2001 Deadline Club Award from New York City Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists .",
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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": "Covepoint Capital Advisors LLC Covepoint Capital Advisors LLC is a privately held hedge fund , which is based in New York City , New York . The fund started off as part of Bear Stearns in 2005 and spun off into a standalone fund in 2008 . Melissa Ko managed the fund since its inception . By 2015 , the fund had grown to over $ 2.4 billion in managed assets and was transformed into a family office . Ko started the fund in 2005 with Bear Stearns , before it was bought by JP Morgan Chase in 2008 . JP Morgan Chase then spun out as a standalone fund , Covepoint Capital Advisors LLC . The fund had performed well while under Bear Stearns , having generated gains of 25.7 percent in 2007 , 25.6 percent in 2006 and 46.9 percent in 2005 , according to reports . As Covepoint was established as a standalone fund , they recruited a number of notable people . In the period between 2005 and 2010 , the fund grew at a rate of 22 % per annum . Ko was interviewed by Bloomberg during this period , suggesting that the fund had grown to $ 785 million in October 2010 . Some of this return was based on the return from the investment in Brazil during 2009 . The Covepoint fund surged by almost 63 percent after the fund 's management team invested at the right time in the country . In 2011 , the fund made its largest monthly loss after sticking with a bet that emerging-market currencies would gain against the U.S. dollar . In 2013 , Ko took the steps to transform Covepoint into a family office . Covepoint made large profits throughout 2015 when they announced that the fund had gained 120 % in a single year .",
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"text": "Kill Your Darlings (2013 film) Kill Your Darlings is a 2013 American biographical drama film written by Austin Bunn and directed by John Krokidas in his feature film directorial debut . The film had its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival , garnering positive first reactions . It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival , and it had a limited theatrical North American release from October 16 , 2013 . Kill Your Darlings also became available on Blu-ray and DVD , March 18 , 2014 in the US , followed by its UK release on April 21 , 2014 . The story is about the college days of some of the earliest members of the Beat Generation ( Lucien Carr , Allen Ginsberg , William S. Burroughs , and Jack Kerouac ) , their interactions , and the killing in Riverside Park in Manhattan , New York City .",
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"text": "Assault on Wall Street Assault on Wall Street ( also known as Attack on Wall Street and formerly known as Bailout : The Age of Greed ) is a 2013 action thriller film written and directed by Uwe Boll , and starring Dominic Purcell . The film stars Purcell as a security guard who struggles to pay for his wife 's medical bills and loses his investments in the 2007 -- 08 financial crisis , prompting a shooting spree on Wall Street after his wife takes her own life .",
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"text": "Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I ( سلطان سليمان اول Modern I. Süleyman , Kanunî Sultan Süleyman or Muhteşem Süleyman 6 November 1494 -- 6 September 1566 ) , commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and `` Kanuni '' ( the Lawgiver ) in his realm , was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to his death in 1566 . Under his administration , the Ottoman state ruled over 15 to 25 million people . Suleiman became a prominent monarch of 16th-century Europe , presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire 's economic , military and political power . Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies in conquering the Christian strongholds of Belgrade and Rhodes as well as most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the Siege of Vienna in 1529 . He annexed much of the Middle East in his conflict with the Safavids and large areas of North Africa as far west as Algeria . Under his rule , the Ottoman fleet dominated the seas from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and through the Persian Gulf . At the helm of an expanding empire , Suleiman personally instituted major legislative changes relating to society , education , taxation and criminal law . His reforms , carried out in conjunction with the empire 's chief judicial official Ebussuud Efendi , harmonized the relationship between the two forms of Ottoman law ; sultanic ( Kanun ) and religious ( Sharia ) . He was a distinguished poet and goldsmith ; he also became a great patron of culture , overseeing the `` Golden '' age of the Ottoman Empire in its artistic , literary and architectural development . Breaking with Ottoman tradition , Suleiman married Hürrem Sultan , a woman from his harem , a Christian of Rusyn origin who converted to Islam , and who became famous in the West by the name Roxelana . Their son Selim II succeeded Suleiman following his death in 1566 after 46 years of rule . Suleiman 's other potential heirs Mehmed and Mustafa had died , the former from smallpox and the latter had been strangled to death 13 years earlier at the sultan 's order . His other son Bayezid was executed in 1561 on Suleiman 's orders , along with his four sons , after a rebellion . Although scholars no longer believe that the empire declined after his death , the end of Suleiman 's reign is still frequently characterized as a watershed in Ottoman history . In the decades after Suleiman , the empire began to experience significant political , institutional , and economic changes , a phenomenon often referred to as the Transformation of the Ottoman Empire .",
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"text": "Min Saw Mon Narameikhla Min Saw Mon ( နရမ တ လ မင စ မ န , -LSB- nəɹa̰ meiʔl̥a̰ mɪ́ɴ sɔ́ mʊ̀ɴ -RSB- , Arakanese pronunciation : -LSB- máɴ sɔ́ mʊ̀aɴ -RSB- also known as Suleiman Shah ; 1380 -- 1433 ) was the last king of Launggyet Dynasty and the founder of Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan . He became king in 1404 but was driven out of Launggyet in 1406 by Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava . He went into exile in Bengal , and later entered the military service of Sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah . In 1429 , he reclaimed the Arakanese throne with the help of the sultan , and ruled the kingdom , which was still restricted to northern Arakan , as a vassal of Bengal . He founded a new capital , Mrauk-U , in 1430 at a more strategic location . The king died in 1433 , and was succeeded by his younger brother Khayi .",
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"text": "Hilya The term hilya ( Arabic حلية ( plural : ḥilan , ḥulan ) , hilye ( plural : hilyeler ) denotes a religious genre of Ottoman Turkish literature , dealing with the physical description of Muhammad . Hilya literally means `` ornament '' . They originate with the discipline of shama'il , the study of Muhammad 's appearance and character , based on hadith accounts , most notably Tirmidhi 's al-Shama ` il al-Muhamadiyyah wa al-Khasa ` il al-Mustafawiyyah ( `` The Sublime Characteristics of Muhammad '' ) . In Ottoman-era folk Islam , there was a belief that reading and possessing Muhammad 's description protects the person from trouble in this world and the next , it became customary to carry such descriptions , rendered in fine calligraphy and illuminated , as amulets . In 17th-century Ottoman Turkey , hilyes developed into an art form with a standard layout , often framed and used as a wall decoration . Later hilyes were also written for the first four Caliphs , the companions of Muhammad , Muhammad 's grandchildren ( Hasan and Hussein ) and Islamic saints ( walis ) .",
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"text": "Solomon (name) Solomon is a Hebrew-derived surname and given name ; Sol as a given name is usually a form of `` Solomon '' . Its Aramaic form , Shlomo ܫܠܡܐ is related to the word shalom ( `` peace '' ) ; and is often chosen in part as a reference to the well-known King Solomon mentioned in the Hebrew Bible . ( The Arabic name سليمان , Suleiman or Sulayman , also meaning `` peace '' , is regarded as equivalent to Solomon , and the Islamic prophet Suleiman and King Solomon are generally regarded as accounts of the same person . )",
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"text": "Ahmad ibn Rustah Ibn Rustah ( in Iran : احمد ابن رسته اصفهانی - Aḥmad ebn Roste Eṣfahānī , also spelled Ibn Rusta , Ibn Ruste ) was a 10th-century Persian explorer and geographer born in Rosta district , Isfahan , Persia . He wrote a geographical compendium known as Book of Precious Records . The information on his home town of Isfahan is especially extensive and valuable . Ibn Rustah states that , while for other lands he had to depend on second-hand reports , often acquired with great difficulty and with no means of checking their veracity , for Isfahan he could use his own experience and observations or statements from others known to be reliable . Thus we have a description of the twenty districts ( rostaqs ) of Isfahan containing details not found in other geographers ' works . Concerning the town itself , we learn that it was perfectly circular in shape , with a circumference of half a farsang , walls defended by a hundred towers , and four gates . His information on the non-Islamic peoples of Europe and Inner Asia makes him a useful source for these obscure regions ( he was even aware of the existence of the British Isles and of the Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England ) and for the prehistory of the Turks and other steppe peoples . He travelled to Novgorod with the Rus ' , and compiled books relating his own travels , as well as second-hand knowledge of the Khazars , Magyars , Slavs , Bulgars , and other peoples . He wrote of tenth-century city of the Rus ' : `` As for the Rus , they live on an island ... that takes three days to walk round and is covered with thick undergrowth and forests ; ... They harry the Slavs , using ships to reach them ; they carry them off as slaves and ... sell them . They have no fields but simply live on what they get from the Slav 's lands ... When a son is born , the father will go up to the newborn baby , sword in hand ; throwing it down , he says , ' I shall not leave you with any property : You have only what you can provide with this weapon . ' '' His impression of the Rus ' seems to be very favourable : `` They carry clean clothes and the men adorn themselves with bracelets and gold . They treat their slaves well and also they carry exquisite clothes , because they put great effort in trade . They have many towns . They have a most friendly attitude towards foreigners and strangers who seek refuge . '' This is in contrast to the account of Ibn Fadlan and other Arab authors whose views on hygiene ( based on Islamic teachings on cleanliness and Islamic medical knowledge ) contrasted with that of the Rus ' . However , the word clean initially appeared in the first Russian translation of Ibn Rustah by professor Daniel Chwolson ( who also misspelled his name as Ibn Dasta ( h ) ) . Consecutive Russian editions of Chwolson 's translation include a footnote saying that the Arabic original clearly says the opposite , unclean or impure , and suggesting that Chwolson made such a correction intentionally , out of a remote concern that modern Russians might be offended by such characteristic . Of ancient Croatia he wrote in the chronicle Al-Djarmi : `` Their ruler is crowned ... He dwells in the midst of the Slavs ... He bears the title of ` ruler of rulers ' and is called ` sacred king ' . He is more powerful than the Zupan ( viceroy ) , who is his deputy ... His capital is called Drzvab where is held a fair of three days every month . '' About a certain king of the Caucasus Ibn Rustah wrote : `` He prayed on Fridays with the Muslims , on Saturdays with the Jews , and on Sundays with the Christians . ` Since each religion claims that it is the only true one and that the others are invalid ' , the king explained , ' I have decided to hedge my bets . ' '' He also traveled extensively in Arabia and is one of the early Persian explorers to describe the city of Sana'a . In his Book of Precious Records , he writes : `` It is the city of Yemen -- there not being found in the highland or the Tihama or the Hijaz a city greater , more populous or more prosperous , of more noble origin or more delicious food than it . ... San ' a is a populous city with fine dwellings , some above others , but most of them are decorated with plaster , burned bricks , and dressed stones . ''",
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"text": "Suleiman I Suleiman I may refer to : Suleiman the Magnificent ( 1494 -- 1566 ) , 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Suleiman I of Persia ( 1648 -- 1694 ) , 8th Shah of the Safavid Empire",
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"text": "Ibn Kemal Şemseddin Ahmed ( 1468 -- 1536 ) , better known by his pen name Ibn Kemal or Kemalpaşazâde ( `` son of Kemal Pasha '' ) , was an Ottoman historian , Sheikh ul-Islam , lawyer and poet . He was born into a distinguished military family in Edirne and as a young man he served in the army and later studied at various madrasas and became the Kadı of Edirne in 1515 . He became a highly respected scholar and was commissioned by the Ottoman ruler Bayezid II to write an Ottoman history ( Tevarih-i Al-i Osman , `` The Chronicles of the House of Osman '' ) . During the reign of Selim I , in 1516 , he was appointed as military judge of Anatolia and accompanied the Ottoman army to Egypt . During the reign of Suleiman I he was appointed as the Sheikh ul-Islam , i.e. supreme head of the Muslim ulema , a post which he held until his death .",
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"text": "İncili Çavuş İncili ÇavuşÇavuş means : 1 . a title given to the officials who engaged in various services provided of in the organizations of the Ottoman State , 2 . a rank of officers who were responsible for transmitting down orders of senior commanders subordinate commanders in the Ottoman Army . çavuş in BSTS / Tarih Terimleri Sözlüğü , 1974 . or Mustafa Çavuş was a figure of comic wisdom during the Ottoman era . He may possibly have been a real person . His birth date is not known . There are several theories about his birthplace . According to Kayseri Ansiklopedisi , he was born in the village of Tırafşın , now called İncili of Tomarza District in Kayseri Province . His fıkras ( jokes ) were collected by Süleyman Tevfik ( Zorluoğlu ) at the first time in the early Republican period , 1923 . According to Abdülbaki Gökpınarlı , Çavuş 's treatise , that had been addressed to Sheikh ul-Islam at the time and written in both Arabic and Turkish languages , was found in Kayseri in 1933-1934 . In two small treatises in a volume , it was mentioned that the name of Muhammad were passed in the Bible ( Turkish : İncil ) . In this way , they gave him the nickname '' İncili '' . As to another tale , Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent ( reigned 1520 -- 1566 ) was very pleased with Mustafa 's showing extraordinary proficiency in an archery contest that was participated by his princes , and said to Mustafa , `` I 'm giving you the rank of a Çavuş ( a high rank in the palace ) . And to be able to distinguish you from other çavuşes and to show your superiority over others , I 'm attaching a pearl to your turban . '' After this affair , his name Mustafa was forgotten and he began to be called '' İncili '' . According to Mustafa Enhoş , he was referred in the History of Naima as a sergeant of the Dergâhı Âlî in 1615 . According to Sennur Sezer and Adnan Özyalçıner , he was one of Musahibs of Sultan Ahmed I ( reignrd 1603 -- 1617 ) and was sent to Safavid Persia as part of the Ottoman delegation ( elçi ) . According to Kayseri Ansiklopedisi , some sources recorded that he accompanied İbrahim Çavuş , who was sent to Iran as ambassador , as `` selam çavuşu '' in 1626 . According to Cemil Asena 's book Diyarbekir Tarihi ve Meşâhiri , he died in 1632-33 . However , sources were unclear on the exact date .",
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"text": "James Dixon & Sons J Dixon & Sons ( James Dixon & Sons ) founded 1806 in Sheffield , was one of the major British manufacturers in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century . They were well known as manufacturers of Pewterware , Electroplated Britannia metal see ( http://www.pewterbank.com/ for information on this ) , Silverware and Electroplated nickel silver . Their products included hundreds of items for use in the kitchen ( e.g. bowls , cutting-tools ) and the dining room ( e.g. tea services , cocktail shakers and mixers ) as well as items like candlesticks for all rooms . They were a world leader in manufacturing shooting accessories through nineteenth century and exported powder flasks in large quantities to America , They were known as whistle makers , which like most of their products were of outstanding quality ; they were one of the 4 great whistle makers , the others being W Dowler & Sons , J Stevens & Son & T Yates . It was located first at Silver Street ( 1806 ) , Cornish Place ( 1822 ) Sheffield . Their registered trade mark since 1879 was a Trumpet with a Banner hanging from it . Although registered in 1879 , the `` Trumpet with Banner '' logo was used at times before registration and appears on some of their silver plate pieces . They were one of the foremost names in EPNS and sterling silver tableware including silver tea services and hollowware pieces . They also made silver ware serving pieces and had a wide catalogue of patterns . Their tea sets and hollowware pieces produced in silver are very valuable as antiques . They were also famous for their sporting trophies . Two of the most well-known are the Hales Trophy commissioned in 1932 ( sometimes called the Blue Riband ) though this really refers to the pendant flown by the sailing ship currently holding the record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic . The trophy was then held by the owners of that ship . The other great trophy is the one presented to the winner of the American Masters Golf tournament held annually in Augusta Georgia . This trophy is a scale model of the clubhouse made in 1959-60 and contains 453 troy ounces of silver . The firm continued to be a family run enterprise until 1976 . The patterns are currently owned by another Sheffield firm who export products mainly to the Middle East .",
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"text": "Mene (unit) The mĕnē ( also mina , Aramaic ) is an ancient Mesopotamian unit of weight for gold or silver and one of the earliest written words for money . The mĕnē , like the shekel , was also a unit of currency . In ancient Greece , it originally equalled 70 drachmae and later was increased to 100 drachmae . The Greek word mna was borrowed from Semitic ; compare Hebrew māneh , Aramaic mĕnē , Syriac manyā , Ugaritic mn , and Akkadian manū . However , before it was used as currency , a mene was a unit of measurement , equal to 567 grams . One mĕnē of gold would be worth $ 23,000 USD and one mĕnē of silver would be worth $ 300 USD at today 's metal prices . In folk language used by sailors , the word mina or mines came to mean `` mines '' , indicating mineral resources extracted from the ground . From earliest Sumerian times , a mĕnē was a unit of weight . At first , talents and shekels had not yet been introduced . By the time of Ur-Nammu , the mĕnē had a value of 1/60 talents as well as 60 shekels . The value of the mĕnē is calculated at 1.25 pounds or 0.571 kilograms per mĕnē ( 18.358 troy ounces ) . Evidence from Ugarit indicates that a mĕnē was equivalent to fifty shekels . The prophet Ezekiel refers to a mĕnē ( ` maneh ' in the King James Version ) as sixty shekels , in the Book of Ezekiel . Jesus of Nazareth tells the `` parable of the mĕnē '' in Luke 19:11 -27 . From the Akkadian period , 2 mĕnē was equal to 1 sila of water ( cf. clepsydra , water clock ) .",
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"text": "Iltani The archive of Queen Iltani , wife of the ruler Aqba-hammu , was discovered in the palace of Karana . The main group of tablets from the archive consisted of about 200 letters and administrative records , which directly concern the queen . The letters tell us that Queen Iltani worked hard at running the palace industries , in particular the textiles and food , and had to meet her husband 's frequent , urgent demands for goods and personnel . She had to deal with many letters from individuals asking for help or resources , and she was concerned with her own health , querulous and indignant . Iltani 's work as overseer of the textile business in the palace of Rimah is well documented in the archive . The `` department of Iltani , '' as the business was called , employed 15 women and 10 men . Iltani was also involved in the metal trade ; she personally received copper from her male subordinate . Belassunu was Iltani 's sister .",
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"text": "Ibrahim Pasha Palace The Ibrahim Pasha Palace ( İbrahim Paşa Sarayı ) is an Ottoman imperial court residence of Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha . It is located in Sultanahmet Square of Fatih district in Istanbul , Turkey . Currently , the building is mainly used as the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum ( Türk ve İslam Eserleri Müzesi ) . Initially named the Hippodrome Palace due to its location at the Hippodrome of Constantinople , it took later its name from Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha ( 1494 -- 1536 ) , who served as the Grand Vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent ( reigned 1520-66 ) from 1523 until his execution in 1536 . He married Sultan Süleiman 's sister Hatice Sultan , and was as such a bridegroom to the Ottoman dynasty . They lived in the palace . An important example of 16th-century Ottoman architecture , the building is situated on the grounds of Eastern Roman Empire 's historical hippodrome . According to Ottoman historian Solakzade Mehmet Hemdemi Efendi ( 1590-1657 ) , even the construction date of the palace is not certainly known , it is believed that it coincides to the Sultan Bayezid II era ( reigned 1481-1512 ) . It is known that the building underwent repairs in 1521 . The palace saw many events such as civil disorder and revolts aside weddings , festivities and celebrations . After Ibrahim Pasha 's strangling , the palace served as residence for other grand viziers , and functioned also as military quarters , embassy , revenue office , quarters for the Ottoman military band , sewing works and prison .",
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"text": "Early Islamic philosophy Early Islamic philosophy or classical Islamic philosophy is a period of intense philosophical development beginning in the 2nd century AH of the Islamic calendar ( early 9th century CE ) and lasting until the 6th century AH ( late 12th century CE ) . The period is known as the Islamic Golden Age , and the achievements of this period had a crucial influence in the development of modern philosophy and science ; for Renaissance Europe , the influence represented `` one of the largest technology transfers in world history . '' . This period starts with al-Kindi in the 9th century and ends with Averroes ( Ibn Rushd ) at the end of 12th century . The death of Averroes effectively marks the end of a particular discipline of Islamic philosophy usually called the Peripatetic Arabic School , and philosophical activity declined significantly in Western Islamic countries , namely in Islamic Spain and North Africa , though it persisted for much longer in the Eastern countries , in particular Persia and India where several schools of philosophy continued to flourish : Avicennism , Illuminationist philosophy , Mystical philosophy , and Transcendent theosophy . Some of the significant achievements of early Muslim philosophers included the development of a strict science of citation , the isnad or `` backing '' ; the development of a method of open inquiry to disprove claims , the ijtihad , which could be generally applied to many types of questions ( although which to apply it to is an ethical question ) ; the willingness to both accept and challenge authority within the same process ; recognition that science and philosophy are both subordinate to morality , and that moral choices are prior to any investigation or concern with either ; the separation of theology ( kalam ) and law ( shariah ) during the early Abbasid period , a precursor to secularism ; the distinction between religion and philosophy , marking the beginning of secular thought ; the beginning of a peer review process ; early ideas on evolution ; the beginnings of the scientific method , an important contribution to the philosophy of science ; the introduction of temporal modal logic and inductive logic ; the beginning of social philosophy , including the formulation of theories on social cohesion and social conflict ; the beginning of the philosophy of history ; the development of the philosophical novel and the concepts of empiricism and tabula rasa ; and distinguishing between essence and existence . Saadia Gaon , David ben Merwan al-Mukkamas , Maimonides , and Thomas Aquinas , were influenced by the Mutazilite work , particularly Avicennism and Averroism , and the Renaissance and the use of empirical methods were inspired at least in part by Arabic translations of Greek , Jewish , Persian and Egyptian works translated into Latin during the Renaissance of the 12th century , and taken during the Reconquista in 1492 . Early Islamic philosophy can be divided into clear sets of influences , branches , schools , and fields , as described below .",
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"text": "Sekl Loeb Wormser Sekl Loeb Wormser ( 1768 -- 1846 ) was a rabbi , talmudist , kabbalist , and Baal Shem ( worker of miracles through the Name of God ) . He was born in Michelstadt . He received his talmudic education in Frankfurt , in the yeshiva of Rabbi Nathan Adler , and following in the latter 's footsteps , accepted an ascetic way of life and turned to kabbalistic studies . He resided in Frankfurt for a duration of 6 years , during which he married his first wife . About 1790 , he returned with his wife to Michelstadt where he maintained a yeshiva for many years ( serving as rosh yeshiva and instructing around 70 students in Tanakh , Talmud , and the works of the poskim , as well as secular subjects including German and mathematics ) and served , at first unofficially , until 1822 as a recognized district rabbi . About 1810 , after his wife 's death , he lived for some time in Mannheim . For years , his `` hasidic '' behavior and extreme vegetarianism ( at age 18 he vowed to abstain from animal products ; a promise he kept until his death ) created tension between him and the majority of his small community , but his reputation as a Baal Shem spread rapidly and Wormser became known throughout Germany as the Michelstadter Ba'al Shem , or the `` Ba'al Shem of Michelstadt . '' He denied any such supernatural power but agreed to receive people who sought his advice and guidance , giving them natural remedies and sometimes amulets . ( He often said that whatever he does is done naturally and b ` Ezrat HaShem ) . He became particularly known for his treatment of lunatics . Among the Jews of southern Germany many traditions survived regarding his miraculous cures and other feats . It was in Mannheim that he married his second wife . He studied German philosophy and was particularly attracted by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling . In 1822 , he returned to Michelstadt . In 1825 , his house and large library were destroyed by fire . Of his talmudic writings , preserved by his descendants , almost nothing was published . A catalogue of his second library is preserved in Ms. Heidenheim 206 , in the Central Library of Zürich .",
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"text": "Seraglio A seraglio ( -LSB- səˈræljoʊ -RSB- or -LSB- səˈrɑːljoʊ -RSB- ) or serail is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in an Ottoman household . The term harem is a generic term for domestic spaces reserved for women in a Muslim family , which can also refer to the women themselves . The Ottoman imperial harem was known in Ottoman Turkish as Harem-i Hümâyûn .",
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"text": "Silversmith A silversmith is a craftsman who crafts objects from silver . The terms `` silversmith '' and `` goldsmith '' are not exactly synonyms as the techniques , training , history , and guilds are or were largely the same but the end product may vary greatly as may the scale of objects created . However most goldsmiths have also worked in silver although the reverse may not be the case . Silversmithing is the art of turning silver sheet metal into hollow ware ( dishes , bowls , porringers , cups , candlesticks , vases , ewers , urns , etc. ) , flatware ( silverware ) , and other articles of household silver , church plate or sculpture . It may also include the making of jewelry .",
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"text": "Shuraih Al-Qadhi Shuraih ibn al-Hârith ibn Qays ibn al-Jahm al-Kindî accepted Islam in Yemen during the lifetime of Muhammad though he never met him . During the reign of Abû Bakr al-Siddîq , he relocated to Kufah in Iraq . `` Umar appointed him to be the judge of Kufah and he was very young at the time . Abû Nu`aym relates from Umm Dâwûd al-Wâbishiyyah that `` people took their disputes before Shuraih at a time when he still had no beard . '' It is said that he spent sixty years in that office . He also served as judge in Basra for a year . He succeeded Abdullah ibn Masood as the Qadi of Kufa . He was well known throughout the country for his intelligence and keen sense of judgment . He was regarded as a model judge . Ali used to call him iiAqd-ul-Arabi , that is the most judicious of all the judges of Arabia . Shuraih was known for his extensive knowledge of Islamic law and respected for his good judgment . The caliphs showed deference to him . Caliph Mu ` âwiyah then transferred him to Damascus . On account of this , Shuraih became known as `` the Judge of the Two Great Cities '' . He retired from office only a year before his death , and he is supposed to have lived to the age of 108 or 110 . It is related that , `` Alî assembled the people in the public square , saying : ' I am going to leave you , so assemble in the public square . ' The people came and began to petition him with their questions until they were finished and no one remained but Shuraih , who sat upon his knees and began to ask him . ` Alî said : `` Go , for indeed you are the most knowledgeable of Arabs in matters of judicial verdicts . '' -LSB- Hilyah al-Awliyâ ' ( 4/134 ) -RSB- Once a woman came to ` Alî with a case against her husband in a matter of divorce . After she presented her case to him , ` Alî turned to Shuraih and said : `` Judge between them . '' Shuraih said : `` O Commander of the Faithful ! ( Should I presume to do so ) while you are right here ? '' ` Alî repeated : `` Judge between them . '' Shurayh was renowned for his impeccable sense of justice and for holding all people equal before the law . About Shuraih 's appointment as a judge , it is related that Umar purchased a horse on approval , and gave it to somebody to try it . The horse got hurt in the ride , and Umar wanted to return it , but the owner refused to take it back . In the dispute that arose as a consequence , Shuraih was chosen as the arbitrator . He gave the verdict that if the horse was ridden with the permission of the owner it could be returned ; otherwise not . Umar said that that was the right decision and at once appointed Shuraih as the Qadi of Kufa . Another well known incidence records Ali 's shield being stolen . Ali recognised his shield when he saw it in the possession of a Jew . He instituted a claim in the court of Qadhi Shuraih who asked that Ali produce his witnesses to prove his claim . Ali presented his son and then his emancipated slave . According to Qadhi Shuraih the testimony of a son in favour of his father or an emancipated slave was not admissible , hence he ordered Ali to present another witness . When Ali was unable to do so , Qadhi Shuraih dismissed his original claim to the shield . Ali , the caliph of the time , emerged from the court cheerfully . On seeing this high degree of justice where the leader of the Muslim world could lose a case in the face of a just ruling , the Jew recited the Muslim testification of faith embraced Islam . He later presented the shield to Ali saying that he did indeed steal the shield and that it did belonged to him . Ali responded : `` I have made it a gift for you '' . Thereafter the Jew remained perpetually in the company of Ali and was martyred in the battle of Siffeen .",
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"text": "Moinuddin Chishti Chishtī Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Sijzī ( 1142 -- 1236 CE ) , known more commonly as Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī or Moinuddin Chishti , or reverently as a Shaykh Muʿīn al-Dīn , was a Sufi , preacher , ascetic , religious scholar , and philosopher from Sistan , who eventually ended up settling in the Indian subcontinent in the early thirteenth-century , where he established the famous Chishti Order of Sufism . This particular tariqa ( order ) became the dominant Muslim spiritual group in medieval India and many of the most beloved and venerated Indian Islamic saints have been Chishti in their affiliation , including Nizamuddin Awliya ( d. 1325 ) and Amir Khusrow -RSB- ( d. 1325 ) . As such , Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī 's legacy rests primarily on his having been `` one of the most outstanding figures in the annals of Islamic mysticism . '' Although little is known of Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī 's early life , it is probable that he travelled from Sistan to India as a refugee due to the increasing prevalence of Mongol military action in Central Asia at this point in time . Having arrived in Delhi during the reign of the sultan Iltutmish ( d. 1236 ) , Muʿīn al-Dīn moved from Delhi to Ajmer shortly thereafter , at which point he became increasingly influenced by the writings of the famous Hanbali scholar and mystic ʿAbdallāh Anṣārī ( d. 1088 ) , whose famous work on the lives of the early Islamic saints , the Ṭabāqāt al-ṣūfiyya , may have played a role in shaping Muʿīn al-Dīn 's worldview . It was during his time in Ajmer that Muʿīn al-Dīn acquired the reputation of being a great spiritual preacher and teacher ; and biographical accounts of his life written after his death report that he received the gifts of many `` spiritual marvels ( karāmāt ) , such as miraculous travel , clairvoyance , and visions of angels '' in these years of his life . The tomb ( dargāh ) of Muʿīn al-Dīn became a deeply venerated site in the century following the preacher 's death in 1236 . Honored by members of all social classes , the tomb was treated with great respect by many of the era 's most important Sunni rulers , including Muhammad bin Tughluq , the Sultan of Delhi from 1324-1351 , who payed a famous visit to the tomb in 1332 to commemorate the memory of the saint . In a similar way , the later Mughal emperor Akbar ( d. 1605 ) visited the shrine no less than fourteen times during his reign . In the present day , the tomb of Muʿīn al-Dīn continues to one of the most popular sites of religious visitation for Sunni Muslims in the Indian subcontinent , with over `` hundreds of thousands of people from all over the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent assembling there on the occasion of -LSB- the saint 's -RSB- ʿurs or death anniversary . '' Additionally , the site also attracts many Hindu devotees , who have also venerated the Islamic saint since the medieval period . In 2007 , the shrine of Muʿīn al-Dīn suffered a bomb blast at the hands of ultra right-wing Hindu nationalist extremists , leading to the deaths of three devotees and the injuries of seventeen others ; the shrine has been completely restored since then .",
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"text": "Suleiman Suleiman ( -LSB- langpronˈsuːləmɑːn -RSB- or -LSB- ˌsuːleɪˈmɑːn -RSB- ) is the main transliteration of the Arabic سليمان / . The name means `` man of faith '' and corresponds to the English name Solomon . The word may also be transliterated as Sulaiman , Suleman , Soliman , Sulayman , Sulaymaan , Suleyman , Süleyman , Sulejman , Sleiman , Sleman , Sliman , Slimane , Soleman , Solyman or Seleman . This disambiguation page focuses on individuals and entities with Suleiman as a predominant transliteration .",
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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": "Marchand-mercier A marchand-mercier is a French term for a type of entrepreneur working outside the guild system of craftsmen but carefully constrained by the regulations of a corporation under rules codified in 1613 . The reduplicative term literally means a merchant of merchandise , but in the 18th century took the connotation of a merchant of objets d'art . Earliest references to this Corps de la Ville de Paris can be found at the close of the 16th century , but in the 18th century marchands-merciers were shopkeepers but they also played an important role in the decoration of Paris homes . In fact , they served as general contractors , designing and commissioning pieces of the most fashionable furniture , and often , in addition , worked outside of their shops as interior decorators , responsible for many aspects of a room 's decor . In Paris , the guild system , in place since the late Middle Ages , prohibited craftsmen from working with any material with which they had not undergone a formal apprenticeship . Only a marchand-mercier who worked outside of the guild system , therefore , could mount Chinese porcelains with gilt-bronze handles and stands , fit the cabinetmaker 's furniture with Japanese lacquer or Sèvres porcelain plaques , and supply furniture with opulent gilt-bronze ( or ormolu ) mounts . The general lines permitted to their métier were set out under Charles IX , in 1570 , as : `` Wholesale merchants , drapers and jewelers , in such way that under this status of wholesaler ( estat de grossier ) have been included at all times the merchants of cloth of gold , of silver , of silk ... tapestries , jewellery , spiced goods , textiles , hammered copper , silk thread , hardware and the like , of which it is not permitted to have any manufacture whatsoever , but only to sell , buy , display , bedeck and beautify all kinds of merchandise '' Thus the marchands-merciers were characterised in the Encyclopédie as `` sellers of everything , makers of nothing '' '' . Jacques Savary des Bruslons elaborated this lapidary remark and revealed the disdain of his generation towards handcrafts : `` This Corporation is considered the noblest and most excellent of all the Corporations of Merchants , all the more because those who compose it do not labour at all and make no handiwork , if it were not to beautify those things that are already made and manufactured '' Though they were confined by law to no narrow specialisation , the Parisian marchands-merciers followed narrow fields -- Savary distinguished twenty -- following the usages of their training and their connections , in highly competitive fields dominated by fashion . Among them a small group of marchands-merciers specialised in works of art , catering to an elite circle of connoisseurs and collectors towards the middle of the 18th century , when a vogue for exoticism expressed itself in chinoiserie . Savary 's Dictionnaire detailed the wares of : `` those who sell pictures , prints , candelabras , wall-lights , girandoles of gilded brass and -LSB- patinated -RSB- bronze , crystal chandeliers , figures of bronze , marble , wood and other material ; cabinets , coffers , armoires , table , little tables , and candlestands put together of wood and gilded , marble tables and other merchandise and curiosities proper for the ornament of lodgings . '' These entrepreneurs helped guide and even create fashions , such as that for Chinese porcelains , mounted in purely French gilt bronze , transforming a vase into a ewer with rococo lip and handle , or reversing one bowl over another , with an open-work gilt-bronze rim , to function as a perfume-burner . Only a marchand-mercier could marshal the resources required to create such objects . Marchands-merciers bought Japanese lacquer screens and boxes , had them dismantled and their wooden backing shaved down , then commissioned ébénistes like Bernard II Vanrisamberg or Joseph Baumhauer to produce furniture veneered with exotic lacquer panels shaped to fit the complex curves of Louis XV surfaces , and perhaps completed with French imitations , or entirely japanned in Vernis Martin , which might imitate Chinese blue and white porcelain decors , such as the blue-on-white ensemble of furniture Hébert delivered in 1743 for Mme de Mailly The influence of the marchands-merciers on French porcelain is also considerable . Lazare Duvaux alone bought three-fifths of the total output of Sèvres in 1757 , representing a total of 165,876 livres . Certain forms in the Sèvres archives carry the names of well-known marchands-merciers in their designations . Membership in the corps was carefully controlled . A new member , born in France , had to undergo an apprenticeship of three years , followed by another three as a compagnon , during which time he was bound to remain unmarried . His master could take on but one apprentice at a time , and the apprenticeships were duly enregistred at the corporation 's offices in rue du Petit-Lion ( rue Quincampoix ) . A sum changed hands , estimated by Guillaume Glorieux as averaging about 1720 500 or 600 livres , and a larger sum was owed to the corporation when the individual was received master ( maîtris ) , some 1700 livres . There were two exceptions to this rule , made for purveyors to the Court -- marchands privilégié suivant le cour -- by decree of the king , and for those who married the daughter of one of the accredited merchants . The Parisian marchands-merciers congregated in rue Saint-Honoré , marking their establishments with catchy and amusing signs ; there could be found the premises of Hébert , Simon-Philippe Poirier -- and later at the same premises at the sign of the Golden Crown his partner Dominique Daguerre and Martin-Eloi Lignereux -- Mme Dulac , Julliot , Lebrun at the King of the Indies and Tuard au château de Bellevue . Nearby , in rue de la Monnaie , the street where the manufacture royale of Sèvres eventually chose to open its porcelain shop , were Darnault , father and son , at the sign of the King of Spain , and Lazare Duvaux . Edme-François Gersaint , for whom Watteau painted L'Enseigne de Gersaint as a shop sign had premises , following an old tradition , in a house on the Pont Notre-Dame . There , he advertised in 1740 , he `` Sells all sorts of new and tasteful hardware ( Cainquaillerie ) , trinkets , mirrors , cabinet pictures , pagods , lacquer and porcelain from Japan , shellwork and other specimens of natural history , stones , agates , and generally all curious and exotic merchandise '' . A newcomer , Granchet , opened premises Au petit Dunkerque , in the Left Bank , Quai Conti at the far end of the Pont Neuf . Among these entrepreneurial dealers and interior decorators at the apex of their profession , towards the middle of the century Hébert achieved the greatest celebrity , appearing in the popular novel Thémidore ( 1745 ) and marrying his daughter to the son of the Dauphine 's first femme de chambre in 1751 , in a contract signed at Versailles .",
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"text": "Peyton Manning Peyton Williams Manning ( born March 24 , 1976 ) is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ) , primarily with the Indianapolis Colts . Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time , he spent 14 seasons with the Colts and was a member of the Denver Broncos in his last four seasons . Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee , leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season . He is the second son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and older brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning . Manning was selected by the Indianapolis Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft . From 1998 to 2010 , he improved the fortunes of the struggling Colts franchise and helped transform them into playoff contenders . During his tenure as starting quarterback , Manning led the team to eight division championships , two AFC championships , and one Super Bowl title , the franchise 's first in over three decades , as well as their first since relocating to Indianapolis . After undergoing neck surgery that forced him to miss the entire 2011 season , Manning was released by the Colts and signed with the Denver Broncos . Serving as the team 's starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015 , he contributed to the Broncos reaching the top of their division each year and his playing career concluded with a victory in Super Bowl 50 . Manning holds many NFL records , including passing yards ( 71,940 ) , touchdown passes ( 539 ) , AP MVP awards ( 5 ) , Pro Bowl appearances ( 14 ) , and 4,000-yard passing seasons ( 14 ) . A two-time Super Bowl winner and the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI , Manning is also the only quarterback to start the Super Bowl for two different franchises more than once each and the only starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises . At 39 years of age , Manning is the oldest quarterback to start in and win a Super Bowl . Manning is also the only quarterback in NFL history to make the Super Bowl four times with four different head coaches ( Dungy , Caldwell , Fox , and Kubiak ) . During a 2009 Monday Night Football game , Manning received the nickname `` The Sheriff '' from color commentator Jon Gruden due to his tendency to audible prior to the snap , and he was one of the most recognizable and parodied players in the NFL . Teams led by Manning typically utilized the hurry-up offense in place of the standard huddle .",
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"text": "Patrick R. Manning Patrick R. `` Pat '' Manning ( born June 9 , 1965 ) is a former New York State Assemblyman . Manning was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 1994 . Prior to being elected to the State Assembly , Manning served as an executive aide for then Assemblyman Glenn E. Warren and a Dutchess County Legislator for the 20th District . As an Assemblyman , Manning remained relatively unknown outside of his district . In late 2005 , Manning began making strides towards a gubernatorial camapaign . He found strong support initially from within the New York Conservative Party . Manning 's main opponents for the Republican nomination for governor were John Faso , the former New York Assembly Minority Leader and unsuccessful candidate for New York State Comptroller in 1998 , and William Weld , the former governor of Massachusetts and unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996 . ( Weld became a resident of New York and also registered to vote in the state . ) Manning ended his gubernatorial campaign shortly after an email was sent to the press accusing him of having an extramarital affair . Manning admitted that he and his wife were divorcing and that he was dating . Manning decided to seek re-election to his Assembly seat . In the Republican primary election on September 12 , 2006 , Manning was defeated by Tivoli Mayor and Dutchess County legislator Marcus Molinaro . Manning held a lead in the Columbia County portion of the district , but this was not enough to overcome Molinaro 's lead in the Duchess segment .",
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"text": "1973 NCAA Division I football season The 1973 NCAA Division I football season was the first for the NCAA 's current three-division structure . Effective with the 1973 -- 74 academic year , schools formerly in the NCAA `` University Division '' were classified as Division I ( later subdivided for football only in 1978 ( I-A and I-AA ) and renamed in 2006 into today 's Division I FBS and FCS ) . Schools in the former `` College Division '' were classified into Division II , which allowed fewer athletic scholarships than Division I , and Division III , in which athletic scholarships were prohibited . In its inaugural season , Division I had two NCAA-recognized national champions , and they faced each other at year 's end in the Sugar Bowl on New Year 's Eve . The New Orleans game matched two unbeaten teams , the Alabama Crimson Tide ( 11-0 ) , ranked # 1 by AP and UPI , and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish ( 10 -- 0 ) , ranked # 3 by AP and # 4 by UPI . While both wire services ranked Alabama # 1 at the end of the regular season , the final AP poll was after the bowl games . By agreement with the American Football Coaches ' Association , however , UPI bestowed its championship before the postseason bowl games , and Alabama was crowned champion by UPI on December 4 . UPI ranked Notre Dame # 4 . One coach had given the Irish a first place vote , compared to 21 for Alabama . ( In the next season , the final coaches ' poll was after the bowls . ) In a game where the lead changed six times , Notre Dame won by a single point , 24 -- 23 , to claim the AP national championship . During the 20th century , the NCAA had no playoff for major college football teams that would become Division I-A in 1978 . The NCAA Football Guide , however , did note an `` unofficial national champion '' based on the top ranked teams in the `` wire service '' ( AP and UPI ) polls . The `` writers ' poll '' by Associated Press ( AP ) was the most popular , followed by the `` coaches ' poll '' by United Press International ) ( UPI ) . In 1973 , the UPI issued its final poll before the bowls , but the AP Trophy was withheld until the postseason was completed . The AP poll in 1973 consisted of the votes of as many as 63 sportswriters and broadcasters , though not all of them voted in every poll . UPI 's voting was made by 34 coaches . Those who cast votes would give their opinion of the ten best teams . Under a point system of 20 points for first place , 19 for second , etc. , the `` overall '' ranking was determined .",
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"text": "Stan Javier Stanley Julián Antonio Javier -LSB- hah-ve-ERR -RSB- ( born January 9 , 1964 ) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder . He is the son of long time St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Julián Javier , and was named after his father 's teammate and close friend , Stan Musial . A switch-hitter with good production from both sides of the plate , he also had a strong arm with the ability to play all three outfield positions exceptionally well .",
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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": "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": "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": "Don Hardeman Donald Ray `` Don '' Hardeman ( August 13 , 1952 -- June 2 , 2016 ) was an American football running back in the National Football League . He has 5 sons , Don Hardeman Jr. ( Hou ) , Eric Hardeman ( Hou ) , Cedric Hardeman ( Hou ) , Demetrius Hardeman ( DC ) and David Hardeman ( NY ) . Hardeman played five seasons with the Houston Oilers and the Baltimore Colts . In his short career , he scored eleven rushing touchdowns and caught two more . He rushed for 1,460 yards on 397 attempts and caught 58 passes for 285 yards . He was drafted in the first round of the 1975 NFL Draft by the Oilers and attended Texas A&I University . He attended Killeen High School in Killeen , Texas . He died in Temple , Texas in 2016 .",
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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": "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": "Herbert McEver Herbert Macauley `` Mac '' McEver ( September 14 , 1906 -- January 21 , 1996 ) was an American football player and coach of football , basketball , and baseball . He served as the head football coach at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute ( VPI ) -- now known as Virginia Tech -- from 1942 to 1945 , compiling a record of 9 -- 8 -- 1 . He was co-head coach with Sumner D. Tilson in 1942 . McEver was also the head basketball coach at VPI from 1937 to 1944 , amassing a record of 49 -- 71 , and the school 's head baseball coach From 1933 to 1939 , tallying a mark of 41 -- 72 -- 1 . McEver played football at VPI from 1925 to 1928 as part of the famed `` Pony Express '' backfield . He was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame , which he helped organize , in 1983 . He was the older brother of Gene McEver , who starred in football at the University of Tennessee and served as the head football coach at Davidson College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .",
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"text": "National Football League regular season The National Football League ( NFL ) regular season begins the weekend after Labor Day in early September and ends in December or early January . It consists of 256 games , where each team ( 32 total ) plays 16 games during a 17-week period . Since 2012 , the NFL schedule generally has games in one of five time slots during the week . A game played on Thursday night , kicking off at 8:25 PM ( ET ) . The majority of games are played on Sunday , most kicking off at 1:00 PM ( ET ) , some late afternoon games starting at 4:05 or 4:25 PM ( ET ) . Additionally , one Sunday night game is played every week at 8:30 PM ( ET ) . One Monday night game then starts at 8:30 PM ( ET ) every week with the exception of the first week of the regular season , in which two Monday night games are played back-to-back ( the second game always occurring on the West coast ) , as well as the last week of the season , in which no Monday night game is held . In addition to these regularly scheduled games , there are occasionally games at other times , such as a Saturday afternoon or evening , or the annual Thanksgiving Day games in which three games are played . During the final week of the regular season , all games are held on Sunday . In place since 2006 , the current broadcasting contract establishes broadcast partners for each game . The Sunday afternoon games are broadcast either on CBS or Fox . CBS has the broadcast rights for teams in the American Football Conference while Fox has the rights for teams in the National Football Conference . In games where teams from both conferences play each other , the network with the broadcast rights for the `` away '' team will broadcast the game . In each local television market , three Sunday afternoon games are played . One of the two networks gets a doubleheader , while the other network has the right to broadcast a single game ; the networks alternate weeks when each has the right to the doubleheader . Doubleheader games are broadcast at 1:00 ( ET ) and 4:25 PM ( ET ) . The network with the single game will have an official kick-off time at either 1:00 PM ( ET ) or 4:05 PM ( ET ) . In addition to the regular Sunday afternoon games , there are three prime time games each week . The Thursday night game is broadcast by the NFL Network ( with , starting in 2016 , five of those Thursday games also being simulcast by CBS and another five on NBC ) . The Sunday night game is broadcast by NBC , while the Monday night game is broadcast by ESPN . The NFL uses a strict scheduling algorithm to determine which teams play each other from year to year , based on the current division alignments and the final division standings from the previous season . The current formula has been in place since 2002 , the last year that the NFL expanded its membership . Generally , each team plays the other three teams in its own division twice , all four teams from a single division in the AFC once , all four teams from a single division in the NFC once , and two additional intraconference games based on the standings from the previous season .",
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"text": "2004 NFL Draft The 2004 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players . It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting . The draft was held April 24 -- 25 , 2004 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City . No teams chose to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year . The draft was shown on ESPN both days and eventually moved to ESPN2 both days . The draft began with the San Diego Chargers selecting Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning with the first overall selection . Manning was later traded to the New York Giants for their first selection , fourth overall pick Philip Rivers of NC State . There were 32 compensatory selections distributed among 16 teams , with the Eagles , Rams , and Jets each receiving 4 compensatory picks . The draft set several records , including the most wide receivers selected in the first round , with seven . Another record set by the draft was the most trades in the first round , with twenty-eight trades . The University of Miami set an NFL record for the most first rounders drafted with 6 . Ohio State set an NFL draft record having 14 total players selected through all rounds . As of 2012 , this draft also has two other records attached to it : it became the draft with the shortest time between having multiple quarterbacks being drafted and starting for Super Bowl winners ( Ben Roethlisberger for the 2005 Steelers , and Manning for the 2007 Giants ) and it has become the first draft ever to have produced two QBs who each won multiple Super Bowls ( with Roethlisberger winning his second in 2008 and Eli his second in 2011 ) . The 255 players chosen in the draft were composed of : __ TOC __",
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"text": "Art Rooney II Arthur Joseph `` Art '' Rooney II ( born September 14 , 1952 ) is the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League .",
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"text": "Garrett Ford, Sr. Garrett William Ford , Sr. ( born May 4 , 1945 ) is a former American football player , coach , and college athletics administrator . He played college football at West Virginia University and professionally in the American Football League ( NFL ) with the Denver Broncos . Ford later returned to his alma mater and served an assistant football coach and assistant athletics director . He was the first African American assistant coach in West Virginia University history and is a member of the West Virginia Hall of Fame . Ford 's son , Garrett Ford , Jr. , was also a starting tailback for West Virginia .",
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"text": "Steve Conley Donald Steven `` Steve '' Conley ( born January 18 , 1972 ) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League . Conley played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Indianapolis Colts in his three-year NFL career . He also played in the Canadian Football League and the XFL . He attended the University of Arkansas , where he was named 1st team All-SEC as a senior in 1995 . Conley is the younger brother of Olympic medalist Mike Conley , Sr. , and the uncle of former Ohio State basketball player , and current Memphis Grizzlies Point Guard , Mike Conley , Jr. . Conley has appeared on the TLC TV series 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On as a friend of the Duggar family .",
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"text": "Alan Ameche Lino Dante `` Alan '' Ameche ( -LSB- əˈmiːtʃiː -RSB- June 1 , 1933 -- August 8 , 1988 ) , nicknamed `` The Iron Horse '' , or simply `` The Horse '' , was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison and won the Heisman Trophy during his senior season in 1954 . Ameche was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons in the league . He is famous for scoring the winning touchdown in overtime in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants , labeled `` The Greatest Game Ever Played . '' With colleague and former Colts teammate Gino Marchetti , Ameche founded the Gino 's Hamburgers chain . He also founded the Baltimore-based Ameche 's Drive-in restaurants .",
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"text": "List of second-generation Major League Baseball players The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played or managed in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) .",
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"text": "History of the New England Patriots The history of the New England Patriots began when Boston business executive William `` Billy '' Sullivan and Sullivan Brother Printers , owned by Joseph Sullivan , were awarded the eighth and final franchise of the developing American Football League ( AFL ) on November 16 , 1959 . The following winter , locals submitted thousands of ideas for the Boston football team 's official name . On February 20 , 1960 , Sullivan chose `` Boston Patriots '' , which was suggested by 74 fans , among them Larry Kepnes . Immediately thereafter , artist Phil Bissell developed the `` Pat Patriot '' logo . The Patriots ' time in the AFL saw them without a regular home stadium . Nickerson Field , Harvard Stadium , Fenway Park , and Alumni Stadium , all in or near Boston , served as home fields during their time in the American Football League . Early Patriots stars included defensive tackles Jim Lee `` Earthquake '' Hunt and Houston Antwine ; quarterback Vito `` Babe '' Parilli ; and flanker-placekicker Gino `` The Duke '' Cappelletti . Hunt , Parilli and Cappelletti played every year of the existence of the AFL , with Hunt and Cappelletti spending all ten years with the Patriots . Cappelletti was the all-time leading scorer in the AFL . Later the Patriots were joined by such stars as defensive end Larry Eisenhauer , fullback Jim Nance , and middle linebacker and future Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti . Cappelletti and Nance were AFL Most Valuable Players , Cappelletti in 1964 and Nance in 1966 . Buoniconti and Antwine were later named to the American Football League All-Time Team . The Boston Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills in an AFL Eastern Division playoff game in 1963 , and played in the 1963 AFL championship game , losing to the San Diego Chargers 51 -- 10 . Although they would not appear again in an AFL or NFL post-season game for another 13 years , in the AFL , the Patriots often challenged the dominant Bills for the Eastern Division title . When the NFL and AFL merged in 1970 , the Patriots were placed in the AFC East division , where they still play today . The following year , the Patriots moved to a new stadium in Foxborough , Massachusetts , a suburb of Boston , which would serve as their home for 30 years ; the team also changed their name to the New England Patriots to reflect the location change , as well as its following throughout the region as its only NFL team ( though both New York City teams have substantial followings in parts of Connecticut as well ) . During the 1970s , the Patriots had some success , earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976 -- as a wild card-berth -- and in 1978 -- as AFC East champions . They would lose both games . In 1985 , they returned to the playoffs , and made it all the way to Super Bowl XX , which they lost against the Chicago Bears 46 -- 10 . Following their Super Bowl loss , they returned to the playoffs in 1986 , but lost in the first round . The team would not make the playoffs again for eight more years . They changed ownership several times in that period , being purchased from the Sullivan family first by Victor Kiam in 1988 , who sold the team to James Orthwein in 1992 . Orthwein intended to move the team to his native St. Louis , Missouri , but sold the team two years later to current owner , local businessman Robert Kraft in 1994 . Though Orthwein 's period as owner was short and controversial , he did oversee major changes to the team . Former New York Giants coach Bill Parcells was hired in 1993 , and the drastic changes were made the same year to the Patriots uniforms , changing their primary colors from their traditional red and white to blue and silver , and introducing a new logo . Parcells would bring the Patriots to two playoff appearances , including Super Bowl XXXI , which they lost to the Green Bay Packers by a score of 35 -- 21 . Pete Carroll , Parcells ' successor , would also take the team to the playoffs twice . Bill Belichick , current head coach , was hired in 2000 , and a new home field , Gillette Stadium was opened in 2002 . Under Belichick , the team won three Super Bowls in four years , and finished the 2007 regular season with a perfect 16 -- 0 record , becoming only the fourth team in league history to go undefeated , and the only one since the league expanded its regular season schedule to 16 games ; however , they ended that season with an 18-1 record after their loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII . The Patriots have made the playoffs in 12 of the 15 seasons that Belichick has been coach , missing them only in 2000 ( his first season ) , 2002 , and 2008 . They later faced the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX on February 1 , 2015 , and won by a score of 28-24 . The Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium .",
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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": "Chiefs–Raiders rivalry The Chiefs -- Raiders rivalry is considered to be one of the National Football League ( NFL ) 's most bitter rivalries . Since the American Football League ( AFL ) was established in 1960 , the Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland Raiders have shared the same division , first being the AFL Western Conference , and since the AFL -- NFL merger in , the AFC West . The Chiefs lead the series 62 -- 52 -- 2 . The Chiefs are ahead in playoff match-ups with a record of 2 -- 1 . The Chiefs are one of only four teams in the NFL ( and the only team in the AFC West ) with a winning record against the Raiders ( with 10 or more contests )",
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"text": "Her (film) Her is a 2013 American romantic science-fiction drama film written , directed , and produced by Spike Jonze . It marks Jonze 's solo screenwriting debut . The film follows Theodore Twombly ( Joaquin Phoenix ) , a man who develops a relationship with Samantha ( Scarlett Johansson ) , an intelligent computer operating system personified through a female voice . The film also stars Amy Adams , Rooney Mara , and Olivia Wilde . Jonze conceived the idea in the early 2000s after reading an article about a website that allowed for instant messaging with an artificial intelligence program . After making I 'm Here ( 2010 ) , a short film sharing similar themes , Jonze returned to the idea . He wrote the first draft of the script in five months . Principal photography took place in Los Angeles and Shanghai in mid-2012 . The role of Samantha was recast in post-production , with Samantha Morton being replaced with Johansson . Additional scenes were filmed in August 2013 following the casting change . Her premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival on October 12 , 2013 . Warner Bros. initially provided a limited release for Her at six theaters on December 18 . It was later given a wide release at over 1,700 theaters in the United States and Canada on January 10 , 2014 . Her received widespread critical acclaim upon its release , and grossed over $ 47 million worldwide on a production budget of $ 23 million . The film received numerous awards and nominations , primarily for Jonze 's screenplay . At the 86th Academy Awards , Her received five nominations , including Best Picture , and won the award for Best Original Screenplay . Jonze also won awards for his screenplay at the 71st Golden Globe Awards , the 66th Writers Guild of America Awards , the 19th Critics ' Choice Awards , and the 40th Saturn Awards .",
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"text": "Sports in Boston Boston , the capital city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and largest city in the New England region of the northeastern United States , is home to several major league sports teams , including the Red Sox ( baseball ) , the Celtics ( basketball ) and the Bruins ( ice hockey ) . The New England Patriots ( American football ) and the New England Revolution ( soccer ) play at Gillette Stadium in nearby Foxborough , Massachusetts . Several Boston-area colleges and universities are also active in college athletics . Sports are a major part of the city 's culture ( as well as the culture of the Greater Boston area ) . Boston sports fans are known for their fanatical devotion to the Red Sox and knowledge of the team 's history . Fenway Park , home of the Red Sox , is the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) and holds a legendary status among baseball fans . Boston is the only city in professional sports in which all facilities are privately owned and operated . The Patriots own Gillette Stadium , the Red Sox own Fenway Park , and TD Garden is owned by Delaware North , owner of the Bruins . The Celtics rent TD Garden from Delaware North . In the 2000s , Boston 's professional teams had arguably the most successful decade in sports history , winning ten championships ( five by the Patriots , three by the Red Sox and one each by the Celtics and Bruins ) . When the Bruins won the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals , the city of Boston became the first city in the 21st century to have all four of its major professional league teams win a league championship , and it is the only city ever to have championships in all four major professional leagues within a ten-year span ( from the Patriots ' victory in February 2002 to the Bruins ' in June 2011 ) . In just ten years , between February 2002 and June 2011 , Boston 's teams completed what Sports Illustrated dubbed as the `` Grand Slam of North American sports . '' With the Patriots ' victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX , the four major Boston-area sports teams completed a grand-slam in six years ( the 2008 Celtics , the 2011 Bruins , the 2013 Red Sox and the 2014 Patriots ) . Beyond that , several of the teams were league finalists : the Revolution four times , the Patriots twice and the Bruins and Celtics once apiece . With the Bruins reaching the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals , this allowed Boston to join Philadelphia as being the only cities to have had all of their teams play in each of the four major North American professional sports leagues ' title rounds since 2000 , following the Patriots in Super Bowls XXXVI in 2002 , XXXVIII in 2004 , XXXIX in 2005 , XLII in 2008 , XLVI in 2012 , XLIX in 2015 , and LI in 2017 and winning all of them , except Super Bowl XLII and XLVI , the Red Sox winning World Series titles in ( ending the Curse of the Bambino ) , , and , and the Celtics in the NBA Finals in and and winning in 2008 . In addition , Boston beat out Philadelphia for playing in all of the `` big '' league championship rounds in the shortest time in the new millennium , as it took 9 years for Philadelphia to achieve this feat ; Boston needed only three years and eight months . From 2004 to 2015 , all four Boston major league teams have each reached the championship rounds two times or more .",
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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": "Giaan Rooney Giaan Leigh Rooney , OAM ( born 15 November 1982 ) is an Australian former competition swimmer and television personality . As a member of the Australian team in women 's 4 × 100-metre medley relay , she won an Olympic gold medal and broke a world record at the 2004 Summer Olympics . Rooney is currently an Australian television presenter .",
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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": "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": "1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women 's World Cup , the third edition of the FIFA Women 's World Cup , was held in the United States and won by the host team . The final between the U.S. and China , held on July 10 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , California , was the most-attended women 's sports event in history with an official attendance of 90,185 . U.S. President Bill Clinton was among those in attendance . The final was scoreless after extra time and won by the U.S. in a penalty shootout . This remains the only Women 's World Cup tournament in which the host nation has won . An official music video of the number Let 's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez was filmed live at the 1999 FIFA Women 's World Cup .",
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"text": "Carrie Underwood discography American singer and songwriter Carrie Underwood has released five studio albums and 29 singles . Underwood rose to fame after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005 . Her debut album , Some Hearts , was released in 2005 and is the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history . It also became the best-selling solo female country debut in Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) history , as well as the top-selling debut album of any American Idol contestant in the United States . Her second album , Carnival Ride , was released in 2007 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 charts . During the first week , it sold 527,000 copies , which at the time was the best sales week by a female solo country artist since Shania Twain 's Greatest Hits sold 530,000 copies in its first week back in 2004 . The album has since been certified 4x Platinum . Underwood released her third studio album , Play On , on November 3 , 2009 . It debuted at number one on the Top Country Albums chart and the all-genre Billboard 200 . It features the number one singles `` Cowboy Casanova '' , `` Temporary Home '' , and `` Undo It '' , as well as the number two single , `` Mama 's Song '' . The album has since been certified 3x Platinum in the US , Platinum in Canada , and Gold in Australia . On June 2011 , the album re-entered the Australian Albums Charts for both the ARIA National Top 50 and the Country Top 20 albums at number 14 and number one , respectively , giving Underwood her first number one album in Australia . The album was eventually certified Gold in Australia . On May 1 , 2012 , Underwood released her fourth album , Blown Away . In the United States , it sold 267,000 albums in its first week and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums charts . It debuted at number one in Canada 's Top 200 all-genre albums chart and Top 100 Country albums chart , being immediately certified Gold . The album also debuted at number one on Australia 's Top 20 Country Albums and number four on the all-genre Top 50 Albums . The album has been certified 2x Platinum in the United States and Canada . On December 9 , 2014 , Underwood released her first greatest hits album , Greatest Hits : Decade # 1 . The compilation debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top Country Albums charts , and set several records upon release , including having the biggest sales debut for a hits collection in any genre of music in more than six years and the biggest first-week sales for a female hits album in any genre in over nine years . The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on January 16 , 2015 . Underwood 's fifth studio album , Storyteller was released on October 23 , 2015 . The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 . This made Underwood the only country artist to have his or her first five studio albums debut at number one or number two on the Billboard 200 chart . It also debuted atop the Top Country Albums chart , earning Underwood another record as the only artist to score six consecutive number one albums on that chart . The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 24 , 2016 . Underwood has sold in excess of 65 million records globally . In the United States , she has sold 16.3 million albums and over 34.8 million digital singles , making her the best-selling American Idol contestant of all-time . She is the top country artist and the fifth highest-certified female artist on the RIAA Top Artists ( Digital Singles ) Ranking . She is also the fourth biggest album seller among artists who have debuted the past 13 years . Underwood has accumulated 85 Billboard number-ones . She has had 15 singles top the Billboard Country Airplay , and 14 singles top the Hot Country Songs , respectively . Notably , Underwood garnered twenty-six consecutive top 10 singles on the Hot Country Songs chart , the longest streak of top ten singles for a country artist .",
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"text": "Let Me Be Your Star `` Let Me Be Your Star '' is an original song introduced in the first episode of the first season of the musical TV series Smash , entitled Pilot . It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman , but in the show 's universe , it was written by songwriting duo Tom Levitt ( Christian Borle ) and Julia Houston ( Debra Messing ) for the Marilyn Monroe musical they are working on , Bombshell . In the first episode , the song is performed by characters Karen Cartwright ( Katharine McPhee ) and Ivy Lynn ( Megan Hilty ) as they each prepare for and then audition for the role of Marilyn in front the production team . The song has since been reprised numerous times in various episodes , both as solos and duets . For the first season , it was also sung by Karen and Ivy in the second episode `` The Callback '' and the seventh episode `` The Workshop '' , by Ivy in the sixth episode `` Chemistry '' , and by Rebecca Duvall ( Uma Thurman ) in the eleventh episode `` The Movie Star '' and the fourteenth episode `` Previews '' . In the second season , it was reprised by Karen and several female members of the Bombshell ensemble in the first episode `` On Broadway '' , and by Ivy in the eighth episode `` The Bells and Whistles '' and the eleventh episode `` The Dress Rehearsal '' . The song was originally released as a single to digital music retailers and is available on the cast albums The Music of Smash and Bombshell ( the latter with an extended intro not heard on the show ) , with McPhee and Hilty 's vocals from the `` Pilot '' episode . The song has sold 48,000 digital downloads as of April 13 , 2012 .",
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"text": "Diego Maradona Diego Armando Maradona ( -LSB- ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona -RSB- , born 30 October 1960 ) is an Argentine retired professional footballer . He has served as a manager and coach at other clubs as well as the national team of Argentina . Many in the sport , including football writers , players , and fans , regard Maradona as the greatest football player of all time . He was joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé . An advanced playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position , Maradona is the first player in football history to set the world record transfer fee twice , first when he transferred to Barcelona for a then world record # 5 million , and second , when he transferred to Napoli for another record fee # 6.9 million . He played for Argentinos Juniors , Boca Juniors , Barcelona , Napoli , Sevilla and Newell 's Old Boys during his club career , and is most famous for his time at Napoli , where he won numerous accolades . In his international career with Argentina , he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals . Maradona 's vision , passing , ball control , dribbling skills , speed , reflexes and reaction time was combined with his small size ( 1.65 m tall ) giving him a low center of gravity which allowed him to be more maneuverable than most other football players ; he would often dribble past multiple opposing players on a run . His presence on the pitch had a great effect on his team 's general performance , while he would often be singled out by the opposition . A precocious talent , Maradona was given the nickname `` El Pibe de Oro '' ( `` The Golden Boy '' ) , a name that stuck with him throughout his career . Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups , including the 1986 World Cup in Mexico where he captained Argentina and led them to victory over West Germany in the final , and won the Golden Ball as the tournament 's best player . In the 1986 World Cup quarter final , he scored both goals in a 2 -- 1 victory over England that entered football history for two different reasons . The first goal was an unpenalized handling foul known as the `` Hand of God '' , while the second goal followed a 60 m dribble past five England players , voted `` The Goal of the Century '' by FIFA.com voters in 2002 . Maradona became coach of Argentina in November 2008 . He was in charge of the team at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa before leaving at the end of the tournament . He coached Dubai-based club Al Wasl in the UAE Pro-League for the 2011 -- 12 season . In August 2013 , Maradona joined Argentine Primera D club Deportivo Riestra 's staff as `` spiritual coach '' .",
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"text": "Andréia Suntaque Andréia Suntaque ( born 14 September 1977 in Nova Cantu , Paraná ) , often referred to as simply Andréia , is a female football ( soccer ) goalkeeper from Brazil , who currently plays for Brazilian club Sociedade Esportiva Tiradentes . Andréia was a member of the Brazilian team that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics . Andréia was a member of the Brazil Women 's Squad at the 2003 FIFA Women 's World Cup . The next year Brazil were the runner-up at the 2004 Summer Olympics . In 2007 Brazil were the runner-up in the 2007 FIFA Women 's World Cup after losing 2 -- 0 in the final to Germany . The next year in the 2008 Summer Olympics Andreia lost her starting spot to Barbara , because Barbara `` Would give Brazil a better chance to claim `` Their First Ever Major Title '' . But Brazil failed to capitalize , they lost the final 1 -- 0 against the United States in Extra Time . After the Game Andreia and Barbara were seen hugging each other and laying on the ground crying . In 2011 the Brazil squad were ready to get in level terms on the world stage . They walked through their group winning all the games . They once again meet the USA squad in the Quarter Finals . In the second minute of the game a cross was sent in on the ground from Shannon Boxx , and then kicked into the Brazilian goal by a Brazilian defender Daiane . Marta went on to score twice to give Brazil the lead . Brazil thought they had a time management plan , but in the 122 ' minute USA midfielder Megan Rapinoe sent a ball into the Brazilian box . Andréia came way off her line missing the ball allowing US striker Abby Wambach to score the game tying header with just seconds left . The two teams went into a PK shoot out . On the first kick by Shannon Boxx , Andréia appeared to save the PK , but actually was many yards off her line . Boxx took another PK and slipped it right past Andréia . Then Carli Lloyd , Abby Wambach , Megan Rapinoe , and Ali Krieger scored their PK 's to beat the Brazilian and send them out of the World Cup . In 2015 Andréia was n't selected for the 2015 Women 's World Cup Brazilian squad .",
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"text": "Drew Live `` Drew Live '' is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the American sitcom The Drew Carey Show , and the 109th overall . The episode 's plot focuses on Drew ( Drew Carey ) trying to stop his friend , Kate ( Christa Miller ) , from pursuing a relationship with a mystery guy , as Drew is in love with her . However , Drew is unaware that he is stopping Kate from pursuing him . Meanwhile , Drew 's brother Steve ( John Carroll Lynch ) and his fiancée Mimi Bobeck ( Kathy Kinney ) hold a joint bachelor and bachelorette party . The episode was written by Clay Graham and directed by Gerry Cohen . It first aired on November 10 , 1999 on the ABC network in the United States . Executive producer and series co-creator , Bruce Helford came up with the idea for `` Drew Live '' after seeing medical drama ER '' 's live episode in 1997 . To make `` Drew Live '' stand out , two-minute improvisational segments , where the cast had to invent their own lines , were added in during filming . The cast and crew performed the episode live three times for the Eastern , Mountain and Pacific time zones . It was shot on tape and broadcast with a small delay . Several regulars from Whose Line Is It Anyway ? made guest appearances . `` Drew Live '' was seen by an estimated 12 million viewers , finishing inside the Top 20 in the ratings for the week of November 8 -- 14 , 1999 . It was the third highest-rated show on ABC that week and the most watched episode of The Drew Carey Show in 44 weeks . It received mixed reviews from critics , with The Boston Globe 's Matthew Gilbert calling it `` gimmicky '' and `` a smug mess . '' While David Bianculli from the Daily News '' branded it `` a hoot '' and thought Cohen `` captured the action perfectly '' .",
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"text": "2006 MTV Movie Awards The 2006 MTV Movie Awards were hosted by Jessica Alba and featured performances by Christina Aguilera , AFI and Gnarls Barkley . In addition to the below awards , MTV gave lifetime achievement awards to Jim Carrey ( The MTV Generation Award ) and Spike Lee ( The Silver Bucket of Excellence , for Do the Right Thing ) . MTV held its 15th annual movie awards show on Saturday , June 3 , at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City , California . MTV first broadcast the award show on 8 June at 9:00 pm ET . Tenth Planet Productions produced the awards , and Joel Gallen was the executive-producer and director for the 12th consecutive year . This is also the second MTV Movie Awards show to have a host win an award . The first show was in 2004 with Lindsay Lohan winning an award . The host for the MTV Movie Awards in 2006 was Jessica Alba . Christina Aguilera performed , for the very first time , her lead single of her latest release Back to Basics , `` Ai n't No Other Man '' . Pre-recorded parodies include The Da Vinci Code , Mission : Impossible III , and King Kong .",
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"text": "Art Rooney Award The Art Rooney Award is given annually by the National Football League recognizing outstanding sportsmanship on the playing field . Established in 2015 , the award is named in honor of Art Rooney , Sr. , the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and a member of the National Football League Hall of Fame . The award is determined by a vote of the NFL players . The award is presented each year to an NFL player who demonstrates on the field the qualities of great sportsmanship , including fair play , respect for opponents , and integrity in competition . Each NFL team nominates one player during the season . A panel of former players from the NFL Legends Community selected from the 32 nominees eight finalists ( four in the American Football Conference ; four in the National Football Conference ) . The panel of Legends Coordinators in the inaugural year was composed of Warrick Dunn , Curtis Martin , Karl Mecklenburg and Leonard Wheeler . Along with the award , the winner receives a $ 25,000 donation from the NFL Foundation to a charity of his choice .",
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"text": "Althea Gibson Althea Gibson ( August 25 , 1927 -- September 28 , 2003 ) was an American tennis player and professional golfer , and the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis . In 1956 , she became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title ( the French Open ) . The following year she won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals ( precursor of the U.S. Open ) , then won both again in 1958 , and was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years . In all , she won 11 Grand Slam tournaments , including six doubles titles , and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame and the International Women 's Sports Hall of Fame . `` She is one of the greatest players who ever lived , '' said Robert Ryland , a tennis contemporary and former coach of Venus and Serena Williams . `` Martina could n't touch her . I think she 'd beat the Williams sisters . '' In the early 1960s she also became the first black player to compete on the women 's professional golf tour . At a time when racism and prejudice were widespread in sports and in society , Gibson was often compared to Jackie Robinson . `` Her road to success was a challenging one , '' said Billie Jean King , `` but I never saw her back down . '' `` To anyone , she was an inspiration , because of what she was able to do at a time when it was enormously difficult to play tennis at all if you were black , '' said former New York City Mayor David Dinkins . `` I am honored to have followed in such great footsteps , '' wrote Venus Williams . `` Her accomplishments set the stage for my success , and through players like myself and Serena and many others to come , her legacy will live on . ''",
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"text": "Get Him Back `` Get Him Back '' is a song written by American singer Fiona Apple and produced by Mike Elizondo and Brian Kehew for her third album Extraordinary Machine ( 2005 ) . It was released as a promotional CD single only to triple-A radio as the album 's fourth single on February 6 , 2006 ( see 2006 in music ) . In 2003 Extraordinary Machine , which was originally produced by Jon Brion , was submitted to Sony Music executives , who were reportedly unenthusiastic about the finished product and shelved it . On February 26 , 2005 radio DJ Andrew Harms at 107.7 The End in Seattle began playing previously unheard tracks from a bootleg copy of Extraordinary Machine , and before long , poor quality copies of `` Not about Love '' , `` Get Him Back '' and `` Used to Love Him '' were circulating on the internet . Soon after , CD-quality versions of all the tracks were released through the BitTorrent website TorrentBox . An extensively reworked version of Extraordinary Machine , co-produced by Mike Elizondo and Brian Kehew , was released in October 2005 . The Chicago Tribune published a track-by-track comparison of the leaked and official versions of the album , and wrote of `` Get Him Back '' : `` Brion 's drum fills are more pronounced and strings underscore the vocals , while the Roots ' Ahmir Thompson gives the Elizondo-Kehew version a more linear groove . '' Blender magazine ranked the official version of the song at number thirty-five on its list of `` The 100 Greatest Songs of 2005 '' , and a `` 205 Best Songs to Download from 2005 '' article in the New York Post placed it at number thirty .",
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"text": "Art Rooney II Arthur Joseph `` Art '' Rooney II ( born September 14 , 1952 ) is the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League .",
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"text": "Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper ( née Allen ; born 2 May 1985 ) , known professionally as Lily Allen , is an English singer , songwriter , actress , and television presenter . She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen . Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills . In 2005 , she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings . Her first mainstream single , `` Smile '' , reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006 . Her debut record , Alright , Still , was well received , selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards , Brit Awards and MTV Video Music Awards . She began hosting her own talk-show , Lily Allen and Friends , on BBC Three . Her second studio album , It 's Not Me , It 's You , saw a genre shift , having more of an electropop feel , rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one . The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was well received by critics , noting the singer 's musical evolution and maturity . It spawned the hit singles `` The Fear '' and `` Fuck You '' . This success saw her receive the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards . Allen and Amy Winehouse were credited with starting a process that led to the `` year of the women '' media label in 2009 that saw five female artists making music of `` experimentalism and fearlessness '' nominated for the Mercury Prize . In 2009 , Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from musical activities . In 2011 , she launched her own record label . In 2013 , Allen revealed that she had begun working on her third studio album , which was later titled Sheezus . On 12 November 2013 , Allen premiered the video for her first original song since 2009 , `` Hard out Here '' , which was released as a single five days later .",
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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": "List of awards and nominations received by Missy Elliott Missy Elliott is an American rapper , singer-songwriter , author , record producer and actress . Missy 's debut album Supa Dupa Fly was released on July 15 , 1997 in the United States under her own label The Goldmind Inc. signed under Elektra Records . Her second album Da Real World was then released on June 22 , 1999 , followed by her third album Miss E. . . So Addictive , released on May 15 , 2001 . Under Construction was the fourth album released by Elliott , which was released on November 12 , 2002 , followed by her fifth album This Is Not a Test ! that saw a release in November 25 , 2003 , and The Cookbook , Elliott 's latest album to date , which was released on July 4 , 2005 . Throughout Missy Elliott 's career , she has received several awards and nominations . Elliott would also be noted to become the first female rapper in history to take home the award for `` Best International Video '' from VIVA Comet Media Awards for her solo debut single , `` The Rain ( Supa Dupa Fly ) '' . Elliott 's debut Supa Dupa Fly ( 1997 ) would go on to score two Grammy nominations for Best Rap Solo Performance & Best Rap Album , alongside three MTV Music Video Awards nominations for `` Best Direction in a Video , '' `` Best Breakthrough Video '' & `` Best Rap Video '' . Missy Elliott 's second album Da Real World ( 1999 ) attained a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album . She also received an award for `` Best R&B / Soul or Rap Music Video '' by the Soul Train Awards . The album went on to go platinum making it Elliott 's second platinum album . The follow-up , Miss E. . . So Addictive ( 2001 ) , was a commercial success ; selling over 9.2 million copies worldwide making it her third consecutive platinum album . This album would attain twelve MTV Video Music Awards nominations throughout 2001 and 2002 . Additionally , the effort gained Elliott several nominations from various award shows some including , the Grammy Awards , MTV Video Music Awards , and the BET Awards . On March 27 , 2001 , Lil ' Kim , Christina Aguilera , Pink , and Mýa recorded a cover version of the LaBelle song , `` Lady Marmalade '' as a medley for the feature film Moulin Rouge that Missy Elliott wrote and produced , which topped # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks . `` Lady Marmalade '' scored Elliott 's first Grammy Award in 2002 for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals . Missy Elliott 's fourth album Under Construction ( 2002 ) was certified double platinum , making it her fourth platinum album . The effort gained Elliott eight MTV Video Music Awards in 2003 , taking two awards for `` Video of the Year & `` Best Hip-Hop Video '' . The album also gained Elliott five Grammy nominations in 2004 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group , Best Rap Album , Album of The Year , Best Rap Song & Best Female Rap Solo Performance taking an award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance . Elliott 's follow-up This Is Not a Test ! ( 2003 ) would also attain a platinum certification , as well as two MTV Video Music Awards and one MTV Music Video Japan Awards nominations . The Cookbook ( 2005 ) is Missy Elliott 's latest album to date . The effort attained three Grammy nominations in 2006 for Best Short Form Music Video , Best Rap Song & Best Rap Album . Elliott received the award for Best Short Form Music Video for her single `` Lose Control '' . The Cookbook also gained Elliott seven MTV Video Music Awards nominations , taking two awards for `` Best Dance Video '' and `` Best Hip-Hop Video '' . In 2014 , Missy Elliott became nominated for a Grammy for Best R&B Song for the featured single , `` Without Me '' .",
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"text": "Who's That Girl (1987 film) Who 's That Girl is a 1987 American screwball comedy film written by Andrew Smith and Ken Finkleman , and directed by James Foley . It stars Madonna and Griffin Dunne , and depicts the story of a street-smart girl who is falsely accused of murdering her boyfriend and is sent to jail . After getting released , she meets a man , who is supposed to make sure she gets on her bus back to Philadelphia , and convinces him to help her catch those responsible for her confinement . While searching for the embezzler , they fall in love with each other . After the failure of her 1986 film Shanghai Surprise , Madonna decided to sign another comedy film titled Slammer , which was later renamed to Who 's That Girl . However , she had to convince both Warner Bros. and the producers of the film that she was ready for the project . Madonna enlisted her friend James Foley to direct the film . Shooting began in New York in October 1986 , and continued until March 1987 . Production was halted during December due to snowfall in New York . Madonna utilized the time to work on her next tour and the soundtrack of the film . The film was released on August 7 , 1987 , and was a box office bomb , grossing only $ 2.5 million in its first week , with its final domestic total being about $ 7.3 million . Critics were highly disappointed with the film , and Foley 's direction . Some went on to call it one of the worst films to be released , while others found Madonna 's comic timing to be one of the highlights . However , the Who 's That Girl World Tour went on to be a critical and commercial success , grossing a total of US$ 25 million , and playing in front of audiences totaling 1.5 million people . The soundtrack of the film , though not acclaimed by the critics , enjoyed commercial success . Three of Madonna 's songs , the title track , `` Causing a Commotion '' and `` The Look of Love '' , were released as singles with the title track becoming Madonna 's sixth number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The soundtrack album went on to sell six million copies worldwide .",
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"text": "Genghis Khan Genghis Khan ( -LSB- ˈdʒɛŋɡɪs_ˈkɑːn -RSB- , usually pronounced -LSB- ˈɡɛŋɡɪs_ˈkɑːn -RSB- Чингис хаан , Çingis hán -LSB- t͡ʃʰiŋɡɪs xaːŋ -RSB- , c. 1162 August 18 , 1227 ) , born Temüjin , was the Great Khan and founder of the Mongol Empire , which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death . He came to power by uniting many of the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia . After founding the Empire and being proclaimed `` Genghis Khan '' , he started the Mongol invasions that conquered most of Eurasia . Campaigns initiated in his lifetime include those against the Qara Khitai , Caucasus , and Khwarazmian , Western Xia and Jin dynasties . These campaigns were often accompanied by large-scale massacres of the civilian populations -- especially in the Khwarazmian and Western Xia controlled lands . By the end of his life , the Mongol Empire occupied a substantial portion of Central Asia and China . Before Genghis Khan died he assigned Ögedei Khan as his successor . Later his grandsons split his empire into khanates . He died in 1227 after defeating the Western Xia . He was buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Mongolia . His descendants extended the Mongol Empire across most of Eurasia by conquering or creating vassal states in all of modern-day China , Korea , the Caucasus , Central Asia , and substantial portions of Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia . Many of these invasions repeated the earlier large-scale slaughters of local populations . As a result , Genghis Khan and his empire have a fearsome reputation in local histories . Beyond his military accomplishments , Genghis Khan also advanced the Mongol Empire in other ways . He decreed the adoption of the Uyghur script as the Mongol Empire 's writing system . He also practiced meritocracy and encouraged religious tolerance in the Mongol Empire , and unified the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia . Present-day Mongolians regard him as the founding father of Mongolia . Although known for the brutality of his campaigns and considered by many to have been a genocidal ruler , Genghis Khan is also credited with bringing the Silk Road under one cohesive political environment . This brought communication and trade from Northeast Asia into Muslim Southwest Asia and Christian Europe , thus expanding the horizons of all three cultural areas .",
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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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"text": "Chonos tribe Chonos , one of the Mongolian tribes , can be found in Kalmykia , Buryatia , and the Irkutskaya province in the Russian Federation , and also in Mongolia and the People 's Republic of China . The name of the tribe translates as `` wolves '' or `` wolf 's '' , and it is one of the most ancient Mongolian tribes . It is famous as a first tribe which joined Genghis Khan . Other names of the tribe in the various Mongolian languages include `` Shono '' , `` Chono '' , `` Shonod '' , and `` Chinos '' . According to Rashid-al-Din , the founders of the Chonos tribe were two sons of Charake-Lingum , named Gendu-Chino and Ulug-Chino , while the third son of Charake-Lingum , Surkuduku-Chino , was the father of Ambagay-Khan . Rashid-al-Din states that the male line of the Chonos tribe is Bodonchar - Habichi-Baatar - Dutum-Meneen - Haidu - Charake-Lingum - Gendu-Chino and Ulug-Chino . The name of Gendu-Chino is still found among the Chonos `` arvans '' in Kalmykia . In Mongolia the Chonos tribe is found among the Darkhad .",
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"text": "Goguryeo Goguryeo ( ; -LSB- ko.ɡu.ɾjʌ -RSB- , 37 BCE -- 668 CE ) , originally named Goryeo ( ; -LSB- ko.ɾjʌ -RSB- ) , was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of inner and outer Manchuria . Goguryeo was an active participant in the power struggle for control of the Korean peninsula and was also associated with the foreign affairs of neighboring polities in China and Japan . The Samguk Sagi , a 12th-century text from Goryeo , indicates that Goguryeo was founded in 37 BCE by Jumong , a prince from Buyeo , who was enthroned as Dongmyeong . There is archaeological and textual evidence from Chinese geographic monographs that suggests that Goguryeo may have been in existence since the second century BCE around the fall of Gojoseon , an earlier kingdom which also occupied southern Manchuria and the northern Korean Peninsula . Goguryeo was a powerful empire and one of the great powers in East Asia , until it was defeated by a Silla -- Tang alliance in 668 after prolonged exhaustion and internal strife caused by the death of Yeon Gaesomun . After its fall , its territory was divided among the states of Later Silla , Balhae and Tang China . The name Goryeo , a shortened form of Goguryeo , was adopted as the official name in the 5th century , and is the origin of the English name `` Korea '' .",
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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": "Organization of the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan",
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"text": "Kalyan minaret The Kalyan minaret is a minaret of the Po-i-Kalyan mosque complex in Bukhara , Uzbekistan and one of the most prominent landmarks in the city . The minaret , designed by Bako , was built by the Qarakhanid ruler Mohammad Arslan Khan in 1127 to summon Muslims to prayer five times a day . An earlier tower collapsed before completion . It is made in the form of a circular-pillar baked brick tower , narrowing upwards . It is 45.6 metres ( 149.61 ft ) high ( 48 metres including the point ) , of 9 metres ( 29.53 ft ) diameter at the bottom and 6 metres ( 19.69 ft ) overhead . The body of the minaret is topped by a rotunda with 16 arched fenestrations , from which the muezzins summoned the Muslims in the city to prayer . There is a brick spiral staircase that twists up inside around the pillar to the rotunda . Once the minaret was believed to have had another round section above the rotunda , but now only the cone-shaped top remains . The tower base has narrow ornamental strings belted across it made of bricks which are placed in both straight or diagonal fashion . The frieze is covered with a blue glaze with inscriptions . In times of war , warriors used the minaret as a watchtower to lookout for enemies . About a hundred years after its construction , the tower so impressed Genghis Khan that he ordered it to be spared when all around was destroyed by his men . It is also known as the Tower of Death , because until as recently as the early twentieth century criminals were executed by being thrown from the top . Fitzroy Maclean , who made a surreptitious visit to the city in 1938 , says in his memoir Eastern Approaches , `` For centuries before 1870 , and again in the troubled years between 1917 and 1920 , men were cast down to their death from the delicately ornamented gallery which crowns it . ''",
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"text": "Wali Khan (khoja) Wali Khan ( sometimes spelled Vālī-khan ) was a member of the Ak Taghliq clan of East Turkestan Khojas , who invaded Kashgaria from the Kokand during the Afaqi Khoja revolts on several occasions in the 1850s , and succeeded in ruling Kashgar for a short while . Although Ak Taghliks had been expelled from Kashgaria by the Qing in the 1760s , they had not abandoned their hopes of reconquering the region , and regularly invaded it from their base in Khanate of Kokand . Wali Khan followed in the footsteps of his father , Jahangir Khoja , his uncle Yusuf , and cousin Katti Torah , who had all invaded Kashgaria with various success through the first half of the 19th century . He invaded Kashgaria in 1852 ( with Divan Quli ) , 1855 ( with Husayn Ishan Khoja ) , and most famously in 1857 . Wali Khan , who was reputed for his brutality and tyranny , let a rebellion in 1855 and began by attacking Kashgar . Chinese were massacred and the daughters and wives of the suboordinates of the loyalist Turki governor were seized . Adolphe Schlagintweit , a German , was executed by beheading by Wali Khan and his head put on display . Wali Khan was infamous for his cruelty and if courtiers `` raised their eyes '' to him he would murder them , when the call to prayer was made by a muezzin and his voice was too loud the muezzin was murdered by Wali Khan . A 12,000 strong Chinese army crushed and defeated the 20,000 strong army of Wali Khan in 77 days of combat . Wali Khan was abandoned by his `` allies '' due to his cruelty . The Chinese inflicted harsh reprisals upon Wali Khan 's forces and had his son and father in law executed in harsh manners . In the West Wali Khan is mostly known for his execution of the German explorer Adolf Schlagintweit in 1857 , but his cruelty found many other reflections in the local legends . It is said that he killed so many innocent Muslims that four or six minarets were built from the skulls of the victims ( kala minara ) ; or that once , when an artisan made a sabre for him , he instantly tested the weapon with the words , `` Well , I 'll try it now , '' by cutting off the artisan 's son head , who had come with his father and was standing nearby . Then , with the words , `` Yes , it 's a really good sabre , '' he presented artisan with a gift . This treatment did not make Kashgarians miss the khoja too much when he was defeated by the Chinese troops after ruling the city for four months . The local Uyghurs of Altishahr grew to hate and despite Wali Khan for his forcible introduction of Kokandi culture and suppression of Kashgari culture and for his brutality . In 1865 , after Kokand Khanate had been successfully invaded by the Russian and its ruler Alimqul killed , Wali Khan joined a large group of Kokandian officials who decided to try their luck in Kashgaria . They appeared in Kashgar in September 1865 , but had to submit to the fellow Kokandian Yaqub Beg , who had already firmly established himself as the ruler of the city . Wali Khan 's followers attempts to bring him to power again very easily foiled by Yaqub Beg , who had Wali Khan arrested and sent to Yangihissar under armed guard , where he was later poisoned .",
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"text": "Jasagh A jasagh ( засаг , or засаг ноён ; lit . Power , Authority ) was the head of a Mongol banner or khoshun during the Qing dynasty ( 1644-1911 ) and Boghda Khanate of Mongolia . The term is rendered zhasake in contemporary Chinese documents . The position was held by hereditary succession by certain Mongol princes , most of whom were descendants of Genghis Khan . The princes who did not serve as Jasagh were known as sula ( сул - empty vacant free , loose ) or hohi taiji . Category : Mongolia under Qing rule",
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"text": "History of Afghanistan The written history of Afghanistan , ( تاریخ افغانستان د افغانستان تاريخ can be traced back to around 500 BCE when the area was under the Achaemenid Empire , although evidence indicates that an advanced degree of urbanized culture has existed in the land since between 3000 and 2000 BCE . The Indus Valley Civilisation stretched up to large parts of Afghanistan in the north , with several sites being known . Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army arrived at what is now Afghanistan in 330 BCE after conquering Persia during the Battle of Gaugamela . Since then , many empires have established capitals inside Afghanistan , including the Greco-Bactrians , Mauryas , Kushans , Hindu Shahi , Saffarids , Samanids , Ghaznavids , Ghurids , Timurids , Mughals , Hotakis and Durranis . Afghanistan ( meaning `` land of the Afghans '' ) has been a strategically important location throughout history . The land served as `` a gateway to India , impinging on the ancient Silk Road , which carried trade from the Mediterranean to China '' . Sitting on many trade and migration routes , Afghanistan may be called the ` Central Asian roundabout ' since routes converge from the Middle East , from the Indus Valley through the passes over the Hindu Kush , from the Far East via the Tarim Basin , and from the adjacent Eurasian Steppe . The archaeological manifestation of the Indo-Iranians ( Aryans ) before their split into separate language groups is generally seen as the Andronovo culture to the north of present-day Afghanistan . The Iranian languages were developed by one branch of these people ; the Pashto language spoken today in Afghanistan is one of the Eastern Iranian languages . Elena E. Kuz ` mina argues that the tents of Iranian-speaking nomads of Afghanistan developed from the light surface houses of the Eurasian steppe belt in the Bronze Age . The Arab invasions influenced the culture of Afghanistan , and its pre-Islamic period of Zoroastrian , Macedonian , Buddhist and Hindu past has long vanished . Turkic empire-builders such as the Ghaznavids and Timurids made the region now called Afghanistan of major importance . Mirwais Hotak followed by Ahmad Shah Durrani unified Afghan tribes and founded the last Afghan Empire in the early 18th century CE . Afghanistan 's sovereignty has been held during the Anglo-Afghan Wars , the 1980s Soviet war , and the 2001-present war by the country 's many and diverse people : the Pashtuns , Tajiks , Hazaras , Uzbeks , Turkmen , Aimak , Baloch and others . The Pashtuns form the largest group , claiming to be descendants of ancient Israelites or Qais Abdur Rashid but scholars believe that they are a confederation of various peoples from the past who united under Pashtunwali .",
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"text": "Book of the Later Han The Hou Hanshu , or Book of the Later Han , also known as History of the Later Han , is a Chinese court document covering the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE . It was compiled by Fan Ye and others in the 5th century during the Liu Song dynasty , using a number of earlier histories and documents as sources . The book is part of four early historiographies of the Twenty-Four Histories canon , together with the Records of the Grand Historian , Book of Han and Records of the Three Kingdoms . Fan Ye used earlier histories , including accounts by Sima Qian and Ban Gu , along with many others ( some had similar names , such as the Han Records of the Eastern Lodge by various contemporaries throughout the 2nd century , and the Records of Later Han by Yuan Hong from the 4th century ) , most of which did not survive intact . The section on the Treatise on the Western Regions was based on a report composed by Ban Yong ( with a few later additions ) and presented to Emperor An of Han in around 125 . It presumably includes notes from his father Ban Chao . It forms the 88th chapter ( or 118th chapter in some editions ) of the Book of the Later Han , and is a key source for the cultural and socio-economic data on the Western Regions , including the earliest accounts of Daqin ( the Roman Empire ) , and some of the most detailed early reports on India and Central Asia . It contains a few references to events occurring after the death of Emperor An , including a brief account of the arrival of the first official envoys from Rome in 166 . Fan Ye , himself , clearly says that the new information contained in this section on the Western Regions , is largely based on information from the report of Ban Yong : `` Ban Gu has recorded in detail the local conditions and customs of each kingdom in the former book -LSB- Book of Han or ` History of the Former Han Dynasty ' -RSB- . Now , the reports of the Jianwu period -LSB- 25-56 -RSB- onwards recorded in this ` Chapter on the Western Regions ' differ from the earlier -LSB- ones by Ban Gu -RSB- ; they are from Ban Yong 's report -LSB- presented -RSB- at the end of -LSB- the reign of -RSB- Emperor An -LSB- 107-125 -RSB- , and so on . ''",
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"text": "Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone , brick , rammed earth , wood , and other materials , generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe . Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BCE ; these , later joined together and made bigger and stronger , are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall . Especially famous is the wall built 220 -- 206 BCE by Qin Shi Huang , the first Emperor of China . Little of that wall remains . Since then , the Great Wall has been rebuilt , maintained , and enhanced ; the majority of the existing wall is from the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 -- 1644 ) . Other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls , allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road , regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration . Furthermore , the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watch towers , troop barracks , garrison stations , signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire , and the fact that the path of the Great Wall also served as a transportation corridor . The Great Wall stretches from Dandong in the east to Lop Lake in the west , along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia . A comprehensive archaeological survey , using advanced technologies , has concluded that the Ming walls measure 8850 km . This is made up of 6259 km sections of actual wall , 359 km of trenches and 2232 km of natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers . Another archaeological survey found that the entire wall with all of its branches measure out to be 21,196 km .",
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"text": "Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World ( 2004 ) is a history book written by Jack Weatherford , Dewitt Wallace Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College . It is a narrative of the rise and influence of Genghis Khan and his successors , and their influence on European civilization . Weatherford provides a different slant on Genghis Khan than has been typical in most Western accounts , attributing positive cultural effects to his rule . In the last section , he reviews the historiography of Genghis Khan in the West and argues that the leader 's early portrayal in writings as an `` excellent , noble king '' changed to that of a brutal pagan during the Age of Enlightenment . Weatherford made use of three major non-Western sources : The Secret History of the Mongols , the Ta ' rīkh-i jahān-gushā of Juvayni and the Jami al-Tawarikh of Rashid-al-Din Hamadani .",
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"text": "List of Crimean khans This is a list of khans of the Crimean Khanate , a state which existed in present-day southern Ukraine from 1441 until 1783 . Crimean Tatars , although not a part of the Ukrainian ethnos , are deeply interconnected , having ruled a large part of modern Ukraine over the span of 300 years . The position of Khan in Crimea was electoral and was picked by beys from four of the most noble families ( also known as Qarachi beys : argyns , kipchaks , shirins , baryns ) at kurultai where the decision about a candidate was adopted . The newly elected Khan was raised on a white felt sheet and over him were read Islamic prayers , after that the Khan was triumphantly enthroned . The following is the chronological table of reigns of Khans of the Crimean Khanate from the Giray dynasty :",
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"text": "Godan Khan Godan , also romanized as Koden and Khodan , ( 12061251 ) was a grandson of Genghis Khan , and was administrator over much of China before Kublai Khan came to power . He was the second son of Ögedei Khan and Töregene Khatun and a brother of Güyük Khan . He is broadly known as Godan Khan , also he did not have the royal title of khan . Godan ordered the invasion of Tibet , which was carried about by Doord Darkhan ( known as Doorta ) in 1240 . In 1247 at the request of Godan , Sakya Pandita and his two nephews served as delegates of Tibet 's political leadership at the suggestion of the Abbot of Reting Monastery , and when Sakya Pandita arrived at Godan 's court he cured Godan of an illness , and Godan then became his disciple and converted to Buddhism and learned the Tantras ; thus began their special relationship that made the Pandita 's rulers of Tibet . In addition , Sakya Pandita with the aid of his nephew Drogön Chögyal Phagpa were encouraged by Godan to invent a Mongolian script called ` Phags-pa script named after its inventor .",
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"text": "Qinghai Qinghai ( ; -LSB- - cmnqing1hai3 -RSB- ) , formerly known in English as Kokonur , is a province of the People 's Republic of China located in the northwest of the country . As one of the largest province-level administrative divisions of China by area , the province is ranked fourth-largest in size , but has the third-smallest population . Located mostly on the Tibetan Plateau , the province has long been a melting pot for a number of ethnic groups including the Han , Tibetans , Hui , Tu , Mongols , and Salars . Qinghai borders Gansu on the northeast , Xinjiang on the northwest , Sichuan on the southeast , and the Tibet Autonomous Region on the southwest . Qinghai province was established in 1928 under the Republic of China period during which it was ruled by Chinese Muslim warlords known as the Ma clique . The Chinese name , `` Qinghai '' is named after Qinghai Lake ( cyan sea lake ) , the largest lake in China . The province was known formerly as Kokonur in English , derived from the Oirat name for Qinghai Lake .",
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"text": "Punjab, Pakistan Punjab ( Urdu , Punjabi : , panj-āb , `` five waters '' : ) , is Pakistan 's second largest province by area after Balochistan , and its most populous province with an estimated population of 101,391,000 as of 2015 . It is bordered by Sindh , Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , as well as the regions of Islamabad Capital Territory and the Azad Kashmir . It also shares borders with the Indian states of Punjab , Rajasthan , and Jammu and Kashmir . The provincial capital of Punjab is the city Lahore , a cultural centre of Pakistan where the country 's cinema industry , and much of its fashion industry , are based . Punjab has been inhabited since ancient times . The Indus Valley Civilization , dating to 2600 BCE , was first discovered at Harappa . Punjab features heavily in the Hindu epic poem , the Mahabharata , and is home to Taxila , site of what is considered by many to be the oldest university in the world . In 326 BCE , Alexander the Great defeated King Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes near Mong , Punjab . The Umayyad empire conquered Punjab in the 8th century CE . Punjab was later invaded by Tamerlane , Babur , and Nader Shah . Punjab reached the height of its splendour during the reign of the Mughal Empire , which for a time ruled from Lahore . Following a successful rebellion , Sikh-led armies claimed Lahore in 1759 . The administration of the Sikh Empire was based out of Lahore , until its defeat by the British . Punjab was central to the independence movements of both India and Pakistan , with Lahore being site of both the Declaration of Indian Independence , and the resolution calling for the establishment of Pakistan . The province was formed when the Punjab province of British India was divided along religious boundaries in 1947 by the Radcliffe Line after Partition . Punjab is Pakistan 's most industrialised province with the industrial sector making up 24 % of the province 's gross domestic product . Punjab is known in Pakistan for its relative prosperity , and has the lowest rate of poverty amongst all Pakistani provinces . A clear divide is present between the northern and southern portions of the province ; with poverty rates in prosperous northern Punjab amongst the lowest in Pakistan , while some in south Punjab are amongst the most impoverished . Punjab is also one of South Asia 's most urbanized regions with approximately 40 % of people living in urban areas . Its human development index rankings are high relative to the rest of Pakistan . Punjab is known in Pakistan for its relatively liberal social attitudes . The province has been strongly influenced by Sufism , with numerous Sufi shrines spread across Punjab which attract millions of devotees annually . The founder of the Sikh faith , Guru Nanak , was born in the Punjab town of Nankana Sahib near Lahore . Punjab is also the site of the Katasraj Temple , which features prominently in Hindu mythology . Several UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in Punjab , including the Shalimar Gardens , the Lahore Fort , the archeological excavations at Taxila , and the Rohtas Fort .",
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"text": "Tashkent Tashkent ( -LSB- ˌtæʃˈkɛnt -RSB- Toshkent , Тошкент , تاشكېنت , -LSB- tɒʃˈkent -RSB- Ташкент , -LSB- tɐʂˈkʲɛnt -RSB- literally `` Stone City '' ) is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan . The officially registered population of the city in 2012 was about 2,309,300 . Due to its position in Central Asia , Tashkent came under Sogdian and Turkic influence early in its history , before Islam in the 8th century AD . After its destruction by Genghis Khan in 1219 , the city was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road . In 1865 it was conquered by the Russian Empire , and in Soviet times witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Soviet Union . Today , as the capital of an independent Uzbekistan , Tashkent retains a multi-ethnic population with ethnic Uzbeks as the majority .",
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"text": "Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea is a 2007 Japanese - Mongolian historical drama film depicting the life of Genghis Khan .",
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"text": "Khanate of Kazan The Khanate of Kazan ( -LSB- Казан ханлыгы , Qazan xanlığı , قازان خانليغى -RSB- Russian : Казанское ханство , tr : Kazanskoye khanstvo ) was a medieval Bulgarian-Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552 . Its khans were the patrilineal descendants of Tugh Temür , the thirteenth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan . The khanate covered contemporary Tatarstan , Mari El , Chuvashia , Mordovia , and parts of Udmurtia and Bashkortostan ; its capital was the city of Kazan . It was one of the successor states of the Golden Horde , and it came to an end when it was conquered by the Tsardom of Russia .",
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"text": "Eighteen Kingdoms The historiographical term `` Eighteen Kingdoms '' refers to the eighteen feudal states created by Xiang Yu in China in 206 BCE , after the collapse of the Qin dynasty . The details of the feudal division are as follows : The Eighteen Kingdoms were short-lived : almost immediately rebellion broke out in Qi , after which Tian Rong conquered Jiaodong and Jibei , reuniting the old Qi state . Meanwhile , Xiang Yu had Emperor Yi of Chu and King Han Cheng of Hán killed . Thereafter , Liu Bang of Hàn conquered the lands of the Three Qins , thereby starting the Chu -- Han Contention . Following many battles and changing alliances , Hàn defeated Chu and subdued all other kingdoms , where Liu Bang appointed vassal kings while making himself the first Emperor of the Hàn Dynasty in 202 BCE .",
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"text": "84th Academy Awards The 84th Academy Awards ceremony , presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , honored the best films of 2011 in the United States and took place on February 26 , 2012 , at the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre in Hollywood , Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. . During the ceremony , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards ( commonly referred to as Oscars ) in 24 categories . The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC , and produced by Brian Grazer and Don Mischer , with Mischer also serving as director . Actor Billy Crystal hosted the show for the ninth time . He first presided over the 62nd ceremony held in 1990 and had last hosted the 76th ceremony held in 2004 . On June 14 , 2011 , Academy president Tom Sherak announced at a press conference that , in an attempt to further revitalize interest surrounding the awards , the 2012 ceremony would feature between five and ten Best Picture nominees depending on voting results , as opposed to a set number of nominees . In related events , the Academy held its third annual Governors Awards ceremony at the Grand Ballroom of the Hollywood and Highland Center on November 12 , 2011 . On February 11 , 2012 , in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills , California , the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Milla Jovovich . The Artist won five awards , including Best Actor for Jean Dujardin , Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius , and Best Picture , the first silent feature to win an Academy Award for Best Picture since 1927 's Wings , the inaugural winner in 1929 . Other winners included Hugo also with five awards , The Iron Lady with two awards , and Beginners , The Descendants , The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore , The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , The Help , Midnight in Paris , The Muppets , Rango , Saving Face , A Separation , The Shore , and Undefeated with one . The telecast garnered more than 39 million viewers in the United States .",
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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": "Saving Santa Saving Santa is a 2013 computer-animated comedy film created and written by Tony Nottage and directed by Leon Joosen , produced by Tony Nottage , Terry Stone and Nick Simunek .",
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"text": "List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film The 66th Academy Awards , which were held on March 21 , 1994 , saw 35 countries submit films for competition in the Best Foreign Language Film category . The Academy had initially invited 57 countries to send their best films , and the submission deadline was set on November 22 , 1993 . While the rules were basically unchanged , the applications for the 66th Academy Awards included a new form requesting information about the nationalities of the film 's creative team , due to the controversy that had led to the disqualification of A Place in the World at the 65th Academy Awards . The bolded titles were the five nominated films , which came from Hong Kong , Spain , Taiwan , the United Kingdom and Vietnam . It was the first time that the majority of the nominees in this category came from outside Europe ( it happened again in 1997 , 2006 and 2011 ) and is the only time when there have been three Asian nominees . Vietnam made history by becoming the only Southeast Asian country ever to be nominated in this category ( accurate as of 2013 ) . The prize was ultimately awarded to Spain for the romantic comedy , Belle Epoque .",
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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": "Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2014 The 20th Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards honoring the best in film for 2014 were announced on December 15 , 2014 . These awards `` recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film '' are presented annually by the Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association ( DFWFCA ) , based in the Dallas -- Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas . The organization , founded in 1990 , includes 30 film critics for print , radio , television , and internet publications based in north Texas . The Dallas -- Fort Worth Film Critics Association began presenting its annual awards list in 1993 . Birdman was the DFWFCA 's most awarded film of 2014 , taking five top honors . Birdman won in Best Picture , Best Actor ( Michael Keaton ) , Best Director ( Alejandro G. Iñárritu ) , Best Cinematography ( Emmanuel Lubezki ) , and Best Screenplay ( Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Nicolás Giacobone , Alexander Dinelaris Jr. , and Armando Bo ) . Another film , Boyhood , earned multiple 2014 honors from the DFWFCA . The coming-of-age tale received top honors in the Best Supporting Actress ( Patricia Arquette ) as well as being presented the Russell Smith Award as the `` best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film '' of the year . The award is named in honor of late Dallas Morning News film critic Russell Smith . Reese Witherspoon was named Best Actress for her role as Cheryl Strayed in Wild . The other films earning honors were Sweden 's Force Majeure for Best Foreign Language Film , Citizenfour as Best Documentary Film , and The Lego Movie for Best Animated Film .",
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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": "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": "15th Academy Awards The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles . Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver . The ceremony is most famous for the speech by the film 's Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson . Garson 's acceptance speech as Best Actress ran nearly 6 minutes and is generally considered to be the longest acceptance speech at an Academy Awards ceremony . Mrs. Miniver was the second film ( after My Man Godfrey in 1936 ) to receive nominations in all four acting categories , as well as the first film to garner five acting nominations . Also notable at the ceremony , Irving Berlin presented the Academy Award for Best Song , which he ended up winning for `` White Christmas '' . Best Documentary had four winners , something that has not happened before or since . A portion of the ceremony was broadcast by CBS Radio .",
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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": "6th Genie Awards The 6th Genie Awards were held on March 21 , 1985 , to honour achievements in Canadian cinema in 1984 . It was the first time the Genies were broadcast live across Canada by CBC Television , and they drew 1.9 million viewers . The event , held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre , was cohosted by Al Waxman and Kerrie Keane . Only four films were nominated for Best Motion Picture this year ; two additional films had tied in the voting for the fifth spot , and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television opted to nominate only four films rather than extending the category to six nominees . However , similar ties in a few other categories did result in six nominees being named .",
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"text": "Black Reel Awards of 2012 The 2012 Black Reel Awards , which annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature , independent and television films , took place in Washington , D.C. on February 9 , 2012 . While the film Pariah had the most nominations with nine , The Help was the big winner taking home six out of the seven awards for which it was nominated . Attack the Block and Shame were also multiple winners , with each winning two awards . Octavia Spencer , Viola Davis and Steve McQueen also won two awards apiece .",
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"text": "11th Irish Film & Television Awards The 11th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 5 April 2014 in Dublin . The nominations were announced on 27 February 2014 . The Awards Ceremony took place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington Road Dublin , and was broadcast on RTÉ One at 9.45 pm . The Annual Irish Film & Television Awards are the highlight of Ireland 's entertainment and cultural calendar celebrating the very best of Irish screen talent across film and television . Guests in attendance included Michael Fassbender , Colin Farrell , Jamie Dornan , Steve Coogan , Will Forte , Jeremy Irons , Fionnula Flanagan , Brendan Gleeson , Neil Jordan , Amy Huberman , Colm Meaney , Jack Reynor , Killian Scott , Eva Birthistle , Victoria Smurfit and Outstanding Contribution Honorary Award Winner President Michael D Higgins . Simon Delaney and Laura Whitmore co-hosted the event . The President of Ireland , Michael D. Higgins , received an honorary award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Irish film and television industry . The big winners on the night were the films Calvary , Byzantium and Philomena which all picked up three awards each . Calvary took the highest accolade , Best Film , along with Best Actor for Brendan Gleeson and Best Script for its writer-director John Michael McDonagh . Touching true story Philomena won the award for Best International Film and Actress ( for Judi Dench ) along with Costume Design for Consolata Boyle . Philomena Lee , whose true life story inspired the film was in attendance at the Ceremony . Vampire horror Byzantium 's awards included the prestigious Best Director for Neil Jordan , Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan and Makeup & Hair .",
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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": "Irreconcilable Differences Irreconcilable Differences is a 1984 American comedy-drama film starring Ryan O'Neal , Shelley Long , and Drew Barrymore . The film was a minor box office success , making over $ 12 million . For their performances , both Long and Barrymore were nominated for Golden Globe Awards .",
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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": "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 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": "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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"text": "Bullshot (film) Bullshot is a 1983 film , based on the stage play Bullshot Crummond . The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film , on which it is loosely based , Bulldog Drummond . Captain Hugh `` Bullshot '' Crummond ( Alan Shearman ) is a World War I fighter pilot , Olympic athlete , racing driver , and part-time sleuth . He must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno ( Ronald E. House ) , his wartime adversary , and win the heart of the damsel in distress ( Diz White ) . The film was produced by George Harrison 's company Handmade Films . Alan Shearman would reprise his association with Handmade Films in their 1985 film Water .",
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"text": "26th Academy Awards The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953 . The second national telecast of the Awards show drew an estimated 43 million viewers . Shirley Booth , appearing in a play in Philadelphia , presented the Best Actor award through a live broadcast cut-in , and privately received the winner 's name over the telephone from co-host Donald O'Connor . ( Actor Fredric March co-hosted from New York City . ) Gary Cooper filmed his presentation of the Best Actress award in advance on a set in Mexico , with O'Connor announcing the winner 's name . All the major winners in this year were black-and-white films . The big winner was Fred Zinnemann 's From Here to Eternity , with thirteen nominations and eight awards including Best Picture , Best Supporting Actor , Best Supporting Actress , Best Director , Best Screenplay ( Daniel Taradash ) , Best Cinematography ( Burnett Guffey ) , Best Sound , and Best Film Editing . All five of its major actors and actresses were nominated , with secondary players Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra taking home Oscars . The candid film was based on James Jones ' controversial , best-selling novel about Army life on a Hawaiian ( Oahu ) military base just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack and World War II , illustrating the conflict between an individualistic private ( Montgomery Clift ) and rigid institutional authority ( exemplified by the Army ) . Its achievement of eight awards matched the then record held by Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) . The record would be tied again the following year by On the Waterfront ( 1954 ) . Walt Disney won four awards , which remains the record for the most Oscars won in the same year . William Holden 's speech for Best Actor for his role in Stalag 17 was simply `` Thank You '' , making it one of the shortest speeches ever ; the TV broadcast had a strict cutoff time which forced Holden 's quick remarks . The frustrated Holden personally paid for advertisements in the Hollywood trade publications to thank everyone he wanted to on Oscar night . He also remarked that he felt that either Burt Lancaster or Montgomery Clift should have won the Best Actor Oscar for From Here to Eternity , instead of him .",
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"text": "Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan ( KKK ) , or simply the Klan , is the name of three distinct movements in the United States that have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy , white nationalism , anti-immigration , and , especially in later iterations , Nordicism , anti-Catholicism , and antisemitism . Historically the KKK used terrorism , both physical assault and murder , against groups or individuals whom they opposed . All three movements have called for the `` purification '' of American society , and all are considered right-wing extremist organizations . The first Klan flourished in the Southern United States in the late 1860s , then died out by the early 1870s . It sought to overthrow the Republican state governments in the South during the Reconstruction Era , especially by using violence against African American leaders . With numerous chapters across the South , it was suppressed around 1871 , through federal law enforcement . Members made their own , often colorful , costumes : robes , masks , and conical hats , designed to be terrifying , and to hide their identities . The second group was founded in 1915 , and it flourished nationwide in the early and mid-1920s , particularly in urban areas of the Midwest and West . It was rooted in local Protestant communities and opposed Catholics and Jews , and stressed its opposition to the Catholic Church at a time of high immigration from mostly Catholic nations of southern and eastern Europe . This second organization adopted a standard white costume and used code words which were similar to those used by the first Klan , while adding cross burnings and mass parades to intimidate others . The third and current manifestation of the KKK emerged after 1950 , in the form of small , local , unconnected groups that use the KKK name . They have focused on opposition to the Civil Rights Movement , often using violence and murder to suppress activists . It is classified as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center . , the Anti-Defamation League puts total Klan membership nationwide at around 3,000 , while the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) puts it at 6,000 members total . The second and third incarnations of the Ku Klux Klan made frequent references to America 's `` Anglo-Saxon '' blood , hearkening back to 19th-century nativism . Although members of the KKK swear to uphold Christian morality , virtually every Christian denomination has officially denounced the KKK .",
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"text": "List of terrorist incidents in 1970 This is a timeline of incidents in 1970 that have been labelled as `` terrorism '' and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces ( see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism ) . , 1970 -- 1972 : The Jewish Defense League was linked with a bomb explosion outside Aeroflot 's New York City office , and a detonation outside of Soviet cultural offices in Washington . Also a JDL member allegedly fired a rifle into the Soviet Union 's mission office at the United Nations . Two JDL members were convicted of bomb possession and burglary in a conspiracy to blow up the Long Island residence of the Soviet Mission to The Bronx .",
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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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"docid": "8795b70531d4e7c86cb868fa87eca34b",
"text": "True threat A true threat is a threatening communication that can be prosecuted under the law . It is distinct from a threat that is made in jest . The U.S. Supreme Court has held that true threats are not protected under the U.S. Constitution based on three justifications : preventing fear , preventing the disruption that follows from that fear , and diminishing the likelihood that the threatened violence will occur . There is some concern that even satirical speech could be regarded as a `` true threat '' due to concern over terrorism . The true threat doctrine was established in the 1969 Supreme Court case Watts v. United States . In that case , an eighteen-year-old male was convicted in a Washington , D.C. District Court for violating a statute prohibiting persons from knowingly and willfully making threats to harm or kill the President of the United States . The conviction was based on a statement made by Watts , in which he said , '' -LSB- i -RSB- f they ever make me carry a rifle the first man I want to get in my sights is L.B.J. '' Watts appealed , leading to the Supreme Court finding the statute constitutional on its face , but reversing the conviction of Watts . In reviewing the lower court 's analysis of the case , the Court noted that `` a threat must be distinguished from what is constitutionally protected speech . '' The Court recognized that `` uninhibited , robust , and wideopen '' political debate can at times be characterized by `` vehement , caustic , and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials . '' In light of the context of Watts ' statement - and the laughter that it received from the crowd - the Court found that it was more `` a kind of very crude offensive method of stating a political opposition to the President '' than a `` true threat . '' In so holding , the Court established that there is a `` true threat '' exception to protected speech , but also that the statement must be viewed in its context and distinguished from protected hyperbole . The opinion , however , stopped short of defining precisely what constituted a `` true threat . ''",
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"docid": "1580fad2f4cfb9aab9ac957ba519b5a3",
"text": "Slave Power The Slave Power or Slaveocracy was the perceived political power in the U.S. federal government held by slave owners during the 1840s and 1850s , prior to the Civil War . Antislavery campaigners during this period bitterly complained about what they saw as disproportionate and corrupt influence wielded by wealthy Southerners . The argument was that this small group of rich slave owners had seized political control of their own states and were trying to take over the federal government in an illegitimate fashion in order to expand and protect slavery . The argument was widely used by the Republican Party that formed in 1854 -- 55 to oppose the expansion of slavery . The main issue expressed by the term slave power was distrust of the political power of the slave-owning class . Such distrust was shared by many who were not abolitionists ; those who were motivated more by a possible threat to the political balance or the impossibility of competing with unwaged slave labor , than by concern over the treatment of slaves . Those who differed on many other issues ( such as hating blacks or liking them , denouncing slavery as a sin or promising to guarantee its protection in the Deep South ) could unite to attack the slaveocracy . The `` Free Soil '' element emphasized that rich slave owners would move into new territory , use their cash to buy up all the good lands , then use their slaves to work the lands , leaving little opportunity room for free farmers . By 1854 the Free Soil Party had largely merged into the new Republican party . The term was popularized by antislavery writers such as John Gorham Palfrey , Josiah Quincy III , Horace Bushnell , James Shepherd Pike , and Horace Greeley . Politicians who emphasized the theme included John Quincy Adams , Henry Wilson and William Pitt Fessenden . Abraham Lincoln used the concept after 1854 but not the term . They showed through a combination of emotive argument and hard statistical data that the South had long held a disproportionate level of power in the United States . Historian Allan Nevins contends that `` nearly all groups ... steadily substituted emotion for reason . ... Fear fed hatred , and hatred fed fear . '' The existence of a Slave Power was dismissed by Southerners at the time , and rejected as false by many historians of the 1920s and 1930s , who stressed the internal divisions in the South before 1850 . The idea that the Slave Power existed has partly come back at the hands of neoabolitionist historians since 1970 , and there is no doubt that it was a powerful factor in the Northern anti-slavery belief system . It was standard rhetoric for all factions of the Republican party .",
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"text": "National security National Security is a concept that a government , along with its parliaments , should protect the state and its citizens against all kind of `` national '' crises through a variety of power projections , such as political power , diplomacy , economic power , military might , and so on . The concept developed all in the United States after World War II . Initially focusing on military might , it now encompasses a broad range of facets , all of which impinge on the non-military or economic security of the nation and the values espoused by the national society . Accordingly , in order to possess national security , a nation needs to possess economic security , energy security , environmental security , etc. . Security threats involve not only conventional foes such as other nation-states but also non-state actors such as violent non-state actors , narcotic cartels , multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations ; some authorities include natural disasters and events causing severe environmental damage in this category . Measures taken to ensure national security include : using diplomacy to rally allies and isolate threats marshalling economic power to facilitate or compel cooperation maintaining effective armed forces implementing civil defense and emergency preparedness measures ( including anti-terrorism legislation ) ensuring the resilience and redundancy of critical infrastructure using intelligence services to detect and defeat or avoid threats and espionage , and to protect classified information using counterintelligence services or secret police to protect the nation from internal threats There is no single universally accepted definition of national security . The variety of definitions provide an overview of the many usages of this concept . The concept still remains ambiguous , having originated from simpler definitions which initially emphasised the freedom from military threat and political coercion to later increase in sophistication and include other forms of non-military security as suited the circumstances of the time . A typical dictionary definition , in this case from the Macmillan Dictionary ( online version ) , defines the term as `` the protection or the safety of a country 's secrets and its citizens '' emphasising the overall security of a nation and a nation state . Walter Lippmann , in 1943 , defined it in terms of war saying that `` a nation has security when it does not have to sacrifice its legitimate ínterests to avoid war , and is able , if challenged , to maintain them by war '' . A later definition by Harold Lasswell , a political scientist , in 1950 , looks at national security from almost the same aspect , that of external coercion : `` The distinctive meaning of national security means freedom from foreign dictation . '' In 1960 , Arnold Wolfers , while recognising the need to segregate the subjectivity of the conceptual idea from the objectivity , talks of threats to acquired values : `` An ambiguous symbol meaning different things to different people . National security objectively means the absence of threats to acquired values and subjectively , the absence of fear that such values will be attacked . '' The 1996 definition propagated by the National Defence College of India accretes the elements of national power : `` National security is an appropriate and aggressive blend of political resilience and maturity , human resources , economic structure and capacity , technological competence , industrial base and availability of natural resources and finally the military might . '' Harold Brown , U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the Carter administration , enlarged the definition of national security by including elements such as economic and environmental security : National security then is the ability to preserve the nation 's physical integrity and territory ; to maintain its economic relations with the rest of the world on reasonable terms ; to preserve its nature , institution , and governance from disruption from outside ; and to control its borders.In 1990 , Harvard University history professor Charles Maier defined national security through the lens of national power : `` National security ... is best described as a capacity to control those domestic and foreign conditions that the public opinion of a given community believes necessary to enjoy its own self-determination or autonomy , prosperity and wellbeing . '' According to Prabhakaran Paleri , author of National Security , Imperatives and Challenges , national security may be defined as : The measurable state of the capability of a nation to overcome the multi-dimensional threats to the apparent well-being of its people and its survival as a nation-state at any given time , by balancing all instruments of state policy through governance , that can be indexed by computation , empirically or otherwise , and is extendable to global security by variables external to it . A concise working definition by Premaratne that paraphrases the aspects of the definitions of Brown , Romm and Paleri defines national security as Safeguarding the sovereignty , territorial integrity , citizenry and socioeconomic functionality of a nation from an aggressor intent on undermining a particular valued aspect of a nation through violent or unjust means",
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"text": "Violent crime A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which an offender uses or threatens force upon a victim . This entails both crimes in which the violent act is the objective , such as murder , as well as crimes in which violence is the means to an end . Violent crimes may , or may not , be committed with weapons . Depending on the jurisdiction , violent crimes may vary from homicide to harassment . Typically , violent criminals includes aircraft hijackers , bank robbers , muggers , burglars , terrorists , carjackers , rapists , kidnappers , torturers , active shooters , murderers , gangsters , drug cartels , and others .",
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"docid": "b394a4461c2cc7c3e94f2fd0e483bfa7",
"text": "Mary Turner Mary Turner ( died 19 May 1918 ) was a married black woman and mother of two who was lynched by a white mob in Lowndes County , Georgia , for having spoken out in protest at the lynching death of her husband Hazel `` Hayes '' Turner the day before . Her unborn child was also brutally murdered . The Turner murders followed the murder of a white plantation owner by one of his black workers and were associated with the deaths of 11 other black men during a manhunt and lynching rampage by whites . These deaths are examples of the racially motivated mob violence by whites against blacks in the American South , particularly in the era of 1880 to 1930 , the peak of lynchings . Brooks County in Georgia , and Georgia among the states , had the highest rates of lynching in the nation . The NAACP referred to Mary Turner 's murder in its anti-lynching campaigns of the 1920s , 1930s and 1940s . In the lynching era from 1880 to 1930 , the great majority of these murders were committed in the South and most of the thousands of individuals lynched in the United States were black , including at least 159 women .",
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"text": "Societal security Societal security is a concept developed by the Copenhagen School of security studies that refers to ` the ability of a society to persist in its essential character under changing conditions and possible or actual threats ' . The end of the Cold War prompted scholars to rethink the paradigm of security independently from the state and the military . In Europe , the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the emergence of new states and sustained efforts to pursue the European Union ( EU ) integration . The new order called for a ( re ) conceptualisation of Europe and European security , which challenged classic understandings of security , as something that took place between states . The move towards an EU security was , thus , closely articulated around questions of EU identity , free movement of people and borders . The concept of societal security , developed by scholars associated with the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute , is situated within this context . Societal security relates to : `` the ability of a society to persist in its essential character under changing conditions and possible or actual threats . '' In ` Identity , Migration , and the New Security Agenda in Europe ' , Wæver notes the emergence of different conceptions of the nation-state , and further establishes a distinction between Western and Eastern Europe . In the West , a `` decoupling of state and nation '' takes place , as Member States , by seeking more integration , accept to relinquish some of their sovereignty . This move towards a `` post-sovereign '' nation-state is due to `` internationalisation and Europeanization '' processes , as international institutions assume increased influence over domestic affairs . Subsequently , communities , perceiving their identities to be threatened by this integration , can no longer call upon the state to protect them . A duality occurs between the security needs of the state and of society , where `` state security has sovereignty as its ultimate criterion , and societal security has identity '' . In the East , the emergence of new states , formed after the dismantlement of the Soviet Union , leads to more traditional attempts at merging the nation and the state ; thus , conflicts arise when the coupling can not be done ( i.e. Yugoslavia ) . In ` Security : a new framework for analysis ' , Buzan et al. formalise their broader understanding of security by introducing five sectors , each governed by `` distinctive characteristics and dynamics '' , and conceptualised around particular referent objects and actors ( i.e. military , environmental , economic , societal and political ) . Societal security is about the survival of a community as a cohesive unit ; its referent object is '' large scale collective identities that can function independent of the state . '' Societal insecurities arise when `` a society fears it would not be able to live as itself '' , and stem from : migration : the influx of people will `` overrun or dilute '' a group 's identity e.g. the need to define Britishness ; vertical competition : the integration of a group within a broader organisation e.g. euroscepticism with regards to EU integration , national-separatist claims ; and , horizontal competition : group is forced to integrate more influential identities within their own e.g. France 's cultural exception defending itself against American influences . Societal security is not tied to a territory , as is state security , e.g. Kurds , where security matters of state and society widely diverge and enter into conflict . Societal security in sociological viewpoint is : Regarding security as an `` independent phenomenon '' : So , societal security is n't threat , no opportunity . But it is a center and base , upon it the reliability and certainty of collective life could be gained . Rereading of security from `` social '' perspective : It means that security is based on collective life , the life of common people , instead of looking at differences and insisting on disagreement between groups and states that is key factor in determining threats and distinguish friend and foe . Viewing security as `` social phenomenon '' : Hence , societal security does n't need military weapons and soft power solutions . In other words , societal security does n't integrate with power and remain by converting links to social capitals . Finally , threats and opportunities could be considered as deterrent or impeller factors . So the final goal of societal security is comfort and understanding the beauty of collective life -- not an interest for government , not eliminating enemies , not confronting a threat for nation .",
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"text": "Hate crime A hate crime ( also known as a bias-motivated crime ) is a prejudice-motivated crime , usually violent , which occurs when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership ( or perceived membership ) in a certain social group . Examples of such groups can include and are almost exclusively limited to : sex , ethnicity , disability , language , nationality , physical appearance , religion , gender identity or sexual orientation . Non-criminal actions that are motivated by these reasons are often called `` bias incidents '' . `` Hate crime '' generally refers to criminal acts which are seen to have been motivated by bias against one or more of the types above , or of their derivatives . Incidents may involve physical assault , damage to property , bullying , harassment , verbal abuse or insults , mate crime or offensive graffiti or letters ( hate mail ) . A hate crime law is a law intended to deter bias-motivated violence . Hate crime laws are distinct from laws against hate speech : hate crime laws enhance the penalties associated with conduct which is already criminal under other laws , while hate speech laws criminalize a category of speech . Hate speech laws exist in many countries . In the US , hate crime laws have been upheld by both the Supreme Court and lower courts , especially in the case of ` fighting ' words and other violent speech , but they are thought by some people to be in conflict with the first amendment right to freedom of speech , so they have occasionally been overturned as unconstitutional .",
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"text": "Imperial Klans of America The Imperial Klans of America , Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist paramilitary organization styled after the original Ku Klux Klan ( KKK ) . In 2008 , it was reported that the IKA had the nation 's second largest KKK membership . The IKA , headed by Ron Edwards , claims to be the sixth era of the Ku Klux Klan . Members of the 6th era , like members of previous eras , claim constitutional rights as part of the `` Unorganized Militia '' . The IKA claims to stand upon Supreme Court decisions in favor of previous Klans . They are headquartered near Dawson Springs , Kentucky and claim external Imperial Klan offices in Australia , Canada , England , Scotland , and South Africa , as well as throughout Europe and South America . In 2011 , a recurring hoax concerning the IKA endorsing Barack Obama was once again exposed as a farce based on a parody website 's humorous reporting . In fact , in 2008 , Ron Edwards was quoted as supporting John McCain .",
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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": "War against Islam War against Islam , also called the War on Islam or Attack on Islam , is a conspiracy theory narrative in Islamist discourse to describe an alleged conspiracy to harm , weaken or annihilate the societal system of Islam , using military , economic , social and cultural means . The perpetrators of the conspiracy are alleged to be non-Muslims ( kuffār ) , particularly the Western world and `` false Muslims '' , allegedly in collusion with political actors in the Western world . While the contemporary conspiracy theory narrative of the `` War against Islam '' mostly covers general issues of societal transformations in modernization and secularization as well as general issues of international power politics among modern states , the crusades are often narrated as its alleged starting point . The phrase or similar phrases have been used by Islamists such as Sayyid Qutb , Ayatollah Khomeini , Anwar al-Awlaki , Osama bin Laden , Chechen militant Dokka Umarov , cleric Anjem Choudary , and Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hasan . The English-language political neologism of `` War on Islam '' was coined in Islamist discourse in the 1990s and popularized as a conspiracy theory only after 2001 . Jonathan Schanzer has argued that the historical Muslim indifference to the West turned to `` alarmed dislike '' with the beginning of Western military superiority in the 17th century . However , with the end of the era of Western colonialism , Islamist rage against non-Muslims and the governments of Muslim-majority countries stems not from alleged non-Muslim aggression and enmity , but from frustration over the unrelenting encroachment of western culture , technology , economies , and from a yearning for a `` return to the glorious days when Islam reigned supreme . ''",
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"docid": "744c5b33194b1099d39829eabafee4fe",
"text": "Political violence Political violence is a broad term used to describe violence perpetrated by either persons or governments to achieve political goals . Many groups and individuals believe that their political systems will never respond to their demands . As a result , they believe that violence is not only justified but also necessary in order to achieve their political objectives . Similarly , many governments around the world believe they need to use violence in order to intimidate their populace into acquiescence . At other times , governments use force in order to defend their country from outside invasion or other threats of force and to coerce other governments or conquer territory . Political violence can take a number of forms including but not limited to those listed below . Non-action on the part of the government can also be characterized as a form of political violence .",
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"text": "1968 Detroit riot The 1968 Detroit riot was a civil disturbance that occurred between April 4 -- 5 , 1968 in Detroit , Michigan following the assassination of Martin Luther King , Jr. . Less than a year after the violent unrest of 1967 , areas of 12th Street ( present-day Rosa Parks Boulevard ) again erupted in chaos ( simultaneously with 110 other US cities ) following King 's assassination . Michigan Governor George W. Romney ordered the National Guard into Detroit . One person was killed , and gangs tossed objects at cars and smashed storefront windows with three dozen fires being set .",
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"text": "Criminal syndicalism Criminal syndicalism has been defined as a doctrine of criminal acts for political , industrial , and social change . These criminal acts include advocation of crime , sabotage , violence , and other unlawful methods of terrorism . Criminal syndicalism laws were enacted to oppose the radical left movement .",
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"text": "The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan The Clansman : A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a novel published in 1905 . It was the second work in the Ku Klux Klan trilogy by Thomas F. Dixon , Jr. that included The Leopard 's Spots and The Traitor . It was influential in providing the ideology that helped support the revival of the Ku Klux Klan ( KKK or The Klan ) . The novel was twice notably adapted , immediately by its author as a play entitled The Clansman ( 1905 ) , and a decade later by D. W. Griffith in the groundbreaking 1915 silent movie The Birth of a Nation . The play , being concerned with the KKK and Reconstruction , is adapted by the second half of The Birth of a Nation . According to Professor Russell Merritt , key differences between the play and film are said to include that Dixon was more sympathetic to Southerners ' pursuing education and modern professions , whereas Griffith stressed ownership of plantations . Dixon wrote The Clansman as a message to Northerners to maintain racial segregation , as the work claimed that blacks when free would turn savage and violent , committing crimes such as murder , rape and robbery far out of proportion to their percentage of the population . He claimed to write for 18,000,000 southerners who supported his beliefs , though that many never joined the Klan . Dixon portrays the speaker of the house , Austin Stoneman , as a negro-loving legislator mad with power and eaten up with hate . His goal is to punish the Southern whites for their revolution against an oppressive government by turning the former slaves against the White Southerners and use the iron fist of the Union occupation troops to make them the new masters . The Klan 's job is to protect the White Southerners from the carpetbaggers and their allies , Black and White . In addition to criticism that The Clansman would stir up sentiment in the South , Dixon 's argument that the Klan had saved the South from negro rule was ridiculed by some as absurd .",
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"text": "Waukegan riot of 1966 Waukegan riot of 1966 was a period of conflict between police and some residents of the town 's predominantly African-American and Puerto Rican neighborhoods on the south side that occurred in the midst of the tumult sweeping America in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement . On Friday , 26 August , an African-American police officer named Ernest Jones attempted to arrest Roosevelt Saunders , an African-American man . A fight ensued , and Saunders escaped into a crowd , and several days of rioting followed . The fact that the catalyzing encounter involved two African-Americans prompted some to suggest that the unrest was not about race , but the event underscored a deep sense of disempowerment among the African-American community . By 28 August , 200 police were called to a 2 square mile area bounded by the streets of Genesee , 10th , and McAllister , and South Avenue . As a mostly young crowd battled with police , a Puerto Rican family of six got caught in the crossfire , their car being hit by a Molotov cocktail while returning from church . The Waukegan branch of the NAACP later raised money for these victims . By the night of 29 August , police with riot helmets and shotguns had established a curfew beginning at 7:30 pm for the region enclosed by Belvidere Street , McAlister Street , South Avenue . and Lake Michigan . Over 100 African-Americans were arrested over the course of the weekend . Waukegan Mayor Robert Sabonjian had harsh words for those involved in the riots , calling them `` local hopheads , narcotic addicts , drunkards , and just plain scum '' and vowing that anyone involved in public housing would be evicted . He also reportedly issued an order to police of `` shoot to kill . '' Subsequently , Sabonjian held talks with community leaders and the NAACP , which vowed to open dialogue about segregation , police brutality , and the lack of recreation facilities in African-American and Puerto Rican neighborhoods of the city . Talks fell apart , though , when Sabonjian reiterated charges at the meeting that the NAACP had orchestrated the August unrest . He refused to apologize for the remarks , prompting the NAACP to walk out of talks . They were also upset by Sabonjian 's proposed measure in the city council , which required that all civil rights demonstrations consist of less than 100 people and , moreover , that all participants in these demonstrations ought to have their names submitted to the city police department four days beforehand . In response , the NAACP along with other community leaders organized a march of over 200 people on 10 September through downtown Waukegan . The crowd , mostly African-American , carried signs protesting segregated schools and racist housing policies . The march coincided with a push toward desegregation aimed at Whittier Elementary School . Almost entirely African-American , Whittier 's enrollment stood in contrast to Waukegan 's four other elementary schools , two of which were all white and two of which were 99 % white . As of early September , the Whittier community protested this segregation by boycotting , with less than a quarter of students showing up for class . In the wake of the march , Sabonjian backpedalled from the limit on crowds to less than 100 people , but he maintained the requirement that names of participants be submitted to the police department beforehand , ostensibly to prevent felons from involvement . Subsequent meetings between Sabonjian and the NAACP proved more productive . By late September , they had agreed to building a recreation center in the area of the August unrest as well as initiatives aimed at providing jobs for minority groups . Sabonjian 's rhetoric , however , did not moderate . In October 1966 , he referred to those involved in the riot as `` animals . ''",
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"text": "Political Islam The term Political Islam is a recently developed term . It is used to label the wide-scale activities of individuals or organizations heading towards the transformation of the state and entire society according to '' Islamic '' rules . It is based on Islam which is a complex of political persuasion and fundamental Islamic books -- Koran , Sira ( the biography of Mohammed ) , and Hadith ( Mohammed 's traditions ) . The term is often used in connection with the movements which represent the current political powers in the name of Islam , emerging at the end of 20th century . It is also used as a term describing political activities stemming from basic Islamic books aiming predominantly at Non-Muslims . Political Islam is often confused with Islamism . However , Political Islam is not only a synonym for violent , radical or extreme Islamism . On the contrary , an overwhelming majority of Islamic political activity is carried out by peaceful means and often within a constitutional framework ( e.g. Arbitration Act from 1996 , where Sharia courts became a part of official British Law ) . International activities of extremists including terrorist acts are an exception not the rule if we talk about political activities executed in the name of Islam . Although this term is often used for organized groups , movements or parties , it can also concern a great number of the individuals who share basic goals and background of Political Islam without any direct connection to a party or group .",
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"text": "We Charge Genocide We Charge Genocide : The Crime of Government Against the Negro People is a paper accusing the United States government of genocide based on the UN Genocide Convention . This paper was written by the Civil Rights Congress ( CRC ) and presented to the United Nations at meetings in Paris in December 1951 . The document pointed out that the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide defined genocide as any acts committed with `` intent to destroy '' a group , `` in whole or in part . '' To build its case for black genocide , the document cited many instances of lynching in the United States , as well as legal discrimination , disenfranchisement of blacks in the South , a series of incidents of police brutality dating to the present , and systematic inequalities in health and quality of life . The central argument : the US government is both complicit with and responsible for a genocidal situation based on the UN 's own definition of genocide . The document received international media attention and became caught up in Cold War politics , as the CRC was supported by the American Communist Party . Its many examples of shocking conditions for African Americans shaped beliefs about the United States in countries across the world . The American government and white press accused the CRC of exaggerating racial inequality in order to advance the cause of Communism . The US State Department forced CRC secretary William L. Patterson to surrender his passport after he presented the petition to a UN meeting in Paris .",
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"text": "Timeline of the War on Terror The War on Terror is the campaign launched by the United States of America in response to the September 11 attacks against organizations designated with terrorism . The campaign , whose stated objective was eliminating international terrorism , began in 2001 . The following is a timeline of events linked to the War on Terror .",
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"text": "Sage Stallone Sage Moonblood Stallone ( May 5 , 1976 -- July 13 , 2012 ) was an American actor , film director , film producer , and film distributor . He was the son of Sylvester Stallone .",
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"text": "Shamus Culhane James `` Shamus '' Culhane ( November 12 , 1908 -- February 2 , 1996 ) was an American animator , film director , and film producer . Culhane worked for a number of American animation studios , including Fleischer Studios , the Ub Iwerks studio , Walt Disney Productions , and the Walter Lantz studio . He began his animation career in 1925 working for J.R. Bray studios , and is known for promoting the animation talents of his inker/assistant at the Fleischer Studios in the early 1930s , Lillian Friedman Astor , making her the first female studio animator . While at the Disney studio , he discovered while working on Hawaiian Holiday '' 's crab sequence an animation method that involved stewing for multiple days , before drawing the entire thing in rough sketches all at once , straight ahead . He was a lead animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , animating arguably the most well-known sequence in the film , the animation of the dwarves marching home singing `` Heigh-Ho '' . The scene took Culhane and his assistants six months to complete . During this time he developed his `` High-speed '' technique of animating with quick dashed-off sketches . He also worked as an animator on Pinocchio , where he worked on Honest John and Gideon . However , he was left uncredited on the film . During the production of the film he left Disney to work at Fleischer Studios . While there , he worked as an animator on the films Gulliver 's Travels and Mr. Bug Goes to Town . In 1944 , he collaborated on The Greatest Man in Siam with the layout artist Art Heinemann . In that animation , `` the king of Siam bolts past doorways that are distinctly phallic in shape and peers at another that mimics a vagina . '' Later in his career , Culhane worked briefly in Chuck Jones 's unit at Warner Bros , before moving on to being a director for Lantz , where he helmed Woody Woodpecker 's 1944 classic , The Barber of Seville , the cartoon famous for one of the first uses of fast cutting , after taking the idea from Sergei Eisenstein . At Lantz , he introduced Russian avant-garde influenced experimental art into the cartoons . In the late-1940s , he founded Shamus Culhane Productions ( Culhane had gone by his birthname of James up until this point , before going by its Irish variant Shamus ) , one of the first companies to create animated television commercials . It also produced the animation for at least one of the Bell Telephone Science Series films . Shamus Culhane Productions folded in the 1960s , at which point Culhane became the head of the successor to Fleischer Studios , Paramount Cartoon Studios . He left the studio in 1967 , and went into semi-retirement . Culhane wrote two highly regarded books on animation : the how-to/textbook Animation from Script to Screen , and his autobiography Talking Animals and Other People '' . Since Culhane worked for a number of major Hollywood animation studios , his autobiography gives a balanced general overview of the history of the Golden Age of American Animation . At his death on February 2 , 1996 , Culhane was survived by his fourth wife , the former Juana Hegarty , and by two sons from his third marriage , to Maxine Marx ( the daughter of Chico Marx ) : Brian Culhane of Seattle and Kevin Marx Culhane of Portland , Ore. .",
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"text": "Aaron Russo Aaron Russo ( -LSB- ˈrʊsoʊ -RSB- February 14 , 1943 -- August 24 , 2007 ) was an American entertainment businessman , film producer and director , and political activist . He was best known for producing such movies as Trading Places , Wise Guys , and The Rose . Later in life , he created various Libertarian-leaning political documentaries including Mad as Hell and America : Freedom to Fascism . After a six-year battle with bladder cancer , Russo died on August 24 , 2007 .",
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"text": "Rocky Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone . It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa , an uneducated but kind-hearted working class Italian-American boxer working in a meat warehouse and as a debt collector for a loan shark in the slums of Philadelphia . Rocky starts out as a small-time club fighter , and later gets a shot at the world heavyweight championship . The film also stars Talia Shire as Adrian , Burt Young as Adrian 's brother Paulie , Burgess Meredith as Rocky 's trainer Mickey Goldmill , and Carl Weathers as the champion , Apollo Creed . The film , made on a budget of just over $ 1 million and shot in 28 days , was a sleeper hit ; it earned $ 225 million in global box office receipts , becoming the highest-grossing film of 1976 , and went on to win three Oscars , including Best Picture . The film received many positive reviews and turned Stallone into a major star . In 2006 , the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being `` culturally , historically or aesthetically significant '' . Rocky is considered to be one of the greatest sports films ever made and was ranked as the second-best in the genre , after Raging Bull , by the American Film Institute in 2008 . The film has spawned six sequels : Rocky II ( 1979 ) , Rocky III ( 1982 ) , Rocky IV ( 1985 ) , Rocky V ( 1990 ) , Rocky Balboa ( 2006 ) and Creed ( 2015 ) . Stallone portrays Rocky in all six sequels , wrote the first five , and directed four ( Avildsen returned to direct Rocky V and Ryan Coogler directed Creed ) .",
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"text": "Masao Maruyama (film producer) is a Japanese film producer , animation developer , the co-founder , board of directors member , and producer of animation studio Madhouse , one of the leading animation production companies in the world . Born in Shiogama , Miyagi Prefecture , he is a 40-plus year veteran of the animation business .",
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"text": "Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre is a series of four 12 '' long playing vinyl albums recorded in Los Angeles in 1963 . The four albums were sold through mail order as a box set in 1963 , then released separately to retail in 1964 . They were conceived and produced by Frank Sinatra . Morris Stoloff was the musical director and the A&R Director was Sonny Burke . The four discs feature the scores of four popular Broadway musicals of the time , namely Finian 's Rainbow ( 1947 ) , Kiss Me , Kate ( 1948 ) , South Pacific ( 1949 ) and Guys and Dolls ( 1950 ) . The `` Guys and Dolls '' album was issued on CD in 1992 when the musical itself was enjoying a revival . All the albums were re-released in a box set on September 26 , 2000 .",
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"text": "Richie Rome Richie Rome , born Richard V. Di Cicco in Philadelphia , was a prominent American producer , arranger and orchestra conductor during the 1970s .",
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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": "Film industry in Georgia (U.S. state) The film industry in Georgia was , in 2015 , the third largest among U.S. states , eclipsed only by California and New York State . The industry in Georgia was boosted substantially by tax incentives introduced in 2002 and strengthened in 2008 . The state government claims $ 770 million in economic impact to Georgia ( 2009 ) , while industry sources claim that the tax subsidy costs the state $ 141 million ( 2010 ) . Atlanta is the center of the film industry in Georgia with Turner , Tyler Perry and EUE/Screen Gems studios located there . There were 348 productions shot in the state in 2009 . Films shot in Georgia include Tyler Perry 's Meet the Browns ( 2008 ) , Life as We Know It ( 2010 ) , and Contagion ( 2011 ) . Atlanta has been called the `` Hollywood of the South '' .",
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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": "Lightning Entertainment Lightning Entertainment is an American film distributor , sales agent , and production company based in Santa Monica , California . It was founded in 2002 by Richard Guardian , Rich Goldberg , and Marc Greenberg , focusing on sales and distribution of independent films . It began offering film production services in 2012 , which it stated were designed to help domestic films better target international markets .",
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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": "Rose Ganguzza Rose Ganguzza is a New York City based producer , with over 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry . She specializes in independent films , which she takes from the initial phases to packaging through production . In 2014 she founded Rose Pictures LLC a production company specializing in independent film and long and short form television .",
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"text": "Sage oil Sage oil is the essential oil made from the culinary herb sage , Salvia officinalis . In addition to its valuable flavoring characteristics , sage oil can contain as much as 50 % thujone by weight . The exact amount varies based on the time in the season and which part of the plant is tested . Thujone is traditionally regarded as one of the active ingredients in absinthe , distinguishing it from `` less controversial '' alcoholic beverages . Sage oil has been suggested to boost short-term memory performance in many using it as a dietary supplement . Sage oils can be toxic and may trigger miscarriages , as well as `` cause dizziness , rapid heartbeat , and provoke epileptic seizures '' .",
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"text": "Film Booking Offices of America Film Booking Offices of America ( FBO ) , also known as FBO Pictures Corporation , was an American film studio of the silent era , a producer and distributor of mostly low-budget films . The business began in 1918 as Robertson-Cole ( U.S. ) , the American division of a British import -- export company and Robertson-Cole was formed by the English-born Harry F. Robertson and the American Rufus Sidman Cole . Robertson-Cole bought the Hallmark Exchanges ( formerly the Mutual Exchanges that became known as Exhibitors-Mutual Exchanges ) from Frank J. Hall in 1920 . Exhibitors-Mutual/Hallmark had distributed Robertson-Cole product , and acquiring the exchanges gave them the right to distribute their own films plus Hall 's product , with the exception of Charlie Chaplin reissues he had the rights to . Robertson-Cole initiated movie production in the United States in 1920 . That year , it incorporated Robertson-Cole Studios , Inc. and bought 460 acres in Santa Monica , California to establish a studio . The property , which became known as the `` R.C. Ranch '' , enabled Robertson-Cole to centralize movie production , which previously had been scattered . The movie company had relied on equipment rentals to produce motion pictures . Two years later , a corporate reorganization led to the company 's new name , with FBO becoming the official name of the distributing operation and Robertson-Cole Pictures Corp. the name of the production operation . In 1923 , the studio contracted with Western actor Fred Thomson , who would soon emerge as one of Hollywood 's most popular stars . Thomson was just one of numerous screen cowboys with whom FBO became identified . The studio , whose core market was America 's small towns , also put out many romantic melodramas , non-Western action pictures , and comedic shorts . In 1926 , financier Joseph P. Kennedy led a group that acquired the company . In June 1928 , using RCA Photophone technology , FBO became only the second Hollywood studio to release a feature-length `` talkie . '' A few months later , Kennedy and RCA chief David Sarnoff arranged the merger that created RKO , one of the major studios of Hollywood 's Golden Age .",
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"text": "Stand! Stand ! is a 1969 album by soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone . Written and produced by lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone , Stand ! is considered an artistic high-point of the band 's career . Released on May 3 by Epic Records , just before the group 's celebrated performance at the Woodstock festival , it was the band 's fourth album , and most commercially successful to date . It includes several well-known songs , among them hit singles , such as `` Sing a Simple Song '' , `` I Want to Take You Higher '' , `` Stand ! '' , and `` Everyday People '' . It was published in US as an LP record with gatefold cover , and was reissued in 1990 on vinyl and CD and in 2007 as a remastered numbered edition digipack CD with bonus tracks and , in the UK , only as a CD with bonus tracks . 500,000 copies of the album were sold in the year of its release : it was certified gold in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 4 , 1969 , went on to sell over three million copies and became one of the most successful albums of the 1960s . By 1986 it had sold well over 1 million copies and was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA on November 26 of that same year . In 2003 the album was ranked number 118 on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time . In 2015 , the album was deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' by the Library of Congress and selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry .",
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"text": "Movietone Records Movietone Records was a budget records subsidiary of 20th Century Fox 's record division , which issued 29 albums starting in 1965 and ending in 1967 . Most or all of these were reissues of albums that had appeared earlier on the 20th Century Fox label . Artists featured on these albums included Shirley Temple , Al Martino , Lena Horne , Art Tatum , Marilyn Monroe , and Sylvia Sims . The name `` Movietone '' had been used by Fox Film Corporation since 1926 , when it was coined by William Fox to name the process he had bought for putting sound on film for `` talkies '' . By the time the 1965 incarnation of the record label came along , Fox had issued some 78s on the Fox Movietone label decades earlier , but these were not commercial issues , as far as is known . `` Movietone '' was also the name Fox gave to its TV and newsreel coverage .",
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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": "Mario Cecchi Gori Mario Cecchi Gori , ( -LSB- ˈmaːrjo ˈtʃekki ˈɡɔːri -RSB- ; 21 March 1920 , in Florence -- 5 November 1993 , in Rome ) , was an Italian film producer and owner of companies . He produced over 200 films , notably with Damiano Damiani , Dino Risi ( The Easy Life , I Mostri ) and Ettore Scola . Gabriele Salvatores ' film Mediterraneo won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film . With Lamerica , directed by Gianni Amelio , he received the Best Film Award at European Film Awards in 1994 . Il Postino ( 1995 , directed by Michael Radford ) was the first Italian film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Film . From 1990 to his death , he was the president of Fiorentina . His son Vittorio Cecchi Gori is also a film producer .",
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"text": "Joe Roth Joseph E. `` Joe '' Roth ( born 1948 ) is an American film executive , producer and film director . He co-founded Morgan Creek Productions in 1987 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox ( 1989 -- 93 ) , Caravan Pictures ( 1993 -- 94 ) , and Walt Disney Studios ( 1994 -- 2000 ) before founding Revolution Studios in 2000 .",
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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": "Portia de Rossi Portia Lee James DeGeneres ( born Amanda Lee Rogers ; January 31 , 1973 ) , also known professionally as Portia de Rossi ( -LSB- ˈpɔərʃə_də_ˈrɒsi -RSB- ) , is an Australian and American actress , model , and philanthropist . She appeared as a regular cast member on the American political thriller television series Scandal in the role of Elizabeth North from 2014 to 2017 . She is also known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the American television series Ally McBeal -- for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999 -- and as Lindsay Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development . She also portrayed Veronica Palmer on the ABC television sitcom Better Off Ted , and Olivia Lord on the television drama Nip/Tuck . De Rossi is married to comedian and television host Ellen DeGeneres .",
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"text": "The Barber of Seville (1947 film) The Barber of Seville ( Italian : Il barbiere di Siviglia ) is a 1947 Italian opera film directed by Mario Costa and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini , Tito Gobbi and Nelly Corradi . It is an adaptation of Gioachino Rossini 's 1816 opera The Barber of Seville .",
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"text": "Orfeo ed Euridice discography The following discography for Gluck 's opera Orfeo ed Euridice is mainly based on the research of Giuseppe Rossi , which appeared in the programme notes to the performance of the work at the 70th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 2007 , under the title `` Discografia -- Christoph Willibald Gluck -- Orfeo ed Euridice ( Orphée et Eurydice ) '' . Rossi 's data has been checked against the sources referenced in the notes . The discography gives the language of the recording as well as the version performed , although the recordings often mix different editions of the work or are even based on new ones created `` from scratch . '' In the most significant cases , such mixed versions are described in detail . The term `` pasticcio '' ( which has no negative connotation in this context ) has been used for recordings where the different versions are inextricably mixed .",
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"text": "Aida (1953 film) Aida is a 1953 Italian film version of the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi . It was directed by Clemente Fracassi and produced by Gregor Rabinovitch and Federico Teti . The screenplay was adapted by Fracassi , Carlo Castelli , Anna Gobbi and Giorgio Salviucci from the libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni . The cinematography was by Piero Portalupi , the production design by Flavio Mogherini and the costume design by Maria De Matteis . The Italian State Radio Orchestra was conducted by Giuseppe Morelli , the ballet was choreographed by Margherita Wallmann . The film was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival .",
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"text": "Amica (opera) Amica is an opera in two acts by Pietro Mascagni , originally composed to a libretto by Paul Bérel ( the pseudonym of Paul de Choudens ) . The only opera by Mascagni with a French libretto , it was an immediate success with both the audience and the critics on its opening night at the Théâtre du Casino in Monte-Carlo on 16 March 1905 . Mascagni himself conducted the performance . The opera had its Italian premiere ( with an Italian libretto by Mascagni 's close collaborator , Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti ) on 13 May 1905 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome . However , like many of Mascagni 's operas apart from Cavalleria rusticana , the work then fell into obscurity . One of its few revivals in modern times was on 4 August 2007 at the Festival della Valle d'Itria , using the original French libretto . ( It has been released on CD and DVD . See below . ) . In October 2008 , Opera di Roma used the Italian libretto for a new production of Amica in collaboration with Opéra de Monte-Carlo and the Teatro Carlo Goldoni in Livorno . Set in the mountains of Savoy around 1900 , Amica is a classic verismo drama . It recounts a domestic tragedy involving two brothers ( Giorgio and Renaldo ) and the woman they both love ( Amica ) .",
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"text": "Ranieri de' Calzabigi Ranieri de ' Calzabigi ( -LSB- raˈnjɛːri de kaltsaˈbiːdʒi -RSB- ; 23 December 1714 -- July 1795 ) was an Italian poet and librettist , most famous for his collaboration with the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck on his `` reform '' operas . Born in Livorno , Calzabigi spent the 1750s in Paris , where he became a close friend of Casanova . Here he explored his interest in opera , producing an edition of the works of Metastasio , the most famous librettist of opera seria . However , Calzabigi was also impressed by French tragédie en musique , and eager to reform Italian opera by making it simpler and more dramatically effective . In 1761 he settled in Vienna , where he met likeminded reformers : Gluck ; Count Giacomo Durazzo , the theatre director ; Gasparo Angiolini , the choreographer ; Giovanni Maria Quaglio , the set designer ; and the castrato Gaetano Guadagni . Together they worked on Gluck 's groundbreaking Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762 . Calzabigi then wrote the libretto for Alceste , which further abandoned the practices of opera seria in favour of `` noble simplicity '' . In the preface to this work , to which Gluck put his signature , Calzabigi set out his manifesto for reforming opera . A third collaboration , Paride ed Elena , followed in 1770 . Calzabigi also contributed to the scenario of Gluck 's reformist ballet , Don Juan , in 1764 . La finta giardiniera , set by Pasquale Anfossi in 1774 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775 , has been ascribed to him , but this is now regarded as doubtful . In 1775 Calzabigi was banished from the Viennese court as the result of a scandal and took up residence in Pisa , where he continued his literary activities until his death .",
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"text": "Drea de Matteo Drea de Matteo ( -LSB- dreɪ_də_məˈteɪoʊ -RSB- born January 19 , 1972 ) is an American actress , known for her roles as Angie Bolen on ABC 's Desperate Housewives , Joey Tribbiani 's sister Gina on the NBC sitcom Joey , Wendy Case on FX series Sons of Anarchy , and Adriana La Cerva on the HBO TV series The Sopranos , a role for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series . She currently stars as Det. Tess Nazario in NBC 's Shades of Blue .",
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"text": "Mirella D'Angelo Mirella D'Angelo ( born 16 August 1956 ) is an Italian actress . She appeared in more than twenty films since 1974 .",
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"text": "Caroline Unger Caroline Unger ( sometimes `` Ungher '' ; 28 October 1803 -- 23 March 1877 ) was an Austro-Hungarian contralto , alternatively known as Karoline , Carolina , and Carlotta . Born in Vienna ( or , according to some sources , in Stuhlweißenburg , today Székesfehérvár ) she studied in Italy ; among her teachers were Aloysia Weber Lange and Domenico Ronconi . Her stage debut , in her native city , came in 1821 , when she performed in Mozart 's Così fan tutte , a performance for which Franz Schubert had briefly served as her répétiteur . Three years later she sang in the first performances of Ludwig van Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony and Missa Solemnis . She performed a great deal in Italy , principally in Naples after 1825 when she became engaged to the impresario of the Teatro San Carlo , Domenico Barbaia . Among the roles written for her were those of Isoletta in Vincenzo Bellini 's La straniera ( 1829 , Milan ) , Gaetano Donizetti 's Parisina ( 1833 , Florence ) , Antonina in Belisario ( 1836 , Venice ) , Maria de Rudenz ( 1838 , Venice ) , and Bianca in Saverio Mercadante 's Le due illustre rivali ( 1838 , Venice ) . Unger had a great success at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris in October 1833 , where Sadie speculates that this was the occasion upon which Rossini is known to have commented on her voice as having `` the ardour of the south , the energy of the north , brazen lungs , a silver voice and a golden talent '' . In 1841 she married the French writer and retired from the stage in 1843 . She died in Florence and was buried in the cemetery of the basilica San Miniato al Monte there . She is memorable for her part in the famous anecdote regarding the applause at the premiere of Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony -- it was reportedly she who turned the completely deaf composer around to receive his audience 's thunderous applause .",
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"text": "A Woman as a Friend A Woman as a Friend ( Una donna per amica ) is a 2014 romantic comedy film written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi and starring Fabio De Luigi and Laetitia Casta .",
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"text": "The Ghosts of Versailles The Ghosts of Versailles is an opera in two acts , with music by John Corigliano to an English libretto by William M. Hoffman . The Metropolitan Opera had commissioned the work from Corigliano in 1980 in celebration of its 100th anniversary , with the premiere scheduled for 1983 . Corigliano and Hoffman took as the starting point for the opera the play La Mère coupable ( The Guilty Mother ) by Pierre Beaumarchais . They took seven years to complete the opera , past the initial deadline . The opera received its premiere on December 19 , 1991 , at the Metropolitan Opera , with the production directed by Colin Graham . The premiere run of seven performances was sold out . The original cast included Teresa Stratas , Håkan Hagegård , Renée Fleming , Graham Clark , Gino Quilico , and Marilyn Horne . The Metropolitan Opera revived the opera in the 1994/1995 season . Corigliano considers this work a `` grand opera buffa '' because it incorporates both elements of the Grand Opera style ( large chorus numbers , special effects ) and the silliness of the opera buffa style . Commentators have noted how the opera satirises and parodies accepted operatic conventions .",
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"text": "Sciantosa In Italian theatrical culture , the term sciantosa ( pl. : `` sciantose '' ) refers to a stock character that developed from the late 19th Century through the early 20th Century in such popular genres such as café-concert , variety show , avanspettacolo , and revue . The term is a distortion of the French word chanteuse ( feminine form of `` singer '' ) , and was originally used for female singers that performed opera or operetta arias in café-chantant venues . As such , the `` sciantosa '' was a sort of scaled-down version of the opera `` diva '' . Later on , the term acquired further implications , most notably that of femme fatale . Popular sciantose often had ( or pretended to have ) mysterious and exotic traits , such as a foreign accent , a turbulent past , or romantic affairs with lovers from the jet set . To emphasize their reputation of divas , prominent sciantose hired a claque to follow their shows . Some of the most well known sciantose were Anna Fougez , Gilda Mignonette , Olimpia D'Avigny , and Yvonne De Fleuriel . With the advent of cinema and television , many forms of popular theatrical shows faded , and so did the `` sciantosa '' archetype , whose traits were partially transferred to new roles such as the soubrette or the showgirl . The 1971 film La Sciantosa , by director Alfredo Giannetti , portrays a typical sciantosa ( played by Anna Magnani ) .",
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"text": "Melbourne City Opera CitiOpera , originally known as Melbourne City Opera , is a semi-professional opera company based in Melbourne , Australia . Formed in 1997 , it was the successor of Globe Opera . In 2007 the company began performing at the BMW Edge , a 450-seat indoor amphitheatre located in Federation Square . Initially the company made its home at the National Theatre , the Comedy Theatre and later at the Melbourne Athenaeum , and featured Suzanne Steele , Ronald Dowd , Margaret Nisbett , Maureen Howard , and Ron Stevens in productions of La bohème , Faust , Carmen , Pagliacci , Cavalleria rusticana , Madama Butterfly , The Merry Widow , Die Fledermaus , The Student Prince , and many others . The 2007 season began with productions of Verdi 's Il corsaro , Attila and The Pavarotti Story , devised and narrated by director Joseph Talia and conducted by Erich Fackert . In 2008 the season commenced with a concert production of Beethoven 's Fidelio at Melba Hall , University of Melbourne . The company presented The Puccini Story in honour of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini . This program was an analysis of how Puccini 's personal characteristics impacted on the creation of his characters and the composition of his music . In March 2009 , the company staged Verdi 's Ernani . Melbourne City Opera staged Verdi 's Luisa Miller in September 2009 , Andrea Chénier in June 2010 , La rondine in November 2010 and presented a tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland in November 2011 at the BMW Edge .",
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"text": "Rebecca de Pont Davies Rebecca de Pont Davies is a British mezzo-soprano who has performed with English National Opera and Welsh National Opera , and at the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden , among others . Davies was born and educated in Blackheath , and is the sister of the screenwriter William Davies and the television producer Michael Davies . She has been diagnosed with Graves ' disease . Davies went straight from school to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she completed the four year Associate of the Guildhall School of Music ( AGSM ) course and the two year Opera Course for which she was awarded a full scholarship before becoming a Company Artist for English National Opera . Here her roles included Ottavia in The Coronation of Poppea , Ulrica in A Masked Ball , Mistress Quickly in Falstaff , Annina in Der Rosenkavalier , Theatre Dresser/Schoolboy/Groom / Girl 's Mother in Lulu , Mrs Sedley and Auntie in Peter Grimes , Bronka in The Passenger , Marya in War and Peace and Ruth in the Mike Leigh production of The Pirates of Penzance . Davies 's roles in other productions include Marchioness in La fille du régiment for Teatro Real in Madrid , Auntie in Peter Grimes for Deutsche Oper Berlin , Prakriti 's mother in the premiere of Wagner Dream for Dutch National Opera and later for Welsh National Opera ; Second Maid in Elektra for Dutch National Opera ; Witch in Hänsel und Gretel ; Herodias in Salome in Bielefeld ; Mrs Sedley in Peter Grimes for Deutsche Oper am Rhein and the Liceu in Barcelona ; Geneviève in Pelléas et Mélisande in Essen ; Jack 's Mother in Into the Woods ; Beroe in The Bassarids , Old Lady in Sunday in the Park with George , and Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street for Théâtre du Châtelet ; Mrs Sedley in Peter Grimes , Maddalena in Rigoletto and Klytämnestra in Elektra for Opera North ; French Mother in Death in Venice for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera ( filmed by the BBC ) ; Katisha in The Mikado in a co-production between Scottish Opera and the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Theatre Royal , Glasgow ; Kabanicha in Káťa Kabanová for Teatro Regio in Turin and Auntie in Peter Grimes for Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon . Davies made her Royal Opera House début as Old Sister 2 in Babette 's Feast in the Linbury Studio Theatre , and for them has also sung Schwertleite in Die Walküre , Second Esquire in Parsifal , Aunt Kaye in the world premiere of Anna Nicole and Hostess of the Inn in Boris Godunov . Davies 's performances in concert include Judith Weir 's The Consolations of Scholarship with the Lontano Ensemble , Manuel de Falla 's El amor brujo and Siete canciones populares españolas with the Symphony Nova Scotia and performances with the BBC Proms , London Sinfonietta , the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra . Her recordings include Falstaff with English National Opera and String , Paper , Wood by Ronald Corp. . Davies is married to the singer and writer Jessica Walker .",
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"text": "Comic opera Comic opera denotes a sung dramatic work of a light or comic nature , usually with a happy ending . Forms of comic opera first developed in late 17th-century Italy . By the 1730s , a new operatic genre , opera buffa , emerged as an alternative to opera seria . It quickly made its way to France , where it became opéra bouffon , and eventually , in the following century , French operetta , with Jacques Offenbach as its most accomplished practitioner . The influence of the Italian and French forms spread to other parts of Europe . Many countries developed their own genres of comic opera , incorporating the Italian and French models along with their own musical traditions . Examples include Viennese operetta , German singspiel , Spanish zarzuela , Russian comic opera , English ballad opera , and Savoy Opera .",
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"text": "DeGeneres DeGeneres is a surname . Notable people with the surname include : Betty DeGeneres ( born 1930 ) , mother of Ellen DeGeneres and American activist . Ellen DeGeneres ( born 1958 ) , American stand-up comedian , television hostess , and actress . Vance DeGeneres ( born 1954 ) , American actor , older brother of Ellen DeGeneres . Portia de Rossi , or Portia DeGeneres ( born 1973 ) , wife of Ellen DeGeneres and American actress .",
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"text": "Gilda dalla Rizza Gilda Dalla Rizza ( 12 October 18925 July 1975 ) was an important Italian soprano . Born in Verona , she made her operatic debut in Bologna ( the Teatro Verdi ) in 1912 , as Charlotte in Werther . Especially acclaimed in the verismo repertory , she was regarded as being Giacomo Puccini 's favorite soprano , creating Magda in his La rondine ( 1917 ) . Although he composed the part of Minnie in La fanciulla del West for another soprano , when Puccini saw Dalla Rizza in the part , he said , `` Behold , at last I have seen my Fanciulla '' . She also gave the first European performances of his Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi , at Rome in 1919 . He also had her in mind for Liù in Turandot , though her voice proved too heavy for the part of the young slave-girl by the time of the premiere . Dalla Rizza appeared at the major theatres in Rome , Florence , Turin , São Paulo , Buenos Aires ( Teatro Colón ) , Rio de Janeiro , Verona , Naples , Monte-Carlo , Bologna , Lima , Parma , Santiago , Barcelona , Amsterdam , etc. . She never appeared in the United States .",
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"text": "Va, dal furor portata `` Va , dal furor portata '' , K. 21 / K6 19c , is an early concert aria in C major for tenor and orchestra by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . It was written 1765 in London during the Mozart family grand tour around Europe when Mozart was nine years old . The words are from Metastasio 's Ezio , act 2 , scene 4 .",
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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": "La donna del lago La donna del lago ( The Lady of the Lake ) is an opera composed by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola ( whose verses are described as `` limpid '' by one critic ) based on the French translation of The Lady of the Lake , a narrative poem written in 1810 by Sir Walter Scott , whose work continued to popularize the image of the romantic highlands . Scott 's basic story has been noted as coming from `` the hint of an incident stemming from the frequent custom of James V , the King of Scotland , of walking through the kingdom in disguise '' . It was the first of the Italian operas to be based on Scott 's romantic works , and marked the beginning of romanticism in Rossini 's work . It was `` deeply influential in the development of Italian romantic opera '' to the extent that by 1840 ( barely 20 years after this opera ) , there were 25 Italian operas based on his works , the most famous being Donizetti 's Lucia di Lammermoor of 1835 . Others in German , French and English followed . Written for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples , this was the seventh of nine operas which Rossini wrote for that house between 1815 and 1822 . Although the première on 24 September 1819 was not a success , there followed many performances throughout major European venues ( as well as being presented in Cuba and by major South American houses ) until about 1860 , after which the opera disappeared until 1958 . In modern times , performances have been given fairly frequently .",
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"text": "La Gioconda (opera) La Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito ( as Tobia Gorrio ) , based on Angelo , Tyrant of Padua , a play in prose by Victor Hugo , dating from 1835 . ( This is the same source as Gaetano Rossi had used for his libretto for Mercadante 's Il giuramento in 1837 ) . First performed in 1876 , La Gioconda was a major success for Ponchielli , as well as the most successful new Italian opera between Verdi 's Aida ( 1871 ) and Otello ( 1887 ) . It is also a famous example of the Italian genre of Grande opera , the equivalent of French Grand-Opéra . Ponchielli revised the work several times ; the version that is played today was first given in 1880 . There are several complete recordings of the opera , and it is regularly performed , especially in Italy . It is one of only a few operas that features a principal role for each of the six major voice types .",
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"text": "Emily Blunt Emily Olivia Leah Blunt ( born 23 February 1983 ) is a British film and stage actress . Blunt made her professional debut in a 2001 London production of the play The Royal Family . Two years later , she appeared on screen for the first time in the 2003 television film Boudica ( Warrior Queen ) . Her performance in the 2004 drama film My Summer of Love garnered her the Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer . For her performance in the TV film Gideon 's Daughter ( 2006 ) she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress . The same year , she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress -- Motion Picture and a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Devil Wears Prada . In 2009 , Blunt received the BAFTA Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year . She received more acclaim for portraying Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria ( 2009 ) , receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Drama . 2009 also saw Blunt appear in the crime caper comedy Wild Target with Bill Nighy and Rupert Grint . She found commercial success for roles in the romantic science-fiction thriller The Adjustment Bureau ( 2011 ) , the science-fiction action thriller Looper ( 2012 ) , and the science-fiction military film Edge of Tomorrow ( 2014 ) . Blunt received her fourth and fifth Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in the romantic comedy-drama Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ( 2012 ) and the musical fantasy Into the Woods ( 2014 ) in the Best Actress -- Motion Picture Comedy or Musical category . In 2016 , Blunt starred in the fantasy-action film The Huntsman : Winter 's War and The Girl on the Train , the latter based on the international best-selling novel of the same name , and a performance that earned her nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role .",
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"text": "Emily Eavis Emily Eavis ( born 1979 ) is co-organiser of the annual Glastonbury Festival . She is the youngest daughter of the festival 's founder and organiser Michael Eavis and his second wife Jean . Eavis grew up on Worthy Farm , Somerset , the site of Glastonbury Festival . Throughout her childhood , she was driven by politics and supported CND . In 1985 , at the age of 5 , she performed Twinkle , Twinkle , Little Star on the Festival 's famous Pyramid Stage immediately before The Style Council headlined . Afer leaving Wells Cathedral school in 1997 , she began a teaching degree at Goldsmiths University , London . When her mother became ill with cancer , Eavis deferred her course and returned to Worthy Farm to care for her . Following Jean 's death in 1999 , Eavis began assisting her father in running the festival and soon became co-organiser of the event . She is now responsible for overseeing the line-up of the festival . In 2007 , Eavis created The Park area with her partner , the music manager Nick Dewey . Eavis married Dewey in August 2009 and they now have three children , George ( born 2011 ) , Noah ( born 2013 ) and Nelly ( born 2016 ) . The couple are responsible for booking all of Glastonbury 's main stages , with Dewey now the festival 's Head of Music Programming . Together , they booked the festival 's first hip hop headliner in 2008 , Jay Z , which created a media storm but was hailed a success . Other headliners Eavis and Dewey have booked include The Rolling Stones , Adele , Bruce Springsteen , Beyonce , Stevie Wonder , Dolly Parton , Kanye West , Neil Young , Lionel Richie , Blur , Paul Simon , Arctic Monkeys , Metallica , Florence & The Machine , ELO , Radiohead , Foo Fighters and Ed Sheeran . Eavis has also championed African artists on the Pyramid Stage including Amadou & Mariam , Rokia Traore , Tinariwen , Femi Kuti , The Master Musicians of Joujouka , Bassekou Kouyate , Songhoy Blues , Baaba Maal and The Syrian National Orchestra . Eavis works with charities throughout the year , planning campaigns for Glastonbury . She has organised several fundraising concerts for Oxfam , including a Make Trade Fair concert at London 's Astoria in October 2002 with Coldplay , Noel Gallagher and Ms Dynamite and a show at the Hammersmith Apollo in September 2004 headlined by REM . Eavis also organised a concert opposing the Iraq war at the Shepherd 's Bush Empire in 2003 , featuring Coldplay , Paul Weller , Faithless and Ronan Keating . Eavis is an outspoken champion for female equality in music and equal representation across stages at Glastonbury . She is a campaigner in support of making birth safe for all mothers with The White Ribbon Alliance .",
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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": "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": "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": "Bleeding Love `` Bleeding Love '' is a song performed by British singer Leona Lewis , who released it from her 2007 debut studio album , Spirit . Jointly written and composed by American singers and songwriters Jesse McCartney and Ryan Tedder , and produced by Tedder , the song is the album 's lead single ; officially , it was Lewis 's official second single , and followed `` A Moment Like This '' . It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in October 2007 . Debuting at number one on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart , `` Bleeding Love '' became the best-selling single of 2007 in both countries . After the single 's release , it became a major international hit , and was the best-selling single of 2008 worldwide . The single has reached number one in 35 countries , including Japan , Germany and the United States , making it only the second song in history to achieve this feat , Elton John 's `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' being the first . The video first aired on 17 October 2007 , and was uploaded to YouTube on the same day , on which it now has over 138 million views . `` Bleeding Love '' has sold more than one million copies in the United Kingdom , and over 4 million digital downloads in the U.S. , where it was the best-selling digital song there in 2008 . It was named the 17th most successful song in the US from 2000 -- 2009 , on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade . The song achieved a similar feat in the United Kingdom where it was the best-selling single of 2007 , selling 788,000 copies . `` Bleeding Love '' has charted on the UK Singles Chart in three different years : in 2007 it peaked at number one ; 2008 at number 76 ; and 2009 at number 97 . `` Bleeding Love '' was nominated for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards . At the 2008 Brit Awards it was nominated for Best British Single . It is Lewis 's biggest hit in the US to date , is still her only single to reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 and remains her most successful single worldwide .",
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"text": "Hurt (Christina Aguilera song) `` Hurt '' is the second single from American singer Christina Aguilera 's fifth studio album , Back to Basics . It was serviced to US contemporary hit radio stations on September 19 , 2006 and was released for purchase in November . Written by Aguilera , Linda Perry , and Mark Ronson , and produced by Perry , the song describes how the protagonist deals with the loss of a loved one and was inspired by the death of Perry 's father . `` Hurt '' received mixed to positive reviews from music critics , who praised her vocals but were ambivalent towards its production . The song peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . According to Nielsen SoundScan , the single has sold over 1.1 million copies in the United States . It was a top-ten hit in Europe and Oceania , entering the top ten of record charts in countries including Austria , Belgium , France , and Germany . A music video the song was directed by Floria Sigismondi and co-directed by Aguilera . It depicts Aguilera as a 1940s circus star who suffers from her father 's death . It won two MVPA Awards for Best Video and Best Direction of a Female Artist in 2007 , and was nominated for a Juno Award for Video of the Year . Aguilera has performed the song live on a number of occasions , including at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards and on Saturday Night Live . The track was included on the setlist of Aguilera 's Back to Basics Tour in 2006 and 2007 .",
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"text": "The Best of Alison Moyet The Best of Alison Moyet is a compilation album by British singer-songwriter Alison Moyet , released in 2009 . Moyet 's first compilation album since 2001 's The Essential , The Best of contains twenty tracks , with selections from her seven solo albums . In addition to the standard edition , a limited edition , two-disc The Best of -- 25 Years Revisited version was also released , which features a selection of eleven songs re-interpreted and recorded live . The album peaked at No. 17 in the UK , remaining in the Top 100 for thirteen weeks . Moyet supported the release with the 25 Years Revisited tour , which spanned 26 venues across the UK and Ireland during November -- December 2009 .",
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"text": "Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper ( née Allen ; born 2 May 1985 ) , known professionally as Lily Allen , is an English singer , songwriter , actress , and television presenter . She is the daughter of actor Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen . Allen left school when she was 15 and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills . In 2005 , she made some of her recordings public on Myspace and the publicity resulted in airplay on BBC Radio 1 and a contract with Regal Recordings . Her first mainstream single , `` Smile '' , reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006 . Her debut record , Alright , Still , was well received , selling over 2.6 million copies worldwide and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards , Brit Awards and MTV Video Music Awards . She began hosting her own talk-show , Lily Allen and Friends , on BBC Three . Her second studio album , It 's Not Me , It 's You , saw a genre shift , having more of an electropop feel , rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one . The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was well received by critics , noting the singer 's musical evolution and maturity . It spawned the hit singles `` The Fear '' and `` Fuck You '' . This success saw her receive the Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist at the 2010 Brit Awards . Allen and Amy Winehouse were credited with starting a process that led to the `` year of the women '' media label in 2009 that saw five female artists making music of `` experimentalism and fearlessness '' nominated for the Mercury Prize . In 2009 , Allen announced that she would be taking a hiatus from musical activities . In 2011 , she launched her own record label . In 2013 , Allen revealed that she had begun working on her third studio album , which was later titled Sheezus . On 12 November 2013 , Allen premiered the video for her first original song since 2009 , `` Hard out Here '' , which was released as a single five days later .",
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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": "Clare Maguire Clare Rita Mary Maguire ( born 15 September 1988 ) is a British singer-songwriter . She was signed to Universal Music Group , Polydor Records in 2009 . She was rated in fifth place in the BBC Sound of 2011 list of the top 15 most promising new artists . Maguire was also singled out as one of MTV 's Brand New : For 2011 Acts . Her voice has been compared to Stevie Nicks and Annie Lennox . Maguire 's debut album , Light After Dark , was released on 25 February 2011 peaking at number seven in the Official UK Top 40 , and achieving the BPI Silver Sales Award in the UK . In 2016 , she announced the forthcoming release of her second album Stranger Things Have Happened on 27 May with the song `` Elizabeth Taylor '' . The album was released on Virgin Records .",
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"text": "Phil Collins (artist) Phil Collins ( born 1970 ) is an English artist , and Turner prize nominee .",
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"text": "Mel B Melanie Janine Brown ( born 29 May 1975 ) , better known as Mel B or Melanie B , is an English singer , songwriter , presenter , television personality , dancer , actress , author , and model . Brown rose to fame as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls , in which she became known as Scary Spice . Brown is also known for supporting girl power and earlier global tours , which grossed an estimated $ 500 -- 800 million between 1996 and 2000 . Brown began her solo career when she released `` I Want You Back '' with Missy Elliott on Virgin Records . The single charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart , followed by the release of her debut album , Hot ( 2000 ) . The album also saw the release of two top 10 singles `` Tell Me '' and `` Feels So Good '' . L.A. State of Mind was Brown 's second studio album , released in 2005 on the independent label Amber Café , which saw the release of one single , `` Today '' in June that year . In mid-2012 , Brown announced a return to her solo recording career with the release of her third studio album by signing with EMI Music Australia . The scope of the deal with EMI office includes concessions for global partnering with EMI . The first single from the album , `` For Once in My Life '' was released in September 2013 , becoming Brown 's first record to be released after eight years . Since 2000 , Brown has concentrated on a variety of non-singing projects . She became the presenter of shows such as This Is My Moment , Top of the Pops , Party in the Park and The All Star Animal Awards . In September 2007 , she became a contestant on the fifth season of the American dance competition , Dancing with the Stars ; in which she placed runner-up overall partnered with Maksim Chmerkovskiy . Brown returned to television work becoming a judge for the Australian version of The X Factor from 2011 to 2012 , replacing Kyle Sandilands and having previously been a celebrity mentor on the show in 2010 . In June 2012 , she was a guest judge during the Manchester auditions for the ninth series of The X Factor UK , as one of the temporary replacements for Kelly Rowland ; before the role eventually went to Nicole Scherzinger . She later joined The X Factor UK for its eleventh series in 2014 . During this time she became the female co-host for Dancing with the Stars Australia , in which she hosted the twelfth season alongside Daniel MacPherson . However , Brown resigned from the show and did not return for the thirteenth season in 2013 . In February that year , she officially signed on to become one of the four judges for the variety talent show America 's Got Talent , replacing Sharon Osbourne from the eighth season onwards . On 1 February 2014 , she was revealed to be a coach on The Voice Kids in Australia , which aired in mid-2014 .",
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"text": "Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act The Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry ( BPI ) , an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom . The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards , an annual celebration of British and international music . The winners and nominees are determined by the BRIT Awards voting academy with over 1,000 members , which comprise record labels , publishers , managers , agents , media , and previous winners and nominees . The award was first presented in 1977 as two awards as `` British Male Newcomer '' and `` British Female Newcomer '' which were won by Graham Parker and Julie Covington . When the Brit Awards was held for the second time in 1982 , the awards `` British Male Newcomer '' and `` British Female Newcomer '' became joint as one award for both male and female acts as well introducing groups acts to award . The first award for the joint `` British Newcomer '' was won by The Human League . In 2003 the award was renamed to `` British Breakthrough Act '' .",
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"text": "Lost Art Bergmann Lost Art Bergmann is the seventh studio album by Art Bergmann , released in 2009 on the Bearwood Music record label . The album comprises early recordings which Bergmann and his band had made with producers Bob Rock and Paul Hyde prior to completing his debut album , Crawl with Me , with producer John Cale . The album was compiled and remastered by Ray Fulber , the bassist in Bergmann 's band . The original tapes had deteriorated so badly that Fulber had to bake them for six hours in a food dehydrator to make them playable again . Many music journalists had criticized the original album 's production , which downplayed Bergmann 's guitar in favour of a keyboard-oriented sound that was uncharacteristic of Bergmann 's normal musical style . The new album was more widely praised , with Vancouver Sun critic John Mackie calling it `` the best album Art Bergmann never made '' .",
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"text": "The Collection (Beverley Knight album) The Collection : Beverley Knight is the second compilation album by English singer-songwriter Beverley Knight released via Parlophone on 20 July 2009 after Knight 's departure from the record label . The album comprises a mixture of previously released singles , some of which were not available on her Voice - The Best of Beverley Knight album , including her only other top 40 single `` Rewind ( Find a Way ) '' . The Collection also contains three previously released B-sides , `` Weekend Thing '' , `` What If ? '' and `` Special Kinda Cool '' , unavailable on any other Beverley Knight album . All songs were recorded throughout her eleven-year contract with Parlophone . The versions of `` After You '' and `` Shape of You '' are the original album versions and not those released as singles .",
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"text": "James Blunt James Hillier Blount ( born 22 February 1974 ) , better known by his stage name James Blunt , is an English singer-songwriter and former reconnaissance officer for the British Army . He originally signed to EMI Music Publishing and is currently signed to Custard Records and Atlantic Records . Blunt rose to prominence in 2004 with the release of his debut studio album Back to Bedlam , achieving worldwide fame with the singles `` You 're Beautiful '' and `` Goodbye My Lover '' . The album sold over 11 million copies worldwide , topping the UK Albums Chart and peaking at number two in the US . `` You 're Beautiful '' was number one in the UK , the US and a dozen other countries . Back to Bedlam was the best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK . He has gone on to sell over 20 million albums and 20 million singles worldwide . He has received several awards , including two Brit Awards -- winning Best British Male in 2006 -- two MTV Video Music Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards , as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations . He was a reconnaissance officer in the Life Guards , a cavalry regiment of the British Army , and served under NATO in the Kosovo War in 1999 . He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Music in 2016 by University of Bristol .",
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"text": "Talking with Strangers Talking with Strangers is an album first issued in the UK in 2009 , by Judy Dyble featuring Robert Fripp , Ian McDonald , Julianne Regan , Simon Nicol , Tim Bowness , Jacqui McShee , Pat Mastelotto , Alistair Murphy , Celia Humphris , Laurie A'Court , Rachel Hall , Mark Fletcher , Jeremy Salmon , Paul Robinson , John Gillies , Sanchia Pattinson and Harry Fletcher . The album has subsequently been issued twice on vinyl , with different artwork on both versions . A cd version was issued by Termo in Scandinavia , which saw Dyble , Bowness and Murphy make live TV and radio appearances in support of the release . Additionally , Dark Peak productions released an imported version in Japan . Late 2012 saw a deal signed for the first official release of the album in the USA via Gonzo Multimedia . The release date being late February 2013 . The album features a near 20-minute biopic of Dyble 's life ( `` Harpsong '' ) , and is described as being in the musical style of prog-folk . The UK release received reviews including being described as a `` sophisticated triumph '' and was selected as HMV stores ` recommended album of the year ' 2009 in the specialist music sector . The first UK pressing featured the artwork of 1960s psychedelic artist John Hurford and inner sleeve illustration by Koldo Barroso . This version is sold out and deleted as of December 2009 . The second UK pressing ( and subsequent releases feature the artwork and designs of Jackie Morris . Upon the UK release , Dyble played a press and a headline show at the 100 club , this was the first time she had appeared on stage in London since the days of her being the lead singer of Fairport Convention and Trader Horne in the late 1960s . The band included Simon Nicol , Tim Bowness , Alistair Murphy amongst others .",
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"text": "James Arthur James Andrew Arthur ( born 2 March 1988 ) is a British singer and songwriter who won the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012 . His debut single , `` Impossible '' , was released by Syco Music after the final and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release . Since then , it has gone on to sell over 1.4 million copies in the UK , making it the most successful winner 's single in the show 's history and has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide . The follow-up single `` You 're Nobody 'til Somebody Loves You '' reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart . He released his self-titled debut studio album in November 2013 . The album debuted and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart . After the release of his debut studio album James Arthur , he was involved in a series of controversies . This led iTunes to offer refunds for the album . The single release `` Recovery '' made to number 19 , while the sales for the fourth single `` Get Down '' hardly made the top 100 . Arthur parted ways with Simon Cowell 's record label Syco in 2014 . In 2015 , he signed a new deal with Columbia Records to release his second studio album in 2016 , titled Back from the Edge . Arthur was also re-signed to Syco in 2016 .",
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"text": "Fallen To Fallen To were an alternative metal band in Cornwall , UK ; formed in 2001 by James Norris who originally played drums for the band Most known for the singles ` No Allies ' and ` Bovine ` Calm ' which were released in 2002 . Fallen To 's debut single `` No Allies '' was incredibly popular upon release , gaining the number one spot of MTV2 UK 's Top 15 daily chart for over a week . These singles were followed by the album , The Mark , . In 2003 , Fallen To followed their debut album with a two-disc EP called Which Side of the Line ? , which contained new material , remixes and acoustic versions of tracks from their debut album . The first disc , showcased Fallen To 's heavier side , and the second disc exhibited Fallen To 's more atmospheric and ambient sound . The EP was a successful follow up to The Mark , garnering good reviews from most reviewers . Videos for `` Smoke & Mirrors '' and `` Lost No. 7 '' were released and were both available as extras on each disc . The group split sometime around January 2004 . In 2005 , James Norris and Drew Hallam formed Seven Days Awake which split up in 2006 . Since this point Christian Norris and James Norris formed The Sonic Art , whilst Jez Marshall joined Chinn Lawlor in Everything Burns . The former project has recorded with Grammy Award winning producer David Bottrill , whilst the latter is currently touring the UK . After several appeals on social media Fallen To redistributed their previous recordings digitally in 2011 .",
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"text": "BT Digital Music Awards The BT Digital Music Awards ( DMA ) was a British music award ceremony held annually for 10 years from 2002 to 2011 ( with no ceremony in 2009 ) . Music industry professionals nominated artists , venues and hardware into the Judge 's Choice award categories . The rest of the awards were made up of People 's Choice Awards , voted for by the public . The final awards were held at the Camden Roundhouse on 29 September 2011 .",
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"text": "Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Philopator ( Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ 69 -- August 12 , 30 BC ) , known to history simply as Cleopatra , was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt , briefly survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion . After her reign , Egypt became a province of the recently established Roman Empire . Cleopatra was a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty , a Greek family of Macedonian origin that ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great 's death during the Hellenistic period . The Ptolemies spoke Greek throughout their dynasty , and refused to speak Egyptian , which is the reason that Greek as well as Egyptian languages were used on official court documents such as the Rosetta Stone . By contrast , Cleopatra did learn to speak Egyptian and represented herself as the reincarnation of the Egyptian goddess Isis . Cleopatra originally ruled jointly with her father Ptolemy XII Auletes , and later with her brothers Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV , whom she married as per Egyptian custom , but eventually she became sole ruler . As queen , she consummated a liaison with Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne . She later elevated Caesarion , her son with Caesar , to co-ruler in name . After Caesar 's assassination in 44 BC , she aligned with Mark Antony in opposition to Caesar 's legal heir Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ( later known as Augustus ) . With Antony , she bore the twins Cleopatra Selene II and Alexander Helios , and son Ptolemy Philadelphus ( her unions with her brothers had produced no children ) . Antony committed suicide after losing the Battle of Actium to Octavian 's forces , and Cleopatra followed suit . According to a popular belief , she killed herself by means of an asp bite on August 12 , 30 BC . She was outlived by Caesarion , who was declared pharaoh by his supporters , but he was soon killed on Octavian 's orders . Egypt then became the Roman province of Aegyptus . Her legacy survives in numerous works of art and many dramatizations of incidents from her life in literature and other media , such as William Shakespeare 's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra , George Frideric Handel 's opera Giulio Cesare , George Bernard Shaw 's play Caesar and Cleopatra , Jules Massenet 's opera Cléopâtre , and the films Cleopatra ( 1934 ) and Cleopatra ( 1963 ) .",
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"text": "Augustan History The Augustan History ( Latin : Historia Augusta ) is a late Roman collection of biographies , written in Latin , of the Roman Emperors , their junior colleagues , designated heirs and usurpers of the period 117 to 284 . Supposedly modeled on the similar work of Suetonius , The Twelve Caesars , it presents itself as a compilation of works by six different authors ( collectively known as the Scriptores Historiae Augustae ) , written during the reigns of Diocletian and Constantine I and addressed to those emperors or other important personages in Rome . The collection , as extant , comprises thirty biographies , most of which contain the life of a single emperor , while some include a group of two or more , grouped together merely because these emperors were either similar or contemporaneous . However , the true authorship of the work , its actual date , and its purpose , have long been matters for controversy amongst historians and scholars , ever since Hermann Dessau in 1889 rejected both the date and the authorship as stated within the manuscript . Major problems include the nature of the sources it used , and how much of the content is pure fiction . For instance , the collection contains in all about 150 alleged documents , including 68 letters , 60 speeches and proposals to the people or the senate , and 20 senatorial decrees and acclamations . Virtually all of these are now considered to be fraudulent . By the second decade of the 21st century , the overall consensus supported the position that there was only a single author who was writing either at the end of the 4th century or the beginning of the 5th century , and who was interested in blending contemporary issues ( political , religious and social ) into the lives of the 3rd century emperors . Further , that the author used the fictitious elements in the work to highlight references to other published works , such as to Cicero and Ammianus Marcellinus in a complex allegorical game . Despite these conundrums , it is the only continuous account in Latin for much of its period and is thus continually being re-evaluated , since modern historians are unwilling to abandon it as a unique source of possible information , despite its obvious untrustworthiness on many levels .",
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"text": "Tomb of Caecilia Metella The Tomb of Caecilia Metella ( Italian : Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella ) is a mausoleum located just outside Rome at the three mile marker of the Via Appia . It was built during the 1st century BC to honor Caecilia Metella who was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus , a Consul in 69 BC , and wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus ( quaestor ) , son of the famous Marcus Crassus who served under Julius Caesar . The Tomb of Caecilia is one of the most well known and well preserved monuments along the Via Appia and a popular tourist site . In 2013 , the museum circuit of the Baths of Caracalla , Villa of the Quintilii , and the Tomb of Caecilia Metella was the twenty-second most visited site in Italy , with 245,613 visitors and a total gross income of $ 883,344 .",
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"text": "Daughters of Danaus In Greek mythology , the Daughters of Danaus ( -LSB- dəˈneɪɪdiːz -RSB- Δαναΐδες ) , also Danaids , Danaides or Danaïdes , were the fifty daughters of Danaus . In the Metamorphoses , Ovid refers to them as the Belides after their grandfather Belus . They were to marry the fifty sons of Danaus 's twin brother Aegyptus , a mythical king of Egypt . In the most common version of the myth , all but one of them killed their husbands on their wedding night , and are condemned to spend eternity carrying water in a sieve or perforated device . In the classical tradition , they came to represent the futility of a repetitive task that can never be completed ( see also Sisyphus ) .",
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"text": "Cleopatra Selene II Cleopatra Selene II ( Greek : Κλεοπάτρα Σελήνη ; late 40 BC -- c. 6 BC ) , also known as Cleopatra VIII of Egypt or Cleopatra VIII , was a Ptolemaic Princess and was the only daughter to Greek Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman triumvir Mark Antony . She was the fraternal twin of Ptolemaic prince Alexander Helios . Her second name in ancient and modern Greek means moon , also meaning the Titaness-Goddess of the Moon Selene , being the counterpart of her twin brother ` s second name Helios , meaning sun and the Titan-God of the Sun Helios . She was of Greek and Roman heritage . Cleopatra was born , raised and educated in Alexandria , Egypt . In 36 BC in the Donations of Antioch and in late 34 BC during the Donations of Alexandria , she was made ruler of Cyrenaica and Libya .",
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"text": "Iset (daughter of Thutmose III) Iset or Isis was a princess of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt , a daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose III and his Great Royal Wife Merytre-Hatshepsut . She is one of six known children of Thutmose and Merytre ; her siblings are Pharaoh Amenhotep II , Prince Menkheperre and princesses Nebetiunet , Meritamen and the second Meritamen . She is depicted together with her sisters and Menkheperre on a statue of their maternal grandmother Hui ( now in the British Museum ) ; she is depicted as smaller than her siblings , so she is likely to have been the youngest of them .",
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"text": "Philometor Philometor , meaning `` mother-loving '' , was a common royal epithet among Hellenistic monarchs : Antiochus VIII Philometor , Seleucid King Ariarathes VII Philometor , King of Cappadocia Attalus III Philometor Euergetes , King of Pergamon Cleopatra Philometor Soteira , Queen of Egypt Paerisades IV Philometor , King of the Bosporan Kingdom Ptolemy VI Philometor , King of Egypt Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar , son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar Seleucus V Philometor , Seleucid King Seleucus VII Philometor , Seleucid King",
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"text": "Athenion (general) Athenion was in the late 30s BC a military commander of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra in Coele-Syria .",
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"text": "Antipater (son of Herod the Great) Antipater II ( Ἀντίπατρος c. 46 -- 4 BC ) was Herod the Great 's first-born son , his only child by his first wife Doris . He was named after his paternal grandfather Antipater the Idumaean . He and his mother were exiled after Herod divorced her between 43 BC and 40 BC to marry Mariamne I. However , he was recalled following Mariamne 's fall in 29 BC and in 13 BC Herod made him his first heir in his will . He retained this position even when Alexander and Aristobulus ( Herod 's sons by Mariamne ) rose in the royal succession in 12 BC , and even became exclusive successor to the throne after their execution in 7 BC ( with Herod II in second place ) . However , in 5 BC Antipater was brought before Publius Quinctilius Varus , then Roman governor of Syria , charged with the intended murder of his father Herod . Antipater was found guilty by Varus ; however , due to Antipater 's high rank , it was necessary for Caesar Augustus to approve of the recommended sentence of death . After the guilty verdict , Antipater 's position as exclusive successor was removed and granted to Herod Antipas . Once the sentence had approval from Augustus in 4 BC , Antipater was then executed , and Archelaus ( from the marriage with Malthace ) was made heir in his father 's will as king over Herod 's entire kingdom ( with Antipas and Philip as Tetrarchs over certain territories ) . We know two of Antipater 's wives through the writings of Josephus . First was his niece Mariamne III , daughter of Aristobulus IV . The second was a high-ranking Hasmonean princess whose first name is lost to history . She was the daughter of Antigonus the Hasmonean , the last Hasmonean king who also served as high priest . This wife of Antipater was also a first cousin of Mariamne I , renowned royal wife of Herod the Great . Josephus records that she was at the palace with Doris , Antipater 's mother , in support of her husband during his trial before Varus in 5 BC .",
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"text": "Lucilla Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla ( March 7 , 148 or 150 -- 182 ) was the second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and an elder sister to future Roman Emperor Commodus . Commodus ordered Lucilla 's execution after a failed assassination and coup attempt when she was about 33 years old .",
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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": "Caesar and Cleopatra (film) Caesar and Cleopatra is a 1945 British Technicolor film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh . It was adapted from the play Caesar and Cleopatra ( 1901 ) by George Bernard Shaw . The film was produced by Independent Producers and Pascal Film Productions , and was distributed by Eagle-Lion Distributors . St6aff ( 30 October 1946 ) Caesar and Cleopatra was a box office failure , but it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for John Bryan .",
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"text": "Cleopatra ballet Cleopatra is a dramatic ballet in one act , with choreography and libretto by Michel Fokine , and music by Anton Arensky , Alexander Taneyev , Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , Mikhail Glinka , Alexander Glazunov , Modeste Mussorgsky , Nikolai Tcherepnin .",
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"text": "Olympias Olympias ( Ὀλυμπιάς , -LSB- olympias -RSB- , c. 375 -- 316 BC ) was a daughter of king Neoptolemus I of Epirus , the fourth wife of the king of Macedonia , Philip II , and mother of Alexander the Great . She was a devout member of the orgiastic snake-worshiping cult of Dionysus , and it is suggested by the 1st century AD biographer , Plutarch , that she may have slept with snakes .",
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"text": "Achillas Achillas was one of the guardians of the Egyptian king Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator , and commander of the king 's troops , when Pompey fled to Egypt in 48 BC . He was called by Julius Caesar a man of extraordinary daring , and it was he and Lucius Septimius who killed Pompey at the suggestion of the eunuch Pothinus and Theodotus of Chios . He subsequently joined Pothinus in resisting Caesar , and having had the command of the whole army entrusted to him by Pothinus , he marched against Alexandria with 20,000 on foot and 2,000 cavalry . Caesar , who was at Alexandria , did not have sufficient forces to oppose him , and sent ambassadors to negotiate with him . However , Achillas murdered the ambassadors to remove all hopes of reconciliation . He then marched into Alexandria and occupied most of the city ( Siege of Alexandria ( 47 BC ) ) . Meanwhile , Arsinoe , the younger sister of Ptolemy , escaped from Caesar and joined Achillas . However , in 47 BC , dissension broke out between them , so Arsinoe had Achillas put to death by Ganymedes , a eunuch to whom she then entrusted the command of the forces .",
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"text": "Wife of Julius Nepos The wife of Julius Nepos was the last empress of the Roman Empire in the West , whose husband reigned from 474 through 480 , although he was in exile from his capital after 475 . His surname , Nepos ( `` nephew '' ) , he obtained through his marriage . His wife 's given name is not in any primary source , all of which report her as the neptis of Leo I the Thracian of the Roman Empire in the East ( 457 -- 74 ) , and his spouse Verina . The word neptis could translate as granddaughter , niece or ( close ) relative , but it is usually assumed that Julius ' wife was Leo 's niece , and more likely related by blood to Verina rather than Leo . The historian Malchus reports , `` Verina also joined in urging this , giving a helping hand to the wife of Nepos , her relative '' . Julius ' marriage may have been part of a pattern of family patronage : `` marriage into the imperial family was a highly advantegeous affair , and marriage to an emperor 's daughter allowed the son-in-law to hope for the purple '' . Both emperors and empresses once elevated to their position would attempt to promote relatives to high offices and help them marry into illustrious lineages . While these extended families on occasion failed to succeed to the throne , they did manage to endure political upheavals and remain prominent for generations . Verina certainly seems to have played her part in advancing relatives . Between 468 and 476 , Basiliscus , Armatus and Nepos assumed high-ranking military positions . All three were related to her by blood or marriage . During the same period , Verina 's daughters Ariadne and Leontia were married respectively to Zeno and Marcian , later an emperor and a usurper , respectively . She may even had something to do with the rise to prominence of the barbarian Odoacer , theorised to be her nephew . Maybe her name was Aelia .",
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"text": "Antony and Cleopatra (1913 film) Antony and Cleopatra ( Italian : Marcantonio e Cleopatra ) is a 1913 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Gianna Terribili-Gonzales , Amleto Novelli and Ignazio Lupi . The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play of the same title , with inspiration also drawn from a poem by Pietro Cossa .",
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"text": "Juba II Juba II ( Berber : Yuba , ⵢⵓⴱⴰ ; Iuba in Latin ; Ἰóβας , Ἰóβα or Ἰούβας ) or Juba II of Numidia ( 52/50 BC -- AD 23 ) was a king of Numidia and then later moved to Mauretania . His first wife was Cleopatra Selene II , daughter of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman triumvir Mark Antony .",
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"text": "Salampsio Salampsio was the eldest daughter of Herod the Great by his royal Hasmonean wife , Mariamne I . She was married to Phasael ben Phasael , Herod 's nephew ( her first cousin ) . The marriage resulted in five children : Antipater , Herod , Alexander , Alexandra , and Cypros . Cypros married Agrippa I , the son of Aristobulus ; and Alexandra married Timius of Cyprus .",
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"text": "Cléopâtre Cleopatra VII Philopator (Koinē Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; 69 – 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. After the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire, marking the end of the second to last Hellenistic state and the age that had lasted since the reign of Alexander (336–323 BC). Her native language was Koine Greek, and she was the only Ptolemaic ruler to learn the Egyptian language.In 58 BC, Cleopatra presumably accompanied her father, Ptolemy XII Auletes, during his exile to Rome after a revolt in Egypt (a Roman client state) allowing his daughter Berenice IV to claim the throne. Berenice was killed in 55 BC when Ptolemy returned to Egypt with Roman military assistance. When he died in 51 BC, the joint reign of Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIII began, but a falling-out between them led to open civil war. After losing the 48 BC Battle of Pharsalus in Greece against his rival Julius Caesar (a Roman dictator and consul) in Caesar's Civil War, the Roman statesman Pompey fled to Egypt. Pompey had been a political ally of Ptolemy XII, but Ptolemy XIII, at the urging of his court eunuchs, had Pompey ambushed and killed before Caesar arrived and occupied Alexandria. Caesar then attempted to reconcile the rival Ptolemaic siblings, but Ptolemy's chief adviser Potheinos viewed Caesar's terms as favoring Cleopatra, so his forces besieged her and Caesar at the palace. Shortly after the siege was lifted by reinforcements, Ptolemy XIII died in the 47 BC Battle of the Nile; Cleopatra's half-sister Arsinoe IV was eventually exiled to Ephesus for her role in carrying out the siege. Caesar declared Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy XIV joint rulers, but maintained a private affair with Cleopatra that produced a son, Caesarion. Cleopatra traveled to Rome as a client queen in 46 and 44 BC, where she stayed at Caesar's villa. After the assassinations of Caesar and (on her orders) Ptolemy XIV in 44 BC, she named Caesarion co-ruler.In the Liberators' civil war of 43–42 BC, Cleopatra sided with the Roman Second Triumvirate formed by Caesar's grandnephew and heir Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. After their meeting at Tarsos in 41 BC, the queen had an affair with Antony. He carried out the execution of Arsinoe at her request, and became increasingly reliant on Cleopatra for both funding and military aid during his invasions of the Parthian Empire and the Kingdom of Armenia. The Donations of Alexandria declared their children Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene II, and Ptolemy Philadelphus rulers over various erstwhile territories under Antony's triumviral authority. This event, their marriage, and Antony's divorce of Octavian's sister Octavia Minor led to the Final War of the Roman Republic. Octavian engaged in a war of propaganda, forced Antony's allies in the Roman Senate to flee Rome in 32 BC, and declared war on Cleopatra. After defeating Antony and Cleopatra's naval fleet at the 31 BC Battle of Actium, Octavian's forces invaded Egypt in 30 BC and defeated Antony, leading to Antony's suicide. When Cleopatra learned that Octavian planned to bring her to his Roman triumphal procession, she killed herself by poisoning, contrary to the popular belief that she was bitten by an asp.Cleopatra's legacy survives in ancient and modern works of art. Roman historiography and Latin poetry produced a generally critical view of the queen that pervaded later Medieval and Renaissance literature. In the visual arts, her ancient depictions include Roman busts, paintings, and sculptures, cameo carvings and glass, Ptolemaic and Roman coinage, and reliefs. In Renaissance and Baroque art, she was the subject of many works including operas, paintings, poetry, sculptures, and theatrical dramas. She has become a pop culture icon of Egyptomania since the Victorian era, and in modern times, Cleopatra has appeared in the applied and fine arts, burlesque satire, Hollywood films, and brand images for commercial products.",
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"text": "Bette Davis Ruth Elizabeth `` Bette '' Davis ( April 5 , 1908 -- October 6 , 1989 ) was an American actress of film , television , and theater . Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history , she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic , sardonic characters and was reputed for her performances in a range of film genres , from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies , although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas . After appearing in Broadway plays , Davis moved to Hollywood in 1930 . However , her early films for Universal Studios ( and as a loanout to other studios ) were unsuccessful . She joined Warner Bros. in 1932 and established her career with several critically acclaimed performances . In 1937 , she attempted to free herself from her contract . Although she lost the well-publicized legal case against the studio , it marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career . Until the late 1940s , she was one of American cinema 's most celebrated leading ladies , known for her forceful and intense style . Davis gained a reputation as a perfectionist who could be highly combative and confrontational . She clashed with studio executives and film directors as well as many of her co-stars . Her forthright manner , idiosyncratic speech and ubiquitous cigarette contributed to a public persona , which has often been imitated . Davis was the co-founder of the Hollywood Canteen , and was the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice , was the first person to accrue ten Academy Award nominations for acting , and was the first woman to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute . Her career went through several periods of eclipse , and she admitted that her success had often been at the expense of her personal relationships . Married four times , she was once widowed and three times divorced , and raised her children as a single parent . Her final years were marred by a long period of ill health , but she continued acting until shortly before her death from breast cancer , with more than 100 films , television and theater roles to her credit . In 1999 , Davis was placed second behind Katharine Hepburn on the American Film Institute 's list of the greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema .",
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"text": "AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars Part of the AFI 100 Years ... series , AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Stars is a list of the top 50 greatest screen legends in American film history , which included 25 male and 25 female stars . The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 15 , 1999 , in a CBS special hosted by Shirley Temple , with 50 current actors making the presentations . The American Film Institute defined an `` American screen legend '' as an actor or a team of actors during the classic film era with a significant screen presence in American feature-length ( 40 min ) films whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950 , or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work . The top stars of their respective sexes are Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn . They starred together in the classic British American adventure 1951 film The African Queen , for which Bogart won his only Oscar . All actors and actresses are from the `` Golden era of Hollywood '' film production . Of the 54 stars listed , only 9 were alive at the time , namely Shirley Temple , Katharine Hepburn , Marlon Brando , Elizabeth Taylor , Gregory Peck , Kirk Douglas , Lauren Bacall , Sophia Loren , and Sidney Poitier . As of 2017 , only Kirk Douglas , Sidney Poitier , and Sophia Loren are still living .",
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"text": "AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role The AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ( AACTA ) , a non-profit organisation whose aim is to `` identify , award , promote and celebrate Australia 's greatest achievements in film and television . '' The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards , which hands out accolades for achievements in feature films , television , documentaries and short films . From 1971 -- 2010 , the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute ( AFI ) , the Academy 's parent organisation , at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards ( known as the AFI Awards ) . When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011 , it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards , with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . It was presented as a special award , from 1971 -- 1975 , and was accompanied with a cash prize , before it became a competitive award from 1976 , onward . Judy Davis is the most nominated actress in this category , with five wins from eight nominations , most recently for her role in The Eye of the Storm ( 2011 ) . Candidates for this award must be human and female , and can not be nominated for the same role in the supporting actress category .",
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"text": "Sisters of '77 Sisters of '77 is a documentary film that chronicles the 1977 National Women 's Conference in Houston , Texas in November 1977 . The purpose of the National Women 's Conference was to end discrimination against women and promote their equal rights . The conference was federally funded conference , and brought together over 20,000 women and men from around the United States . Sisters of '77 provides a look at a pivotal weekend that changed the course of history and the lives of the women who attended . The film incorporates rare archival footage and interviews of leaders relating this history to the present . The conference attendees included former first ladies Lady Bird Johnson , Betty Ford , and Rosalynn Carter . The women present included Republicans , Democrats , African Americans , Asian Americans , Latinas , Native American , pro-choice , pro-life , straight , gay , liberal and conservative women . The most influential leaders attending included Bella Abzug , Betty Friedan , Gloria Steinem , Eleanor Smeal , Ann Richards , Coretta Scott King , Billie Jean King , and Barbara Jordan .",
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"text": "1975 Academy Awards 1975 Academy Awards may refer to : 47th Academy Awards , the Academy Awards ceremony that took place in 1975 48th Academy Awards , the 1976 ceremony honoring the best in film for 1975",
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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": "David Newell (actor, born 1905) David Newell was primarily known as an American character actor , whose acting career spanned from the very beginning of the sound film era through the middle of the 1950s . He made his film debut in a featured role in The Hole in the Wall , a 1929 film starring Edward G. Robinson and Claudette Colbert . Early in his career he had many featured roles , in such films as : RKO 's The Runaway Bride in 1929 , starring Mary Astor ; 1931 's Ten Cents a Dance , starring Barbara Stanwyck and directed by Lionel Barrymore ; and White Heat in 1934 . He would occasionally receive a starring role , as in 1930 's Just Like Heaven , which co-starred Anita Louise . However , by the mid-1930s he was being relegated to mostly smaller supporting roles . Some of the more notable films he appeared in include : A Star is Born ( 1937 ) , which stars Janet Gaynor and Fredric March ; Blondie ( 1938 ) ; the Bette Davis vehicle , Dark Victory ( 1939 ) ; Day-Time Wife ( 1939 ) , starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell ; It 's a Wonderful World ( 1939 ) , with James Stewart and Claudette Colbert ; Rings on Her Fingers ( 1942 ) , starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney ; the Danny Kaye and Dinah Shore film , Up in Arms ( 1944 ) , which also stars Dana Andrews ; 1947 's Killer McCoy with Mickey Rooney , Brian Donlevy , and Ann Blyth ; Homecoming ( 1948 ) , starring Clark Gable , Lana Turner , and Anne Baxter ; That Wonderful Urge ( 1949 ) , starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney ; David and Bathsheba ( 1951 ) , starring Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward ; and Cecil B. DeMille 's 1952 blockbuster , The Greatest Show on Earth . During his 25-year acting career , he appeared in over 110 films . His final appearance in film was in 1954 's The Eddie Cantor Story , in which he had a small supporting role . In the late 1940s he also began working as a make-up artist , which he transitioned full-time to in 1955 ; this was due to injuries sustained during a car accident , which left him physically disfigured . He retired from the film industry in 1961 , although he continued to work in television through the beginning of the 1970s , his last position being the make-up artist on the television show , Lassie . Newell died two days past his 75th birthday , on January 25 , 1980 .",
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"text": "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Part of the AFI 100 Years ... series , AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Passions is a list of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema . The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11 , 2002 , in a CBS television special hosted by American film and TV actress Candice Bergen . Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are tied for the most films in the list , with six each . They co-starred in two of them - Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story .",
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"text": "26th Academy Awards The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953 . The second national telecast of the Awards show drew an estimated 43 million viewers . Shirley Booth , appearing in a play in Philadelphia , presented the Best Actor award through a live broadcast cut-in , and privately received the winner 's name over the telephone from co-host Donald O'Connor . ( Actor Fredric March co-hosted from New York City . ) Gary Cooper filmed his presentation of the Best Actress award in advance on a set in Mexico , with O'Connor announcing the winner 's name . All the major winners in this year were black-and-white films . The big winner was Fred Zinnemann 's From Here to Eternity , with thirteen nominations and eight awards including Best Picture , Best Supporting Actor , Best Supporting Actress , Best Director , Best Screenplay ( Daniel Taradash ) , Best Cinematography ( Burnett Guffey ) , Best Sound , and Best Film Editing . All five of its major actors and actresses were nominated , with secondary players Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra taking home Oscars . The candid film was based on James Jones ' controversial , best-selling novel about Army life on a Hawaiian ( Oahu ) military base just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack and World War II , illustrating the conflict between an individualistic private ( Montgomery Clift ) and rigid institutional authority ( exemplified by the Army ) . Its achievement of eight awards matched the then record held by Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) . The record would be tied again the following year by On the Waterfront ( 1954 ) . Walt Disney won four awards , which remains the record for the most Oscars won in the same year . William Holden 's speech for Best Actor for his role in Stalag 17 was simply `` Thank You '' , making it one of the shortest speeches ever ; the TV broadcast had a strict cutoff time which forced Holden 's quick remarks . The frustrated Holden personally paid for advertisements in the Hollywood trade publications to thank everyone he wanted to on Oscar night . He also remarked that he felt that either Burt Lancaster or Montgomery Clift should have won the Best Actor Oscar for From Here to Eternity , instead of him .",
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"text": "Academy Film Archive The Academy Film Archive is part of the Academy Foundation , established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ' educational and cultural activities , including the preservation of motion picture history . Although the current incarnation of the Academy Film Archive began in 1991 , the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acquired its first film in 1929 . Located in Hollywood , California at the Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study , the Archive has a diverse range of moving image material . The Archive 's collection comprises 85,000 titles and 190,000 separate items , including early American cinema , a vast collection of documentary films , filmed and taped interviews , amateur and private home movies of Hollywood legends , makeup and sound test reels , and a wide selection of experimental film , as well as Academy Award-winning films , Academy Award-nominated films , and a complete collection of every Academy Awards show since 1949 . Since acquiring the Packard Humanities Institute Collection , the Archive has the world 's largest known trailer collection . The Archive is also concerned with the preservation and restoration of films , as well as new technologies and methods of preservation , restoring over 800 titles of historical and artistic importance .",
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"text": "Susan Hayward Susan Hayward ( June 30 , 1917 -- March 14 , 1975 ) was an American actress . After working as a fashion model , Hayward traveled to Hollywood in 1937 . She secured a film contract and played several small supporting roles over the next few years . By the late 1940s , the quality of her film roles had improved , and she achieved recognition for her dramatic abilities with the first of five Academy Award nominations for Best Actress for her performance as an alcoholic in Smash-Up , the Story of a Woman ( 1947 ) . Her career continued successfully through the 1950s and she received subsequent nominations for My Foolish Heart ( 1949 ) , With a Song in My Heart ( 1952 ) , and I 'll Cry Tomorrow ( 1955 ) . She finally won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of death-row inmate Barbara Graham in I Want to Live ! ( 1958 ) . After Hayward 's second marriage and subsequent move to Georgia , her film appearances became infrequent , although she continued acting in film and television until 1972 . She died in 1975 of brain cancer .",
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"text": "List of awards and nominations received by Viola Davis The following is a list of awards and nominations received by actress Viola Davis . For her work in television , she has won a Primetime Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . For her work in theatre , she has won two Tony Awards , and three Drama Desk Awards . For her film work , her awards include a BAFTA Award , three Screen Actors Guild , a Golden Globe , three Critics ' Choice Awards and an Academy Award . She is also a three-time Academy Award nominee , making her the most nominated black actress in history .",
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"text": "American Film Institute The American Film Institute ( AFI ) is an American film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States . AFI is supported by private funding and public membership .",
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"text": "AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills Part of the AFI 100 Years ... series , AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills is a list of the top 100 most exciting , action-packed , suspenseful or frightening movies in American cinema . The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 12 , 2001 , during a CBS special hosted by Harrison Ford . Nine Alfred Hitchcock films made the list , making him the most represented director .",
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"text": "Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ( born Vivian Mary Hartley , and also known as Lady Olivier after 1947 ; 5 November 19138 July 1967 ) was a British stage and film actress . She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ) , a role she had also played on stage in London 's West End in 1949 . She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich ( 1963 ) . After her drama school education , Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in Fire Over England ( 1937 ) . Lauded for her beauty , Leigh felt that her physical attributes sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress . Despite her fame as a screen actress , Leigh was primarily a stage performer . During her 30-year career , she played roles ranging from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia , Cleopatra , Juliet , and Lady Macbeth . Later in life , she performed as a character actress in a few films . At the time , the public strongly identified Leigh with her second husband Laurence Olivier , who was her spouse from 1940 to 1960 . Leigh and Olivier starred together in many stage productions , with Olivier often directing , and in three films . She earned a reputation for being difficult to work with , and for much of her adult life she suffered from bipolar disorder as well as recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis , which was first diagnosed in the mid-1940s and ultimately claimed her life at the age of 53 . Although her career had periods of inactivity , in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Leigh as the 16th greatest female movie star of classic Hollywood cinema .",
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"text": "The Sight & Sound Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time The following are the `` Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time '' according to the worldwide opinion polls conducted by Sight & Sound and published in the journal 's September 2012 issue . They published the critics ' list , based on 846 critics , programmers , academics , and distributors , and the directors ' list , based on 358 directors and filmmakers . Sight & Sound , published by the British Film Institute , has conducted a poll of the greatest films every 10 years since 1952 .",
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"text": "List of awards and nominations received by Angelina Jolie The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie . She received three Golden Globe Awards , two Screen Actors Guild Awards , and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayals of First Lady of Alabama Cornelia Wallace in George Wallace ( 1997 ) , troubled supermodel Gia Carangi in Gia ( 1998 ) , and a sociopathic mental patient in Girl , Interrupted ( 1999 ) . Her later performances as Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart ( 2007 ) and Christine Collins in Changeling ( 2008 ) earned her additional nominations , including for an Academy Award for Best Actress . For her work in the action films Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ( 2004 ) , Mr. and Mrs. Smith ( 2005 ) , Wanted ( 2008 ) , and The Tourist ( 2010 ) , Jolie received awards based on popular votes , including an MTV Movie Award , two People 's Choice Awards , and four Teen Choice Awards .",
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"text": "National Board of Review: Top Ten Films The following is a list of the Top 10 Films chosen annually by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures , beginning in 1929 . From 1968 till 2005 , 29 times the NBR chose the film that would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture as Best Film . Twelve of these times , the film selected was number one on the NBR 's list for that year .",
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"text": "Helen Hayes Helen Hayes MacArthur ( née Brown ; October 10 , 1900 -- March 17 , 1993 ) was an American actress whose career spanned almost 80 years . She eventually garnered the nickname `` First Lady of American Theatre '' and was one of 12 people who have won an Emmy , a Grammy , an Oscar and a Tony Award ( an EGOT ) . Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom , America 's highest civilian honor , from then-President Ronald Reagan in 1986 . In 1988 , she was awarded the National Medal of Arts . The annual Helen Hayes Awards , which have recognized excellence in professional theatre in greater Washington , DC , since 1984 , are her namesake . In 1955 , the former Fulton Theatre on 46th Street in New York City 's Broadway Theater District was renamed the Helen Hayes Theatre . When that venue was torn down in 1982 , the nearby Little Theatre was renamed in her honor . Helen Hayes is regarded as one of the Greatest Leading Ladies of the 20th century theatre .",
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"text": "American Film Institute Awards 2003 The American Film Institute ( AFI ) Awards 2003 honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year .",
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"text": "Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards , a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre , to actors for quality leading roles in a Broadway play . The awards are named after Antoinette Perry , an American actress who died in 1946 . Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions , a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing , to `` honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year . '' Despite the award first being presented in 1947 , there were no nominees announced until 1956 .",
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"text": "List of film awards This is a list of groups , organizations and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema , usually by awarding various prizes . The awards sometimes also have popular unofficial names ( such as the ` Oscar ' for Hollywood 's Academy Awards ) , which are mentioned if applicable . Many awards are simply identified by the name of the group presenting the award . Awards have been divided into four major categories : Critics ' Awards , voted on ( usually annually ) by a group of critics ; Festival Awards , awards presented to the best film shown in a particular film festival ; Industry Awards , which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry ; and Audience Awards , which are voted by the general public .",
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"text": "Valley of Mexico The Valley of Mexico ( Valle de México Tepētzallāntli Mēxihco ) is a highlands plateau in central Mexico roughly coterminous with the present-day Distrito Federal ( now Mexico City since year 2017 ) and the eastern half of the State of Mexico . Surrounded by mountains and volcanoes , the Valley of Mexico was a centre for several pre-Columbian civilizations , including Teotihuacan , the Toltec , and the Aztec . The ancient Aztec term Anahuac ( Land Between the Waters ) and the phrase Basin of Mexico are both used at times to refer to the Valley of Mexico . The Basin of Mexico became a well known site that epitomized the scene of early Classic Mesoamerican cultural development as well . The Valley of Mexico is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt . The valley contains most of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area , as well as parts of the State of Mexico , Hidalgo , Tlaxcala and Puebla . The Valley of Mexico can be subdivided into four basins , but the largest and most-studied is the area which contains Mexico City . This section of the valley in particular is colloquially referred to as the `` Valley of Mexico '' . The valley has a minimum altitude of 2200 m above sea level and is surrounded by mountains and volcanoes that reach elevations of over 5000 m . It is an enclosed valley with no natural outlet for water to flow and a gap to the north where there is a high mesa but no high mountain peaks . Within this vulnerable watershed all the native fishes were extinct by the end of the 20th century . Hydrologically , the valley has three features . The first feature is the lakebeds of five now-extinct lakes , which are located in the southernmost and largest of the four sub-basins . The other two features are piedmont , and the mountainsides that collect the precipitation that eventually flows to the lake area . These last two are found in all four of the sub-basins of the valley . Today , the Valley drains through a series of artificial canals to the Tula River , and eventually the Pánuco River and the Gulf of Mexico . Seismic activity is frequent here , and the valley is considered an earthquake prone zone . The valley has been inhabited for at least 12,000 years , attracting humans with its mild climate ( average temperatures between 12 and 15 ° C , or 54 and 59 ° F ) , abundant game and ability to support large-scale agriculture . Civilizations that have arisen in this area include the Teotihuacan ( 800 BC to 800 AD ) the Toltec Empire ( 10th to 13th century ) and the Aztec Empire ( 1325 to 1521 ) . When the Spaniards arrived in the Valley of Mexico , it had one of the highest population concentrations in the world with about one million people . After the Conquest , the Spaniards rebuilt the largest and most dominant city here , Tenochtitlan , renaming it Mexico City . The valley used to contain five lakes called Lake Zumpango , Lake Xaltocan , Lake Xochimilco , Lake Chalco , and the largest , Texcoco covering about 1500 km2 of the valley floor , but as the Spaniards expanded Mexico City , they began to drain the lakes ' waters to control flooding . Although violence and disease significantly lowered the population of the valley after the Conquest , by 1900 it was again over one million people . The 20th and 21st centuries have seen an explosion of population in the valley along with the growth of industry . Since 1900 , the population has doubled every fifteen years . Today , around 21 million people live in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area which extends throughout almost all of the valley into the states of Mexico and Hidalgo . The growth of a major urban , industrial centre in an enclosed basin has created significant air and water quality issues for the valley . Wind patterns and thermal inversions trap contaminants in the valley . Over-extraction of ground water has caused new flooding problems for the city as it sinks below the historic lake floor . This causes stress on the valley 's drainage system , requiring new tunnels and canals to be built .",
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"text": "Lake Texcoco Lake Texcoco ( Lago de Texcoco ) was a natural lake within the Anáhuac or Valley of Mexico . Lake Texcoco is best known as where the Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan , which was located on an island within the lake . After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire , efforts to control flooding by the Spanish led to most of the lake being drained . The entire lake basin is now almost completely occupied by Mexico City , the capital of the present-day nation of Mexico .",
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"text": "Greater Mexico City Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City , officially called Valley of Mexico Metropolitan Area ( Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México ) , constituted by Mexico City itself composed of 16 Municipalities -- and 41 adjacent municipalities of the states of Mexico and Hidalgo . For normative purposes , however , Greater Mexico City most commonly refers to the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico ( Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México ) an agglomeration that incorporates 18 additional municipalities . As of 2010 Census , Greater Mexico City had a population just over 20 million , making it the largest metropolitan area in North America just ahead of the New York metropolitan area . But as of a 2014 census , it 's estimated the population of Greater Mexico City was 25.4 million people , making it the largest urban agglomeration in the western hemisphere . It is surrounded by thin strips of highlands which separate it from other adjacent metropolitan areas , of which the biggest are Puebla , Toluca , and Cuernavaca-Cuautla , and together with which it makes up the Mexico City megalopolis . Since the 1940s there have been different proposals to establish the limits of the growing conurbation of Mexico City , and different definitions were used unofficially as the city continued to grow . The Federal Government ( represented by the Department of Social Development ) , the government of Mexico City , and the government of the State of Mexico agreed on the official definitions for both the Mexico City Metropolitan Area and the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico on 22 December 2005 . Per the agreement , most urban planning projects will be administered by Metropolitan Commissions . Starting 2016 , On January 29 , Mexico City proper ceased to be called the Federal District ( Spanish : `` Distrito Federal '' or D.F. ) and is now in transition to become the country 's 32nd federal entity called officially `` City of Mexico '' ( Spanish : `` Ciudad de Mexico '' or CDMX ) , giving it a level of autonomy comparable to that of a state . Because of a clause in the Mexican Constitution , however , as the seat of the powers of the federation , it can never become a state , lest the capital of the country be relocated elsewhere . The English name `` Mexico City '' remains . Its original 16 `` Boroughs '' became `` municipalities '' .",
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"text": "Mexico City Mexico City , or the City of Mexico ( Ciudad de México , -LSB- sjuˈða ðe ˈmexiko -RSB- ; abbreviated as `` CDMX '' ) , is the capital and most populous city of Mexico . As an `` alpha '' global city , Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in the Americas . It is located in the Valley of Mexico ( Valle de México ) , a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of Mexico , at an altitude of 2240 m . The city consists of sixteen municipalities ( previously called boroughs ) . The 2009 estimated population for the city proper was approximately 8.84 million people , with a land area of 1485 km2 . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments , the Greater Mexico City population is 21.2 million people , making it the second-largest metropolitan area of the western hemisphere , behind New York City , the tenth-largest agglomeration , and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world . The Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product ( GDP ) of US$ 411 billion in 2011 , making Mexico City urban agglomeration one of the economically largest metropolitan areas in the world . The city was responsible for generating 15.8 % of Mexico 's Gross Domestic Product and the metropolitan area accounted for about 22 % of total national GDP . As a stand-alone country , in 2013 , Mexico City would be the fifth-largest economy in Latin America -- five times as large as Costa Rica 's and about the same size as Peru 's . Mexico 's capital is both the oldest capital city in the Americas and one of two founded by Amerindians ( Native Americans ) , the other being Quito . The city was originally built on an island of Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 as Tenochtitlan , which was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan , and subsequently redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the Spanish urban standards . In 1524 , the municipality of Mexico City was established , known as México Tenochtitlán , and as of 1585 it was officially known as Ciudad de México ( Mexico City ) . Mexico City served as the political , administrative and financial center of a major part of the Spanish colonial empire . After independence from Spain was achieved , the federal district was created in 1824 . After years of demanding greater political autonomy , residents were given the right to directly elect a Head of Government and the representatives of the unicameral Legislative Assembly by popular vote in 1997 . Ever since , the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution ( PRD ) has controlled both of them . In recent years , the local government has passed a wave of liberal policies , such as abortion on request , a limited form of euthanasia , no-fault divorce , and same-sex marriage . On January 29 , 2016 , it ceased to be called the Federal District ( Spanish : Distrito Federal or D.F. ) and is now in transition to become the country 's 32nd federal entity , giving it a level of autonomy comparable to that of a state . Because of a clause in the Mexican Constitution , however , as the seat of the powers of the federation , it can never become a state , lest the capital of the country be relocated elsewhere .",
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"text": "Puebla Puebla ( -LSB- ˈpweβla -RSB- ) , officially the Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla ) is one of the 31 states which , with the Federal District , comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico . It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla . It is located in East-Central Mexico . It is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the north and east , Hidalgo , México , Tlaxcala and Morelos to the west , and Guerrero and Oaxaca to the south . The origins of the state lie in the city of Puebla , which was founded by the Spanish in this valley in 1531 to secure the trade route between Mexico City and the port of Veracruz . By the end of the 18th century , the area had become a colonial province with its own governor , which would become the State of Puebla , after the Mexican War of Independence in the early 19th century . Since that time the area , especially around the capital city , has continued to grow economically , mostly through industry , despite being the scene of a number of battles , the most notable of which being the Battle of Puebla . Today , the state is one of the most industrialized in the country , but since most of its development is concentrated in Puebla and other cities , many of its rural areas are very poor , forcing many to migrate away to places such as Mexico City and the United States . Culturally , the state is home to the China Poblana , mole poblano , active literary and arts scenes and festivals such as Cinco de Mayo , Ritual of Quetzalcoatl , Day of the Dead celebrations ( especially in Huaquechula ) and Carnival ( especially in Huejotzingo ) . It is home to five major indigenous groups : Nahuas , the Totonacs , the Mixtecs , the Popolocas and the Otomi , which can mostly be found in the far north and the far south of the state .",
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"text": "Plaza Mexico (disambiguation) Plaza Mexico is a bullring in Mexico City , Mexico . Plaza Mexico ( Mexico Square ) may also refer to : Austria Mexikoplatz in Vienna Ethiopia Mexico Square in Addis Ababa Philippines Plaza de Mexico ( Manila ) in Intramuros , Manila USA Plaza México ( Lynwood , California )",
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"text": "Telmex Telmex is a Mexican telecommunications company headquartered in Mexico City that provides telecommunications products and services in Mexico , Argentina , Chile , Colombia , Brazil ( Embratel ) , Ecuador , Peru , Venezuela and other countries in Latin America . Telmex is still the dominant fixed-line phone carrier in Mexico . In addition to traditional fixed-line telephone service , Telmex offers Internet access , data , hosted services and IPTV . Telmex owns 90 percent of the telephone lines in Mexico City and 80 percent of the lines in the country . Telmex is a wholly owned subsidiary of América Móvil .",
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"text": "Colonia Narvarte Colonia Narvarte is the commonly used name for an area in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City .",
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"text": "Conscription in Mexico Military Service in Mexico ( in Spanish , Servicio Militar Nacional , or SMN ) currently involves all males reaching the age of eighteen years . Selection is made by a lottery system using the following color scheme : those who draw a black ball must serve as `` availability reservists '' , that is , they are not required to perform any activities whatsoever and will receive their discharge card at the end of the year . The ones who get a white ball serve in a Batallón del Servicio Militar Nacional ( National Military Service Battalion ) composed entirely of one-year SMN conscripts . In certain cities , such as Veracruz and Ciudad Madero , the lottery system also includes a blue ball ; whoever draws it must serve in the navy . In 2003 , President Vicente Fox Quesada reformed the law to allow for voluntary Military Service to be performed by females of military age . Conscripts are trained in basic combat with fire weapons , in one Infantry Battalion . Their formation was brought about after German submarine attacks against Mexican oil tankers that were providing fuel and material to the Allies during World War II . These attacks eventually caused the Mexican government to declare war on Nazi Germany and the other Axis powers . Mexico sent an expeditionary force , the Escuadrón 201 , to fight in the Pacific War .",
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"text": "New Spain New Spain ( Nueva España ) was a colonial territory of the Spanish Empire , in the New World north of the Isthmus of Panama . It was established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521 , and following additional conquests , it was made a viceroyalty ( Spanish : virreinato ) in 1535 . The first of four viceroyalties Spain created in the Americas , it comprised Mexico , Central America , much of the Southwestern and Central United States , and Spanish Florida as well as the Philippines , Guam , Mariana and Caroline Islands . After 1535 the colony was governed by the Viceroy of New Spain , an appointed minister of the King of Spain , who ruled as monarch over the colony . The capital of New Spain was Mexico City . New Spain lost parts of its territory to other European powers and independence , but the core area remained under Spanish control until 1821 , when it achieved independence as the Mexican Empire -- when the latter dissolved , it became modern Mexico and Central America . It developed highly regional divisions , which reflect the impact of climate , topography , the presence or absence of dense indigenous populations , and the presence or absence of mineral resources . The areas of central and southern Mexico had dense indigenous populations with complex social , political , and economic organization . The northern area of Mexico , a region of nomadic and semi-nomadic indigenous populations , was not generally conducive to dense settlements , but the discovery of silver in Zacatecas in the 1540s drew settlement there to exploit the mines . Silver mining not only became the engine of the economy of New Spain , but vastly enriched Spain , and transformed the global economy . New Spain was the New World terminus of the Philippine trade , making the viceroyalty a vital link between Spain 's New World empire and its Asian empire .",
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"text": "Football in Mexico Mexico 's most popular sport is association football . It is believed by some that football was introduced in Mexico by Cornish miners at the end of the 19th century . By 1902 a five-team league emerged with a strong English influence . Football became a professional sport in 1943 . Since then , Mexico 's top clubs have been América with 12 championships , Guadalajara with 11 , Toluca with 10 and Cruz Azul with 8 . Antonio Carbajal was the first player to appear in five World Cups , and Hugo Sánchez was named best CONCACAF player of the 20th century by IFFHS . Mexico 's biggest stadiums are Estadio Azteca , Estadio Olímpico Universitario and Estadio Jalisco . As of 2006 , it was estimated that there were over 324,000 registered players and 8,155,000 unregistered players in the country .",
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"text": "Colonia Santa María la Ribera Colonia Santa María la Ribera is a colonia located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City , just west of the historic center . It was created in the late 19th century for the affluent who wanted homes outside of the city limits . The colonia reached its height between 1910 and 1930 . In the 1930s , the middle class moved in and a new era of construction began . The colonia began to deteriorate in the 1950s , as the city grew around it and apartment buildings were constructed . Since the 1985 Mexico City earthquake , poorer residents have moved in and economic housing has been constructed . Today , the colonia is a mix of old mansions and homes ( with over 1,000 categorized as having architectural or historic value ) , small shops and businesses , tenements and abandoned buildings . The colonia has one major park and two museums . This area was designated as a `` Barrio Mágico '' by the city in 2011 .",
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"text": "Radio in Mexico Radio in Mexico is a mass medium with 98 percent national penetration and a wider diversity of owners and programming than on television . In a model similar to that of radio in the United States , Mexican radio in its history has been largely commercial , but with a strong state presence and a rising number of noncommercial stations in the 2000s and early 2010s . In August 2015 , there were 1,750 radio stations in operation in Mexico , more than 70 percent of them on the FM band .",
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"text": "Mexican honours system The Mexican honours system consists of civil orders , decorations and medals that are conferred on citizens and foreigners in recognition of their services and achievements . Although the indigenous empires that made up modern Mexico had their own way of recognizing individuals , the current system traces its roots from colonial New Spain , and has evolved because of events since the country 's independence . The following is a partial list of the orders , awards and prizes that have been or are currently issued as state decorations by the Government of Mexico .",
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"text": "Metro Indios Verdes Indios Verdes is a station on the Mexico City Metro . Indios Verdes , located in the northern reaches of Mexico City , is the current terminal station for the Metro 's Line 3 . Indios Verdes literally means `` Green Indians '' . The station and its surrounding area have this name because of nearby monuments to two Aztec emperors , Itzcoatl and Ahuizotl . The two statues -- originally planned to be sited in a more central location on Paseo de la Reforma -- were made of cast bronze , and the metal has turned green with the passage of time and the effects of the weather . Because of this , people began to call the monuments los indios verdes . The Metro Indios Verdes station logo depicts the statues ' silhouettes . The station has two island platforms , one for arriving and one for departing trains . Metro Indios Verdes station plays an important role in transportation for both Mexico City and areas of the surrounding state of México . The station has many entrances and exits , and it connects with many bus and microbuses routes , most of them serving areas in the Estado de México such as Lechería , Tlalnepantla de Baz , Texcoco , towns like Tepexpan and Otumba , and the archaeological zone of Teotihuacán . This station is located near the Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo highway . The `` Metrobús '' bus rapid transit line was constructed near the metro terminal in 2005 ; it runs from Metro Indios Verdes all the way down Avenida Insurgentes to Monumento al Caminero in the south of Mexico City . Metro Indios Verdes is the busiest station on the Mexico City metro , with 46.7 million passenger boardings in 2012 .",
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"text": "Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City The Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City is an Olympic Park which was used during the 1968 Summer Olympics . Found in the area of Mexico City known as the Magdalena Mixhuca , the park continues to serve as a venue for cultural , social , worship and sport events . The Park is administrated by the Government of the City of Mexico . It contains numerous sports venues , most notably the Sport Palace and it has hosted important events , most prominently the 1968 Summer Olympics .",
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"text": "Aztec mythology Aztec mythology is the body or collection of myths of Aztec civilization of Central Mexico . The Aztecs were Nahuatl-speaking groups living in central Mexico and much of their mythology is similar to that of other Mesoamerican cultures . According to legend , the various groups who were to become the Aztecs arrived from the north into the Anahuac valley around Lake Texcoco . The location of this valley and lake of destination is clear -- it is the heart of modern Mexico City -- but little can be known with certainty about the origin of the Aztec . There are different accounts of their origin . In the myth the ancestors of the Mexica/Aztec came from a place in the north called Aztlan , the last of seven nahuatlacas ( Nahuatl-speaking tribes , from tlaca , `` man '' ) to make the journey southward , hence their name `` Azteca . '' Other accounts cite their origin in Chicomoztoc , `` the place of the seven caves , '' or at Tamoanchan ( the legendary origin of all civilizations ) . The Mexica/Aztec were said to be guided by their god Huitzilopochtli , meaning `` Left-handed Hummingbird '' or `` Hummingbird from the South . '' At an island in Lake Texcoco , they saw an eagle holding a rattlesnake in its talons , perched on a nopal cactus . This vision fulfilled a prophecy telling them that they should found their new home on that spot . The Aztecs built their city of Tenochtitlan on that site , building a great artificial island , which today is in the center of Mexico City . This legendary vision is pictured on the Coat of Arms of Mexico .",
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"text": "Tlatelolco (altepetl) Tlatelolco ( Tlatelōlco ) ( sometimes also called Xaltelolco ) was a pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl ( town , city ) in the Valley of Mexico . Its inhabitants were known as Tlatelolca . The Tlatelolca were a part of the Mexica ethnic group , a Nahuatl speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century . They settled on an island in Lake Texcoco where they founded their city on the northern part -- the other Mexica group , the Tenochca , founded their city Tenochtitlan on the southern part . The city was closely tied with its sister city , which was largely dependent on the market of Tlatelolco , the most important site of commerce in the area . The Tlatelolco archaeological site is an archaeological excavation site in Mexico City , where the remains of the pre-Columbian city-state of Tlatelolco have been found . It is centered on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas , a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec site , a 17th-century church called Templo de Santiago , and the modern office complex of the Mexican foreign ministry . In February 2009 , the discovery of a mass grave with 49 human bodies was announced by archaeologists . The grave is considered unusual because the bodies are laid out in ritual fashion .",
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"text": "Gambling in Mexico Gaming or Gambling is a permitted activity in Mexico , subject to the obtaining of the corresponding governmental authorization to conduct gaming activities from the Mexican competent authority . Gambling is an activity subject to scope or attributions of the federal government and legislation , and not to those of a state or local level ; with the exception of gaming tax issues . Pursuant to Section X of Article 73 of the Constitution of Mexico , the Federal Legislature enacted the Federal Games and Draws Law ( Ley Federal de Juegos y Sorteos ) , which was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation ( Diario Oficial de la Federación ) on December 31 , 1947 and is in effect since January 5 , 1948 .",
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"text": "Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Gustavo A. Madero is one of the 16 municipalities into which Mexico City is divided .",
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"text": "Mexican Armed Forces The Mexican Armed Forces ( Fuerzas Armadas de México ) are composed of two independent entities : the Mexican Army and the Mexican Navy . The Mexican Army includes the Mexican Air Force ( FAM ) . The Presidential Guard , Military Police , and Special Forces are part of the Army , but have their own chains of command . The Mexican Navy includes the Naval Infantry Force and the Naval Aviation ( FAN ) . The Army and Navy are controlled by two separate government departments , the National Defense Secretariat and the Naval Secretariat , and maintain two independent chains of command , with no joint command except the President of Mexico .",
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"text": "Mexico–Venezuela relations Mexico -- Venezuela relations are foreign relations between Mexico and Venezuela . Both nations are members of the Association of Caribbean States , Community of Latin American and Caribbean States , Latin American Integration Association , Organization of American States , Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations .",
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"text": "Metro Pino Suárez Metro Pino Suárez is a station on Line 1 and Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system . It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City , on the southern part of the city centre . The station is named after José María Pino Suárez , Vice President of Mexico during the term of Francisco I. Madero ( 1911 -- 1913 ) . However , the station logo depicts a pyramid dedicated to Ehecatl , the Aztec god of wind . This pyramid was discovered in the early construction of the station and it can be seen on display along the main transfer corridor . The station was opened on 5 September 1969 . Metro Pino Suárez is an important link to the centre of the city . It was the first transfer station of the network and today it connects the two busiest lines . Pino Suárez has many corridors , the most notable among them being the Pasaje Zócalo -- Pino Suárez that connects with Metro Zócalo at the north side , filled with bookstores and a mini-cinema ; other corridors have cultural displays and temporary exhibitions . The station also has an information desk .",
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"text": "Magdalena Contreras La Magdalena Contreras ( -LSB- maɣðaˈlena konˈtɾeɾas -RSB- ) is one of the 16 delegaciones ( boroughs ) into which Mexico 's Federal District is divided . It had a 2010 census population of 239,086 inhabitants , and is the third-least populous of Mexico City 's boroughs . It lies at an elevation of 2,365 m. above sea level . It is named after two historically important communities , La Magdalena Atlitic , one of four communities with pre Hispanic roots , and Colonia Contreras , an area noted for its textiles mills until the 20th century . The northern end of the borough is urbanized with the rest , with its mountains and ravines , designated as a conservation zone . However , urban sprawl is putting pressure on these areas , with the borough government promoting ecotourism as a way to preserve the area 's forests and other natural resources . The largest ecotourism park is Los Dinamos , canyons and ravines cut by streams and fresh water springs which eventually form the Río Magdalena , Mexico City 's only remaining free flowing river .",
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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": "Object animation Object animation is a form of stop motion animation that involves the animated movements of any non-drawn objects such as toys , blocks , dolls , etc. which are not fully malleable , such as clay or wax , and not designed to look like a recognizable human or animal character . Object animation is considered a different form of animation distinct from model animation and puppet animation , as these two forms of stop-motion animation usually use recognizable characters as their subjects , rather than just objects like static toy soldiers , or construction toys such as Tinker Toys , LEGO brand bricks ( Brickfilm ) , Lincoln Logs , Erector Sets , Playmobil , etc. . Object animation is often combined with other forms of animation , typically for a more realistic effect ( e.g. , Model Animation or Puppet Animation to add more complex movement or depth to the characters ) . For example , a toy car can be animated without a driver , but is more often animated with a character easily seen driving the car . The use of animated objects in film has been present since the early days of cinema . An example of modern object animation can be seen on Robot Chicken , part of the regular Adult Swim block on Cartoon Network , which combines object animation with a variation of puppet animation , in this case the puppets are made to resemble plastic action figures from various TV shows , movies , and pop culture .",
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"text": "The NeverEnding Story (film) The NeverEnding Story is a 1984 American epic fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ende , about a boy who reads a magical book that tells a story of a young warrior whose task is to stop a dark storm called the Nothing from engulfing a fantasy world . The film was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Giessler and directed and co-written by Wolfgang Petersen ( his first English-language film ) and starred Noah Hathaway , Barret Oliver , Tami Stronach , Patricia Hayes , Sydney Bromley , Gerald McRaney , Moses Gunn , and Alan Oppenheimer as the voices of both Falkor and Gmork ( as well as other characters ) . At the time of its release , it was the most expensive film produced outside the United States or the Soviet Union . The film was the first in The NeverEnding Story film series and later followed by two sequels . Ende felt that this adaptation 's content deviated so far from the spirit of his book that he requested that production either be halted or the film 's title be changed ; when the producers did neither , he sued them and subsequently lost the case . Ende called the film a `` gigantic melodrama of kitsch , commerce , plush and plastic '' -LSB- Ein `` gigantisches Melodram aus Kitsch , Kommerz , Plüsch und Plastik '' -RSB- . The film only adapts the first half of the book , and consequently does not convey the message of the title as it was portrayed in the novel . The second half of the book would subsequently be used as the rough basis for the second film , The Next Chapter . The third film , Escape from Fantasia , features a completely original plot .",
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"text": "Thor: The Mighty Avenger (toy line) Thor : The Mighty Avenger is a toy line manufactured by Hasbro based on the Marvel Comics film , Thor . It is composed mainly of 3.75 '' scale action figures . The line falls under Marvel 's `` Avengers Assemble '' marketing banner , which will also include the Iron Man : The Armored Avenger and Captain America : The First Avenger toy lines . This will be used as a lead up to 2012 's The Avengers motion picture . Unlike previous 3.75 '' action figure lines based on movies , Hasbro is not doing a comic series with this line . All of the figures will be based on the movie . This official street date for the line is March 1 , though some stores have started selling the toys in early February .",
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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": "Atari (film)",
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"text": "Groundhog Day (film) Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Harold Ramis , starring Bill Murray , Andie MacDowell , and Chris Elliott . It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin , based on a story by Rubin . Murray plays Phil Connors , an arrogant Pittsburgh TV weatherman who , during an assignment covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney , Pennsylvania , finds himself caught in a time loop , repeating the same day again and again . After indulging in hedonism and committing suicide numerous times , he begins to re-examine his life and priorities . On its release , Groundhog Day was a modest success and garnered generally positive reviews . It gained stronger appreciation among critics and film historians over time , and is now often listed among the best comedy films ever . It further entered into the public consciousness , where the term `` Groundhog Day '' can represent a situation that seems to repeat over and over in government and military arenas , as well as influencing other entertainment . In 2006 , the film was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed `` culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant '' . A stage musical version of the film premiered in 2016 .",
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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": "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": "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": "Ash Brannon Ash Brannon ( born 1969 in Columbus , Georgia ) is an American animator , writer and director . He was a story artist and directing animator on Toy Story and co-director on Toy Story 2 . Besides working at Pixar he has also worked with DreamWorks Animation on Over the Hedge and Sony Pictures Animation on Surf 's Up . Brannon studied visual arts at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville , Florida for high school and went on to CalArts for further education . Studying in CalArts Character Animation program , Brannon likewise practiced his skills in animation as a trainee for Disney Animation 's 1989 film The Little Mermaid . From 1990-92 . In the meantime , Brannon served as an animator for such projects as Nike 's Hare Jordan Super Bowl ad in 1992 and the television series That 's Warner Bros. ! . He won an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production and Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production on Toy Story 2 . He was also nominated for an Oscar in 2007 on Surf 's Up . According to the Toy Story 2 DVD audio commentary , Al McWhiggin 's license plate `` LZTYBRN , '' is Brannon 's actual license plate .",
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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": "Toy library A toy library lends or hires out toys , puzzles , and games , functioning either as a rental shop or a form of family resource program . Toy libraries offer play sessions for families and a wide range of toys appropriate for children at different stages in their development . Toy libraries provide children with new toys every week or two , saving parents money and keeping children from getting bored . Popular in the French-speaking world , toy libraries are called ludothèques .",
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"text": "Barbie: Star Light Adventure Barbie : Star Light Adventure is a 2016 animated film and the second film in the fourth season of films in the Barbie film series . The movie was given a limited theatrical release in July 30 , 2016 and was released to home video in September 13 , 2016 . Mattel has released a toy line , a story book , and a comic , based on the film .",
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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": "The Toy (1976 film) The Toy ( Le jouet ) is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Francis Veber . The film was remade in 1982 as the American film The Toy .",
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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": "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": "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": "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": "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": "Fighting game A fighting game is a video game genre in which the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent , which can be either an AI or controlled by another player . The fight matches typically consist of several rounds and take place in an arena , while each character has widely differing abilities but each is relatively viable to choose . Players must master techniques such as blocking , counter-attacking , and chaining attacks together into `` combos '' . Since the early 1990s , most fighting games allow the player to execute special attacks by performing specific input combinations . The fighting game genre is related to but distinct from beat 'em ups , which involve large numbers of enemies against the human player . The first video game to feature fist fighting was arcade game Heavyweight Champ in , but it was Karate Champ which popularized one-on-one martial arts games in arcades in . In , Yie Ar Kung-Fu featured antagonists with differing fighting styles , while The Way of the Exploding Fist further popularized the genre on home systems . In , Street Fighter introduced hidden special attacks . In , Capcom 's highly successful Street Fighter II refined and popularized many of the conventions of the genre . The fighting game subsequently became the preeminent genre for competitive video gaming in the early to mid-1990s , particularly in arcades . This period spawned dozens of other popular fighting games , including successful and long running franchises like Mortal Kombat , Tekken , The King of Fighters , Virtua Fighter , Guilty Gear , Killer Instinct , Dead or Alive and SoulCalibur .",
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"text": "Super Street Fighter II Turbo Super Street Fighter II Turbo , released in Japan as , is a competitive fighting game released for the arcades by Capcom in . It is the fifth installment in the Street Fighter II sub-series of Street Fighter games , following Super Street Fighter II : The New Challengers . Like its predecessor , it ran on the CP System II hardware . It is commonly referred to as just Super Turbo , or ST for short . Super Turbo introduced several new gameplay mechanics not present in previous versions of Street Fighter II , including the addition of Super Combos and air combos . It also introduced the secret character Akuma , who would go on to become a recurring character in later Street Fighter installments and other Capcom fighting games . Super Turbo was originally ported to the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer , followed by the PlayStation and Sega Saturn ( under the title of Super Street Fighter II Turbo : The Ultimate Championship ) as part of the Street Fighter Collection , and for the Dreamcast in Japan under the title of Super Street Fighter II X for Matching Service . A remake of the game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 titled Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix . While not as much of a commercial success as previous iterations of the game , the game was a critical darling and has had a huge impact on the competitive fighting game `` e-sport '' circuit . Super Street Fighter II Turbo is still played competitively over 20 years after its original release , and is the oldest fighting game that still has an active competitive tournament scene throughout the world .",
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"text": "Final Fight Revenge is a 1999 American-developed 3D fighting video game . The game was produced by the American division of Capcom ( later known as `` Capcom Production Studio 8 '' ) , which later produced Maximo : Ghosts to Glory and Final Fight : Streetwise . Final Fight Revenge was released for the arcades on July 1999 and ran on the Sega ST-V arcade hardware . It is the only Final Fight sequel released for the arcades . A home version was released for the Sega Saturn on March 30 , 2000 , which was the last Capcom game officially released for the platform . The Sega Saturn version was only available in Japan . However , the game can be played in English if the console 's internal language is set to English .",
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"text": "Martial Champion is a 1993 fighting game released for the arcades by Konami . It was Konami 's third fighting game after the 1985 releases Yie Ar Kung-Fu and Galactic Warriors and the 1986 release Yie Ar Kung-Fu II , and their first release that came after the success of Capcom 's 1991 arcade hit Street Fighter II .",
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"text": "GTR – FIA GT Racing Game GTR -- FIA GT Racing Game is a sports car racing simulator developed by SimBin Studios ( later Sector3 Studios ) for the x86 PC . An Xbox version was announced very early on , but never materialized . In April 2006 , an Xbox 360 version was announced . The Xbox 360 version of the game was to be published by THQ . However , THQ later announced they would no longer be working together with Simbin on the title . Race Pro was released for the Xbox 360 in February 2009 . As a racing simulator , it attempts to recreate real-world physics as accurately as possible , rather than exaggerating speed and handling abilities for the sake of easier gameplay . Some games that compare to the realism featured in GTR include Grand Prix Legends , Live for Speed and F1 Challenge . It has a full license from the FIA for their GT championship , so it features the original FIA GT Series cars and courses . All tracks were constructed from satellite data to improve accuracy , and the developers were helped by many teams in the GT - and NGT-classes . The game engine produces and outputs telemetry data in a format that is usable by the telemetry software i2 by MoTeC -- a software tool used by real racing teams . The game has three modes , one with full realism and the two others with reduced levels of realism for intermediate players and newcomers . The user is provided with a great deal of control over the setup of the car , e.g. dampers , springs , anti-roll bars , gear ratios , wings and brake pressure can be adjusted in detail . Although the user is allowed to map the controls to e.g. a keyboard or joystick/gamepad , a wheel/pedal set is really a requirement for a complete racing experience . GTR fully supports the TrackIR device . StarForce copy protection is used to prevent illegal copies of the game from being produced . Some consider the graphics to be only mediocre whilst others praise the attention to detail in both car modelling and texturing . What is certain is that GTR does lack some effects seen in contemporary games . However , GTR does enable the player to participate in races with over 60 competitors . The game has been criticized numerous times for poor Netcode which often can result in an online game failing during the start . GTR also suffers from virtually no automatic enforcement of rules and regulations , and so `` fair racing '' is only seen by a few on public servers . The open nature of multiplayer sessions makes it easy for a single player to cause disruption for other players , or even to ruin the entire race . Consequently , joining a GTR league or community often proves beneficial for players who wish to participate in clean online racing . GTR 's rating has been suffered by the comparatively long amount of time needed to load a race .",
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"text": "Mega Man 2 Mega Man 2 , known in Japan as , is an action-platform game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System . It is the second installment in the original Mega Man series . The game was released in Japan in 1988 and in North America and PAL regions the following years . Mega Man 2 continues the titular protagonist 's battle against the evil Dr. Wily and his rogue robots . The game features graphical and gameplay changes from the first Mega Man game , many of which have remained throughout the series . Although sales for Mega Man were unimpressive , Capcom allowed the Rockman team to create a sequel . They worked concurrently on other Capcom projects , using their free time to develop the game . Unused content from the previous title was integrated into Mega Man 2 . Takashi Tateishi composed the soundtrack , with Yoshihiro Sakaguchi serving as a sound programmer . With more than 1.5 million copies sold , the game is the best-selling Mega Man title . Critics praised its audio , visuals and gameplay as an improvement over the first game . Many publications rank Mega Man 2 as the best title in the series , and as one of the greatest video games of all time . The game has been re-released on several consoles and mobile phones .",
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"text": "DreamMix TV World Fighters is a Japan-only crossover fighting video game developed by Bitstep and published by Konami , Takara and Hudson for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in Japan on December 18 , 2003 . The game crosses over characters from Hudson and Konami 's video game series and Takara 's toy lines .",
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"text": "Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat is a video game franchise originally developed by Midway Games ' Chicago studio in 1992 . Following Midway 's bankruptcy , the Mortal Kombat development team was acquired by Warner Bros. and turned into NetherRealm Studios . Warner Bros. . Interactive Entertainment currently owns the rights of the franchise and rebooted it in 2011 . The development of the first game was originally based on an idea that Ed Boon and John Tobias had of making a video game starring Jean-Claude Van Damme , but as that idea fell through , a fantasy-horror themed fighting game titled Mortal Kombat was created instead . The original game has spawned many sequels and has spun a media franchise consisting of several action-adventure games , films ( animated and live-action with its own sequel ) , and television series ( animated and live-action ) . Other spin-offs include comic book series , a card game and a live-action tour . Along with Capcom 's Street Fighter and Bandai Namco 's Tekken , Mortal Kombat has become one of the most successful fighting franchises in the history of video games . , the franchise had generated $ 5 billion in revenue , making it one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time . The series has a reputation for high levels of bloody violence , including , most notably , its Fatalities ( finishing moves , requiring a sequence of button inputs to perform ) . The Fatalities , in part , led to the creation of the ESRB video game rating system . The series name itself is also known for using the letter `` K '' in place of `` C '' for the hard C sound , thus intentionally misspelling the word `` combat '' , as well as other words with the hard C sound within later games in the series . Early games in the series were also noted for its realistic digitized sprites ( which differentiated it from its contemporaries ' hand-drawn sprites ) and an extensive use of palette swapping to create new characters .",
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"text": "Gen (Street Fighter) is a character in Capcom 's Street Fighter fighting game series . Gen is introduced in the original Street Fighter and he has returned for Street Fighter Alpha series and Street Fighter IV series . He is a Chinese martial arts master and former assassin who uses legendary fighting techniques . Gen is currently the only character in the Street Fighter series who can switch between fighting styles ( having two of them ) during a match , and one of the few characters in fighting games with multiple movesets . He also notably taught Chun-Li the art of Tai Chi . Gen is known for his quote in English , spoken to a defeated opponent : `` You are a big fool ! ''",
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"text": "Crime Fighter Crime Fighter is a role-playing game published by Task Force Games in 1988 .",
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"text": "Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight is a side-scrolling action platform game released by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System in . It was marketed as a science fiction-themed spin-off to the arcade game Street Fighter . The English localization of 2010 changed the name and backstory of the main character to imply that he was Ken from the original Street Fighter , whereas the protagonist in the Japanese version is a completely unrelated character named Kevin . 2010 is of a different genre from the traditional Street Fighter games , which are competitive fighting games .",
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"text": "Dan Hibiki is a player character from Capcom 's Street Fighter fighting game franchise . He was created to parody Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia , the two lead characters of SNK 's Art of Fighting series , as Capcom saw Ryo as a ripoff of Street Fighter characters Ryu and Ken . Since then , Dan has become a fan favorite due to his humorous design , signature moves , and mannerisms . Introduced in Street Fighter Alpha , Dan is consistently portrayed as an overconfident , arrogant , and utterly feeble character . In the series ' storyline , Dan is a self-taught martial artist whose goal is to defeat Sagat , who killed Go , Dan 's father , in a brutal fight that resulted in the loss of Sagat 's right eye . After defeating Sagat , Dan opens an unsuccessful school for his fighting style , Saikyo-ryu ( `` Strongest style '' ) .",
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"text": "Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition is a 3D fighting video game produced by SNK and is part of the Fatal Fury series of fighting games . The game was released by Japanese arcades on January 28 , 1999 , although the title screen shows the year 1998 . It was one of the last games released for the Hyper Neo Geo 64 system board . It was ported to the Sony PlayStation on June 24 , 1999 in Japan and November 30 , 1999 in North America . The game was re-released as a downloadable game for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable via the PlayStation Network in Japan on April 25 , 2007 . The game re-tells the story of the original Fatal Fury video game . It introduces Toji Sakata and Tsugumi Sendo to the series , and places Mai Shiranui , Kim Kaphwan , and Li Xiangfei as participants of the original King of Fighters tournament . Ryuji Yamazaki also appears as a mid-boss character and Ryo Sakazaki makes an appearance as Mr. Karate , tying the events of Art of Fighting 2 to this game .",
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"text": "Super Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros. is a series of crossover fighting games published by Nintendo , that primarily features characters from franchises established on its systems . All five games have been directed by Masahiro Sakurai . The gameplay objective differs from that of traditional fighters by aiming to knock opponents off of the stage instead of depleting life bars . The original Super Smash Bros. , released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64 , had a small budget and was originally a Japan-only release , but its domestic success led to a worldwide release . The series achieved even greater success with the release of Super Smash Bros. . Melee , which was released in 2001 for the GameCube and became the best-selling game on that system . A third installment , Super Smash Bros. . Brawl , was released in 2008 for the Wii . Although HAL Laboratory has been the developer of the first two titles , the third game was developed through the collaboration of several companies . The fourth and fifth installments , Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U , were released in 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U , respectively . The 3DS installment was the first series title to be released on a handheld platform . The series features many characters from Nintendo 's most popular franchises , including Mario , Fox McCloud , Link , Kirby , Samus Aran and Pikachu . The original Super Smash Bros. had 12 playable characters , and the roster count has risen to 26 characters in Melee , 39 in Brawl , and 58 in 3DS/Wii U ( seven of which are downloadable ) . Some characters are able to transform into different forms that have different styles of play and sets of moves . The games also feature non-playable Nintendo characters , like Ridley and Petey Piranha . In Brawl , two third-party characters were added , Solid Snake and Sonic the Hedgehog . Additional third-party characters Mega Man , Pac-Man , Ryu , Cloud Strife and Bayonetta appeared in 3DS and Wii U , while Solid Snake was removed from the line-up . Every title in the series has been well received by critics , with much praise given to the multiplayer mode experience . The Super Smash Bros. games have spawned a large competitive community and have been featured in several high-profile gaming tournaments .",
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"text": "Super Star Wars Super Star Wars is a 1992 video game for the Super NES based on the 1977 film Star Wars . It is the SNES equivalent of the Star Wars NES game . Super Star Wars features mostly run and gun gameplay , although it has stages which feature other challenges , such as driving a landspeeder or piloting an X-wing . It also features multiple playable characters with different abilities . The game was followed by two sequels based on the subsequent Star Wars films , Super Star Wars : The Empire Strikes Back and Super Star Wars : Return of the Jedi .",
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"text": "List of Final Fantasy media Final Fantasy is a series of role-playing video games developed and published by Square Enix ( formerly Square ) . Its first game premiered in Japan in 1987 , and Final Fantasy games have subsequently been localized for markets in North America , Europe and Australia , on nearly every video game console since its debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System . Final Fantasy is Square Enix 's most successful franchise , having sold over 97 million units worldwide to date . In addition to traditional role-playing games , the series includes tactical role-playing games , portable games , massively multiplayer online role-playing games , and games for mobile phones . Its popularity has placed it as the sixth-best-selling video game franchise , and the series has won multiple awards over the years . In addition to the 15 games released as part of the main ( numbered ) series and their many spin-offs and related titles , the Final Fantasy series has spawned many works in other media including anime , movies , novels and manga , and radio dramas . Final Fantasy : Unlimited , originally a stand-alone anime series , now has its own sub-franchise which includes video games . Many games , particularly the main series , have soundtrack album releases featuring their music in different arrangements . Square Enix has also consistently released companion books for its games which provide additional backstory and plot information , as well as detailed walkthroughs for the game . Since the announcement of Compilation of Final Fantasy VII , Square Enix has focused on `` polymorphic content '' , expanding each game world with material on many video game platforms , as well as other forms of media .",
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"text": "Battle Fantasia is a fighting video game developed by Arc System Works . Originally released in Japanese arcades in April 2007 , the title was ported to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 home consoles in Japan in May 2008 , with a North American Xbox 360-exclusive version released in English in September 2008 by Aksys Games . It was later released in Europe in March 2009 for both systems by 505 Games . A Microsoft Windows version , ported in collaboration with DotEmu and distributed via Steam , was released on July 7 , 2015 . The game 's development was headed by Emiko Iwasaki , who had previously served as illustrator for the company 's Guilty Gear series , and utilizes three-dimensional character models restricted to two-dimensional battlefields . Battle Fantasia retains a number of features of its predecessor including fast-paced gameplay , colorful anime-style graphics , and over-the-top effects , yet was designed to be a more basic representation of the fighting genre . The game is notable for its stylistic departure from many fighting games , and is set in a fantasy world depicted as a storybook , and borrows many superficial elements from role-playing games including damage represented as numbers and a text-heavy story mode , which involves a number of heroes answering the call to battle to stop an evil force from once again attempting to destroy the world . Battle Fantasia met with relatively low sales in Japan and received mostly average reviews from critics due to the title 's minimal marketing and lack of robust console features .",
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"text": "Fighter & Attacker Fighter & Attacker , originally titled in Japan , is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game , which was released by Namco in 1992 . The game runs on Namco NA-1 hardware , was the first game on this hardware to be released outside Japan ( Bakuretsu Quiz Ma-Q Dai Bōken was the first overall ) and is the only game from the company that showed the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's `` Winners Do n't Use Drugs '' screen in its attract sequence with vertical orientation ( the two titles that displayed it previously , Tank Force and Steel Gunner 2 , both displayed it with horizontal orientation ) .",
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"text": "Super World Court is a tennis arcade game which had been released by Namco in 1992 only in Japan ; it runs on Namco NA-1 hardware , and as the name suggests , it is the sequel to Pro Tennis : World Court which was released four years earlier . It is also the second of the company 's two Japan-exclusive games to feature the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's `` Winners Do n't Use Drugs '' screen in its attract sequence ( as the first was Exvania ) , and at the start of the game , players must select either `` singles '' ( 1P vs CPU/2P ) or `` doubles '' ( 1P & CPU/2P vs 3P/CPU & 4P/CPU ) - they will then have to select one of sixteen new players ( seven male , six female , and three animal/robot , as none of the original 's players survived the transition from 5121 to 4096 colours ) and select one of the four new courts ( USA hard , France clay , GB grass , and Namco funny , the last of which must be the equivalent of Japan ) . The players must then decide whether they want their match to be one or three sets long ; the company 's signature character , Pac-Man , also makes a cameo appearance upon the Namco court ( in fact , there are five of him in the screenshot to the right , playing the parts of ball boys , and if the players hit the two on the sides of the court , who pick up the ball when it hits the net , they will fly across the court while shouting `` NO ! '' , but will reappear on the other side of it the next time a point is scored , and this also applies to the regular ball boys on the other courts ) . Also , whenever a player scores a point , the text `` NICE SHOT '' will appear under a portrait of their chosen player , and there 's also a timer that counts down from a maximum of 360 seconds ( depending on how the cabinet has been set ) in the top-right corner of the screen ; if it has run out by the time a set has been won , the players will have to insert another coin within ten seconds if they wish to continue playing , because if they do not , the losing player ( or team , if three or four players ) shall immediately forfeit the game .",
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"text": "Tail to Nose Tail to Nose : Great Championship , known in Japan as , is a Formula One-based arcade racing video game developed and published by Video System .",
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"text": "F355 Challenge F355 Challenge is a racing simulation arcade video game based on the actual race car and Ferrari event . It was developed by the AM2 division of Sega for the Sega Naomi Multiboard arcade system board under the direction of Yu Suzuki , and was later ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 video game consoles under the names F355 Challenge : Passione Rossa and Ferrari F355 Challenge respectively for both American and European releases . The only model of car featured in the game is the Ferrari F355 Challenge model . The game was considered the most accurate simulation of the F355 possible up until that time . Some versions of the arcade cabinet are noteworthy for having three screens , allowing the player to look through the side windows as they would in a real car . The three-screen cabinet version also features an H-shaped gear stick and three foot pedals , and presents a tough challenge to any player who decides to use them . The cabinet itself is composed of four NAOMI units : one for each of the three screens and one to sync them all . The game also allows the player to use an automatic transmission or paddle-shift the gears . It also uses a real-time `` Magic Weather '' system similar to Shenmue . The Dreamcast version has link cable play for direct competition , however as of Jan. 2006 , the online servers for F355 Challenge are now offline , and the website has gone offline . The game features an original soundtrack featuring Genki Hitomi and Minoru Niihara that mimics the style of 1980s hard rock/heavy metal which is integrated into a radio station format during gameplay ( some music are later reused for the other AM2 game Shenmue ) . The radio DJ ( and the announcer ) play by the Alan J ( Alan John Peppler ) , an American DJ who are working in the Japanese radio station Bay FM . Yu Suzuki is a keen Ferrari enthusiast who allegedly used data from his own Ferrari 355 at certain tracks to implant in the game during its development .",
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"text": "Street Fighter Online: Mouse Generation Street Fighter Online : Mouse Generation is a competitive fighting game produced by Capcom subsidiary Daletto ( a joint venture of Capcom and Games Arena ) in association with Revoltech and released for the PC . The game uses a PC mouse for combat , and the characters are customizable to some degree . In addition to the established Street Fighter characters in the game , Mouse Generation also includes licensed characters based on novels , manga and anime such as the characters based on the works by Wuxia novelist Louis Cha . While Mouse Generation can be considered a Street Fighter game ( as the name would suggest ) , it is actually a crossover game ( like X-Men vs. Street Fighter or Street Fighter X Tekken ) , and as such it is not canon to the Street Fighter universe .",
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"text": "The Chainsmokers The Chainsmokers are an American DJ/producer duo consisting of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall . The EDM-pop duo achieved a breakthrough with their 2014 song '' #Selfie '' , which was a top twenty single in several countries . Their debut EP , Bouquet was released in October 2015 and featured the single `` Roses '' , which reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . `` Do n't Let Me Down '' became their first top 5 single there and won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 59th awards ceremony , while `` Closer '' became their first number-one single on the chart . They have also won an American Music Award and five iHeartRadio Music Awards . The duo 's second EP Collage was released in November 2016 , consisting of several previously released singles . Their debut studio album Memories ... Do Not Open was released in April 2017 .",
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"text": "Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride ( née Schiff , born July 29 , 1966 ) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer . She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material . McBride signed to RCA Records in 1991 , and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single , `` The Time Has Come '' . Over time , she developed a pop-styled crossover sound , similar to that of Shania Twain and Faith Hill and has had a string of major hit singles on the Billboard country chart and occasionally on the adult contemporary chart . Five of these singles went to No. 1 on the country chart between 1995 and 2001 , and one peaked at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart in 2003 . She has been called the `` Celine Dion of Country Music '' when she was recognized for her soprano singing range . McBride has recorded a total of 13 studio albums , two greatest hits compilations , one `` live '' album , as well as two additional compilation albums . Eight of her studio albums and two of her compilations have received an RIAA Gold certification , or higher . In the U.S. she has sold over 14 million albums . In addition , McBride has won the Country Music Association 's `` Female Vocalist of the Year '' award four times ( tied with Reba McEntire for the second-most wins ) and the Academy of Country Music 's `` Top Female Vocalist '' award three times . She is also a 14-time Grammy Award nominee .",
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"text": "Five Style Five Style ( a name taken from a martial arts technique called `` Five Style Fist '' ) , also known as 5ive Style , is a Chicago-based funk/jam quartet . Their albums were released on the Subpop label in the 1990s . The group existed from about 1993-2000 in various incarnations , centered on the guitar work of Billy Dolan ( who has also played in Heroic Doses , and The Fire Theft which featured 3 members of Sunny Day Real Estate , among other projects ) . Other members were major players of the 1990s Chicago music scene and included bassist Leroy Bach ( of Chicago funk group Uptighty , the first Liz Phair studio band , and Wilco fame ) , drummer John Herndon ( aka `` Johnny Machine '' , who made his first appearances on record in `` Tool of the Man '' era Poster Children and became established as a longstanding drummer/percussionist in Tortoise ) , and keyboardist Jeremy Jacobsen ( also known as The Lonesome Organist and member of Euphone ) . Drummer Ryan Rapsys , also of Euphone and Gauge , filled in on drums on a January 2000 tour when they opened for Giant Sand and Vic Chesnutt . 5ive Style were the opening act in a brief May 1996 tour which also included The Sea and Cake and Tortoise ; by some accounts these dates were the best shows of the Chicago `` post-rock '' hey day .",
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"text": "The Roots discography The discography of The Roots , an American hip hop band , consists of fourteen solo studio albums , three collaborative studio albums , three compilation albums , two extended plays , and two live albums . The Roots began performing in 1989 as The Square Roots with rapper Black Thought and drummer Questlove . Rapper Malik B. , and bassist Leonard Hubbard joined the band in 1991 . Over its history , Questlove and Black Thought have always remained with The Roots while their lineup of backing musicians has changed . In 1993 , The Roots debuted with independently released album Organix , and signed to DGC Records ( later MCA Records ) that same year . The Roots ' debuted on Geffen with Do You Want More ?!!!??! , an album that was unique in hip hop for using no sampling , and being embraced more by fans of alternative rock than fans of hip hop . Do You Want More ?!!!??! peaked at only number 104 on the Billboard 200 chart in the US . Illadelph Halflife , the third album by the Roots , peaked at number twenty-one on the Billboard 200 . In 1999 , The Roots ' fourth album Things Fall Apart became the band 's biggest success . The album was certified gold in the US , and its single `` You Got Me '' peaked at number thirty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 , and number nineteen on the Hot Rap Tracks chart . `` You Got Me '' won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2000 . In 2002 , The Roots released Phrenology , which contained the band 's second single to chart on the Hot 100 . `` Break You Off '' , which featured Musiq Soulchild , peaked at number ninety-nine . The Roots founded the company Okayplayer , and released The Tipping Point in 2004 . In 2006 , The Roots signed to Def Jam , and released Game Theory under Def Jam and Rising Down in 2008 ; the band 's album How I Got Over was released in 2010 . The Roots released two live concert albums , the first being The Roots Come Alive in 2000 , and the next The Roots Present in 2005 . In 2009 , The Roots became the house band for the late-night show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon .",
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"text": "Swinging Steaks A five-man band out of Boston , MA , Swinging Steaks are among the originators of the roots rock/alternative country movement . Original band members are : Tim Giovanniello - Vocals , Guitar , Lap Steel Jamie Walker - Vocals , Guitar , Mandolin , Slide Jim Gambino - Vocals , Piano , Organ Paul Kochanski - Vocals , Electric and Upright Bass Joe Donnelly - Vocals , Drums , Percussion The Swinging Steaks were formed in the late 1980s by former members of The Drive and friends . In 1991 they participated in the WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble . The Swinging Steaks ' second album , Southside of the Sky ( 1993 , Capricorn Records ) introduced the band to a national audience with two top ten AAA radio singles and appearances on NBC-TV 's Late Night with Conan O'Brien and NPR 's Mountain Stage . Their four self-released albums , Suicide at the Wishing Well , Shiner , the live , acoustic Bare , and KickSnareHat have continued to expose the group to new audiences and garner them appearances at SXSW , CMJ Music Marathon and Nashville Extravaganza . Creem magazine called them : `` the best country-rock out of Boston since Harvard student Gram Parsons put together his International Submarine Band '' In 2005 the band released `` Sunday Best '' on First National Records in the U.S. and Blue Rose in Europe . The band 's name apparently comes from a restaurant in Mexican Hat , UT , called The Mexican Hat Lodge that bills itself as the `` Home Of The Swinging Steak '' .",
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"text": "Master of the Mix Master of the Mix is a reality television series and disc jockey competition . The 2010 season of the show had eight episodes and seven disc jockeys . The show was hosted by Just Blaze and judged by Kid Capri . Biz Markie was a regular guest . The contestants were DJ Jazzy Joyce , Rich Medina , Vikter Duplaix , DJ Scratch , DJ Rap , DJ Revolution , and DJ Mars . The show aired half-hour episodes on Wednesday nights on the Centric television network with encore Saturday airings on Black Entertainment Television . The show , which debuted on November 3 , 2010 , is presented by Smirnoff . Ben Silverman announced in September 2010 that his production company , Electus , in partnership with branded entertainment agency GTM , would produce the show with financing from Diageo , parent of Smirnoff . The private screening premier on was held in New York City on November 2 and was attended by various luminaries in the Hip Hop music industry such as Grandmaster Flash . The seven competitors have various wide-ranging experiences . Some have Grammy Award nomination ; others have sold millions of albums ; some have worked with some of the most popular current recording artists in the world . Among the DJs are the DJs of the Rock Steady Crew and EPMD . During the series the DJs compete in various challenges at venues across the world and most episodes will have eliminations . The surviving DJ who is chosen as `` Master of the Mix '' will win the sponsorship of Smirnoff as their official DJ at international Smirnoff-sponsored events for an entire year . The total value of the prize package , which includes custom-made Smirnoff bottle is $ 250,000 .",
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"text": "WRAS (FM) WRAS FM 88.5 is a station in Atlanta with a frequency of 88.5 MHz , which has been in operation since January 18 , 1971 . It is owned by Georgia State University and its schedule is currently split between public radio programming from Georgia Public Broadcasting ( 88.5 GPB Atlanta ) airing from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. and college radio programming ( Album 88 , which previously provided the entire WRAS schedule ) produced by GSU students with the exception of those who broadcast the university 's athletic events for the station ( the Georgia State radio network ) , airing from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. . The Album 88 and 88.5 GPB Atlanta formats are both available 24 hours a day on separate internet streams , and Album 88 is available full-time on WRAS 's second HD Radio subchannel . Album 88 's first general manager was Richard Belcher , well known to Atlanta TV viewers for his investigative reporting on WAGA-TV 5 , and now WSB-TV 2 . The `` Album 88 '' name dates back to the late 1970s , and is unusual , as it is still rare for noncommercial stations in North America to use a moniker ( other than their own broadcast callsign ) , the way commercial stations have for decades . It refers to the album-based rotation the format employs : stressing several cuts from each album rather than a single . Album 88 has won countless awards , frequently beating out commercial radio stations , from the Atlanta weekly Creative Loafing , the monthly Atlanta magazine , and the College Music Journal . Album 88 has over 50 student volunteers who host rotation shifts from 2am onwards , as well as specialty shows that start at 8pm most weekdays , 6pm on Thursdays , 2pm on Fridays , and 8am on weekends . Many of the non-student envoys to the administration of the school also worked at Album 88 in their college days . Among the specialty shows on Album 88 are : The Georgia Music Show ( dedicated exclusively to artists from Georgia ) , I Do n't Care ( punk ) , Soul Kitchen ( funk , soul , disco and related ) , Crossroads ( blues ) , Jet Lag ( international psychedelia ) , New Theory ( chillwave ) , Beatscape Lounge ( ambient , electronica and nu jazz ) , Subterranean ( drum and bass ) , Cowtipper 's Delight ( classic country and alternative country ) , Dot Dash ( post-punk ) , Mighty Aphrodite ( female vocalists ) , We 're Not Gon na Take It ( heavy-metal music ) , Tower of Song ( psyche , prog , freakbeat ) , a large variety of hip hop including the long-running shows Tha Message , Rhythm and Vibes ( Atlanta 's longest-running hip hop show ) and Hush Hush ( instrumental hip hop ) , One Step Beyond ( ska , bluebeat & rocksteady ) and many more . Album 88 has played a crucial role in `` breaking '' a wide range of artists including R.E.M. , Deerhunter and Outkast ( all of which Album 88 was the first to play on radio ) . Album 88 featured more commercially identifiable rock in the 1970s and early 1980s ; many of the platinum and gold records that hang in Album 88 's offices reflect this . According to Bob Geldof he penned the Boomtown Rats hit song , `` I Do n't Like Mondays '' in the Album 88 office after reading a telex report of the schoolyard shooting on which the song is based . On March 14 , 2008 , an F-2 tornado struck Atlanta 's downtown core and led to the evacuation of students and employees from various areas of the Georgia State campus . Album 88 was thus forced to suspend broadcasting for nearly two days . ( See 2008 Atlanta tornado ) , WRAS has a construction permit to move to the Atlanta Public Schools facility , which transmits WABE FM 90.1 , and WPBA TV 21 ( DTV 30.1 ) east of downtown . It currently transmits via a studio/transmitter link from the Panthersville area ( no apparent relation the GSU Panthers mascot ) , located southeast of the city between I-285 and I-20 ) . The change will expand the station 's broadcast range significantly to the northwest , and very slightly even toward the south and east , due to a greater height .",
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"text": "35th GMA Dove Awards The 35th Annual GMA Music Awards ( the show had a name change in 2004-05 ) were held on April 28 , 2004 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2003 . The show was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville , Tennessee , and was hosted by Deion Sanders and Yolanda Adams . Nominations were announced months earlier by Steven Curtis Chapman and Toby McKeehan . The event was transmitted live to theaters in 50 cities as part of Regal Entertainment Group `` One Night Only '' event . The livecast was shown at Regal Cinemas , United Artists Theatres , and Edwards Theatres . There was no delayed television broadcast , as part of a controversial move by broadcast rights holder United Paramount Network , scorned by Sanders for leaving CBS ' The NFL Today ( UPN owned CBS ) in favour of Disney 's NFL Countdown in the weeks between the awards ceremony and broadcast date , cancelled the television broadcast . This move was similar to a 1989 incident on CBS ' 60 Minutes when a story on Richard Petty intending to air on the show in the weeks before the Daytona 500 was cancelled following reporter Diane Sawyer 's defection to ABC . ( That story was later edited and rewritten with Harry Reasoner the following season . ) The ceremony was eventually broadcast in December 2004 on Pax ( now Ion Television ) . MercyMe won Artist of the Year , plus two other awards , while Jeremy Camp was awarded New Artist of the Year .",
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"text": "Tom Kimmel Tom Kimmel ( born Thomas Eugene Hobbs II in 1953 in Memphis , Tennessee ) , is an American singer-songwriter and poet . Tom Kimmel grew up largely in small towns in south Alabama . He attended public schools and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1975 . Kimmel is known as a songwriter , and his compositions have been recorded by many popular artists , including Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings , Linda Ronstadt , Joe Cocker and Randy Travis . His songs have also been featured in television series including Miami Vice , Touched by an Angel and Dawson 's Creek -- and in films including Twins , Runaway Bride and Serendipity . `` That 's Freedom '' , the lead track on his 5 to 1 album , was co-written by Kimmel and gave him a Billboard Hot 100 hit as a solo artist . The song later became a Top 10 hit for Australian singer John Farnham in late 1990 . He usually tours as a solo performer , and occasionally tours with The Sherpas , a trio he formed in 1994 with Michael Lille and Tom Prasada Rao . A new trio , The New Agrarians , was recently formed with Pierce Pettis and Kate Campbell . He also sings sporadically with songwriters Don Henry and Sally Barris , collectively called The Waymores . He frequently teaches songwriting and creative expression at retreats and workshops , and in 2006 , he published his first book of poems . He lives in Tupelo , Mississippi .",
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"text": "The Highwaymen (country supergroup) The Highwaymen was a country music supergroup composed of four of the genre 's biggest artists well known for their pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre : Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings , Willie Nelson , and Kris Kristofferson . Active as a group between 1985 and 1995 , these four artists recorded three major label albums as The Highwaymen : two on Columbia Records and one for Liberty Records . Their Columbia works produced three chart singles , including the number one `` Highwayman '' in 1985 . Between the years of 1996 and 1999 , Nelson , Kristofferson , Cash , and Jennings also provided the voice and dramatization for the Louis L'Amour Collection , a four CD box set of seven Louis L'Amour stories published by the HighBridge Company , although the four were not credited as `` The Highwaymen '' in this work . Besides the four formal members of the group , only one other vocal recording artist ever appeared on a Highwaymen recording : Johnny Rodriguez , who provided Spanish vocal on `` Deportee '' , a Woody Guthrie composition , from `` Highwayman '' . The four original members starred in a movie together : the 1986 film Stagecoach .",
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"text": "Montgomery Gentry discography Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry . Its discography comprises eight studio albums , four compilation albums , one extended play , and twenty-six singles . The duo made its debut in 1999 with the single `` Hillbilly Shoes , '' which went to number 13 on the Hot Country Songs charts , but did not reach Number 1 until mid-2004 , with `` If You Ever Stop Loving Me . '' The duo has sent four more singles to Number One for a total of five : `` Something to Be Proud Of '' ( 2005 ) , `` Lucky Man '' ( 2007 ) , `` Back When I Knew It All '' and `` Roll with Me '' ( both 2008 ) . Besides these , Montgomery Gentry has reached Top Ten with 10 additional hit singles . All 15 of these songs have also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 , where the duo 's highest peak is `` If You Ever Stop Loving Me '' at number 30 . Montgomery Gentry 's first , third and fourth albums -- 1999 's Tattoos & Scars , 2002 's My Town and 2004 's You Do Your Thing -- are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) for shipments of one million copies . 2001 's Carrying On , 2005 's Something to Be Proud Of : The Best of 1999 -- 2005 and 2006 's Some People Change are all certified gold .",
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"text": "Dancing Cigarettes The Cigarettes are a popular post-punk and art band based in Bloomington , Indiana and active from 1979 through 1983 . They were part of a cadre of Bloomington-based bands that made an impact on the underground music scene . Other bands included The Gizmos , Zero Boys , Dow Jones and the Industrials , and MX-80 Sound . These bands established Indiana as an innovative breeding ground for punk , post-punk and new wave music in the late 1970s and early 1980s . The group changed line-ups frequently , but typically consisted of singer/guitarist Michael Gitlin , bassist Emily Bonus , keyboardists and multi-instrumentalists Tim Noe and Jaclyn Oddi , drummer John Terrill , and saxophonist Don Trubey . More avant-pop than post-punk , their music was as eclectic as their members ' musical talents would lead one to believe , ranging from squonky Beefheart rock to bouncy Devo-esque new wave , as evidenced by the brilliant `` Pop Doormat '' , which opens with a deceptively anthemic synth line , then uses an ebullient bass and keyboard melody to underscore a disconsolate lyrical theme that wraps with the repeated question `` What am I waiting for ? '' The band performed regularly in numerous venues in Bloomington , including Second Story , Bullwinkle 's , the Bluebird , and The Gentry Remedy . The band also traveled extensively and performed a venues throughout the US , including CBGB in New York , the Music Box in Kansas City , Mister Goodbar in Buffalo , Tewligans in Louisville , Space Place in Chicago , and many others . The Cigarettes ' musical style is most frequently characterized by the repeated use of hard dissonances ( minor 2nd 's , major 7th 's ) in combination with angular rhythmic patterns . At times , dissonances are densely packed , as in the thick web of atonal clusters supporting the lyrics of `` Broken Windows . '' A more spacious use of dissonance is found in `` Simple Machines , '' clarified by an intriguing orchestration of the band 's various instrumental sounds . `` Puppies in a Sack '' and `` Piano Lesson/Smith Street '' share a similar `` additive process '' technique in the gradual building of their dissonant and polytonal textures . Combined with this predominantly modular organization of material is a powerful sense of linear motion frequently provided by the band 's lyrics . Often the emotive verbal scenarios create tenuous implications of direction which counteract the clouds of tonal density . In `` Puppies in a Sack , '' the relentless repetition of `` It was fun for a while '' evokes a resignation to nostalgia , which is arrested by the plaintive admission , `` But that was a while ago ! '' The group recorded frequently but released very little material ( one 7 '' EP and a few appearances on compilations ) while they were a performing organization . Two CDs of their material have been released in the years since the band broke up . Discography 1981 , Red Snerts : The Sound of Gulcher LP ( Gulcher 004 ) Various Artists sampler including `` Broken Windows '' . This has been reissued on CD as Gulcher 404 1981 , The Gulcher 7 '' EP ( Gulcher 007 ) Puppies In A Sack , Mr. Morse , Pop Doormat , Best Friend 1981 , Segments compilation ( Sirius Music 101 ) Burn in Heaven 1982 , Son of Segments compilation ( Sirius Music 103 ) Dance Dogs Dance 1996 , The School of Secret Music CD ( Turnstile Media TM-2 ) Studio : Bells are Ringing , Burn in Heaven , Jungle Book , Golden Moment , Razor Hand , Heat Pump , Dance Dogs Dance , Bury Your Picture.Live Studio Radio Recordings from Lawrence , Kansas : Poignant , Piano Lesson/Smith Street , Burnt Toast , Nervous and Wrong , Bad Bad Boy , Up Thru the Spiral , Spanish Modern/Insect Boxing , Feel this Pain , Pop Doormat , `` D '' in Anger 2002 , The Gulcher Recordings : 1980-1981 CDStudio : Puppies in a Sack , Mr. Morse , Pop Doormat , Best Friend , Broken Windows , Simple Machines , Poignant ( the final two being outtakes from the EP sessions ) Live at the Bluebird , June 1981 : Whattayawannadonext ? , Mr. Morse , Puppies in a Sack , Talking and Talking , Feel This Pain , Finger Pictures/Razor Hand , Eggs Any Style/Diet of Worms , Banana Industrial Complex , Monsters Eat My Hell , Jackie O/Too Mental For Me , Drawn By You , Burn in Heaven 2016 , Dance Dogs Dance LP ( Magnetic South MS 048 ) Side 1 : Dance Dogs Dance , I Do n't Like Linoleum , Burn in Heaven , Pop Doormat , Bad Bad Boy , Finger Pictures , Razor Hand , Side 2 : Bells are Ringing , Golden Moment , Poignant , Drawn by You , Little Green Thing",
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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": "List of awards and nominations received by Nickelback Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in Hanna , Alberta by Chad Kroeger , Mike Kroeger , Ryan Peake , and then-drummer Brandon Kroeger ( who has since been replaced by Daniel Adair ) . The band has released eight studio albums : Curb ( 1996 ) , The State ( 2000 ) , Silver Side Up ( 2001 ) , The Long Road ( 2003 ) , All the Right Reasons ( 2005 ) , Dark Horse ( 2008 ) , Here and Now ( 2011 ) and No Fixed Address ( 2014 ) . Along with this , Nickelback also published two other albums which were a collection of their most well-known songs so far : Three-Sided Coin ( 2002 ) and The Best of Nickelback Volume 1 ( 2013 ) . `` How You Remind Me '' , the first single from the band 's third album Silver Side Up , is Nickelback 's highest charting single ; it peaked at # 1 on Billboard '' 's Hot 100 , Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks , Hot Modern Rock Tracks , and Canadian Hot 100 music charts . The band 's fifth studio album , All the Right Reasons '' , has been their highest-selling album , with over 11 million copies sold worldwide as of late 2007 . Nickelback has been recognized by several Canadian awards ceremonies ; the band has received twelve awards from twenty-eight nominations at the Juno Awards and seven awards from fifteen nominations at the MuchMusic Video Awards . Nickelback has also received two awards from six nominations at the American Music Awards and three awards from five nominations at the Billboard Music Awards . The band has received six nominations from the Grammy Awards but has not won any of them . In 2006 , Nickelback receive an award at the World Music Awards for World 's Best Selling Rock Artist , beating some well-known artists like Green Day , Red Hot Chili Peppers and Coldplay . The group was inducted into Canada 's Walk of Fame in 2007 . In the same year received an award for People 's Choice Awards for the category Favorite Group . Overall , Nickelback has received 32 awards from 78 nominations .",
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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": "List of awards and nominations received by Depeche Mode Depeche Mode has received five Grammy nominations . The band 's first Grammy nomination occurred when Devotional was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video in 1995 . Depeche Mode has also received Grammy nominations for Best Dance Recording for `` I Feel Loved '' , `` Suffer Well '' and `` Wrong '' . On 2 November 2006 , Depeche Mode received the MTV Europe Music Award in the Best Group category , the band won the first-ever Q Magazine `` Innovation Award '' on 22 October 2002 . `` Enjoy the Silence '' won ` Best British single ' at the 1991 Brit Awards . The band was ranked No. 144 on Acclaimed Music 's list of The Top 1000 Artists of All Time .",
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"text": "Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Artist The Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Artist recognizes the most successful R&B artists over the past year .",
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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": "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": "Podcast Awards The People 's Choice Podcast Awards , better known as the Podcast Awards , are a set of United States-centric awards given annually to the best podcasts as voted by the general public . Founded in 2005 by Todd Cochrane of Podcast Connect Inc. , the Podcast Awards were bought by New Media Expo in September 2014 . The first Podcast Awards show was held in 2006 ( awarding shows for the 2005 calendar year ) had over 350,000 people vote for their nominated podcasts , with nearly 1000 people attending the awards ceremony . The 10th annual Podcast Awards Show , the first show run exclusively by the New Media Expo , took place at Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino on April 14 , 2015 . It was hosted by Chris Jericho and Emily Morse .",
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"text": "2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards The 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards , was the inaugural music award show presented by iHeartMedia 's platform iHeartRadio and NBC . The awards were held on May 1 , 2014 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles . The awards show was announced on February 26 , 2014 . The nominations were compiled by the results of Mediabase charts , listener feedback and digital straming data from the iHeartRadio platform and announced on March 26 , 2014 . The awards recognized the biggest artists and songs of the year . The show was directed by Hamish Hamilton . The voting took place on iHeartRadio 's official webpage except for the `` Instagram Award '' , where voting took place on social network Instagram . Rihanna led the nominations with eight and also became the biggest winner of the night with four wins including Artist of the Year and Song of the Year . NBC 's telecast of the iHeartRadio Music Awards drew 5.4 million viewers overall and a rating of 1.7 in the key 18-to-49-year-old demographic .",
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"text": "Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( -LSB- riˈænə -RSB- born February 20 , 1988 ) is a Barbadian singer , songwriter , and actress . Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown , she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003 . She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its then-president , hip hop producer and rapper Jay Z . In 2005 , Rihanna rose to fame with the release of her debut studio album Music of the Sun and its follow-up A Girl like Me ( 2006 ) , which charted on the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 and respectively produced the singles `` Pon de Replay '' and `` SOS '' . She assumed creative control for her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad ( 2007 ) and adopted a public image as a sex symbol while reinventing her music . Its successful lead single `` Umbrella '' became an international breakthrough in her career , as she won her first Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with Jay Z in 2008 . After releasing four consecutive platinum studio albums , including the Grammy Award winner Unapologetic ( 2012 ) , she was recognized as a pop icon . Her eighth studio album Anti ( 2016 ) and its lead single `` Work '' reached number-one on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 . Many of her songs rank among the world 's best-selling singles of all time , including the singles `` Umbrella '' , `` Take a Bow '' , `` Disturbia '' , `` Only Girl ( In the World ) '' , `` S&M '' , `` We Found Love '' , `` Diamonds '' , and `` Stay '' in which she is the lead artist , and her collaborations `` Live Your Life '' ( with T.I. ) , `` Love the Way You Lie '' and `` The Monster '' ( both with Eminem ) . With sales exceeding 230 million records worldwide , Rihanna is one of the best-selling artists of all time . Rihanna is the youngest and fastest solo artist to earn fourteen number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 , and was named the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade and the top Hot 100 artist of the 2010s decade by Billboard . Among numerous awards and accolades , Rihanna has won eight Grammy Awards , twelve American Music Awards , twelve Billboard Music Awards and the inaugural Icon Award at the American Music Awards of 2013 . Widely recognized for frequently reinventing her style , she received the Fashion Icon lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2014 . Forbes ranked Rihanna the fourth most powerful celebrity of 2012 , and was named one of Times `` 100 Most Influential People in the World '' later that year .",
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"text": "List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts This is a list of artists who have spent more than one thousand weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined . It uses the methodology used to compile a top 500 list in the British Hit Singles & Albums books until 2005 . Any album or single must be credited to the named artist and must appear in the top 75 singles or albums chart as recorded by the Official Charts Company . Elvis Presley has the most weeks on the singles charts with 1,302 weeks for 165 singles . Cliff Richard and Rihanna are the only other artists to record over one thousand weeks in the singles chart . Rihanna has the most weeks in the singles chart since 2000 , with 1058 between September 2005 and September 2016 -- an average of over 1.8 singles per chart week during this eleven-year period . Queen have the most weeks on the albums chart with over 1,400 weeks , followed by ten other artists with more than a thousand weeks . David Bowie passed the thousand-week mark following his death in January 2016 , when 16 of his albums entered or re-entered the top 75 .",
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"text": "Delta Goodrem discography Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem has released five studio albums , one extended play ( EP ) , three video albums and thirty two singles . Goodrem signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment in 1999 and , since then , has achieved four number one albums and nine number one songs in Australia . Goodrem debuted in 2001 with a teen pop single titled `` I Do n't Care '' that was not commercially successful . Her 2003 debut album Innocent Eyes revamped her musical style as piano-based ballad pop , and was a multi-platinum seller in Australia , New Zealand and the United Kingdom . Her successful singles were `` Born to Try '' , `` Lost Without You '' , `` Innocent Eyes '' , `` Not Me , Not I '' and `` Predictable '' . The album sold 1.2 million copies in Australia , and over 4 million worldwide . Its successor , Mistaken Identity , was created during Goodrem 's battle with Hodgkin 's lymphoma , a form of cancer . While the album was unable to parallel the commercial success of Innocent Eyes , it did enter the ARIA charts at number one , and gained multi-platinum status . It featured successful top ten singles , `` Mistaken Identity '' , `` Out of the Blue '' and `` A Little Too Late '' . Goodrem 's third album Delta , was released in October 2007 . The album debuted at number one in Australia , making it her third consecutive chart-topping album there . It also achieved multi-platinum status in Australia . Had successful singles , `` You Will Only Break My Heart '' , `` I Ca n't Break It to My Heart '' and `` Together We Are One '' . Her fourth album Child of the Universe came out in 2012 with two hit singles `` Wish You Were Here '' and `` Sitting on Top of the World '' , which were both certified platinum in Australia . `` Heart Hypnotic '' and `` Dear Life '' went Gold and `` Wings '' also went platinum . With the release of her fifth studio album , Wings of the Wild , Goodrem earned her fourth number-one album . Goodrem 's career global album sales exceed eight million . She has sold approximately 2 million singles , with 1,238,919 copies sold in Australia .",
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"text": "List of Single Top 100 number-one singles of 2011 Throughout all 52 weeks in 2011 , 31 songs topped the Mega Single Top 100 . The Single Top 100 is a chart composed by MegaCharts based on official physical single sales and legal downloads , and one of the three official Dutch record charts , the two others being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50 . The first number-one hit on the chart in 2011 was Martin Solveig and Dragonette 's `` Hello '' , and the last was Studio Killers ' `` Ode to the Bouncer '' . Artists and acts that had or were featured in at least one song that topped the Mega Single Top 100 that year for at least one week were Martin Solveig , Dragonette , Jan Smit , Ben Saunders , Dean Saunders , Adele , 3JS , Lady GaGa , Nick & Simon , Alexis Jordan , Glennis Grace , Frans Duijts , Do , Coldplay , Rochelle Perts , Guus Meeuwis , Sak Noel , Lucenzo , Big Ali , Don Omar , Nick Schilder , Thomas Acda , Keizer , Paul de Munnik , Gotye , Kimbra , The Voice of Holland , Gers Pardoel , Jeroen van der Boom , Metropole Orkest ( Dutch : The Metropole Orchestra ) , Birdy , Sandro Silva , Quintino and Studio Killers . Out of these acts , 20 of them , Dean Saunders , Alexis Jordan , Glennis Grace , Frans Duijts , Rochelle Perts , Guus Meeuwis , Sak Noel , Don Amor , Big Ali , Lucenzo , Nick Schilder , Thomas Acda , Simon Keizer , Paul de Munnik , Gotye , Kimbra , Birdy , Quintino , Sandro , and Studio Killers , achieved their first number-one single on the chart that year , either as lead or featured artist . Two artists , Jan Simit and Adele , had 2 songs that went number one . 23 singles that topped the chart were solo songs , while eight others were collaborations . One of Adele 's songs , `` Rolling in the Deep '' , was the best-performing single of 2011 , topping the Single Top 100 's 2011 year-end chart .",
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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": "List of most downloaded songs in the United Kingdom A music download is the transfer of music as a digital file from a provider ( such as iTunes ) to a device capable of playing it ; legal sales of music downloads have been monitored and charted in the United Kingdom since 2004 . , the UK 's most downloaded song of all time is `` Happy '' by Pharrell Williams , which topped both the UK Singles Downloads Chart and UK Singles Chart . The first single to sell 1 million downloads in the UK was `` I Got ta Feeling '' by The Black Eyed Peas and `` Someone Like You '' by Adele is the best-selling download by a female artist . The best-selling song not to top the UK Singles Chart is `` Moves Like Jagger '' by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera , whilst the best-selling song not to top the Download Chart is `` Love the Way You Lie '' by Eminem featuring Rihanna , which peaked at number two .",
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"text": "List of awards and nominations received by Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez is an American singer , actress , dancer , fashion designer and producer . She began her career as an actress for a minor role in the film My Little Girl . Lopez gained her first regular high-profile job as a Fly Girl dancer on In Living Color in 1991 , where she remained for two seasons and remained a regular until she decided to pursue an acting career in 1993 . She received her first leading role in the Selena biopic of the same name in 1997 which made $ 35.5 million at box office . She ventured into the music industry in 1999 , with her debut studio album , On the 6 , preceded by the number-one single `` If You Had My Love '' . In 2001 , she released her second studio album J.Lo which sold over 12 million copies worldwide . she has released eight studio albums overall , as of today . Lopez has sold over 80 million records worldwide . She has won 133 awards from 324 nominations including 3 American Music Awards , 1 BET Awards , 1 Billboard Music Award , 10 Billboard Latin Music Awards , and 2 World Music Awards . In 2014 , she received the prestigious Billboard Icon Award for her contribution in music .",
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"text": "List of Romanian Top 100 top 10 singles in 2011 The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania . It is weekly and it started running in 1996 . It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard , Music & Media . Do not confuse the Romanian Top 100 with the Romanian Radio Airplay Chart . This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Romanian Top 100 during 2011 ( see 2011 in music ) . The first official Romanian Top 100 edition of 2011 was premierly presented on Kiss FM Romania on January 16 , 2011 , while the last issue was presented on December 25 , 2011 . Out of the 69 songs that have peaked in the top ten of the chart , three peaked in 2010 thus excluded , bringing the total to 66 . Rihanna once again has been the most successful international female artist of the year , with four songs reaching the top ten , `` S&M '' , `` Man Down '' , the Calvin Harris collaboration `` We Found Love '' as well as the number one song `` Only Girl ( In the World ) '' . Jennifer Lopez has two top ten hits , topping the chart with her Pitbull collaboration `` On The Floor '' for eight weeks , the most weeks for a song that reached number one in 2011 , whilst the Lil ' Wayne collaboration `` I 'm Into You '' peaked at number six . Pitbull himself became the most successful international male artist , scoring two number one hits with `` On The Floor '' and the Marc Anthony collaboration `` Rain Over Me '' as well as reaching the top three with `` Give Me Everything '' ( featuring Ne-Yo , Afrojack & Nayer ) . Hip hop artist Connect-R , rapper Guess Who and the pop-dance singers Alexandra Stan and Andra were the most successful Romanian artists in 2011 . Connect-R was listed in the top ten with four songs , reaching number seven with his solo single `` Ring The Alarm '' , and being collaboration partner for Puya 's number one song `` Americandrim '' , Jimmy Dub 's `` Monday '' ( number eight ) and DJ Sava 's `` Love You '' ( number six ) . Guess Who 's number one topper `` Tot mai sus '' ( featuring deMoga ) spent the most weeks within the top ten ( 23 weeks ) and was the most successful song of the whole year in the Romanian Top 100 . `` Manifest '' reached number three and `` LaLa Song '' ( with Grasu XXL ) debuted at number six on the last 2011 edition of the chart . Alexandra Stan opened the year at the top of the chart with `` Mr. Saxobeat '' and reached number four with `` Get Back ( ASAP ) '' . Andra 's `` Something New '' climbed up to the top spot in February 2011 , becoming the singers most successful song to date . Then the follow up single `` Telephone '' entered the top ten in September , peaking at number five .",
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"text": "American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist The American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R & B Female Artist has been awarded since 1974 . Years reflect the year during which the American Music Awards were presented , for works released in the previous year ( until 2003 onward , when awards were handed out on November of the same year ) . The all-time winner in this category is Rihanna with 6 wins .",
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"text": "Just Whitney Just Whitney is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Whitney Houston , released on December 10 , 2002 in North America by Arista Records . It was her first studio album in four years , since 1998 's My Love Is Your Love , and after signing her new $ 100 million Arista contract in 2001 . The album debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 , and number three of Top R&B / Hip-Hop Albums , with sales of 205,147 copies in the first week , not only beating her previous high first-week sales of 177,284 units with the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack but also logged her highest debut sales out of her SoundScan-era solo albums . The album received mixed reviews from music critics . It spawned four official singles -- with three ; `` Whatchulookinat '' , `` Love That Man '' and `` Try It on My Own '' peaking at number one on Billboards Hot Dance Club Play chart . `` Try It on My Own '' also peaked at number 10 on Billboards Adult Contemporary singles . Since its release , Just Whitney ... has gone on to sell/ship more than 2 million units worldwide and has also earned Platinum certification in the US and Switzerland and Gold in France , Brazil and other countries . As of 2012 , the album 's US sales stand at approximately 1 million units . In 2003 , Just Whitney ... was nominated at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards in the category for Best R&B / Soul Album of the Year .",
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"text": "Whitney Houston discography The discography of American singer Whitney Houston ( 1963 -- 2012 ) consists of seven studio albums , six compilations , two soundtrack albums , five box sets , six extended plays , and fifty-seven singles . In 1985 , Houston released her self-titled debut album . It spent fourteen weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and was certified thirteen times platinum ( Diamond ) by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , with global sales of 25 million copies . The album produced four US top 5 singles , including three Billboard Hot 100 number-ones . In 1987 , Houston released her second album Whitney . The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and was supported by four US number-one singles : `` I Wan na Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) '' , `` Did n't We Almost Have It All '' , `` So Emotional '' , and `` Where Do Broken Hearts Go '' , which established an unprecedented seven consecutive number one hits by a performer . Whitney was certified 9 × Platinum by the RIAA and topped the charts in numerous countries , having sold in excess of 20 million copies worldwide . Houston 's third studio album , I 'm Your Baby Tonight ( 1990 ) , peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 chart and yielded two number-one singles ; `` I 'm Your Baby Tonight '' and `` All the Man That I Need '' , selling 10 million units worldwide . In February 1991 , Houston released `` The Star Spangled Banner '' performance from Super Bowl XXV as a single , becoming the highest-charting rendition of the national anthem on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . The Bodyguard soundtrack from her film debut , was released in November 1992 . The album contains tracks by other recording artists but is considered a Houston album by Billboard . It topped the Billboard 200 for twenty non-consecutive weeks , one of the longest tenures by an album in the Nielsen SoundScan era . The album was certified 17 × Platinum the United States and sold over 45 million copies worldwide , becoming the best-selling soundtrack album and one of the top 5 best-selling albums of all time . The lead single from the soundtrack , `` I Will Always Love You '' , topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a then-record-breaking fourteen weeks and was certified 6 × Platinum by the RIAA , peaked at number one on the charts in nearly every country and sold 12 million copies worldwide , becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time . Houston contributed three songs , including her eleventh number-one single `` Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) '' on the 7x platinum soundtrack album , Waiting to Exhale ( November 1995 ) . The following year she released The Preacher 's Wife in November 1996 . The soundtrack was certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA and became the biggest selling gospel album of all time . In 1998 , she released her first studio album in eight years , My Love Is Your Love . The album failed to match the commercial status of her previous albums , peaking at number thirteen , her lowest chart position on the Billboard 200 among her studio albums . Despite initial weak sales , the album went on to achieve multi-platinum status with 11 million units sold worldwide , being certified 4 × Platinum in the United States . From late 1998 to early 2000 , the album generated five singles ; `` When You Believe '' ( duet with Mariah Carey ) , `` Heartbreak Hotel '' , `` It 's Not Right but It 's Okay '' , `` My Love Is Your Love '' , and `` I Learned from the Best '' . Houston entered the 2000s with her first greatest hits compilation , Whitney : The Greatest Hits , released in May 2000 . The double-disc was certified 3 × Platinum by the RIAA in 2002 and earned 5 × Platinum award posthumously , recognizing 2.6 million in sales throughout the United States . The album hit the top position on the UK Albums Chart and sold over 1.66 million copies in the UK alone . Also , it reached the top ten in many worldwide markets , selling 10 million copies globally . Just Whitney , released in December 2002 , became her first album after renewing her contract with Arista for a record $ 100 million in 2001 . The album failed to earn multi-platinum status , receiving only Platinum award in the US , and became her lowest-selling studio album to date . She released a holiday album , One Wish : The Holiday Album in November 2003 . In September 2009 , Houston returned to the top position of the Billboard 200 with I Look to You , becoming her fourth number-one album on the chart ; which was her first non-soundtrack number-one in 22 years , since 1987 's Whitney . It also topped the album charts of several European countries and was certified Platinum by the RIAA . Her albums Whitney Houston , Whitney , The Bodyguard and Whitney : The Greatest Hits are among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA . According to the RIAA , Houston is the top-selling R&B female artist of the 20th century , and the fourth best-selling female artist in the United States , with shipments of 57 million albums . In addition , until the launch of the RIAA 's digital certification program in 2004 , she had sold 16.5 million physical singles more than any other female solo artist in history . According to the Official UK Charts Company in October 2012 , Houston is at number four in the top 10 biggest selling female singles artists of all-time list with a sales total of 8.5 million singles . Whitney Houston is one of pop music 's best-selling music artists of all-time , with an estimated 170 -- 200 million records sold worldwide .",
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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": "Mark Ronson Mark Daniel Ronson ( born 4 September 1975 ) is an English musician , DJ , singer , songwriter and record producer . Although his debut album Here Comes the Fuzz failed to make an impact on the charts , his second album Version reached number two in the UK and included three top 10 singles . This earned him a Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist in 2008 . His third studio album , Record Collection , was released on 27 September 2010 , peaking at number two in the UK . In 2014 , Ronson achieved his first UK and US number one single with `` Uptown Funk , '' which featured vocals from Bruno Mars . The song earned Ronson the 2015 Brit Award for British Single of the Year , and the 2016 Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance . His fourth studio album , Uptown Special , was released in January 2015 , and became his first UK number one album and also peaked at number 5 in the US . Ronson produced `` Cold Shoulder '' on Adele 's first album , 19 . He received acclaim for producing Amy Winehouse 's album Back to Black , for which he won the Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year , Non-Classical , Best Pop Vocal Album and Record of the Year for the single `` Rehab '' . He has won Record of the Year twice , in 2008 as a producer and in 2016 as a performing artist . One of the most successful musicians in contemporary British popular culture , Ronson appeared on Debrett 's 2017 list of the most influential people in Britain .",
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"text": "Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion , ( -LSB- ˈdiːɒn -RSB- -LSB- seˈlɪn dziˈjɔ̃ -RSB- ; born 30 March 1968 ) is a Canadian singer and businesswoman . Born into a large family from Charlemagne , Quebec , Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record . Dion first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest where she represented Switzerland . Following a series of French albums during the 1980s , she signed on to Epic Records in the United States . In 1990 , Dion released her debut English-language album , Unison , establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world . During the 1990s , with the help of Angélil , she achieved worldwide fame after releasing several English albums along with additional French albums . Her albums , Falling into You ( 1996 ) and Let 's Talk About Love ( 1997 ) , were both certified diamond in the US while D'eux ( 1995 ) became the best-selling French-language album of all time . She also scored a series of international number-one hits , including `` Nothing Broken but My Heart '' , `` The Power of Love '' , `` Think Twice '' , `` Because You Loved Me '' , `` It 's All Coming Back to Me Now '' , `` My Heart Will Go On '' , and `` I 'm Your Angel . '' However , in 1999 at the height of her success , Dion announced a hiatus from entertainment to start a family and spend time with her husband , who had been diagnosed with cancer . She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed to perform nightly in A New Day ... ( 2003 -- 07 ) , a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace , on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise , Nevada . It became the most successful residency show of all time , grossing US $ 385 million . Dion 's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical . Her recordings are mainly in French and English , although she also sings in Spanish , Italian , German , Latin , Japanese , and Mandarin Chinese . While her releases have often received mixed critical reception , she is regarded as one of pop music 's most influential voices . Dion has won five Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year and Record of the Year . She is the second best-selling female artist in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era . In 2003 , Dion was honoured by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ( IFPI ) for selling over 50 million albums in Europe . Dion remains the best-selling Canadian artist and one of the best-selling artists of all time with record sales of over 200 million copies worldwide .",
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"text": "List of number-one singles of 2013 (Australia) The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia . Its data , published by the Australian Recording Industry Association , is based collectively on each single 's weekly physical and digital sales . In 2013 , seventeen singles claimed the top spot , including `` Thrift Shop '' by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis , which started its peak position in late 2012 . Fifteen acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia , either as a lead or featured artist : Mary Lambert , Nate Ruess , Baauer , Ray Dalton , Passenger , Daft Punk , Pharrell Williams , Robin Thicke , T.I. , Avicii , 2 Chainz , Redfoo , Dami Im , Taylor Henderson and John Legend . Im and Henderson were the only Australian artists to achieve a number-one single . Macklemore and Ryan Lewis had three number-one singles during the year for `` Thrift Shop '' , `` Same Love '' and `` Ca n't Hold Us '' . Jason Derulo earned two number-one singles for `` Talk Dirty '' and `` Trumpets '' . Pharrell Williams also earned two number-one singles during the year , as a featured artist on Daft Punk 's `` Get Lucky '' and Robin Thicke 's `` Blurred Lines '' . Katy Perry 's `` Roar '' was the longest-running number-one single of 2013 , having topped the ARIA Singles Chart for nine weeks . `` Blurred Lines '' was the second longest-running number-one single , with eight consecutive weeks at the top . Passenger 's `` Let Her Go '' stayed at number one for five consecutive weeks , while Avicii 's `` Wake Me Up ! '' topped the chart for six consecutive weeks .",
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"text": "Party (Beyoncé song) `` Party '' is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé for her fourth studio album , 4 ( 2011 ) . It features guest vocals from American rapper André 3000 and uncredited vocals from Kanye West , and was released by Columbia Records as the fourth single from 4 on August 30 , 2011 . The song was written by Kanye West , Jeff Bhasker and Beyoncé , with the production being handled by Beyoncé and West and was co-produced by Bhasker . A midtempo R&B song , `` Party '' exhibits elements of the 1980s funk and soul music , and samples the 1985 song `` La Di Da Di '' , written by Dexter Mills , Douglas Davis and Ricky Walters . It recalls the work of New Edition and Prince , among others . Built on a 808-retro beat , multi-tracked harmonies , and a smooth groove , the song 's instrumentation includes slow-bouncing synthesizers , keyboard tones , and drums . Lyrically , `` Party '' gives ode to political themes such as feminism and sexual empowerment . In his rap verses , André 3000 references milk and gets philosophical about his own career . `` Party '' was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 54th Grammy Awards . The song reached number 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart . It debuted on the US Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs chart in July 2011 , and peaked at number 2 on the chart for three consecutive weeks . Following the release of 4 , `` Party '' charted at number 19 on the South Korea Gaon International Singles Chart . `` Party '' was part of Beyoncé 's set list for her 4 Intimate Nights with Beyoncé and the Revel Presents : Beyoncé Live residency shows .",
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"text": "Stargate (music producers) Stargate is a Norwegian record producing and songwriting team , composed of Tor Erik Hermansen ( born 14 October 1972 ) and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen ( born 10 December 1972 ) , based in New York City . The team 's genres include R&B , pop , dance-pop , Europop and hip hop . Stargate was established in Trondheim , Norway . Stargate broke into the American recording industry in 2006 , with the release of the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single , `` So Sick '' , produced and co-written by the team and performed by Ne-Yo . They also produced and co-wrote Beyoncé 's worldwide hit single `` Irreplaceable '' , which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 10 consecutive weeks . Throughout their career they have been noted for their extensive work with Rihanna , writing and producing four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 singles with the Barbadian singer in 2010 and 2011 .",
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"text": "A Million Lights A Million Lights is the third studio album by English recording artist Cheryl , released on 15 June 2012 through Fascination Records . Following her divorce from Ashley Cole , this is Cheryl 's first album to be released under the mononym Cheryl , dropping her married surname . The album was recorded in 2011 and 2012 . As the executive producer of the album , Cheryl enlisted a variety of producers such as Alex da Kid , Calvin Harris , will.i.am , Pantha , Agent X , HyGrade , Dada Life , Jim Beanz , Taio Cruz , Mathias Wollo , The Beamer Boyz , Billy Wes , Electric , Bibi Jones and Dave Munday . Sonically , the album is rooted in pop and dance-pop genres . Upon its release , A Million Lights received mainly mixed to positive reviews from music critics , who commended its progression from Cheryl 's previous albums , but were ambivalent towards the mix of genres . The album debuted on the UK Albums Chart at position two , selling 34,934 copies in its first week . A Million Lights also peaked at two on the Irish Albums Chart , and one on the Scottish albums chart . A Million Lights was certified Gold in the United Kingdom for shipments of 100,000 copies . Two singles have been released from the album . The first single , `` Call My Name '' , was released on 8 June 2012 . With only three days of release , `` Call My Name '' sold a total of 97,000 in the United Kingdom alone , debuting at number one with first week sales of 152,001 and becoming the second fastest selling single of 2012 . `` Under the Sun '' was released 2 September 2012 as the second single from the album . The song peaked at number 13 , becoming her sixth solo top-twenty single . `` Screw You '' was scheduled to be the album 's third single , but the release was cancelled indefinitely and no more singles were released from A Million Lights due to the reunion of Girls Aloud in November 2012 .",
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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": "Ruth Lorenzo Ruth Lorenzo Pascual ( -LSB- rut ˈloɾenθo -RSB- ; born 10 November 1982 ) , better known as Ruth Lorenzo , is a Spanish singer and composer , best known for coming fifth in the fifth series of the British TV talent show The X Factor in 2008 . Artists such as Auryn and Dannii Minogue have included compositions of hers in their albums . Her debut single `` Burn '' entered the Spanish Singles Charts and reached number 16 when she released the single on 27 June 2011 . She released her first UK single `` The Night '' on 15 June 2013 , featuring a club remix by Almighty . She represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song `` Dancing In The Rain '' , which entered the Spanish Singles Chart at number 5 . She scored 74 points for Spain , finishing in 10th place . Her debut album Planeta Azul was released on 27 October 2014 ; one year later in October 2015 was released Planeta Azul : Edición Especial , becoming in only one week the number 3 selling album in Spain .",
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"text": "2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards The 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards , was the inaugural music award show presented by iHeartMedia 's platform iHeartRadio and NBC . The awards were held on May 1 , 2014 , at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles . The awards show was announced on February 26 , 2014 . The nominations were compiled by the results of Mediabase charts , listener feedback and digital straming data from the iHeartRadio platform and announced on March 26 , 2014 . The awards recognized the biggest artists and songs of the year . The show was directed by Hamish Hamilton . The voting took place on iHeartRadio 's official webpage except for the `` Instagram Award '' , where voting took place on social network Instagram . Rihanna led the nominations with eight and also became the biggest winner of the night with four wins including Artist of the Year and Song of the Year . NBC 's telecast of the iHeartRadio Music Awards drew 5.4 million viewers overall and a rating of 1.7 in the key 18-to-49-year-old demographic .",
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"text": "Black Sails (TV series) Black Sails is an American historical adventure television series set on New Providence Island and a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson 's novel Treasure Island . The series was created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz . It debuted online for free on YouTube and other various streaming platform and video on demand services on January 18 , 2014 . The debut on cable television followed a week later on January 25 , 2014 . Steinberg is executive producer , alongside Michael Bay , Brad Fuller and Andrew Form , while Michael Angeli , Doris Egan , and Levine are co-executive producers . On July 26 , 2013 , Starz renewed the show for a ten-episode second season , which premiered on January 24 , 2015 . The early renewal , six months before the first season premiered , was based on the positive fan reaction to the show at the San Diego Comic-Con . The series was renewed for a third season on October 12 , 2014 , and a fourth season on July 31 , 2015 , both before the respective previous seasons had premiered . On July 20 , 2016 , Starz announced that the series ' fourth season would be its last ; the season premiered on January 29 , 2017 , and the series concluded on April 2 , 2017 .",
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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": "Isle of Canes Isle of Canes ( ISBN 1-59331-306-3 ) , a novel by Elizabeth Shown Mills , follows an African family from its importation and enslavement in 1735 through four generations of freedom in Creole Louisiana to its re-subjugation by Jim Crow at the close of the nineteenth century . Mills explores the family 's `` struggle to find a place in -LSB- a -RSB- tightly defined world of black and white '' -- a world made more complex by the larger struggle of Louisiana 's native ancien regime to preserve its culture amid the Anglo-Protestant `` invasion '' that followed the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 and the resulting battle for political and social hegemony . Isle 's central theme is the ambiguous lives of those who escaped colonial slavery only to find they could not survive as free without complicity in the slave regime . The novel 's subject-family is one that has been both romanticized and excoriated by journalists , academics , descendants , and current websites over the past half-century . Isle 's interpretation of their controversial role is based heavily on the author 's original research across three decades in the archives of six nations , and actual documents are interspersed throughout the novel . The author 's research began in 1972 when she was employed by a preservation society to document the history of one Isle landmark , Melrose Plantation . Critical assessments of Isle of Canes focus on its upturning of stereotypes . Contemporary Lit describes the focus as `` Gone with the Wind from a vastly different , more important perspective ... not that of the plantation owner or the poor white ... but homme de couleur libre and slave ... capturing the agonizing decisions which tore families and communities apart . '' Historical Novels Review similarly observes , `` The Metoyers , a historical family both black and white and yet neither , challenge all perceptions of racial boundaries . You may never look at American History the same way again . '' The Isle community is also the focus in Lalita Tademy 's Oprah Book Club pick , Cane River . Mills 's Isle explores the colonial roots of the community and the experience of slaves who achieved freedom prior to the onset of Louisiana 's Creole-Anglo conflict . Tademy 's story , whose earliest slave generations are based upon research by Mills and her daughter , portrays the mid-nineteenth -- and early-twentieth-century experiences of the community 's slave families who envied , respected , and resented the free status of the Isle 's Creoles de couleur libre -- some of whose blood they shared . A third , much older novel , Lyle Saxon 's Children of Strangers , depicts the state of servitude into which the Islanders were subjected by the early twentieth-century . Saxon 's era was one in which the chatelaine of the family 's last remaining manor house ( Melrose Plantation , a National Historic Landmark since 1976 ) was an Anglo patroness of the arts , who encouraged Saxon to visit and `` observe '' the community first hand . Saxon 's portrayal captures the mindset of that era 's white population , who vacillated between economic exploitation of the Islanders , sexual attraction to their women , and a paternalistic view of the multiracial Creoles as `` simple people , but our people . '' Historians struggle to understand the complexities of the Peculiar Institution -- particularly the motivation that compelled a significant number of freed American slaves to purchase other humans once free to do so . Edward P. Jones lays out one psychological path in The Known World creating a fictional anti-hero , the Black Virginian Henry Townsend , who is consumed by his self-centered ambition . Isle of Canes reconstructs the world of an actual family to define a radically different but equally uncomfortable trajectory by which more than a few ex-slaves survived a status many historians consider `` neither slave nor free . ''",
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"text": "Urban One Urban One , Inc. is an American media company with holdings in radio , cable television and digital media . Urban One owns and operates 55 radio stations in 16 US markets . It is the largest African American-owned broadcasting company in the US , and the largest radio broadcaster targeting African American and urban listeners . The company 's station offerings are primarily hip-hop , rap , R&B , talk radio and news . As of 2014 , the company under the previous name Radio One ( until May 2017 ) was the ninth-highest earning African-American business in the United States . Urban One owns Reach Media , the largest radio network targeting African American and urban listeners ; a majority stake in TV One , a cable television network targeting African American women ; and Interactive One , a digital publisher with brands and websites targeting urban users .",
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"text": "Patch the Pirate Patch the Pirate is an Evangelical Christian series of character-building , comical , musical recordings for children produced by Majesty Music . These comical capers teach Christian values to children through story and song recordings , children 's choir clubs , and radio programs . Patch the Pirate is played by Ron `` Patch '' Hamilton , who is a popular Christian singer , songwriter , composer , evangelist , and personality . Ron Hamilton has created and published 36 Patch the Pirate Adventures including the first release Patch the Pirate Goes to Space in 1982 and the latest release in 2016 Operation Artic : Viking Invasion . Over 2 million Patch the Pirate adventures have been sold since the release of the first album . The Patch the Pirate Radio Program is recognized by the National Religious Broadcasters as the third largest religious children 's programming outreach .",
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"text": "Sailing (disambiguation) Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with sails . Sailing or Sailin ' may also refer to : Sailing ( sport ) , an organized sport `` Sailing '' ( AAA song ) , 2012 `` Sailing '' ( Christopher Cross song ) , 1980 `` Sailing '' ( Sutherland Brothers song ) , 1972 , made popular by Rod Stewart `` Sailing '' , a song written by Christopher Cross on George Benson 's 2009 album Songs and Stories Sailin ' , an album by Kim Carnes , or the title song `` Sailing '' ( Birds of a Feather ) , an episode of Birds of a Feather",
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"text": "The Boat That Rocked The Boat That Rocked ( retitled Pirate Radio in North America , Good Morning England in France , Radio Rock Revolution in Germany , Рок-волна ( The Rock Wave ) in Russia , and I Love Radio Rock in Italy ) is a 2009 British comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis , with pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s as its setting . The film has an ensemble cast featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman , Bill Nighy , Rhys Ifans , Nick Frost , and Kenneth Branagh . Set in 1966 , it tells the story of the fictitious pirate radio station `` Radio Rock '' and its crew of eclectic disc jockeys , who broadcast rock and pop music to the United Kingdom from a ship anchored in the North Sea while the British government endeavours to shut them down . It was produced by Working Title Films for Universal Pictures , and was filmed on the Isle of Portland and at Shepperton Studios . After the world premiere in London 's Leicester Square on 29 March 2009 , the film was released in United Kingdom and Ireland on 1 April 2009 . It was a commercial failure at the British box office , making only US$ 10.1 million in its first three months , just a fifth of its US$ 50 million production cost . It received mixed reviews , with most criticism directed at its muddled storyline and 2 1/4 - hour length . For its North American release the film had its running time cut by 20 minutes , and was retitled Pirate Radio . Opening 13 November 2009 , it was still commercially unsuccessful in the US , earning only US$ 8 million . When the worldwide theatrical run was finished in January 2010 , the film had grossed US$ 36.3 million .",
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"text": "Cast Your Fate to the Wind `` Cast Your Fate to the Wind '' is an American jazz instrumental selection whose music was composed , and which was originally recorded , by Vince Guaraldi ; later , lyrics for it were written by Carel Werber . It won a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963 . It was included on the album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus , which the Vince Guaraldi Trio released on the Fantasy Records label on April 18 , 1962 . On at least some copies of the album , the title on the label contained a printing error ; it read `` Cast Your Faith To The Wind , '' an unintentionally comic twist to the sentiment of the song . The tune has been covered by many artists in a wide range of genres , including both male and female solo vocalists , pop , folk , and rock groups , as well as many instrumental performers . In Australia , a vocal version by Mel Tormé was a hit in 1963 . In 1965 the British easy listening group Sounds Orchestral redirected the song away from much of the jazz influenced midsection to more of a nightclub sound and concluded the tune with a short piano section . That version attained # 5 in the UK , # 10 on the US pop chart , and # 1 for three weeks in May on the US Easy Listening chart . In 1966 , North Hollywood singer Shelby Flint released a version of the song . The West Coast folk-rock bands We Five and The Sandpipers , along with pop singer Johnny Rivers , recorded vocal versions of the song , and there were further instrumental recordings from Earl Klugh , George Benson , David Benoit , Chet Atkins , George Winston and Nelson Rangell . In 1970 , the rock group James Gang covered the song as part of a three-song medley ( `` The Bomber Medley '' ) on their album James Gang Rides Again . Quincy Jones rendered a beautiful orchestral arrangement of the song on his 1971 album Smackwater Jack . In 1976 an easy listening version was recorded by guitarist Harald Winkler and the Norman Candler Orchestra . The song was featured in the 1987 film , `` Good Morning , Vietnam '' and also in the 1988 film The In Crowd . In 2007 , the alternative-rock band They Might Be Giants spoofed the song 's title by issuing `` Cast Your Pod to the Wind , '' a bonus disc to their album The Else . It consisted of songs which , before then , had only been heard on their podcasts . Allen Toussaint 's version is the first ending theme for the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street . The song has been rendered , with French lyrics , as both `` Ne tremble pas mon pauvre coeur '' ( 1965 ) recorded by Marianne Mille ( fr ) and also as `` Le nez dans le vent '' ( 1967 ) recorded by Shirley Théroux ( fr ) . Lee Mendelson cited `` Cast Your Fate to the Wind '' as the song he heard on the radio that prompted him to hire Guaraldi for A Charlie Brown Christmas ; the hiring would begin a long collaboration between Guaraldi and Mendelson that would see Guaraldi compose for numerous Peanuts television specials until his death in 1976 .",
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"text": "Scarlet Sails (film) Scarlet Sails ( Алые паруса , Alye parusa ) is a 1961 Soviet film produced by Mosfilm and directed by Alexandr Ptushko . It is based on Alexander Grin 's 1923 adventure novel of the same name and stars Vasily Lanovoy and Anastasiya Vertinskaya . The story is a romantic fantasy and is described as a `` fairy tale '' , though it contains no overtly supernatural elements .",
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"text": "Dark Adventure Radio Theatre Dark Adventure Radio Theatre is a series of radio dramas produced by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society . They are produced in the style of 1930s radio drama , and the `` Dark Adventure Radio Theatre '' resembles a Mercury Theatre production hosted by the fictional `` Chester Langfield '' and `` sponsored '' by `` Fleur-de-Lys Cigarettes '' . However , the character `` died '' of emphysema after the fourth production ( The Shadow Over Innsmouth ) and was replaced by the equally fictional `` Erskine Blackwell , '' the new `` sponsor '' being `` Forhan 's Toothpaste . '' In the latest production , The Dreams in the Witch House , the sponsor became `` Bub-L-Pep '' , a lithium-based drink . The series features casts of professional actors and original music . The CD releases include four prop documents , such as newspaper clippings , etc. , from the show . Currently released productions : Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : At the Mountains of Madness ( 2007 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Dunwich Horror ( 2008 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Shadow Out of Time ( 2008-10-01 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Shadow Over Innsmouth ( 2008-12 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Call of Cthulhu ( 2012-11 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ( 2013-03 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Color Out of Space ( 2013 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : Herbert West - Reanimator ( 2013 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Dreams in the Witch House ( 2014 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : Imprisoned with the Pharaohs ( 2014 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Horror at Red Hook ( 2015 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : Dagon : War of Worlds ( 2015 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : A Solstice Carol ( 2015 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The White Tree ( 2016 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Thing on the Doorstep ( 2016 ) Dark Adventure Radio Theatre : The Brotherhood of the Beast ( 2016 )",
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"text": "Against the Wind (miniseries) Against the Wind is a 1978 Australian television mini-series . It is a historical drama portraying both the British rule of Ireland , and the development of New South Wales and Australia . Jon English won the Logie Award in 1979 for `` Best New Talent '' for his role in the miniseries as `` Jonathan Garrett '' . It was the first major Australian TV production to be broadcast in the United States . A soundtrack was also released , topping the charts in Norway and reaching the top 10 in Australia and Sweden .",
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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": "The Black Adder The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder , written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson , directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd . The series was originally aired on BBC One from 15 June 1983 to 20 July 1983 , and was a joint production with the Australian Seven Network . Set in 1485 at the end of the British Middle Ages , the series is written as a secret history which contends that King Richard III won the Battle of Bosworth Field , only to be unintentionally assassinated by his nephew Edmund and succeeded by Richard IV , one of the Princes in the Tower . The series follows the exploits of Richard IV 's unfavoured second son Edmund ( who calls himself `` The Black Adder '' ) in his various attempts to increase his standing with his father and , in the final episode , his quest to overthrow him . Conceived while Atkinson and Curtis were working on Not the Nine O'Clock News , the series covers a number of medieval issues in Britain in a humorous and often anachronistic manner -- witchcraft , royal succession , European relations , the Crusades and the conflict between the Crown and the Church . The filming of the series was highly ambitious , with a large cast and much location shooting . Shakespearean dialogue is sometimes adapted for comic effect . Despite winning an International Emmy , The Black Adder is generally regarded as the weakest series of Blackadder , even by its creators .",
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"text": "Sears Radio Theater Sears Radio Theater was a radio drama anthology series which ran weeknights on CBS Radio in 1979 , sponsored by the Sears chain . Often paired with The CBS Radio Mystery Theater during its first season , the program offered a different genre of drama for each day 's broadcast . In January 1980 , the program moved to the Mutual Broadcasting System and became the Mutual Radio Theater . The Mutual series broadcast repeats from the CBS run until September 1980 , when a short season of new dramas was presented . Sears continued as a sponsor during the Mutual run . Monday was `` Western Night '' and was hosted by Lorne Greene . Tuesday was `` Comedy Night '' , hosted by Andy Griffith . Wednesday was `` Mystery Night '' with Vincent Price as host . Thursday was `` Love and Hate Night '' with Cicely Tyson doing honors as host . Finally , Friday brought `` Adventure Night '' , first hosted by Richard Widmark and later by Howard Duff and then by Leonard Nimoy . Actors heard on the series included Jim Jordan , Henry Morgan , Daws Butler , June Foray , Parley Baer , Mary Jane Croft , Howard Culver , John Dehner , Virginia Gregg , Janet Waldo , Vic Perrin , Hans Conried , Marvin Miller , Elliott Lewis , Jeff Corey , Lesley Woods , Robert Rockwell , Lurene Tuttle , Eve Arden , Keith Andes , Harriet Nelson , Alan Young , Tom Bosley , Marion Ross , Lloyd Bochner , Rick Jason , Frank Campanella , Toni Tennille , Arthur Hill , Dan O'Herlihy , Jesse White and Frank Nelson . Actress Peggy Webber was heard on 52 episodes . It was produced and directed by Fletcher Markle and Elliott Lewis . The theme was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle . Though less long-lived than NPR 's Earplay or the CBS Radio Mystery Theater , it was an ambitious attempt to reinvigorate a neglected field . Like Earplay , it was broadcast in stereo .",
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"text": "Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service The Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service ( RACES ) is a standby radio service provided for in Part 97.407 of the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) rules and regulations governing amateur radio in the United States . The concept of a standby `` Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service '' to replace the conventional `` Amateur Radio Service '' during wartime was developed in 1952 as result of input from the American Radio Relay League and the Department of the Army 's Office of Civil Defense . During World War II , the Amateur Radio Service had been silenced and a new War Emergency Radio Service ( WERS ) had to be created from scratch in a process that took six months . The resulting standby RACES service was designed to provide a quicker and smoother transition in the event the President ever needed to silence the regular Amateur Radio Service again when invoking the War Powers Act of 1941 . Despite four wars involving the United States since 1952 , this has never happened .",
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"text": "The Political Cesspool The Political Cesspool is a weekly far-right talk radio show founded by Tennessean political activist James Edwards and syndicated by the organizations Liberty News Radio Network and Accent Radio Network in the United States . First broadcast in October 2004 twice a week from radio station WMQM , per Edwards it has been simulcast on Stormfront Radio , a service of the white nationalist Stormfront website and as of 2011 is broadcast on Saturday nights on WLRM , a Christian radio station in Millington , Tennessee . Its sponsors include the white separatist Council of Conservative Citizens and the Institute for Historical Review , a Holocaust denial group . According to its statement of principles , the show stands for the `` Dispossessed Majority '' and represents `` a philosophy that is pro-White . '' It has attracted criticism -- including from The Nation , The New Republic , the Stephen Roth Institute , the Southern Poverty Law Center ( SPLC ) , and the Anti-Defamation League -- for its promotion of anti-semitic , white nationalist and white supremacist views . According to the SPLC , the show has featured a `` Who 's Who of the radical right '' , including members of the Ku Klux Klan ; they say Edwards has probably done more than anyone in America to promote neo-Nazis , Holocaust deniers and other extremists . The show features Edwards and his co-hosts Keith Alexander , Bill Rolen , Winston Smith , and Eddie Miller , as well as producer Art Frith . Former staffers include Geoff Melton , Jess Bonds and co-founder Austin Farley . Its guests have included author Jerome Corsi , Minuteman Project leader Jim Gilchrist , former Constitution Party presidential candidate Michael Peroutka , actor Sonny Landham , British National Party leader Nick Griffin , Vermont secessionist Thomas Naylor , and paleoconservative activist Pat Buchanan . It is carried by at least three licensed terrestrial radio stations in the United States and on network feeds on the Galaxy 19 communications satellite .",
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"text": "The Black Pirates The Black Pirates is a 1954 Ansco Color adventure film made by Salvador Films Corp. about a band of pirates scouring a small Central American town for a buried treasure . It was directed by Allen H. Miner and produced from a screenplay by Fred Freiberger and Al C. Ward based on the story by Johnston McCulley . The film stars Anthony Dexter and Martha Roth with Robert Clarke , Toni Gerry and Lon Chaney Jr. . . The tagline of the movie was `` Wild Raiders of the Tropic Seas ! '' . It was filmed on location in Panchimalco , El Salvador . Filming started in mid-June 1954 and the movie was released in December and distributed in Latin America under the title El Pirata Negro . The Black Pirates was the first film that Cinema Research Corporation was hired to do the special effects for .",
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"text": "List of Dragnet (radio series) episodes Dragnet , the radio series , premiered on NBC on June 3 , 1949 and ended on February 26 , 1957 . A set of 314 original episodes aired between June 1949 and September 1955 with '' .22 Rifle For Christmas '' and `` The Big Little Jesus '' usually re-run during Christmas time . Re-runs were broadcast from the end of September 1955 to February 1957 . The vast majority of the episodes are available free on various sites around the Internet .",
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"text": "Riverwalk Jazz Riverwalk Jazz is a popular weekly public radio series distributed by Public Radio International .",
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"text": "Classic Serial The Classic Serial is a strand on BBC Radio 4 in which classics of English literature are adapted into series of one-hour dramas . It is broadcast twice weekly on BBC Radio 4 , first from 3:00 -- 4:00 pm on Sunday , then repeated on 9:00 -- 10:00 pm the next Saturday . Works adapted have included The Aeneid and A Dance to the Music of Time , featuring actors such as Joss Ackland , Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh .",
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"text": "Rounding up Rounding-up is a phenomenon that occurs in sailing when the helmsman ( or tiller-handler ) is no longer able to control the direction of the boat and it heads up ( or `` rounds up '' ) into the wind , causing the boat to slow down , stall out , or tack . This occurs when the wind overpowers the ability of the rudder to maintain a straight course . For example , the sailboat may heel over so far that the rudder no longer engages in the water , or only to such a small extent that it can no longer steer the boat . When this happens is dependent on a number of factors such as the velocity of the wind , design of the hull and rudder and shape of the sails . This can be dangerous if it causes collisions between boats if sailing close together . Rounding up can be startling to those on board : The boat turns into the eye of the wind with all sails fluttering . However , unless the boat is in irons ( stopped facing directly into the wind ) , control can be regained by steering the boat off the wind again to refill the sails and regain the desired course . Rounding up is in fact a safety design of most sailboats that can help prevent a knock-down and allow the helmsman to regain control of the boat . An occasional round-up may simply be the result of a strong gust of wind . If it occurs regularly , this may be a sign that too much sail is raised and the crew may need to lower one or more sails , change to smaller sails , or reef . In smaller sailboats such as racing dinghies where the sail can not be lessened or reefed , frequent round-ups may be a sign that the wind conditions are too strong for the boats and they should immediately proceed to shelter .",
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"text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children 's book by British author Roald Dahl . The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka . Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf , Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin , 3 years later . The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures : Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in 1971 , and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005 . The book 's sequel , Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator , was written by Roald Dahl in 1971 and published in 1972 . Dahl had also planned to write a third book in the series but never finished it . The story was originally inspired by Roald Dahl 's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays . Cadbury would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products . At that time ( around the 1920s ) , Cadbury and Rowntree 's were England 's two largest chocolate makers and they each often tried to steal trade secrets by sending spies , posing as employees , into the other 's factory . Because of this , both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes . It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate , often gigantic , machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story .",
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"text": "World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement The World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the World Fantasy Convention for the best fantasy fiction and fantasy art published in English during the preceding calendar year . The awards have been described by sources such as The Guardian as a `` prestigious fantasy prize '' , and as one of the three most renowned speculative fiction awards , along with the Hugo and Nebula Awards ( which cover both fantasy and science fiction ) . The World Fantasy Award -- Life Achievement is given each year to individuals for their overall career in fields related to fantasy . These have included , for example , authors , editors , and publishers . The specific nomination reasons are not given , and nominees are not required to have retired , though they can only win once . The Life Achievement category has been awarded annually since 1975 . World Fantasy Award nominees are decided by attendees and judges at the annual World Fantasy Convention . A ballot is posted in June for attendees of the current and previous two conferences to determine two of the finalists , and a panel of five judges adds three or more nominees before voting on the overall winner of each category . Unlike the other World Fantasy Award categories , the nominees for the Life Achievement award are not announced ; instead , the winner is announced along with the nominees in the other categories . The panel of judges is typically made up of fantasy authors , and is chosen each year by the World Fantasy Awards Administration , which has the power to break ties . The final results are presented at the World Fantasy Convention at the end of October . Through 2015 , winners were presented with a statuette of H. P. Lovecraft , but at the 2015 ceremony it was announced that the statuette would not be given out in future years . No announcement was made about a replacement award . During the 42 nomination years , 65 people have been given the Life Achievement Award . Multiple winners have been awarded nineteen times , typically two co-winners , though five were noted in 1984 . Since 2000 it has become an unofficial tradition for two winners to be announced , often with one winner primarily an author and the other not . While most winners have been authors and editors , five winners have been primarily artists of fantasy art and book covers , and three winners are best known for founding or running publishing houses that produce fantasy works .",
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"text": "Roald Dahl Roald Dahl ( -LSB- langpronˈroʊ.əld _ ˈdɑːl -RSB- , -LSB- ˈɾuːɑl dɑl -RSB- ; 13 September 1916 -- 23 November 1990 ) was a British novelist , short story writer , poet , screenwriter , and fighter pilot . His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide . Born in Wales to Norwegian parents , Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War , in which he became a flying ace and intelligence officer , rising to the rank of acting wing commander . He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults and he became one of the world 's best selling authors . He has been referred to as `` one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century '' . His awards for contribution to literature include the 1983 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement , and the British Book Awards ' Children 's Author of the Year in 1990 . In 2008 , The Times placed Dahl 16th on its list of `` The 50 greatest British writers since 1945 '' . Dahl 's short stories are known for their unexpected endings and his children 's books for their unsentimental , macabre , often darkly comic mood , featuring villainous adult enemies of the child characters . His books champion the kind-hearted , and feature an underlying warm sentiment . Dahl 's works for children include James and the Giant Peach , Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , Matilda , The Witches , Fantastic Mr Fox , The BFG , The Twits and George 's Marvellous Medicine . His adult works include Tales of the Unexpected .",
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"text": "Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre is a museum in the village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire , England . Children 's and short story writer Roald Dahl lived in the village for 36 years until his death in 1990 .",
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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": "Nonsense verse Nonsense verse is a form of nonsense literature usually employing strong prosodic elements like rhythm and rhyme . It is whimsical and humorous in tone and employs some of the techniques of nonsense literature . Limericks are probably the best known form of nonsense verse , although they tend nowadays to be used for bawdy or straightforwardly humorous , rather than nonsensical , effect . Among writers in English noted for nonsense verse are Edward Lear , Lewis Carroll , Mervyn Peake , Sukumar Ray , Edward Gorey , Colin West , Dr. Seuss , and Spike Milligan . The Martian Poets and Ivor Cutler are considered by some to be in the nonsense tradition .",
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"text": "Mr. Botibol `` Mr. Botibol '' is a short story by Roald Dahl , first collected in 1980 in the short story collection More Tales of the Unexpected by Penguin .",
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"text": "Sally Ledger Sally Ledger ( 14 December 1961 - 21 January 2009 ) was a Professor of Victorian literature who made major contributions to the fields of nineteenth-century women 's writing , literary feminism , and the study of Charles Dickens . Ledger took her undergraduate studies at Queen Mary University of London , where she won the George Smith Prize for the best English First in the University of London in 1985 . She completed her graduate studies at the University of Oxford , where she worked on the novels of Mark Rutherford under the supervision of Terry Eagleton at Wadham College . While at Oxford she was involved with the student pressure group Oxford English Limited , and wrote for its journal News from Nowhere : Journal of the Oxford English Faculty Opposition ; she also contributed to the journal Literature Teaching Politics , where her first published article appeared in 1987 . After her doctorate , Ledger had lectureships at Royal Holloway University of London , the University of Exeter and the University of the West of England before moving to Birkbeck University of London in 1995 as a Lecturer in English . She was promoted to Reader in 2001 and Professor in 2006 . Ledger moved to Royal Holloway University of London in 2008 to take up the Hildred Carlile Chair of English . Professor Ledger 's major publications are The New Woman : Fiction and Feminism at the Fin de Siècle ( Manchester University Press , 1997 ) and Dickens and the Popular Radical Imagination ( Cambridge University Press , 2007 ) . She also wrote a study of Henrik Ibsen for Northcote House 's ` Writers and Their Work ' series ( 1999 ) , and co-edited a series of volumes : Political Gender : Texts and Contexts ( Routledge , 1994 ) , Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siècle ( Cambridge University Press , 1995 ) , The Fin de Siècle : A Reader in Cultural History ( Oxford University Press , 2000 ) and the posthumously published Charles Dickens in Context ( Cambridge University Press , 2013 ) . She also edited George Egerton 's Keynotes and Discords ( Bloomsbury Academic , 2000 ) . From 2005-2009 she was an integral part of the Dickens Project conference at the University of California , Santa Cruz and was planning a book on the origins of Victorian sentimentality at the time of her death . The British Association of Victorian Studies inaugurated the Sally Ledger Memorial Bursary fund for postgraduate students in her honour .",
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"text": "Humour Humour ( British English ) or humor ( American English ; see spelling differences ) is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement . The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks , which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body , known as humours ( Latin : humor , `` body fluid '' ) , controlled human health and emotion . People of all ages and cultures respond to humour . Most people are able to experience humour -- be amused , smile or laugh at something funny -- and thus are considered to have a sense of humour . The hypothetical person lacking a sense of humour would likely find the behaviour inducing it to be inexplicable , strange , or even irrational . Though ultimately decided by personal taste , the extent to which a person finds something humorous depends on a host of variables , including geographical location , culture , maturity , level of education , intelligence and context . For example , young children may favour slapstick such as Punch and Judy puppet shows or the Tom and Jerry cartoons , whose physical nature makes it accessible to them . By contrast , more sophisticated forms of humour such as satire require an understanding of its social meaning and context , and thus tend to appeal to a more mature audience .",
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"text": "Carl Dahlhaus Carl Dahlhaus ( June 10 , 1928 -- March 13 , 1989 ) , a musicologist from ( West ) Berlin , was one of the major contributors to the development of musicology as a scholarly discipline during the post-war era . Dahlhaus was born in Hanover . His education was interrupted by the Second World War where he served on the front and as an anti-aircraft auxiliary . He completed school exams through a special program designed for those engaged in combat . He showed an interest in banned literature and was exceptionally well read . After the war , he first studied law , later musicology at the University of Göttingen and Freiburg im Breisgau . His thesis at Göttingen in 1953 concerned the masses of Josquin . In the 1950s he was a co-founder of the Darmstadt new music festival . After a period as a dramaturg at the German Theater in Göttingen from 1950 to 1958 , a job obtained on the recommendation of Berthold Brecht , he became musical editor of the Stuttgarter Zeitung , a newspaper , from 1960 to 1962 . From 1962 to 1966 he served as a research assistant at the state musical research center at the University of Kiel . He earned a professorial grade from that university where he investigated the origins of harmonic tonality . In 1967 was hired as professor in music history at the Berlin Institute of Technology . Dahlhaus wrote 25 books , more than 400 articles , and contributed to 150 other works on a wide range of subjects , though the majority of these on the history of western music and particularly that of the 19th century ( i.e. Romantic music ) . He was very interested in the work of Richard Wagner and his ideas about musical drama as a ` total artwork ' and how a new language on society and politics was being formed through the work of so-called ` modernist ' composers ; that art was no longer just ` art for art 's sake ' . His other favourite topics included music theory , the aesthetics of music , and the prehistory of `` new music '' . Dahlhaus was honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ( Grand Cross with Star ) , a Blue Max , and accepted into the German Academy . In 1987 , he was awarded the Frankfurter Musikpreis . He died in Berlin .",
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"text": "Tony Lee Tony Lee is a British comics writer , screenwriter , audio playwright , and novelist .",
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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": "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": "Fantasy Amateur Press Association The Fantasy Amateur Press Association or FAPA ( `` FAP-uh '' ) is science fiction fandom 's longest-established amateur press association ( `` apa '' ) . It was founded in 1937 by Donald A. Wollheim and John B. Michel . They were inspired to create FAPA by their memberships in some of the non-science fiction amateur press associations , which they learned about from H. P. Lovecraft . ( It is also fandom 's longest-running organization of any kind , preceding the founding of the runner-up , the National Fantasy Fan Federation , by nearly four years . ) Like other APAs , FAPA is primarily an agency for distributing to its members publications published by its members at their own expense . FAPA has `` mailings '' every three months . Members are required to be active in some way -- writing or publishing -- and produce at least eight pages of activity a year . When needed , there are elections ( in August ) of a secretary-treasurer and official editor . Other officials have included Official Critics , a Laureate Committee , President , Vice-President , and ballot counters . The first two positions were abandoned by the mid-1940s , and in 2009 the positions of President and Vice-President were also eliminated . The President Emeritus is the author Robert Silverberg , who was the last serving President and who has been an active member of FAPA longer than any other current member . When necessary , a teller for the annual officer elections is appointed by the secretary-treasurer . FAPA 's original constitutional limit was 50 members to accommodate publishers using hectographs . There were 21 members listed on the roster of the first mailing in August 1937 ; it took until the November 1938 mailing to fill the 50-member roster . The membership limit was raised to 65 in 1943 and has remained at that level ever since . The early years of FAPA were stormy with party politics and sociological feuds ( as recounted in the late Jack Speer 's pioneering fan history , Up to Now ) . In 1947 , Speer reformed the constitution , and the Insurgents quashed the last inactive OE , Elmer Perdue . Since then official troubles have mostly not disturbed FAPA , and red tape has been held to a minimum . The constitution was again revised in 1958 ( also by Speer ) to incorporate amendments , bylaws , and practices adopted since 1947 . Another major revision occurred in 2001 under the oversight of Robert Lichtman ( Secretary-Treasurer since 1986 and still holding that office ) , clarifying and conforming constitutional requirements with actual practice . During the 1950s and 1960s FAPA was so popular and membership so sought after that the waiting list grew to monumental proportions , for a period of time exceeding the number of membership slots on the FAPA roster . A waiting list fee was instituted to cover the cost of sending the Fantasy Amateur to so many fans awaiting membership , and a requirement that waiting listers periodically acknowledge receipt of the Fantasy Amateur was begun in order to weed out those who lost interest during the long wait . By the '70s the waiting list became much smaller , and in recent years ( since the mid 1990s ) has disappeared altogether . Additionally , the number of members has also shrunk as existing members died or otherwise dropped off the roster . As of May 2016 , there were 23 active participants ( including one joint membership ) .",
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"text": "Ophelia Dahl Ophelia Magdalena Dahl ( born 12 May 1964 ) is a British social justice and health care advocate . As of January 2008 , Dahl is the president and executive director of Partners In Health ( PIH ) , a Boston , Massachusetts-based non-profit health care organization dedicated to providing a `` preferential option for the poor . '' She first encountered Paul Farmer , the future co-founder of PIH , as an eighteen-year-old volunteer in Haiti , and has since dedicated her life to advocating for social justice and healthcare equity . As a co-founder and key member of the PIH team , Dahl was featured prominently in Mountains Beyond Mountains : The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer , a Man Who Would Cure the World , Tracy Kidder 's book describing the work of the organization and the life of Dr. Farmer . In December 2006 , Ophelia Dahl and Paul Farmer received the Union Medal from Union Theological Seminary in New York . Dahl and the Partners in Health team is featured in the 2017 documentary film , Bending The Arc . Dahl is the daughter of actress Patricia Neal and author Roald Dahl . Dahl contributed to the 2003 book The Roald Dahl Treasury , a collection of her father 's stories , memoirs , letters and poetry , and is currently writing a memoir of her father . She is a trustee of the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre , a registered charity with the mission of `` telling Roald Dahl 's life story , to care for his archive and to promote a love of creative writing in everyone . '' Dahl graduated from Wellesley College as a Davis Scholar and delivered Wellesley 's 2006 commencement address . In 2011 , she was named by the Boston Globe as one of the three Bostonians of the Year , along with her Partners in Health co-founder , Paul Farmer and a senior member of Partners in Health , Louise Ivers . This was mainly due to her and the charity 's response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake . She has also been selected by Social Capital Inc. ( SCI ) as a 2011 SCI Idealist Award recipient , to be given on 30 March 2011 .",
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"text": "Indian English literature Indian English Literature ( IEL ) refers to the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language and whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India . Its early history began with the works of R. K. Narayan , Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao who contributed to Indian fiction in the 1930s . It is also associated with the works of members of the Indian diaspora , such as V. S. Naipaul , Kiran Desai , Jhumpa Lahiri , Kovid Gupta , Agha Shahid Ali , Rohinton Mistry and Salman Rushdie , who are of Indian descent . It is frequently referred to as Indo-Anglian literature . ( Indo-Anglian is a specific term in the sole context of writing that should not be confused with Anglo-Indian ) . As a category , this production comes in the broader realm of postcolonial literature -- the production from previously colonised countries such as India .",
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"text": "Roz Kaveney Roz Kaveney ( born 9 July 1949 ) is a British writer , critic , and poet , best known for her critical works about pop culture and for being a core member of the Midnight Rose collective . Kaveney 's works include fiction and non-fiction , poetry , reviewing , and editing .",
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"text": "The Mildenhall Treasure The Mildenhall Treasure is a non-fiction work written by British author Roald Dahl . Unlike his later work , the story is not children 's fiction . It tells the story of the discovery in 1946 near Mildenhall in Suffolk of the Mildenhall Treasure , now held in the British Museum .",
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"text": "Ian Rankin Ian James Rankin , OBE , DL , FRSE , FRSL ( born 28 April 1960 ) is a Scottish crime writer , best known for his Inspector Rebus novels .",
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"docid": "2035bac52a5935c26d814bafe516059f",
"text": "Robert Drewe Robert Duncan Drewe is an Australian novelist , non-fiction and short story writer .",
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"docid": "c32c3dfd169aa602a9edd5b2b48d24a8",
"text": "Matilda (novel) Matilda is a children 's novel by British writer Roald Dahl . Matilda won the Children 's Book Award in 1999 . It was published in 1988 by Jonathan Cape in London , with 232 pages and illustrations by Quentin Blake . It was adapted as an audio reading by actress Kate Winslet , a 1996 feature film directed by Danny DeVito , a two-part BBC Radio 4 programme starring Lauren Mote as Matilda , Nichola McAuliffe as Miss Trunchbull and narrated by Lenny Henry , and a 2010 musical . In 2012 Matilda was ranked number 30 among all-time children 's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal , a monthly with primarily US audience . It was the first of four books by Dahl among the Top 100 , more than any other writer .",
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"docid": "e8a688dbc1c19d8942204c07ad181d5b",
"text": "Roald Mandelstam Roald Charlsovich Mandelstam ( Роа́льд Ча́рльсович Мандельшта́м September 16 , 1932 , Leningrad - February 26 , 1961 , Leningrad ) was a Russian poet .",
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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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Sofia Coppola's father is a person.
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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": "Father (1966 film) Father ( Apa ) is a 1966 Hungarian drama film written and directed by István Szabó . The film is a coming of age story . The main character copes with his childhood loss of his father against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and memories of the Arrow Cross dictatorship .",
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"docid": "4b15d4829949997bbbcaf2650abd8c88",
"text": "Patrick Bourdais Patrick Bourdais ( born 16 September 1954 ) is a retired French racing driver . He is the father of Sébastien Bourdais , who competed in many categories , including Formula One .",
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},
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"docid": "754c450bcfa53ddf21ed08c63ea961ac",
"text": "Manuel Coppola Manuel Coppola ( born 11 May 1982 ) is an Italian footballer who plays for Ternana as a midfielder .",
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},
{
"docid": "12bce210c62a172a2006a27a455596e9",
"text": "I Am Your Father I Am Your Father is a 2015 Spanish documentary film written and directed by Marcos Cabotá ( es ) . The film dealt with actor David Prowse many years after the role of Darth Vader .",
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"docid": "3f1c6a09be447d549ff88abe4573d428",
"text": "Anthony Martin Sinatra Anthony Martin Sinatra ( born Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra , ; May 4 , 1892 -- January 24 , 1969 ) was an Italian-American Hoboken city fireman , professional boxer , bar owner , and father of singer and actor Frank Sinatra .",
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"docid": "6e12c01ec5d937a6359337803ad52c49",
"text": "Carmela Corleone Carmela Corleone ( 1897 -- 1959 ) , a fictional character in Mario Puzo 's The Godfather , is the wife of Don Vito Corleone . Carmela is portrayed by Italian-American Morgana King in Francis Ford Coppola 's film adaptation of the novel , as well as in The Godfather Part II . King is better known as a singer and is given a brief chance to display her vocal skills in the wedding reception scene of The Godfather when she sings the song `` Luna Mezz ' O Mare '' . Although King was born Maria Grazia Morgana Messina in Pleasantville , New York , her parents were `` from Fiumefreddo di Sicilia , Province of Catania , Sicily , Italy . ''",
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"docid": "169f1ca77ebdeda1897cd035855b4f20",
"text": "Roman Polanski sexual abuse case In March 1977 , film director Roman Polanski was arrested and charged in Los Angeles with five offenses against Samantha Gailey , a 13-year-old girl -- rape by use of drugs , perversion , sodomy , lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 14 , and furnishing a controlled substance to a minor . At his arraignment Polanski pleaded not guilty to all charges , but later accepted a plea bargain whose terms included dismissal of the five initial charges in exchange for a guilty plea to the lesser charge of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse . Polanski underwent a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation , and a report was submitted to the court recommending probation . However , upon learning that he was likely to face imprisonment and deportation , Polanski fled to France in February 1978 , hours before he was to be formally sentenced . Since then Polanski has mostly lived in France and has avoided visiting countries likely to extradite him to the United States .",
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"text": "Chris Coppola Christopher `` Chris '' Coppola is an American actor , voice artist , and comedian . He is best known for such movies as Friday the 13th , Far Cry , Postal , Loveless in Los Angeles , The Polar Express , and Beowulf . He also voiced Dancer in Santa Buddies and appeared in the episode `` Tailgate '' on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother .",
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},
{
"docid": "caba8d95a1a31d3f7936b22cadf9de7d",
"text": "Romano Scavolini Romano Scavolini ( born 18 June 1940 ) is an Italian film director , brother of Sauro Scavolini .",
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},
{
"docid": "f408763a15b9bbcccdef6f7daa49f31c",
"text": "Jorge Perugorría Jorge Perugorría Rodríguez ( aka `` Pichi '' ) ( born 13 August 1965 ) is a Cuban actor , Film Director and Painter . He is well known for his part as Diego in Strawberry and Chocolate ( original title in Spanish Fresa y chocolate ( co-directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío ) . He recently acted in Steven Soderbergh 's Che , with Benicio del Toro . He lives in Santa Fe , a neighborhood on the outskirts of Havana , with his wife Elsa Maria fuentes de La Paz and their four children .",
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{
"docid": "e3e4a099b382bd23e159cdb1bd19d046",
"text": "Mario Cecchi Gori Mario Cecchi Gori , ( -LSB- ˈmaːrjo ˈtʃekki ˈɡɔːri -RSB- ; 21 March 1920 , in Florence -- 5 November 1993 , in Rome ) , was an Italian film producer and owner of companies . He produced over 200 films , notably with Damiano Damiani , Dino Risi ( The Easy Life , I Mostri ) and Ettore Scola . Gabriele Salvatores ' film Mediterraneo won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film . With Lamerica , directed by Gianni Amelio , he received the Best Film Award at European Film Awards in 1994 . Il Postino ( 1995 , directed by Michael Radford ) was the first Italian film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Film . From 1990 to his death , he was the president of Fiorentina . His son Vittorio Cecchi Gori is also a film producer .",
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},
{
"docid": "5b1abc9d5c597d5514fb0585b94559ad",
"text": "Paolo Poli Paolo Poli ( May 23 , 1929 -- March 25 , 2016 ) was an Italian theatre actor . He has also acted in films and on television .",
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{
"docid": "12da6af58f10a285fb89786563ed874b",
"text": "Todor Dinov Todor Dinov ( 24 July 1919 -- 17 June 2004 ) is informally known as the Father of Bulgarian Animation . During his lifetime he wrote and directed more than 40 short animated films and several live-action feature films , and was also a popular illustrator , painter , graphic artist and caricaturist . Dinov was born to a Bulgarian family in Dedeagach in Western Thrace ( today Alexandroupoli , Greece ) and finished school in Plovdiv , Bulgaria . He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow under the tutelage of distinguished Soviet animators such as Ivan Ivanov-Vano . Dinov created his own first animated film , Yunak Marko ( English : Marko the Hero ) , in 1955 . Perhaps his best-known animated film in the West is the five-minute short Margaritka ( English : The Daisy ) , produced in 1965 . The film features a square-shaped little man trying to cut down a daisy and failing , then becoming more and more enraged as he tries increasingly brutal methods against the flower ; in the end , the daisy only responds to the love of a child . Oddly , Margaritka won a prize for best children 's film even though it was meant for adults . In 1967 he was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival . He founded the first animation studio in Bulgaria , setting the highest quality professional standards for producing animation in his country . Later , he created the Animation Department ( now a separate major ) and taught animation classes at the Theatre and Film Arts Institute . Dinov was also a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences . In 1999 , Dinov was awarded the highest-rank Bulgarian medal -- the Stara Planina order ( First Degree ) . In 2003 he received the Crystal Pyramide Award of the Bulgarian Filmmaker Union for lifetime achievement to the art of Bulgarian animation . He died in Sofia at the age of 84 .",
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{
"docid": "c5900ea05d5f56e61205e734280cce4b",
"text": "Ca' d'Oro Ca ' d'Oro ( correctly Palazzo Santa Sofia ) is a palace on the Grand Canal in Venice , northern Italy . One of the older palaces in the city , it is known as Ca ' d'Oro ( `` golden house '' ) due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls .",
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"docid": "49d5e9dc8290662a3bf0742751666adf",
"text": "Ezio Carabella Ezio Carabella ( 3 March 1891 in Rome -- 19 April 1964 in Rome ) was an Italian operetta , song and film music composer . He provided music for several films directed by Mario Camerini , among others . He was the father of the actress Flora Carabella .",
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{
"docid": "1a3b8a68df0d41bfda763605c9e1a9a0",
"text": "Yevgeny Samoylov Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoilov ( 16 April 1912 , St. Petersburg -- 17 February 2006 , Moscow ) was a Soviet actor who gained prominence in youthful heroic parts and was named a People 's Artist of the USSR in 1974 . He is the father of Tatiana Samoilova .",
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},
{
"docid": "6638871cfc80df82c0979cd494063008",
"text": "Paolo Sassanelli Paolo Sassanelli ( born 29 October 1958 ) is an Italian stage , film and television actor .",
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"docid": "341ec6fedf1fb0c0b782a2d3fdc016e8",
"text": "Giovanni Volpi Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata ( born 1938 in Venice ) was an automobile racing manager . He inherited a fortune , at the age of 24 , from his father , Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata , a politician financier and founder of the renowned Venice Film Festival . Giovanni Volpi started a racing team , Scuderia Serenissima , and quickly became one of Ferrari 's best customers . Following the great walkout , Volpi felt the wrath of Enzo Ferrari who refused to sell him the two 250 GTOs he requested . Volpi aligned himself with ATS , providing the financing for the ex-Ferrari company . During World War II , Giovanni Volpi 's father served in Mussolini 's cabinet as the minister of Finance and one of his chief advisors . He designed several of Mussolini 's austerity measures and escaped prosecution after the war . His father also acquired and restored Villa Barbaro at Maser , Italy , built originally for the Barbaro family .",
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},
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"docid": "082273c64b3854ec49912b780819ce81",
"text": "Patrick Pietropoli Patrick Pietropoli is a self-taught French painter and sculptor who has been recognized as an established artist in France since the mid 1980s . He is most notable for his extremely detailed , large-scale cityscapes paintings ; however , he is also well known for his work on mid-relief sculpture .",
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},
{
"docid": "b559409197fb6d5545c44a4eb6a64c4b",
"text": "Cecilia Peck Cecilia Peck ( born May 1 , 1958 ) is an American film producer , director and actress . She is the only daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Passani .",
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Omar Sharif spoke English and Spanish fluently.
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"text": "Omar Sharif Omar Sharif ( عمر الشريف , -LSB- ˈʕomɑɾ eʃʃɪˈɾiːf -RSB- ; born Michel Dimitri Chalhoub -LSB- - arzmiˈʃel dɪˈmitɾi ʃælˈhuːb -RSB- 10 April 193210 July 2015 ) was an Egyptian actor . He began his career in his native country in the 1950s , but is best known for his appearances in both British and American productions . His films included Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ) , Doctor Zhivago ( 1965 ) , and Funny Girl ( 1968 ) . He was nominated for an Academy Award . He won three Golden Globe Awards and a César Award . Sharif , who spoke Arabic , English , Greek , French , Spanish , Portuguese and Italian fluently , was often cast as a foreigner of some sort . He bridled at travel restrictions imposed by the government of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser , leading to self-exile in Europe . The estrangement led to an amicable divorce from his wife , the iconic Egyptian actress Faten Hamama . He had converted to Islam in order to marry her . He was a lifelong horse racing enthusiast , and at one time ranked among the world 's top contract bridge players .",
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"text": "Chicano English Chicano English , or Mexican American English , is a dialect of American English spoken primarily by Mexican Americans ( sometimes known as Chicanos ) , particularly in the Southwestern United States , ranging from Texas to California but also apparent in Chicago . Chicano English is sometimes mistakenly conflated with Spanglish , which is a grammatically simplified mixing of Spanish and English ; however , Chicano English is a fully formed and native dialect of English , not a `` learner English '' or interlanguage . It is even the native dialect of some speakers who know little to no Spanish .",
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"text": "Mexico City Mexico City , or the City of Mexico ( Ciudad de México , -LSB- sjuˈða ðe ˈmexiko -RSB- ; abbreviated as `` CDMX '' ) , is the capital and most populous city of Mexico . As an `` alpha '' global city , Mexico City is one of the most important financial centers in the Americas . It is located in the Valley of Mexico ( Valle de México ) , a large valley in the high plateaus at the center of Mexico , at an altitude of 2240 m . The city consists of sixteen municipalities ( previously called boroughs ) . The 2009 estimated population for the city proper was approximately 8.84 million people , with a land area of 1485 km2 . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments , the Greater Mexico City population is 21.2 million people , making it the second-largest metropolitan area of the western hemisphere , behind New York City , the tenth-largest agglomeration , and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world . The Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product ( GDP ) of US$ 411 billion in 2011 , making Mexico City urban agglomeration one of the economically largest metropolitan areas in the world . The city was responsible for generating 15.8 % of Mexico 's Gross Domestic Product and the metropolitan area accounted for about 22 % of total national GDP . As a stand-alone country , in 2013 , Mexico City would be the fifth-largest economy in Latin America -- five times as large as Costa Rica 's and about the same size as Peru 's . Mexico 's capital is both the oldest capital city in the Americas and one of two founded by Amerindians ( Native Americans ) , the other being Quito . The city was originally built on an island of Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 as Tenochtitlan , which was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan , and subsequently redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the Spanish urban standards . In 1524 , the municipality of Mexico City was established , known as México Tenochtitlán , and as of 1585 it was officially known as Ciudad de México ( Mexico City ) . Mexico City served as the political , administrative and financial center of a major part of the Spanish colonial empire . After independence from Spain was achieved , the federal district was created in 1824 . After years of demanding greater political autonomy , residents were given the right to directly elect a Head of Government and the representatives of the unicameral Legislative Assembly by popular vote in 1997 . Ever since , the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution ( PRD ) has controlled both of them . In recent years , the local government has passed a wave of liberal policies , such as abortion on request , a limited form of euthanasia , no-fault divorce , and same-sex marriage . On January 29 , 2016 , it ceased to be called the Federal District ( Spanish : Distrito Federal or D.F. ) and is now in transition to become the country 's 32nd federal entity , giving it a level of autonomy comparable to that of a state . Because of a clause in the Mexican Constitution , however , as the seat of the powers of the federation , it can never become a state , lest the capital of the country be relocated elsewhere .",
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"text": "Estoria de España The Estoria de España , also known in the 1906 edition of Ramón Menéndez Pidal as the Primera Crónica General , is a history book written on the initiative of Alfonso X of Castile `` El Sabio '' ( `` the Wise '' ) , who was actively involved in the editing . It is believed to be the first extended history of Spain in Old Spanish , a West Iberian Romance language that forms part of the lineage from Vulgar Latin to modern Spanish . Many prior works were consulted in constructing this history . The book narrates a history beginning in Biblical and legendary origins and continues through the history of Castile under Fernando III of Castile . In the style of chronicles of its time , it begins by retelling the stories of remote origins found in the Bible . From the time of Moses onward , the mix begins to include Greek sources on ancient history . However , as the story continues , the details become increasingly detailed , especially from the Germanic invasions to the time of Alfonso 's father Fernando III . The work is divided into four large parts . The first includes a history of Ancient Rome : the medieval European monarchs considered themselves heirs to the Roman Empire . The second tells the history of the barbarian and Gothic kings , treated as antecedents within the Iberian Peninsula . The third is a history of the Kingdom of Asturias from which the Reconquista ( the Christian reconquest of Iberia from Muslim rule ) began . The fourth and final part is a history of the Kingdoms of León and Castile .",
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"text": "Mohammed Sharif Malekzadeh Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh ( born 1970 ) , is an Iranian politician and academic who was a `` close ally '' of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under whom he served as deputy foreign minister . As of 2015 he was reportedly an academic at Edalat University . Malekzadeh is perhaps most notable in English language sources for his arrest on June 23 , 2011 as part of the 2011 rift between the Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei . Although no charges were made during the arrest , he had been accused of being part of a `` deviant current '' trying to undermine the role of Iran 's religious leaders and also of financial corruption by `` some '' members of parliament . He is thought to be the `` most senior '' of the `` at least 25 '' associates of Ahmadinejad who were arrested , and one of three close Ahmadinejad allies arrested the same week ( the other two being Alireza Moghimi , a senior director and Afshin Ronaghi , a deputy minister of industries and mines ) . Malekzadeh had stepped down earlier in the face of a `` growing opposition '' from members of Parliament , who threatened to impeach the foreign minister , Ali Akbar Salehi , if he did not dismiss Mr. Malekzadeh . Malekzadeh was also an ally of the individual `` seen to be at the center of the political struggle '' , the president 's chief of staff , Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei , who was alleged by a hard-line newspaper to be a `` very dangerous person who is propping up a new cult . '' According to his website he has a PhD and Post-doctorate degree in Industrial Management , and as of 2016 he is the vice president for international affairs of Edalat University ; professor and president of State Higher Education , Research and Planning Institute ; President of the board of trustees of Cultural Heritage Research Center ; and member of the board of trustees and International Deputy of Edalat University .",
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"text": "Ahmed al Haddad Dr. Ahmed al Haddad is the Grand Mufti of Dubai , United Arab Emirates . In his capacity , Haddad is a qualified religious cleric , Imam and jurist who is entitled as the country 's most senior Islamic scholar . He serves as the head of Dubai 's fatwa department and is primarily responsible for the regulation , edictment and issuing out of all decisions concerning Islamic law and order in the emirate . In 2009 , Haddad declared that women reserved the authority under Islamic law to hand out and pass fatwas . According to him , `` Women who have sufficient knowledge of Islamic teachings can become mufti and issue fatwas . '' He further went on to say that becoming a mufti always depended on knowledge , not gender and cited in support a Quranic verse which urged those with knowledge of the law to share it . The ruling was generally in agreement with most Sunni sources and came as a response to questions raised about the validity of women as clerics . Haddad was under attention later in 2010 when he gave out a controversial statement regarding mixed marriages in the country . According to statistical figures , the number of Emiratis ( UAE nationals ) marrying foreigners has risen by 10 percent in just four years . Officials blame the rising cost of dowries and wedding ceremonies as the prime reason that persuades local men to seek foreign wives , who cost much less to marry ; the price of marrying native brides has risen to more than $ 500,000 . The concept of mixed marriages is viewed by some as a risk for the demographics of the country 's small and undersized local population which numbers below 1 million . Foreigners outnumber locals in Dubai by about nine to one and inter-ethnic marriages have grown accordingly ; according to the Dubai Statistics Centre , almost one in three marriages in 2010 were conducted with foreign partners . In response to the changing patterns , Haddad called for a curb on marriages between locals and foreigners saying that while choosing a partner in Islam was a personal freedom , those freedoms could be `` restricted for the benefit of the public interest . '' The proposals were not welcomed by some and highly criticised , especially given that a number of the country 's royals had foreign wives .",
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"text": "Cabinet of Pakistan The Cabinet of Pakistan is composed and consisted of the most senior and elected officers of the executive branch of the Government of Pakistan . All cabinet secretariats are directed and perform their government administrative operations by people-elected statesmen and officers who are generally designated as `` Ministers '' of their cabinet secretariats . The existence of the Cabinet dates back to first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan who appointed the first cabinet of numbers of civil servants and statesmen to assist to advise him and to assist him in carrying out his government duties . The Cabinet federally directs its operations under the powers granted by the Constitution , which is constitutionally established under the Article 81D of the Constitution that granted the existence of the Cabinet . All Cabinet members are nominated and appointed by people-elected Prime minister , and are sworn with the Prime Minister , by the President to begin their duties and secretariat operations . The Prime Minister directs the government and oversees the government operations and duties of secretariat , with numbers of state ministers and advisers to provide and assist him . The Prime Minister plays an influential role in running the government , which means the Prime minister may dismiss them or reappoint them ( to other posts ) at will . In June 2013 , a new cabinet was announced by the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ; all cabinet officials are from the Pakistan Muslim League ( N ) ( PMLN ) .",
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"text": "My Life: A Spoken Autobiography My Life : A Spoken Autobiography by Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet was published in Spanish in 2006 ( Fidel Castro : Biografía a dos voces ) , and English in 2008 . The book was written by Ramonet based on more than 100 hours of interviews with Castro . Category : Political autobiographies Category : Works by Fidel Castro Category :2006 books",
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"text": "Portuñol Portuñol ( Spanish spelling ) or Portunhol ( Portuguese spelling ) is the name often given to any unsystematic mixture of Portuguese with Spanish . The word is a portmanteau of the words Portugués / Português ( `` Portuguese '' ) and Español / Espanhol ( `` Spanish '' ) . Portuñol , or Portunhol , is a lingua franca , or simplified mixture of the two languages , that allows speakers of either Spanish or Portuguese who are not proficient in the other language to communicate with one another . When speakers of one of the languages attempt to speak the other language , there is often interference from the native language , which causes the phenomenon of code-switching to occur . It is possible to conduct a moderately fluent conversation in this way because Portuguese and Spanish are closely related Romance languages . They have almost identical syntactic structures , as well as overlapping lexicons due to cognates , which means that a single macro-grammar is produced when the two mix . The phrase en el hueco de la noite longa e langue illustrates a code-switch between the Spanish article la and the Portuguese noun noite . This example reveals the grammatical possibilities of code-switching between the two languages . Language contact between Spanish and Portuguese is the result of sustained contact between the two languages in border communities and multilingual trade environments . Such regions include the border regions between Portugal and Spain in the Iberian Peninsula , as well as the ones between Brazil , whose official language is Portuguese , and most of its neighboring countries , such as Uruguay and Paraguay , whose official languages are Spanish . Because Portuñol is a spontaneous register resulting from the occasional mixing of Spanish and Portuguese , it is highly diverse ; there is no one dialect or standard of Portuñol . There does , however , tend to be a stronger presence of Spanish in Portuñol . In recent years , Portuñol has begun to appear in realms other than everyday speech . It has become a literary medium , especially in Uruguay and Brazil . María Jesus Fernández García describes it as a linguistic recreation of the actual language . However , she goes on to say that the literature only occasionally provides a true representation of Portuñol , and that authors often choose to select only some of the features that are characteristic of Portuñol . One important literary work written in Portuñol is Mar paraguayo by Brazilian author Wilson Bueno . The following passage shows the mixing of Spanish and Portuguese in his novel . The appearance of Portuñol has prompted two opposing opinions or attitudes towards its existence . On the one hand , it is viewed as the product of laziness among speakers unwilling to learn a different language . On the other hand , it is seen as the logical product of globalization . As far as the future of Portuñol is concerned , according to Francisco A. Marcos-Marín , it is too difficult to evaluate possible repercussions that Portuñol could have on future linguistic maps because it is not easy to separate linguistic tendencies that are merely in style and those that are permanent .",
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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": "Prime Minister of Pakistan The Prime Minister of Pakistan ( -LSB- -- , -LSB- ʋəˈziːr-ˌeː ˈɑː.zəm -RSB- ; lit . `` Grand Vizier '' ) , is the head of government of Pakistan and designated as the `` chief executive of the Republic '' . The Prime Minister leads the executive branch of the government , oversees the economic growth , heads the Council of Common Interests as well as the Cabinet , and is vested with the command authority over the nuclear arsenals . This position places its holder in leadership of the nation and in control over all matters of internal and foreign policy . The incumbent Prime Minister is Nawaz Sharif -- a presiding figure of the conservative Pakistan Muslim League ( N ) . The Prime Minister is elected by the members of the National Assembly and therefore is usually the leader of the majority party in the parliament . The Constitution of Pakistan vests the executive powers in the Prime Minister who is responsible for appointing the Cabinet as well as running the executive branch , taking and authorising executive decisions , appointments and recommendations that require executive confirmation of the Prime Minister . Constitutionally , the Prime Minister serves as the chief adviser to President of Pakistan on critical matters and plays an influential role in appointment in each branch and the military leadership as well as ensuring the control of the military through chairman joint chiefs . Powers of the Prime Minister have significantly grown with a delicate system of the check and balance by each branch . The position was absent during years of 1960 -- 73 and 1977-85 due to imposed martial law . In each of these periods , the military junta led by the President had the powers of the Prime Minister .",
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"text": "Olé (Azúcar Moreno album) Olé is the ninth studio album by Spanish duo Azúcar Moreno , released on Sony International in 1998 . After the commercial success of the 1996 album Esclava De Tu Piel which had produced five hit singles followed by `` Muévete Salvaje '' from the 1997 hits compilation Mucho Azúcar - Grandes Éxitos , Azúcar Moreno teamed up with producer Ricardo `` Eddy '' Martinez in Miami again for the recording of 1998 album Olé . The album included further original material from Spanish singer Miguel Gallardo and Luis Cabañas , the team that had composed most of the singles on the preceding Esclava De Tu Piel , collaborations between Gallardo and David Ferrero and Pedro del Moral , songs by producer Richardo `` Eddy '' Martinez and it also saw one of the Salazar sisters , Encarna , making her debut as composer on the track `` Dime Que Me Quieres '' . Production-wise Olé followed the winning combination of up-to-date club beats fused with flamenco and rock and contrasting R&B influenced ballads and rumbas , arrangement-wise the album differed slightly to its predecessor as it featured live strings on several titles . The album also closes with the acoustic `` No Pretenderás '' , with instrumentation of just flamenco guitars and palmas - and a guest appearance by the duo 's brothers Los Chunguitos . The lead single was the title track `` Olé '' , just like `` Sólo Se Vive Una Vez '' musically influenced by contemporary dance genres like reggaeton and dancehall but , as the title suggests , lyrically a tribute to the duo 's native Spain . `` Olé '' was also released as two separate remix singles , the second entitled Olé - The Summer '99 Remixes featuring the track remixed and with additional production by renowned Latin remixer , DJ , music producer and arranger Pablo Flores , best known for being Gloria Estefan 's personal remixer but also for having co-produced major hits for among others Madonna , Chayanne , Shakira and Ricky Martin . Flores ' Club Mix of `` Olé '' was substantially rearranged from the original , not just by speeding up the tempo for the dancefloor but by adding new orchestration of brass , flamenco guitars and castanets to emphasize the song 's lyrics and the track proved to be another big hit single for Azúcar Moreno in both Spain and Latin America . The second single released and second big hit was '' ¡ Mecachis ! '' ( `` Mechachis en la mar '' a mildly profane expression , roughly translated as `` Damnit ! '' ) , a midtempo dance track again written by Miguel Gallardo and Luis Cabañas and also issued with a series of dance remixes on the ¡ Mechachis ! - The Alabim-Bom-Ba-Remixes release , mixed by co-producers Pedro del Moral and David Ferrero . Further hit singles from the album include `` Cumbaya '' , the double A-side `` Ese Beso '' / `` No Pretenderás '' and `` Agua Que No Has De Beber '' . While Olé did n't manage to match the extraordinary sales figures of the preceding Esclava De Tu Piel - half a million in Spain alone - it did sell some two-hundred thousand copies and was later awarded double platinum in Spain .",
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"text": "Real Academia Española The Real Academia Española ( English : Royal Spanish Academy ) , generally abbreviated as RAE , is the official royal institution responsible for overseeing the Spanish language . It is based in Madrid , Spain , but is affiliated with national language academies in twenty-one other hispanophone ( Spanish-speaking ) nations through the Association of Spanish Language Academies . The RAE 's emblem is a fiery crucible , and its motto is `` Limpia , fija y da esplendor '' ( '' -LSB- It -RSB- cleans , -LSB- it -RSB- fixes , and -LSB- it -RSB- casts splendour '' ) . The RAE dedicates itself to language planning by applying linguistic prescription aimed at promoting linguistic unity within and between the various territories , to ensure a common standard in accordance with Article 1 of its founding charter : '' ... to ensure the changes that the Spanish language undergoes -LSB- ... -RSB- do not break the essential unity it enjoys throughout the Spanish-speaking world . '' The proposed language guidelines are shown in a number of works . The priorities are the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española ( Dictionary of Spanish Language of the Royal Spanish Academy or DRAE ) , edited periodically twenty-three times since 1780 , and its grammar , last edited in October 2014 . The Academy has a formal procedure for admitting words to its publications . The headquarters , opened in 1894 , is located at Calle Felipe IV , 4 , in the ward of Jerónimos , next to the Museo del Prado . The Center for the Studies of the Royal Spanish Academy , opened in 2007 , is located at Calle Serrano 187 -- 189 .",
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"text": "Arab Argentines Arab Argentines refers to Argentine citizens or residents whose ancestry traces back to various waves of immigrants , largely of Arab ethnic , cultural and linguistic heritage and/or identity originating mainly from what is now Lebanon and Syria , but also some individuals from the twenty-two countries which comprise the Arab world such as Palestine , Egypt , and Morocco . Arab Argentines are one of the largest Arab diaspora groups in the world . Although a highly diverse group of Argentines -- in ancestral origins , religion and historic identities -- Arab Argentines hold a heritage that shares common linguistic , cultural , and political traditions . The majority of the Arab Argentines are from either Lebanese or Syrian background with a smaller amount of Palestinian , Egyptian and Moroccan background . Among Arab Argentines , approximately 900,000 are Muslims . The interethnic marriage in the Arab community , regardless of religious affiliation , is very high ; most community members have only one parent who has Arab ethnicity . As a result of this , the Arab community in Argentina shows marked language shift away from Arabic . Only a few speak any Arabic , and such knowledge is often limited to a few basic words . Instead the majority , especially those of younger generations , speak Spanish as a first language .",
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"text": "Constitution of the United Arab Emirates The Constitution of the United Arab Emirates provides a legal and political framework for the operation of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) as a federation of seven emirates . The Constitution came into effect on 2 December 1971 and was permanently accepted in May 1996 . Authored by Adi Bitar , a forming judge and legal advisor , the Constitution is written in 10 parts and has 152 Articles . The United Arab Emirates celebrates the formation of the Union ( and acceptance of the federal constitution ) as National Day . The Historically independent kingdoms , the modern emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates and the modern kingdoms of Qatar and Bahrain entered into a treaty with the United Kingdom in 1853 and agreed to a `` perpetual maritime truce '' with the UK ; the kingdoms were collectively referred to as the Trucial States or as Trucial Oman . Disputes between the states were often arbitrated by the United Kingdom . In the late 1960s , the Trucial States Council was formed by the emirates , Qatar and Bahrain . The United Kingdom in 1968 announced its decision to end the treaty relationships with the kingdoms . The nine kingdoms attempted to form a union of Arab Emirates , but were unable to agree upon the terms of the union . While Bahrain and Qatar became independent countries , the other seven emirates attempted to form a temporary , federal union in 1971 . In 1971 , the Constitution , authored by Judge Valintine , was established as a temporary legal and political framework . Article 9 of the Constitution states that the Capital shall be a new town on the border of Dubai and Abu Dhabi , to be completed within seven years and to be called `` Al Karama '' ; however , a provision in the same article provided for Abu Dhabi to be the `` temporary '' capital of the Union and for Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , ruler of Abu Dhabi , to be the President of the United Arab Emirates . In 1979 , a draft `` permanent '' constitution was prepared which allowed for the creation of a unified military and judicial system . Initially , the emirate of Dubai was strongly opposed to the unification of the military forces and , along with Ras al Khaimah , refused to attend Supreme Council meetings of the union . Mediations by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait as well as by other UAE rulers reduced differences between Shiekh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum , ruler of Dubai and Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , ruler of Abu Dhabi . In 1994 , Abu Dhabi was made the permanent capital of the UAE , and in May 1996 , six years after Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum 's death , Dubai agreed to a permanent constitution , and one that would unify the armed forces of the UAE . However , Dubai , like Ras al Khaimah , maintains its own judicial courts , which are not subject to governance from the Supreme Court of the UAE .",
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"text": "Isleño Isleño ( -LSB- izˈleɲo -RSB- , pl . isleños ) is the Spanish word meaning `` islander . '' The term was applied to the Canary Islanders to distinguish them from Spanish mainlanders known as `` peninsulars '' ( links = no ) . The Isleños are the inhabitants of the Canary Islands , and by extension the descendants of Canarian settlers and emigrants to present-day Louisiana , Texas , Cuba , the Dominican Republic , Venezuela , Puerto Rico , and other parts of the Americas . In these places , the name , which formerly referred to a general category of people , now refers to the specific cultural identity of Canary Islanders or their descendants throughout Latin America and in Louisiana , where they are still called isleños . Another name for Canary Islander in English is `` Canarian . '' In Spanish , an alternative is canario or isleño canario . The term isleño is still used in Latin America , at least in those countries which had large Canarian populations , to distinguish a Canary Islander from a peninsular ( continental Spaniard ) . By the early 19th century there were more people of Canarian extraction in the Americas than in the Canary Islands themselves , and the number of descendants of those first immigrants is exponentially larger than the number who originally migrated . The Americas were the destination of most Canarian immigrants , from their discovery by Europeans in the 15th century until the 20th century , when substantial numbers went to the Spanish colonies of Ifni , Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea in Africa during the first half of the century . Beginning in the 1970s , they began to emigrate to other European countries , although emigration to the Americas did not end until the early 1980s . The cultures of Cuba , the Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , Venezuela , and Uruguay partially have all been influenced by Canarian culture , as have the dialects of Spanish spoken in all but Uruguay . Although almost all descendants of Canary Islanders who emigrated to the Americas from the 16th to the 20th century are incorporated socially and culturally within the larger populations , there remain a few communities that have preserved at least some their ancestors ' Canarian culture , as in Louisiana , San Antonio in Texas , Hatillo , Puerto Rico San Carlos de Tenerife ( now a neighborhood of Santo Domingo ) in the Dominican Republic and San Borondón in Peru .",
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"text": "José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ( -LSB- xoseˈlwiz roˈðɾiɣeθ θapaˈteɾo -RSB- ; born 4 August 1960 ) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) . He was elected for two terms as Prime Minister of Spain , in the 2004 and 2008 general elections . On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general election . He left office on 21 December 2011 . Among the main actions taken by the Zapatero administration were the withdrawal of Spanish troops from the Iraq war , which allegedly resulted in long-term diplomatic tensions with the George W. Bush administration ; the increase of Spanish troops in Afghanistan ; the idea of an Alliance of Civilizations , co-sponsored by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ; the legalisation of same-sex marriage ; reform of abortion law ; a controversial attempt at peace negotiation with ETA ; the increase of tobacco restrictions ; and the reform of various autonomous statutes , particularly the Statute of Catalonia .",
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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": "Serafín Estébanez Calderón Serafín Estébanez Calderón ( 27 December 1799 -- 5 February 1867 ) was a Spanish author , best known by the pseudonym of El Solitario . He was born in Málaga . His first literary effort was El Listen verde , a poem signed `` Safinio '' and written to celebrate the revolution of 1820 . He was called to the bar , and settled for some time in Madrid , where he published a volume of verses in 1831 under the assumed name of `` El Solitario . '' He obtained an exaggerated reputation as an Arabic scholar , and played a minor part in the political movements of his time . He died in Madrid in 1867 . His most interesting work , Escenas andaluzas ( 1847 ) , is in an affected style , the vocabulary being partly archaic and partly provincial ; but , despite its eccentric mannerisms , it is a vivid record of picturesque scenes and local customs . Estebanez Calderon is also the author of an unfinished history , De la conquista y pirdida de Portugal ( 1883 ) , issued posthumously under the editorship of his nephew , Antonio Canovas del Castillo .",
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"text": "Nicaraguan literature Nicaraguan literature can be traced to pre-Columbian times with the myths and oral literature that formed the cosmogonic view of the world that indigenous people had . Some of these stories are still known in Nicaragua . Like many Latin American countries , the Spanish conquerors have had the most effect on both the culture and the literature . The literature of Nicaragua has had many important literary figures in the Spanish language with internationally prominent writers such as Rubén Darío , who is regarded as the most important literary figure in Nicaragua . He is referred to as the `` Father of Modernism '' for leading the modernismo literary movement at the end of the 19th century . Other important literary figures include Salomón de la Selva , Carlos Martínez Rivas , Pablo Antonio Cuadra , Alberto Cuadra Mejia , Manolo Cuadra Vega , Pablo Alberto Cuadra Arguello , Ernesto Cardenal , Sergio Ramírez Mercado , Gioconda Belli , José Coronel Urtecho , Alfonso Cortés , Julio Valle Castillo , and Claribel Alegría , among others .",
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"text": "List of Prime Ministers of Canada by languages spoken The politics of language has been a key issue in Canada since the founding of the country in 1867 . The choice of a party leader is greatly influenced by language proficiency , as is electability with the public . All Canadian prime ministers have spoken either French or English , some both , but only a few were fluently bilingual , and few have spoken any other language . All prime ministers have had one of English or French as their mother tongue with the possible exceptions of Sir John A. Macdonald and Alexander Mackenzie , who may have spoken Scottish Gaelic or Lowland Scots as their first language . The two official languages of the Parliament of Canada have been English and French since 1867 under the British North America Act ; however , few members of parliament have historically been able to debate in their second language , and simultaneous translation was not introduced until the 1960s , making for two largely separate groups of legislators debating the same issues in two different languages . Furthermore the language of administration was almost solely English before the 1969 Official Languages Act . Speaking English has always been necessary to become prime minister as the majority of any parliamentary caucus large enough to form government has always been made up of unilingual Anglophones , not to mention the voting public . Not being able to speak French has not always been considered a sufficient handicap to prevent one from becoming prime minister , however . All Anglophone Canadian prime ministers have had ministers in their cabinet that represented the provincial interests of Quebec and spoke the French language , known as Quebec lieutenants . This tradition began before Confederation in the old United Province in Canada , which was usually jointly governed by two `` co-premiers '' , one from Canada West ( Ontario ) and one from Canada East ( Quebec ) . It was extended into Confederation via Macdonald 's partnership with George-Étienne Cartier and has continued down to the present day . Since rise of Quebec nationalism ( following the Quiet Revolution -LSB- circa 1960-1966 -RSB- ) , and especially the introduction of official bilingualism in the Official Languages Act in 1969 and its entrenchment in the Constitution of 1982 , Canadian prime ministers ( and party leaders as potential prime ministers ) have been expected to be functionally bilingual by convention . An important factor in this trend has been the creation of the televised leaders ' debates , which are held in separately in French and English . The parties feel the need to have a leader who can at least participate in both debates , even if they can not win them both . The need to speak both languages is also seen as symbol of Canada 's identity as a linguistic duality , but also as a practical political matter , as the prime minister is seen as a leader of the federalist camp opposed to Quebec separatism and must be able to fight for the `` hearts and minds '' of Quebecers in their native language .",
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"text": "Mike Portnoy Michael Stephen `` Mike '' Portnoy ( born April 20 , 1967 ) is an American drummer primarily known as the former drummer , backing vocalist , and a co-founder of the progressive metal/rock band Dream Theater . Known for his technical skill as a drummer , Portnoy has won 30 awards from the Modern Drummer magazine . He co-produced six Dream Theater albums with guitarist John Petrucci , starting from Metropolis Pt . 2 : Scenes from a Memory through Black Clouds and Silver Linings . From A Change of Seasons onwards , Portnoy had been writing a significant amount of Dream Theater 's lyrics . He is the second youngest person ( after Neil Peart ) to be inducted into the Modern Drummer 's Hall of Fame , at 37 years of age . Besides his work with Dream Theater , Portnoy is known for his many side projects and tribute bands . He is a founding member of Liquid Tension Experiment , an instrumental progressive rock band featuring fellow Dream Theater members John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess along with bassist Tony Levin . He is also a founding member of Transatlantic , a progressive rock `` super-group '' featuring former Spock 's Beard keyboardist/vocalist Neal Morse , Flower Kings guitarist Roine Stolt and Marillion bassist Pete Trewavas . Portnoy has also recorded and/or toured/performed live with Neal Morse , OSI , Hail ! , Stone Sour , Fates Warning , Overkill , G3 and played on Avenged Sevenfold 's album Nightmare in place of their late drummer , The Rev. Over the years , Portnoy has also created tribute bands to The Beatles , Led Zeppelin , Rush , and The Who , which has allowed him to perform the music of his four favorite drummers . In September 2010 , Portnoy announced his departure from Dream Theater after 25 years . He was replaced by Mike Mangini . Since leaving Dream Theater , Portnoy has formed several new bands . The first , Adrenaline Mob , a traditional heavy metal/hard rock band with singer Russell Allen ( of Symphony X ) and guitarist Mike Orlando . On June 4 , 2013 , however , Portnoy announced his departure from Adrenaline Mob , citing scheduling conflicts . He is also a founding member of Flying Colors , a progressive pop band also featuring Steve Morse , Neal Morse , Dave LaRue , and Casey McPherson ; and The Winery Dogs , a power trio also featuring bassist Billy Sheehan ( Mr. Big ) and guitarist Richie Kotzen ( formerly of Mr. Big and Poison ) .",
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"text": "Helmet-to-helmet collision Helmet-to-helmet collisions are occurrences in American football when two players ' helmets make head-to-head contact with a high degree of force . Despite its long association with the sport , this type of contact is now considered to be dangerous play by league authorities due to the potential of causing serious injury . Major football leagues , such as the National Football League ( NFL ) , and NCAA , have taken a tougher stance on helmet-to-helmet collisions after the US Congress launched an investigation into the effects repeated concussions have on football players and the new discoveries of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy . Other possible injuries include head traumas , spinal cord injuries , and even death ; nevertheless helmet manufacturers are constantly improving their designs in order to best protect their users against injuries from such collisions . Intentionally causing a helmet-to-helmet collision is banned in most , if not all , football leagues . The crackdown on helmet-to-helmet collisions has resulted in reappraisals of the sport . An image of two helmets smashing together -- which had been a staple for 20 years -- was dropped in 2006 from Monday Night Football on ESPN . The NFL also ordered Toyota Motor Company to stop using a similar helmet collision in its advertisements . However , despite the safety concerns , some professional football players have criticized bans on helmet-to-helmet collisions on the basis that gridiron football is a game that is supposed to be composed of the world 's biggest and best athletes , and placing such restrictions `` waters down '' the game .",
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"text": "Mike Boren Michael L. `` Mike '' Boren ( born c. 1962 ) is a former American football player . A native of Columbus , Ohio , he played college football as a linebacker at the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1983 . He was Michigan 's leading tackler as a sophomore and junior during the 1981 and 1982 seasons . He suffered a knee injury in the fourth game of the 1983 season that ended his playing career . He still ranks among Michigan 's all-time career leaders in tackles .",
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"text": "Pete Mackanin Peter Mackanin , Jr. ( pronounced -LSB- 'm ɑːkænɪn -RSB- ) ( born August 1 , 1951 ) is an American former professional baseball player , coach , scout and current team manager . He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1973 to 1981 , and served as the acting manager of the Cincinnati Reds , having replaced Jerry Narron in before being replaced at season 's end by Dusty Baker . Mackanin spent as a scout for the New York Yankees , and was the Philadelphia Phillies ' bench coach from 2009 to 2012 . Following a year off from coaching , he served as Phillies third base coach in 2014 and became interim manager in 2015 after the resignation of Ryne Sandberg . The Phillies later announced they were removing the interim label and Mackanin would serve as the team 's manager in 2016 .",
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"text": "Mike Ditka Michael Keller Ditka ( born Michael Dyczko ; October 18 , 1939 ) is a former American football player , coach , and television commentator . A member of both the College Football and Pro Football Hall of Fame , he was the 1961 UPI NFL Rookie of Year , a five-time Pro Bowl selection and five-time All-Pro tight end with the Chicago Bears , Philadelphia Eagles , and Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He was an NFL champion with the 1963 Bears , and is a three-time Super Bowl champion , playing on the Cowboys Super Bowl VI team as well as winning as an assistant coach for the Cowboys in Super Bowl XII , and coaching the Bears to victory in Super Bowl XX . He was named to both the NFL 's 50th and 75th Anniversary All-Time Team . As a coach for the Bears for 11 years he was twice both the AP and UPI NFL Coach of Year ( 1985 and 1988 ) . He also coached the New Orleans Saints for three years . Ditka and Tom Flores are the only people to win an NFL title as a player , an assistant coach , and a head coach . Ditka , Flores and Gary Kubiak are also the only people in modern NFL history to win a championship as head coach of a team he played for previously . Ditka is the only person to participate in both of the last two Chicago Bears ' league championships , as a player in 1963 and as head coach in 1985 . He is known by the nickname `` Iron Mike , '' which he has said comes from his being born and raised in a steel town in Pennsylvania .",
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"text": "Mike Murphy (sports radio personality) Mike Murphy ( born May 1 , 1951 ) is an American sports radio personality , who hosted The Mike Murphy Show on Chicago 's Sports Radio 670 The Score . His last show aired on June 12 , 2009 . He currently hosts a show on WMVP-AM every Saturday from 9am-12pm with Fred Huebner . Mike `` Mad Bugler '' Murphy was a founding member of the Left Field Bleacher Bums , a group of dedicated Chicago Cubs fans who sat in the left field bleachers of Wrigley Field and rallied the team in the late 1960s and 70s .",
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"text": "Mike Burgoyne Mike Burgoyne ( born December 28 , 1980 in Hamilton , Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Brantford Blast of the Allan Cup Hockey League . Burgoyne spent his Junior Hockey career with the Hamilton Kiltys of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and the Stoney Creek Spirit of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League . Burgoyne began his post-Junior career with the semi-professional Brantford Blast of the Ontario Hockey Association 's Allan Cup Hockey for the 2002-03 season . He then moved to the professional-level United Hockey League during the 2003-04 season , joining the Quad City Mallards . He spent the 2004-05 season with the Mallards , the Rockford IceHogs , and the Motor City Mechanics . After spending the entire 2005-06 season with the Mechanics , Burgoyne joined the Oklahoma City Blazers of the Central Hockey League for the 2006-07season , where he became a CHL All-Star . During both of his seasons with the Blazers , he led the team in assists and points . For the 2008-09 season , Burgoyne played in Northern Ireland for the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League . He began the 2009-10 season by playing 6 games for the Victoria Salmon Kings of the ECHL before becoming an Unrestricted Free Agent on November 11 , 2009 . On November 25 , 2009 , he signed with Missouri Mavericks of the Central Hockey League , playing with the team for the rest of the 2009-10 season . For the 2010-11 season , Burgoyne played in The Netherlands for HYS The Hague of the North Sea Cup . For the 2011-12 season , Burgoyne re-joined the Brantford Blast . He played 19 games in his second stint with the Blast , earning himself the award as `` Best Defenseman '' in Allan Cup Hockey for the 2011-12 season , before signing with the Steaua Rangers of the Romanian Hockey League .",
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"text": "Mike Hill (bishop) Michael Arthur `` Mike '' Hill ( born 17 April 1949 ) is an English Anglican bishop . He is the current Bishop of Bristol . It has been announced that he is to retire effective 30 September 2017 . The son of Arthur and Hilda Hill , Hill was educated at Wilmslow County Grammar School , Fitzwilliam College , Cambridge and at Ridley Hall , Cambridge . He was ordained a deacon at Petertide 1977 ( 26 June ) and a priest the next Petertide ( 2 July 1978 ) , both times by Donald Coggan , Archbishop of Canterbury , at Canterbury Cathedral . From 1977 to 1980 he was curate of St Mary Magdalene 's Addiscombe and , from 1980 to 1983 , of St Paul 's Slough . From 1983 to 1990 he was priest in charge of St Leonard 's Chesham Bois . In 1990 he became Rural Dean of Amersham and the Archdeacon of Berkshire in 1992 . From 1998 to 2003 he was the area Bishop of Buckingham ; he was ordained and consecrated a bishop on 19 March 1998 at Southwark Cathedral . Since 2003 he has been the Bishop of Bristol ( the 56th ) . In December 2012 , he became Chair of the Wycliffe Hall Council .",
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"text": "Mike Barnett (ice hockey) Michael G. Barnett ( born October 9 , 1948 in Olds , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey executive currently serving as Senior Advisor to the President-General Manager of the New York Rangers . He is best known in the world of hockey as a former agent representing sports icon Wayne Gretzky for two decades . He was listed among the `` 100 Most Powerful People In Sports '' by The Sporting News on six occasions from 1994 to 2000 . During his 12 years as President of International Management Group 's hockey division , Barnett represented a who 's who of the National Hockey League . Barnett negotiated the playing and marketing contracts for Wayne Gretzky , Brett Hull , Jaromir Jagr , Sergei Fedorov , Paul Coffey , Joe Thornton , Mats Sundin , Lanny McDonald , Grant Fuhr , Marty McSorley , Alexander Mogilny , Owen Nolan , Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin and numerous others . Whatever the form of contract , Barnett 's creativity was legendary . His ingenuity in finding language that challenged the NHL 's Collective Bargaining Agreement , in finding products and companies for his clients that were groundbreaking in their launches , and his perpetual attention to the public relations of his clients , were all hallmark 's of his career in athlete representation . Following his two-decades as one of the most highly regarded agents in all of sports , Barnett went on to become the General Manager of the Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League .",
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"text": "Chris Maloney James Christopher `` Chris '' Maloney ( born September 6 , 1961 ) is the third-base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball . A former minor league first baseman and outfielder , he spent the season as the skipper of the Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League , his fifth consecutive season as manager of the Cardinals ' Triple-A farm club before his hiring , on November 16 , 2011 , to serve on the 2012 staff of Cardinals ' manager Mike Matheny .",
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"text": "MET call The MET call ( Medical Emergency Team ) was designed at the Liverpool Hospital , Sydney , Australia in 1990 and has continued to develop and spread around the Western world as part of a Rapid Response System . The MET call is a hospital based system , designed for a nurse ( or other staff member ) to alert and call other staff for help when a patients vital signs have fallen outside set criteria . These criteria were designed around studies suggesting that certain vital sign ranges and symptoms occur before poor patient conditions which may lead to death ( For example , Chest pain , a raise in heart rate and an elevated blood pressure may indicate the patient may be about to have a heart attack ) . In the original model , the criteria also include `` and any patient you are seriously worried about '' , although this is not included in all hospitals despite some observational trials showing it is the most commonly used calling criteria in hospitals that use it . MET calls may be triggered using vitals sign charts where patient observations breach certain parameters that represent severe deterioration . Triggers may relate to single parameter breaches ( such as an extremely low blood pressure or a very fast heart rate ) , or from a combination of less severe abnormal vital signs that are cumulatively scored to identify a patient at high risk . Such systems are called MEWS or modified early warning score systems . Vital sign charts are often color-coded to aid both the calculation of MEWS and those patient that need a MET call . The MET call is generally made by a phone call ( e.g. to `` switch '' ) . On the ward it may be via an emergency button on the wall , which sounds a siren , and in some hospitals , a red light will begin flashing outside the patients room . Most staff are encouraged to attend and help as required . Interventions and tests that the MET call may include : Oxygen ( via a mask ) , Blood glucose levels , CPAP ( Continuous positive airway pressure ) , X-ray , ECG , Vital signs , documentation and Spirometry . Two to three trained professionals arrive at the room of the Emergency , and will work together with staff to assist the patient , as well as doctors , nurses and anyone who is able to help . Jobs are allocated including someone to record the nature of emergency and what they are doing to fix the problem . Some patients may be transferred to ICU post MET . Implementation of the MET system has been controversial . It generally requires ICU medical and nursing staff to move beyond their traditional boundaries of control . It implies extra work , although arguably reduces the workload of patients arriving in ICU . Studies such as the MERIT study have been inconclusive and a source of ongoing controversy . Apart from clinical care implications , the MET system represents a political change within the hospital hierarchy , as it empowers nurses on the ward to summon help from senior critical care medical staff , rather than the traditional route of moving up the medical hierarchy starting with the intern . This political dimension of the MET system is not commonly discussed in scientific literature , and is probably not recognised by most hospital staff , but may underlie much of the resistance to this intuitively appropriate system . Many institutions however already have ` Cardiac Arrest ' or ` Code Blue ' teams that are often activated by nursing staff . Utilising such a system earlier where rapid expert intervention may prevent continued decline culminating in arrest may be one way in which the team can be sold to a resistant medical hierarchy .",
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"text": "Bud Selig Allan Huber `` Bud '' Selig ( -LSB- ˈsiːlᵻɡ -RSB- born July 30 , 1934 ) is an American baseball executive who currently serves as the Commissioner Emeritus of Baseball . Previously , he served as the ninth Commissioner of Baseball . He initially served as the acting commissioner beginning in 1992 before being named the official commissioner in 1998 . Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike , the introduction of the wild card , interleague play , and the merging of the National and American Leagues under the Office of the Commissioner . He was instrumental in organizing the World Baseball Classic in 2006 . Selig also introduced revenue sharing . He is credited for the financial turnaround of baseball during his tenure with a 400 percent increase in the revenue of MLB and annual record breaking attendance . Selig enjoys a high level of support from baseball owners . Jerome Holtzman , MLB 's official historian from 1999 until his death in 2008 , believed Selig to be the best commissioner in baseball history . During Selig 's term of service , the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs became a public issue . The Mitchell Report , commissioned by Selig , concluded that the MLB commissioners , club officials , the Players Association , and the players all share `` to some extent in the responsibility for the steroid era . '' Following the release of the Mitchell Report , Congressman Cliff Stearns called publicly for Selig to step down as commissioner , citing his `` glacial response '' to the `` growing stain on baseball . '' Selig has pledged on numerous occasions to rid baseball of performance-enhancing drugs , and has overseen and instituted many rule changes and penalties to that end . Selig was previously the team owner and team president of the Milwaukee Brewers . As a Milwaukee native , he is credited for keeping baseball in Milwaukee . In 1970 , he purchased the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court and renamed them the Milwaukee Brewers after the minor league team of the same name he had watched in his youth , which existed until the arrival of the Braves in Milwaukee in 1953 . The Brewers went to the 1982 World Series and won seven organization of the year awards during his tenure . Selig remains a resident of Milwaukee . On January 17 , 2008 , Selig 's contract was extended through 2012 , after which he planned to retire , but he then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season , a move approved by the owners on January 12 , 2012 , which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday . Selig made $ 14.5 million in the 12-month period ending October 31 , 2005 . Selig announced on September 26 , 2013 , that he would retire in January 2015 . On January 22 , 2015 , MLB announced that Selig would formally step down from the office when his current term expired on January 24 , 2015 . On December 4 , 2016 it was announced Selig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame .",
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"text": "Postmaster General of the United Kingdom The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom was a Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government . Aside from maintaining the postal system , the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General 's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs . This would subsequently extend to telecommunications and broadcasting . The office was abolished in 1969 by the Post Office Act 1969 . A replacement public authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the `` Post Office ( that part subsumed by Royal Mail ) '' . The position of `` Postmaster General '' was , with reduced powers , replaced with `` Minister of Posts and Telecommunications '' ; since which most such regulation instead has been delegated to the Secretary of State for Culture , Media and Sport however the present-day Royal Mail Group was overseen by the Secretary of State for Business , Innovation and Skills prior to flotation .",
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"text": "History of the New England Patriots The history of the New England Patriots began when Boston business executive William `` Billy '' Sullivan and Sullivan Brother Printers , owned by Joseph Sullivan , were awarded the eighth and final franchise of the developing American Football League ( AFL ) on November 16 , 1959 . The following winter , locals submitted thousands of ideas for the Boston football team 's official name . On February 20 , 1960 , Sullivan chose `` Boston Patriots '' , which was suggested by 74 fans , among them Larry Kepnes . Immediately thereafter , artist Phil Bissell developed the `` Pat Patriot '' logo . The Patriots ' time in the AFL saw them without a regular home stadium . Nickerson Field , Harvard Stadium , Fenway Park , and Alumni Stadium , all in or near Boston , served as home fields during their time in the American Football League . Early Patriots stars included defensive tackles Jim Lee `` Earthquake '' Hunt and Houston Antwine ; quarterback Vito `` Babe '' Parilli ; and flanker-placekicker Gino `` The Duke '' Cappelletti . Hunt , Parilli and Cappelletti played every year of the existence of the AFL , with Hunt and Cappelletti spending all ten years with the Patriots . Cappelletti was the all-time leading scorer in the AFL . Later the Patriots were joined by such stars as defensive end Larry Eisenhauer , fullback Jim Nance , and middle linebacker and future Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti . Cappelletti and Nance were AFL Most Valuable Players , Cappelletti in 1964 and Nance in 1966 . Buoniconti and Antwine were later named to the American Football League All-Time Team . The Boston Patriots defeated the Buffalo Bills in an AFL Eastern Division playoff game in 1963 , and played in the 1963 AFL championship game , losing to the San Diego Chargers 51 -- 10 . Although they would not appear again in an AFL or NFL post-season game for another 13 years , in the AFL , the Patriots often challenged the dominant Bills for the Eastern Division title . When the NFL and AFL merged in 1970 , the Patriots were placed in the AFC East division , where they still play today . The following year , the Patriots moved to a new stadium in Foxborough , Massachusetts , a suburb of Boston , which would serve as their home for 30 years ; the team also changed their name to the New England Patriots to reflect the location change , as well as its following throughout the region as its only NFL team ( though both New York City teams have substantial followings in parts of Connecticut as well ) . During the 1970s , the Patriots had some success , earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976 -- as a wild card-berth -- and in 1978 -- as AFC East champions . They would lose both games . In 1985 , they returned to the playoffs , and made it all the way to Super Bowl XX , which they lost against the Chicago Bears 46 -- 10 . Following their Super Bowl loss , they returned to the playoffs in 1986 , but lost in the first round . The team would not make the playoffs again for eight more years . They changed ownership several times in that period , being purchased from the Sullivan family first by Victor Kiam in 1988 , who sold the team to James Orthwein in 1992 . Orthwein intended to move the team to his native St. Louis , Missouri , but sold the team two years later to current owner , local businessman Robert Kraft in 1994 . Though Orthwein 's period as owner was short and controversial , he did oversee major changes to the team . Former New York Giants coach Bill Parcells was hired in 1993 , and the drastic changes were made the same year to the Patriots uniforms , changing their primary colors from their traditional red and white to blue and silver , and introducing a new logo . Parcells would bring the Patriots to two playoff appearances , including Super Bowl XXXI , which they lost to the Green Bay Packers by a score of 35 -- 21 . Pete Carroll , Parcells ' successor , would also take the team to the playoffs twice . Bill Belichick , current head coach , was hired in 2000 , and a new home field , Gillette Stadium was opened in 2002 . Under Belichick , the team won three Super Bowls in four years , and finished the 2007 regular season with a perfect 16 -- 0 record , becoming only the fourth team in league history to go undefeated , and the only one since the league expanded its regular season schedule to 16 games ; however , they ended that season with an 18-1 record after their loss to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII . The Patriots have made the playoffs in 12 of the 15 seasons that Belichick has been coach , missing them only in 2000 ( his first season ) , 2002 , and 2008 . They later faced the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX on February 1 , 2015 , and won by a score of 28-24 . The Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in Super Bowl LI at NRG Stadium .",
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"text": "Olbermann (TV series) Olbermann is a television sports talk show hosted by Keith Olbermann on the American cable network ESPN2 . The show , broadcast live daily from Times Square Studios in New York City , premiered on August 26 , 2013 , and featured Olbermann offering commentary and analysis on issues in the sports world . Olbermann aired at 5:00 PM Eastern on ESPN2 each day . From its premiere until September 5 , 2014 , Olbermann aired at 11:00 PM Eastern ( with some exceptions ) . The move to the afternoon also saw the show reduced in length by half , airing for thirty minutes instead of sixty . ESPNEWS rebroadcast each episode of Olbermann three times following its initial airing ; at 6:30 p.m. , 2:00 a.m. , and at 5:00 a.m. On July 10 , 2015 , two days after ESPN declined to renew his expiring contract , Olbermann announced on air that the series would be coming to an end on July 24 . The announcement came after The Hollywood Reporter claimed that ESPN wanted Olbermann to tone down his critical commentary , but the network claimed the move was to cut costs related to Olbermann 's salary and the use of the space at Times Square Studios , claims later confirmed by an aborted move of Mike & Mike to the same facility and releases of other network talent at the end of their contracts throughout 2015 and into 2016 .",
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"text": "Sports rorts affair The `` sports rorts '' affair was the name by which Australian media and political commentators came to refer to events during the second Keating ministry in late 1993 and early 1994 , where the then Sports Minister , Ros Kelly , was unable to appropriately explain the distribution of federal sporting grants to marginal electorates held by the governing Australian Labor Party . It led to a textbook demonstration of individual ministerial responsibility where , on 28 February 1994 , Kelly resigned from her position under consistent pressure from the Australian Democrats and the Liberal opposition about the matter . Ultimately , the controversy also led to her resignation from Parliament and , at the resulting by-election on 25 March 1995 , the government lost the normally safe Labor seat of Canberra . In December 1993 , the Auditor-General complained about the manner in which the Department had administered A$ 30 million of grants under the Community Cultural , Recreational and Sporting Facilities Program , which had been initiated by Graham Richardson in 1988 . The Auditor-General reported that he could not find any documentation explaining the rationale for grants made by Kelly 's department , and therefore could not assess her decision-making procedures . The opposition , led by John Hewson and Peter Costello , claimed in Parliament that the money had been directed into marginal Labor-held electorates before the 1993 federal election as a pork barrelling exercise . Initially , she avoided answering questions on the matter , but she relented following threats by the Australian Democrats to vote for a Liberal proposition establishing a Senate inquiry if she did not give evidence to a House of Representatives committee . During the enquiry , she said that she had assessed 2,800 submissions for funding on the sole basis of verbal advice from her staff , and that decisions on short-listed applications had been made on a `` great big whiteboard '' in her office , having been erased without permanent record once the decisions were made . The 12-person committee , despite having a Labor majority , ultimately found on 7 February 1994 that her actions were `` not illegal '' but her administration was `` deficient '' . On 21 February 1994 , following changes to Australian House of Representatives Question Time which created a roster for ministers to appear in the House , the Liberals , led by Hewson and Costello , used the opportunity to demand her resignation . On 28 February , she did so , although Keating continued to support her , speaking out on 3 March 1994 accusing the Senate of holding the Government to ransom . Eleven months later , Kelly resigned from parliament , triggering a 1995 by-election . A 16.1 % swing against Labor in the normally comfortably safe Labor seat resulted in the election of Liberal challenger Brendan Smyth on 25 March 1995 . Labor was heavily defeated in the 1996 election , but Bob McMullan regained Canberra for Labor while Smyth failed to win the new seat of Namadgi .",
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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": "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": "Mike Farnworth Michael C. `` Mike '' Farnworth ( born July 23 , 1959 ) is a New Democratic Party politician from Port Coquitlam , British Columbia , Canada . He is the current MLA for the riding of Port Coquitlam . Farnworth was originally elected in 1991 , after serving three terms on Port Coquitlam 's city council . He was re-elected in 1996 , but lost in the party 's province-wide wipeout of 2001 . Between 1997 and 2001 , He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing ( 1997 -- 98 ) , Minister of Employment and Investment and Minister Responsible for Housing ( 1998 -- 2000 ) , Minister of Health and Minister Responsible for Seniors ( 2000 ) , and Minister Social Development and Economic Security ( 2000 -- 01 ) . In 2005 B.C. general election , Farnworth was the NDP candidate in the riding of Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain . He won the riding with 11,844 votes ( 48.14 % of valid votes ) . In 2009 , Farnworth was re-elected to his fourth term with 54.64 % of valid votes . Farnworth won again in the 2013 B.C. general election by a large margin . Farnworth is currently the MLA for Port Coquitlam , the Official Opposition House Leader and Critic for Public Safety and Solicitor General . He previously served as Finance Critic , Health Critic and Economic Development Critic . Prior to entering elected office , Farnworth worked at CP Rail and Mt. Isa Mining . In 2011 , Farnworth ran in the NDP leadership election to replace retiring leader Carole James . He was narrowly defeated by Adrian Dix . Farnworth has publicly acknowledged that he is gay . He has had a relationship with his partner , Doug , for over 20 years .",
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"text": "Mike Mangena Mike `` Sporo '' Mangena ( born 1960 ) is a retired South African football ( soccer ) striker who last played for Kaizer Chiefs .",
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"text": "Contact play The contact play is a base running play in the sport of baseball . It usually refers to a runner on third base breaking for home ( but occasionally refers to a runner at second base breaking for third ) . Similar to the safety-squeeze play , the runner at third breaks for home as soon as he sees that the batted ball is on a downward plane for a ground ball . If there is a runner at second base , he will also break for third if the batted ball is on the first base side of second . The play can backfire if the ball is hit directly at the third baseman or the pitcher as a putout will naturally be made at home plate to prevent the run from scoring . In this situation , the baserunner may freeze and return to third . At this point the runner at third 's objective changes from scoring to getting in a rundown in order to provide an opportunity for the batter to end up at second base . The main advantage to breaking for home on contact is that it reduces the amount of time an infielder will have to make a play at home and , thus , increases the likelihood of the runner scoring . A secondary advantage is that the possibility of a contact play will often cause the defensive infielders to `` play in , '' meaning closer to home plate , giving them less time to react to a hit ball and a greater likelihood of not being able to field it cleanly . The contact play is normally used when there is one out . With no outs , it is generally considered best not to risk being thrown out at home , since there will still be two more opportunities for later batters to drive in the runner . The only exception is when there is also a runner at first , since any ball fielded quickly enough to throw out the runner trying to score is also likely to be an easy double play ball , and the team has a much higher run expectation that inning if the result of the play is an out at home and runners on first and second than if the result is two outs and a runner at third . With two outs , all runners on base automatically break on contact , since there is no point in staying at their base while the fielder gets the final out of the inning by throwing to first base . Most students of Sabermetrics believe the contact play is proper strategy whenever there is a man on third and one out , since the loss from failure is tiny . Using standard tables of run expectation based on the number of outs and runners on base ( such as Sabremetrics 101 : Run Expectancy Matrix , 1999 -- 2002 ) , the difference between having a runner on third with two outs ( the usual result of not using the contact play on a typical ground ball out ) and having a runner on second with two outs ( the usual result of using the contact play and having the breaking runner caught in a rundown ) is only 0.043 runs . When the contact play scores a runner who otherwise would still be at third while an out is recorded at first , the net gain is 0.730 . Put another way , even if the contact play failed 16 times for every one time it succeeded , it would improve a team 's run scoring overall . Even that understates the advantage , since the need for the defense to play in often results in both the runner scoring and the batter reaching base safely , in which case the net benefit is 1.186 runs , which means that it could fail 27 times as often as it helped and still benefit the team overall . Category : Baseball terminology Category : Baseball plays",
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"text": "Ben Whishaw Benjamin John `` Ben '' Whishaw ( born 14 October 1980 ) is an English actor . He is known for his stage role as Hamlet ; his roles in the television series Nathan Barley , Criminal Justice , The Hour and London Spy ; and film roles including Perfume : The Story of a Murderer ( 2006 ) , I 'm Not There ( 2007 ) , Bright Star ( 2009 ) , Brideshead Revisited ( 2008 ) , Cloud Atlas ( 2012 ) , The Lobster ( 2015 ) , Suffragette ( 2015 ) and The Danish Girl ( 2015 ) . He has also played the role of Q in the James Bond films starting with Skyfall ( 2012 ) , and was the voice of Paddington Bear in the 2014 film , Paddington .",
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"text": "Rysher Entertainment Rysher Entertainment was the owner of television and film programming content , primarily distributed around the world by CBS Television Distribution and Paramount Pictures . Select rights are also distributed by Warner Bros. , Universal , Lionsgate , Fox , Columbia Pictures , MGM and other entertainment distribution companies worldwide . The company has its roots in Bing Crosby Productions ( `` BCP '' ) . Its namesake , actor-singer Bing Crosby , founded BCP in 1949 , and was best known for producing the sitcom Hogan 's Heroes and the medical drama Ben Casey -- in succeeding years , BCP was acquired by Cox Broadcasting . In 1993 , Cox acquired Rysher Entertainment . Rysher , founded in April 1991 by Keith Samples , had been established as an independently owned company whose original sole product had been the distribution of NBC 's series Saved By The Bell . In 1993 , and later distribution of another NBC series California Dreams in 1994 , Rysher merged with Al Masini 's Television Program Enterprises to form Rysher TPE , its alternate name used from 1993 to 1995 . Through Rysher TPE , they produced and distributed shows such as Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ( renamed Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte for its final season ) and Star Search . Later , they produced and distributed George & Alana , which ran for one season in 1995 . The company was shut down in 1999 and the library was acquired by Viacom who folded it into both the film and television division of Paramount . Rysher 's library , today distributed by CBS Television Distribution ( CTD ) and Paramount Pictures ( for TV series and films , respectively ) , includes television and feature film classics such as Hogan 's Heroes ( whose partial rights are held by CBS ) , Ben Casey , and Walking Tall , as well as more recent programs and films including Nash Bridges ( 1999 -- 2001 episodes are produced by Paramount Network Television ) , Highlander : The Series , The Opposite of Sex ( with Sony Pictures Classics ) , Kingpin and Big Night . Rysher also distributes internationally through CTD several of HBO 's award-winning titles including Arli $ $ , Oz and Sex and the City . Rysher also produced House Arrest and Zeus and Roxanne , both of which were released by MGM and distributed by HBO Home Video for home release .",
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"text": "Real Circumstance Theatre Company Real Circumstance Theatre Company is a not-for-profit theatre company based in Essex that delivers work nationally and internationally . Real Circumstance develops and produces new plays by emergent writers , and plays generated by the Company through improvisation . Real Circumstance is run by Artistic Director Dan Sherer and Creative Producer Anna Bewick . Actors that Real Circumstance has worked with include Keeley Forsyth , Lawrence Werber , Ben Caplan , Jot Davies , Tamsin Joanna Kennard , Toby Sawyer , Kate Donmall , and Caroline Williams .",
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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": "Stage Right! Stage Right ! is a professional theatre company and performing arts school located in Greensburg , Pennsylvania . Established in 1998 as an organization for young people to take classes in musical theatre by Chris Rizk , Stage Right ! also became a professional theatre company in 1999 , established by artistic director Anthony Marino , Rizk 's brother . The company produces a full season of musicals , utilizing professional actors from the Pittsburgh theatre scene as well as students from their classes . In spring 2013 , Stage Right moved its studio a few blocks to a larger space at 105 W Fourth Street , Greensburg . The season is supplemented with many other opportunities to utilize the talents of the students , including an `` all-county musical '' featuring students from local high school theatre programs , children 's plays , summer camp productions , and Books Come Alive ! , a series of adaptations of children 's books performed at libraries throughout the area . The company is also notable for its annual production of The Rocky Horror Show every Halloween . Many of Stage Right ! 's students have had success in Pittsburgh Public Theater 's Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest , as well as going on to well-respected college theatre programs such as Carnegie Mellon University , Point Park University , New York University , Seton Hill University , Syracuse University , and Shenandoah University . Stage Right ! alums have also had success in professional theatre , working in such venues as York Theatre , Off the Wall Productions , Bricolage Production Company , Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre , Prime Stage Theatre , Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera , Pittsburgh Musical Theater , St. Vincent Summer Theatre , City Theatre , Terra Nova Theatre Group , MCC Theater , and 12 Peers Theater , as well as having had their work featured in the Pittsburgh New Works Festival .",
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"text": "Theatre World Theatre World is the only ( first published in 1945 ) , comprehensive , annual pictorial and statistical record of American theatre in print publication , including Broadway , Off-Broadway , Off-Off-Broadway , and regional theatre , as well as a complete national theatrical awards section and obituaries . Including over 750 photographs , it is the definitive pictorial and statistical reference to each American theatrical season , and is referenced daily by industry professionals , students , historians , and theatre fans worldwide . Until 1998 , the Theatre World editorial staff administered the Theatre World Awards for Outstanding Broadway and off-Broadway debuts . First under the supervision of Theatre World founder Daniel Blum and then under John Willis , who took over the production of the Awards following Blum 's death in 1964 , the Theatre World Awards were first given to those recipients considered `` Promising Personalities . '' In 1998 , the Theatre World Awards were incorporated as a 501 ( c ) 3 nonprofit organization and are currently overseen by a board of directors independent of `` Theatre World . '' Theatre World is the recipient of a 2001 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre , presented by the American Theatre Wing , and on behalf of the publication , longtime editor-in-chief John Willis ( 1916-2010 ) accepted honors including the first Special Lucille Lortel Award , a Special Drama Desk Award , and the Broadway Theatre Institute ( now The Theatre Museum ) Lifetime Achievement Award . Theatre World is published annually by Theatre World Media and distributed by Applause Theatre and Cinema Books . The permanent editorial staff currently consists of Ben Hodges , editor in chief , and coeditor Scott Denny . Current editorial staff includes Adam Feldman of Time Out New York ( Broadway ) , Linda Buchwald TDF Stages ( Off-Broadway ) , Shay Gines New York Innovative Theatre Awards ( Off-Off-Broadway ) , and Diep Tran American Theatre Magazine ( Regional theatre ) .",
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"text": "Industrial musical An industrial musical is a musical performed internally for the employees or shareholders of a business , to create a feeling of being part of a team , to entertain , and/or to educate and motivate the management and salespeople to improve sales and profit . It can be used to increase staff awareness of public relations , advertising , marketing or corporate image . Other terms for industrial musicals include the corporate musical or industrial show , but the latter can also refer to trade shows , which are publicity events organized by businesses in a specific industry to promote their products to potential buyers . Industrial musicals are not restricted to corporations or to businesses involved in industry . They should not be confused with industrial music , or with musicals produced by businesses to be seen by the general public , for example , Disney 's stage production of The Lion King .",
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"text": "Globe to Globe Festival The Globe to Globe Festival ran from 23 April to 9 June 2012 as part of the World Shakespeare Festival , itself part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad . The festival 's director was Tom Bird . The Globe to Globe Festival hosted 37 productions of Shakespeare 's plays in 37 different languages over a six-week period . The festival was primarily intended to be an experiment with foreign language Shakespeare in the languages of London , however , it also aimed to discover how important Shakespeare is to the rest of the world . The Festival was recorded through blog responses on the Theatre 's own website and on the Year of Shakespeare blog . More than 100,000 people attended the performances , 80 % of whom had not previously been to the Globe .",
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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": "Globe of the Great Southwest The Globe of the Great Southwest is a theater in Odessa , Texas whose design was inspired by that of William Shakespeare 's original Globe Theatre . In addition , the complex also features a replica of Anne Hathaway 's Cottage . Both buildings are located on the campus of Odessa College . The Globe Theatre is a non-profit organization presenting classical and modern plays on an Elizabethan stage . It hosts community theater performances , monthly country-western shows called The Brand New Opree , and other community activities . The nearby Anne Hathaway Library , a replica of the cottage in which Shakespeare 's wife lived , houses displays of special interest to Shakespeare fans . Full-time theatre activity began in the fall of 1968 . The current Executive Director of the Globe of the Great Southwest is Katryna Engebretson .",
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"text": "Theatre Tulsa Theatre Tulsa , Inc. is a community theatre company in Tulsa , Oklahoma , USA . Theatre Tulsa , the longest running community theatre west of the Mississippi and seventh in the nation , has had a prosperous but sometimes difficult history . The theatre has survived multiple wars , fires , and economic depressions . Theatre Tulsa started as a small community theatre that played shows in a tent , and grew to the largest community theatre in the nation in the 1970s , followed by years of decline and a recent re-invigoration that includes the new creation of a Broadway Series main stage season , a Next Stage series season composed of new works , and a Family Series season for children , families , and arts education programming . Tulsa Little Theatre was incorporated December . 10 , 1922 by Mrs. Bonnie Reed and Mrs. Hope Holway . Despite the Great Depression , the group managed to raise money to build a theater which was christened with a performance of The Cradle Song in February 1932 . Two years later , the group incorporated as Tulsa Little Theatre . Struggling through the next few years , the theater survived a threatened bank foreclosure in 1935 after a number of donors stepped in , and in 1940 the theater paid off its mortgage . During World War II , it produced shows for military camps and veterans ' hospitals . Tulsa Little Little Theatre prospered , and by 1959 was the largest non-professional theater company in the country . In 1964 , its membership was 8,000 strong . By 1972 it had the largest community theater membership in the nation and had counted 1.5 million members over the past 50 years . In 1974 Tulsa Little Theatre changed its name to Theatre Tulsa , Inc. . Theatre Tulsa remains active today producing 10 productions a year that include modern and classic dramas , comedies , and musicals . Theatre Tulsa has had many firsts ; it was the first community theater in the country to premiere Our Town ( 1939 ) and All My Sons ( 1947 ) ; the musical Brownstone ( 1985 ) ; `` Miracle on 34th Street : A Musical Adaptation '' ( a 1993 original musical written for Theatre Tulsa ) ; `` I Love You , You 're Perfect , Now Change '' ( 2003 ) ; and the first American production of Pitmen Painters ( 2011 ) . Theatre Tulsa 's production of Forever Plaid sold out more than 400 shows in 1995 and 1996 . Some noted performers , including Jeanne Tripplehorn , Kristin Chenoweth and Sam Harris , received their first stage experience with Theatre Tulsa .",
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"text": "List of Broom Street Theater Theatrical Productions",
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"text": "Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play 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 Laurence Olivier . The award was originally entitled Play of the Year but was later renamed in 2001 .",
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"text": "Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival 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 . From 1997 to 2007 , the award was presented as Outstanding Musical Production .",
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"text": "List of TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley) New Works TheatreWorks ( Silicon Valley ) is a non-profit , professional theater company based in Menlo Park , California . Since 2000 , TheatreWorks has been dedicated to the development of scores of new plays and musicals , earning national recognition and acclaim for the company and their new works program .",
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"text": "Drama (UK TV series) Drama is a one-hour UK television anthology series produced by Open City Productions . It consists of seven episodes of abridged productions of classic plays that were aired on the British Broadcasting Company in 1977 . Episode titles are Oedipus Tyrannus , MacBeth , Medieval Mystery Plays , The Venetian Twins , The Way of the World , The Wild Duck , and Six Characters in Search of an Author . Actors included Patrick Stewart , Leo McKern , and Nigel Stock .",
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"text": "Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch The Queen 's Theatre is a 500-seat producing theatre located in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering , east London . The theatre opened in its current purpose-built site on Billet Lane , Hornchurch in 1975 . From 1953 to 1975 the theatre had occupied a converted , and for some time derelict , cinema on Station Lane ( the site of the present Ripon House development ) that had been used for storage during the Second World War . The theatre originally opened in the coronation year of Queen Elizabeth II and its name reflects this . The opening production was See How They Run . The building deteriorated and the London Borough of Havering built the new theatre . It was opened by Sir Peter Hall in April 1975 , with a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat . Home to the original productions of the award-winning Return to the Forbidden Planet and Blood Brothers , performers such as Maggie Smith , Martin Shaw , Joan Plowright , Prunella Scales , Nigel Hawthorn , Carol Sloman , Lucy Benjamin , Gemma Salter , Bernard Cribbins , Conn O'Neill and theatre-makers and artists David Eldridge , Chris Bond , Bob Carlton , Bob Eaton , Glen Walford , Nichola McAuliffe , Tim Firth , Dan Murphy and Richard O'Brien the Queen 's Theatre , over its 60 plus year history , has built a track record in creating the best in live entertainment . The theatre 's current artistic director is Douglas Rintoul who was appointed in 2015 . The theatre 's previous artistic directors include Bob Carlton , Marina Calderone and Bob Tomson . The Queen 's Theatre produces over eights shows a year and has a vibrant learning and participatory programme engaging over 11,000 participants annually , enabling people to express themselves and their stories through the arts . The Queen 's Theatre works with educational institutions , amateur theatre groups , professional arts groups and wellbeing organizations , but is also widely connected to the larger theatre landscape in the UK and abroad . Current partnerships include co-productions with the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich , Salisbury Playhouse , Watford Palace Theatre , Rifco , Sell a Door and The Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg . Behind the scenes there is a carpentry workshop , scenic artists and a wardrobe department creating sets and costumes on-site . The theatre was honoured with a visit from HM The Queen in 2003 , the theatre 's fiftieth anniversary , and in 2013 the theatre celebrated its Diamond Jubilee . The Queen 's Theatre is a registered charity and receives regular funding from the London Borough of Havering and is an Arts Council of England National Portfolio Organisation .",
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"text": "Commonwealth Shakespeare Company Commonwealth Shakespeare Company ( CSC ) was formed in 1996 by artistic director Steven Maler and associate Joan Moynagh to bring free , outdoor Shakespeare to the people of the city of Boston . Since 1996 , CSC has produced one full Shakespeare production each summer starting with A Midsummer Night 's Dream in 1996 at Copley Square . All subsequent productions have taken place in Boston Common , first at the Parkman Bandstand and now at the Parade Ground . In addition to the annual Boston Common productions , CSC presents several free play-reading events during the year : Theatre in the Rough , Shakespeare and Law , as well as Shakespeare and Leadership . CSC has actor-training programs for both high school students and pre-professional actors with its Summer Academy . Throughout the year , CSC partners with area high schools and Boys & Girls Clubs to provide in and after-school theater activities to inner-city youth . In 2013 , CSC became the theatre in residence at Babson College .",
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"text": "Earplay Earplay was the longest-running of the formal series of radio drama anthologies on National Public Radio , produced by WHA in Madison , Wisconsin and heard from 1972 into the 1990s . It approached radio drama as an art form with scripts written by such leading playwrights as Edward Albee , Arthur Kopit , Archibald MacLeish and David Mamet . Airing in stereo , Earplay provided a showcase for original and adapted work . Eventually , the less-sustained successor series NPR Playhouse drew episodes from the Earplay run . Often presented by NPR member stations on a weekly basis , Earplay episodes were produced with much attention to recording technique and sound-effects . In 1975 , it scored a triumph with Listening , an original play written by Edward Albee for stereo radio , employing one speaker for one character and another speaker for another character . Since both characters are seated in a room , the illusion is created that they are in the same room as the listener . After its premiere on radio , Listening was later performed on stage . Along with the CBS Radio Mystery Theater , Sears Radio Theater , The General Mills Radio Adventure Theater , Christian radio 's Unshackled and Public Radio 's The National Radio Theater of Chicago , Earplay was among the most ambitious nationwide projects in the medium in the U.S. during the 1970s and 1980s .",
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"text": "English Shakespeare Company The English Shakespeare Company was an English theatre company founded in 1986 by Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington to present and promote the works of William Shakespeare on both a national and an international level . Its inaugural production ( 1986 ) was an anthology entitled The Henrys ( Henry IV , Part 1 , Henry IV , Part 2 , and Henry V ) which opened at the Theatre Royal , Plymouth in December 1986 . A year later , several more plays ( Richard II , Henry VI : House of Lancaster , Henry VI : House of York and Richard III ) were added to the original productions and were presented as a complete history cycle under the title of The Wars of the Roses . The production toured for two years in seventeen venues in the UK including the Old Vic in London , as well as appearing at several international venues , including the Hong Kong Festival , opening the new Tokyo Globe Theatre , being the centrepiece of The World Theatre Festival of Chicago , and touring to Stamford , Connecticut , the Spoleto Festival , Melbourne , the Adelaide Festival , Brisbane , The Netherlands , Hamburg , Berlin and Frankfurt . In addition to The Wars of the Roses , productions of many individual Shakespeare plays were also presented . They included Twelfth Night , Macbeth , The Tempest , Romeo & Juliet , Antony and Cleopatra and As You Like It . The last production of ROMEO AND JULIET . indeed the closing production ended in Plymouth after touring the world .",
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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": "Wrath of the Titans Wrath of the Titans is a 2012 3D epic action adventure fantasy film that is a sequel to the 2010 film Clash of the Titans . The film stars Sam Worthington , Rosamund Pike , Bill Nighy , Édgar Ramírez , Toby Kebbell , Danny Huston , Ralph Fiennes , and Liam Neeson , with Jonathan Liebesman directing a screenplay by Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson . Wrath of the Titans takes place a decade after the events of the preceding film as the gods lose control over the imprisoned Titans ( thanks to humanity 's lack of prayers which also is draining their immortality ) and Perseus is called , this time to rescue his father Zeus , overthrow the Titans , and save mankind . Talk of a sequel began with the release of Clash of the Titans in March 2010 . Scribes Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson were hired in June 2010 and director Jonathan Liebesman was brought on board in August 2010 . The majority of the casting took place between January and February 2011 . Principal photography began in London in March 2011 . Like its predecessor , the film was converted to 3D in post-production . Wrath of the Titans was released in 2D and 3D on March 30 , 2012 in the United States . The film received widespread negative reception from critics and grossed $ 305 million worldwide . A sequel entitled Revenge of the Titans was planned to a 2013 release , but was cancelled due to the two films 's critical failures and to less in ideas for the script .",
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"text": "1999 Tennessee Titans season The 1999 Tennessee Titans season was the franchise 's 40th season and their 30th in the National Football League ( NFL ) . It was the first year for the club under the moniker `` Titans '' , while the nickname `` Oilers '' was retired by the NFL . The Titans became the seventh Wild Card to qualify for the Super Bowl . However , after defeating the Bills , Colts , and Jaguars in the postseason , they lost the Super Bowl to the St. Louis Rams , 23 -- 16 on a famous last second tackle made by Rams defender Mike Jones at the goal line that prevented Titans receiver Kevin Dyson from scoring a game-tying touchdown . The highlight of the season was the Wild Card game against the Buffalo Bills , dubbed the Music City Miracle . In the games closing seconds , Kevin Dyson caught a lateral on a kickoff and ran all the way down the sidelines for a touchdown . The team drafted defensive end Jevon Kearse with the 16th pick of the 1999 NFL Draft . He had his best years in Tennessee , being named to three consecutive Pro Bowls ( 1999 -- 2001 ) .",
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"text": "99 (song) `` 99 '' is a song by the American rock band Toto . The song appeared on the Hydra album in 1979 . When released as a single , it reached number 26 on the Billboard charts . The song was written as a tribute to George Lucas ' film THX 1138 and the music video resembles a scene in the movie . In the video , as in the movie scene where the main character ( named `` THX-1138 '' ) is imprisoned , the room is completely white and everyone is wearing a white jumpsuit . Toto Legend , the former official International Toto Fan Club newsletter , reviewed the video : ' 99 ' was predominantly a performance video , though the set design was rather conceptual . Following David Paich 's intention regarding the lyrics , about a sterile society in which names are forgotten and love forbidden , the set was sterile white , with various sized sculptured 99 's hanging and standing about , and the band was clad in futuristic white jumpsuits . There were some notable shots in this one -- keyboard close-ups and an artistic view of Jeff through a transparent drum head , a technique that several popular videos have copied since . Guitarist Steve Lukather has since admitted that despite the song 's popularity , it 's one of his least favorite compositions , and has even said he `` downright hated it . '' He called the lyrics `` obtuse . ''",
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"text": "2007 New York Titans season The New York Titans are a professional lacrosse team based in New York , New York , that plays in the National Lacrosse League ( NLL ) . The 2007 season was the Titans inaugural season . The franchise was announced by the NLL on July 11 , 2006 , and the name `` Titans '' was chosen in September 2006 . The Titans suffered through a rough inaugural season . After two losses , they won their first game at home against their expansion cousins , the Chicago Shamrox , but then lost the next six straight games . They did finish strong , however , winning two of their last three games , but finished well out of the playoffs .",
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"text": "Giants (Greek mythology) In Greek mythology , the Giants , also called Gigantes ( jye-GAHN-tees or gee-GAHN-tees ; Γίγαντες , Gigantes , singular Γίγας , Gigas ) were a race of great strength and aggression , though not necessarily of great size , known for the Gigantomachy ( Gigantomachia ) , their battle with the Olympian gods . According to Hesiod , the Giants were the offspring of Gaia ( Earth ) , born from the blood that fell when Uranus ( Sky ) was castrated by his Titan son Cronus . Archaic and Classical representations show Gigantes as man-sized hoplites ( heavily armed ancient Greek foot soldiers ) fully human in form . Later representations ( after c. 380 BC ) show Gigantes with snakes for legs . In later traditions , the Giants were often confused with other opponents of the Olympians , particularly the Titans , an earlier generation of large and powerful children of Gaia and Uranus . The vanquished Giants were said to be buried under volcanoes and to be the cause of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes .",
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"text": "1999 in King of the Cage The year 1999 is the 1st year in the history of King of the Cage , a mixed martial arts promotion based in The United States . In 1999 King of the Cage held 1 event , KOTC 1 : Bas Rutten 's King of the Cage .",
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"text": "House of God (album) House of God '' is the ninth studio album by the heavy metal band King Diamond , released in 2000 . The album was remastered by Andy LaRocque and was re-released in 2009 .",
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"text": "Teen Titans (GBA game) Teen Titans is a video game released for the Game Boy Advance on October 16 , 2005 . The game is based on the television show Teen Titans and features the five main characters from the show as playable characters : Robin , Raven , Beast Boy , Starfire , and Cyborg . The game 's boss characters are Gizmo , Jinx , Mammoth , and Brother Blood . The game was going to be released in Europe shortly after its release in North America , though the European release was later cancelled . A sequel , Teen Titans 2 : The Brotherhood 's Revenge , often shortened to simply Teen Titans 2 , was released exclusively in North America for the Game Boy Advance on October 23 , 2006 .",
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"text": "Titan (comics) Titan , in comics , can refer to : Titan ( Imperial Guard ) , a Marvel Comics character and member of the Imperial Guard Titan ( Dark Horse Comics ) , a Dark Horse Comics character Titan ( DC Comics ) , the moon of Saturn in DC Comics inhabited by telepaths in the 30th century of the Legion of Super-Heroes Titan ( Marvel Comics ) , the moon of Saturn in Marvel Comics and home to the Titanian Eternals Titan Books , a publisher of comic reprints A member of the Teen Titans Titan ( New God ) , a New Gods giant from Darkseid 's Elite Titan , a proposed codename for Cassandra Lang",
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"text": "Godzilla 2000 is a 1999 Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring Godzilla , produced and distributed by Toho . The film is directed by Takao Okawara , written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura , and stars Takehiro Murata , Hiroshi Abe , Naomi Nishida , Mayu Suzuki and Shiro Sano . It is the 24th film in the Godzilla franchise , the 23rd Godzilla film produced by Toho , the first film in the Millennium series , and Toho 's second reboot of the Godzilla franchise . The film was released on December 11 , 1999 . Sony Pictures Entertainment 's TriStar division released the film in the United States and Canada in August 2000 as Godzilla 2000 . The film , along with the other films in the Millennium series , ignores continuity established by any previous films and also follows the original film from 1954 .",
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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": "Decadent (Threshold album) Decadent is British progressive metal band Threshold 's first fan club album , released in 1999 . The album features remixes and radio edits of songs from their previous albums , as well as one acoustic remake and one song that was hitherto only available on the Japanese release of Psychedelicatessen . The album was reissued in 2003 with modified CD artwork ; it is now out of print but available for download on iTunes . Three of the remixes on the album ( Intervention 1999 remix , Devoted fan club remix and Into the Light 1999 remix ) bear strong similarity to the versions of the songs produced for the 2001 reissue of Psychedelicatessen . Several of the tracks on this album appear as easter eggs in the multimedia portions of the special edition reissues of Wounded Land and Psychedelicatessen .",
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"text": "Clash of the Titans (franchise) Clash of the Titans is a British -- American fantasy action media franchise based on characters and myths of Ancient Greek mythology . The first film , Clash of the Titans , was released in 1981 with a remake made in 2010 . The remake spawned a sequel , Wrath of the Titans , in 2012 .",
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"text": "Downfall (Shadow Host album) An album by Shadow Host , released in 1999 .",
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"text": "Terror Firmer Terror Firmer is a 1999 American comedy horror film directed by Lloyd Kaufman , written by Douglas Buck , Patrick Cassidy , Kaufman , and James Gunn , and starring Will Keenan , Alyce LaTourelle , and Kaufman . The film was produced by the Troma Entertainment company , known for distributing campy exploitation films . The film features several direct references to the previous Troma films , such as The Toxic Avenger , and includes famous Troma props , like the ` Penis Monster ' ( referred to , in the film , as `` Thor , the God of Love '' ) and a severed leg . It was loosely based , in that respect , on Kaufman and Gunn 's book All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger .",
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"text": "Hammer of the Gods (2009 film) Hammer of the Gods ( known as THOR : Hammer of the Gods ) is a 2009 made-for-TV film , directed by Todor `` Toshko '' Chapkanov and produced by Jeffery Beach and Phillip J. Roth for the Syfy channel . It tells the story of the thunder god Thor , after he defeated the Midgard Serpent and died , then was reincarnated into a mortal man . Thor , along with his two brothers and friends travel to a mysterious island at Midgard 's edge , seeking glory and fame . Upon arriving they encounter strange creatures and they start searching the island for answers . Meanwhile , Thor keeps seeing visions of a mighty warrior and a big hammer and Freyja tells him that his visions are clues . So they start searching for the hammer .",
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"text": "The Fanatics (film) The Fanatics ( also known as Fumbleheads ) is a comedy movie , released in 1999 .",
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"text": "Myth: The Fallen Lords Myth : The Fallen Lords is a 1997 real-time tactics video game developed by Bungie for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS . Released in November 1997 in North America and in February 1998 in Europe , the game was published by Bungie in North America and by Eidos Interactive in Europe . At the time , Bungie was known primarily as developers of Mac games , and The Fallen Lords was the first game they had developed and released simultaneously for both PC and Mac . It is the first game in the Myth series , which also includes a sequel , Myth II : Soulblighter , set sixty years after the events of the first game , and also developed by Bungie , and a prequel , Myth III : The Wolf Age , set one thousand years prior to the events depicted in The Fallen Lords , and developed by MumboJumbo . The game tells the story of the battle between the forces of the `` Light '' and those of the `` Dark '' for control of an unnamed mythical land . The Dark are led by Balor and a group of lieutenants ( the titular Fallen Lords ) , whilst the Light are led by `` The Nine '' ; powerful sorcerers known as `` Avatara , '' chief amongst whom is Alric . The game begins in the seventeenth year of the war in the West , some fifty years since the rise of Balor , with the forces of Light on the brink of defeat ; almost the entire land is under the dominion of the Dark , with only one major city and a few smaller towns remaining under the control of the Light . The plot follows the activities of `` The Legion '' , an elite unit in the army of the Light , as they attempt to turn back the tide and defeat Balor . The Fallen Lords received positive reviews from critics , and is credited as a defining title in the fledging real-time tactics genre . Reviewers praised its plot , graphics , gameplay , level design , online multiplayer mode , and differentiation from traditional real-time strategy games . The most often criticized aspects were the difficulty of the single-player campaign , which many reviewers felt was far too high , even on the lowest setting , and some awkwardness in controlling units . The game went on to win multiple awards , including `` Strategy Game of the Year '' from both PC Gamer and Computer Gaming World , and `` Game of the Year '' from both Computer Games Strategy Plus and Macworld . It was also a commercial success , selling over 350,000 units worldwide across both systems , earning back roughly seven times its budget . At the time , it was Bungie 's most successful game , and served to bring them to the attention of PC gamers and , more specifically , Microsoft , who would purchase the company in 2000 . The Myth series as a whole , and Soulblighter in particular , supported an active online community for over a decade after the official servers went offline . The first formally organized group of volunteer-programmers was MythDevelopers , who were given access to the game 's source code by Bungie . The most recently active Myth development group is Project Magma , an offshoot of MythDevelopers . These groups have worked to provide ongoing technical support for the games , update them to newer operating systems , fix bugs , release unofficial patches , create mods , and maintain online servers for multiplayer gaming .",
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"text": "Pallas (Titan) In Greek mythology , Pallas ( -LSB- / ˈpæl əs / -RSB- Πάλλας ) was one of the Titans . According to Hesiod , he was the son of Crius and Eurybia , the brother of Astraeus and Perses , the husband of Styx , and the father of Zelus ( `` Zeal '' or `` Emulation '' ) , Nike ( `` Victory '' ) , Kratos ( `` Strength '' or `` Power '' ) , and Bia ( `` Might '' or `` Force '' ) . Hyginus says that Pallas , whom he calls `` the giant '' , also fathered with Styx : Scylla , Fontes ( `` Fountains '' ) and Lacus ( `` Lakes '' ) . Pallas was sometimes regarded as the Titan god of warcraft and of the springtime campaign season . The Homeric Hymn to Hermes makes the moon goddess Selene ( usually the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia ) , the daughter of a Pallas , son of ( otherwise unknown ) Megamedes , which is possibly the same as this Pallas . Ovid uses the patronymic `` Pallantias '' or `` Pallantis '' as another name for Aurora , the Roman equivalent of the Greek Eos ( `` Dawn '' ) , who was the sister of Selene ; Ovid apparently regarding Aurora ( or Eos ) as the daughter of ( or otherwise related to ) Pallas . The Suda in discussing Athena 's epithet `` Pallas '' suggests a possible derivation `` from brandishing ( pallein ) the spear '' . The geographer Pausanias reports that Pellene , a city in Achaea , was claimed by its inhabitants to be named after Pallas , while the Argives claimed it was named for the Argive Pellen .",
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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": "List of Bionicle toys The following is a list of toys in Lego Bionicle line . They are organized by North American release dates ; major differences in international releases are noted , America and Europe being one of the first to receive them . There are five main kinds of sets : Collectibles are random assortments of pieces to be used as accessories for larger sets . New collectibles were originally released every six months , but were reduced to a yearly schedule as of 2004 . Collectibles are no longer released as of 2007 . Box Sets are the smallest and cheapest independent sets . Though most sets are packaged in cardboard boxes , this article will use the term to describe these small sets . A group of six box sets were released yearly , though in 2007 there were only four . In 2008 , 6 of these were released to correspond with the canister sets , though the boxes themselves were similar to canisters . Box sets contain from around 15 pieces to about 30 . Canister Sets are the main focus in the toyline and the storyline , and are packaged in plastic canisters . Groups of six canister sets are released every six months . Canister sets usually contain around 50 , 60 or 70 pieces . Titans was a term first used for the 2005 large sets , and fans often use the label for similar large character sets . In this article , it will be used to describe any set larger than a canister set ( besides playsets ) . Most Titans contain more than 100 pieces , though larger ones contain at least 200 or 500 . ( Note : The 2007 -- 2009 sets are labeled `` Warriors '' on Bionicle.com . For the time being , this article will continue to use the `` Titan '' label . ) Battle Vehicles are the newest types of sets . They feature canister-set-sized characters on a larger vehicle . They were introduced in 2008 and replaced Playsets . They can be classified as a type of Titan . A few Battle Vehicle sets are about the size and cost of normal titans , however these sets are considerably smaller in size and have Box Set size figures in place of the Canister-size figures . One exception to this is the Toa Ignika set , which contained a vehicle and a Canister-sized set as the rider while still maintaining the normal titan cost . However , the skyboard ( the corresponding vehicle ) is considerably smaller than even other `` normal titan '' vehicles . Playsets were introduced in 2005 and are traditional Lego construction sets ; including minifigures of canister set characters . In 2008 these have been replaced with Battle Vehicle sets ( see above ) . Stars were canister sets in early 2010 that contained Box Set size counterparts of characters from previous years . Each contained a piece of golden armor that would fit onto the Tahu set within that particular toyline . There are also two kinds of other sets : This list also includes specific promotions ; either items packaged with sets or special collectibles available separately . Promotional sets that are officially not part of the toyline are not included , unless they are acknowledged by the storyline . Promotional Bionicle sets are usually under ten pieces and are free . Other models are not categorized in any of the above . Other models includes a few Bionicle pieces , and sometimes a CD or video . Their prices vary widely . Most other models were released in Europe or America . Releases are grouped in this list into six-month periods , the beginnings of which are marked by when canister sets are released ; usually around January for winter periods and July for summer periods ( though due to retail schedules , European `` winter '' releases begin around March instead ) . Some sets are labeled `` store exclusive '' ; they are only available at that store and directly through Lego ( both Lego outlet stores and the Lego Shop At Home website ) , such as an unnumbered set of random Bionicle parts in a plastic bag .",
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"text": "Canada Canada ( -LSB- ˈkænədə -RSB- -LSB- kanadɑ -RSB- ) is a country in the northern part of North America . Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering 9.98 e6km2 , making it the world 's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area . Canada 's border with the United States is the world 's longest binational land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities , many near the southern border . One third of the population lives in the three largest cities : Toronto , Montreal and Vancouver . Its capital is Ottawa , and other major urban areas include Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization . Beginning in the 16th century , British and French claims were made on the area , with the colony of Canada first being established by the French in 1535 during Jacques Cartier 's second voyage to New France . As a consequence of various conflicts , Great Britain gained and lost territories within British North America until it was left , in the late 18th century , with what mostly geographically comprises Canada today . Pursuant to the British North America Act , on July 1 , 1867 , the colonies of Canada , New Brunswick , and Nova Scotia joined to form the semi-autonomous federal Dominion of Canada . This began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada . In 1931 , Canada achieved near total independence from the United Kingdom with the Statute of Westminster 1931 , but at the time , Canada decided to allow the British Parliament to temporarily retain the power to amend Canada 's constitution , on request from the Parliament of Canada . With the Constitution Act 1982 , Canada took over that authority ( as the conclusion of Patriation ) , removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom , giving the country full sovereignty . Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy , with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state . The country is officially bilingual at the federal level . It is one of the world 's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations , the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries . Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world , relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks . Canada 's long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture . Canada is a developed country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index . It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency , civil liberties , quality of life , economic freedom , and education . Canada is a Commonwealth realm member of the Commonwealth of Nations , a member of the Francophonie , and part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the United Nations , the North Atlantic Treaty Organization , the G8 , the Group of Ten , the G20 , the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum .",
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"text": "Canada 2011 Census The Canada 2011 Census is a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population on May 10 , 2011 . Statistics Canada , an agency of the Canadian government , conducts a nationwide census every five years . In 2011 , it consisted of a mandatory short form census questionnaire and an inaugural National Household Survey ( NHS ) , a voluntary survey which replaced the mandatory long form census questionnaire ; this substitution was the focus of much controversy . Completion of the ( short form ) census is mandatory for all Canadians , and those who do not complete it may face penalties ranging from fines to jail time . The Statistics Act mandates a Senate and/or House of Commons ( joint ) committee review of the opt-in clause ( for the release of one 's census records after 92 years ) by 2014 . The 2011 Census is the fifteenth decennial census and is required by section 8 of the Constitution Act , 1867 . As with other decennial censuses , the data was used to adjust federal electoral district boundaries . As of August 24 , 2011 , Canada 's overall collection response rate was 98.1 % , up over a full percentage point from 96.5 % in the 2006 Census . Ontario and Prince Edward Island each hold the highest response rate at 98.3 % , while Nunavut holds the lowest response rate at 92.7 % . In an article in the New York Times in August 2015 , journalist Stephen Marche argued that by ending the mandatory long-form census in 2011 , the federal government `` stripped Canada of its capacity to gather information about itself '' in the `` age of information . '' Nearly 500 organizations in Canada , including the Canadian Medical Association , the Canadian Chamber of Commerce , and the Canadian Catholic Council of Bishops protested the decision to replace the long form Census in 2011 with a shorter version .",
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"text": "Arctic policy of Canada The Arctic policy of Canada includes both the foreign policy of Canada in regard to the Arctic region and Canada 's domestic policy towards its Arctic territories . This includes the devolution of powers to the territories . Canada 's Arctic policy includes the plans and provisions of these regional governments . It encompasses the exercise of sovereignty , social and economic development , the protection of the environment , and the improving and devolving of governance . Canada , along with the 7 other Arctic nations , is a member of the Arctic Council . On August 23 , 2012 , Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq would serve as chair of the Arctic Council when Canada assumed the Chairmanship from Sweden in May 2013 . Along with its mainland in the upper regions of North America , Canada claims sovereignty over the related continental shelf and the Arctic Archipelago . It considers the waters between the islands of the Archipelago to be Canadian Internal Waters . The United States considers those to be international waters . Canada has more Arctic land mass than any other country . This land is included within the administrative regions of the Northwest Territories , Nunavut , and Yukon . As of 2011 , approximately 107,265 Canadians live in the Arctic .",
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"text": "British Columbia Court of Appeal The British Columbia Court of Appeal ( BCCA ) is the highest appellate court in the province of British Columbia , Canada . It was established in 1910 following the 1907 Court of Appeal Act . The BCCA hears appeals from the Supreme Court of British Columbia and a number of boards and tribunals . The BCCA also hears criminal appeals from the Provincial Court of British Columbia where the proceedings in that court were by indictment . It will hear summary conviction appeals from the Supreme Court on criminal matters that originated in the Provincial Court . Statute restricts appeals on civil matters from the Provincial Court ( Small Claims ) to the Supreme Court . However , some Provincial Court civil matters may come before the BCCA on very narrow matters having to do with questions of administrative law or other unusual circumstances . The BCCA consists of 22 justices ( including a Chief Justice ) , ten of whom are supernumerary . All justices of the BCCA ( including the position of Chief Justice ) are appointed by the federal government . The central registry for the BCCA is in Vancouver , where the BCCA holds most of its sittings . The BCCA also occasionally hears cases in Victoria , Kelowna , and Kamloops . The judges for the Court also double as judges for the Yukon Court of Appeal . Cases from Yukon are heard in both Vancouver and in Whitehorse . A full division of the court consists of five justices ; however , most cases are heard by a division of three justices . A single justice will preside over matters heard in '' chambers '' , usually Interlocutory matters or applications for leave to appeal . Unlike in Ontario where a sitting of the Court of Appeal is referred to as a `` panel '' , in the BCCA a sitting of the Court is referred to as a `` division '' . Counsel appearing in the BCCA are required to `` gown '' . This court dress is identical to that worn in the Supreme Court of British Columbia , and consists of a white wing collar with bands , along with a black bar jacket and black gown ( some counsel will wear a black waistcoat and suit rather than a bar jacket ) . Male barristers will generally wear black or striped trousers , with female barristers wearing either trousers or a skirt . Queen 's Counsel wear a more elaborate bar jacket as well as a silk gown . Court dress is not required for matters heard in Chambers , wherein standard business dress can be worn by both counsel and the sitting justice . When the court moved from its previous location ( what is now the Vancouver Art Gallery ) , one of the old courtrooms was reconstructed in the present Arthur Erickson designed Vancouver Law Courts . When in session , a division of the court will often preside in this Heritage Courtroom . All courts in the Province of British Columbia display the Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the United Kingdom , as a symbol of its judiciary .",
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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": "Human Freedom Index The Human Freedom Index ( HFI ) measures 79 distinct indicators of personal , civil , and economic freedom around the world . It is the most comprehensive index on freedom for a globally meaningful set of countries . Coauthors of the index are Ian Vásquez and Tanja Porčnik . The index is co-published by the Cato Institute , the Fraser Institute , and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom . The index covers the following areas : Rule of Law Security and Safety Movement Religion Association , Assembly , and Civil Society Expression Relationships Size of Government Legal System and Property Rights Access to Sound Money Freedom to Trade Internationally Regulation of Credit , Labor , and Business The HFI covers 159 countries for 2014 , the most recent year for which sufficient data are available . The index ranks countries beginning in 2008 , the earliest year for which a robust enough index could be produced . On a scale of 0 to 10 , where 10 represents more freedom , the non-weighted average rating for 159 countries in 2014 was 6.93 . The level of global freedom stayed about the same compared to 2008 , but almost all countries experienced changes in their ratings , with about half of those increasing their ratings and half decreasing . The top 10 jurisdictions in order were Hong Kong , Switzerland , New Zealand , Ireland , Denmark , Australia ( 6 ) , Canada ( 6 ) , the United Kingdom ( 6 ) , Finland ( 9 ) , and the Netherlands ( 10 ) . The United States is ranked in 23rd place . Other countries rank as follows : Germany ( 13 ) , Chile ( 29 ) , France ( 31 ) , Japan ( 32 ) , Singapore ( 40 ) , South Africa ( 74 ) , Brazil ( 82 ) , India ( 87 ) , Russia ( 115 ) , Nigeria ( 140 ) , China ( 141 ) , Saudi Arabia ( 144 ) , Zimbabwe ( 148 ) , Venezuela ( 154 ) , and Iran ( 157 ) . Out of 17 regions , the highest levels of freedom are in Western Europe , Northern Europe , and North America ( Canada and the United States ) . The lowest levels are in the Middle East and North Africa , South Asia , and sub-Saharan Africa . Women 's freedoms , as measured by seven relevant indicators in the index , are strongest or least repressed in Europe and North America and least protected in the Middle East and North Africa , South Asia , and sub-Saharan Africa . Countries in the top quartile of freedom enjoy a significantly higher per capita income ( $ 37,147 ) than those in other quartiles ; the per capita income in the least-free quartile is $ 8,700 . The HFI finds a strong correlation between human freedom and democracy . Hong Kong is an outlier in this regard . The findings in the HFI suggest that freedom plays an important role in human well-being , and they offer opportunities for further research into the complex ways in which freedom influences , and can be influenced by , political regimes , economic development , and the whole range of indicators of human well-being .",
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"text": "REAL Women of Canada REAL Women of Canada ( Vraies Femmes du Canada in French ) is a socially conservative advocacy group in Canada . The organization was founded in 1983 . REAL stands for `` Realistic , Equal , Active , for Life '' . The group believes that the nuclear family is the most important unit in Canadian society , and that the fragmentation of the Canadian family is a primary cause of social disorder . It lobbies the Government of Canada in favour of legislation to promote what it believes to be the Judeo-Christian model of family life , and to support homemaking . It is also opposed to feminism , abortion and LGBT rights ( and same-sex marriage in Canada as well ) . The group has intervened in Supreme Court of Canada cases such as R. v. Morgentaler ( 1993 ) and M. v. H. ( 1999 ) . In R. v. Sullivan ( 1991 ) it argued that a fetus is a person . Its objectives are , according to its website : To reaffirm that the family is society 's most important unit , since the nurturing of its members is best accomplished in the family setting . To promote the equality , advancement and well being of women , recognizing them as interdependent members of society , whether in the family , workplace or community . To promote , secure and defend legislation which upholds what it considers the Judeo-Christian understanding of marriage and family life . To support government and social policies that make homemaking possible for women who , out of necessity , would otherwise have to take employment outside the home . To support the right to life of all innocent individuals from conception to natural death . Part of their economic policies to help meet their objectives are increased tax relief for single-income families , families with children , and individuals with children . REAL Women is similar in political and social outlook to Phyllis Schlafly 's Eagle Forum and to Concerned Women for America in the United States . The organization has also heavily criticized individuals who have spoken out against Uganda 's criminalization of homosexual relations . On August 7 , 2013 , the group issued a statement criticizing Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird for speaking out on LGBT human rights issues in both Uganda and Russia as part of Canada 's foreign policy .",
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"text": "List of Canadian provinces and territories by population Canada is divided into ten provinces and three territories . The majority of Canada 's population is concentrated in the areas close to the Canada -- US border . Its four largest provinces by area ( Quebec , Ontario , British Columbia and Alberta ) are also ( with Quebec and Ontario switched in order ) its most populous ; together they account for 86 % of the country 's population . The territories ( the Northwest Territories , Nunavut and Yukon ) account for over a third of Canada 's area but are home to only 0.3 % of its population , which skews the national population density value . Canada 's population grew by 5.0 % between the 2006 and 2011 censuses . Except for New Brunswick , all territories and provinces increased in population from 2011 to 2016 . In terms of percent change , the fastest-growing province or territory was Nunavut with an increase of 12.7 % between 2011 and 2016 , followed by Alberta with 11.6 % growth . New Brunswick 's population decreased by 0.5 % between 2011 and 2016 . Canada 's population has increased every year since Confederation in 1867 : see List of population of Canada by years .",
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"text": "Societal security Societal security is a concept developed by the Copenhagen School of security studies that refers to ` the ability of a society to persist in its essential character under changing conditions and possible or actual threats ' . The end of the Cold War prompted scholars to rethink the paradigm of security independently from the state and the military . In Europe , the collapse of the Soviet Union led to the emergence of new states and sustained efforts to pursue the European Union ( EU ) integration . The new order called for a ( re ) conceptualisation of Europe and European security , which challenged classic understandings of security , as something that took place between states . The move towards an EU security was , thus , closely articulated around questions of EU identity , free movement of people and borders . The concept of societal security , developed by scholars associated with the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute , is situated within this context . Societal security relates to : `` the ability of a society to persist in its essential character under changing conditions and possible or actual threats . '' In ` Identity , Migration , and the New Security Agenda in Europe ' , Wæver notes the emergence of different conceptions of the nation-state , and further establishes a distinction between Western and Eastern Europe . In the West , a `` decoupling of state and nation '' takes place , as Member States , by seeking more integration , accept to relinquish some of their sovereignty . This move towards a `` post-sovereign '' nation-state is due to `` internationalisation and Europeanization '' processes , as international institutions assume increased influence over domestic affairs . Subsequently , communities , perceiving their identities to be threatened by this integration , can no longer call upon the state to protect them . A duality occurs between the security needs of the state and of society , where `` state security has sovereignty as its ultimate criterion , and societal security has identity '' . In the East , the emergence of new states , formed after the dismantlement of the Soviet Union , leads to more traditional attempts at merging the nation and the state ; thus , conflicts arise when the coupling can not be done ( i.e. Yugoslavia ) . In ` Security : a new framework for analysis ' , Buzan et al. formalise their broader understanding of security by introducing five sectors , each governed by `` distinctive characteristics and dynamics '' , and conceptualised around particular referent objects and actors ( i.e. military , environmental , economic , societal and political ) . Societal security is about the survival of a community as a cohesive unit ; its referent object is '' large scale collective identities that can function independent of the state . '' Societal insecurities arise when `` a society fears it would not be able to live as itself '' , and stem from : migration : the influx of people will `` overrun or dilute '' a group 's identity e.g. the need to define Britishness ; vertical competition : the integration of a group within a broader organisation e.g. euroscepticism with regards to EU integration , national-separatist claims ; and , horizontal competition : group is forced to integrate more influential identities within their own e.g. France 's cultural exception defending itself against American influences . Societal security is not tied to a territory , as is state security , e.g. Kurds , where security matters of state and society widely diverge and enter into conflict . Societal security in sociological viewpoint is : Regarding security as an `` independent phenomenon '' : So , societal security is n't threat , no opportunity . But it is a center and base , upon it the reliability and certainty of collective life could be gained . Rereading of security from `` social '' perspective : It means that security is based on collective life , the life of common people , instead of looking at differences and insisting on disagreement between groups and states that is key factor in determining threats and distinguish friend and foe . Viewing security as `` social phenomenon '' : Hence , societal security does n't need military weapons and soft power solutions . In other words , societal security does n't integrate with power and remain by converting links to social capitals . Finally , threats and opportunities could be considered as deterrent or impeller factors . So the final goal of societal security is comfort and understanding the beauty of collective life -- not an interest for government , not eliminating enemies , not confronting a threat for nation .",
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"text": "Canadian federal election, 1945 The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history . It was held June 11 , 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada . Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King 's Liberal government was re-elected to its third consecutive government , although this time with a minority government as the Liberals fell 5 seats short of a majority . Although the election officially resulted in a minority government , the election of eight `` Independent Liberal '' MPs , most of whom did not run as official Liberals because of their opposition to conscription ( see Conscription Crisis of 1944 ) , gave the King government an effective working majority in parliament . Most of the Independent Liberal MPs joined ( or re-joined ) the Liberal caucus following World War II when the conscription issue became moot . As King was defeated in his own riding of Prince Albert , fellow Liberal William MacDiarmid , who was re-elected in the safe seat of Glengarry , resigned so that a by-election could be held , which was subsequently won by King . The federal election was the first since the victory of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the Saskatchewan provincial election , and many predicted a major breakthrough for the CCF nationally . A Gallup poll from September 1943 showed the CCF with a one-point lead over both the Liberals and Conservatives . The party was expected to win 70 to 100 seats , possibly even enough to form a minority government . Despite the expectations , the party only won 28 seats . 1945 was also the first test of the newly named Progressive Conservatives . The Conservative Party had changed its name in 1942 when former Progressive Party Premier of Manitoba John Bracken became its leader . The party improved its standing in terms of number of seats compared to the old Conservative Party , but also recorded a reduced share of the popular vote ( indeed , the lowest in any election prior to 1993 ) and fell far short of challenging Liberal hegemony . A key issue in this election seems to have been electing a stable government . The Liberals urged voters to `` Return the Mackenzie King Government '' , and argued that only the Liberal Party had a `` preponderance of members in all nine provinces '' . Mackenzie King threatened to call a new election if he was not given a majority : `` We would have confusion to deal with at a time when the world will be in a very disturbed situation . The war in Europe is over , but unrest in the east is not over . '' The Progressive Conservatives tried to capitalize on the massive mid-campaign victory by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party in the 1945 Ontario provincial election . PC campaign ads exhorted voters to rally behind their party : `` Ontario shows ! Only Bracken can win ! '' , and suggesting that it would be impossible to form a majority government in the country without a plurality of seats in Ontario , which only the Tories could win . In the event , the Liberals fell just short of a majority even though they won only 34 seats in Ontario to the PCs ' 48 seats . Eight `` Independent Liberal '' MPs could be expected to support the government . Social welfare programs were also an issue in the campaign . Another Liberal slogan encouraged voters to `` Build a New Social Order '' by endorsing the Liberal platform , which included $ 750 million to provide land , jobs and business support for veterans ; $ 400 million of public spending to build housing ; $ 250 million for family allowances ; establishing an Industrial development Bank ; loans to farmers , floor prices for agricultural products ; tax reductions . Campaigning under the slogan , `` Work , Security , and Freedom for All -- with the CCF '' , the CCF promised to retain war-time taxes on high incomes and excess profits in order to fund social services , and to abolish the Canadian Senate . The CCF fought hard to prevent the support of labour from going to the Labor-Progressive Party ( i.e. , the Communist Party of Canada ) . The LPP , for its part , pointed out that the CCF 's refusal to enter into an electoral pact with the LPP had cost the CCF 100,000 votes in the Ontario election , and had given victory to the Ontario PCs . It urged voters to `` Make Labour a Partner in Government . '' The Social Credit Party of Canada tried , with modest success , to capitalize on the positive image of the Alberta Socred government of William Aberhart , asking voters , `` Good Government in Alberta -- Why Not at Ottawa ? '' . Referring to social credit monetary theories , the party encouraged voters to `` Vote for the National Dividend '' .",
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"text": "Foreign policy of the Stephen Harper government The Conservative Party Government of Canada led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper moved away from the multilateral and internationalist policies of the Liberal Party , and reduced Canada 's emphasis on the United Nations , which was seen as dominated by corrupt dictatorships . In parallel , Harper sought to strengthen cooperation with the US , particularly in the era of mass terrorism and instability . As part of this policy , his government continued and expanded Canada 's participation in the US-led anti-terror campaign in Afghanistan , which began following al Qaida 's mass attacks on September 11 , 2001 , and in the Iraq conflict that began under President George W. Bush in March 2003 . In addition , under the Harper governments and through the actions of Foreign Affairs Ministers Peter MacKay and John Baird , Canada developed a leadership position in developing a principled alternative to the United Nations , involving the participation of the world 's open and democratic countries .",
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"text": "History of freedom of religion in Canada Freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right in Canada , allowing believers the freedom to assemble and worship without limitation or interference , but it was not always so .",
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"text": "Canada (House of Commons) v Vaid Canada ( House of Commons ) v Vaid , -LSB- 2005 -RSB- 1 S.C.R. 667 , 2005 SCC 30 is the leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on parliamentary privilege . The Court developed a test for determining when a claim of parliamentary privilege can protect a legislative body or its members from legal scrutiny . Besides the parties to the case ( the House of Commons of Canada , Member of Parliament Gilbert Parent , Satnam Vaid , and the Canadian Human Rights Commission ) , the Court heard from the following interveners : the Attorney General of Canada , Senator Serge Joyal , Senator Mobina Jaffer , the Canadian Association of Professional Employees , the Communications , Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada , and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario .",
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"text": "LGBT rights in Canada Lesbian , gay , bisexual , and transgender ( LGBT ) rights in Canada are some of the most advanced in the Americas and in the world . During the British North American era , same-sex sexual activity between men was a capital crime and resulted in the death penalty , however , there is no surviving record of any executions and political figures were reluctant to enforce the law . The death penalty was eventually repealed and a broader law involving gross indecency between men was often enforced in the late 19th century . During the early to mid 20th-century , the law often portrayed homosexual men as sex offenders until the infamous court case of Everett George Klippert , who admitted to having sex with multiple men , resulted in his life imprisonment . Same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults was soon decriminalized in 1969 as a result of legislation introduced in 1967 , with then-Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Pierre Trudeau ( who eventually became the 15th Prime Minister of Canada ) famously commenting , `` There 's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation . '' Although same-sex couples began being granted domestic partnerships similar to that of married opposite-sex couples , same-sex marriage was already legalized in eight of ten provinces and one of three territories beginning in 2003 . On July 20 , 2005 , Canada became the first country outside Europe and the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide after the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act . Same-sex adoption has also been legal in all provinces and territories under varying rules . Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment , housing , and public and private accommodations is banned nationwide whilst discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression vary by province and territory . Transgender people are allowed to change their legal gender in all provinces and territories under varying rules . Under section 159 of the Criminal Code the age of consent for anal sex is currently unequal at 18 for both homosexuals and heterosexuals whilst oral sex and vaginal sex remains at 16 , which has been found discriminatory by many political figures , publications , provincial and federal courts . On November 15 , 2016 , the Minister of Justice , Jody Wilson-Raybould , introduced a bill to repeal section 159 of the Criminal Code . Canada has frequently been referred to as one of the most gay-friendly countries in the world , with Canada 's largest cities Toronto , Montreal , Vancouver and Ottawa featuring their own gay villages and being named among the most gay-friendly cities in the world . Recent polls have indicated that a large majority of Canadians support same-sex marriage .",
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"text": "Provinces and territories of Canada Canada 's geography is divided into administrative divisions known as provinces and territories that are responsible for delivery of sub-national governance . When Canada was formed in 1867 , three provinces of British North America -- New Brunswick , Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada ( which , on the formation of Canada , was divided into Ontario and Quebec ) -- were united to form a federated colony , which eventually became a sovereign nation in the next century . Over its history , Canada 's international borders have changed several times , and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories . The ten provinces are Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , New Brunswick , Newfoundland and Labrador , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward Island , Quebec , and Saskatchewan . Several of the provinces were former British colonies , and Quebec was originally a French colony , while others were added as Canada grew . The three territories are Northwest Territories , Nunavut , and Yukon , which govern the rest of the area of the former British North America . Together , the provinces and territories make up the world 's second-largest country by area . The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the Constitution Act , 1867 ( formerly called the British North America Act , 1867 ) , whereas territorial governments have powers delegated to them by the Parliament of Canada . The powers flowing from the Constitution Act are divided between the federal government and the provincial governments to exercise exclusively . A change to the division of powers between the federal government and the provinces requires a constitutional amendment , whereas a similar change affecting the territories can be performed unilaterally by the Parliament of Canada or government . In modern Canadian constitutional theory , the provinces are considered to be co-sovereign divisions and each province has its own `` Crown '' represented by the lieutenant governor . The territories are not sovereign , but simply part of the federal realm , and have a commissioner who represents the federal government . __ TOC __",
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"text": "Demographics of Ontario Ontario , one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada , is located in east-central Canada . It is Canada 's most populous province by a large margin , accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians , and is the second-largest province in total area . Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included . It is home to the nation 's capital city , Ottawa , and the nation 's most populous city , Toronto .",
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"text": "Human rights in Latvia Human rights in Latvia are generally respected by the government , according to the US Department of State and Freedom House . Latvia is ranked above-average among the world 's sovereign states in democracy , press freedom , privacy and human development . The country has a large ethnic Russian community , which has basic rights guaranteed under the constitution and international human rights laws ratified by the Latvian government . However , human rights organisations have reported multiple problems . Especially non-citizens -- including stateless persons -- suffer from limited or no access to a broad range of rights . Also there were problems with police abuse of detainees and arrestees , poor prison conditions and overcrowding , judicial corruption , discrimination against women , incidents of violence against ethnic minorities , and societal violence and incidents of government discrimination against homosexuals .",
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"text": "Canada v Schmidt Canada v Schmidt , -LSB- 1987 -RSB- 1 S.C.R. 500 , is a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on the applicability of fundamental justice under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on extradition . While fundamental justice in Canada included a variety of legal protections , the Court found that in considering the punishments one might face when extradited to another country , only those that `` shock the conscience '' would breach fundamental justice .",
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"text": "Canada–Latin America relations Canada -- Latin America relations are relations between Canada and Latin America . This includes the bilateral ties between Canada and the individual Latin American states , plurilateral ties between Canada and any group of those states , or multilateral relations through groups like the Organization of American States ( OAS ) . Canada and Latin America share ties of geography as part of the Western Hemisphere and history through the shared experience of European colonization . Culturally , Canada shares with the other American societies a mixture of European , indigenous American , and immigrant influences . Parts of Canada are majority-French speaking , and since French is a `` Latin '' language , Canada ( or more often Quebec ) is sometimes considered an honorary part of Latin America . However , Latin Americans may also group Canadians with United States citizens as norteamericanos or gringos . For both Canadians and Latin Americans the importance of relations with the United States may overshadow relations with each other . However Canada 's importance in the region has risen since joining the OAS in 1990 .",
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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": "List of Prime Ministers of Canada by languages spoken The politics of language has been a key issue in Canada since the founding of the country in 1867 . The choice of a party leader is greatly influenced by language proficiency , as is electability with the public . All Canadian prime ministers have spoken either French or English , some both , but only a few were fluently bilingual , and few have spoken any other language . All prime ministers have had one of English or French as their mother tongue with the possible exceptions of Sir John A. Macdonald and Alexander Mackenzie , who may have spoken Scottish Gaelic or Lowland Scots as their first language . The two official languages of the Parliament of Canada have been English and French since 1867 under the British North America Act ; however , few members of parliament have historically been able to debate in their second language , and simultaneous translation was not introduced until the 1960s , making for two largely separate groups of legislators debating the same issues in two different languages . Furthermore the language of administration was almost solely English before the 1969 Official Languages Act . Speaking English has always been necessary to become prime minister as the majority of any parliamentary caucus large enough to form government has always been made up of unilingual Anglophones , not to mention the voting public . Not being able to speak French has not always been considered a sufficient handicap to prevent one from becoming prime minister , however . All Anglophone Canadian prime ministers have had ministers in their cabinet that represented the provincial interests of Quebec and spoke the French language , known as Quebec lieutenants . This tradition began before Confederation in the old United Province in Canada , which was usually jointly governed by two `` co-premiers '' , one from Canada West ( Ontario ) and one from Canada East ( Quebec ) . It was extended into Confederation via Macdonald 's partnership with George-Étienne Cartier and has continued down to the present day . Since rise of Quebec nationalism ( following the Quiet Revolution -LSB- circa 1960-1966 -RSB- ) , and especially the introduction of official bilingualism in the Official Languages Act in 1969 and its entrenchment in the Constitution of 1982 , Canadian prime ministers ( and party leaders as potential prime ministers ) have been expected to be functionally bilingual by convention . An important factor in this trend has been the creation of the televised leaders ' debates , which are held in separately in French and English . The parties feel the need to have a leader who can at least participate in both debates , even if they can not win them both . The need to speak both languages is also seen as symbol of Canada 's identity as a linguistic duality , but also as a practical political matter , as the prime minister is seen as a leader of the federalist camp opposed to Quebec separatism and must be able to fight for the `` hearts and minds '' of Quebecers in their native language .",
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"text": "The Emoji Movie The Emoji Movie is an upcoming 2017 American 3D computer-animated buddy adventure comedy film written and directed by Tony Leondis and co-written by Eric Siegel and Mike White . It will star the voices of T.J. Miller , Anna Faris , James Corden , Patrick Stewart , Maya Rudolph , Steven Wright , Rob Riggle , Jennifer Coolidge , Jake T. Austin , Sofia Vergara , and Christina Aguilera . Produced by Sony Pictures Animation , the film is scheduled to be released on July 28 , 2017 , by Columbia Pictures .",
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"text": "Love Live! The School Idol Movie is a 2015 Japanese animated youth school music film . The film is part of the Love Live ! franchise by Sunrise , Lantis and Dengeki G 's Magazine , taking place after the second season of the 2013-2014 anime television series . The film was directed by Takahiko Kyōgoku , written by Jukki Hanada , produced by Sunrise , and distributed by Shochiku . The film was released in Japan on June 13 , 2015 and licensed in North America by NIS America . The film was the 9th highest-grossing Japanese film of the year in Japan with and was nominated for Animation of the Year at the 39th Japan Academy Prize .",
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"text": "Romance Out of the Blue Romance Out of the Blue is a 2015 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Ning Ying . The film was released on October 23 , 2015 .",
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"text": "27th Golden Rooster Awards The 27th Golden Rooster Awards was an award ceremony honoring the best Chinese language films of 2008-2009 . The award ceremony was held in Jiangxi , Nanjing .",
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"text": "Your Name (album) is Radwimps 's eighth album and the soundtrack for the 2016 Japanese animated film Your Name . It was # 1 on Oricon 's weekly album rankings on September 5 , 2016 , with 58,000 copies sold . It received a digital download album certification of Gold from the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 100,000 . The vocal tracks were re-recorded in English and became available digitally on January 27 , 2017 , with a CD release date of March 10 , 2017 .",
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"text": "August (2008 film) August is a 2008 American drama film directed by Austin Chick and presented by 57th & Irving . The screenplay by Howard A. Rodman focuses on two brothers , ambitious dot-com entrepreneurs attempting to keep their company afloat as the stock market begins to collapse in August 2001 , one month prior to the 9/11 attacks . The film premiered as an official selection of the Spectrum section at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival .",
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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": "Buddies in India Buddies in India is a 2017 Chinese action adventure comedy film directed by comedian and actor Wang Baoqiang , in his directorial debut , and also starring Wang . It was released in China by Tianjin Maoyan Media , Beijing Enlight Pictures and Huaxia Film Distribution on January 28 , 2017 .",
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"text": "Kōdai-ke no Hitobito (film) is an upcoming Japanese romantic comedy film directed by , written by and starring Haruka Ayase and Takumi Saito . The film is based on the manga series of the same name by . It is scheduled for release in Japan by Toho on June 4 , 2016 .",
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"text": "Film à clef A film à clef or film à clé ( -LSB- film ‿ a kle -RSB- , French for `` film with a key '' ) , is a film describing real life , behind a façade of fiction . `` Key '' in this context means a table one can use to swap out the names . It is the film equivalent of the literary roman à clef .",
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"text": "Love Story (novel) Love Story is a 1970 romance novel by American writer Erich Segal . The book 's origins lay in a screenplay that Segal wrote , and that was subsequently approved for production by Paramount Pictures . Paramount requested that Segal adapt the story into novel form as a preview of sorts for the film . The novel was released on February 14 , 1970 , Valentine 's Day . Portions of the story originally appeared in The Ladies ' Home Journal . Love Story became the top-selling work of fiction for all of 1970 in the United States , and was translated into more than 20 languages . The novel stayed for 41 weeks in The New York Times Best Seller list , reaching the top spot . A sequel , Oliver 's Story , was published in 1977 . The film ( Love Story ) was released on December 16 , 1970 .",
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"text": "Lang Tong Lang Tong ( ; literally : `` Good Soup '' ) is a 2014 Singaporean erotic thriller directed by Sam Loh . It stars William Lawandi , Angeline Yap , and Vivienne Tseng . Yap and Tseng play sisters involved in a love triangle with a serial womanizer , played by Lawandi . It premiered uncut in December 2014 at the Singapore International Film Festival and was released in Singapore on March 5 , 2015 . It caused some controversy in Singapore over its graphic sex scenes , three minutes of which were cut for its theatrical release .",
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"text": "I Do (2010 film) I Do is a 2010 Filipino romantic comedy film produced and released by Star Cinema . The film was released in the Philippines on September 29 , 2010 .",
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"text": "Kawaii is the quality of cuteness in the context of Japanese culture . It has become a prominent aspect of Japanese popular culture , entertainment , clothing , food , toys , personal appearance , behavior , and mannerisms . The word kawaii originally derives from the phrase -LSB- : wikt : 顔映し , 顔映し -RSB- kao hayushi , which literally means '' ( one 's ) face ( is ) aglow , '' commonly used to refer to flushing or blushing of the face . The second morpheme is cognate with - bayu in mabayui ( 眩い or 目映い ) `` dazzling ; glaring , blinding , too bright '' ( ma - is from 目 me `` eye '' ) . Over time , the meaning changed into the modern meaning of `` cute '' , and the pronunciation changed to かわゆい kawayui and then to the modern かわいい kawaii . It is most commonly written in hiragana , かわいい , but the ateji , 可愛い , has also been appended . The kanji in the ateji literally translates to `` able to be loved , can/may love , lovable . ''",
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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": "Loups=Garous is a 2010 animated science fiction film . It was directed by Junichi Fujisaku and produced by Production I.G and TransArts . The movie was released on August 28 , 2010 . Features music by the rock band SCANDAL , who are also featured in the film as cameos . It is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and in United Kingdom by Manga UK . It is available for purchase on DVD and Blu-ray .",
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"text": "List of animated feature films of 2017 A list of animated feature films that will be released in 2017 .",
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Estella Warren is American.
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"text": "Estella Warren Estella Dawn Warren ( born December 23 , 1978 ) is a Canadian actress , fashion model , and former synchronized swimmer . During her swimming career she was a member of the Canadian national team and won three national titles . Since 1994 she has been modeling through publications such as Sports Illustrated as well as working for campaigns for such brands as Perry Ellis and Victoria 's Secret . She later began a career as an actress , starring in such films as Tim Burton 's 2001 re-adapted film Planet of the Apes as well as television roles in Law & Order , Law & Order : Special Victims Unit and Beauty and the Beast .",
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"text": "Warren Shepell Warren Shepell is a Canadian psychologist and human resources consultant who advocated for and founded companies which provided employee assistance programs ( EAPs ) in Canadian workplaces .",
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"text": "Eleanor Warren Eleanor Warren may refer to : Eleanor Clark ( 1913 -- 1996 ) , American writer who married Robert Penn Warren Eleanor Warren ( cellist ) ( 1919 -- 2005 ) , British cellist and music producer",
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"text": "Warren Zapol Dr. Warren M. Zapol is an American anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Reginald Jenney Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School , and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1985 .",
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"text": "Warren Farrell Warren Thomas Farrell ( born June 26 , 1943 ) is an American educator , activist and author of seven books on men 's and women 's issues . Farrell came to prominence in the 1970s , championing the cause of second wave feminism , and serving on the New York City Board of the National Organization for Women ( NOW ) . Although today he is generally considered `` the father of the men 's movement , '' he advocates that `` there should be neither a women 's movement blaming men , nor a men 's movement blaming women , but a gender liberation movement freeing both sexes from the rigid roles of the past toward more flexible roles for their future . '' His books cover ten fields : History , Law , Sociology and Politics ( The Myth of Male Power ) ; couples ' communication ( Women Ca n't Hear What Men Do n't Say , and Father and Child Reunion ) ; Economic and Career issues ( Why Men Earn More ) ; child psychology and child custody ( Father and Child Reunion ) ; and teenage to adult psychology and socialization ( Why Men Are The Way They Are and The Liberated Man ) . All of his books are related to men 's and women 's studies , with a forthcoming 2017 publication called The Boy Crisis .",
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"text": "Warren Lee (pianist) Warren Wai On Lee is a Hong Kong-born pianist , Steinway Artist , an artist of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra , composer and a music educator . He was awarded the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award ( Hong Kong ) in 2012 and elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2015 in recognition of his achievements in the performing arts and contribution to the community . At the age of six , he made his début with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra . Following his Macau début with the Macau Chamber Orchestra at the age of ten , the South China Morning Post wrote , `` Warren Lee 's performance bore out the insight ... that exceptional artists are not so much people to be praised as phenomena to be treasured , bearers of a power altogether greater than the poor vessels that contain it . '' He went on to become the first prize winner of the 1995 Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition and the Grand Prix Ivo Pogorelich . In 2000 , he graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and Yale School of Music with the highest of honors . As a music educator , he released in 2008 his educational CD album , `` From Bach To Gershwin : A Musical Journey '' ( Universal Music Hong Kong 480102-0 ) . The Audio Land Magazine calls it a `` rare successful album that Hong Kong can be proud of . '' He has also been appointed a Guest Professor by the Central Conservatory of Music EOS Orchestra Academy and an Honorary Artist-in-Residence by the Hong Kong Institute of Education . He is also co-currently serving as the Music Director of his alma mater , St. Paul 's Co-educational College in Hong Kong . His latest recording `` Ebony and Ivory '' ( 2013 ) , with clarinetist Andrew Simon on Naxos garnered no fewer than nine favourable reviews worldwide . The Fanfare Magazine calls it `` a winner '' . As a composer , his choral works are published by Pavane Publishing ( USA ) , Profiri & Horvath ( Germany ) ; and his series of Piano Sight-reading Method is due for release by Brio Music Press ( Hong Kong ) . His a cappella choral work , `` House Rules '' won the Second Prize of the Gianni Bergamo Awards in 2013 in Switzerland . Warren Lee also holds a MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and is elected to the Beta Gamma Sigma . As a renowned pianist , Warren was hailed by critics as a pianist :",
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"text": "Paris Warren Paris Jazz Warren ( born September 6 , 1982 ) is a former American football wide receiver . He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft . He played college football at Utah . Warren has also been a member of the Dallas Cowboys , New Orleans Saints , Florida Tuskers .",
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"text": "Barbara Leigh Barbara Leigh ( born Barbara Ann Kish ; November 16 , 1946 ) is a former American actress and fashion model . Her breakthrough role came in 1972 with the film Junior Bonner , which she starred alongside her then-boyfriend Steve McQueen . She later became the first model to wear the Vampirella costume on the cover of the original Warren Vampirella magazine , # 67 ( March 1975 ) .",
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"text": "Richard Warren (musician) Richard Daniel Warren ( born 3 June 1973 in Sutton-in-Ashfield ) is an English musician , songwriter and producer . Warren signed his first record deal with Heavenly Records at the height of Britpop in 1996 , as one third of The Hybirds . In 1999 when the band split , he branched out on his own and away from guitar-led pop , signing to Mute Records as Echoboy after Daniel Miller heard his releases on Earworm Records following his self-released 12 '' Flashlegs ( Suite ) . Warren went on to release several self-produced solo albums on Mute as well as Giraffe , which was produced by Flood , and having put together a band he toured extensively with , amongst others , Elastica , Add N to ( X ) and Broadcast . Both Echoboy and The Hybirds performed several sessions for John Peel 's radio show . Warren is also known for producing and remixing other artists ( see below ) . In 2003 he was asked by Jason Pierce to play bass guitar in Spiritualized , with whom he toured throughout 2003-05 . He also played bass on and co-engineered the band 's 2008 album Songs in A&E . In 2005/06 , Warren released a set of five limited edition 7 '' singles under the pseudonym Modlang . During 2005-09 he played guitar with both Starsailor and Soulsavers with Mark Lanegan , playing guitar on the 2009 Starsailor album All the Plans and on the Soulsavers albums It 's Not How Far You Fall , It 's the Way You Land and Broken . He also co-wrote two of the songs on Broken . In 2008 Warren formed The Cold Light of Day , releasing the limited edition EP Flesh and Blood in April 2009 . In October 2009 he left The Cold Light of Day to pursue other projects and released a solo album Laments in July 2010 , which made it into the NME 's '50 best albums of the year so far ' list . His next album , The Wayfarer , was released on 17 October 2011 . An alternative ` stripped down ' mix of the album was issued as a cover-mount on the autumn double edition ( no. 78/79 ) of Bucketfull of Brains and nine short films containing these ` stripped down ' mixes were made to accompany the album . Jarvis Cocker said on his BBC Radio 6 Music radio show ( 1 Jan 2012 ) , that The Wayfarer was ` one of my fave albums that came out last year ' . Warren 's third solo album Rich Black Earth was released on 4 November 2013 . During 2014 Warren worked on a project called Kings of the South Seas with Ben Nicholls ( Dennis Hopper Choppers , The Full English ( folk music archive ) ) and Evan Jenkins ( Neil Cowley Trio ) . The album Kings of the South Seas was released on 17 Nov 2014 . He also played guitar with Samantha Crain on some of her UK shows during the summer of 2014 . Warren is currently in the studio writing and recording his next solo album .",
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"text": "Warren Noble (inventor) Warren Noble ( 1885 -- 1950 ) was a British-born American automotive engineer and inventor , the inventor of an electric stove .",
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"text": "David Warren (director) David Warren is an American theatre and television director .",
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"text": "Cuts Both Ways Cuts Both Ways is the debut solo album by American recording artist Gloria Estefan and final album with Miami Sound Machine , as they would become her backup band for her solo career after its release . Although Estefan 's name is on the front cover , the album credits Estefan and Miami Sound Machine ( as with the previous album , Let It Loose ) . In some Spanish-speaking territories , the album was titled Doblemente Herida .",
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"text": "Warren Littlefield Warren W. Littlefield ( born May 11 , 1952 , Montclair , New Jersey ) is an American television executive . He graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva , New York , and was awarded a BA in Psychology .",
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"text": "Dick Estell Dick Estell ( April 11 , 1926 -- May 6 , 2016 ) was an American radio personality . He was the host and producer of The Radio Reader , a serial public radio program in which the host reads aloud from contemporary novels . The program was carried on public broadcasting stations in the United States .",
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"text": "Warren Wiegratz Warren Wiegratz is a saxophonist who has been named Reed/Brass Instrumentalist of the Year by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards ( WAMI ) eleven times . Wiegratz is proficient on eight instruments and has been featured in the Saxophone Journal , The Leblanc Bell , and the Roland Users Group magazines . Currently Wiegratz is the leader of the Milwaukee band , Streetlife . ( Streetlife is currently the house band for the Milwaukee Bucks . ) Wiegratz was a member of Sweetbottom , with Daryl Stuermer , in 1978 and 79 . He formed the smooth jazz group Oceans , which recorded two nationally-released albums , Second Chance ( Pro-Jazz ) and Ridin ' the Tide ( Pro-Jazz ) . He has performed at major jazz festivals across the United States . Wiegratz has performed and recorded with countless renowned national and international artists , including Phil Collins , George Duke , Al Dimeola , Lenny White , The Temptations , Gladys Knight & the Pips , The Supremes , Steve Smith , Jaco Pastorius , Wayman Tisdale , Andy Kim , Lyle Mays , Spencer Brewer , Chris Spheeris , Michael Jones , and Sigmund Snopek III .",
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"text": "Michael Warren (artist) Michael Warren ( born 1938 , sometimes called Mike ) is an English artist , known for painting birds . He has designed several series of commemorative postage stamps and book jackets , as well as publishing books of his own work . His works have also featured on the cover of the RSPB 's Birds magazine . He is a member of the Society of Wildlife Artists and the Artists for Nature Foundation .",
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"text": "Chris Warren Jr. Chris Warren Jr. ( born January 15 , 1990 ) is an American actor who 's best known as Zeke Baylor in the High School Musical franchise .",
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"text": "Warren Klein Warren Klein is an American musician , best known for being a guitarist in The Stooges in spring of 1973 , as a founding member & lead guitarist of The Factory with Lowell George ( produced by Frank Zappa ) , and as a member of The Fraternity of Man ( Do n't Bogart Me ) . He also played in the band ` Road ' with Noel Redding , the band ` Tarantula ' , and founded groups ` The Emergency ' , ` Tornado ' , ` Lazer ' ( the original ) , and ` The Wolves ' . He studied Indian Classical music and was accepted as a disciple of Ravi Shankar at the Kinnara School of Indian Music in Los Angeles . At Ravi 's request , he composed and played the music over the montage of stills in the Academy Award-winning movie Charly .",
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"text": "The Standards The Standards is a studio album by Cuban-American recording artist Gloria Estefan . The singer 's first English-language album since 2011 's Miss Little Havana , and her twenty-seventh overall , it was released on September 10 , 2013 on Sony Masterworks . The album features a selection of covers of traditional pop standards from the Great American Songbook . The album was nominated in the category of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for the 56th Grammy Awards .",
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"text": "Warren Turner Warren Turner is a pioneering American gasser drag racer . Driving a Chrysler-powered Allard , he won NHRA 's first ever A/SP national title at Great Bend , Kansas in 1955 . His winning speed was 104.89 mph . ( His elapsed time was not recorded or has not been preserved . )",
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"text": "Warren Hellman F. Warren Hellman ( July 25 , 1934 -- December 18 , 2011 ) was an American private equity investor and co-founder of Hellman & Friedman , a multibillion-dollar private equity firm . Hellman also co-founded Hellman , Ferri Investment Associates , today known as Matrix Partners . He started and funded the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival . Hellman died on December 18 , 2011 of complications from his treatment for leukemia .",
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Caryn Mandabach produced That '80s Show.
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"text": "Caryn Mandabach Caryn Mandabach is an American television producer . Caryn Mandabach produced ground-breaking US hits including The Cosby Show , Roseanne , A Different World ( 1990 -- 1993 ) , Grace Under Fire ( 1993 -- 1998 ) , Cybill ( 1995 -- 1998 ) , 3rd Rock from the Sun ( 1997 -- 2001 ) , That '80s Show ( 2002 ) , That '70s Show ( 1998 -- 2004 ) , and Grounded for Life ( 2001 -- 2005 ) . Most recently she executive produced Nurse Jackie , with Linda Wallem and Liz Brixius , a half-hour dark comedy about a `` flawed '' emergency room nurse in a New York City hospital , starring Edie Falco . Mandabach currently operates TV production companies on both sides of the Atlantic , where she is actively developing both drama and comedy series for BBC , including the BBC2 period drama Peaky Blinders , Channel 4 , and HBO . Mandabach has won an Emmy award and has also been honoured by The Producer 's Guild , Women in Film and the Hollywood Radio and Television Society among others .",
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"text": "Monty (TV series) Monty is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from January 11 to February 15 , 1994 . The series starred Henry Winkler as Monty Richardson , a loud , obnoxious conservative TV commentator . Richardson had also written a best-selling book titled I 'm Right . I 'm Right . I 'm Right . Shut Up . The series also starred Tom McGowan as his executive producer and David Schwimmer as his left-leaning son . Monty hoped to capitalize on the same family dynamic that made the television show All in the Family a success in the 1970s . However , the show was canceled after six episodes .",
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"text": "Katy Garretson Kathleen `` Katy '' Garretson ( born May 15 , 1963 in Nuremburg , Germany ) is American television director and producer .",
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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": "Soul Man (TV series) Soul Man is an American sitcom starring Dan Aykroyd that aired on ABC from April 15 , 1997 to May 26 , 1998 . A total of 25 half-hour episodes were produced over two seasons . The series premiered on April 15 , 1997 , and was picked up for a second season of 22 half-hour episodes after only three episodes aired for the first season . Despite ranking 29th in its 2nd and final season , it ended on May 26 , 1998 , with 25 half-hour episodes produced in total . A four-year-old Spencer Breslin made his TV debut and was a series regular for the three-episode-long 1997 first season , in which he played the youngest child of Aykroyd . The theme song was `` Soul Man '' written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter . Aykroyd was closely associated with the song , having released a hit single of it in 1979 with his band The Blues Brothers .",
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"text": "Cashmere Mafia Cashmere Mafia is an American drama television series which ran on ABC from January 6 , 2008 to February 20 , 2008 . The series was created by Kevin Wade , who also served as executive producer alongside Darren Star , Gail Katz , Jeff Rake and Michael Pressman , with Susie Fitzgerald co-executive producing . Peyton Reed directed the pilot . ABC decided not to renew the series for a second season .",
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"text": "20th Television Twentieth Television ( or 20TV , stylized as 20th Television ) is an American television syndication studio and the syndication arm of 20th Century Fox Television itself a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox .",
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"text": "Gilda Live Gilda Live is a 1980 American comedy documentary film starring Gilda Radner , directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Lorne Michaels . Radner and Michaels and all of the writers involved with the production were alumni from the television program Saturday Night Live .",
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"text": "America's Top 10 America 's Top 10 ( commonly abbreviated to AT10 ) was a television program of music hits based on the Billboard Hot 100 , with the exception of the last season in 1992 which used the Radio and Records chart . It aired in syndication by Gold Key Media from 1980 -- 1982 and by All American Television from 1982-1992 . The show was hosted by Casey Kasem , the host of American Top 40 and Casey 's Top 40 , until 1991 . After that point , the show was hosted by Siedah Garrett and then Tommy Puett ; Kasem later returned as host until he closed down the show in 1992 to focus on launching `` Casey 's Countdown , '' an adult contemporary music spinoff of Casey 's Top 40 . From around 1987 onwards , the show was also transmitted by various regions of ITV in the United Kingdom , where it was often broadcast as part of the network 's then-new overnight service . Charlie Tuna served as announcer , and Syd Vinnedge was producer .",
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"text": "That '80s Show That '80s Show is an American sitcom that aired from January through May 2002 . Despite having a similar name , show structure , and many of the same writers and production staff , it is not considered a direct-sequel of the more successful That '70s Show . The characters and story lines from both shows never crossed paths . Although the main character , Corey Howard ( Glenn Howerton ) , is designed as Eric Forman 's ( Topher Grace ) cousin , the show itself was a separate decade-based show created because of That '70s Show '' 's popularity at the time . The show was set in 1984 and revolved around the lives of a group of friends living in San Diego , California . It debuted January 23 , 2002 , and the final episode aired May 29 , 2002 . Its regular time slot was on Wednesday nights at 8:00 / 7:00 Central on the Fox Network , although a few shows were aired on different nights . Its main time slot competitors were ABC 's My Wife and Kids , CBS 's 60 Minutes II , and NBC 's Ed '' . All 13 episodes , which were filmed at CBS Studio Center , aired at least once .",
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"text": "CBS Evening News The CBS Evening News is the flagship evening television news program of CBS News , the news division of the CBS television network in the United States . The program has been broadcast since May 3 , 1948 under the original title CBS Television News , eventually adopting its current title in 1963 . From June 6 , 2011 to May 30 , 2017 , the weekday editions of the program were anchored by Scott Pelley . As of May 31 , 2017 , the program is anchored by Anthony Mason on an interim basis . Previous anchors have included Douglas Edwards , Walter Cronkite , Dan Rather , Connie Chung , Bob Schieffer , and Katie Couric . Weekend editions of the CBS Evening News weekends began in February 1966 . On May 2 , 2016 , CBS announced that the weekend editions would be rebranded , effective May 7 , as the CBS Weekend News , whose Saturday and Sunday editions are anchored by Reena Ninan and Elaine Quijano respectively . The weekend editions draw from the resources of CBSN , the digital news channel where Ninan and Quijano also serve as anchors . The CBS Evening News airs live at 6:30 pm in the Eastern and 5:30 pm in the Central Time Zones , and are tape delayed for the Mountain Time Zone . A separate `` Western Edition '' , featuring updated segments to provide coverage of breaking news stories , airs pre-recorded at 5:30 pm in the Pacific Time Zone and on tape delay in the Alaska and Hawaii -- Aleutian Time Zones .",
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"text": "The CBS Late Movie The CBS Late Movie is a CBS television series ( later known as CBS Late Night ) during the 1970s and 1980s . The program ran in most American television markets from 11:30 p.m. ( EST ) until 2:30 a.m. or later , on weeknights . A single announcer ( in the early years , CBS staff announcer Norm Stevens ) voiced the introduction and commercial bumpers for each program , but there was no host per se , or closing credits besides those of the night 's presentation . ( The bumpers announcing the stars of the movie notably rotated names , two or three at a time , so more of the players would be mentioned . ) The program was launched following the cancellation of The Merv Griffin Show , CBS 's late-night talk show from 1969 to 1972 . The show went on to have a long run in first-run syndication following CBS 's cancellation . The CBS Late Movie theme music was `` So Old , So Young '' by Morton Stevens , which also served as the theme music for CBS 's prime-time movies until 1978 . A memorable aspect to the show 's commercial breaks was the frequent appearance of public service announcements , from the Ad Council and other organizations , that often dealt with `` mature '' topics such as venereal disease , sexual and violent crimes , and abuse of hard drugs . Announcements also ran in much greater proportion than during prime time , with commercial breaks lasting longer ; it was not uncommon for the second portion of the show to start at 12:05 AM or 12:40 AM . The CBS Late Night block , however , was not always cleared by every affiliate of the network ; in several markets , the block was either delayed by one hour from its regularly-scheduled time ( most notably in the Central and Mountain time zones ) , picked up by a local independent station ( including those that later affiliated with the Fox television network ) , or not seen at all in certain cities . Those stations that did not carry CBS Late Night instead broadcast movies from their own libraries and/or their own lineup of off-network syndicated sitcoms , drama reruns and first-run syndication products . A large factor in the programming decisions of many CBS affiliates electing not to clear CBS Late Night ( or delaying it ) was due to head-to-head competition with NBC 's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson , and later entering the 1980s , ABC News ' Nightline . It was not until 1993 , when the Late Show with David Letterman debuted , that CBS ' late night programming ( excluding Nightwatch/Up to the Minute ) was cleared across the entire network .",
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"text": "Working It Out Working It Out is an American sitcom starring Jane Curtin and Stephen Collins that aired on NBC from August 22 to December 12 , 1990 . The series was created and executive produced by Bill Persky .",
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"text": "Paramount Television Network The Paramount Television Network ( PTN ) was a venture by American film corporation Paramount Pictures to organize a television network in the late 1940s . The company built television stations KTLA in Los Angeles and WBKB in Chicago ; it also invested US$ 400,000 in the DuMont Television Network , which operated stations WABD in New York City , WTTG in Washington , D.C. , and WDTV in Pittsburgh . Escalating disputes between Paramount and DuMont concerning breaches of contract , company control , and network competition erupted regularly between 1940 and 1956 , and culminated in the dismantling of the DuMont Network . Television historian Timothy White called the clash between the two companies `` one of the most unfortunate and dramatic episodes in the early history of the television industry . '' The Paramount Television Network aired several programs , including the Emmy Award-winning children 's series Time for Beany . Filmed in Hollywood , the programs were distributed to an ad-hoc network of stations across the United States . The network signed affiliation agreements with more than 50 television stations in 1950 ; despite this , most of Paramount 's series were not widely viewed outside the West Coast . The Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) , which filed suit against Paramount for anti-trust violations , prevented the studio from acquiring additional television stations . Paramount executives eventually gave up on the idea of a television network , and continued to produce series for other networks . In 1995 , after four decades of television production for other companies , Paramount re-entered the broadcast network field when the company and Chris-Craft Industries launched the United Paramount Network ( UPN ) , a television network that operated until 2006 . Paramount 's television division is now owned by CBS Television Studios .",
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"text": "Drew Live `` Drew Live '' is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the American sitcom The Drew Carey Show , and the 109th overall . The episode 's plot focuses on Drew ( Drew Carey ) trying to stop his friend , Kate ( Christa Miller ) , from pursuing a relationship with a mystery guy , as Drew is in love with her . However , Drew is unaware that he is stopping Kate from pursuing him . Meanwhile , Drew 's brother Steve ( John Carroll Lynch ) and his fiancée Mimi Bobeck ( Kathy Kinney ) hold a joint bachelor and bachelorette party . The episode was written by Clay Graham and directed by Gerry Cohen . It first aired on November 10 , 1999 on the ABC network in the United States . Executive producer and series co-creator , Bruce Helford came up with the idea for `` Drew Live '' after seeing medical drama ER '' 's live episode in 1997 . To make `` Drew Live '' stand out , two-minute improvisational segments , where the cast had to invent their own lines , were added in during filming . The cast and crew performed the episode live three times for the Eastern , Mountain and Pacific time zones . It was shot on tape and broadcast with a small delay . Several regulars from Whose Line Is It Anyway ? made guest appearances . `` Drew Live '' was seen by an estimated 12 million viewers , finishing inside the Top 20 in the ratings for the week of November 8 -- 14 , 1999 . It was the third highest-rated show on ABC that week and the most watched episode of The Drew Carey Show in 44 weeks . It received mixed reviews from critics , with The Boston Globe 's Matthew Gilbert calling it `` gimmicky '' and `` a smug mess . '' While David Bianculli from the Daily News '' branded it `` a hoot '' and thought Cohen `` captured the action perfectly '' .",
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"text": "The Eighties (miniseries) The Eighties is a documentary miniseries which premiered on CNN on March 31 , 2016 . Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman 's studio Playtone , it serves as a follow-up to the predecessors The Sixties , and The Seventies with a 7-part series chronicling events and popular culture of the United States during the 1980s . In May 2016 , CNN greenlit an 8-part follow-up titled The Nineties .",
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"text": "What's Happening!! What 's Happening !! is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5 , 1976 , to April 28 , 1979 . The show premiered as a summer series . With good ratings and reviews , and after the failure of several other shows on the network , What 's Happening !! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series . It remained a regular show until 1979 ; ratings were modest . What 's Happening !! was loosely based on the Eric Monte-penned film Cooley High . From 1985 to 1988 , a sequel series called What 's Happening Now !! aired in first-run syndication , with most of the major cast members reprising their roles . What 's Happening !! was Bud Yorkin 's second series after he ended his partnership with Norman Lear in Tandem Productions . The show was produced by TOY Productions , which was formed by Yorkin , Saul Turtletaub , and Bernie Orenstein after the split .",
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"text": "Martin Cohan Martin Paul `` Marty '' Cohan ( July 4 , 1932 -- May 19 , 2010 ) was an American television producer and writer . Cohan co-created the sitcom , Who 's the Boss ? , which aired on ABC from 1984 until 1992 , with business partner , Blake Hunter . Cohan is also credited with creating Silver Spoons , which ran on NBC from 1982 to 1987 and launched the career of actor Rick Schroder .",
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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": "The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from November 8 , 1980 to September 18 , 1982 . The program contained segments of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo and Richie Rich . The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo shorts represents the sixth show in which Scooby-Doo appears . This was the only Hanna-Barbera package series for which Scooby-Doo was given second billing and also notable for Richie Rich 's debut in animation .",
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"text": "Every Woman Every Woman is a syndicated television series produced by Entertainment Studios and created by Byron Allen . The series has aired since 2000 . Heidi Klum made a guest appearance on the show in 2011 .",
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"text": "Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( -LSB- ˈhɪləri_daɪˈæn_ˈrɒdəm_ˈklɪntən -RSB- born October 26 , 1947 ) is an American politician who was the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013 , U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009 , First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 , and the Democratic Party 's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election . Born in Chicago , Illinois , and raised in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge , Clinton graduated from Wellesley College in 1969 , and earned a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973 . After serving as a congressional legal counsel , she moved to Arkansas and married Bill Clinton in 1975 . In 1977 , she co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families . She was appointed the first female chair of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978 and became the first female partner at Rose Law Firm the following year . As First Lady of Arkansas , she led a task force whose recommendations helped reform Arkansas 's public schools . As First Lady of the United States , Clinton was an advocate for gender equality and healthcare reform . Her relationship with her husband came under public speculation during the Lewinsky scandal , forcing her to issue a statement reaffirming her commitment to the marriage . Clinton was elected in 2000 as the first female senator from New York . She was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 . Running for president in 2008 , she won far more delegates than any previous female candidate , but lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama . As Secretary of State in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013 , Clinton responded to the Arab Spring , during which she advocated the U.S. military intervention in Libya . She helped organize a diplomatic isolation and international sanctions regime against Iran , in an effort to force curtailment of that country 's nuclear program ; this would eventually lead to the multinational Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement in 2015 . Leaving office after Obama 's first term , she wrote her fifth book and undertook speaking engagements . Clinton made a second presidential run in 2016 . She received the most votes and primary delegates in the 2016 Democratic primaries , and formally accepted her party 's nomination for President of the United States on July 28 , 2016 with vice presidential running mate Senator Tim Kaine . She became the first female candidate to be nominated for president by a major U.S. political party . Despite winning a plurality of the national popular vote , Clinton lost the Electoral College and the presidency to her Republican opponent Donald Trump . Following her loss , in 2017 she decided to focus on being a self-described `` activist citizen '' .",
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"text": "National Defense Authorization Act The National Defense Authorization Act ( NDAA ) is a United States federal law specifying the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense . Each year 's act also includes other provisions . The U.S. Congress oversees the defense budget primarily through two yearly bills : the National Defense Authorization Act and defense appropriations bills . The authorization bill determines the agencies responsible for defense , establishes funding levels , and sets the policies under which money will be spent .",
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"text": "Doe v. Bush Doe v. Bush , 323 F. 3d 133 ( 1st Cir . 2003 ) , was a court case challenging the constitutionality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq . The case was dismissed , since the plaintiffs failed `` to raise a sufficiently clear constitutional issue . '' The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 was challenged by `` a coalition of U.S. soldiers , parents of U.S. soldiers , and members of Congress '' prior to the invasion to stop it from happening . They claimed that an invasion of Iraq would be illegal . Judge Lynch wrote of their argument , `` They base this argument on two theories . They argue that Congress and the President are in collision -- that the President is about to act in violation of the October Resolution . They also argue that Congress and the President are in collusion -- that Congress has handed over to the President its exclusive power to declare war . '' The case was dismissed on February 24 , 2003 by Judge Joseph Tauro of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts . The petitioners appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit . On March 13 , a three-judge panel affirmed the decision to dismiss the complaint . The opinion was written by Judge Sandra Lea Lynch : An extreme case might arise , for example , if Congress gave absolute discretion to the President to start a war at his or her will ... Plaintiffs ' objection to the October Resolution does not , of course , involve any such claim . Nor does it involve a situation where the President acts without any apparent congressional authorization , or against congressional opposition ... To the contrary , Congress has been deeply involved in significant debate , activity , and authorization connected to our relations with Iraq for over a decade , under three different presidents of both major political parties , and during periods when each party has controlled Congress . Lynch also cited Massachusetts v. Laird 451 F. 2d 26 ( 1st Cir . 1971 ) , which similarly found that the Vietnam War was constitutional . Lynch concluded that the Judiciary could not intervene , because there was not a fully developed conflict between the President and Congress at that time . On March 17 , the plaintiffs filed for a rehearing . Their petition was denied the next day . Iraq was invaded on March 20 .",
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"text": "United States presidential election, 2016 The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 8 , 2016 . The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Virginia Tim Kaine . Trump took office as the 45th President , and Pence as the 48th Vice President , on January 20 , 2017 . Concurrent with the presidential election , Senate , House , and many gubernatorial and state and local elections were also held on November 8 . Voters selected members of the Electoral College in each state , in most cases by `` winner-takes-all '' plurality ; those state electors in turn voted for a new president and vice president on December 19 , 2016 . While Clinton received about million more votes nationwide , a margin of % , Trump won 30 states worth a total of 306 electors , or 57 % of the 538 available . He won the perennial swing states of Florida , North Carolina , Ohio , and Iowa , as well as Clinton 's `` blue wall '' states of Michigan , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , which had been Democratic strongholds in presidential elections for decades . Leading up to the election , a Trump victory was considered unlikely by almost all media forecasts . In the Electoral College vote on December 19 , seven electors voted against their pledged candidates : two against Trump and five against Clinton . A further three electors attempted to vote against Clinton but were replaced or forced to vote again . Ultimately , Trump received 304 electoral votes and Clinton garnered 227 , while Colin Powell won three , and John Kasich , Ron Paul , Bernie Sanders , and Faith Spotted Eagle each received one . Trump is the fifth person in U.S. history to become president while losing the nationwide popular vote . He is the first president without any prior experience in public service or the military , as well as the wealthiest and the oldest at inauguration , while Clinton was the first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major party and the first woman to win the popular vote . This was the first time since the 1984 re-election of Ronald Reagan that Wisconsin voted for a Republican , and the first time since 1988 that the Republican nominee won the states of Pennsylvania and Michigan , as well as Maine 's second congressional district . It was also the first time since the 1828 election of Andrew Jackson that an electoral vote split occurred in Maine . On January 6 , 2017 , the United States government 's intelligence agencies concluded that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 United States elections . A joint U.S. intelligence review stated with high confidence that `` Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election . Russia 's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process , denigrate Secretary Clinton , and harm her electability and potential presidency . '' Investigations about potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials were started by the FBI , the Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Intelligence Committee . Donald Trump has criticized these conclusions by citing a lack of evidence , calling it a `` hoax '' and `` fake news , '' stating in a tweet : `` The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax , when will this taxpayer funded charade end ? ''",
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"text": "Mutual Defense Assistance Act The Mutual Defense Assistance Act was a United States Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman on 6 October 1949 . For US Foreign policy , it was the first U.S. military foreign aid legislation of the Cold War era , and initially to Europe . The Act followed Truman 's signing of the Economic Cooperation Act ( the Marshall Plan ) , on April 3 , 1948 , which provided non-military , economic reconstruction and development aid to Europe . The Act was reauthorized in 1950 , but in 1951 , it and the Economic Cooperation Act were succeeded by the Mutual Security Act , and its newly created independent agency , the Mutual Security Administration , to supervise all foreign aid programs , including both military assistance programs and non-military , economic assistance programs that bolstered the defense capability of U.S. allies . About the same time , the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 , also known or referred to as the Battle Act , ( 65 Stat . 644 ; 22 U.S.C. 1611 et seq. ) was also passed ; it banned U.S. assistance to countries doing business with the Soviet Union and was so-named after its sponsor , Representative Laurie C. Battle of Alabama . Strong motivation for this ` control ' act also came from export control concerns , following their tightening by the Export control Act of 1949 over Soviet advances ; export controls were used for both domestic policy and later as an instrument of foreign policy . This is exemplified by the restrictions on export of certain strategic or military items to the Soviet bloc or to other countries which it felt , if permitted , would be detrimental to the foreign policy program of the US . This latter motive became so strong that it brought legislation directing the President to enlist the cooperation of other nations in enacting controls on trade with the Soviet block to parallel those of the United States . The benefits of the various economic and military aid programs were to be withheld from non-cooperating nations . The act covered a wide range of materials needed for the production of weapons , and was especially focused on anything that could aid atomic weapons research and construction . As the Cold War developed , these acts were part of the American policy of containment of Communism . They importantly provided defense assistance to any ally that might be attacked by the Soviet Union or one of its allies , while other programs provided non-military economic assistance . In Asia the programs expanded with the newly established Maoist People 's Republic of China , and other areas , with the development of specific country missions , including ones in Austria ( 1947 -- 50 ) , China ( 1946 -- 48 ) , Ireland ( 1948 -- 51 ) , and Trieste ( 1947 -- 52 ) .",
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"text": "United States Army Security Assistance Command The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command ( USASAC ) -- `` The Army 's Face to the World '' , implements Army security assistance programs , including Foreign Military Sales ( FMS ) of defense articles and services to eligible foreign governments . For example the USASAC helped provide the Iraq with weapons and ammunition , including Hellfire missiles after it requested them to respond to the increased violence in the country . The USASAC is also responsible for life cycle management of FMS cases , from pre-letter of request , development , execution and closure . Each sale to overseas customers comprise the same `` total package '' of quality material , spare parts , training , publications , technical documentation , maintenance support and other services that AMC provides to Army units . The command manages about 4,600 FMS cases valued at more than $ 134 billion . In addition , USASAC is responsible for Army security assistance information management and financial policy , and provides logistics guidance to the Army security assistance community . Today , the Command is increasingly responding to support of U.S. government emergency assistance , humanitarian relief , and Operations Other Than War , including United Nations peacekeeping operations . USASAC 's motto is `` Strength in Cooperation . '' Security assistance is a national program administered by the State Department . In conjunction with the White House , Congress , and the Treasury Department , military security assistance programs are executed by the Department of Defense ( DOD ) . Security assistance promotes regional stability , deters aggression , maintains alliances , and disseminates democratic values between the United States and its allies . In carrying out the Army security assistance mission , USASAC calls on all AMC Life Cycle Management Commands , as well as other Department of Defense agencies and U.S. industry for support . USASAC is responsible for life cycle management of FMS cases , from development to execution , financial management , accounting , and settlement . Each sale of equipment to overseas customers comprises the same `` total package '' of quality materiel , spare parts , training , publications , technical documentation , maintenance support , and other services that AMC provides to U.S. Army units . Currently , USASAC is actively engaged in the `` train and equip '' mission in both Iraq and Afghanistan as well as provides support to 21 coalition partners . It was anticipated that sales in 2008 would exceed $ 15 billion . USASAC , which traces its origins to the Army 's technical service era , was designated a major subordinate command ( MSC ) of the U.S. Army Materiel Command in 1975 .",
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"text": "Strategic Defense Initiative The Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ) was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons ( intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles ) . The system , which was to combine ground-based units and orbital deployment platforms , was first publicly announced by President Ronald Reagan on March 23 , 1983 . The initiative focused on strategic defense rather than the prior strategic offense doctrine of mutual assured destruction ( MAD ) . The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization ( SDIO ) was set up in 1984 within the United States Department of Defense to oversee the Strategic Defense Initiative . Reagan was a vocal critic of MAD doctrine . SDI was an important part of his defense policy intended to end MAD as a nuclear deterrence strategy , as well as a strategic initiative to neutralize the military component of the Soviet Union 's nuclear defenses . The ambitious initiative was criticized for allegedly threatening to destabilize the MAD-approach and to possibly re-ignite `` an offensive arms race '' . SDI was nicknamed largely in the mainstream media as `` Star Wars '' , after the popular 1977 film by George Lucas . In 1987 , the American Physical Society concluded that a global shield such as `` Star Wars '' was extremely ambitious and with existing technology not directly feasible for operational status , and that about ten more years of research was needed to learn about such a comprehensive and complex system to set up and make it fully operational . Under the SDIO 's Innovative Sciences and Technology Office , headed by physicist and engineer Dr. James Ionson , the investment was predominantly made in basic research at national laboratories , universities , and in industry ; these programs have continued to be key sources of funding for top research scientists in the fields of high-energy physics , supercomputing/computation , advanced materials , and many other critical science and engineering disciplines -- funding which indirectly supports other research work by top scientists , and which was most politically viable to fund within the budget environment . Laser research funded by the SDI office was disclosed at laser conferences that also included panel discussions on the subject with the participation of James Ionson , Edward Teller , and other prominent advocates of SDI . During the administration of President Bill Clinton in 1993 , the SDIO 's name was changed to the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization ( BMDO ) and its focus shifted from national missile defense to theater missile defense ; and its scope from global to more regional coverage . It was never truly developed or deployed , though certain aspects of SDI research and technologies paved the way for some anti-ballistic missile systems of today . BMDO was renamed to the Missile Defense Agency in 2002 . This article covers defense efforts under the SDIO . Today , the United States holds a significant advantage in the field of comprehensive advanced missile defense systems through years of extensive research and testing . The US and the UK also have both laser weapons and 360 degree laser shields in development , which are expected to be ready for military use as early as 2020 . Many of the obtained technological insights were transferred to subsequent programs and would find use in follow-up programs .",
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"text": "Opposition to the war in Afghanistan (2001–2014) Opposition to the Afghanistan war stems from numerous factors , including the view that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was illegal under international law and constituted an unjustified aggression , the view that the continued military presence constitutes a foreign military occupation , the view that the war does little to prevent terrorism but increases its likelihood , and views on the involvement of geo-political and corporate interests . Also giving rise to opposition to the war are civilian casualties , the cost to taxpayers , the length of the war to date , and the estimates by many that it could last for many more decades .",
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"text": "War Stories with Oliver North War Stories was a military history program on Fox News . Hosted by Oliver North , of Iran -- Contra affair infamy , the program covered a number of different stories relating to war and national defense , featuring individuals who were directly involved with the topic covered in the episode . Each episode focused on one of three areas : A particular noteworthy individual , such as George Patton or Douglas MacArthur A particular battle , such as the Battle of Hamburger Hill A segment devoted to a specific topic , such as the use of animals in the military or the Huey The episodes were often based on current events ; the episode which aired August 6 , 2006 featured the history of Fidel Castro 's rise to power ( in light of Castro 's temporary relinquishment of power ) while the prior week 's episode centered on Hezbollah . North ends the episode with the tagline , `` his/hers/theirs is a war story , that deserves to be told '' . As of January 3 , 2015 , War Stores with Oliver North is aired on the weekends from 8-11 p.m. ET on Fox Business Network . A new episode of War Stories with Oliver North was aired on Friday , March 25 , 2016 . The episode was titled War Stories : Fighting ISIS .",
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"text": "A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq is a 36-page plan created by a group of United States Democratic congressional candidates , retired military officers and national security professionals that outlines policy measures ( consisting of bills currently before the United States Congress ) that the candidates pledged to support in the 2008 elections . The plan 's stated proposals with respect to Iraq are : drawing down U.S. military involvement in Iraq , development of a permanent nation-building capability in the Department of State , a large infusion of foreign aid into Iraq , a transfer of responsibility to the international community through dialogue , addressing refugee issues , creation of an independent war crimes commission , and funding of education to improve the status of women . With respect to American domestic politics , the proposals are to ban Presidential signing statements , require treatment in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and habeas corpus rights for all prisoners , allow potential surveillance targets to sue the government pre-emptively for injunctive relief , prohibit rendition , increase benefits for veterans , reduce defense contracting , and address energy issues .",
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"text": "Iraq Liberation Act The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 is a United States Congressional statement of policy stating that `` It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq ... '' It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton , and states that it is the policy of the United States to support democratic movements within Iraq . The Act was cited in October 2002 to argue for the authorization of military force against the Iraqi government . The bill was sponsored by Representative Benjamin A. Gilman ( Republican , NY-20 ) and co-sponsored by Representative Christopher Cox ( Republican , CA-47 ) . The bill was introduced as on September 29 , 1998 . The House of Representatives passed the bill 360 - 38 on October 5 , and the Senate passed it with unanimous consent two days later . President Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act into law on October 31 , 1998 .",
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"text": "Peta Lindsay Peta Lindsay ( born 1984 ) is an American anti-war activist . She was a presidential nominee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in the 2012 U.S. presidential election .",
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"text": "H.R. 2527 (113th Congress) is a bill that would extend a United States Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA ) program of counseling and care and services for veterans for sexual trauma that occurred during active duty or active duty for training to veterans who experienced such trauma during inactive duty training . The bill would alter current law , which allows access to such counseling only to active duty members of the military , so that members of the Reserves and National Guard would be eligible . The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress .",
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"text": "1996 State of the Union Address The 1996 State of the Union address was given by President Bill Clinton to a joint session of the 104th United States Congress on January 23 , 1996 . The speech was the last State of the Union address of President Clinton 's first term . This speech occurred shortly after the federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996 which had resulted from disagreements on the 1996 United States federal budget . President Clinton discussed the economy and declared that `` the era of big government is over , '' and continued , `` but we can not go back to the time when our citizens were left to fend for themselves . We must go forward as one America , one nation working together , to meet the challenges we face together . Self-reliance and teamwork are not opposing virtues -- we must have both . '' The president discussed welfare reform , the V-chip , education , community policing , crime and the environment . The president also discussed foreign relations and the federal budget . The Republican Party response was delivered by Senator Bob Dole of Kansas . He stated that '' -LSB- President Clinton -RSB- is the chief obstacle to a balanced budget and the balanced budget amendment ... . While the President 's words speak of change , his deeds are a contradiction . President Clinton claims to embrace the future while clinging to the policies of the past . '' Donna Shalala , the Secretary of Health and Human Services , served as the designated survivor .",
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"text": "War resistance in the United States War resistance in the United States encompasses activities related to war resistance by American citizens and other who oppose military action on the part of the United States . This includes opposition to , and evasion of , military duty . Such resistance may originate from pacifism or antimilitarism , generally , and may include registration as a conscientious objector to military service , draft dodging , or desertion . Alternativelty , it may be directed towards specific military actions , as with opposition to the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War , opposition to the Iraq War , and the post -- September 11 anti-war movement .",
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"text": "Bill Clinton presidential campaign Bill Clinton , the 42nd President of the United States , has successfully run for president twice : * Bill Clinton presidential campaign , 1992 Bill Clinton presidential campaign , 1996",
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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": "Military humanism Military humanism is the use of force and violence to further a humanitarian cause . Although it can easily be disputed whether or not furthering a humanitarian cause is the real intention behind such an action , the theoretical descriptive guideline still applies . The U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) intervention in the Balkans is the most well-known case , and brought the term to prominence . The concept is most widely explored in Noam Chomsky 's book The New Military Humanism : Lessons from Kosovo ( 1999 ) in which he argues that NATO 's 1999 bombing of Kosovo was not conducted for humanitarian reasons but to further the military hegemony of western democratic powers such as the United States .",
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"text": "Clinton Lake (Illinois) Clinton Lake is a 4900 acre reservoir located near Clinton , Illinois . The lake is a part of the Clinton Lake State Recreation Area , which encompasses 9300 acre . Clinton Lake is located in the central part of the state . It was built in the 1970s as a cooling source for Clinton Nuclear Generating Station . The lake opened in 1978 . Clinton Lake is one of the best lakes for catfish , and other gamefish . Boating power is unrestricted on the main body of the lake , and the upper arm of the lake is reserved as a no-wake area and some limited areas are reserved for electric trolling motors . There are six boat launches on the lake , as well as one canoe launch . There is also a 1000 ft long white sand beach on the lake . Other activities at Clinton Lake include camping , boating , swimming , water skiing , fishing , hiking trails , pickniking , hunting , and winter sports . The various access and public use areas around Clinton Lake are collectively known as Clinton Lake State Recreation Area . Although fishing and other water sport activities have been the main attraction at this site , a diversity of other recreational activities are provided as well . Hunting ( by permit only ) , camping , picknicking , hiking and cross country ski facilities are also available . Snowmobiling is allowed if conditions are favorable . Horse owners may also make use of an equestrian trail . Clinton Lake is less than a 4-hour drive from Chicago and St. Louis . It is approximately 30 miles from , and centrally located between , the cities of Champaign , Bloomington , Decatur and Lincoln . Access from the north or south is facilitated by Interstates 57 and 55 as well as U.S. 51 , which passes within 10 miles of the lake . Interstates 72 and 74 provide access from the east or west . Illinois Route 10 , 54 and 48 provide a direct route to the lake . The sport fish community of Clinton Lake is composed of fishes common to central Illinois reservoirs : largemouth bass , bluegill , white crappie , black crappie , channel catfish , bullheads , flathead catfish , walleye , striped bass and hybrid striped bass . The Marina is located on the south shoreline of the Salt Creek area of Clinton Lake , between the towns of Lane and Weldon , and is accessible from Illinois Route 10 or DeWitt County Highway 14 . ( Information taken from the `` Illinois Department of Natural Resource 's CLINTON LAKE ACCESS AREAS AND FISHING GUIDE '' by Gary Lutterbie , March 2006 )",
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"text": "Operation Barrel Roll Operation Barrel Roll was a covert U.S. Air Force 2nd Air Division ( later the Seventh Air Force ) and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 , interdiction and close air support campaign conducted in the Kingdom of Laos between 14 December 1964 and 29 March 1973 concurrent with the Vietnam War . The original purpose of the operation was to serve as a signal to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam ( North Vietnam ) to cease its support for the insurgency then taking place in the Republic of Vietnam ( South Vietnam ) . This action was taken within Laos due to the location of North Vietnam 's expanding logistical corridor known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail ( the Truong Son Road to the North Vietnamese ) , which ran from southwestern North Vietnam , through southeastern Laos , and into South Vietnam . The campaign then centered on the interdiction of that logistical system . Beginning during the same time frame ( and expanding throughout the conflict ) the operation became increasingly involved in providing close air support missions for Royal Lao Armed Forces , CIA-backed tribal mercenaries , and Thai Volunteer Defense Corps in a covert ground war in northern and northeastern Laos . Barrel Roll and the `` Secret Army '' attempted to stem an increasing tide of People 's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) and Pathet Lao offensives . Barrel Roll was one of the most closely held secrets and one of the most unknown components of the American military commitment in Southeast Asia . Due to the ostensible neutrality of Laos , guaranteed by the Geneva Conference of 1954 and 1962 , both the U.S. and North Vietnam strove to maintain the secrecy of their operations and only slowly escalated military actions there . As much as both parties would have liked to have publicized their enemy 's own alleged violation of the accords , both had more to gain by keeping their own roles quiet . Regardless , by the end of the conflict in 1975 , Laos emerged from nine years of war just as devastated as any of the other Asian participants in the Vietnam War .",
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"text": "GLIFAA GLIFAA ( formerly Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies ) is the officially recognized organization representing lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender etc. ( LGBT + ) personnel and their families in the United States Department of State , U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) , Foreign Commercial Service , Foreign Agricultural Service , and other agencies and entities working in foreign affairs in the U.S. Government . The acronym comes from its original name , Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies . As of 2014 , the organization goes by GLIFAA and uses the slogan `` LGBT + pride in foreign affairs agencies '' to underscore its inclusive composition . GLIFAA was founded in 1992 by fewer than a dozen employees who faced official harassment and potential loss of their jobs simply because of their sexual orientation . The organization has grown to hundreds of Foreign Service , Civil Service , and contract personnel and their families serving in Washington , throughout the U.S. , and at U.S. embassies and missions around the world . Members also include retirees and straight allies in government agencies , while other supporters are affiliate members . Among other accomplishments , GLIFAA succeeded in pressing for the issuance of a non-discrimination policy by Secretary of State Warren Christopher in 1993 , and worked with the U.S. Administration , the management of government agencies , and other employee associations to eliminate barriers for obtaining security clearances and create and implement non-discrimination policies with regard to entry and employment in the U.S. Foreign Service and Civil Service . In addition , the organization worked to improve the situation for the partners of LGBT U.S. Foreign Service personnel serving overseas . GLIFAA met with Secretaries of State Colin Powell , Condoleezza Rice , and Hillary Clinton .",
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"text": "Andorra Andorra ( -LSB- ænˈdɔ : rə -RSB- -LSB- ənˈdorə -RSB- , -LSB- anˈdɔra -RSB- ) , officially the Principality of Andorra ( Principat d'Andorra ) , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra ( -LSB- Principat de les Valls d'Andorra , links = no -RSB- ) , is a sovereign landlocked microstate in Southwestern Europe , located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France . Created under a charter in 988 , the present principality was formed in 1278 . It is known as a principality as it is a diarchy headed by two Co-Princes the Roman Catholic Bishop of Urgell in Spain , and the President of France . Andorra is the sixth-smallest nation in Europe , having an area of 468 km2 ( 181 sq mi ) and a population of approximately 85,000 . Its capital Andorra la Vella is the highest capital city in Europe , at an elevation of 1,023 m above sea level . The official language is Catalan , although Spanish , Portuguese , and French are also commonly spoken . Andorra 's tourism services an estimated 10.2 million visitors annually . It is not a member of the European Union , but the euro is the official currency . It has been a member of the United Nations since 1993 . In 2013 , the people of Andorra had the highest life expectancy in the world at 81 years , according to The Lancet .",
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"text": "Molina de Aragón Molina de Aragón is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara , Castile-La Mancha , Spain . According to the 2009 census ( INE ) , the municipality has a population of 3,671 inhabitants . It holds the record ( − 28 ° C ) for the lowest temperature measured by a meteorological station in Spain . It was the seat of the taifa of Molina , a Moorish independent state , before it was reconquered by the Christians of Alfonso I of Aragon in 1129 . On 21 April 1154 Manrique Pérez de Lara issued a sweeping fuero to the town of Molina , which he was building into a semi-independent fief . He and his descendants claimed to rule Molina Dei gratia ( `` by the grace of God '' ) .",
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"text": "Andorra Televisió Andorra Televisió ( -LSB- ənˈdorə təɫəβiziˈo -RSB- , -LSB- anˈdɔra teleβiziˈo -RSB- ) is an Andorran public TV channel , owned and run by Ràdio i Televisió d'Andorra .",
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"text": "Economy of Costa Rica The economy of Costa Rica it is very stable and has evolved from an economy that depended solely on tourism , agriculture , to one more diverse , based on electronics exports , medical manufacturing and IT services . According to a study conducted by ADEN Business School ( which included 18 other countries in the region ) , Costa Rica is the fourth most competitive country in Latin America in 2012 and is part of a block of countries rated as having a `` very good competitive level , with advances and developments in infrastructure , technology and macroeconomic stability '' . The nation scored a 71.8 out of 100 on a study which measured competitiveness based on 10 criteria . Compared to the 2011 rank , Costa Rica went up by one position ( from 5th to 4th ) . The CIA World Factbook states that Costa Rica 's Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) per capita is US$ 12,900 ( 2013 est. ) ; the reported GDP summed in 2012 to US$ 45.1 bn with a population of 4,805,000 . The World Bank General Government Public Sector Debt ( PSDGG ) statistics showed a linear rise from US$ 8bn in 2009 to US$ 18bn in 2014 , which translates to a growth rate of 12 % . The Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos is charged with measuring other economic performance measures . Poverty has remained around 15-20 % for nearly 20 years , and the strong social safety net that had been put into place by the government has eroded due to increased financial constraints on government expenditures . According to the CIA World Factbook , foreign investors remain attracted by the country 's political stability and relatively high education levels , as well as the incentives offered in the free-trade zones . Costa Rica has attracted one of the highest levels of foreign direct investment per capita in Latin America . However , many business impediments remain such as high levels of bureaucracy , legal uncertainty due to overlapping and at times conflicting responsibilities between agencies , difficulty of enforcing contracts , and weak investor protection . Inflation rose to 22.5 % in 1995 , dropped to 11.1 % in 1997 , 12 % in 1998 , 11 % in 1999 and 13 % in 2008 . Measures taken by the Central Bank have reduced inflation substantially to 4.3 % in 2009 , and a projected 5.8 % for 2010 . Curbing inflation , reducing the deficit , and improving public sector efficiency through an anti-corruption drive , remain key challenges to the government . Previous political resistance to privatization had stalled liberalization efforts . However , after the signing of CAFTA , Costa Rica is now open to competition with its Central American partners in its insurance and telecommunications markets . Costa Rica 's economy emerged from recession in 1997 and has shown strong aggregate growth since then . After 6.2 % growth in 1997 , GDP grew a substantial 8.3 % in 1999 , led by exports . Costa Rica had a US$ 6.64 bn trade deficit in 2013 , on exports of US$ 11.48 bn and imports of US$ 18.13 bn . Hybrid electronic circuits was the leading durable export category in 2013 , followed by pineapple , banana , medical equipment , medical bioproducts , and coffee , juices , prosthetics , and surgery tools ; these categories added up to over 50 % of exports . Miscellaneous circuits including telephones and miscellaneous petroleum products added to just under 25 % of imports . The strength in the nontraditional export and tourism sector is masking a relatively lackluster performance by traditional sectors , including agriculture . The central government deficit decreased to 3.2 % of GDP in 1999 , down from 3.3 % from the year before . On a consolidated basis , including Central Bank losses and parastatal enterprise profits , the public sector deficit was 2.3 % of GDP . Costa Rica had a formal line of credit with the World Bank valued at US$ 947M in April 2014 , of which US$ 645M had been accessed and US$ 600M remained outstanding .",
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"docid": "66becfad164ad779ee52c704075b421b",
"text": "Spanish general election, 2016 The 2016 Spanish general election was held on Sunday , 26 June 2016 , to elect the 12th Cortes Generales of the Kingdom of Spain . All 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies were up for election , as well as 208 of 266 seats in the Senate . No party had secured a majority in the 2015 election , resulting in the most fragmented parliament since 1977 . Ensuing negotiations failed to produce a stable governing coalition , paving the way for a repeat election on 26 June . The political deadlock marked the first time that a Spanish election was triggered due to failure in the government formation process . Ahead of the election , Podemos and United Left ( IU ) joined forces to form the Unidos Podemos alliance , along with several other minor left-wing parties . Opinion polling going into the election predicted a growing polarisation between this alliance and the People 's Party ( PP ) , which would be fighting to maintain first place nationally . In the end , the alliance suffered a surprise decline in votes and vote share compared to the previous election , while the PP increased its number of votes and seats . The Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , while clinging on to second place , kept losing votes and seats and scored a new historical low . Albert Rivera 's Citizens ( C 's ) suffered from the electoral system and fell to 32 seats . Voter turnout was the lowest since the transition to democracy in 1975 , as just 66.5 % of the electorate cast a ballot . Overall , a potential PP -- C 's bloc secured 6 more seats than before , but remained short of an overall majority . With the political deadlock settling in , commentators suggested that a new , third election could be eventually needed . Electoral setbacks for the PSOE in the Basque and Galician regional elections held on 25 September 2016 unleashed a party crisis which led to Pedro Sánchez 's ouster as leader on 1 October . An interim party leadership was appointed , which chose to abstain to allow government formation and prevent a third general election . As a result , Mariano Rajoy was re-elected as Prime Minister for a second term in office on 29 October amid public outcry and protest at PSOE 's U-turn , which was also met with opposition from within the party -- 15 MPs eventually not complying with the party 's directive and voting against Rajoy nonetheless .",
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"text": "Stateless nation Stateless nation is a political term for ethnic/national minority that does not possess its own state and is not the majority population in any nation state . The term implies that the group `` should have '' such a state . Members of stateless ethnic groups may be citizens/nationals of the country in which they live , or they may be denied citizenship by that country . Stateless nations are usually not represented as a nation in international sports such as FIFA , Olympics or in international communities such as the United Nations . Nations without state are classified as fourth world nations . Some of the stateless nations have a great heritage and a long tradition of statehood in the past and some were always a stateless nation , which was dominated by another nation for a large part of its history . Stateless nations either are dispersed across a number of states ( for example , the Yoruba people are found in the African states of Nigeria , Benin and Togo ) or form the native population of a province within a larger state ( such as the Uyghur people in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region within the People 's Republic of China ) . Some stateless nations historically had a state , which was absorbed by another ; for example , Tibet 's declaration of independence in 1913 was not recognized , and it was invaded in 1951 by the People 's Republic of China which claims that Tibet is an integral part of China , while the Tibetan government-in-exile maintains that Tibet is an independent state under unlawful occupation . Some ethnic groups were once a stateless nation that later became a nation state ( for example , the nations of the Balkans such as the Croats , Serbs , Bosniaks , Slovenes , Montenegrins , Kosovars and Macedonians were once part of a multinational state of Yugoslavia . Since the breakup of Yugoslavia many nation states were formed ) . Stateless nations can have large population . For example , The Tamils are a stateless nation in South Asia with a population of more than 70 million . They form one of the largest ethnic groups in South India . Governments may respond differently on stateless nations in their states . For example , the suppression of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka led to one of the longest and most violent separatist conflict between 1983 and 2009 . However , a similar ethnic conflict was absent among Tamils in India during this period , because they were peacefully integrated into the federal structure of India . Multiple stateless nations can reside in the same region . For example , Catalans , Basques , Aragonese , Galicians , Asturians , Valencians , Andalusians in Iberian Peninsula or the Brahui , Santhals and Balochs in South Asia . The Romani people are another stateless people . They may be a special case being distributed among numerous countries with no clear homeland ; as a traditionally `` nomadic '' people , the Romani/Roma are a classical `` stateless nation '' without aspiration to sovereign territory . As not all states are nation states , there are a number of ethnic groups who live in a multinational state without being considered `` stateless nations '' .",
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"text": "Eduard Verhagen Eduard Verhagen is an attorney and the medical director of the department of pediatrics at the University Medical Center Groningen ( UMCG ) . He is mainly known for his involvement in infant euthanasia in the Netherlands . Euthanasia is legal for patients over the age of 12 in the Netherlands . Verhagen , who studied both law and medicine , worked out a protocol with prosecutors and doctors in 2002 for infant euthanasia cases . This Groningen Protocol requires that the parents and teams of physicians and social workers agree that further treatment is futile . After a waiting period of several days , during which the parents can think over the decision and say goodbye , euthanasia is performed . The case records are subsequently turned over to the prosecutor 's office . If this protocol is followed , prosecutors will refrain from pressing charges . In July 2005 , this protocol was introduced nationwide in the Netherlands . In 2005 , the New England Journal of Medicine published an article by Verhagen and his colleague Pieter Sauer outlining their protocol and documenting 22 cases of infant euthanasia that had been reported to the authorities between 1997 and 2004 , with four of them occurring under Verhagen 's supervision at his hospital . Verhagen and Sauer said the essay was intended to address `` blood-chilling accounts and misunderstandings . '' As his motive , Verhagen states that he believes euthanasia to be justified in cases of unbearable suffering , and that it is an important decision that should only happen as the result of an open and honest discussion among the involved parties , rather than as a lone decision of a doctor who is afraid of the consequences . However , the Groningen Protocol is extremely controversial . Among others , Dr Rob de Jong openly questions the criteria used in the Groningen protocol , especially `` unbearable suffering '' and the `` expected quality of life '' in a critical appraisal . Another important argument against the Groningen protocol is that the 22 cases described are all children with spina bifida , which is not considered a lethal disability . Erick Kodish has also harshly criticized the protocol and its premises in an article published in The Lancet where he has concluded inviting to resistance by means of civil desobidience against the medical institutionalization of infanticide .",
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"text": "Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley The Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley ( Vall del Madriu-Perafita-Claror ) is a glacial valley in the southeast of Andorra . It covers an area of 42.47 km ² , approximately 9 % of the total area of Andorra , and is part of the second largest watershed basin in Andorra . The isolated valley is recognised as a haven for rare or endangered wildlife , and the undeveloped valley has recently been considered to be the `` spiritual heart '' of Andorra . It became Andorra 's first , and to date its only , UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004 , with a small extension in 2006 .",
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"text": "European Parliament election, 2014 (Gibraltar) The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar is a part of the European Parliament constituency combined region of South West England and Gibraltar . For elections to the European Parliament in 2014 , the vote in the region took place on 22 May 2014 , with the results announced on 25 May 2014 . On the previous two occasions Gibraltar has participated in European elections , the Conservative Party had topped the poll . The Liberal Democrats won the popular vote in the territory for the first time . They were the only party which included a Gibraltar resident on their list of candidates , Lyana Armstrong-Emery of the Liberal Party of Gibraltar . The result was notable as one of only four counting areas in which the Liberal Democrats topped the poll , the others being South Lakeland in Cumbria and Orkney and Shetland in Scotland . Despite the result in Gibraltar , the Liberal Democrat vote fell across the South West region ( and the whole of the UK ) , and the sitting Liberal Democrat MEP , Graham Watson , described as a `` stalwart '' and `` advocate '' of Gibraltar , lost his seat .",
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"text": "Human rights in Tibet Human rights in Tibet is a contentious issue . According to a 1992 Amnesty International report , judicial standards in China , including in Tibet , were not up to `` international standards '' . The report charged the Chinese Communist Party government with keeping political prisoners and prisoners of conscience , including the death penalty in its penal code , ill-treatment of detainees and inaction in the face of ill-treatment of detainees , including torture , the use of the death penalty , extrajudicial executions , forced abortions and sterilisation . The status of religion , mainly as it relates to figures who are both religious and political , such as the 14th Dalai Lama , is a regular object of criticism . Reported abuses of human rights in Tibet include restricted freedom of religion , belief , and association . Specifically , Tibetans have faced arbitrary arrest and maltreatment in custody , including torture at the hands of Chinese authorities . Freedom of the Press in the PRC is still absent , and Tibet 's media is tightly controlled by the Chinese leadership , making it difficult to determine accurately the scope of human rights abuses . A series of reports published in the late 1980s claimed that China was forcing Tibetans to adhere to strict birth control programs that included forced abortions , sterilizations , and even infanticide . Before the Invasion of Tibet in 1951 , Tibet was ruled by a theocracy and had a caste-like social hierarchy . Official crackdowns in the region generally center on `` the three evils of separatism , terrorism and religious extremism , '' which give pretext for abuses .",
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"text": "Isleño Isleño ( -LSB- izˈleɲo -RSB- , pl . isleños ) is the Spanish word meaning `` islander . '' The term was applied to the Canary Islanders to distinguish them from Spanish mainlanders known as `` peninsulars '' ( links = no ) . The Isleños are the inhabitants of the Canary Islands , and by extension the descendants of Canarian settlers and emigrants to present-day Louisiana , Texas , Cuba , the Dominican Republic , Venezuela , Puerto Rico , and other parts of the Americas . In these places , the name , which formerly referred to a general category of people , now refers to the specific cultural identity of Canary Islanders or their descendants throughout Latin America and in Louisiana , where they are still called isleños . Another name for Canary Islander in English is `` Canarian . '' In Spanish , an alternative is canario or isleño canario . The term isleño is still used in Latin America , at least in those countries which had large Canarian populations , to distinguish a Canary Islander from a peninsular ( continental Spaniard ) . By the early 19th century there were more people of Canarian extraction in the Americas than in the Canary Islands themselves , and the number of descendants of those first immigrants is exponentially larger than the number who originally migrated . The Americas were the destination of most Canarian immigrants , from their discovery by Europeans in the 15th century until the 20th century , when substantial numbers went to the Spanish colonies of Ifni , Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea in Africa during the first half of the century . Beginning in the 1970s , they began to emigrate to other European countries , although emigration to the Americas did not end until the early 1980s . The cultures of Cuba , the Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , Venezuela , and Uruguay partially have all been influenced by Canarian culture , as have the dialects of Spanish spoken in all but Uruguay . Although almost all descendants of Canary Islanders who emigrated to the Americas from the 16th to the 20th century are incorporated socially and culturally within the larger populations , there remain a few communities that have preserved at least some their ancestors ' Canarian culture , as in Louisiana , San Antonio in Texas , Hatillo , Puerto Rico San Carlos de Tenerife ( now a neighborhood of Santo Domingo ) in the Dominican Republic and San Borondón in Peru .",
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"text": "Vital statistics (government records) Vital statistics are statistics on live births , deaths , foetal deaths , marriages and divorces . The most common way of collecting information on these events is through civil registration , an administrative system used by governments to record vital events which occur in their populations ( see Box 1 ) . Efforts to improve the quality of vital statistics will therefore be closely related to the development of civil registration systems in countries . Box 1 . United Nations Definitions of Vital Statistics and Civil Registration Systems A vital statistics system is defined by the United Nations `` as the total process of ( a ) collecting information by civil registration or enumeration on the frequency or occurrence of specified and defined vital events , as well as relevant characteristics of the events themselves and the person or persons concerned , and ( b ) compiling , processing , analyzing , evaluating , presenting , and disseminating these data in statistical form '' ( UN , 2001 ) . Civil registration , as defined by the United Nations , is the '' continuous , permanent , compulsory , and universal recording of the occurrence and characteristics of vital events ( livebirths , deaths , fetal deaths , marriages , and divorces ) and other civil status events pertaining to the population as provided by decree , law or regulation , in accordance with the legal requirements in each country . '' The origin of vital statistics begins as early as 1869 and death by social class was recorded in England beginning in 1921 . While the number of births and deaths can be obtained by enumeration at certain points in time ( e.g. censuses and surveys ) , civil registration collects this information on a continuous basis and is the only source that provides individuals with a legal document . For instance , the importance of birth registration as the first legal recognition of the child is emphasized in Article 7 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child which states that `` the child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name , the right to acquire a nationality and , as far as possible , the right to know and be cared for by his or her parents '' . United Nations Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) and a number of non-governmental organizations ( Plan International , Save the Children Fund , World Vision , etc. ) have particularly promoted the human rights aspects of registration , while the United Nations Statistics Division ( UNSD ) , United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA ) and World Health Organization ( WHO ) have focused more on the statistical aspects of civil registration . Countries which are signatories to the Convention on the Rights of the Child are therefore expected to set up systems to register the births of all children . Non-registration of a child can have negative consequences on the wider enjoyment of a child 's fundamental rights to benefits such as identity , inheritance , education , health and other social services . Birth registration is also part of a broader strategy to ensure that children are less vulnerable to abuse and exploitation , especially if separated from their parents . In the absence of a functioning birth registration system , it is difficult to see how a country can enforce age-related legal concerns such as schooling , child labour , juvenile justice , early marriage , sexual exploitation and military recruitment . Recent natural disasters and calamities have also demonstrated the utility of a birth certificate for reuniting lost children with their families . Many civil registration systems also collect information on causes of death . Statistics based on these death records are of particular importance in public health for identifying the magnitude and distribution of major disease problems , and are essential for the design , implementation , monitoring , and assessment of health programmes and policies . Toronto scientist , professor Prabhat Jha argues that inexpensive recording of vital statistics in developing countries is the most effective means to improve global health and has outlined 5 options for expanding Cause of Death reporting . `` Despite the importance of tracking causes of death and the tradition since 1893 of standardisation of definitions and coding for causes of death in the International Classification of Diseases and Injuries ( ICD ) , global assessments of causes of death are a major analytical challenge . Vital registration systems that include medical certification of the cause of death captured about 18.8 million deaths of an estimated annual total of 51.7 million deaths in 2005 , which is the latest year for which the largest number of countries reported deaths from a vital registration system . Even for these deaths , the comparability of findings on the leading causes of death is affected by variation in certification skills among physicians , the diagnostic and pathological data available at the time of completing a death certificate , variations in medical culture in choosing the underlying cause , and legal and institutional frameworks for governing mortality reporting . For the remaining deaths that are not medically certified , many different data sources and diagnostic approaches must be used from surveillance systems , demographic research sites , surveys , censuses , disease registries , and police records to construct a consolidated picture of causes of death in various populations . Because of the variety of data sources and their associated biases , causes of death assessments are inherently uncertain and subject to vigorous debate . '' Lozano et all . Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 . The Lancet , V. 380 , Dec 2012 `` www.thelancet.com Vol 380 December 15/22/29 , 2012 '' . The agency responsible for overseeing this system in the United States is the National Center for Health Statistics , a division of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) . Vital statistics for the US can be found here The agency responsible for overseeing this system in the United Kingdom is the Office for National Statistics . Vital statistics for the UK can be found here",
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"text": "Politics of Andorra The politics of Andorra take place in a framework of a parliamentary constitutional diarchy , and a multi-party system . Executive power is exercised by the government , with the Head of Government of Andorra as chief executive . Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament . The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature . Before 1993 , Andorra 's political system had no clear division of powers into executive , legislative , and judicial branches . A constitution ratified and approved in 1993 establishes Andorra as a sovereign parliamentary democracy that retains the President of France and Bishop of Urgell as co-princes and heads of state . However , the head of government retains executive power . The two co-princes serve coequally with limited powers that do not include an individual veto over government acts ( however , a bill can in effect be `` vetoed '' if both do not sign the legislation ) . They are each represented in Andorra by a personal representative . The fundamental impetus for this political transformation was a recommendation by the Council of Europe in 1990 that , if Andorra wished to attain full integration in the European Union ( EU ) , it should adopt a modern constitution that guarantees the rights of those living and working there . A Tripartite Commission -- made up of representatives of the co-princes , the General Council , and the Executive Council -- was formed in 1990 and finalized the draft constitution in April 1991 , making the new constitution a fact . One remaining , though symbolic , legacy of Andorra 's special relationship with France and Spain , is that the Principality has no postal service of its own -- French and Spanish postal services operate side by side , although each of them issues separate stamps for Andorra , instead of using their own .",
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"text": "Demographics of France The demography of France is monitored by the Institut national d'études démographiques ( INED ) and the Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques ( INSEE ) . As of the 1 January 2017 , almost 67 million people lived in the French Republic ( 66,991,000 ) , including all the five overseas departments ( 2,132,000 ) , but excluding the overseas collectivities and territories ( 604,000 ) . 64,859,000 of these lived in Metropolitan France , the part of France located in Europe . In March 2017 the population of France officially reached the 67 million mark . The 66 million mark was reached in the beginning of 2014 . Between the years 2010 and 2017 the population of France grew from 64,613 million to 66,991 million or with about 2,4 million people for a span of 7 years , making France one of the fastest growing countries in Europe . The population of France is growing with 1 million people every 3 years . For an average annual growth of 340,000 people , or a grow rate of +0,6 % . France was historically Europe 's most populous nation . During the Middle Ages , more than one quarter of Europe 's total population was French ; by the 17th century , this had decreased slightly to one fifth . By the beginning of the 20th century , other European nations , such as Germany and Russia , had caught up with and overtaken it . However , the country 's population sharply increased with the baby boom following World War II . According to INSEE , since 2004 , 200,000 immigrants entered annually into the country . One out of two was born in Europe and one in three in Africa . Between 2009 and 2012 , the number of Europeans entering France increased sharply ( + 12 % per year on average ) . The national birth rate , after dropping for a time , began to rebound in the 1990s and currently the country 's fertility rate is close to the replacement level . According to a 2006 INSEE study , `` The natural increase is close to 300,000 people , a level that has not been reached in more than thirty years . '' Among the 802,000 newborns in metropolitan France in 2010 , 80.1 % had two French parents , 13.3 % had one French parent , and 6.6 % had two non-French parents . For the same year , 27.3 % of newborns in metropolitan France had at least one foreign-born parent and 23.9 % had at least one parent born outside of Europe ( parents born in overseas territories are considered as born in France ) . Between 2006 and 2008 , about 40 % of newborns in France had one foreign-born grandparent ( 11 % born in another European country , 16 % born in the Maghreb and 12 % born in another region of the world ) . Racial and ethnic censuses have been banned by the French government since 1978 , since the term `` race '' in France invokes associations with Nazi Germany .",
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"text": "Public health funeral Public health funerals are funerals in the United Kingdom paid for by the local authority , where the relatives are either unwilling or unable to pay , or where no relatives can be found . Public health funerals are governed by the Public Health ( Control of Disease ) Act 1984 . Such funerals are commonly termed `` state funerals '' , `` contract funerals '' , `` public assistance funerals '' , `` Pauper 's funerals '' or `` welfare funerals '' . While there is no recourse to recover costs from relatives who refuse to pay for a public health funeral , local authorities are able to recover the costs of such a funeral from the estate of a deceased person where this is possible . The Guardian has reported that the average cost of a public health funeral is # 950 . The term `` state funeral '' is also used in the UK in a different context to describe the funerals of monarchs or other distinguished figures . For this usage see State funerals in the United Kingdom . For `` paupers ' funerals '' under the English Poor Laws see Pauper 's funeral .",
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"text": "Andorra at the 2014 Winter Olympics Andorra competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia , from 7 to 23 February 2014 . The Andorran team consisted of six athletes in three sports .",
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"text": "Iceland Iceland ( -LSB- ˈaɪslənd -RSB- -LSB- ˈistlant -RSB- ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean . It has a population of and an area of 103000 km2 , making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe . The capital and largest city is Reykjavík . Reykjavík and the surrounding areas in the southwest of the country are home to over two-thirds of the population . Iceland is volcanically and geologically active . The interior consists of a plateau characterised by sand and lava fields , mountains and glaciers , while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands . Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate , despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle . Its high latitude and marine influence still keeps summers chilly , with most of the archipelago having a tundra climate . According to the ancient manuscript Landnámabók , the settlement of Iceland began in the year 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain Ingólfr Arnarson became the first permanent settler on the island . In the following centuries , Norwegians , and to a lesser extent other Scandinavians , emigrated to Iceland , bringing with them thralls of Gaelic origin . The island was governed as an independent commonwealth under the Althing , one of the world 's oldest functioning legislative assemblies . Following a period of civil strife , Iceland acceded to Norwegian rule in the 13th century . The establishment of the Kalmar Union in 1397 united the kingdoms of Norway , Denmark and Sweden . Iceland thus followed Norway 's integration to that Union and came under Danish rule after Sweden 's secession from that union in 1523 . Although the Danish kingdom introduced Lutheranism forcefully in 1550 , Iceland remained a distant semi-colonial territory in which Danish institutions and infrastructures were conspicuous by their absence . In the wake of the French revolution and the Napoleonic wars , Iceland 's struggle for independence took form and culminated in independence in 1918 and the founding of a republic in 1944 . Until the 20th century , Iceland relied largely on subsistence fishing and agriculture , and was among the poorest in Europe . Industrialisation of the fisheries and Marshall Plan aid following World War II brought prosperity , and Iceland became one of the wealthiest and most developed nations in the world . In 1994 , it became a part of the European Economic Area , which further diversified the economy into sectors such as finance , biotechnology , and manufacturing . Iceland has a market economy with relatively low taxes compared to other OECD countries . It maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens . Iceland ranks high in economic , political and social stability and equality . In 2013 , it was ranked as the 13th most-developed country in the world by the United Nations ' Human Development Index . Iceland runs almost completely on renewable energy . Affected by the ongoing worldwide financial crisis , the nation 's entire banking system systemically failed in October 2008 , leading to a severe depression , substantial political unrest , the Icesave dispute , and the institution of capital controls . Some bankers were jailed . Since then , the economy has made a significant recovery , in large part due to a surge in tourism . Icelandic culture is founded upon the nation 's Scandinavian heritage . Most Icelanders are descendants of Germanic and Gaelic settlers . Icelandic , a North Germanic language , is descended from Old Norse and is closely related to Faroese and West Norwegian dialects . The country 's cultural heritage includes traditional Icelandic cuisine , Icelandic literature and medieval sagas . Iceland has the smallest population of any NATO member and is the only one with no standing army , its lightly armed coast guard being in charge of defence .",
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"text": "Capital punishment in San Marino Capital punishment is no longer applied in San Marino . The last execution was carried out in 1468 , by hanging . San Marino is one of only two countries in the world to have carried out no executions since before 1800 - the other being Liechtenstein , where the last execution took place in 1785 . San Marino was the first country in the world to abolish the death penalty for ordinary crimes , in 1848 ; in 1865 , it became the second country in the world ( and the first in Europe ) to abolish the death penalty for all crimes , following Venezuela in 1863 . However , San Marino reinstated the death penalty 5 years later . It is one of only three countries to have abolished the death penalty for all crimes before 1900 - the third one being Costa Rica . In 1989 , it formally ratified Protocol 6 to the European Convention on Human Rights , which requires the complete abolition of the death penalty in peacetime .",
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"text": "New Democracy (Andorra) New Democracy ( Nova Democràcia , ND ) was a political party in Andorra .",
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"text": "Talamanca (canton) Talamanca is the fourth canton in the province of Limón in Costa Rica . It is the largest of Costa Rica 's 81 cantons , covering an area of 2809.93 km2 , and has a population of 32,555 . The county is composed of four districts ( see graphic below ) , with its capital city , Bribrí , located in the Bratsi district . Talamanca houses the largest indigenous population in the country ( at 11,062 , or 34 % of the county 's population ) , which is composed principally of the Bribri and Cabécar groups ( who in turn represent two of Costa Rica 's eight distinct indigenous groups ) . Eight-eight percent of Talamanca 's territory is protected . Fifty-five percent of this land falls under the Chiripó , Amistad , and Cahuita National Parks ; 31 % covers Talamanca 's four indigenous reserves ( Kekoldi , Talamanca Bribrí , Talamanca Cabécar , and Telire ) ; and 2 % belongs to the Refugio de Vida Silvestre Gandoca Manzanillo national `` reserve '' ( a major tortoise breeding ground ) . The Costa Rican government is highly aggressive ( albeit a bit slow to act ) in its protection of these lands . On July 27 , 2011 , for example , the Ministerio de Ambiente , Energía y Telecomunicaciones ( Minaet ) carried out the demolition of two hotels ( Las Palmas and Suerre ) , due to their occupation of 4 hectares of land within the Refugio de Vida Silvestre Gandoca Manzanillo . This demolition was the culmination of events starting in 1993 , when Minaet revoked these hotels ' permission of occupation . The county suffers from pervasive poverty . As of 2009 , its human-development index is the lowest-ranked of all Costa Rican cantons . While its most recent infant mortality rate is 12.89 % ( 2009 ) , it was as high as 22.5 % ( 2003 ) , and stayed above 15 % between 2003 and 2007 . As of 2010 , 52.3 % of Talamanca inhabitants have access to sanitation ( either piped or septic tank ) , and 75.2 % are connected to electricity . Talamanca contains one of Costa Rica 's three official border-crossing points ( Sixaola-Guabito ) . The county is noted for its beautiful beaches , especially in Cahuita and Puerto Viejo ( Old Harbor ) , which are popular tourist locations .",
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"text": "Health in Singapore Singapore is one of the wealthiest countries in the world , with a Gross Domestic Product per head of more than $ 56,000 . Life expectancy at birth is 82.3 and infant mortality is 2.7 per 1000 live births . The population is ageing and by 2030 20 % will be over 65 . However it is estimated that about 85 % of those over 65 are healthy and reasonably active . There are a variety of health screening and healthy lifestyle programmes for both adults and children . Only 14 % of the population smokes . The Temasek Cares programme supports a wide range of interventions for disadvantaged people . Singapore in 2005 had the lowest infant mortality rate in the world ( equalled only by Iceland ) and among the highest life expectancies from birth , according to the World Health Organisation . See also : Healthcare in Singapore Smoking in Singapore Health Promotion Board",
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"text": "Haim Saban Haim Saban ( -LSB- səˈbɑːn -RSB- חיים סבן born October 15 , 1944 ) is an Israeli-American media proprietor , investor , philanthropist , musician , record , film & television producer . A businessman with interests in financial services , entertainment , and media , and an estimated net worth of $ 3 billion , he is ranked by Forbes as the 232nd richest person in America . Saban is the founder of Saban Entertainment , producer and distributor of children 's television programs in the US such as Power Rangers . He headed up consortiums which purchased the broadcasters ProSiebenSat .1 Media and Univision Communications . He is a major donor to the US Democratic Party and active in pro-Israel political efforts in the US . In March 2017 , Saban was honored with the 2,605 th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in television .",
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"text": "Ari Louis Ari Louis ( born March 26 , 1983 ) is an Israeli-American talk show host who came into prominence with the founding of Israel Sports Radio in the summer of 2010 .",
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"text": "Morris Kahn Morris Kahn ( born March 1930 ) is a South African-born Israeli billionaire entrepreneur . He is the founder of Golden Pages Israel , Amdocs , the Aurec Group , Coral World and other companies . Through Coral World he founded several marine parks around the world , including the underwater observatory in Eilat , Israel . He is active in philanthropy and venture philanthropy under the patronage of the Kahn Foundation .",
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"text": "MediaCommons MediaCommons is an in-development all-electronic scholarly publishing network in media studies , being created in partnership with the Institute for the Future of the Book and with the support of New York University and the National Endowment for the Humanities . MediaCommons established its first presence on the web in November 2006 with a now-defunct development site named `` making MediaCommons , '' and opened its current web site in March 2007 . The first project established on MediaCommons was In Media Res , an ongoing feature in which notable scholars in media studies present and comment upon brief , timely videoclips , aiming to promote dialogue between scholars and the broader public about the significance of media representations and forms . MediaCommons claims among its goals a transformation in scholarly publishing , suggesting that the network `` will not simply shift the locus of publishing from print to screen , but will actually transform what it means to ` publish , ' allowing the author , the publisher , and the reader all to make the process of such discourse just as visible as its product . '' The network promises to speed up the processes of publishing , but also to shift the focus of scholarly publishing back to communication amongst scholars . For this reason , the editors describe MediaCommons as a `` scholarly network '' rather than an electronic journal or press . MediaCommons is also an experiment in reimagining the processes of peer review in the humanities , opening up the process to public debate and discussion , and using both web-based metrics and commentary to create a process of `` peer-to-peer review . '' The backbone of this system is a social networking system currently being built by the NYU Digital Library Technology Services . MediaCommons has thus far published two commentable papers , one on the future of scholarly publishing , and the other on CommentPress , the WordPress theme developed by the Institute for the Future of the Book that allows for paragraph-by-paragraph commenting on lengthy documents . The co-coordinating editors of MediaCommons are Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Avi Santo , and the project draws on the support of an editorial board of scholars from across the digital humanities .",
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"text": "Miramax Miramax ( also known as Miramax Films , stylized as MIRAMAX ) is an American entertainment company known for producing and distributing films and television shows . It is headquartered in Santa Monica , California . Miramax was founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein , and was a leading independent film motion picture distribution and production company before it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company on June 30 , 1993 . Shortly thereafter , Pulp Fiction was released . The Weinsteins operated Miramax with more creative and financial independence than any other division of Disney , until September 30 , 2005 when they decided to leave the company and founded The Weinstein Company . Miramax was sold by Disney to Filmyard Holdings , a joint venture of Colony Capital , Tutor-Saliba Corporation , and Qatar Investment Authority , in 2010 , ending Disney 's 17-year ownership of the studio . In 2016 , ownership was transferred to beIN Media Group .",
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"text": "Omar Amanat Omar Sharif Amanat is an American entrepreneur , and an investor in media , finance and technology companies .",
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"text": "Heritage Media Heritage Media Corporation ( NYSE : HTG ) was a media company which owned television and radio stations across the United States , as well as in-store and direct marketing companies . It was based in Dallas , Texas from 1987 to 1997 .",
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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": "Mic (media company) Mic is an American media company that caters to millennials . The company reaches 19 million unique monthly visitors and has a higher composition of 18 - to 34-year-old readers than any other millennial-focused news site , including BuzzFeed and Vice . Mic received early attention for its on-the-ground coverage during the revolution in Tunisia ; The Hollywood Reporter remarked that Mic features `` stories that intelligently cover serious issues important to young people '' .",
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"text": "Tali Rights Tali Rights , The Collecting Society of Film and Television Creators in Israel Ltd. -LSB- Hevrat HaTamlugim shel Yotzrei HaKolnoa V'HaTelevizia B'Israel -RSB- , is the copyright collecting society for Israeli screenwriters and directors . Tali represents the public performance rights , rental rights , broadcasting rights and the making available to the public rights , as well as the rights to collect remuneration for the use of blank tapes , in regards to script and direction creations of its members . TALI was founded in 2000 by the community of Israeli screenwriters and directors led by the scriptwriter Avi Shemesh ( C.E.O. of TALI until 2008 , then chairman of the board from 2008 to 2012 ) and the director Ori Inbar who initiated the struggle for recognizing the director as author ( chairman of the board until 2005 ) . The shareholders of TALI are the artists themselves , with each screenwriter and director , veteran and newcomer alike , holding an equal share .",
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"text": "A&E Networks A&E Networks ( branded as A+E Networks ) is an American media company that owns a group of television channels available via cable & satellite in the U.S. and abroad . A&E stands for Arts & Entertainment . The company is a joint venture with Hearst and Disney-ABC Television Group , a unit of the Disney Media Networks subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company .",
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"text": "Jewish Underground The Jewish Underground ( המחתרת היהודית HaMakhteret HaYehudit ) , or in abbreviated form , simply makhteret , was a Jewish terrorist organization formed by prominent members of the Israeli political movement Gush Emunim that existed from 1979 to 1984 . Two issues catalyzed the establishment of the underground : One was the signing of the Camp David Accords , which led to the Egypt -- Israel Peace Treaty in 1979 , and which the movement , opposed to the peace process , wished to block , viewing it as the first step in the establishment of a Palestinian state in what Jewish settlers call `` Judea and Samaria '' . A second element was the settlement project , which , in bringing two distinct ethnic communities into closer proximity , led to an uptick in hostilities that brought about a growing emphasis on the existential threat in both communities . The Jewish underground developed two operational objectives : One consisted of a plot to blow up the Dome of the Rock , while the other branch concentrated on both avenging acts of Palestinian violence against settlers and of establishing a punitive deterrence . Some understood the terrorist acts as a means of inducing Palestinians to flee their homeland , and parallels are made with it to the Terror Against Terror movement , which had a similar aim . Robert Friedman stated that the Makhteret was `` the most violent anti-Arab terrorist organization since the birth of Israel '' . Members of the Jewish Underground were eventually rounded up and brought to trial on charges that included violating the 1948 Prevention of Terrorism Decree . The charge of membership of a terrorist organization was dropped against 10 out of the 27 in a plea bargain . Most served short terms , and the ringleaders were pardoned and released in 1990 .",
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"text": "Roim Olam Roim Oalm ( Hebrew : רואים עולם , lit . Seeing the World ) is a Weekly foreign News Magazine from Israel public Television Channel 1 News - Israel Broadcasting Authority ( IBA ) , broadcast since 1987 , every Shabat evening . The show was initially presented by Emmanuel Halperin , and today by Ya'akov Ahimeir . The show opens with a news flash segment ( usually presented by Dalia Mazor ) , and thereafter stories segments on various current affairs and culture matters from around the world are being broadcast . Many of the show 's story segments are borrowed from foreign news magazines , many times from 60 Minutes , and from France 24 and more .",
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"text": "Jewish Ideas Daily The Jewish Ideas Daily was a website which reported on news , culture and political issues relating to Judaism and Israel . Its mission was to be `` the premier aggregator and originator of Jewish ideas on the web '' . It was founded in January 2010 under the editorship of Neal Kozodoy . The Jewish Ideas Daily was a `` sister '' publication to the Jewish Review of Books . Until December 2012 , Jewish Ideas Daily was edited by Margot Lurie . From December 2012 on its editor was Suzanne Garment . In addition to original articles , and reviews of scholarly Jewish books , Jewish Ideas Daily also included five `` daily picks '' , linking to external articles , and podcasts on the weekly Torah portion by Michael Carasik . Original essays published in Jewish Ideas Daily often appeared in The Jerusalem Post . A box highlighting Jewish Ideas Daily content appeared daily on many Jewish websites , including that of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency . Jewish Ideas Daily drew notice for controversial features including one accusing Christopher Hitchens of antisemitism and the public resignation of one of Peter Beinart 's bloggers from the `` Open Zion/Zion Square '' blog . John Podhoretz described Jewish Ideas Daily as `` a peerless examination of intellectual , political , and cultural trends in Jewish life '' . According to British journalist Daniel Johnson , `` Jewish Ideas Daily is among many manifestations of new intellectual life in the American Jewish world -- a world that has always been marked by intensity and enlightenment '' . In June 2013 Jewish Ideas Daily was succeeded by Mosaic Magazine . A free online magazine , it offers daily summaries and links to stories around the web of interest to readers , as well as an extensive '' ... full-length monthly essay on an issue or theme of pressing significance for Jews , Judaism , or the Jewish state '' . Issue topics range from cultural or religious questions through to social and philosophical topics with in depth responses appended throughout the month for the benefit of both Jewish and Gentile readers . Like Jewish Review of Books , and Jewish Ideas Daily , Mosaic Magazine is funded by the Tikvah Fund , a philanthropic foundation established by the late Zalman Bernstein .",
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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": "Israeli–Palestinian conflict The Israeli -- Palestinian conflict ( -LSB- Ha'Sikhsukh Ha'Yisraeli - Falestini ; -LSB- al-Niza ' a al ` Filastini al ` Israili ) is the ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians that began in the mid-20th century . The conflict is wide-ranging , and the term is sometimes also used in reference to the earlier sectarian conflict in Mandatory Palestine , between the Jewish yishuv and the Arab population under British rule . It has been referred to as the world 's `` most intractable conflict '' , with the ongoing Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip reaching years . Despite a long-term peace process and the general reconciliation of Israel with Egypt and Jordan , Israelis and Palestinians have failed to reach a final peace agreement . The key issues are : mutual recognition , borders , security , water rights , control of Jerusalem , Israeli settlements , Palestinian freedom of movement , and Palestinian right of return . The violence of the conflict , in a region rich in sites of historic , cultural and religious interest worldwide , has been the object of numerous international conferences dealing with historic rights , security issues and human rights , and has been a factor hampering tourism in and general access to areas that are hotly contested . Many attempts have been made to broker a two-state solution , involving the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel ( after Israel 's establishment in 1948 ) . In 2007 , the majority of both Israelis and Palestinians , according to a number of polls , preferred the two-state solution over any other solution as a means of resolving the conflict . Moreover , a majority of Jews see the Palestinians ' demand for an independent state as just , and thinks Israel can agree to the establishment of such a state . The majority of Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have expressed a preference for a two-state solution . Mutual distrust and significant disagreements are deep over basic issues , as is the reciprocal scepticism about the other side 's commitment to upholding obligations in an eventual agreement . Within Israeli and Palestinian society , the conflict generates a wide variety of views and opinions . This highlights the deep divisions which exist not only between Israelis and Palestinians , but also within each society . A hallmark of the conflict has been the level of violence witnessed for virtually its entire duration . Fighting has been conducted by regular armies , paramilitary groups , terror cells , and individuals . Casualties have not been restricted to the military , with a large number of fatalities in civilian population on both sides . There are prominent international actors involved in the conflict . The two parties engaged in direct negotiation are the Israeli government , currently led by Benjamin Netanyahu , and the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , currently headed by Mahmoud Abbas . The official negotiations are mediated by an international contingent known as the Quartet on the Middle East ( the Quartet ) represented by a special envoy , that consists of the United States , Russia , the European Union , and the United Nations . The Arab League is another important actor , which has proposed an alternative peace plan . Egypt , a founding member of the Arab League , has historically been a key participant . Since 2006 , the Palestinian side has been fractured by conflict between the two major factions : Fatah , the traditionally dominant party , and its later electoral challenger , Hamas . After Hamas 's electoral victory in 2006 , the Quartet conditioned future foreign assistance to the Palestinian National Authority ( PA ) on the future government 's commitment to non-violence , recognition of the State of Israel , and acceptance of previous agreements . Hamas rejected these demands , which resulted in the Quartet 's suspension of its foreign assistance program , and the imposition of economic sanctions by the Israelis . A year later , following Hamas 's seizure of power in the Gaza Strip in June 2007 , the territory officially recognized as the PA was split between Fatah in the West Bank , and Hamas in the Gaza Strip . The division of governance between the parties had effectively resulted in the collapse of bipartisan governance of the PA. . However , in 2014 , a Palestinian Unity Government , composed of both Fatah and Hamas , was formed . The latest round of peace negotiations began in July 2013 and was suspended in 2014 .",
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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": "Shomer Emunim Shomer Emunim ( meaning `` Guardian of the Faith '' ) is a devout , insular Hasidic group based in Jerusalem . It was founded in the 20th century by Rabbi Arele ( Aharon ) Roth . The Shomrei Emunim are characterized by fervent and visibly emotional prayer , and by a rigid lifestyle controlled largely by `` takanos , '' or decrees written by the Rebbe . One such decree , for example , forbade wearing wool . ( Jewish law forbids wearing anything that contains both wool and linen . Rabbi Aharon worried that it would be safest not to wear wool at all , in order to avoid the possibility of violating the law altogether . )",
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"text": "Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial software , data , and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan , New York City . Bloomberg L.P. was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981 with the help of Thomas Secunda , Duncan MacMillan , Charles Zegar , and a 30 % ownership investment by Merrill Lynch . Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools such as an analytics and equity trading platform , data services , and news to financial companies and organizations through the Bloomberg Terminal ( via its Bloomberg Professional Service ) , its core revenue-generating product . Bloomberg L.P. also includes a wire service ( Bloomberg News ) , a global television network ( Bloomberg Television ) , digital websites , a radio station ( WBBR ) , subscription-only newsletters , and three magazines : Bloomberg Businessweek , Bloomberg Markets , and Bloomberg Pursuits . In 2014 , Bloomberg L.P. launched Bloomberg Politics , a multiplatform media property that merged the company 's political news teams , and has recruited two veteran political journalists , Mark Halperin and John Heilemann , to run it .",
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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": "DSM CC Digital storage media command and control ( DSM-CC ) is a toolkit for developing control channels associated with MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 streams . It is defined in part 6 of the MPEG-2 standard ( Extensions for DSM-CC ) and uses a client/server model connected via an underlying network ( carried via the MPEG-2 multiplex or independently if needed ) . DSM-CC may be used for controlling the video reception , providing features normally found on Video Cassette Recorders ( VCR ) ( fast-forward , rewind , pause , etc. ) . It may also be used for a wide variety of other purposes including packet data transport . It is defined by a series of weighty standards , principally MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818-6 ( part 6 of the MPEG-2 standard ) . DSM-CC may work in conjunction with next generation packet networks , working alongside such internet protocols as RSVP , RTSP , RTP and SCP . Although DSM-CC is usually associated with video delivery ( via satellite or terrestrially ) and with interactive content , it is also used among audio servers and clients . The architecture describes three main parts of the system : the client , the server , and the session resource manager ( SRM ) . The server provides content and other services to the client , and both are `` clients '' of the SRM . The SRM allocates and manages network resources ( such as channels , bandwidth , and network addresses . ) By combining server and client components together onto the same platforms , peer-to-peer content access and delivery systems can be constructed . These specifications include numerous implementation options . For example , MPEG-2 video can be encoded in different ways , and a DSM-CC system can be constructed to include or exclude certain features and interfaces . Normally , an outside specification will define a profile of specific options , allowing systems built using common profiles to interoperate . DSM-CC defines or extends five distinct protocols : User-User Allows remote access by the client to objects on the server . The User-User specification goes beyond the definition of specific server object classes to define classes local to the client , as well as some of the interaction with other parts of the system . The distributed object model is based on CORBA . Objects are accessed using the internet inter-ORB protocol ( IIOP ) , with some optional extensions . Two subsets , `` core '' and `` extended '' , are defined . In the model , some clients may also load content onto the server . User-Network There are two parts to this protocol : Session and Resource . This protocol is used between the client and SRM , and between the server and SRM . The U-N Session protocol is used to establish sessions with the network , associated with resources which are allocated and released using the U-N Resource protocol . MPEG transport profiles The specification provides profiles to the standard MPEG transport protocol ( defined by ISO/IEC 13818-1 ) to allow transmission of event , synchronization , download , and other information in the MPEG transport stream . Download Several variations of this protocol allow transfer of content from server to client , either within the MPEG transport stream or on a separate ( presumably high-speed ) channel . Flow-controlled download allows the download operations to be negotiated and controlled by the client . A variation of download is an autonomous `` data carousel '' on the server which repeatedly downloads information ; the download carousel client waits for the information without initiating the transfer . An extension to the data carousel is the `` object carousel '' , which presents downloaded information as objects compatible with the objects defined by the User-User API . ( The choice of download or IIOP protocols is embedded in the object 's IOR , so the means of access is transparent to the client application . ) Switched Digital Broadcast-Channel Change Protocol ( SDB/CCP ) Enables a client to remotely switch from channel to channel in a broadcast environment . Used to attach a client to a continuous-feed session ( CFS ) or other broadcast feed . Sometimes used in pay-per-view . An implementation does not always need all of these protocols . Almost all implementations in the real world use a subset .",
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"text": "Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth , ( born 10 September 1960 ) is an English actor . His films have grossed more than $ 3 billion from 42 releases worldwide . Firth has received an Academy Award , a Golden Globe Award , two BAFTA Awards , and three Screen Actors Guild Awards , as well as the Volpi Cup . Firth 's most notable and acclaimed role to date has been his 2010 portrayal of King George VI in The King 's Speech , a performance that earned him an Oscar and multiple worldwide best actor awards . Identified in the late 1980s with the `` Brit Pack '' of rising , young British actors , it was not until Firth 's portrayal of Mr. Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice that he received more widespread attention . This led to roles in films such as The English Patient , Bridget Jones 's Diary ( for which Firth was nominated for a BAFTA ) , Shakespeare in Love , and Love Actually . In 2009 , Firth received widespread critical acclaim for his leading role in A Single Man , for which Firth gained his first Academy Award nomination , and won a BAFTA Award . Firth starred in the action spy movie Kingsman : The Secret Service in 2014 , which was a commercial success and received generally positive reviews . In 2011 , Firth received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , and was also selected as one of the Time 100 . He was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Winchester in 2007 , and was made a Freeman of the City of London in 2012 . He has campaigned for the rights of indigenous tribal peoples , and is a member of Survival International . Firth has also campaigned on issues of asylum seekers , refugees ' rights , and the environment . He commissioned and is credited as a co-author on a scientific paper on a study into the differences in brain structure between people of differing political orientations .",
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"text": "Colin Young (film educator) Colin Young CBE ( born Glasgow , 1927 ) is a former British film educator , chairman of the School of Theater , Film and Television at UCLA , founder of the film program at Rice University , Houston , Texas , and the first director of the British National Film and Television School . He was awarded a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award , the highest honor of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , in 1993 .",
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"text": "Philip Latham Charles Philip Latham ( born 17 January 1929 in Essex ) is a British actor . He was educated at Felsted School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , from which he graduated in 1951 . In the late 1960s/early 1970s he was well known to British TV viewers for his portrayal of chief accountant Willy Izard , the `` conscience '' to hard-nosed oil company industrialist Brian Stead ( played by Geoffrey Keen ) in the BBC series The Troubleshooters ( 1965 -- 72 ) . Other credits Danger Man ( 1960-1962 ) , Jesus of Nazareth , Paul of Tarsus , The Treasure Seekers , The Cedar Tree , The Saint , Maigret , Sergeant Cork , Justice , Love Story , Killers , Hammer House of Horror , No. 10 , Nanny and The Professionals . One of his most famous film roles was as Dracula 's sinister servant Klove in Hammer 's 1966 film Dracula , Prince of Darkness , and he had previously worked for Hammer in The Devil-Ship Pirates and The Secret of Blood Island ( both 1964 ) . His other film roles included appearances in Ring of Spies ( 1964 ) , Spy Story ( 1976 ) and Force 10 from Navarone ( 1978 ) . On television he played the joint-lead role of Plantagenet Palliser ( opposite Susan Hampshire ) in the 26-part BBC series The Pallisers . He also played Lord President Borusa in the 1983 20th anniversary episode of Doctor Who , The Five Doctors .",
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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": "ITV Sunday Night Theatre ITV Sunday Night Theatre , originally titled ITV Saturday Night Theatre , is a UK television anthology series screened on ITV , and produced by London Weekend Television ( LWT ) . Some episodes were produced with Kestrel Productions . Around 200 episodes aired on ITV from 1969-1974 , including productions of the plays Long Day 's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill , A Doll 's House by Henrik Ibsen , and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw . Other episodes included adaptions of the works of William Shakespeare , James Joyce , Wilkie Collins , Simon Gray , Sam Shepard , Israel Horovitz , Arthur Miller , August Strindberg , J.B. Priestley , Lanford Wilson , and John Mortimer . Among its directors were Michael Lindsay-Hogg , Anthony Page , Mike Newell , Fielder Cook , Ted Kotcheff , Peter Wood , and Vivian Matalon . The actors involved included Helen Mirren , Laurence Olivier , Sean Connery , Anthony Hopkins , Michael Caine , Paul Scofield , George C. Scott , Laurence Harvey , Ralph Richardson , Diana Rigg , Trevor Howard , Glenda Jackson , Diane Cilento , Alec Guinness , Jane Asher , Martin Sheen , Colleen Dewhurst , Jean Marsh , Shelley Winters , Ian Holm , Richard Chamberlain , Edith Evans , John Gielgud , Shirley Knight , Ian McKellen , George Sanders and Margaret Whiting .",
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"text": "The Theory of Everything (2014 film) The Theory of Everything is a 2014 British biographical romantic drama film directed by James Marsh and adapted by Anthony McCarten from the memoir Travelling to Infinity : My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking , which deals with her relationship with her ex-husband , theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking , his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS , also known as Lou Gehrig 's disease or motor neurone disease ) , and his success in physics . The film stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones with Charlie Cox , Emily Watson , Simon McBurney , Christian McKay , Harry Lloyd and David Thewlis featured in supporting roles . The film had its world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2014 . The film was acclaimed critically worldwide , with praise for the musical score , cinematography and the performance of Felicity Jones and especially Eddie Redmayne , which earned him nominations for a variety of accolades in award shows and film festivals , including the Academy Award for Best Actor . The film received four Golden Globe Award nominations , winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama for Redmayne and Best Original Score for Jóhannsson . It received three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations , winning one for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for Redmayne . It received 10 British Academy Film Awards nominations and won Outstanding British Film , Best Leading Actor ( for Redmayne ) and Best Adapted Screenplay ( for McCarten ) .",
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"text": "Lists of celebrities A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a given society and commands a degree of public and media attention . The word is derived from the Latin celebritas , from the adjective celeber ( `` famous , '' `` celebrated '' ) . Being a celebrity is often one of the highest degrees of notability , although the word notable is mistakened to be synonymous with the title celebrity , fame , prominence etc. . As in Wikipedia , articles written about notable people does n't necessarily synonymize them as a celebrity . The following are lists of celebrities : List of actors List of African-American female models List of African-American television personalities List of American female models List of American television personalities List of Australian television personalities List of British television personalities List of celebrities on The Simpsons List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street List of comedians List of dance personalities List of dancers List of fashion designers List of female models List of film and television directors List of Forbes Celebrity 100 List of models List of musicians List of singers List of singer-songwriters List of sportspeople List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame List of stars on the London Avenue of Stars List of tattoo artists List of television presenters List of male boxers List of female boxers List of writers List of social thinkers List of wrestlers List of YouTubers",
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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": "Hugh Grant Hugh John Mungo Grant ( born 9 September 1960 ) is an English actor and film producer . Grant has received a Golden Globe , a BAFTA , and an Honorary César for his work . His films have earned more than US$ 2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide . Grant first received attention after earning the Volpi Cup for his performance in James Ivory 's Maurice ( 1987 ) but achieved international success after appearing in the Richard Curtis-scripted Four Weddings and a Funeral ( 1994 ) . Grant used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1990s , delivering comic performances in films such as Mickey Blue Eyes ( 1999 ) and Notting Hill ( 1999 ) . One of the best known figures in 1990s British popular culture , Grant was in a high-profile relationship with Elizabeth Hurley , which was the focus of much attention in the British and international media . By the turn of the 21st century , Grant had established himself as a leading man , skilled with a satirical comic talent . Grant has expanded his oeuvre with critically acclaimed turns as a cad in Bridget Jones 's Diary ( 2001 ) , About a Boy ( 2002 ) , and American Dreamz ( 2006 ) . Grant later played against type with multiple cameo roles in the epic sci-fi drama film , Cloud Atlas ( 2012 ) . He 's also known for appearing in period pieces such as The Remains of the Day ( 1993 ) , Sense and Sensibility ( 1995 ) and Florence Foster Jenkins ( 2016 ) . Within the film industry , Grant is cited as an anti-star who approaches his roles like a character actor , and attempts to make his acting appear spontaneous . Hallmarks of his comic skills include a nonchalant touch of irony/sarcasm and studied physical mannerisms , as well as his precisely-timed dialogue delivery and facial expressions . The entertainment media 's coverage of Grant 's life off the big screen has often overshadowed his work as an actor . Grant has been outspoken about his antipathy towards the profession of acting , and in his disdain towards the culture of celebrity and hostility towards the media . In a career spanning 30 years , Grant has repeatedly claimed that acting was not his true calling , but rather a career that unintentionally developed by happenstance .",
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"text": "BFI TV 100 The BFI TV 100 is 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 .",
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"text": "List of accolades received by 127 Hours 127 Hours is a 2010 British independent biographical adventure film directed by Danny Boyle . It stars James Franco in the principal role as real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston , whose hand was trapped under a boulder in a Utah ravine for more than five days in April 2003 . Adapted from Ralston 's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place , 127 Hourss screenplay was written by Boyle and Simon Beaufoy . Distributors Fox Searchlight and Pathé gave the feature limited releases in the United States and United Kingdom on 5 November 2010 and 7 January 2011 , respectively . It grossed # 35.8 million at the box office by the end of its worldwide theatrical run . Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator surveyed 215 reviews and judged 93 % to be positive . Additionally , 127 Hours appeared on more than two dozen movie reviewers ' Top Ten lists for the best movies of 2010 . The film has received honors for its direction , music , cinematography and writing , as well as for the lead performance by Franco . At the 68th Golden Globe Awards ceremony , 127 Hours earned three nominations : for Best Actor -- Motion Picture Drama , Best Original Score and Best Screenplay . The picture was nominated in nine Satellite Award categories , including direction , score , sound , original song and visual effects . It also received nine nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association . The 64th British Academy Film Awards nominated it for eight of their awards , including Best Director , Best Editing , Best Music and Best Sound . Additionally , 127 Hours was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film , but lost to The King 's Speech . It performed similarly at the 83rd Academy Awards , where it was nominated in six categories : Best Actor , Best Adapted Screenplay , Best Film Editing , Best Original Score , Best Original Song ( for `` If I Rise '' ) and Best Picture , but lost respectively in all categories to The King 's Speech , The Social Network , and Toy Story 3 . Franco was named Best Actor by the New York Film Critics Online and 2010 Independent Spirit Awards . He also received recognition from the Screen Actors Guild , at their 17th annual ceremony . Franco 's arm amputation scene towards the end of 127 Hours was nominated at the viewer-voted 2011 MTV Movie Awards . Boyle 's and Beaufoy 's efforts on the movie 's script earned them nominations from the Writers Guild of America and Evening Standard British Film Awards . Along with producer Christian Colson , Boyle garnered another nomination , this time from the Producers Guild of America . The Detroit Film Critics Society honored Boyle as Best Director . Suttirat Larlarb 's input on the movie 's production design earned her one nomination from the Art Directors Guild . The film 's cinematography garnered nominations at the 2010 Houston Film Critics Awards and the 2010 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards . The American Film Institute listed 127 Hours as one of the ten best movies of 2010 .",
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"text": "List of Oxfordian theory supporters This is a list of confirmed public supporters of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship , which was first promulgated in 1920 . Percy Allen -- journalist , theatre historian Mark Anderson -- journalist , researcher , author , astrophysicist Charles Wisner Barrell -- researcher , author Chris Barron -- American musician , singer , song writer and poet Charles Beauclerk , Earl of Burford -- writer Charles Sidney Beauclerk -- Jesuit priest Louis P. Bénézet -- American school reformer Harry Blackmun -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Marjorie Bowen -- British historian , biographer , novelist Gelett Burgess -- author , critic , poet , artist John Byrne -- British-born Canadian-American comic book artist and writer Michael Chiklis -- actor Montagu William Douglas -- soldier and colonial administrator . Roland Emmerich -- film director , screenwriter , producer ; producer and director of Anonymous ( 2011 ) William Farina -- biographer , nonfiction researcher and author , essayist Bert Fields -- lawyer and writer Sigmund Freud -- pioneer of psychoanalysis Sir John Gielgud -- Shakespearean actor , president of the International Shakespeare Association 1974 -- 2000 Michael H. Hart -- astrophysicist , author of The 100 : A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History Warren Hope -- academic , university English professor , author Christmas Humphreys -- British barrister , judge , author , Buddhist scholar Jeremy Irons -- actor Sir Derek Jacobi -- Shakespearean actor , director Richard Kennedy -- American children 's book writer J. Thomas Looney -- British school teacher , researcher , author David McCullough -- historian , author , biographer Paul Nitze -- longtime high-ranking U.S. government official and Presidential advisor , ambassador Charlton Greenwood Ogburn -- lawyer Charlton Ogburn -- investigative journalist , researcher , author John Orloff -- screenwriter Gerald Henry Rendall -- professor of Greek Mark Rylance -- Shakespearean actor and director , director of Shakespeare 's Globe Theatre 1995 -- 2005 Antonin Scalia -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Sobran -- journalist , author , researcher John Paul Stevens -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger Stritmatter -- Professor of Humanities at Coppin State University and the general editor of Brief Chronicles Peter A. Sturrock -- British astrophysicist , Stanford University professor of applied physics , Arctowski Medalist , author of AKA Shakespeare : A Scientific Approach to the Authorship Question Bernard Mordaunt Ward -- military officer , author Alexander Waugh -- writer Michael York -- actor",
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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": "AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions Part of the AFI 100 Years ... series , AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Passions is a list of the top 100 greatest love stories in American cinema . The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 11 , 2002 , in a CBS television special hosted by American film and TV actress Candice Bergen . Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are tied for the most films in the list , with six each . They co-starred in two of them - Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story .",
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"text": "Colin Clark Colin Clark may refer to : Colin Clark ( economist ) ( 1905 -- 1989 ) , British and Australian economist and statistician Colin Clark ( soccer ) ( born 1984 ) , American soccer player Colin Clark ( filmmaker ) ( 1932 -- 2002 ) , British writer and filmmaker Colin Clark of the Clark baronets Colin Clark ( golfer ) in NCAA Division III Men 's Golf Championships `` Colin Clark '' , the name under which Kryptonian orphan Kal-El ( a.k.a. Superman ) is raised in the alternate universe of Superman : True Brit Colin W. Clark , Canadian mathematician and behavioural ecologist",
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"text": "Dilys Powell Elizabeth Dilys Powell , CBE ( 20 July 1901 -- 3 June 1995 ) was an English journalist who wrote for the The Sunday Times for over fifty years . Powell was best known as a film critic , noted for her receptiveness to cultural change in the cinema , and she coined many classic phrases about films and actors . She was also one of the founder members of the Independent Television Authority ( ITA ) , which launched commercial TV in the UK .",
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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": "Timecode (film) Timecode is a 2000 American experimental film written and directed by Mike Figgis and featuring a large ensemble cast , including Salma Hayek , Stellan Skarsgård , Jeanne Tripplehorn , Suzy Nakamura , Kyle MacLachlan , Saffron Burrows , Holly Hunter , Julian Sands , Xander Berkeley , Leslie Mann and Mía Maestro . The film is constructed from four continuous 93-minute takes that were filmed simultaneously by four cameramen ; the screen is divided into quarters , and the four shots are shown simultaneously . The film depicts several groups of people in Los Angeles as they interact and conflict while preparing for the shooting of a movie in a production office . The dialogue was largely improvised , and the sound mix of the film is designed so that the most significant of the four sequences on screen dominates the soundtrack at any given moment . An allusion to this film can be heard during another of Mike Figgis 's films , Hotel . In the first moment the screen is split into four quadrants . The sound of milk being steamed in one quadrant combines with the sound of an actor tapping beats onto a paperback novel in another quadrant to create a very subtle imitation of the sounds and music heard during the first few minutes in Timecode .",
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"text": "Kenneth Widmerpool Kenneth Widmerpool is a fictional character in Anthony Powell 's novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time , a 12-volume account of upper-class and bohemian life in Britain between 1920 and 1970 . Regarded by critics as one of the more memorable characters of 20th century fiction , Widmerpool is the antithesis of the sequence 's narrator-hero Nicholas Jenkins . Initially presented as a comic , even pathetic figure , he becomes increasingly formidable , powerful and ultimately sinister as the novels progress . He is successful in business , in the army and in politics , and is awarded a life peerage . His only sphere of failure is his relationships with women , exemplified by his disastrous marriage to Pamela Flitton . The sequence ends with Widmerpool 's downfall and death , in circumstances arising from his involvement with a New Age-type cult . Literary analysts have noted Widmerpool 's defining characteristics as a lack of culture , small-mindedness , and a capacity for intrigue ; generally , he is thought to embody many of the worst aspects of the British character . However , he has the ability to rise above numerous insults and humiliations that beset him to achieve positions of prominence through dogged industry and self-belief . In this respect he represents the meritocratic middle class 's challenge to the declining power of the traditional `` establishment '' or ruling group , which is shown to be vulnerable to a determined assault from this source . Among the more prominent names suggested as real-life models for Widmerpool have been Edward Heath , the British prime minister 1970 -- 74 , and Reginald Manningham-Buller who was Britain 's Attorney General in the 1950s . Others of Powell 's contemporaries have made claims to be the character 's source , although Powell gave little encouragement to such speculation . Widmerpool has been portrayed in two British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) radio dramatisations of the novel sequence ( 1979 -- 82 and 2008 ) and in Channel 4 's television filmed version broadcast in 1997 .",
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"text": "A Brief History of Time (film) A Brief History of Time is a 1991 biographical documentary film about the physicist Stephen Hawking , directed by Errol Morris . The title derives from Hawking 's bestselling book A Brief History of Time , but whereas the book is an explanation of cosmology , the film is a biography of Hawking 's life , featuring interviews with family members , colleagues , and even his childhood nanny . The music is by frequent Morris collaborator , Philip Glass . The film project originated with executive producer Gordon Freedman who brought the project to Anglia Television as a co-producer . After acquiring the property , Freedman met with director Steven Spielberg for advice on how to make the project into an important documentary film . Spielberg suggested Errol Morris as director . Freedman 's production company partnered with Anglia Television and Tokyo Broadcasting . David Hickman , of Anglia , became the film 's producer .",
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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": "Republic of Ireland Ireland ( -LSB- ˈaɪərlənd -RSB- Éire -LSB- ˈeːɾʲə -RSB- ) , also described as the Republic of Ireland ( Poblacht na hÉireann ) , is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland . The capital and largest city is Dublin , which is located on the eastern part of the island , and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country 's 4.75 million inhabitants . The state shares its only land border with Northern Ireland , a part of the United Kingdom . It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the Celtic Sea to the south , Saint George 's Channel to the south-east , and the Irish Sea to the east . It is a unitary , parliamentary republic . The legislature , the Oireachtas , consists of a lower house , Dáil Éireann , an upper house , Seanad Éireann , and an elected President ( Uachtarán ) who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state , but with some important powers and duties . The head of government is the Taoiseach ( Prime Minister , literally ` Chief ' , a title not used in English ) , who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President ; the Taoiseach in turn appoints other government ministers . The state was created as the Irish Free State in 1922 as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty . It had the status of dominion until 1937 when a new constitution was adopted , in which the state was named `` Ireland '' and effectively became a republic , with an elected non-executive president as head of state . It was officially declared a republic in 1949 , following the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 . Ireland became a member of the United Nations in December 1955 . It joined the European Economic Community ( EEC ) , the predecessor of the European Union , in 1973 . The state had no formal relations with Northern Ireland for most of the twentieth century , but during the 1980s and 1990s the British and Irish governments worked with the Northern Ireland parties towards a resolution to `` the Troubles '' . Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 , the Irish government and Northern Ireland Executive have co-operated on a number of policy areas under the North-South Ministerial Council created by the Agreement . Ireland ranks among the top twenty-five wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita , and as the tenth most prosperous country in the world according to The Legatum Prosperity Index 2015 . After joining the EEC , Ireland enacted a series of liberal economic policies that resulted in rapid economic growth . The country achieved considerable prosperity between the years of 1995 and 2007 , which became known as the Celtic Tiger period . This was halted by an unprecedented financial crisis that began in 2008 , in conjunction with the concurrent global economic crash . However , as the Irish economy was the fastest growing in the EU in 2015 , Ireland is again quickly ascending league tables comparing wealth and prosperity internationally . For example , in 2015 , Ireland was ranked as the joint sixth ( with Germany ) most developed country in the world by the United Nations Human Development Index . It also performs well in several national performance metrics , including freedom of the press , economic freedom and civil liberties . Ireland is a member of the European Union and is a founding member of the Council of Europe and the OECD . The Irish government has followed a policy of military neutrality through non-alignment since immediately prior to World War II and the country is consequently not a member of NATO , although it is a member in Partnership for Peace .",
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"text": "Irish population analysis The population of the Island of Ireland in 2016 was approximately 6.6 million comprising 4.75 million in the Republic of Ireland with another 1.85 million in Northern Ireland . Although this is a significant growth over recent years , it is still some way below the record high of the early 1840s . Between 1780 and 1840 , Ireland experienced rapid population growth , rising from about 3 million in 1780 to over 8 million by 1840 . In 1841 , the population of the area now covering the Republic of Ireland was over 6.5 million people . The subsequent Great Famine and the emigration it caused had a dramatic effect , so that by 1871 , the 26-county population had dropped by over a third to four million , and by 1926 had reduced further to three million . It held firm around three million until the early 1970s , when the population began to rise again . Future predictions are for the population to continue to rise until 2031 when it is predicted to be just over five million . The Republic of Ireland is one of the few remaining developed economies to have growth of this scale . Below are some statistics to illustrate the rise , fall and rise again of the population since 1841 . The statistics also illustrate a massive population shift from the west to the east of the country and increasing urbanisation . Counties such as Mayo , Roscommon , Donegal and Leitrim have become depopulated while counties surrounding Dublin including Wicklow , Kildare , Louth and Meath have seen rapid population growth in recent years .",
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"text": "Achill Island Achill Island ( -LSB- ˈækəl -RSB- Acaill , Oileán Acla ) in County Mayo is the largest island off the coast of Ireland , and is situated off the west coast . It has a population of 2,700 . Its area is 148 km2 . Achill is attached to the mainland by Michael Davitt Bridge , between the villages of Gob an Choire ( Achill Sound ) and Poll Raithní ( Polranny ) . A bridge was first completed here in 1887 , replaced by another structure in 1949 , and subsequently replaced with the current bridge which was completed in 2008 . Other centres of population include the villages of Keel , Dooagh , Dumha Éige ( Dooega ) , Dún Ibhir ( Dooniver ) , The Valley and Dugort . The parish 's main Gaelic football pitch and secondary school are on the mainland at Poll Raithní . Early human settlements are believed to have been established on Achill around 3000 BC . A paddle dating from this period was found at the crannóg near Dookinella . The island is 87 % peat bog . The parish of Achill also includes the Curraun peninsula . Some of the people of Curraun consider themselves Achill people , and most natives of Achill refer to this area as being `` in Achill '' . There are between 500-600 native Irish speakers in Achill parish . In the summer of 1996 , the RNLI decided to station a lifeboat at Kildownet .",
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"text": "St. James's Gate St. James 's Gate , located off the south quays of Dublin , on James 's Street , was the western entrance to the city during the Middle Ages . During this time it was the traditional starting point for the Dublin pilgrimage Camino to Santiago de Compostela in Spain . Now central to a 64 acre industrial area , St. James 's Gate was the location of a yearly festival .",
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"text": "Saint George Parish, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint George is an administrative parish of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , situated in the most southerly portion of the island of Saint Vincent . With an area of 52 km ² it is the country 's third largest parish by total area . According to the 2000 census it has a population of approximately 52,400 making it the most populous parish in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and by extent , the most densely populated as well . Its population accounts for 44 % of that of the country and its area , only 13 % . Kingstown , the largest settlement and the capital of Saint George , also happens to be the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . Other major towns include Arnos Vale , Calliaqua and Villa . The parish also includes the offshore islets Milligan Cay and Young Island .",
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"text": "Owey Island Owey Island is an island of the Atlantic Ocean belonging to County Donegal , Ireland .",
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"text": "Great Island Great Island ( Oileán Mór an Barraigh in Irish ) is the name of an island in Cork Harbour , just outside Cork city , at the mouth of the River Lee .",
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"text": "Gaelscoil A Gaelscoil ( -LSB- ˈɡˠeːl̪ˠsˠkɛlʲ -RSB- ; plural : Gaelscoileanna ) is an Irish-medium school in Ireland : the term refers especially to Irish-medium schools outside the Irish-speaking regions or Gaeltacht . Over 50,000 students attend Gaelscoileanna on the island of Ireland . A further over 13,000 students are receiving their primary and second level education through Irish in the Gaeltacht . Gaelscoileanna and Irish-medium schools in the Gaeltacht are supported and represented by Gaeloideachas and An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta or COGG for short . Students in the Gaelscoileanna acquire the Irish language through language immersion , and study the standard curriculum through it . Gaelscoileanna , unlike English-medium schools , have the reputation of producing competent Irish speakers . English-medium schools , in contrast , produce relatively few fluent Irish speakers , despite the Irish language being an obligatory subject in the Republic of Ireland in both primary and secondary school . This has been attributed in part to the lack of Irish-language immersion programs .",
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"text": "Moyle District Council Moyle District Council was a Local Council in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland . It merged with Ballymoney Borough Council , Coleraine Borough Council and Limavady Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation to become Causeway Coast and Glens District Council . It covered a largely rural area of approximately 190 square miles ( including 42 miles of coastline ) and with a population of just over 17,000 had the smallest population of any principal local council in Ireland and the second-smallest in the United Kingdom , after the Isles of Scilly . As a consequence , in 1991 the local government boundary commission originally recommended that the council should be merged with the neighbouring Ballymoney council to create a new council called `` Dalriada '' . This was strongly opposed by both councils and also by Ballymena which would have gained the Glens of Antrim and a small part of Ballymoney council in the process . After a public enquiry the plans were shelved and Moyle was preserved . Council headquarters were in Ballycastle . Other towns in the area included Bushmills ( home to the world 's oldest licensed distillery which has produced the famous Irish whiskey `` Bushmills '' since 1608 ) , Ballintoy , Armoy , Cushendall , Cushendun and Waterfoot . The area is very popular with tourists and includes the three best known features of Northern Ireland : the Giant 's Causeway ( a World Heritage Site ) , the Glens of Antrim and Rathlin Island , which lies 7 miles off Ballycastle . The Council was composed of 15 councillors who were elected from three electoral areas ( Ballycastle , Giant 's Causeway and The Glens ) every four years by a system of proportional representation . Most of the former council forms the North Antrim constituency ( together with the neighbouring former Local Council areas of Ballymena and Ballymoney ) , for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly . The exception is the Glens of Antrim area , most of which is part of the East Antrim constituency . The council was a majority Catholic enclave in the otherwise Protestant County Antrim .",
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"text": "Lough Gowna Lough Gowna is a fresh water lake which is the uppermost lake on the River Erne . It is located on the border between County Longford and County Cavan , with the largest part of the lake being in County Longford . Lough Gowna is a moraine-dammed lake formed at the end of the last glaciation , and owes its complex indented shape to the underlying drumlin landscape . This results in a large number of bays and inlets on the lake , often connected by narrow channels . The river Erne enters the system in a western direction into the easternmost part of the lake ( locally known as Derries Lough ) and exits northward through County Cavan . However , the damming caused by the moraines that gave rise to the lake result in large bodies of water to the north-west and south-west which form the bulk of the area of the lake . A number of other small rivers also flow into the lake . The county border runs through the north-western part of the lake , and then turns eastwards , with the western and southern parts of the lake being in Longford and the north-eastern parts being in Cavan . The north-western and south-western portions of the lake are connected by a narrow channel at Dernaferst ( a townland on the western ( Longford ) shore of the lake , but which is in County Cavan ) . The northern and eastern shores of the lake are surrounded by peat bog , with areas of planted woodland along the southern shores of the lake in former demesnes in the townlands of Derrycassan and Culray . The lake is considered to be an important site for wintering wildfowl . The lake contains one large island in the south-western part , Inchmore ( Inis Mór in Irish , meaning `` Big island '' ) , which was the site of a monastery founded in the sixth century by Saint Colmcille . The monastery was raided by the Vikings in 804 , being burned and looted . During the twelfth century , the abbey conformed to Augustinian rules and remained there until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1543 . The site was still used as a graveyard by the local population until the early years of the twentieth century . The remains of the abbey are still to be seen on the island . A fifteenth-century tower bell , reputedly from the monastery , was recovered in the nineteenth century and now hangs in the Roman Catholic church in the nearby village of Aughnacliffe . Lough Gowna is an important centre for coarse fishing and the shape of the lake , with wooded peninsulas interspersed with bays and inlets , make it attractive for tourism . There are picnic sites at Dernaferst and at Dring ( at the southernmost point of the lake ) . The name of the lake comes from a legend about a supernatural calf which escaped from a well in the townland of Rathcor ( south of the lake ) and raced northward with a stream of water from the well following it and flooding the area now making up the lake . The lake gives its name to the village of Loch Gowna , on the north-eastern shore of the lake in County Cavan . The original name of the village was Scrabby ( Screabach in Irish ) , and gave its name to the townland and parish in which it is located . However , in 1950 , after a plebiscite of the villagers , the name was officially changed to Loch Gowna . The village serves as a service centre for tourism , with hotel accommodation and sizeable numbers of holiday homes in the area . Other parishes adjacent to the lake are Colmcille on the western and southern shores of the lake , Mullinalaghta on the eastern shore , and Dromard in the extreme north-west , all in County Longford ; and Mullahoran in the extreme east where the Erne enters the lake , in County Cavan .",
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"text": "Canada–Ireland relations Canada -- Ireland relations are those between Canada and Republic of Ireland . Canada and Ireland enjoy friendly relations , the importance of which centres on the history of Irish migration to Canada and the two countries ' shared history as parts of the British Empire . Approximately 4.5 million Canadians claimed to have Irish ancestors ( approximately 14 % of Canada 's population ) . Both nations are mutual members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , United Nations and the World Trade Organization .",
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"text": "River Barrow The Barrow ( An Bhearú ) is a river in Ireland . It is one of The Three Sisters ; the other two being the River Suir and the River Nore . The Barrow is the longest of the three rivers . At 192 km ( 120 mi ) , it is the second-longest river in Ireland , behind the River Shannon . The catchment area of the River Barrow is 3,067 km2 . The river 's long term average flow rate is 37.4 cubic metres per second . The source of the River Barrow is at Glenbarrow in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois . Among the towns that the River Barrow passes through on its way to the sea in Waterford are Portarlington , Monasterevin , Athy , Carlow/Graiguecullen , Muine Bheag ( i.e. Bagenalstown , ) Graiguenamanagh , and New Ross . The river also forms a natural border between , on its right bank , counties Kilkenny and Waterford and , on its left bank , counties Carlow and Wexford .",
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"text": "South Georgia South Georgia may refer to : South Georgia Island , in the southern Atlantic Ocean South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , a British overseas territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean South Georgia State College , in the cities of Douglas and Waycross , Georgia , USA",
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"text": "Wicklow Wicklow is the county town of County Wicklow and the capital of the Mid-East Region in Ireland . Located south of Dublin on the east coast of the island , it has a population of 10,356 according to the 2011 census . The town is to the east of the N11 route between Dublin and Wexford . Wicklow is also linked to the rail network , with Dublin commuter services now extending to the town . Additional services connect with Arklow , Wexford and Rosslare Europort , a main ferry port . There is also a commercial port , mainly importing timber and textiles . The River Vartry is the main river which flows through the town .",
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"text": "Grattan Bridge Grattan Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in Dublin , Ireland , and joining Capel Street to Parliament Street and the south quays .",
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"text": "Crown dependencies The Crown dependencies are the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea , and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey in the English Channel . They are independently administered jurisdictions , and do not form part of either the United Kingdom or the British Overseas Territories . They are self-governing possessions of the Crown ( defined uniquely in each jurisdiction ) . Internationally , the dependencies are considered `` territories for which the United Kingdom is responsible '' , rather than sovereign states . As a result , they are not member states of the Commonwealth of Nations . However , they do have relationships with the Commonwealth , the European Union , and other international organisations , and are members of the British -- Irish Council . They have their own teams in the Commonwealth Games . They are not part of the European Union ( EU ) , although they are within the EU 's customs area . As the Crown dependencies are not sovereign states , the power to pass legislation affecting the islands ultimately rests with the government of the United Kingdom . However they each have their own legislative assemblies , with the power to legislate on many local matters with the assent of the Crown ( Privy Council , or in the case of the Isle of Man in certain circumstances the Lieutenant-Governor ) . In each case , the head of government is referred to as the Chief Minister .",
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"text": "Ireland's Eye Ireland 's Eye is a small uninhabited island off the coast of County Dublin , Ireland , situated directly north of Howth Harbour . The island is easily reached by regular tourist boats . The island is currently part of the county of Fingal , for administrative purposes , but was at one time part of the city of Dublin .",
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"text": "Deansgrange Deansgrange is a suburban area of south Dublin , centred on a crossroads . The area shares the name Clonkeen . The area further east of Deansgrange is known as `` Kill of the Grange '' ( i.e. `` Church of the Grange '' : Grange Church ( now in ruins ) ) .",
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"text": "East Meath East Meath is an area of made up of the electoral divisions of St Mary 's ( Part ) and Julianstown in County Meath . The area is bound on the north by the River Boyne and County Louth , to the south just beyond the River Nanny close to the County Dublin border , to the east by the Irish sea and to the west by the M1 .",
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"text": "Little Roussel The Little Roussel , also known as the Petit Ruau or Little Russel , is a channel running between the isle of Herm and Guernsey in the Channel Islands . The main harbours of Guernsey and Herm face into the Little Roussel . There are many small rocks in the channel , including Hermetier , Castle Cornet ( now joined to the mainland ) and others . The Bréhon Tower ( Fort Bréhon ) is accessible only by boat and sits on Bréhon , an island in the Little Roussel about 1.5 km northeast of St Peter Port , Guernsey , between the port and Herm . The Herm ferry , from St Peter Port Harbour runs across the Little Roussel . The Big Roussel ( aka Great Roussel , Big Russel , or Grand Ruau ) , is the channel running between Herm on the west , and Brecqhou , and Sark on the east .",
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"text": "Severnside The geographical term Severnside refers to an area adjoining or straddling the River Severn or its estuary in Great Britain . The term is used by different organisations , in different contexts , to refer to quite different areas . The Severn passes through both England and Wales , in some places forming the boundary between the two . Some uses of `` Severnside '' relate to areas on both sides of the river , and others only to one or other side . It generally refers to the cities on either side of the Severn Estuary . These include Cardiff , Newport and Bristol .",
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The Santos FC is Brazil's 4th richest football club.
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"text": "Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube ( -LSB- ˈsɐ̃tus futʃiˈbɔw ˈklubi -RSB- ) , commonly known as Santos or Peixe ( -LSB- ˈpejʃi -RSB- ) , is a Brazilian professional football club based in Vila Belmiro , a bairro in the city of Santos . Despite being primarily a football club , Santos compete in a number of different sports , including American football , surfing , and even eSports . It plays in the Paulistão , the State of São Paulo 's premier state league , as well as the Brasileirão , the top tier of the Brazilian football league system . Santos are one of the only four clubs to have never been relegated , along with São Paulo , Flamengo and Cruzeiro . The club was founded in 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by Raimundo Marques , Mário Ferraz de Campos , and Argemiro de Souza Júnior as a response to the lack of representation the city had in football . Since then , Santos became one of Brazil 's most successful clubs , becoming a symbol of Jogo Bonito ( English : the Beautiful Game ) in football culture , hence the motto `` Técnica e Disciplina '' ( Technique and discipline ) . The most recognized Santista anthem is the `` Leão do Mar '' written by Mangeri Neto . This was largely thanks to the Peixe 's golden generation of the 1960s which contained players such as Gilmar , Mauro Ramos , Mengálvio , Coutinho , Pepe and Pelé , named the `` Athlete of the Century '' by the International Olympic Committee , and widely regarded among football historians , former players and fans to be the best and most accomplished footballer in the game 's history . Os Santásticos , considered by some the best club team of all times , won a total of 24 titles during that decade including five consecutive Brasileirões , a feat that remains unequaled until today . Os Santásticos also became the first squad in the world to win the Continental Treble , winning the Paulistão , the Brasileirão , and the Copa Libertadores in 1962 . Santos is one of the most successful clubs in the Brasileirão , becoming national champions on eight occasions . It has also won 21 Paulistãos , three Copa Libertadores , two European/South American Cups , one Supercopa de Campeones Intercontinentales , one Copa CONMEBOL ( the precursor of current Copa Sudamericana ) , one Copa do Brasil and one Recopa Sudamericana . In 1962 , Santos became the first club in the world to win four out of four competitions in a single year , thus completing the quadruple , comprising the aforementioned treble and the European/South American Cup . On January 20 , 1998 , Santos became the first team , in any category in the world , to reach the milestone of 10,000 goals in the entire history of football , scored by Jorginho . The Peixe play their home games at the Vila Belmiro , which currently holds up to 20,120 spectators . Santos ' regular kit is white shirts , with white shorts , accompanied by white socks . Kappa are the kit manufacturers . Santos holds many long-standing rivalries , most notably against São Paulo , Palmeiras and Corinthians . It has contributed many key and famous players towards Brazil 's FIFA World Cup squads , including eleven world champions out of its 45 contributors and two FIFA World Cup winning captains . In 2013 , the club is the 2nd most valuable club in Brazil and Latin America , and 38th most valuable club in the world according to Brand Finance , worth over $ 65 million . In terms of revenue , Santos is Brazil 's 4th richest sports club and one of the biggest football clubs in the world , generating an annual turnover of over $ 114 million in 2012 .",
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"text": "São José Esporte Clube (women) São José Esporte Clube , commonly known as just São José , is a Brazilian women 's football club , based in the city of São José dos Campos , São Paulo state , Brazil . The club play in the Copa do Brasil , which is the most important competition of Brazilian women 's football . They won the Copa Libertadores Femenina once and the Copa do Brasil twice .",
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"text": "Sovereign Fund of Brazil The Sovereign Fund of Brazil ( in Portuguese Fundo Soberano do Brasil ; FSB ) is the sovereign wealth fund of Brazil , established on 24 December 2008 . It is a new non-commodity fund which is required to support national companies in their export activities and more broadly to act as a mechanism for anti-cyclical development , promoting investment in projects of strategic interest to Brazil abroad and internally . On the day of its establishment , it was injected with 14.243 billion Brazilian reals .",
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"text": "Sociedade Esportiva Nacional Sociedade Esportiva Nacional , commonly known as Nacional , is a Brazilian football club based in Santa Inês , Maranhão state .",
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"text": "Atlético de Rafaela Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela ( -LSB- asosjaˈsjon muˈtwal soˈsjal i deporˈtiβa aˈtletiko ðe rafaˈela -RSB- ; usually known simply as Atlético de Rafaela ) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Rafaela , in Santa Fe Province . The club is mostly known for its football team , which currently plays in the Primera División , the top level of Argentine football league system . Other sports practised at the institution are basketball , field hockey , gymnastics , roller skating , fronton , skeet shooting , swimming , tennis and volleyball .",
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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": "Bangu, Rio de Janeiro Bangu is a neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . It is a middle-class neighborhood . It is located in the western area of the city being one of the most populated districts , with 244,518 inhabitants ( according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics - IBGE - Demographic Census 2000 ) -LSB- 1 -RSB- distributed in an area of 4570.69 ha . Located in the geographic center of the city , the neighborhood is close to Campo Grande , Senador Camará , Vila Aliança , Padre Miguel and Realengo . On November 22 , 2004 the mayor of Rio de Janeiro César Maia created by decree the district Gericinó . The neighborhood was originally part of the neighborhood of Bangu , the region where the penitentiary of Bangu is located , besides Bangu dump . The region is where Gericinó was located containing the sub-district of the Aqueduct ( Aqueduct of the Seine ) . Since 2004 , the complex of Bangu and dump of Bangu , no longer belong to the neighborhood of Bangu . The neighborhood is well known for high temperatures in the summer , exceeding 40 ° C . The official record lowest temperature ever recorded in the city of Rio de Janeiro took place in Campo dos Afonsos ( 4.8 ° C ) in July 1928 , and the highest in Bangu ( 43.2 ° C ) in January 1984 . In sport , the major representative is the Bangu Atlético Clube , state champion twice ( in 1933 and 1966 ) , Brazilian Vice-Champion in 1985 , World Champion and 1960 State Champion ( Series B ) in 1911 , 1914 and 2008 . Besides Bangu , also of note is the Ceres Futebol Clube , State champion ( Series C ) in 1990 and the Esperança Futebol Clube , Carioca champion ( Series C ) in 1918 . In samba , the main club is called the Unidos de Bangu , which is a pioneer in the carnival , and the fourth oldest samba school in Brazil . It is the forerunner of Scholars of Santa Cruz . The club participated for a few years in the Special Group of Carnival . It was the bi-champion of the Carioca Carnaval in 1957 and 1962 ( Group A ) , the school made its last carnival in 1998 . There is also the Unidos da Vila Kennedy , champion in 2000 ( Group C ) .",
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"text": "São Luís, Maranhão São Luís ( -LSB- sɐ̃w luˈis -RSB- , Saint Louis ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Maranhão . The city is located on Ilha de São Luís ( Saint Louis ' Island ) in the Baía de São Marcos ( Saint Mark 's Bay ) , an extension of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the estuary of Pindaré , Mearim , Itapecuru and other rivers . Its coordinates are 2.53 ° south , 44.30 ° west . The city proper has a population of some 986,826 people ( 2008 IBGE estimate ) . The metropolitan area totals 1,227,659 , ranked as the 16th largest in Brazil . São Luís , created originally as Saint-Louis-de-Maragnan , is the only Brazilian state capital founded by France ( see France Équinoxiale ) and it is one of the three Brazilian state capitals located on islands ( the others are Vitória and Florianópolis ) . The city has two major sea ports : Madeira Port and Itaqui Port , through which a substantial part of Brazil 's iron ore , originating from the ( pre ) - Amazon region , is exported . The city 's main industries are metallurgical with Alumar , and VALE . São Luís is home of the Federal University of Maranhão . São Luís was the home town of famous Brazilian samba singer Alcione , Brazilian writers Aluísio Azevedo , Ferreira Gullar and Josué Montello , Belgian-naturalised soccer player Luís Oliveira , and the musician João do Vale and Zeca Baleiro , a Música popular brasileira ( MPB ) singer .",
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"text": "São Paulo (state) São Paulo ( -LSB- sɐ̃w ˈpawlu -RSB- ) is one of the 26 states of the Federative Republic of Brazil and is named after Saint Paul of Tarsus . As the richest Brazilian state and a major industrial complex , often dubbed the `` locomotive of Brazil '' , the state alone is responsible for 33.9 % of the Brazilian GDP . São Paulo also has the second highest Human Development Index ( HDI ) and GDP per capita , the fourth lowest infant mortality rate and the third lowest rate of illiteracy among the federative units of Brazil . São Paulo alone is richer than Argentina , Uruguay , Paraguay and Bolivia combined . If São Paulo were an independent country , its nominal GDP would be ranked among the top 20 in the world ( 2010 estimate ) . The economy of São Paulo State is the most developed in Brazil With more than 45 million inhabitants in 2014 , São Paulo is the most populous Brazilian state , the most populous national subdivision in the Americas , and the third most populous political unit of South America , surpassed only by the rest of the Brazilian Federation and Colombia . The local population is one of the most diverse in the country and descended mostly from Italians , who began immigrating to the country in the late 19th century ; of the Portuguese , who colonized Brazil and installed the first European settlements in the region ; indigenous peoples , a large number of distinct ethnic groups ; Africans , who were brought from Africa as slaves in the colonial era and migrants from other regions of the country . In addition , Arabs , Germans , Spanish , Japanese and Chinese also are present in the ethnic composition of the local population . The area that today corresponds to the state territory was already inhabited by indigenous peoples from approximately 12,000 B.C. . In the early 16th century , the coast of the region was visited by Portuguese and Spanish explorers and navigators . In 1532 Martim Afonso de Sousa would establish the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas -- the village of São Vicente , in the Baixada Santista . In the 17th century , the paulistas bandeirantes intensified the exploration of the interior of the colony , which eventually expanded the territorial domain of Portugal and the Portuguese Empire in South America . In the 18th century , after the establishment of the Province of São Paulo , the region began to gain political weight . After independence in 1820 , São Paulo began to become a major agricultural producer ( mainly coffee ) in the newly constituted Empire of Brazil , which ultimately created a rich regional rural oligarchy , which would switch on the command of the Brazilian government with Minas Gerais 's elites during the early republican periodin the 1880s . Under the Vargas Era , the state was one of the first to initiate a process of industrialization and its population became one of the most urban of the federation . The city of São Paulo , the homonymous state capital , is ranked as the world 's 12th largest city and its metropolitan area , with 20 million inhabitants , is the 9th largest in the world and second in the Americas , after Greater Mexico City . Regions near the city of São Paulo are also metropolitan areas , such as Campinas , Santos , Sorocaba and São José dos Campos . The total population of these areas coupled with the state capital -- the so-called `` Expanded Metropolitan Complex of São Paulo '' -- exceeds 30 million inhabitants , i.e. approximately 75 percent of the population of São Paulo statewide , the first macro-metropolis in the southern hemisphere , joining 65 municipalities that together are home to 12 percent of the Brazilian population .",
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"text": "Mossoró Mossoró ( -LSB- mosoˈɾɔ -RSB- ) is the second most populous city in the state of Rio Grande do Norte , Brazil , and also the largest municipality of that state . It is equidistant ( four hours ' drive ) from Natal ( approximately 277 km or 172 miles ) , the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte , and from Fortaleza ( approximately 260 km or 161.5 miles ) , the capital of the state of Ceará . It is located nearly in the center of the Nordeste region , which has about 53.6 million people ( 28 % of Brazil 's population ) . It is also in the heart of Brazil 's salt production area . Situated in the Agreste-Potiguar mesoregion , Mossoró is the country 's largest land-based petroleum producer .",
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"text": "1938 Santos FC season The 1938 season was the twenty-seventh season for Santos FC .",
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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": "Esporte Clube Cruzeiro Esporte Clube Cruzeiro , also known as Cruzeiro ( or Cruzeiro-RS ) , is a Brazilian football club based in Cachoeirinha , Rio Grande do Sul state . They won the Campeonato Gaúcho once .",
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"text": "Santos TV Santos TV is a Brazilian subscription based television channel , operated by Santos FC . The channel first broadcast 2010 . Santos TV offers Peixe fans exclusive interviews with players and staff , full matches , including all Campeonato Paulista and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A games ( broadcast generally at midnight of the day the match was played ) , live reserve and academy games and `` classic '' matches plus footballing news and other themed programming . The station also broadcasts all of the team 's pre-season friendly matches . The channel is available in Portuguese and English . Programs from Santos TV are also shown on Justin.tv in the United States of America , the United Kingdom and Australia .",
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"text": "1905 in Brazilian football The 1905 season was the fourth season of competitive football in Brazil .",
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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": "Espírito Santo Futebol Clube Espírito Santo Futebol Clube , commonly known as Espírito Santo , is a Brazilian football club based in Espírito Santo state .",
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"text": "Mossoró (footballer) José Márcio da Costa ( born 4 July 1983 ) , commonly known as Mossoró , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Turkish club İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. as a midfielder . His nickname stems for his birthplace . He spent most of his professional career in Portugal , representing mainly Braga where he appeared in 175 official games during five seasons .",
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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": "Brazilian real The real ( -LSB- reɪˈɑːl -RSB- Brazilian Portuguese : -LSB- ʁeˈaw -RSB- pl . reais ) is the present-day currency of Brazil . Its sign is R$ and its ISO code is BRL . It is divided into 100 centavos ( `` Cents '' ) . The modern real was introduced in 1994 , when it replaced the old currency , the cruzeiro real , as part of the Plano Real , a substantial monetary reform package that aimed to put an end to three decades of rampant inflation . At the time it was meant to have approximately fixed 1:1 exchange rate with the United States dollar . It suffered a sudden devaluation to a rate of about 2:1 in 1999 , reached almost 4:1 in 2002 and then partially recovered until the domestic economic crisis of 2015 . The exchange rate as of September 2015 was BRL 4.05 to USD 1.00 . The currency has since been in a gradual recovery period , reaching 3.0 BRL per USD by February 2017 The dollar-like sign ( cifrão ) is the currency 's symbol ( both historic and modern ) , and in all the other past Brazilian currencies , is officially written with two vertical strokes rather than one . However Unicode considers the difference to be only a matter of font design , and does not have a separate code for the two-stroked version .",
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"text": "Chief Santos Chief Santos is a football club in Tsumeb , Namibia . The club was formerly part of the Namibia Premier League , but was relegated to the second league in 2005 . The club has been promoted back to the Premier League under the management of Mohammed Ouseb , in 2008 . They returned to the Premier League again in 2016 , taking the victory in their final North East First Division match .",
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Room is an artistic work.
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"text": "Room (2015 film) Room is a 2015 independent drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Emma Donoghue , based on her novel of the same name . It stars Brie Larson as a woman who has been held captive for seven years , and whose 5-year-old son ( Jacob Tremblay ) was born in captivity . Their escape allows the boy to experience the outside world for the first time . The film also stars Joan Allen , Sean Bridgers , and William H. Macy . A co-production of Canada and Ireland , Room was shot in Toronto , with the eponymous Room set built at Pinewood Toronto Studios . The crew designed each part of the Room set to be removable to fit the crew . Larson researched trauma and nutrition for her part , while numerous children were considered for the role of Jack . Room premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on 4 September 2015 and had a limited release in the United States on 16 October 2015 , to acclaim from critics . Larson won multiple awards for her performance , including the Academy Award for Best Actress , the BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and the Screen Actors Guild Award . Room also received three other Academy Award nominations , including Best Picture and Best Director .",
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"text": "Academy Awards The Academy Awards , now known officially as the Oscars , is a set of twenty-four awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry , given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette , officially called the `` Academy Award of Merit '' , which has become commonly known by its nickname `` Oscar '' . The awards , first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel , are overseen by AMPAS . The awards ceremony was first broadcast on radio in 1930 and televised for the first time in 1953 . It is now seen live in more than 200 countries and can be streamed live online . The Academy Awards ceremony is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony . Its equivalents -- the Emmy Awards for television , the Tony Awards for theater , and the Grammy Awards for music and recording -- are modeled after the Academy Awards . The 89th Academy Awards ceremony , honoring the best films of 2016 , were held on February 26 , 2017 , at the Dolby Theatre , in Los Angeles , California . The ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and was broadcast on ABC . A total of 3,048 Oscars have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 88th .",
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"text": "The arts The arts is a general term for the theory and physical expression of creativity found in human societies and cultures . Major constituents of the arts include literature -- including poetry , novels and short stories , and epic poetry ; performing arts -- among them music , dance , and theatre ; culinary arts such as baking , chocolatiering , and winemaking ; media arts like photography and cinematography , and visual arts -- including drawing , painting , ceramics , and sculpting . Some art forms combine a visual element with performance ( e.g. film ) or artwork with the written word ( e.g. comics ) . From prehistoric cave paintings to modern day films , art serves as a vessel for storytelling and conveying humankind 's relationship with its environment .",
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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": "Room (disambiguation) A room is a distinguishable space within a structure . Room may also refer to :",
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"text": "Tomasz Rut Tomasz Rut ( pronounced root ) was born in 1961 and raised in Warsaw , Poland , the son of an Olympic athlete father and artist mother who together encouraged a love of art and the classics . During his childhood Rut was introduced to the Pompeiien Frescos as well as Renaissance and Baroque art , which have influenced his oils on canvas , murals , and graphic works . Rut had his first showing in Warsaw at the age of eleven . Trained in Art Conservation at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw , Rut continued his education in New York City at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and at Columbia University in Manhattan . He eventually took a job in art conservation for the Biltmore House in Asheville , North Carolina , traveling the east coast restoring large scale murals in museums and mansions for such clients as the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington , DC , the New Jersey State House in Trenton , the Gusman Center for the Arts and Vizcaya Museum in Miami . It was during these travels he began to notice the void of figurative paintings from the past that one could purchase , so Rut invented a style aimed at filling this void . This style incorporated cracked canvasses that mimic aged Italian frescoes and figurative oils . `` The one element evident in all of my paintings is the superficial patina or aging , '' which is created with a variety of transparent and semitransparent glazes , giving each work the aged and classic appearance that exemplifies Rut 's style . Rut 's mural size paintings are contemporary conversions of the classical vocabulary variously continued by Michelangelo , Raphael , Titian , and Rubens . In making them he returns to antiquity by a double detour . First , he sets in motion the charming unreal apparatus of the Quattrocento mise-en-scene , and more importantly its heroic nudity , vigorous modeling , expressive anatomic structure , powerful movement and fascinating physiognomy . Tinged with sadness , his super-human youths play once more on Arcadian pipes ( i.e. pan flute ) - a motif also reprised by Matisse . Alternatively , he offers us impossible delicate , gracile females - ` still unravished bride ( s ) of quietness ' - delimiting them with sylvan togas and braided tresses . Nor does he leave rearing steeds , which in the grand manner represent humanity 's turbulent passions . Dorothy Keane-White , Art Curator & Director for Northwood University . The subjects of Rut 's paintings , whether a figure , horse , or object , is at the center of every work , surrounded by compressed space with few background details to distract from the subject .",
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"text": "The Kitchen `` The Kitchen '' is a family of companies headquartered in Boulder , Colo. that work in tandem to pursue an America where everyone has access to Real Food . The Kitchen is a non-profit , multi-disciplinary art and performance space located at 512 West 19th Street , between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan , New York City . It was founded in Greenwich Village in 1971 by Steina and Woody Vasulka , taking its name from the original location , the kitchen of the Mercer Arts Center , where artists working mostly in video showed their work . Although first intended as a location for the exhibition of video art , The Kitchen soon expanded its mission to include other forms of art , both plastic and performance . In 1974 , The Kitchen relocated to a building at the corner of Wooster and Broome Streets in SoHo , and incorporated as a not-for-profit arts organization . In 1987 it moved to its current location . The first music director of The Kitchen was composer Rhys Chatham . The venue became known as a place where many No Wave bands like Glenn Branca , Lydia Lunch and James Chance performed . Notable Kitchen alumni also include Philip Glass , Laurie Anderson , Rocco Di Pietro , John Moran , Jay Scheib , Young Jean Lee 's Theater Company , Peter Greenaway , Michael Nyman , Steve Reich , Pauline Oliveros , Gordon Mumma , Frederic Rzewski , Ridge Theater , The Future Sound of London , Leisure Class , Elliott Sharp , Brian Eno , Arthur Russell , Meredith Monk , Arleen Schloss , Vito Acconci , Keshavan Maslak , Elaine Summers , Lucinda Childs , Bill T. Jones , David Byrne/Talking Heads , chameckilerner , John Jasperse , Bryce Dessner , Nico Muhly , ETHEL , Chris McIntyre , Sylvie Degiez , Wayne Lopes/CosmicLegends , and Cindy Sherman . Today , The Kitchen focuses on presenting emerging artists , most of whom are local , and is committed to advancing work that is experimental in nature . Its facilities include a 155-seat black box performance space and a gallery space for audio and visual exhibitions . The Kitchen presents work in music , dance , performance , video , film , visual art , and literature .",
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"text": "Artist's statement An artist 's statement ( or artist statement ) is an artist 's written description of their work . The brief verbal representation is for , and in support of , his or her own work to give the viewer understanding . As such it aims to inform , connect with an art context , and present the basis for the work ; it is therefore didactic , descriptive , or reflective in nature .",
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"text": "In the Conservatory __ NOTOC __ In the Conservatory ( French : Dans la serre ) is an 1879 oil painting by Édouard Manet in the Alte Nationalgalerie , Berlin . The setting is a conservatory at 70 in Paris , then owned by painter Otto Rosen and which Manet used as a studio for nine months in 1878 and 1879 . At first glance , we see a double portrait of a fashionable and attractive couple of some social rank . They are Manet 's friends , the Guillemets , who owned a clothing shop . Their married status is conveyed by their rings , and the proximity of their hands is the nearest hint of intimacy . The woman becomes the focus of the portrait , however , being more prominently placed and colourfully dressed . Their physical separation -- with the husband Jules slouching in dark clothing behind the bench -- and their lack of engagement with the viewer create a sense of detachment , which has been the primary theme in modern criticism of the work . The painting was exhibited in the 1879 Paris Salon and was regarded as surprisingly conservative for Manet . Jules-Antoine Castagnary wrote , with tongue in cheek , `` But what is this ? Face and hands more carefully drawn than usual : is Manet making concessions to the public ? '' -- and said it portrayed `` the elegance of fashionable life '' . Yet the portrait is not entirely conventional -- the sense of dislocation carries to the background . Joris-Karl Huysmans called the subjects `` marvelously detached from the envelope of green surrounding them '' . The interplay of lines formally defines the work . The woman has an erect posture echoed by the vertical slats of the bench , and the man , though leaning forward , does not break that vertical . The bench continues off the right side , reinforcing the horizontal and the separation of foreground and background . The diagonal pleats on the woman 's dress provide some relief from the linearity of the composition . Jean-Baptiste Faure bought In the Conservatory from Manet , along with three other paintings , for the `` paltry sum '' of 11,000 francs . In 1896 In the Conservatory was bought by the Deutsche Nationalgalerie in Berlin . The Nationalgalerie thus was the first museum worldwide that purchased a picture of Manet . In 1945 by the end of the Second World War In the Conservatory was among the objects evacuated from the German National Gallery and the Berlin State Museums and put for safekeeping in a mine in Merkers . After the war the picture was discovered and secured by the Monuments Men . Its salvage was documented in several photographs which show soldiers from the U.S. Army posing with Manet 's painting in the mine in Merkers . These photographs have gained iconographic status over the years and are often falsely used as an illustration of Nazi looted art in prestigious publications like the Deutsche Welle , The Washington Post , The New York Times and even in academic papers .",
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"text": "Chambre de bonne A chambre de bonne is a type of French apartment consisting of a single room in a middle-class house or apartment building . It is generally found on the top floor and only accessible by a staircase , sometimes a separate `` service staircase '' . Initially , these rooms were intended as the bedroom for one of the family 's domestics , and the name originates from the colloquial name for such maids : a `` bonne à tout faire '' . Today , chambres de bonne are usually the cheapest rung on the Parisian letting market , and are primarily rented by less well-off workers and students . They are also in high demand among workers who wish to maintain a small room or postal address in a big city , especially Paris . Due to the social level of the envisaged occupants , chambres de bonne are characterised by their tight proportions . The rooms usually have a surface area of around 6 -- 12 m2 , which is sometimes accentuated by being in a garret . They tend to offer minimal facilities : toilets are usually shared with the neighbouring rooms , and located on the landing . Chambres de bonne have nevertheless been the object of legislation to preserve their occupants ' quality of life and health . In the twentieth century , the French government stipulated that all rental properties must have a minimum surface area of 9 m2 , a volume of 20 m3 , and openings ( windows , doors , etc. ) equivalent to an eighth of the surface area . In recent years , landlords have attempted to rebrand their chambres de bonne by advertising them as studettes , a hitherto-unknown category of housing for smaller studios ( broadly , those of 12 m2 or less ) . Since most listings agencies do not recognise a firm distinction between `` studios '' and `` studettes '' , chambres de bonne may also simply be advertised as studios . Parisian apartment-hunters are , nevertheless , often able to infer that a studio is a chambre de bonne from its listing , due to the distinctive features described above .",
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"text": "Amber Room The Amber Room or Yantarnaya Komnata ( Янтарная комната , Bernsteinzimmer , Bursztynowa komnata ) is a world-famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors , located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg . Originally constructed in the 18th century in Prussia , the Amber Room disappeared during World War II and was recreated in 2003 . Before the room was lost , it was considered an `` Eighth Wonder of the World '' . Construction of the Amber Room first took place around 1701 in Prussia . The room was designed by German baroque sculptor Andreas Schlüter and Danish amber craftsman Gottfried Wolfram . Schlüter and Wolfram worked on the room until 1707 , when work was continued by amber masters Gottfried Turau and Ernst Schacht from Danzig . The amber cabinet remained in the Berlin City Palace until 1716 when it was given by the Prussian King Frederick William I to his then ally , Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire . In Russia , the room was expanded and after several renovations , it covered more than 55 m2 and contained over 6 t of amber . The Amber Room was looted during World War II by Army Group North of Nazi Germany and brought to Königsberg for reconstruction and display . Its current whereabouts remain a mystery . In 1979 , efforts were undertaken to rebuild the Amber Room at Tsarskoye Selo . In 2003 , after decades of work by Russian craftsmen and donations from Germany , the reconstructed Amber Room was inaugurated at the Catherine Palace near Saint Petersburg .",
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"text": "Camera obscura Camera obscura ( from Latin `` camera '' : ( vaulted ) chamber or room , and `` obscura '' : darkened , plural : camerae obscurae ) , also referred to as pinhole image , is the natural optical phenomenon that occurs when an image of a scene at the other side of a screen ( or for instance a wall ) is projected through a small hole in that screen as a reversed and inverted image ( left to right and upside down ) on a surface opposite to the opening . The surroundings of the projected image have to be relatively dark for the image to be clear , so many historical camera obscura experiments were performed in dark rooms . The term `` camera obscura '' also refers to constructions or devices that make use of the principle within a box , tent or room . Camerae obscurae with a lens in the opening have been used since the second half of the 16th century and became popular as an aid for drawing and painting . The camera obscura box was developed further into the photographic camera in the first half of the 19th century when camera obscura boxes were used to expose light-sensitive materials to the projected image . Before the term `` camera obscura '' was first used in 1604 , many other expressions were used including `` cubiculum obscurum '' , `` cubiculum tenebricosum '' , `` conclave obscurum '' and `` locus obscurus '' . A camera obscura device without a lens but with a very small hole is sometimes referred to as a `` pinhole camera '' , although this more often refers to simple ( home-made ) lens-less cameras in which photographic film or photographic paper is used .",
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"text": "Music Room (TV series) Music Room is an innovative British television music series that presents classical musicians and the pieces they play in a manner normally associated with popular music programming . Filmed in a bare studio with only a scaffold cube for a set , the programme strips away the glamour that often marks classical music as an elitist art form . The series has also been broadcast in Canada ( on Knowledge ) and across South America ( on Film & Arts ) .",
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"text": "Art Nouveau furniture Furniture created in the Art Nouveau style was prominent from the late 19th century to the advent of the First World War . Unlike furniture made by the British Arts and Crafts movement , from which it emerged in stylistic respects , most Art Nouveau furniture was produced in factories by normal manufacturing techniques , which led to tensions with Arts and Crafts figures in England , who criticised continental Art Nouveau furniture for not being '' ` honestly ' constructed . It also tended to be expensive , as a fine finish , usually polished or varnished , was regarded as essential , and continental designs were usually very complex , with curving shapes that were expensive to make . It by no means entirely replaced other styles of furniture , which continued to be popular , with Art Nouveau styles largely restricted to an expensive `` art furniture '' category . The style was named for Siegfried Bing 's Maison de l'Art Nouveau gallery and shop in Paris , which opened in 1895 , and in France and Belgium furniture designers took up the style with more enthusiasm than those of most countries . Several notable designers were architects who designed furniture for specific buildings they had also designed , a way of working inherited from the Arts and Crafts movement ; these include Charles Rennie Mackintosh , Antoni Gaudí , Hector Guimard and Victor Horta . Mackintosh 's furniture was relatively austere and geometrical , marked by elongated dimensions and right-angles . Continental designs were much more elaborate , often using curved shapes both in the basic shapes of the piece , and in applied decorative motifs . In many ways the old vocabulary and techniques of classic French 18th-century Rococo furniture were re-interpreted in a new style . Luxury veneers were used in the furniture of leading cabinetmakers Georges de Feure and others . Alphonse Mucha produced a few designs , but was little involved with production . The École de Nancy ( School of Nancy in France ) , the Wiener Werkstätte in Vienna and the Deutscher Werkbund were groupings including many designers of Art Nouveau furniture . The Exposition Universelle de Paris in 1900 was an important showcase for designers , and the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna at Turin in 1902 heavily featured the work of furniture designer Carlo Bugatti of Milan .",
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"text": "Conceptual art Conceptual art , sometimes simply called conceptualism , is art in which the concept ( s ) or idea ( s ) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic , technical , and material concerns . Some works of conceptual art , sometimes called installations , may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions . This method was fundamental to American artist Sol LeWitt 's definition of Conceptual art , one of the first to appear in print : Tony Godfrey , author of Conceptual Art ( Art & Ideas ) ( 1998 ) , asserts that conceptual art questions the nature of art , a notion that Joseph Kosuth elevated to a definition of art itself in his seminal , early manifesto of conceptual art , `` Art after Philosophy '' ( 1969 ) . The notion that art should examine its own nature was already a potent aspect of the influential art critic Clement Greenberg 's vision of Modern art during the 1950s . With the emergence of an exclusively language-based art in the 1960s , however , conceptual artists such as Joseph Kosuth , Lawrence Weiner and the English Art & Language group began a far more radical interrogation of art than was previously possible ( see below ) . One of the first and most important things they questioned was the common assumption that the role of the artist was to create special kinds of material objects . Through its association with the Young British Artists and the Turner Prize during the 1990s , in popular usage , particularly in the UK , `` conceptual art '' came to denote all contemporary art that does not practice the traditional skills of painting and sculpture . It could be said that one of the reasons why the term `` conceptual art '' has come to be associated with various contemporary practices far removed from its original aims and forms lies in the problem of defining the term itself . As the artist Mel Bochner suggested as early as 1970 , in explaining why he does not like the epithet `` conceptual '' , it is not always entirely clear what `` concept '' refers to , and it runs the risk of being confused with `` intention . '' Thus , in describing or defining a work of art as conceptual it is important not to confuse what is referred to as `` conceptual '' with an artist 's `` intention . ''",
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"text": "Animation stand An animation stand is a device assembled for the filming of any kind of animation that is placed on a flat surface , including cel animation , graphic animation , clay animation , and silhouette animation . Traditionally , the flat surface that the animation rests on is some kind of table that the animator sits at . Pegs made specifically for animation are embedded into the table , in at least two slots allowing the pegs to slide from side to side , permitting horizontal movement of images , but can also be easily fixed into position for the accurate positioning ( `` registration '' ) of the artwork . Opposite the animator is a series of supporting arms and supports , on top of which is mounted a film or video camera , pointing down toward the artwork , which films the artwork , frame-by-frame , as it is slowly moved and changed by the operator . The vertical positioning of the animation camera , always shooting down , is the main component that defines an animation stand , as opposed to a stop motion set-up , or other equipment arrangements for animation production . Animation stands can be homemade , from metal or wood , such as that owned by Los Angeles animator Mike Jittlov , and still accomplish impressive animation production ; or they can be elaborate ( and expensive ) professionally made precision systems that allow for the computerised movements of both the art and the camera , as has been traditionally used by professional animation studios and special effects facilities such as the Walt Disney studio ( famous for their Multiplane camera ) and George Lucas 's Industrial Light & Magic ( ILM ) facilities .",
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"text": "Long gallery In architecture , a long gallery is a long , narrow room , often with a high ceiling . In Britain , long galleries were popular in Elizabethan and Jacobean houses . They were often located on the upper floor of the great houses of the time , and they stretched across the entire frontage of the building . They served several purposes : they were used for entertaining guests , for taking exercise in the form of walking when the weather was inclement , and for displaying art collections . A long gallery has the appearance of a spacious corridor , but it was designed as a room to be used in its own right , not as a means of passing from one room to another . In the 16th century , the seemingly obvious concept of the corridor had not been introduced to British domestic architecture ; rooms were entered from outside or by passing from one room to another . Later , long galleries were built in Victorian houses , such as Nottingham Castle . Notable long galleries in the United Kingdom can be seen at : Althorp Apethorpe Hall Aston Hall Blickling Hall Burghley House Broughton Castle Burton Agnes Hall Burton Constable Hall Haddon Hall Ham House , compact and running from front to rear Hardwick Hall , one of the largest Hatfield House Little Moreton Hall Longleat House ( The long gallery is now called the Saloon . ) Montacute House Osterley Park Scone Palace Syon House Temple Newsam House ( Jacobean long gallery , later modified and now called the `` Picture Gallery '' )",
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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": "Guestroom (album) Guestroom is the fourth studio album by the band Ivy . It was released on September 10 , 2002 by Minty Fresh and Unfiltered Records . Unlike the group 's previous albums , the album consisted entirely of cover songs , without any new material . Some of the songs featured on the album were previously released as B-sides to the band 's singles . Two singles were released from Guestroom . Lead single , `` Digging Your Scene '' was previously recorded for Ivy 's previous studio release , Long Distance ( 2001 ) , but an updated version appeared on this album for the single release . `` Let 's Go to Bed '' was released as the final single for the album in late 2002 . Another song , `` I Guess I 'm Just a Little Too Sensitive '' , was also previously recorded on their debut extended play , Lately . Upon release , Guestroom featured mostly positive reviews from music critics , who praised the covers included on the album . Dominique Durand 's vocals were also praised for being `` wispy '' and `` warm '' . The Japanese edition of Guestroom was reissued on April 18 , 2015 , in the United States by Minty Fresh .",
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"text": "Living room In Western architecture , a living room , also called a lounge room , lounge or sitting room , is a room in a residential house or apartment for relaxing and socializing . Such a room is sometimes called a front room when it is near the main entrance at the front of the house . In large formal homes , a sitting room is often a small private living area adjacent to a bedroom , such as the Queen 's Sitting Room and the Lincoln Sitting Room of the White House . The term living room was coined in the late 19th or early 20th century .",
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"text": "Furniture Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating ( e.g. , chairs , stools , and sofas ) , eating ( tables ) , and sleeping ( e.g. , beds ) . Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work ( as horizontal surfaces above the ground , such as tables and desks ) , or to store things ( e.g. , cupboards and shelves ) . Furniture can be a product of design and is considered a form of decorative art . In addition to furniture 's functional role , it can serve a symbolic or religious purpose . It can be made from many materials , including metal , plastic , and wood . Furniture can be made using a variety of woodworking joints which often reflect the local culture . People have been using natural objects , such as tree stumps , rocks and moss , as furniture since the beginning of human civilisation . Archaeological research shows that from around 30,000 years ago , people began constructing and carving their own furniture , using wood , stone , and animal bones . Early furniture from this period is known from artwork such as a Venus figurine found in Russia , depicting the goddess on a throne . The first surviving extant furniture is in the homes of Skara Brae in Scotland , and includes cupboards , dressers and beds all constructed from stone . Complex construction techniques such as joinery began in the early dynastic period of ancient Egypt . This era saw constructed wooden pieces , including stools and tables , sometimes decorated with valuable metals or ivory . The evolution of furniture design continued in ancient Greece and ancient Rome , with thrones being commonplace as well as the klinai , multipurpose couches used for relaxing , eating , and sleeping . The furniture of the Middle Ages was usually heavy , oak , and ornamented . Furniture design expanded during the Italian Renaissance of the fourteenth and fifteenth century . The seventeenth century , in both Southern and Northern Europe , was characterized by opulent , often gilded Baroque designs . The nineteenth century is usually defined by revival styles . The first three-quarters of the twentieth century are often seen as the march towards Modernism . One unique outgrowth of post-modern furniture design is a return to natural shapes and textures .",
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"text": "Authenticity in art Authenticity in art is the different ways in which a work of art or an artistic performance may be considered authentic . Denis Dutton distinguishes between nominal authenticity and expressive authenticity . The first refers to the correct identification of the author of a work of art , to how closely a performance of a play or piece of music conforms to the author 's intention , or to how closely a work of art conforms to an artistic tradition . The second sense refers to how much the work possesses original or inherent authority , how much sincerity , genuineness of expression , and moral passion the artist or performer puts into the work . A quite different concern is the authenticity of the experience , which may be impossible to achieve . A modern visitor to a museum may not only see an object in a very different context from that which the artist intended , but may be unable to understand important aspects of the work . The authentic experience may be impossible to recapture . Authenticity is a requirement for inscription upon the UNESCO World Heritage List . According to the Nara Document on Authenticity , it can be expressed through ` form and design ; materials and substance ; use and function ; traditions and techniques ; location and setting ; spirit and feeling ; and other internal and external factors . '",
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"text": "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. . Pictures . A spin-off of the Harry Potter film series , it was produced and written by J. K. Rowling , in her screenwriting debut , and inspired by her book of the same name . Set in 1926 New York , the film stars Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander with Katherine Waterston , Dan Fogler , Alison Sudol , Ezra Miller , Samantha Morton , Jon Voight , Carmen Ejogo , Ron Perlman and Colin Farrell in supporting roles . It is the first instalment in the Fantastic Beasts series , and the ninth overall in J. K. Rowling 's Wizarding World , the franchise that began with the Harry Potter films . Principal photography began at Warner Bros. . Studios , Leavesden , England in August 2015 and was completed in January 2016 . Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them premiered in New York City on 10 November 2016 and was released worldwide on 18 November 2016 in 3D , IMAX 4K Laser and other large format cinemas . The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $ 814 million worldwide , making it the eighth highest-grossing film of 2016 . The film was nominated for five BAFTAs , winning for Best Production Design , as well as two Academy Awards , winning Best Costume Design , becoming the first film in J.K. Rowling 's Wizarding World to win an Academy Award .",
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"text": "Colleen Atwood Colleen Atwood ( born September 25 , 1948 ) is an American costume designer . Atwood has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twelve times , winning four times ; for the films Chicago ( 2002 ) , Memoirs of a Geisha ( 2005 ) , Alice in Wonderland ( 2010 ) , and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them ( 2016 ) . Atwood has collaborated several times with directors Tim Burton , Rob Marshall and Jonathan Demme .",
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"text": "Flesh for the Beast Flesh for the Beast is a 2003 fantasy-horror film directed and written by Terry M. West . The movie was released on September 27 , 2003 and surrounded a group of parapsychologists that investigate a haunted mansion and end up finding more than they intended . A graphic novel tie-in was released the following year through Media Blasters .",
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"text": "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV series) Dirk Gently 's Holistic Detective Agency is a BBC America comic science fiction detective television series , taking place after the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name . Created and primarily written by Max Landis , it stars Samuel Barnett as the detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd . A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016 . The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix , with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22 , 2016 , and all episodes available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States on December 11 , 2016 . The first season was filmed almost entirely in Vancouver , British Columbia . On November 21 , 2016 , BBC America renewed the series for a 10-episode second season set to premiere in 2017 .",
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"text": "Fantastic Four Adventures Fantastic Four Adventures is part of Marvel UK 's ` Collector 's Edition ' line . It is being published by Panini Comics but reprints Marvel Comics from the United States . It began in 2005 around the release of the Fantastic Four film and follows the format established by the Collector 's Edition Range . Fantastic Four Adventures is sold once every 28 days through newsagents , although a subscription offer is available . Fantastic Four Adventures retailed at # 2.40 upon its release , but rising in printing costs have seen the price rise to # 2.50 and then onto the current price of # 2.95 . It was announced at the end of 2011 that Fantastic Four Adventures would cease publication with its final issue in March 2012 , only to be replaced by a new CE , Incredible Hulks .",
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"text": "Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series) Beauty and the Beast is an American fantasy-drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987 . Creator Ron Koslow 's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus : the relationship between Vincent ( Ron Perlman ) , a mythic , noble man-beast , and Catherine ( Linda Hamilton ) , a savvy Assistant District Attorney in New York ; and a secret Utopian community of social outcasts living in a subterranean sanctuary . Through an empathetic bond , Vincent senses Catherine 's emotions , and becomes her guardian .",
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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": "Fantastic Voyage Fantastic Voyage is a 1966 American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Harry Kleiner , based on a story by Otto Klement and Jerome Bixby . The film is about a submarine crew who shrink to microscopic size and venture into the body of an injured scientist to repair the damage to his brain . The original story took place in the 19th century and was meant to be a Jules Verne -- style adventure with a sense of wonder . Kleiner abandoned all but the concept of miniaturization and added a Cold War element . The film starred Stephen Boyd , Raquel Welch , Edmond O'Brien , and Donald Pleasence . Bantam Books obtained the rights for a paperback novelization based on the screenplay and approached Isaac Asimov to write it . Because the novelization was released six months before the movie , many people mistakenly believed the film was based on Asimov 's book . The movie inspired an animated television series .",
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"text": "Egyptian Theatre Egyptian-style theatres are based on the traditional and historic design elements of Ancient Egypt . The first Egyptian Theatre to be constructed in the US -- which inspired many of the identically-named theatres that followed it -- was Grauman 's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood , California . For several years , Hollywood developer Charles E. Toberman attempted to convince Sid Grauman to locate in Hollywood . During a meeting , Sid told Mr. Toberman of his desire to build a theatre of Egyptian design . Mr. Toberman then secured a piece of property on Hollywood Boulevard , just east of McCadden Place . The architectural firm of Meyer & Holler were hired to design the theatre . The result was Grauman 's Egyptian Theatre with a seating of 1770 . The approach to the theatre was through a courtyard . Inside , the stage was flanked by carved columns and models of the Sphinx . The theatre was opened on October 19 , 1922 with the grand premiere of `` Robin Hood '' starring Douglas Fairbanks . `` In a 1983 article in Hollywood Studio Magazine , Mike Hughes wrote of the Egyptian : `` A survivor of the decay that unfortunately characterizes the Hollywood Boulevard of today , the Egyptian is a reminder of the glamour that once made the Boulevard famous . Perhaps through the dedicated efforts of such citizens as Bruce Torrence , author of Hollywood : The First 100 Years and grandson of Mr. Charles Toberman , who built the Egyptian , the Hollywood Boulevard of yesteryear will reappear some great day in the future . When that happens , the Egyptian Theatre , jewel that it is , will be there to herald in the new age of film town . '' '' United Artists was the last owner of the Egyptian Theatre before it closed in 1992 . The American Cinematheque purchased the theatre from the city for $ 1 with the provision that this historical landmark would be restored to its original grandeur and re-opened as a movie theatre showcasing the organizations celebrated , public programming . '' The Eldorado Theatre located in Eldorado Amusement Park , Weehawken , New Jersey opened in 1891 and featured ` Egypt Through Centuries ' each evening . The creators of the park , Palisades Amusement and Exhibition Company , published a book titled `` Egypt Through the Centuries '' in 1892 . Many of the other theatres that copied Grauman 's Egyptian Theatre were part of the wave of Egyptian revival architecture that occurred after the November 1922 discovery of King Tut 's tomb by Howard Carter . Unlike the many theatres that followed in its wake , Grauman 's Egyptian Theatre was designed , built , named and opened before the 1922 discovery of King Tut 's tomb . The news of the tomb 's discovery reached the US a few weeks after the theatre opened . Early in the 20th century , it is estimated that up to 100 of these theatre types were constructed across the US . Many of them no longer exist , but there are many fine examples of this style still in use today . Conrad Schmitt Studios has played a big part in the restoration of these atmospheric theatres , including Egyptian Theatres in Park City , Utah , Ogden , Utah , Boise , Idaho , Delta , Colorado , and DeKalb , Illinois .",
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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": "The Tale of the Fox The Tale of the Fox ( Le Roman de Renard , Reinecke Fuchs ) was stop-motion animation pioneer Ladislas Starevich 's first fully animated feature film . The film is based on the tales of Renard the Fox . Although the animation was finished in Paris after an 18-month period ( 1929-1930 ) , there were major problems with adding a soundtrack to the film . Finally , funding was given for a German soundtrack by the UFA -- Goethe had written a classic version of the Renard legend -- and this version had its premiere in Berlin in April 1937 . Released eight months before Disney 's Snow White , it is the world 's sixth-ever animated feature film ( and the second to use puppet animation , following The New Gulliver from the USSR ) . The film was released in France with a French language soundtrack in 1941 ; this is the version which is currently available on DVD .",
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"text": "Wild (2014 film) Wild is a 2014 American biographical survival drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée . The screenplay by Nick Hornby is based on Cheryl Strayed 's 2012 memoir Wild : From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail . The film stars Reese Witherspoon as Strayed , alongside Laura Dern ( as Strayed 's mother ) , with Thomas Sadoski , Michiel Huisman and Gaby Hoffmann among several others in supporting roles . The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29 , 2014 , and was released theatrically on December 3 , 2014 , in North America . Wild opened to positive critical reviews , with much praise going toward the performances of Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern . Both actresses received Academy Award nominations for their performances , in the categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress , respectively .",
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"text": "Shaun the Sheep Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie is a 2015 British stop-motion animated adventure comedy film inspired by the television series Shaun the Sheep , created by Nick Park . The film follows Shaun and his flock into the big city to rescue their farmer , who found himself amnesiac there as a result of their mischief . It was produced by Aardman Animations , and financed by StudioCanal in association with Anton Capital Entertainment , with the former also distributing the film in the United Kingdom and several other European countries . Richard Starzak and Mark Burton wrote and directed the film , with Ilan Eshkeri composing the music , while Justin Fletcher , John Sparkes , and Omid Djalili provided the voices . The film premiered on 24 January 2015 , at the Sundance Film Festival , and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 6 February 2015 . Shaun the Sheep Movie was nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature . It was also nominated in The 73rd Golden Globe Awards , BAFTA Awards and won in the Toronto Film Critics Awards for Best Animated Film . It also earned five nominations at The Annie Awards including Best Animated Feature . Aardman is planning a sequel to the film .",
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"text": "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 British-American fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. . Pictures . It is based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling . The film , which is the fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series , was written by Michael Goldenberg ( making this the only film in the series not to be scripted by Steve Kloves ) and produced by David Heyman and David Barron . The story follows Harry Potter 's fifth year at Hogwarts as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemort 's return . The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter , alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry 's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger . It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and is followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince . Live-action filming took place in England and Scotland for exterior locations and Leavesden Film Studios in Watford for interior locations from February to November 2006 , with a one-month break in June . Post-production on the film continued for several months afterwards to add in visual effects . The film 's budget was reportedly between # 75 and 100 million ( $ 150 -- 200 million ) . Warner Bros. released the film in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2007 and in North America on 11 July , both in conventional and IMAX theatres ; it is the first Potter film to be released in IMAX 3D . As of April 2017 , Order of the Phoenix is the 39th-highest-grossing film of all time , and a critical and commercial success . The film opened to a worldwide 5-day opening of $ 333 million , fourteenth all-time , and grossed nearly $ 940 million total , second to Pirates of the Caribbean : At World 's End for the greatest total of 2007 . The film was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008 .",
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"text": "Empire (2015 TV series) Empire is an American musical drama television series created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong which debuted on January 7 , 2015 on Fox . Although it is filmed in Chicago , the show is set in New York . It centers on a fictional hip hop music and entertainment company , Empire Entertainment , and the drama among the members of the founders ' family as they fight for control of it . On January 15 , 2016 , the series was renewed for a third season , which premiered on September 21 , 2016 . On January 11 , 2017 , Fox renewed the series for a fourth season , consisting of eighteen episodes .",
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"text": "Great Britain (play) Great Britain is a satirical play written by Richard Bean . It received its world premiere at the Royal National Theatre , London on 30 June 2014 , before transferring to the West End 's Theatre Royal Haymarket .",
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"text": "Man vs. Beast Man vs. Beast is a series of sensationalistic television specials aired in the United States by the Fox television network . The shows were produced by Brian Richardson and directed by Bob Levy . They involve a variety of challenges in which people and animals compete against each other . Although the initial special , Man vs. Beast , was heavily panned by critics and animal rights groups , Fox commissioned a sequel , Man vs. Beast 2 , which aired on February 20 , 2004 . In 2003 , ITV commissioned Granada Productions to re-create the American special for British audiences . A six-part series was filmed , hosted by John Fashanu . However , owing to heavy lobbying by animal rights groups , transmission of the series was postponed indefinitely .",
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"text": "In a Forest, Dark and Deep In a Forest , Dark and Deep is a play by Neil LaBute . It received its world premiere production in the West End 's Vaudeville Theatre on 14 March 2011 following previews from 3 March 2011 , running for a limited season until 4 June 2011 . The production starred Matthew Fox and Olivia Williams . The play had its American premiere at Profiles Theatre in Chicago , Illinois in April 2012 through 3 June . The production stars Darrell W. Cox and Natasha Lowe and was directed by Joe Jahraus.The Chicago Tribune reviewer wrote : `` Interesting and formatively atypical , it strikes me as very much a meditation on what is and is not true , on the ease of rushing to misjudgment , and also a further manifestation of the longstanding authorial fascination with the close link between deep intimacy and dark violence . '' This production was followed by a Contemporary American Theater Festival ( Shepherdstown , West Virginia ) production as part of the 2012 Festival from 6 to 29 July 2012 .",
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"text": "Hay Festival The Hay Festival of Literature & Arts is an annual literature festival held in Hay-on-Wye , Powys , Wales , for ten days from May to June . Devised by Norman and Peter Florence in 1988 , the festival was described by Bill Clinton in 2001 as `` The Woodstock of the mind '' . Tony Benn said : `` In my mind it 's replaced Christmas '' . Florence continues to be director of the Festival . Hay-on-Wye was already well known for its many bookshops before the festival was launched . Richard Booth opened his first shop there in 1962 , and by the 1970s Hay had gained the nickname `` The Town of Books '' . From its inception , the festival was held at a variety of venues around Hay , including the local Primary School , until 2005 when it moved to a unified location just south of the town . The Guardian was the main sponsor of the festival from 2002 to 2010 , succeeding The Sunday Times . The Daily Telegraph and its associated brands in Telegraph Media Group had two terms as 3-year sponsors , starting with the 2011 festival . From 2017 , the Tata Group and Baillie Gifford are amongst the principal sponsors , along with the BBC and many non-media companies such as the Arts Council of Wales and the British Council . The festival has expanded over the years to include musical performances and film previews . A children 's festival , `` Hay Fever '' , runs alongside the main festival . It has also expanded internationally and sister festivals take place in Arequipa , Nairobi , Dhaka , Zacatecas , The Maldives , Kerala at Thiruvananthapuram , Beirut , Belfast , Cartagena , the Alhambra Palace , Parc Prison in Bridgend and Segovia . In 2009 Hay Festival also took on the ailing Brecon Jazz Festival . It is run by a not-for-profit company , and entrance is free to students . The Hay Festival was one of 11 Welsh winners of The Queen 's Awards for Enterprise for 2009 . The 2009 festival included writers Carol Ann Duffy , David Simon , Stephen Fry , David Nicholls , Jenny Valentine and Melvyn Bragg , scientists Martin Rees and Sabine Bahn , economists Anthony Giddens , Nicholas Stern , Howard Davies and Danny Quah , comedians Dylan Moran , Dara Ó Briain and Sandi Toksvig , and general speakers David Frost , Desmond Tutu , Rowan Williams and Rhodri Morgan . The 2012 festival included writers Martin Amis , Jung Chang , Louis de Bernières , Mark Haddon , Mario Vargas Llosa , Hilary Mantel , Ian McEwan , Michael Morpurgo , Ben Okri , Ian Rankin , Salman Rushdie , Owen Sheers , Jeanette Winterson , comedians Bill Bailey , Rob Brydon , Julian Clary , Jack Dee , Tim Minchin , politicians Peter Hain and Boris Johnson , scientists John D. Barrow , Martin Rees , Simon Singh , and general speakers Harry Belafonte , William Dalrymple , Stephen Fry , A.C. Grayling , Germaine Greer , Michael Ignatieff , and David Starkey . Sessions at the Hay Festival have been recorded for television and radio programmes such as The Readers ' and Writers ' Roadshow and The One Show . All the BBC 's national radio channels apart from Radio One have been involved in broadcasting from the festival , and Sky Arts showed highlights of the festival from 2010 until 2013 , handing over the main coverage to the BBC for the 2014 event .",
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"text": "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away Cirque du Soleil : Worlds Away is a 2012 American 3D family fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson . The film premiered on October 20 , 2012 at the Tokyo International Film Festival , and was released theatrically in the United States on December 21 , 2012 . Distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures on December 21 , 2012 , the film tells the story of a girl named Mia going to a traveling circus and falling in love with its main attraction , the Aerialist . After the Aerialist falls during his act , he and Mia are transported to another world where each encounter the different worlds of Cirque du Soleil through O , Mystère , Kà , Love , Zumanity , Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe . It stars Erica Linz and Igor Zaripov as the main characters and incorporates acts from some of the Cirque du Soleil shows that were running in Las Vegas in 2011 including O , Mystère , Kà , Love , and Viva Elvis . The 3D used in the film was highly admired by critics on its Tokyo premiere . The Eels performed a song titled `` Calling for Your Love '' for the movie . The film incorporates acts from the seven Cirque du Soleil shows running in Las Vegasin 2011 : O , Mystère , Kà , Love , Zumanity , Viva Elvis and Criss Angel Believe . Each of the acts/performances was filmed on the stage of the theater in Las Vegas where the show is/was running : the acts from `` O '' at the `` O '' Theatre at the Bellagio , those from `` Ka '' at the Ka Theater at the MGM Grand , those from `` Love '' at the Love Theater at the Mirage , the act from `` Mystere '' at the Mystere Theater at Treasure Island , the act from `` Zumanity '' at the Zumanity Theater at the New York New York and the act from `` Viva Elvis '' at the Aria Theater . It was Reel FX 's first and only live action film .",
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"text": "Fantastic Animation Festival Fantastic Animation Festival is a package film of animation segments , mostly to music , released in 1977 . It was one of the earliest of the sort of collections typified by Computer Animation Festival and Spike and Mike 's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation . Included in its 16 segments was the first national appearance of Will Vinton 's Claymation ( Closed Mondays ) , Bambi Meets Godzilla , and a Superman cartoon from the 1940s .",
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