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Fresno, California
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Fresno (/ˈfrɛznoʊ/ FREZ-no is a city in California, United States, and the county seat of Fresno County. It covers about 112 square miles in the center of the San Joaquin Valley, named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Fresno was founded in 1872 as a railway station of the Central Pacific Railroad before it was incorporated in 1885. The population of Fresno proper soared in the half of the 20th century. It was here in Fresno in 1958 that Bank of America first launched the BankAmericard credit card, Fresno is near the geographical center of California. It lies approximately 220 miles northeast of Los Angeles,170 miles south of the capital, Sacramento. Yosemite National Park is about 60 miles to the north, Kings Canyon National Park is 60 miles to the east, the county of Fresno was formed in 1856 after the California Gold Rush. It was named for the abundant ash trees lining the San Joaquin River, Millerton, then on the banks of the free-flowing San Joaquin River and close to Fort Miller, became the county seat after becoming a focal point for settlers. Other early county settlements included Firebaughs Ferry, Scottsburg and Elkhorn Springs, the San Joaquin River flooded on December 24,1867, inundating Millerton. Flooding also destroyed the town of Scottsburg on the nearby Kings River that winter, rebuilt on higher ground, Scottsburg was renamed Centerville. In 1867, Anthony McQeen Easterby purchased land bounded by the present Chestnut, Belmont, Clovis and California avenues, unable to grow wheat for lack of water, he hired sheep man Moses J. Church in 1871 to create an irrigation system. Building new canals and purchasing existing ditches, Church then formed the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company, in 1872, the Central Pacific Railroad established a station near Easterbys—by now a hugely productive wheat farm—for its new Southern Pacific line. Soon there was a store around the station and the store grew the town of Fresno Station, many Millerton residents, drawn by the convenience of the railroad and worried about flooding, moved to the new community. Fresno became a city in 1885. By 1931 the Fresno Traction Company operated 47 streetcars over 49 miles of track, in 1877, William Helm made Fresno his home with a five-acre tract of land at the corner of Fresno and R streets. Helm was the largest individual sheep grower in Fresno County, in carrying his wool to market at Stockton, he used three wagons, each drawn by ten mules, and spent twelve days in making the round trip. Two years after the station was established, county residents voted to move the county seat from Millerton to Fresno, when the Friant Dam was completed in 1944, the site of Millerton became inundated by the waters of Millerton Lake. In extreme droughts, when the reservoir shrinks, ruins of the county seat can still be observed. In the nineteenth century, with so much wooden construction and in the absence of sophisticated firefighting resources, fires often ravaged American frontier towns, the greatest of Fresnos early-day fires, in 1882, destroyed an entire block of the city
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An 1897 photo of K Street High School, which was replaced by Fresno High School in 1896. The school later became Emerson Elementary School and was demolished ca. 1930.
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Downtown Fresno
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One of the earliest buildings in Fresno, the Fresno Water Tower.
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Downtown Fresno looking east from Chuckchansi Park
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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A forest of redwood trees in Redwood National Park
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Mount Shasta
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Aerial view of the California Central Valley
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Univision
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Univision is an American Spanish language broadcast television network that is owned by Univision Communications. Univision is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and has its studios, production facilities. In recent years, the network has reached viewership parity with the five major English language U. S. television networks, Univision is available on cable and satellite television throughout most of the United States, with local stations in over 60 markets with large Hispanic and Latino populations. Chief operating officer Randy Falco has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president, the new owners helped to turn around the stations fortunes by heavily investing in programming. Televisas ownership interest in SIN transferred posthumously from Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta to his son, Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, in Chicago, SIN moved its programming from WCIU-TV to new full-time affiliate WSNS-TV in July 1985. After WSNS was sold to Telemundo in 1988, what had become Univision moved its programming back to WCIU-TV, wGBO-TV became an Univision-owned station in January 1995. to operate the network and its stations. The Federal Communications Commission and SINs competitors had long questioned whether the relationship between SIN and the Azcárraga family was impermissibly tight, both the FCC and other Spanish-language broadcasters had long suspected that Televisa was merely using Nicolas to skirt FCC rules prohibiting foreign ownership of broadcast media. The FCC and the U. S. Justice Department eventually encouraged a sale of the network to a properly constituted domestic organization, joaquin Blaya, the networks new chief executive officer, would sign agreements to carry two programs that would change the face of the network. He signed contracts to develop programs hosted by Cristina Saralegui and Chilean-born Mario Kreutzberger – better known as Don Francisco – for the network. It also prohibited the use of English in its programming or advertisements, in 1988, Blaya also substantially ramped up production of American-based programs on Univisions lineup, reducing the share of programming imported from Latin America on its schedule. With this, the network began producing programs with an audience in mind, resulting in Univisions schedule consisting of 50% foreign programming. During Flores tenure as host of TV Mujer, the remained the #1 daytime show on Spanish-language television. Telemundos Dia a Dia, which debuted prior to the premiere of TV Mujer, TV Mujer inspired a series of other programs, including Hola, America and Al Mediodia, which never garnered the ratings of the original concept and were ultimately cancelled. However, the networks began to wane following the Hallmark purchase. The network opted to replace the Mexican-produced serials with novelas produced in South America, however, to make matters worse, with limited revenue from advertising, the sale to Hallmark left Univision with a huge debt load to cover. On April 8,1992, Hallmark sold Univision to a group that included Los Angeles-based investor A. 5% stake in the station group, the deal placed Univision under common ownership with competing cable channel Galavisión, which the Azcárraga-run Grupo Televisa owned at the time. KMEX became the first Spanish-language television station ever to outperform English-language network stations and that year, Univision also acquired KXLN, the first Spanish-language television station in the Houston market. Perenchio also implemented new programming requirements in which programs were no longer allowed to run 20 minutes over their allotted timeslot
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A Univision float in the 2010 North Hudson Cuban Day Parade in Union City, New Jersey.
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United States dollar
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The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution. It is divided into 100 smaller cent units, the circulating paper money consists of Federal Reserve Notes that are denominated in United States dollars. The U. S. dollar was originally commodity money of silver as enacted by the Coinage Act of 1792 which determined the dollar to be 371 4/16 grain pure or 416 grain standard silver, the currency most used in international transactions, it is the worlds primary reserve currency. Several countries use it as their currency, and in many others it is the de facto currency. Besides the United States, it is used as the sole currency in two British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean, the British Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands. A few countries use the Federal Reserve Notes for paper money, while the country mints its own coins, or also accepts U. S. coins that can be used as payment in U. S. dollars. After Nixon shock of 1971, USD became fiat currency, Article I, Section 8 of the U. S. Constitution provides that the Congress has the power To coin money, laws implementing this power are currently codified at 31 U. S. C. Section 5112 prescribes the forms in which the United States dollars should be issued and these coins are both designated in Section 5112 as legal tender in payment of debts. The Sacagawea dollar is one example of the copper alloy dollar, the pure silver dollar is known as the American Silver Eagle. Section 5112 also provides for the minting and issuance of other coins and these other coins are more fully described in Coins of the United States dollar. The Constitution provides that a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and that provision of the Constitution is made specific by Section 331 of Title 31 of the United States Code. The sums of money reported in the Statements are currently being expressed in U. S. dollars, the U. S. dollar may therefore be described as the unit of account of the United States. The word dollar is one of the words in the first paragraph of Section 9 of Article I of the Constitution, there, dollars is a reference to the Spanish milled dollar, a coin that had a monetary value of 8 Spanish units of currency, or reales. In 1792 the U. S. Congress passed a Coinage Act, Section 20 of the act provided, That the money of account of the United States shall be expressed in dollars, or units. And that all accounts in the offices and all proceedings in the courts of the United States shall be kept and had in conformity to this regulation. In other words, this act designated the United States dollar as the unit of currency of the United States, unlike the Spanish milled dollar the U. S. dollar is based upon a decimal system of values. Both one-dollar coins and notes are produced today, although the form is significantly more common
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Series of 1917 $1 United States bill
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Spanish silver real or peso of 1768
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Obverse of rare 1934 $500 Federal Reserve Note, featuring a portrait of President William McKinley.
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1,000,000,000 (number)
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1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. One billion can also be written as b or bn, in scientific notation, it is written as 1 ×109. The SI prefix giga indicates 1,000,000,000 times the base unit, one billion years may be called eon in astronomy and geology. Previously in British English, the word billion referred exclusively to a million millions, however, this is no longer as common as earlier, and the word has been used to mean one thousand million for some time. The alternative term one thousand million is used in the U. K. or countries such as Spain that uses one thousand million as one million million constitutes a billion. The worded figure, as opposed to the figure is used to differentiate between one thousand million or one billion. The term milliard can also be used to refer to 1,000,000,000, whereas milliard is seldom used in English, in the South Asian numbering system, it is known as 100 crore or 1 Arab. 1000000007 – smallest prime number with 10 digits,1023456789 – smallest pandigital number in base 10. 1026753849 – smallest pandigital square that includes 0,1073741824 –2301073807359 – 14th Kynea number. 1162261467 –3191220703125 –513 1232922769- 35113^2 Centered hexagonal number,1234567890 – pandigital number with the digits in order. 1882341361 – The least prime whose reversal is both square and triangular,1977326743 –7112147483647 – 8th Mersenne prime and the largest signed 32-bit integer. 2147483648 –2312176782336 –6122214502422 – 6th primary pseudoperfect number,2357947691 –1192971215073 – 11th Fibonacci prime. 3405691582 – hexadecimal CAFEBABE, used as a placeholder in programming,3405697037 – hexadecimal CAFED00D, used as a placeholder in programming. 3735928559 – hexadecimal DEADBEEF, used as a placeholder in programming,3486784401 –3204294836223 – 16th Carol number. 4294967291 – Largest prime 32-bit unsigned integer,4294967295 – Maximum 32-bit unsigned integer, perfect totient number, product of the five prime Fermat numbers. 4294967296 –2324294967297 – the first composite Fermat number,6103515625 –5146210001000 – only self-descriptive number in base 10. 6975757441 –1786983776800 – 15th colossally abundant number, 15th superior highly composite number 7645370045 – 27th Pell number,8589934592 –2339043402501 – 25th Motzkin number. 9814072356 – largest square pandigital number, largest pandigital pure power,9876543210 – largest number without redundant digits
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Visualisation of powers of ten from one to 1 billion
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University of California, Los Angeles
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The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. It became the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919 and it offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. UCLA enrolls about 31,000 undergraduate and 13,000 graduate students, and had 119,000 applicants for Fall 2016, including transfer applicants, the university is organized into six undergraduate colleges, seven professional schools, and four professional health science schools. Fourteen Nobel laureates, three Fields Medalists, two Chief Scientists of the U. S. Air Force and three Turing Award winners have been faculty, researchers, or alumni, the university was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1974. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2015–2016 ranked UCLA 16th in the world for academics, in 2015-2016, UCLA ranked 12th in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and 31st in the 2016/17 QS World University Rankings. UCLA student-athletes compete as the Bruins in the Pac-12 Conference, the Bruins won 126 national championships, including 113 NCAA team championships, more than any other university. UCLA student-athletes, coaches and staff won 251 Olympic medals,126 gold,65 silver and 60 bronze, UCLA student-athletes competed in every Olympics since 1920 with one exception, and won a gold medal in every Olympics that the United States participated in since 1932. The State Normal School at Los Angeles opened on August 29,1882, the facility included an elementary school where teachers-in-training could practice their technique with children. That elementary school is related to the present day version, UCLA Lab School, in 1887, the school became known as the Los Angeles State Normal School. In 1914, the moved to a new campus on Vermont Avenue in East Hollywood. However, David Prescott Barrows, the new President of the University of California, the same legislation added its general undergraduate program, the College of Letters and Science. After the athletic teams entered the Pacific Coast conference in 1926, the Southern Branch student council adopted the nickname Bruins, in 1927, the Regents renamed the Southern Branch the University of California at Los Angeles. In the same year, the state broke ground in Westwood on land sold for $1 million, less than one-third its value, by real estate developers Edwin and Harold Janss, the campus in Westwood opened to students in 1929. The original four buildings were the College Library, Royce Hall, the Physics-Biology Building, the first undergraduate classes on the new campus were held in 1929 with 5,500 students. A timeline of the history can be found on its website, during its first 32 years, UCLA was treated as an off-site department of UC. As such, its presiding officer was called a provost, in 1951, UCLA was formally elevated to co-equal status with UC Berkeley, and its presiding officer Raymond B. Allen was the first chief executive to be granted the title of chancellor. The appointment of Franklin David Murphy to the position of Chancellor in 1960 helped spark an era of growth of facilities. By the end of the decade, UCLA had achieved distinction in a range of subjects
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The Los Angeles branch of California State Normal School, 1881.
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UCLA official seal
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University of California, Southern Branch's Vermont Campus, 1922.
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The Bruin statue, designed by Billy Fitzgerald, in Bruin Plaza.
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Embassy Pictures
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Embassy Pictures Corporation was an American independent film production and distribution studio responsible for such films as Godzilla, King of the Monsters. The Graduate, The Lion in Winter, Carnal Knowledge, The Night Porter, Phantasm, The Fog, Prom Night, Scanners, The Howling, Escape from New York, and This Is Spinal Tap. The company was founded in 1942 by Joseph E. Levine, some of Levines early successes were the Italian-made Hercules films with Steve Reeves, Ishirō Hondas Godzilla, King of the Monsters. and the 1961 adaptation of The Thief of Bagdad. Embassy also distributed Federico Fellinis film 8½ and Rick Carriers Strangers in the City, in 1963, Levine was offered a $30 million deal with Paramount Pictures to produce films in the vein of his previous successes. Paramount would finance the films and Embassy would receive part of its profits, under the deal, Levine produced The Carpetbaggers and its prequel Nevada Smith, which were successes, along with flops such as Harlow, starring Carroll Baker, and The Oscar. By the 1960s, Levine had transformed Embassy into a production company, later in the decade, Embassy functioned on its own with many Rankin/Bass animated features, and successful live-action productions including The Graduate, The Lion in Winter and The Producers. In 1967, Embassy enjoyed its greatest success with The Graduate and this enabled Levine to sell his company to Avco for a deal worth $40 million. Levine stayed on as chief executive, in 1968, Avco Embassy launched Avco Embassy Television, which was sold to Multimedia, Inc. In 1969 the company bought out Mike Nichols production company and signed him to two movies. The company became successful in the 1970s and in 1973 recorded a loss of $8.1 million. In 1972 the company had begun cutting back on production and by 1975 had stopped making movies altogether, Levine resigned in mid 1974 to re-enter independent production. In late 1977, Avco Embassy announced its intention to resume production, in 1978, Robert Rehme was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer and he convinced the company to give him $5 million for a production fund. They benefited in part from the fact that American International Pictures recently left the exploitation field, Rehme left the company in 1981, having seen it increase its revenue from $20 million to $90 million. In 1981 Tom Laughlin offered to buy the company for $24 million but withdrew his offer. In January 1982, television producer Norman Lear and his partner Jerry Perenchio bought the studio for $25 million, dropping off the name Avco, Communications to Embassy Television and T. A. T. Communications Company to Embassy Communications, Inc, the company was already producing such network hits as The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, and The Facts of Life, and by Tandem, Diffrent Strokes and Archie Bunkers Place. During this period, they launched Silver Spoons, Square Pegs, Whos the Boss. in 1984, Embassy Pictures was renamed to Embassy Films Associates. Embassy Television was renamed Embassy Communications in 1986, then ELP Communications in February 1988, Nelson Entertainment was the American subsidiary of Nelson Holdings International, a company based in Vancouver, Canada
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Embassy Television logo, used from 1982-1984
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Columbia Pictures
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The studio was founded in 1918 as Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales by brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and Jacks best friend Joe Brandt, released its first feature film in August 1922. It adopted the Columbia Pictures name in 1924, and went public two years later and its name is derived from Columbia, a national personification of the United States, which is used as the studios logo. In its early years, it was a player in Hollywood. With Capra and others, Columbia became one of the homes of the screwball comedy. In the 1930s, Columbias major contract stars were Jean Arthur, in the 1940s, Rita Hayworth became the studios premier star and propelled their fortunes into the late 1950s. Rosalind Russell, Glenn Ford, and William Holden also became major stars at the studio, in 1982, the studio was purchased by The Coca-Cola Company, and launched TriStar Pictures as a joint venture with HBO and CBS. Five years later, Coca-Cola spun off Columbia, which was sold to Tri-Star, after a brief period of independence with Coca-Cola maintaining a financial interest, the combined studio was acquired by Sony in 1989. It is one of the film studios in the world. It was one of the so-called Little Three among the eight major film studios of Hollywoods Golden Age, Brandt was president of CBC Film Sales, handling sales, marketing and distribution from New York along with Jack Cohn, while Harry Cohn ran production in Hollywood. The studios early productions were short subjects, Screen Snapshots, the Hall Room Boys. The start-up CBC leased space in a Poverty Row studio on Hollywoods famously low-rent Gower Street, among Hollywoods elite, the studios small-time reputation led some to joke that CBC stood for Corned Beef and Cabbage. Brandt eventually tired of dealing with the Cohn brothers, and sold his stake to Harry Cohn. In an effort to improve its image, the Cohn brothers renamed the company Columbia Pictures Corporation on January 10,1924, Cohn remained head of production as well, thus concentrating enormous power in his hands. He would run Columbia for the next 34 years, the second-longest tenure of any studio chief, even in an industry rife with nepotism, Columbia was particularly notorious for having a number of Harry and Jacks relatives in high positions. Humorist Robert Benchley called it the Pine Tree Studio, because it has so many Cohns, Columbias product line consisted mostly of moderately budgeted features and short subjects including comedies, sports films, various serials, and cartoons. Columbia gradually moved into the production of higher-budget fare, eventually joining the tier of Hollywood studios along with United Artists. Like United Artists and Universal, Columbia was an integrated company. It controlled production and distribution, it did not own any theaters, helping Columbias climb was the arrival of an ambitious director, Frank Capra
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The current Columbia Pictures logo.
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The original CBC Film Sales logo used from 1919 through 1924
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Stock certificate in 1965
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All in the Family
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All in the Family is an American sitcom TV-series that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network for nine seasons, from January 1971 to April 1979. The following September, it was replaced by Archie Bunkers Place, the show is often regarded in the United States as one of the greatest television series of all time. It became the first television series to reach the milestone of having topped the Nielsen ratings for five consecutive years, the episode Sammys Visit was ranked number 13 on TV Guides 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. TV Guides 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time ranked All in the Family as number four, bravo also named the shows protagonist, Archie Bunker, TVs greatest character of all time. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked All in the Family the fourth-best written TV series ever, All in the Family is about a typical working-class family living in Queens, New York. Its patriarch is Archie Bunker, an outspoken, narrow-minded white man, Archies wife Edith is sweet and understanding, though somewhat naïve and uneducated, her husband sometimes disparagingly calls her dingbat. Their one child, Gloria, is kind and good-natured like her mother. Gloria is married to college student Michael Stivic – referred to as Meathead by Archie – whose values are likewise influenced and shaped by the counterculture of the 1960s, the two couples represent the real-life clash of values between the so-called Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers. For much of the series, the Stivics live in the Bunkers home to save money, the show is set in the Astoria section of Queens, with the vast majority of scenes taking place in the Bunkers home at 704 Hauser Street. The house seen in the opening is at 89-70 Cooper Avenue near the junction of the Glendale, Middle Village, supporting characters represent the demographics of the neighborhood, especially the African American Jeffersons, who live in the house next door in the early seasons. Carroll OConnor as Archie Bunker, Frequently called a lovable bigot, a World War II veteran, Archie longs for better times when people sharing his viewpoint were in charge, as evidenced by the nostalgic theme song Those Were the Days. His ignorance and stubbornness seem to cause his arguments to self-destruct. He often rejects uncomfortable truths by blowing a raspberry, scott Brady, formerly of the Western series Shotgun Slade, also declined the role of Archie Bunker, but appeared four times on the series in 1976 in the role of Joe Foley. OConnor appears in all but seven episodes of the series run, Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, née Baines, Edith is Archies ditzy but kind-hearted wife. Despite their different personalities, they love each other deeply, Stapleton remained with the show through the original series run, but decided to leave before the first season of Archie Bunkers Place had wrapped up. At that point, Edith was written out as having suffered a stroke and died off-camera, Stapleton appeared in all but four episodes of All in the Family and had a recurring role during the first season of Archie Bunkers Place. In the series first episode, Edith is portrayed as being less of a dingbat and even refers to her husband as Mr. Religion. After they come home from church, something her character would not be expected to say later, sally Struthers as Gloria Stivic, née Bunker, The Bunkers college-aged daughter is married to Michael Stivic
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The Bunkers & the Stivics: standing, Gloria (Sally Struthers) and Michael (Rob Reiner); seated, Archie (Carroll O'Connor) and Edith (Jean Stapleton) with baby Joey.
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When Archie visits a local blood bank to make a donation, he meets his neighbor, Lionel Jefferson, who is there to do the same thing.
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The house featured in the opening credits sequence, as it appeared in late 2013.
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Sanford and Son
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Sanford and Son is an American sitcom that ran on the NBC television network from January 14,1972 to March 25,1977. It was based on the BBC Television program Steptoe and Son, known for its edgy racial humor, running gags and catchphrases, the series was adapted by Norman Lear and considered NBCs answer to CBSs All in the Family. Sanford and Son has been hailed as the precursor to many other African American sitcoms and it was a ratings hit throughout its six-season run. While the role of Fred G. Sanford was known for his bigotry and cantankerousness, at times, both characters would involve themselves in schemes, usually as a means of earning cash quickly in order to pay off their various debts. Other colorful and unconventional characters on the show included Aunt Esther, Grady Wilson, Bubba Bexley, in 2007, Time magazine included the show on their list of the 100 Best TV Shows of All Time. In his youth, Fred moved to South Central Los Angeles from his hometown of St. Louis, after the shows premiere in 1972, newspaper ads touted Foxx as NBCs answer to Archie Bunker, the bigoted white protagonist of All in the Family. Both shows were adapted by Norman Lear from BBC programs, Sanford and Son was adapted from Steptoe and Son and All in the Family from Till Death Us Do Part. Redd Foxx played Fred G. Sanford, portraying him as a sarcastic, streetwise and his son Lamont longs for independence, but loves his father too much to move out and leave the trouble-prone Fred unsupervised. Though each owns a share in the business, Lamont often finds himself doing all the work and demanding his father complete tasks and duties. Fred often insults his son, usually calling him dummy, Lamont returns the favor, referring to Fred as an old fool. Despite their disagreements, the two share a bond and regularly come to each others aid. An episode in the season featured a plot in which Fred and Lamont had a heated argument over the business, Lamont quit. Meanwhile, Fred filled Lamonts position with a slacker who squandered Freds money on a worthless item. When Lamont quits his new job and Fred fires the slacker, according to Fred, his wife Elizabeth died around 1947. In a running gag in the series, during times of distress, Fred looks up with his hand across his chest, faking an attack and saying, This is The Big One. Im coming to join ya honey, no one, however, falls for this transparent ruse. Fred raised Lamont alone and missed Elizabeth deeply, according to Fred, his son was named for Lamont Lomax, a pitcher from the Homestead Grays. In one episode, Lamont asks why he did not have a name, Fred tells him that Lamont is his middle name, he
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From the Sanford and Son opening credits: the sign above the Sanfords' home and workplace
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Fred and Lamont Sanford
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Nathaniel Taylor as Rollo Lawson
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Maude (TV series)
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Maude is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12,1972, until April 23,1978. Maude embraces the tenets of womens liberation, always votes for Democratic Party candidates, strongly supports legal abortion, however, her overbearing and sometimes domineering personality often gets her into trouble when speaking about these issues. Unusual for a U. S. sitcom, several episodes featured only the characters of Maude and Walter, Season 4s The Analyst was a solo episode for Beatrice Arthur, who delivered a soul-searching, episode-length monologue to a silent psychiatrist. Maude Findlay first appears in a pair of two episodes of All in the Family, the first in December 1971, and the second, essentially setting up the premise of the Maude series. She is Edith Bunkers cousin who has married four times. Her first husband, Barney, had died shortly after their marriage, Albert was never portrayed on screen, but the episode Poor Albert revolved around his death, while former second husband Chester would appear on the show. Her current husband, Walter Findlay, owns a store called Findlays Friendly Appliances. Maude and Walter met just before the 1968 presidential election, Maude sometimes gets in the last word during their many arguments with her hallmark catchphrase, Godll getcha for that, Walter. Maudes deep, raspy voice is also a comic foil whenever she answers the phone and explains No, this is not Mr. Findlay. Mr. Findlay has a higher voice. Maudes daughter from her first marriage, Carol Traynor, is divorced and has one child. Carol and her son, Phillip, live with the Findlays, though single, Carol maintains her reputation of dating many men. She dates various men throughout early seasons, eventually forming a relationship with a man named Chris in the later seasons. Like her mother, Carol is a liberal feminist who is not afraid to speak her mind. After the fourth season, with a new time slot and a drop in the ratings, Vivian has been Maudes best friend since they both attended college together. At the beginning of the series, Arthur is a widower, Arthur and Vivian begin dating at the beginning of the second season and marry each other by the end of the season. For the entire run of the show, Maude also has a housekeeper, at the beginning of the series, the Findlays hire Florida Evans, a no-nonsense black woman who often has the last laugh at Maudes expense. Maude often makes a point of conspicuously and awkwardly demonstrating how open-minded, despite Floridas status as a maid, Maude emphasizes to Florida that they are equals, and insists she enter and exit the Findlay house via the front door
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Conrad Bain as Dr. Arthur Harmon
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Good Times is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February 8,1974, to August 1,1979. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, Good Times is a spin-off of Maude, which is itself a spin-off of All in the Family. Florida and James Evans and their three children live at 921 N. Gilbert Ave. apartment 17C, in a project in a poor. The project is unnamed on the show, but is implicitly the infamous Cabrini–Green projects, Florida and James have three children, James Jr. also known as J. J. Thelma, and Michael, called the militant midget by his father due to his passionate activism, when the series begins, J. J. is seventeen years old, Thelma is sixteen, and Michael is eleven. Their exuberant neighbor, and Floridas best friend, is Willona Woods and their building superintendent is Nathan Bookman, who James, Willona and later J. J. refer to as Buffalo Butt, or, even more derisively, Booger. The characters originated on the sitcom Maude as Florida and Henry Evans, with Florida employed as Maude Findlays housekeeper in Tuckahoe, New York, and Henry employed as a firefighter. When producers decided to feature the Florida character in her own show, they changed the history, Henrys name became James, there was no mention of Maude. Episodes of Good Times deal with the attempts to overcome poverty living in a high rise project building in Chicago. James Evans often works at least two jobs, mostly manual labor such as dishwasher, construction laborer, etc, often he is unemployed, but he is a proud man who will not accept charity. When he has to, he hustles money playing pool, although Florida disapproves of this, Good Times was intended to be a good show for Esther Rolle and John Amos. Both expected the show to deal with topics in a comedic way while providing positive characters for viewers to identify with. However, Jimmie Walkers character of J. J. was a hit with audiences. J. J. s frequent use of the expression Dy-no-mite, credited to director John Rich, became a popular catchphrase. Rich insisted Walker say it in every episode, Walker and executive producer Norman Lear were skeptical of the idea, but the phrase and the J. J. Evans character caught on with the audience. As a result of the popularity, the writers focused more on J. J. s comedic antics instead of serious issues. Through seasons two and three, Rolle and Amos grew increasingly disillusioned with the direction of the show and especially with J. J. s antics, Rolle was vocal about her dislike of his character. In a 1975 interview with Ebony magazine she stated, Hes 18 and he doesnt work
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John Amos and Esther Rolle, 1974
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The Jeffersons
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The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18,1975, through July 2,1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show focuses on George and Louise Jefferson, a successful African-American couple who have moved from Queens to Manhattan following the success of Georges dry-cleaning business chain. The show was launched as the second spin-off of All in the Family, on which the Jeffersons had been the neighbors of Archie, the show was the creation of Norman Lear. The Jeffersons eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom but did reference such issues as alcoholism, racism, suicide, gun control, the epithets nigger and honky were used occasionally, especially during the earlier seasons. The Jeffersons had one spin-off, titled Checking In, the series was centered on the Jeffersons housekeeper, Florence. Checking In only lasted four episodes, after which Florence returned to The Jeffersons, the Jeffersons also shared continuity with the show E/R, which featured Lynne Moody, who made a guest appearance in one episode of The Jeffersons. Sherman Hemsley guest-starred as George in two episodes of the series, which lasted for one season, the Jeffersons ended in controversy after CBS abruptly canceled the series without allowing for a proper series finale. The cast was not informed until after the July 2,1985, episode Red Robins, the cast reunited in a stage play based on the sitcom. In the 1996 series finale of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in an episode of Tyler Perrys House of Payne in 2011, Sherman Hemsley and Marla Gibbs reprised their roles of George Jefferson and Florence Johnston. In 1985, Hemsley and Sanford made a special joint guest appearance in the Canale 5 comedy show Grand Hotel, starring Italian actors Paolo Villaggio, Franco & Ciccio comic duo and Carmen Russo. They were guests in the hotel, and appeared just twice during the show. Their voices were dubbed by Italian actors Enzo Garinei and Isa di Marzio, Louise Jefferson, played by Isabel Sanford, first appeared in the All in the Family episode Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood, which was broadcast on March 2,1971. The episode, the eighth of the series, centers on Louise, her son Lionel, Lionel, played by Mike Evans, first appeared in Meet the Bunkers, the premiere episode of All in the Family. Norman Lear created the character of George Jefferson specifically for Hemsley, Lear created the character of Henry Jefferson, Georges younger brother, and replaced George with Henry in the seriess scripts until Purlie finished its run. Mel Stewart was cast as Henry, George was introduced in the episode Henrys Farewell, and Hemsley and Stewart share their only scene together in its final minutes. The episode marked the appearance of Henry. George, Louise, and Lionel continued to appear on All in the Family until 1975, when the spin-off The Jeffersons, also created by Lear, premiered. The characters of Lionels biracial fiancée, Jenny, and her family, the Jeffersons premiered the following week, on January 18,1975
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The Jeffersons title card, used from Season 3 to Season 11
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Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford and Mike Evans as the Jeffersons; George, Louise and Lionel (1974)
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Damon Evans and Berlinda Tolbert as Lionel and Jenny (1976)
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One Day at a Time
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One Day at a Time is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from December 16,1975, until May 28,1984. It starred Bonnie Franklin as a mother raising two teenage daughters, played by Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli, in Indianapolis. The series was created by Whitney Blake and Allan Manings, a writing duo who were both actors in the 1950s and 1960s. The series was based on Whitney Blakes own life as a single mother, Ann Romano, a divorced mother, moves from their home in Logansport, Indiana to Indianapolis with her daughters, the rebellious Julie and the wisecracking Barbara. Ann frequently struggles with maintaining her role as mother while affording her daughters the freedom she never had as a young woman, david Kane, Anns divorce lawyer and neighbor, takes a romantic interest in her, but she isnt ready to remarry. Dwayne Schneider, the buildings superintendent, provides usually-unwanted advice to the tenants. Anns strained relationship with her ex-husband Ed slowly mends, as does the relationship with his new wife. Julie and Barbara advance through high school and into the working world, alex, the orphaned son of Anns deceased boyfriend, moves in, changing the dynamics in the female-dominated apartment. Later in the run, Julie gives birth to a daughter, Little Annie Horvath, Barbara marries dental student Mark Royer. In the penultimate episode, Ann decides to take a job in London, in the series finale, Schneider also leaves town, moving to Florida to take care of his niece and nephew. For its entire run, the series was taped in Hollywood before a studio audience, originally, it was taped at CBS Television City. Shortly after its premiere, the series began taping at Metromedia Square, from 1982 to 1984, the series was taped at Universal Studios Hollywood. Like many sitcoms developed by Norman Lear, One Day at a Time often tackled serious issues in life and relationships, stories depicting such events as weddings, births, and other important milestones frequently stretched over two-, three-, and four-part episodes. The theme song for One Day at a Time, This is It, was composed by Brill Building songwriter Jeff Barry, the opening credits were originally seen over a filmed sequence showing Ann, Julie, and Barbara excitedly moving into their new home. Later, the credits sequence mostly consisted of clips of each cast member taken from previous episodes. Actors Bonnie Franklin, Pat Harrington, Jr. and Valerie Bertinelli were the only cast members to remain with the series throughout its entire run, lead actress Mackenzie Phillips was fired after the fifth season due to growing problems with substance abuse. She later returned in a frequent recurring role, original cast member Richard Masur was written out early in the second season but returned as a guest star in the sixth-season finale. In the second season, Mary Louise Wilson was brought in to play Ginny Wrobliki, a neighbor and confidante for Ann, but the character failed to click and disappeared after 14 episodes
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Blade Runner
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Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos. The film, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is an adaptation of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. by Philip K. Dick. The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in which genetically engineered replicants, the use of replicants on Earth is banned and they are exclusively utilized for dangerous or menial work on off-world colonies. Replicants who defy the ban and return to Earth are hunted down, during his investigations, Deckard begins a relationship with Rachael, an advanced replicant who causes him to question his and the replicants humanity. Blade Runner initially polarized critics, some were displeased with the pacing, the year following its release, the film won the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Blade Runner underperformed in North American theaters, but has become a cult film. Hailed for its design, depicting a retrofitted future, it remains a leading example of the neo-noir genre. It brought the work of Philip K. Dick to the attention of Hollywood, Ridley Scott regards Blade Runner as probably his most complete and personal film. In 1993, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed culturally, historically, Blade Runner is now regarded by many critics as one of the all-time best science fiction films. Seven versions of the film have been shown for various markets as a result of changes made by film executives. A Directors Cut was released in 1992 after a response to workprint screenings. This, in conjunction with its popularity as a rental, made it one of the first films released on DVD, resulting in a basic disc with mediocre video. A sequel, Blade Runner 2049, is scheduled for release in 2017, in Los Angeles in November 2019, ex-police officer Rick Deckard is detained by officer Gaff and brought to his former supervisor, Bryant. Deckard, whose job as a Blade Runner was to track down bioengineered beings known as replicants, as Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 models, they have only a four-year lifespan and may have come to Earth to try to extend their lives. Deckard watches a video of a Blade Runner named Holden administering the Voight-Kampff test designed to distinguish replicants from humans based on their response to questions. The test subject, Leon, shoots Holden after Holden asks about Leons mother, Bryant wants Deckard to retire Leon and the other three replicants, Roy Batty, Zhora, and Pris. Deckard initially refuses, but after Bryant ambiguously threatens him, he reluctantly agrees, Deckard begins his investigation at the Tyrell Corporation to ensure that the test works on Nexus-6 models. While there, he discovers that Dr. Eldon Tyrells assistant Rachael is a replicant who believes herself to be human
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Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
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The Bradbury Building in Los Angeles was a filming location.
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A 2006 image of a Spinner (police variant) on display at Disney-MGM Studios.
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The Coca-Cola Company
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The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia. The Coca-Cola formula and brand were bought in 1889 by Asa Griggs Candler, the Coca-Cola Company owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments. The companys stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of DJIA, the S&P500 index, the Russell 1000 Index, as of 2015, its chairman and its CEO is Muhtar Kent. In December 2016, it was announced that James Quincey, the operating officer would replace Kent as CEO. The company has a history of acquisitions. Coca-Cola acquired Minute Maid in 1960, the Indian cola brand Thums Up in 1993, in 2001, it acquired the Odwalla brand of fruit juices, smoothies, and bars for $181 million. In 2007, it acquired Fuze Beverage from founder Lance Collins, the companys 2009 bid to buy a Chinese juice maker ended when China rejected its $2.4 billion bid for the Huiyuan Juice Group, on the grounds the resulting company would be a virtual monopoly. Nationalism was also thought to be a reason for aborting the deal, in 1982, Coca-Cola purchased Columbia Pictures for $692 million. It sold the studio to Sony, for $3 billion. In 2013, Coca-Cola finalized its purchase of ZICO, a water company. In 2011, the Coca-Cola company bought the rest of the tea company Honest Tea. In 2015, the took a minority stake ownership in the cold pressed juice manufacturer. According to The Coca-Cola Companys 2005 Annual Report, the firm at that time sold beverage products in more than 200 countries and this is more countries than are generally agreed to exist, according to the World Atlas.5 billion. Of these, beverages bearing the trademark Coca-Cola or Coke accounted for approximately 78% of the companys total gallon sales, the figure in 2010 showed that they sold 1.6 billion drinks every day. In 2010, it was announced that Coca-Cola had become the first brand to top £1 billion in annual UK grocery sales, since the 1920s, Coca-Cola has been a publicly traded company. One share of stock purchased in 1919 for $40, with all dividends reinvested, would be worth $9.8 million in 2012, Coca-Cola has paid a dividend, increasing each year for 49 years. Stock is available from a direct purchase program, through Computershare Trust Company, the bottlers then sell, distribute, and merchandise the resulting Coca-Cola product to retail stores, vending machines, restaurants, and food service distributors. Outside the United States, the bottlers also control the fountain business, since the early 1980s, the company has actively encouraged the consolidation of bottlers, with the company often owning a share of these anchor bottlers
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Coca-Cola headquarters: Coca-Cola's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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The Coca-Cola Company's Minute Maid group North America offices in Sugar Land Town Square, Sugar Land, Texas, United States
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Driving Miss Daisy
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Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Alfred Uhry, based on Uhrys play of the same name. The film stars Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, and Dan Aykroyd, Freeman reprised his role from the Original Off-Broadway production. The story defines Daisy and her point of view through a network of relationships and emotions by focusing on her life, synagogue, friends, family, fears. At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, Driving Miss Daisy received nine nominations, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Makeup, when Miss Daisy wrecks her car, her son, Boolie, hires Hoke Colburn, an African American chauffeur. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let anyone else drive her, as Miss Daisy and Hoke spend time together, she gains appreciation for his many skills. After Idella dies in 1962, rather than hire a new maid, Miss Daisy decides to care for her own house and have Hoke do the cooking, the film explores racism against black people, which affects Hoke at that time. The film also touches on anti-semitism in the South, after her synagogue is bombed, Miss Daisy realizes that she is also a victim of prejudice. But American society is undergoing changes, and Miss Daisy attends a dinner at which Dr. Martin Luther King gives a speech. She initially invites Boolie to the dinner, but he declines, Hoke arrives at the house one morning in 1971 to find Miss Daisy agitated and showing signs of dementia. Boolie arranges for Miss Daisy to enter a retirement home, in 1973, Hoke, now 85, retires. Boolie and Hoke drive to the retirement home to visit Miss Daisy, now 97. As Hoke feeds her pumpkin pie, Driving Miss Daisy was given a limited release on December 15,1989, earning $73,745 in three theaters. The film was given a release on January 26,1990. The film ultimately grossed $106,593,296 in North America, Driving Miss Daisy was well received by critics, with particular emphasis on Morgan Freemans and Jessica Tandys performances. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 82% based on reviews from 55 critics, the sites consensus states, Warm and smartly paced, and boasting impeccable performances from Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy. On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, cinemaScore similarly reported that audiences gave the film a rare A+ grade. Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune declared Driving Miss Daisy one of the best films of 1989, after so many movies in which shallow and violent people deny their humanity and ours, what a lesson to see a film that looks into the heart. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone also gave the film a review, calling Tandys performance glorious and opining. It was the first Best Picture winner since 1932s Grand Hotel which did not receive a Best Director nomination, wings, the 1927 film that was the first to win Best Picture, did not have a nomination for director William Wellman
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TriStar Pictures
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TriStar Pictures is an American film production/distribution studio of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, owned by the Sony subsidiary Sony Pictures Entertainment. On May 16,1983, it was given the name Tri-Star Pictures and it was the first new major Hollywood studio to be established since RKO Pictures was founded in 1928. The studios first produced film in 1984 was The Natural starring Robert Redford, during this venture, many of Tri-Stars releases were released on VHS by either RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, CBS/Fox Video, or HBO Video. In addition, HBO would gain exclusive distribution rights to these films. CBS dropped out of the venture in 1985, though still distributed some of TriStars films on home video until at least 1992. In 1986, HBO dropped out of the Tri-Star venture as well, the same year, Tri-Star entered into the television business as Tri-Star Television. It was formed when the studio joined forces with Stephen J. Cannell Productions and Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions, both studios continued to produce and distribute films under their separate names. On April 13,1988, CPE spun off Tri-Star Pictures, in 1989, all of Cokes entertainment holdings were acquired by Sony Corporation of Japan, who merged Columbia and Tri-Star, but continued to use the separate labels. On July 11,1990, Tri-Star Pictures dissolved and sold its venture in TeleVentures to Stephen J. Cannell Productions, most of the series and the Tri-Star film packages that were distributed by TeleVentures were transferred to Columbia Pictures Television Distribution. The Tri-Star film packages were transferred to Columbia Pictures Television Distribution, both studios continued to operate separately until TriStar folded in 1999 and CPT in 2001. In addition to its own slate, TriStar was the distributor for many films produced by Carolco Pictures. TriStar also theatrically distributed some FilmDistrict movies, TriStar was relaunched on May 13,2004 as a marketing and acquisitions unit that had a particular emphasis on genre films. Screen Gems executive vice president Valerie Van Galder was tapped to run the studio after being dormant. However, the release of its 2013 film Elysium represents the labels first big-budget release since The Mask of Zorro in 1998, the same year, former 20th Century Fox co-chairman Tom Rothman joined Sony Pictures and created TriStar Productions as a joint venture with existing Sony Pictures executives. The new TriStar will develop, finance and produce up to four films per year, as well as programming and acquisitions. Sonys TriStar Pictures unit will be retained for other product, including titles from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, TriStars logo of Pegasus, introduced in 1984, has become something of a cultural icon. The idea came about because of executive Victor Kaufman and his familys interest in riding horses, the original logo was created with the assistance of Sydney Pollack, who was an adviser at Tri-Star. The horse in that logo was the one used in Pollacks film The Electric Horseman
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The current TriStar logo.
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The TriStar logo used until 2015.
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Haim Saban
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Haim Saban is an Israeli-American media proprietor, investor, philanthropist, musician, record, film & television producer. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, Saban is the founder of Saban Entertainment, producer and distributor of childrens television programs in the US such as Power Rangers. He headed up consortiums which purchased the broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media and 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, 605th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in television, Saban was born in 1944 in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Egyptian Jewish family. In 1956, the Saban family immigrated to Israel, along with most of the Egyptian Jewish community, Saban was sent to a Youth Aliyah boarding school. Expelled for being a troublemaker, he enrolled in a school where the principal told him, “You’re not cut out for academic studies, you’re cut out for making money. ”Saban is married to Cheryl Lynn Saban. He also has two stepchildren, Tifany and Heidi Lenhart, an actress and he resides in Beverly Hills, California. Saban started his career in 1966 as a player and manager with the rock band The Lions of Judah. In 1969, Dave Watts from the British band The Tornados joined The Lions and that year, the band traveled to England, performed in night clubs in London and was signed up by Polydor Records. In July 1969, the band appeared on the BBC TV programme Colour Me Pop, the Lions recorded a single, Our Loves A Growing Thing”, but it was not released in the UK due to financial difficulties. The band returned to Israel and Saban focused on being a music promoter, in the early 1970s, Saban moved to France where he worked as a music producer. His clients included Noam Kaniel, Mike Brant and Shuki & Aviva and he also launched a record company with Shuki Levy. In 1978 and 1982, Saban used the pseudonym Kussa for music/lyrics writing credits on four records for which he served as producer using his real name. Since then, he has used the name Kussa Mahchi for his composing credits on Saban Entertainment productions, including the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. In the United States, he became a producer, founding Saban Entertainment in 1988. During that time, Haim Saban and partner Shuki Levy became known for compositions for childrens television programs of the 1980s. Although Levy and Saban composed for their own properties, they scored for other companies as well. In 1998, The Hollywood Reporter reported that he did not actually all the music he is credited for, ten composers threatened to sue
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Saban at the Brookings Institution 's 10th annual Saban Forum, December 7, 2013
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Republican Party (United States)
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The Republican Party, commonly referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party. The party is named after republicanism, the dominant value during the American Revolution, there have been 19 Republican presidents, the most from any one party. The Republican Partys current ideology is American conservatism, which contrasts with the Democrats more progressive platform, further, its platform involves support for free market capitalism, free enterprise, fiscal conservatism, a strong national defense, deregulation, and restrictions on labor unions. In addition to advocating for economic policies, the Republican Party is socially conservative. As of 2017, the GOP is documented as being at its strongest position politically since 1928, in addition to holding the Presidency, the Republicans control the 115th United States Congress, having majorities in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The party also holds a majority of governorships and state legislatures, the main cause was opposition to the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which repealed the Missouri Compromise by which slavery was kept out of Kansas. The Northern Republicans saw the expansion of slavery as a great evil, the first public meeting of the general anti-Nebraska movement where the name Republican was suggested for a new anti-slavery party was held on March 20,1854, in a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. The name was chosen to pay homage to Thomas Jeffersons Republican Party. The first official party convention was held on July 6,1854, in Jackson and it oversaw the preserving of the union, the end of slavery, and the provision of equal rights to all men in the American Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–1877. The Republicans initial base was in the Northeast and the upper Midwest, with the realignment of parties and voters in the Third Party System, the strong run of John C. Fremont in the 1856 United States presidential election demonstrated it dominated most northern states, early Republican ideology was reflected in the 1856 slogan free labor, free land, free men, which had been coined by Salmon P. Chase, a Senator from Ohio. Free labor referred to the Republican opposition to labor and belief in independent artisans. Free land referred to Republican opposition to the system whereby slaveowners could buy up all the good farm land. The Party strove to contain the expansion of slavery, which would cause the collapse of the slave power, Lincoln, representing the fast-growing western states, won the Republican nomination in 1860 and subsequently won the presidency. The party took on the mission of preserving the Union, and destroying slavery during the American Civil War, in the election of 1864, it united with War Democrats to nominate Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket. The partys success created factionalism within the party in the 1870s and those who felt that Reconstruction had been accomplished and was continued mostly to promote the large-scale corruption tolerated by President Ulysses S. Grant ran Horace Greeley for the presidency. The Stalwarts defended Grant and the system, the Half-Breeds led by Chester A. Arthur pushed for reform of the civil service in 1883. The Republicans supported the pietistic Protestants who demanded Prohibition, nevertheless, by 1890 the Republicans had agreed to the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Interstate Commerce Commission in response to complaints from owners of small businesses and farmers
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Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican U.S. President (1861–1865).
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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901–1909)
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Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953–1961)
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John McCain presidential campaign, 2008
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The 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain, the longtime senior U. S. Senator from Arizona, was launched with an announcement on February 28,2007 during a live taping of the Late Show with David Letterman. Five days later, at the 2008 Republican National Convention, McCain was formally selected as the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 presidential election and he made substantial overtures towards elements of the Republican base that had resisted his 2000 insurgency campaign. However, he fell behind in polls and fundraising, by July 2007 his campaign was forced to restructure its size. The tide of Republican sentiment against immigration reform legislation he sponsored also led to the erosion of his lead, towards the end of 2007, McCain began a resurgence, which was capped by his January 2008 wins in the New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida primaries. This made him the front-runner for the Republican nomination, on Super Tuesday, McCain won both the majority of states and delegates in the Republican primaries, giving him a commanding lead toward the Republican nomination. McCain clinched a majority of the delegates and became the presumptive Republican nominee with wins in several more primaries on March 4, the following day, President George W. Bush endorsed McCain at the White House. The dominant issue of the campaign became the crisis of 2008. On November 4,2008, McCain lost to Barack Obama in the election, receiving 173 votes of the electoral college to Obamas 365. He was well known for his service and competing in the 2000 presidential campaign. McCain also impressed many Republicans with his support for President Bushs re-election campaign in 2004. Since 1993, he also has served as chairman of the International Republican Institute, an earlier Time poll indicated that more Americans were familiar with McCain than any of the other frontrunners, including Obama and Republican candidate and former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani. During the 2006 election cycle, McCain attended 346 events and raised more than $10.5 million on behalf of Republican candidates and he also donated nearly $1.5 million to federal, state and county parties. In May 2006, McCain gave the commencement address at Jerry Falwells Liberty University, during his 2000 presidential bid, McCain had called Falwell an agent of intolerance. With significant coverage during the campaign, McCain said that he would never back down from his earlier statement and his later appearance at Liberty University prompted questions about the McCain-Falwell relationship and a possible presidential run in 2008. McCain backtracked and stated that Falwell is no longer as divisive, McCain delivered a similar address at The New School commencement in Madison Square Garden. McCain was booed, and several students and professors turned their backs or waved fliers reading McCain does not speak for me. McCains speech mentioned his support for the Iraq War and focused on hearing opposing viewpoints, listening to each other
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John McCain officially announcing his 2008 run for President in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 25, 2007.
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Senator John McCain interviewed at Fort Sam Houston, Texas prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony of The Center for the Intrepid, a $50 million physical rehabilitation facility designed for servicemembers wounded in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. January 29, 2007.
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Carly Fiorina presidential campaign, 2016
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The 2016 presidential campaign of Carly Fiorina was announced in a video message posted on May 4,2015. Fiorina was formerly chief executive officer of the technology company Hewlett-Packard, Fiorina suspended her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on February 10,2016. On April 27,2016, Ted Cruz announced that Fiorina would be his running mate should he win the nomination and she joined his campaign days before the Indiana Primary, which he lost. Cruz suspended his campaign that evening, effectively ending Fiorinas vice-presidential bid, a candidate for the United States Senate in 2010, Fiorina ruled out running for the U. S. Senate in 2016, but did not rule out running for President in 2016. In November 2014, The Washington Post reported that Fiorina was actively exploring a run for president, in the weeks leading up to her campaign announcement, Fiorina made numerous strategic appearances in the key battleground states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Fiorina announced her candidacy on May 4,2015, via a video posted by her campaign, followed by appearances on ABCs Good Morning America. On May 5, Fiorina made publicized appearances on Today and Late Night with Seth Meyers, after days of national media appearances described as a media blitz, Fiorina returned to campaign in Iowa on May 7. Commentators challenged Fiorinas claims of success, citing dozens of examples and anecdotes of why Fiorina had allegedly failed in her business leadership roles at both Hewlett-Packard and Lucent, the discussion revolved around the 30,000 U. S. On the afternoon of May 4,2015, a website appeared under the domain name CarlyFiorina. org stating that Fiorinas organization had failed to register the domain and criticizing her tenure as CEO. According to The Hill, the site was created by an employee of the Service Employees International Union and she added I had to make tough calls during tough times. Tough times that many companies didnt survive at all. As a member of the board, I can tell you this is not true, in truth, it was the Board I was a part of that was ineffective and dysfunctional. Sonnenfeld wrote back in Politico magazine that problems with Fiorinas leadership style were what caused HP to lose half its value during her tenure, sonnenfeld responded that four of the 2016 Republican presidential candidates had requested and received his advice, and that he had never been a Clintonite. Fiorinas presidential campaign had provoked both praise and criticism and she contrasts her background as a problem solver with Clinton’s record as a professional politician. The Nation commented, With so-called women’s issues poised to play an role in the upcoming election. Steve Deace of the Conservative Review noted that she was named the most powerful woman in business by Fortune in 1998 and she has some of Carsons inspirational biography, and some of Trumps business acumen/resume. On July 6, the Fiorina campaign announced that it had raised $1.4 million in donations, on July 16, Fiorina starred in a Buzzfeed video about sexism in the workplace. Fiorina became the presidential hopeful to shoot a video with Buzzfeed
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Carly Fiorina speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on February 26, 2015.
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The Beverly Hillbillies
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The Beverly Hillbillies is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS for nine seasons, from September 26,1962, to March 23,1971. The show was produced by Filmways and was created by writer Paul Henning and it was followed by two other Henning-inspired country-cousin series on CBS, Petticoat Junction, and its spin-off Green Acres, which reversed the rags-to-riches model of The Beverly Hillbillies. It accumulated seven Emmy nominations during its run, the series remains in syndication on MeTV, and its ongoing popularity spawned a 1993 film remake by 20th Century Fox. In 1997, the season 3 episode Hedda Hoppers Hollywood was ranked number 62 on TV Guides 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time, the Beverly Hillbillies is the first in the fish out of water genre of television shows. The series starts as Jed Clampett, a mountaineer, is living alongside an oil-rich swamp with his daughter. A surveyor for the OK Oil Company realizes the size of the oil field, patriarch Jeds cousin Pearl prods him to move to California after being told his modest property could yield $25 million. His family moves into a mansion in wealthy Beverly Hills, California and they bring a moral, unsophisticated, and minimalistic lifestyle to the swanky, sometimes self-obsessed and superficial community. Double entendres and cultural misconceptions are the core of the sitcoms humor, plots often involve the outlandish efforts Drysdale makes to keep the Clampetts in Beverly Hills and their money in his bank. The familys periodic attempts to return to the mountains are often prompted by Grannys perceiving a slight from one of the city folk, the state in which Ozarks, the location from which the Clampetts move to California, is located is never revealed. Jed is the son of Luke Clampett and his wife, and has a sister called Myrtle, a principal character of the show, Jed is a good-natured man, he is the apparent head of the family. Jeds wife died, but is referred to in the episode Duke Steals A Wife as Rose Ellen, Jed is shown to be an expert marksman and is extremely loyal to his family and kinfolk. The huge oil pool in the swamp he owned was the beginning of his rags-to-riches journey to Beverly Hills, although he longs for the old ways back in the hills, he makes the best of being in Beverly Hills. Whenever he has anything on his mind, he sits on the curbstone of his mansion, Jed was one of the three characters to appear in all 274 episodes of the series. Daisy May Moses, called Granny by all is Jeds shotgun-toting mother-in-law, Granny can be aggressive, but is often overruled by Jed. She is a Confederate to the core, defending President Jefferson Davis, the Stars and Bars, short-fused and easily angered, Granny fancies herself a dunked Christian with forgiveness in her heart. She abhors revenuers and blue-coat Yankees, a self-styled M. D. — mountain doctor — she claims to have an edge over expensive know-nothing city physicians. In lieu of anesthesia, Granny uses her white lightning brew before commencing on painful treatments such as bleeding and yanking teeth with pliers. Short and scrappy, Granny often wields a double-barreled, 12-gauge shotgun and she fires it once at the front lawn when Jed is witching for water and several times on the skeet-shooting range
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Nancy Kulp (center) as The Beverly Hillbillies' Jane Hathaway
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The Clampetts' truck was a 1921 Oldsmobile. This one, which was modified by George Barris, is on display at Planet Hollywood in Downtown Disney. The original truck is at the College of the Ozarks.
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Virtual International Authority File
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The Virtual International Authority File is an international authority file. It is a joint project of national libraries and operated by the Online Computer Library Center. The project was initiated by the US Library of Congress, the German National Library, the National Library of France joined the project on October 5,2007. The project transitions to a service of the OCLC on April 4,2012, the aim is to link the national authority files to a single virtual authority file. In this file, identical records from the different data sets are linked together, a VIAF record receives a standard data number, contains the primary see and see also records from the original records, and refers to the original authority records. The data are available online and are available for research and data exchange. Reciprocal updating uses the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting protocol, the file numbers are also being added to Wikipedia biographical articles and are incorporated into Wikidata. VIAFs clustering algorithm is run every month, as more data are added from participating libraries, clusters of authority records may coalesce or split, leading to some fluctuation in the VIAF identifier of certain authority records
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